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Boston Bruins at Buffalo Sabres

Apr 20, 2021 · KeyBank Center

Team Goals Shots
Boston Bruins 2 41
Buffalo Sabres 0 32

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
08:06 BOS Brad Marchand (24) David Pastrnak (22), Mike Reilly (22) 1 - 0
2nd Period
03:03 BOS Connor Clifton (1) Sean Kuraly (3), Curtis Lazar (5) 2 - 0

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
11:17 BOS Jake DeBrusk Hooking 2
2nd Period
11:04 BOS Brad Marchand Elbowing 2
12:10 BUF Rasmus Ristolainen Roughing 2
3rd Period
01:05 BUF Drake Caggiula Interference 2
08:03 BOS Charlie McAvoy Roughing 2
08:30 BUF Sam Reinhart Tripping 2
12:41 BOS Craig Smith High sticking 2
16:59 BOS Nick Ritchie Slashing 2
17:26 BOS Jeremy Lauzon Roughing 2
19:06 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%
Boston Bruins 66 51 41 2 4.7 57.7
Buffalo Sabres 54 43 32 0 2.5 42.3

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: 4.7 expected, 2 scored · Buffalo Sabres: 2.5 expected, 0 scored

01234Start2nd3rdEndBOS goal, 8:06 of 1st, a 16% chanceBOS goal, 3:03 of 2nd, a 2% chanceBOS 4.7BUF 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

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
David Krejci · Craig Smith · Taylor Hall11:3776.064.50-0
Patrice Bergeron · Brad Marchand · David Pastrnak10:2063.682.21-0
Chris Wagner · Sean Kuraly · Curtis Lazar9:4658.876.71-0
Charlie Coyle · Nick Ritchie · Jake DeBrusk8:0321.47.70-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Mike Reilly · Connor Clifton14:2851.759.61-0
Matt Grzelcyk · Charlie McAvoy14:0154.264.00-0
Jakub Zboril · Jeremy Lauzon8:2250.049.80-0

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
63 Brad Marchand L 1 0 1 1 2 4 0 16:48 0.40 14-11 0.75-0.44
75 Connor Clifton D 1 0 1 2 0 2 3 21:09 0.03 21-19 1.77-0.87
6 Mike Reilly D 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 21:06 0.03 18-16 0.80-0.57
20 Curtis Lazar C 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 13:52 0.15 15-13 1.54-0.57
52 Sean Kuraly C 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 13:22 0.28 13-12 0.79-0.57
88 David Pastrnak R 0 1 1 1 0 5 2 14:29 0.46 14-8 0.75-0.16
3 Charlie Coyle C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13:58 0.12 6-12 0.27-0.52
5 Jeremy Lauzon D 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 16:39 0.03 13-12 0.37-0.68
14 Chris Wagner R 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 11:56 0.28 10-10 0.64-0.40
15 Craig Smith C 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 14:00 0.09 22-9 0.58-0.37
24 Matt Grzelcyk D 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 21:06 0.02 14-12 0.61-0.36
27 Nick Ritchie L 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 11:39 0.04 7-12 0.93-0.45
37 Patrice Bergeron C 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 16:37 0.09 14-8 0.75-0.16
46 David Krejci C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15:29 21-6 0.58-0.16
67 Jakub Zboril D 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 12:19 18-9 1.39-0.32
71 Taylor Hall L 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 15:15 0.42 22-6 0.66-0.16
73 Charlie McAvoy D 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 25:01 0.20 26-14 1.06-0.42
74 Jake DeBrusk L 0 0 0 0 2 7 1 13:15 1.14 12-16 1.46-0.88
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
40 Tuukka Rask W, SO 32 32 0 60:00 2.56 +2.56

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Rasmus Asplund · Tage Thompson · Casey Mittelstadt10:3141.719.70-0
Jeff Skinner · Sam Reinhart · Victor Olofsson9:2533.320.90-1
Anders Bjork · Dylan Cozens · Arttu Ruotsalainen7:4650.049.50-1
Riley Sheahan · Tobias Rieder · Drake Caggiula6:2914.30.00-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Henri Jokiharju · Rasmus Dahlin14:2848.039.60-1
Colin Miller · Jacob Bryson13:2348.424.80-0
Rasmus Ristolainen · Mattias Samuelsson11:559.512.40-1

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

# Skater Pos G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI xG CF-CA xGF-xGA
6 Colin Miller D 0 0 0 0 0 6 3 20:50 0.26 24-20 0.96-1.36
8 Riley Sheahan C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13:37 0.11 5-13 0.24-0.43
8 Drake Caggiula L 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 10:42 3-9 0.06-0.36
11 Casey Mittelstadt C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 20:41 0.12 13-20 0.42-1.68
13 Tobias Rieder L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10:14 3-6 0.02-0.31
13 Sam Reinhart C 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 18:14 0.47 7-17 0.19-0.76
20 Henri Jokiharju D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 20:36 0.02 16-19 0.73-1.11
23 Mattias Samuelsson D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 14:26 0.02 5-19 0.19-0.96
24 Anders Bjork L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 13:37 0.06 13-14 0.41-0.41
24 Dylan Cozens C 0 0 0 -1 0 7 0 16:34 0.49 18-10 0.96-0.34
25 Arttu Ruotsalainen C 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 12:35 0.23 15-12 0.72-0.34
26 Rasmus Dahlin D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 23:31 0.06 18-13 0.85-0.75
53 Jeff Skinner L 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 14:24 0.20 12-14 0.63-0.71
55 Rasmus Ristolainen D 0 0 0 -1 2 2 2 23:03 0.33 3-25 0.15-1.03
72 Tage Thompson C 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 14:35 0.03 15-16 0.62-1.34
74 Rasmus Asplund C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13:40 0.08 11-20 0.35-1.69
78 Jacob Bryson D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16:44 17-16 0.35-1.07
95 Victor Olofsson L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 17:23 0.04 7-17 0.19-1.07
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
34 Dustin Tokarski L 41 39 2 57:40 3.86 +1.86