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Buffalo Sabres at New York Islanders

Mar 7, 2021 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum

Team Goals Shots
Buffalo Sabres 2 26
New York Islanders 5 30

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
2nd Period
05:13 NYI Anders Lee (12) Jordan Eberle (7), Noah Dobson (9) 0 - 1
06:15 NYI Brock Nelson (8) Oliver Wahlstrom (5), Nick Leddy (15) 0 - 2
16:56 NYI Casey Cizikas (4) Jean-Gabriel Pageau (7), Adam Pelech (6) 0 - 3
3rd Period
05:41 BUF Jeff Skinner (1) Curtis Lazar (2), Casey Mittelstadt (3) 1 - 3
09:35 BUF Colin Miller (3) Jack Eichel (16), Taylor Hall (12) 2 - 3
12:57 NYI Cal Clutterbuck (3) Matt Martin (4) 2 - 4
17:48 NYI Brock Nelson (9) Ryan Pulock (10) 2 - 5

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
18:53 BUF Rasmus Dahlin Interference 2
2nd Period
03:07 BUF Cody Eakin Holding 2
09:07 NYI Scott Mayfield Tripping 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres 46 37 26 2 2.5 50.6
New York Islanders 47 35 30 5 3.3 49.4

How the game went

86420246Start2nd3rdNew 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: 2.5 expected, 2 scored · New York Islanders: 3.3 expected, 5 scored

0123Start2nd3rdEndBUF goal, 5:41 of 3rd, a 35% chanceBUF goal, 9:35 of 3rd, a 3% chanceNYI goal, 5:13 of 2nd, a 14% chanceNYI goal, 6:15 of 2nd, a 6% chanceNYI goal, 16:56 of 2nd, a 12% chanceNYI goal, 12:57 of 3rd, a 17% chanceNYI goal, 17:48 of 3rd, a 49% chanceNYI 3.3BUF 2.5

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
Taylor Hall · Jack Eichel · Dylan Cozens12:3652.631.30-1
Jeff Skinner · Curtis Lazar · Casey Mittelstadt10:3459.165.01-1
Kyle Okposo · Cody Eakin · Tobias Rieder8:2758.344.70-1
Eric Staal · Sam Reinhart · Victor Olofsson8:1240.015.90-1
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Colin Miller · Rasmus Dahlin14:3858.354.62-1
Brandon Davidson · Rasmus Ristolainen14:3447.19.30-2
Brandon Montour · Jacob Bryson14:0133.321.40-1

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

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
6 Colin Miller D 1 0 1 1 0 3 3 19:12 0.10 17-13 1.23-0.96
53 Jeff Skinner L 1 0 1 -1 0 2 1 12:29 0.56 13-9 0.99-0.53
9 Jack Eichel C 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 19:55 0.03 14-11 0.51-0.84
11 Casey Mittelstadt C 0 1 1 -1 0 2 1 15:03 0.16 13-10 0.99-0.55
20 Curtis Lazar C 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 13:36 0.28 13-11 0.99-0.62
71 Taylor Hall L 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 19:49 0.46 15-13 0.54-0.91
8 Kyle Okposo R 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 10:11 0.16 7-6 0.37-0.53
12 Eric Staal C 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 15:15 0.02 9-15 0.34-0.80
13 Tobias Rieder L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 11:44 0.15 9-8 0.46-0.55
13 Sam Reinhart C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 16:45 0.04 10-15 0.36-0.84
20 Cody Eakin C 0 0 0 -1 2 2 1 11:13 0.06 9-7 0.46-0.55
24 Dylan Cozens C 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 17:54 0.15 15-13 0.57-0.88
26 Rasmus Dahlin D 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 20:37 0.02 20-14 1.55-1.06
55 Rasmus Ristolainen D 0 0 0 -3 0 0 5 18:52 0.02 13-13 0.41-0.90
62 Brandon Montour D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 22:29 0.22 15-20 0.62-1.03
78 Jacob Bryson D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 19:16 14-18 0.59-1.03
88 Brandon Davidson D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 3 17:24 11-10 0.19-0.66
95 Victor Olofsson L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 13:58 0.13 8-13 0.31-0.80
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
31 Jonas Johansson L 29 25 4 59:45 2.84 -1.16

New York Islanders

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Jordan Eberle · Anders Lee · Mathew Barzal12:0755.656.20-0
Josh Bailey · Brock Nelson · Anthony Beauvillier11:5340.062.90-0
Cal Clutterbuck · Matt Martin · Casey Cizikas9:1746.769.01-0
Jean-Gabriel Pageau · Michael Dal Colle · Oliver Wahlstrom7:4212.56.70-1
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Adam Pelech · Ryan Pulock16:4065.490.31-1
Nick Leddy · Scott Mayfield15:0937.936.41-1
Andy Greene · Noah Dobson12:3641.745.41-0

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
11 Brock Nelson C 2 0 2 2 0 4 0 17:37 0.42 9-13 0.83-0.44
15 Cal Clutterbuck R 1 0 1 1 0 3 1 16:54 0.47 13-12 0.99-0.32
53 Casey Cizikas C 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 15:39 0.18 13-10 1.00-0.31
72 Anders Lee L 1 0 1 2 0 2 2 17:02 0.16 17-15 0.77-0.52
3 Adam Pelech D 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 19:47 0.07 17-9 1.09-0.12
4 Nick Leddy D 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 21:31 0.03 13-21 0.93-1.55
6 Ryan Pulock D 0 1 1 1 0 3 4 23:30 0.12 19-13 1.12-0.31
7 Jordan Eberle R 0 1 1 1 0 4 0 15:46 0.20 20-12 0.99-0.48
17 Matt Martin L 0 1 1 1 0 1 3 10:52 0.03 9-9 0.62-0.24
44 Jean-Gabriel Pageau C 0 1 1 -1 0 1 1 16:56 0.15 7-10 0.46-1.17
53 Noah Dobson D 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 15:21 0.10 13-14 0.74-0.59
71 Oliver Wahlstrom R 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 10:56 0.07 3-8 0.17-1.07
4 Andy Greene D 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 18:24 0.02 13-15 0.64-0.63
12 Josh Bailey R 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 16:43 0.11 8-12 0.76-0.41
13 Mathew Barzal C 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 17:09 0.37 20-14 0.88-0.48
24 Scott Mayfield D 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 17:58 12-18 0.95-1.40
28 Michael Dal Colle L 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 08:34 3-7 0.14-1.04
72 Anthony Beauvillier R 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 17:21 0.31 11-13 0.97-0.43
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
30 Ilya Sorokin W 26 24 2 60:00 2.57 +0.57