New York Islanders at Buffalo Sabres

Feb 15, 2021 · KeyBank Center

Team	Goals	Shots
New York Islanders	3	29
Buffalo Sabres	1	21

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
1st Period
16:37	NYI	Anders Lee (5)	Josh Bailey (4), Mathew Barzal (9)	1 - 0
18:21	NYI	Jean-Gabriel Pageau (5)	Nick Leddy (6), Scott Mayfield (2)	2 - 0
2nd Period
01:40	BUF	Victor Olofsson (5) PP	Rasmus Dahlin (3), Sam Reinhart (4)	2 - 1
09:49	NYI	Brock Nelson (3) PP	Josh Bailey (5), Oliver Wahlstrom (1)	3 - 1

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
2nd Period
00:28	NYI	Adam Pelech	Tripping	2
08:09	BUF	Brandon Davidson	Holding	2
19:30	NYI	Casey Cizikas	Slashing	2
3rd Period
01:24	BUF	Team	Too many men on the ice	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
New York Islanders	54	42	29	3	2.3	56.0
Buffalo Sabres	46	32	21	1	1.4	44.0

How the game went

The gap in shot attempts as the game went on: how many more one team had taken than the other. The line is above the middle and red while Buffalo Sabres had taken more, and below it and blue while New York Islanders had.

Expected goals

New York Islanders: 2.3 expected, 3 scored · Buffalo Sabres: 1.4 expected, 1 scored

Each line climbs with every chance a team had: a small step for a shot from far out, a big one for a dangerous chance. A dot is a goal. Expected goals adds up how likely each shot was to go in, judged by where it was taken from, what kind of shot it was and whether it was a rebound. Blocked shots and the shootout are not counted. Before 2023-24 the NHL timed events less exactly, and differently from rink to rink, so expected goals for this season are rougher than for recent ones.

Where the attempts came from

New York Islanders

Buffalo Sabres

There is a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. "Show as heat map" shades the ice by where the attempts came from.

New York Islanders

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Josh Bailey · Anders Lee · Mathew Barzal	12:55	57.1	56.6	1-0
Jordan Eberle · Brock Nelson · Michael Dal Colle	10:33	58.8	50.9	0-0
Leo Komarov · Jean-Gabriel Pageau · Oliver Wahlstrom	8:41	40.0	17.1	0-0
Cal Clutterbuck · Matt Martin · Casey Cizikas	6:08	46.2	66.9	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Adam Pelech · Ryan Pulock	14:11	47.4	45.2	0-0
Nick Leddy · Scott Mayfield	13:38	57.7	58.9	1-0
Andy Greene · Noah Dobson	9:04	73.3	78.1	0-0

The forwards and the defencemen who were on the ice together most at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out.

Players

xG is the expected goals of a skater's own shots. CF-CA and xGF-xGA are the shot attempts and the expected goals for and against while he was on the ice at five-on-five. For a goalie, xGA is what the shots he faced were expected to produce, and the last column is how many of those he saved. What these numbers mean

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits	TOI	xG	CF-CA	xGF-xGA
12	Josh Bailey	R	0	2	2	1	0	3	0	17:16	0.12	14-9	0.44-0.31
11	Brock Nelson	C	1	0	1	0	0	3	0	16:45	0.18	11-9	0.28-0.30
44	Jean-Gabriel Pageau	C	1	0	1	1	0	3	0	15:47	0.10	11-9	0.29-0.40
72	Anders Lee	L	1	0	1	2	0	2	0	19:02	0.20	19-11	0.79-0.32
4	Nick Leddy	D	0	1	1	2	0	2	3	19:55	0.02	22-12	0.70-0.32
13	Mathew Barzal	C	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	19:18	0.21	19-11	0.73-0.32
24	Scott Mayfield	D	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	20:42		17-14	0.60-0.38
71	Oliver Wahlstrom	R	0	1	1	1	0	4	0	11:16	0.14	5-8	0.09-0.32
3	Adam Pelech	D	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	22:02	0.01	11-16	0.34-0.49
4	Andy Greene	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	19:19	0.10	17-11	0.33-0.27
6	Ryan Pulock	D	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	22:00	0.27	15-14	0.50-0.50
7	Jordan Eberle	R	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	18:34	0.19	17-12	0.69-0.37
15	Cal Clutterbuck	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	12:31	0.16	11-8	0.19-0.09
17	Matt Martin	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	09:22		8-9	0.18-0.10
28	Michael Dal Colle	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	12:05	0.08	11-7	0.29-0.27
47	Leo Komarov	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	12:45	0.01	7-10	0.15-0.40
53	Casey Cizikas	C	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	13:09	0.01	8-8	0.12-0.07
53	Noah Dobson	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	15:00	0.07	12-7	0.35-0.22

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
40	Semyon Varlamov	W	21	20	1	60:00	1.46	+0.46

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Eric Staal · Taylor Hall · Sam Reinhart	13:13	37.0	20.7	0-1
Jeff Skinner · Victor Olofsson · Jack Eichel	11:48	52.9	50.2	0-0
Riley Sheahan · Steven Fogarty · Tage Thompson	7:30	42.9	93.8	0-0
Kyle Okposo · Cody Eakin · Tobias Rieder	7:27	36.4	34.8	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Colin Miller · Rasmus Dahlin	18:45	46.7	54.8	0-1
Matt Irwin · Henri Jokiharju	15:19	40.0	41.2	0-1
Brandon Davidson · Will Borgen	9:11	58.3	42.7	0-0

The forwards and the defencemen who were on the ice together most at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out.

Players

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits	TOI	xG	CF-CA	xGF-xGA
95	Victor Olofsson	L	1	0	1	0	0	3	1	18:51	0.24	10-8	0.28-0.26
13	Sam Reinhart	C	0	1	1	-2	0	3	0	21:49	0.30	12-24	0.24-0.71
26	Rasmus Dahlin	D	0	1	1	-1	0	1	0	25:02	0.02	17-18	0.43-0.31
6	Colin Miller	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	22:38	0.02	17-20	0.48-0.40
8	Kyle Okposo	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14:23		11-10	0.43-0.43
8	Riley Sheahan	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11:26		4-5	0.16-0.07
9	Jack Eichel	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	21:37	0.09	12-14	0.37-0.34
12	Eric Staal	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	15:15	0.02	15-19	0.37-0.63
13	Tobias Rieder	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	09:42	0.14	4-8	0.15-0.34
17	Will Borgen	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	14:43	0.02	8-9	0.24-0.30
20	Cody Eakin	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	12:10	0.02	6-9	0.19-0.36
20	Henri Jokiharju	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	21:44	0.05	13-19	0.37-0.64
28	Steven Fogarty	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	08:28		3-4	0.14-0.01
52	Matt Irwin	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	4	20:05		10-19	0.35-0.72
53	Jeff Skinner	L	0	0	0	-1	0	3	1	16:44	0.18	15-13	0.35-0.30
71	Taylor Hall	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	20:26	0.19	15-20	0.45-0.67
72	Tage Thompson	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	11:39	0.14	4-7	0.14-0.11
88	Brandon Davidson	D	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	11:36	0.03	9-9	0.31-0.46

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
35	Linus Ullmark	L	29	26	3	58:02	1.88	-1.12