New York Islanders at Buffalo Sabres

Feb 16, 2021 · KeyBank Center

Team	Goals	Shots
New York Islanders	3	24
Buffalo Sabres	0	20

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
1st Period
04:43	NYI	Anders Lee (6)	Noah Dobson (6), Josh Bailey (6)	1 - 0
11:58	NYI	Jean-Gabriel Pageau (6)	Ryan Pulock (6), Nick Leddy (7)	2 - 0
3rd Period
19:59	NYI	Anders Lee (7)	Josh Bailey (7), Jean-Gabriel Pageau (4)	3 - 0

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
1st Period
04:58	BUF	Riley Sheahan	Tripping	2
07:32	NYI	Adam Pelech	Holding	2
2nd Period
08:00	BUF	Taylor Hall	High sticking	2
3rd Period
12:24	NYI	Adam Pelech	Slashing	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
New York Islanders	44	33	24	3	2.9	42.9
Buffalo Sabres	53	34	20	0	2.5	57.1

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: 2.9 expected, 3 scored · Buffalo Sabres: 2.5 expected, 0 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
Jean-Gabriel Pageau · Anthony Beauvillier · Oliver Wahlstrom	10:42	26.7	29.2	1-0
Josh Bailey · Anders Lee · Mathew Barzal	9:21	21.4	12.3	1-0
Jordan Eberle · Brock Nelson · Michael Dal Colle	9:08	55.6	60.0	0-0
Cal Clutterbuck · Matt Martin · Casey Cizikas	7:17	42.9	32.9	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Nick Leddy · Scott Mayfield	13:33	13.6	32.4	0-0
Adam Pelech · Ryan Pulock	13:13	52.2	32.0	0-0
Andy Greene · Noah Dobson	8:02	54.5	29.8	1-0

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
72	Anders Lee	L	2	0	2	2	0	3	0	17:08	0.10	11-15	0.73-1.18
44	Jean-Gabriel Pageau	C	1	1	2	2	0	2	2	19:25	0.29	5-15	0.24-0.72
12	Josh Bailey	R	0	2	2	2	0	1	0	17:04	0.06	4-15	0.11-1.18
4	Nick Leddy	D	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	24:25	0.01	8-25	0.30-0.53
6	Ryan Pulock	D	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	21:37	0.08	17-15	0.62-1.03
53	Noah Dobson	D	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	14:27		10-9	0.29-0.54
3	Adam Pelech	D	0	0	0	1	4	1	1	20:43	0.07	18-14	0.84-0.89
4	Andy Greene	D	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	15:50	0.08	11-13	0.36-0.85
7	Jordan Eberle	R	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	16:23	0.27	19-11	0.93-0.28
11	Brock Nelson	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	15:58	0.23	16-9	0.77-0.19
13	Mathew Barzal	C	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	17:06	0.25	9-16	0.51-0.96
15	Cal Clutterbuck	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	11:32	0.05	6-9	0.14-0.31
17	Matt Martin	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	09:19	0.02	6-11	0.14-0.39
24	Scott Mayfield	D	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	21:20	0.19	8-20	0.70-0.44
28	Michael Dal Colle	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	11:59	0.09	12-8	0.39-0.10
53	Casey Cizikas	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	11:02		7-9	0.14-0.31
71	Oliver Wahlstrom	R	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	14:11	0.19	7-13	0.38-0.37
72	Anthony Beauvillier	R	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	16:31	0.04	6-13	0.20-0.43

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
30	Ilya Sorokin	W, SO	20	20	0	60:00	2.48	+2.48

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Eric Staal · Taylor Hall · Sam Reinhart	12:32	71.4	77.8	0-1
Kyle Okposo · Cody Eakin · Tobias Rieder	7:48	58.8	43.4	0-1
Jeff Skinner · Victor Olofsson · Jack Eichel	5:32	40.0	45.6	0-0
Victor Olofsson · Jack Eichel · Tage Thompson	5:06	38.5	54.0	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Colin Miller · Rasmus Dahlin	17:43	73.5	75.3	0-1
Jake McCabe · Will Borgen	14:24	47.6	49.9	0-0
Matt Irwin · Henri Jokiharju	11:54	41.7	43.3	0-1

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	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits	TOI	xG	CF-CA	xGF-xGA
6	Colin Miller	D	-2	0	0	4	22:41	0.01	27-10	1.15-0.38
8	Kyle Okposo	R	-1	0	3	0	13:17	0.23	12-8	0.31-0.29
8	Riley Sheahan	C	0	2	0	0	10:45	0.13	7-7	0.43-0.43
9	Jack Eichel	C	-1	0	1	0	19:17	0.37	12-12	0.80-0.56
12	Eric Staal	C	-1	0	0	2	16:30	0.08	16-7	0.69-0.17
13	Tobias Rieder	L	-1	0	0	0	11:35	0.09	13-9	0.31-0.44
13	Sam Reinhart	C	-2	0	4	0	20:25	0.53	17-9	0.68-0.28
17	Will Borgen	D	0	0	1	5	17:26	0.01	10-11	0.41-0.41
20	Cody Eakin	C	-1	0	1	0	14:00	0.02	13-10	0.22-0.40
20	Henri Jokiharju	D	-1	0	1	0	17:09	0.04	12-16	0.57-0.77
22	Jake McCabe	D	0	0	1	3	18:58	0.01	11-11	0.43-0.41
26	Rasmus Dahlin	D	-2	0	1	1	25:21	0.05	25-10	1.15-0.41
52	Matt Irwin	D	-1	0	0	0	14:19		11-14	0.56-0.73
53	Jeff Skinner	L	0	0	0	1	12:01		4-8	0.14-0.13
71	Taylor Hall	L	-2	2	1	1	19:39	0.17	17-6	0.68-0.17
72	Tage Thompson	C	0	0	2	4	14:42	0.15	15-13	1.02-0.97
74	Rasmus Asplund	C	0	0	1	0	10:46	0.11	7-7	0.43-0.28
95	Victor Olofsson	L	-1	0	3	1	20:02	0.46	11-12	0.73-0.56

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
40	Carter Hutton	L	23	21	2	57:07	2.03	+0.03