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Boston Bruins at Buffalo Sabres

Mar 18, 2021 · KeyBank Center

Team Goals Shots
Boston Bruins 4 37
Buffalo Sabres 1 24

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
02:56 BOS Greg McKegg (1) Matt Grzelcyk (8) 1 - 0
2nd Period
01:54 BUF Kyle Okposo (1) SH Jacob Bryson (1) 1 - 1
09:15 BOS Jake DeBrusk (3) PP David Pastrnak (12), David Krejci (13) 2 - 1
18:36 BOS Craig Smith (5) David Krejci (14), Connor Clifton (4) 3 - 1
3rd Period
04:44 BOS David Pastrnak (14) PP David Krejci (15), Brad Marchand (22) 4 - 1

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
2nd Period
00:25 BUF Cody Eakin Hooking 2
07:35 BUF Matt Irwin High sticking 2
09:37 BOS Oskar Steen Holding the stick 2
3rd Period
02:59 BUF Victor Olofsson Holding 2
04:13 BUF Brandon Montour Interference 2
10:31 BUF Eric Staal Holding 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Boston Bruins 57 48 37 4 2.6 50.0
Buffalo Sabres 46 38 24 1 2.1 50.0

How the game went

20151050Start2nd3rdBuffalo Sabres aheadBoston Bruins 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 Buffalo Sabres had taken more, and below it and blue while Boston Bruins had.

Expected goals

Boston Bruins: 2.6 expected, 4 scored · Buffalo Sabres: 2.1 expected, 1 scored

012Start2nd3rdEndBOS goal, 2:56 of 1st, a 9% chanceBOS goal, 9:15 of 2nd, a 21% chanceBOS goal, 18:36 of 2nd, a 13% chanceBOS goal, 4:44 of 3rd, a 9% chanceBUF goal, 1:54 of 2nd, a 3% chanceBOS 2.6BUF 2.1

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

Boston Bruins
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.

Boston Bruins

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Patrice Bergeron · Brad Marchand · David Pastrnak11:0385.798.20-0
David Krejci · Craig Smith · Jake DeBrusk7:5647.441.50-0
Charlie Coyle · Nick Ritchie · Oskar Steen7:3464.745.60-0
Greg McKegg · Trent Frederic · Karson Kuhlman3:3966.758.81-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Connor Clifton · Jakub Zboril14:4563.658.91-0
Matt Grzelcyk · Charlie McAvoy14:2064.072.21-0
Steven Kampfer · Jack Ahcan12:5224.017.60-0

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
46 David Krejci C 0 3 3 1 0 2 0 16:49 0.04 13-18 0.56-0.83
88 David Pastrnak R 1 1 2 -1 0 6 0 20:57 0.44 15-5 0.49-0.16
14 Greg McKegg C 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 10:20 0.09 4-4 0.17-0.11
15 Craig Smith C 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 13:33 0.26 10-16 0.49-0.77
74 Jake DeBrusk L 1 0 1 0 0 3 1 19:20 0.37 11-19 0.42-0.75
24 Matt Grzelcyk D 0 1 1 0 0 6 0 21:02 0.10 16-9 0.54-0.21
63 Brad Marchand L 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 19:38 0.19 15-3 0.49-0.05
75 Connor Clifton D 0 1 1 1 0 0 3 16:04 14-9 0.69-0.49
3 Charlie Coyle C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 17:50 0.11 12-17 0.34-0.63
10 Trent Frederic C 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 05:28 2-4 0.10-0.10
20 Karson Kuhlman C 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 10:55 0.06 4-8 0.17-0.16
27 Nick Ritchie L 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 16:49 0.21 12-13 0.47-0.68
37 Patrice Bergeron C 0 0 0 -1 0 4 2 20:13 0.45 12-5 0.42-0.04
44 Steven Kampfer D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 16:08 0.03 7-19 0.20-0.85
47 Jack Ahcan D 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 17:55 0.09 10-21 0.25-0.88
62 Oskar Steen C 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 14:00 0.11 13-12 0.34-0.53
67 Jakub Zboril D 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 18:04 15-10 0.70-0.51
73 Charlie McAvoy D 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 23:07 20-13 0.61-0.25
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
41 Jaroslav Halak W 24 23 1 59:48 2.07 +1.07

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Eric Staal · Sam Reinhart · Victor Olofsson11:2052.263.80-0
Kyle Okposo · Cody Eakin · Tobias Rieder9:3137.531.80-1
Jeff Skinner · Curtis Lazar · Casey Mittelstadt8:4869.261.00-0
Riley Sheahan · Taylor Hall · Tage Thompson6:529.14.70-1
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Colin Miller · Rasmus Dahlin16:5054.556.80-0
Matt Irwin · Brandon Montour13:0944.052.80-0
Rasmus Ristolainen · Jacob Bryson10:3236.848.20-1

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 G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI xG CF-CA xGF-xGA
8 Kyle Okposo R 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 11:51 0.11 8-11 0.25-0.49
78 Jacob Bryson D 0 1 1 -1 0 0 0 16:19 9-13 0.52-0.53
6 Colin Miller D 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 20:14 0.04 17-10 0.47-0.27
8 Riley Sheahan C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 15:35 0.21 9-12 0.36-0.44
11 Casey Mittelstadt C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12:59 0.25 12-5 0.47-0.24
12 Eric Staal C 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 15:57 0.29 16-11 0.64-0.33
13 Tobias Rieder L 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 15:16 0.31 7-13 0.23-0.49
13 Sam Reinhart C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16:52 0.19 18-12 0.84-0.34
20 Cody Eakin C 0 0 0 -1 2 1 1 14:13 0.01 8-12 0.25-0.49
20 Curtis Lazar C 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 16:39 0.25 10-6 0.35-0.24
26 Rasmus Dahlin D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 22:17 0.04 16-14 0.52-0.52
52 Matt Irwin D 0 0 0 1 2 1 3 19:03 0.03 13-14 0.51-0.44
53 Jeff Skinner L 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 13:49 0.15 12-4 0.46-0.22
55 Rasmus Ristolainen D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 18:42 8-12 0.51-0.51
62 Brandon Montour D 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 21:16 0.09 18-19 0.68-0.72
71 Taylor Hall L 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 13:20 7-13 0.29-0.46
72 Tage Thompson C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 10:58 0.02 3-13 0.05-0.43
95 Victor Olofsson L 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 15:15 0.07 14-11 0.60-0.33
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
40 Carter Hutton L 37 33 4 60:00 2.58 -1.42