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Buffalo Sabres at New York Islanders

Mar 6, 2021 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum

Team Goals Shots
Buffalo Sabres 2 22
New York Islanders 5 29

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
00:33 BUF Jacob Bryson (1) Brandon Montour (4), Jack Eichel (15) 1 - 0
2nd Period
03:51 NYI Mathew Barzal (9) Jordan Eberle (6), Scott Mayfield (5) 1 - 1
05:16 NYI Brock Nelson (7) Anthony Beauvillier (4), Ryan Pulock (9) 1 - 2
08:45 NYI Cal Clutterbuck (2) Matt Martin (3), Adam Pelech (5) 1 - 3
15:29 NYI Scott Mayfield (2) Casey Cizikas (6), Jean-Gabriel Pageau (6) 1 - 4
3rd Period
00:52 BUF Sam Reinhart (9) Rasmus Dahlin (9), Victor Olofsson (10) 2 - 4
02:15 NYI Anders Lee (11) Noah Dobson (8), Mathew Barzal (13) 2 - 5

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
2nd Period
18:45 NYI Scott Mayfield Interference 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres 50 37 22 2 2.7 49.5
New York Islanders 49 39 29 5 3.4 50.5

How the game went

8642024Start2nd3rdNew York Islanders aheadBuffalo Sabres ahead

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 New York Islanders had taken more, and below it and blue while Buffalo Sabres had.

Expected goals

Buffalo Sabres: 2.7 expected, 2 scored · New York Islanders: 3.4 expected, 5 scored

0123Start2nd3rdEndBUF goal, 0:33 of 1st, a 3% chanceBUF goal, 0:52 of 3rd, a 7% chanceNYI goal, 3:51 of 2nd, a 22% chanceNYI goal, 5:16 of 2nd, a 12% chanceNYI goal, 8:45 of 2nd, a 19% chanceNYI goal, 15:29 of 2nd, a 7% chanceNYI goal, 2:15 of 3rd, a 33% chanceNYI 3.4BUF 2.7

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

Buffalo Sabres
New York Islanders

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.

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Eric Staal · Sam Reinhart · Victor Olofsson13:2872.069.10-2
Riley Sheahan · Jeff Skinner · Curtis Lazar12:5013.322.60-0
Taylor Hall · Jack Eichel · Dylan Cozens12:4664.048.31-2
Kyle Okposo · Cody Eakin · Tobias Rieder11:1133.320.90-1
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Matt Irwin · Rasmus Ristolainen17:3468.053.60-1
Brandon Montour · Jacob Bryson17:1851.558.61-1
Colin Miller · Rasmus Dahlin14:4237.919.90-2

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
13 Sam Reinhart C 1 0 1 -1 0 3 1 17:26 0.72 20-8 1.28-0.62
78 Jacob Bryson D 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 20:48 0.05 17-21 1.41-1.11
9 Jack Eichel C 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 17:15 0.38 18-11 0.78-0.82
26 Rasmus Dahlin D 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 20:40 0.00 14-22 0.42-1.61
62 Brandon Montour D 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 19:36 0.34 18-17 1.41-1.23
95 Victor Olofsson L 0 1 1 -1 0 2 1 17:04 0.28 19-8 1.23-0.62
6 Colin Miller D 0 0 0 -3 0 0 2 17:13 11-20 0.33-1.44
8 Kyle Okposo R 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 12:32 0.01 8-16 0.32-1.23
8 Riley Sheahan C 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 13:45 3-14 0.25-0.84
12 Eric Staal C 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 15:32 18-7 1.15-0.52
13 Tobias Rieder L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 12:36 0.14 8-18 0.32-1.24
20 Cody Eakin C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 12:20 0.04 8-18 0.32-1.24
20 Curtis Lazar C 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 14:50 3-13 0.28-0.79
24 Dylan Cozens C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 16:17 0.06 17-11 0.71-0.67
52 Matt Irwin D 0 0 0 -2 0 1 6 20:32 0.03 18-10 0.75-0.70
53 Jeff Skinner L 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 15:38 0.25 5-13 0.38-0.79
55 Rasmus Ristolainen D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 4 19:04 0.12 17-8 0.73-0.64
71 Taylor Hall L 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 16:49 0.27 17-10 0.70-0.72
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
40 Carter Hutton L 29 24 5 60:00 3.40 -1.60

New York Islanders

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Jordan Eberle · Anders Lee · Mathew Barzal13:5357.170.42-0
Josh Bailey · Brock Nelson · Anthony Beauvillier13:4650.069.81-0
Jean-Gabriel Pageau · Michael Dal Colle · Oliver Wahlstrom10:3443.845.90-0
Cal Clutterbuck · Matt Martin · Casey Cizikas7:2130.827.81-1
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Nick Leddy · Scott Mayfield17:3350.064.82-0
Adam Pelech · Ryan Pulock16:5843.351.02-1
Andy Greene · Noah Dobson15:1262.150.91-0

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
13 Mathew Barzal C 1 1 2 2 0 5 0 19:04 0.78 21-13 1.73-1.13
24 Scott Mayfield D 1 1 2 1 2 4 2 19:05 0.19 13-15 0.96-0.63
11 Brock Nelson C 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 16:29 0.53 15-14 1.05-0.49
15 Cal Clutterbuck R 1 0 1 -1 0 1 4 12:30 0.19 5-15 0.29-1.29
72 Anders Lee L 1 0 1 2 0 4 2 17:05 0.72 19-13 1.53-1.13
3 Adam Pelech D 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 22:00 14-22 1.07-0.99
6 Ryan Pulock D 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 21:03 0.05 16-20 1.06-0.89
7 Jordan Eberle R 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 14:49 0.08 14-9 1.19-0.46
17 Matt Martin L 0 1 1 0 0 1 5 09:36 0.00 11-9 0.75-0.55
44 Jean-Gabriel Pageau C 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 14:17 10-9 0.50-0.27
53 Casey Cizikas C 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 13:01 0.08 6-12 0.35-0.65
53 Noah Dobson D 0 1 1 1 0 4 1 18:40 0.05 19-13 1.11-1.11
72 Anthony Beauvillier R 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 18:16 0.39 12-16 0.89-0.53
4 Andy Greene D 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 19:30 22-14 1.52-1.05
4 Nick Leddy D 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 19:49 0.08 14-13 1.02-0.52
12 Josh Bailey R 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 16:27 0.05 13-14 0.98-0.43
28 Michael Dal Colle L 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 13:57 0.07 13-10 0.56-0.37
71 Oliver Wahlstrom R 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 12:22 0.10 8-9 0.29-0.27
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
40 Semyon Varlamov W 22 20 2 60:00 2.72 +0.72