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Boston Bruins at Buffalo Sabres

Apr 22, 2021 · KeyBank Center

Team Goals Shots
Boston Bruins 5 38
Buffalo Sabres 1 30

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
12:36 BOS Brad Marchand (25) Patrice Bergeron (23), Mike Reilly (23) 1 - 0
2nd Period
05:27 BUF Arttu Ruotsalainen (3) Anders Bjork (6), Dylan Cozens (8) 1 - 1
12:50 BOS Matt Grzelcyk (4) Charlie McAvoy (20), David Pastrnak (23) 2 - 1
3rd Period
04:55 BOS David Pastrnak (18) Brad Marchand (32), Matt Grzelcyk (11) 3 - 1
06:01 BOS Nick Ritchie (11) Jake DeBrusk (6), Charlie Coyle (10) 4 - 1
18:02 BOS David Krejci (6) Jeremy Lauzon (6), Taylor Hall (19) 5 - 1

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
08:13 BUF Rasmus Ristolainen Boarding 2
14:25 BOS Charlie McAvoy Hooking 2
18:18 BOS Brad Marchand Roughing 2
18:18 BUF Casey Mittelstadt Roughing 2
2nd Period
01:49 BUF Rasmus Ristolainen Holding 2
05:48 BOS David Pastrnak Boarding 2
08:56 BOS Steven Kampfer Interference 2
13:11 BOS Patrice Bergeron Hooking 2
16:26 BOS Charlie McAvoy Slashing 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Boston Bruins 55 46 38 5 2.0 54.5
Buffalo Sabres 54 42 30 1 2.3 45.5

How the game went

6420246Start2nd3rdBuffalo 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: 2.0 expected, 5 scored · Buffalo Sabres: 2.3 expected, 1 scored

00.511.52Start2nd3rdEndBOS goal, 12:36 of 1st, a 8% chanceBOS goal, 12:50 of 2nd, a 1% chanceBOS goal, 4:55 of 3rd, a 10% chanceBOS goal, 6:01 of 3rd, a 6% chanceBOS goal, 18:02 of 3rd, a 21% chanceBUF goal, 5:27 of 2nd, a 9% chanceBUF 2.3BOS 2.0

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 Hall9:5369.264.41-0
Chris Wagner · Sean Kuraly · Curtis Lazar9:4626.75.40-1
Charlie Coyle · Nick Ritchie · Jake DeBrusk8:2741.224.41-0
Patrice Bergeron · Brad Marchand · David Pastrnak8:1975.082.43-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Mike Reilly · Connor Clifton11:5961.560.02-1
Steven Kampfer · Jeremy Lauzon11:3755.245.51-0
Matt Grzelcyk · Charlie McAvoy11:2247.660.31-0

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
24 Matt Grzelcyk D 1 1 2 2 0 1 2 19:02 0.01 13-14 0.31-0.22
63 Brad Marchand L 1 1 2 3 2 1 0 16:53 0.10 10-5 0.31-0.14
88 David Pastrnak R 1 1 2 3 2 3 0 13:48 0.16 11-5 0.31-0.07
27 Nick Ritchie L 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 11:00 0.07 7-10 0.16-0.49
46 David Krejci C 1 0 1 1 0 4 0 13:11 0.29 19-11 0.91-0.53
3 Charlie Coyle C 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 17:16 0.05 14-12 0.22-0.56
5 Jeremy Lauzon D 0 1 1 1 0 2 3 21:12 0.07 22-15 0.80-0.80
6 Mike Reilly D 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 19:04 0.02 13-11 0.38-0.79
37 Patrice Bergeron C 0 1 1 3 2 5 1 14:52 0.23 11-5 0.34-0.12
71 Taylor Hall L 0 1 1 1 0 4 0 14:49 0.28 23-12 0.94-0.57
73 Charlie McAvoy D 0 1 1 1 4 1 0 20:50 0.03 15-15 0.36-0.45
74 Jake DeBrusk L 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 12:56 0.01 12-13 0.18-0.64
14 Chris Wagner R 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 12:57 0.01 4-12 0.03-0.52
15 Craig Smith C 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 13:30 0.26 20-8 0.92-0.49
20 Curtis Lazar C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 15:30 0.20 5-14 0.09-0.70
44 Steven Kampfer D 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 18:03 0.05 22-18 0.84-1.08
52 Sean Kuraly C 0 0 0 -1 0 3 3 14:48 0.15 8-13 0.10-0.61
75 Connor Clifton D 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 18:20 11-7 0.30-0.28
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
1 Jeremy Swayman W 30 29 1 59:59 2.34 +1.34

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Anders Bjork · Dylan Cozens · Arttu Ruotsalainen11:0738.532.11-0
Riley Sheahan · Tobias Rieder · Drake Caggiula8:2150.019.10-3
Rasmus Asplund · Tage Thompson · Casey Mittelstadt7:4438.974.20-1
Jeff Skinner · Sam Reinhart · Victor Olofsson7:2553.873.00-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Henri Jokiharju · Rasmus Dahlin15:3343.238.80-3
Will Borgen · Jacob Bryson13:3140.072.31-1
Rasmus Ristolainen · Mattias Samuelsson11:4759.167.50-1

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
25 Arttu Ruotsalainen C 1 0 1 1 0 1 2 16:24 0.09 8-11 0.23-0.23
24 Anders Bjork L 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 16:37 10-12 0.38-0.28
24 Dylan Cozens C 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 19:10 0.29 7-9 0.18-0.19
8 Riley Sheahan C 0 0 0 -3 0 1 0 12:32 0.02 9-14 0.12-0.73
8 Drake Caggiula L 0 0 0 -3 0 1 2 10:19 0.02 12-9 0.21-0.49
11 Casey Mittelstadt C 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 18:16 0.04 13-13 0.93-0.21
13 Tobias Rieder L 0 0 0 -3 0 1 0 10:50 0.03 9-11 0.12-0.56
13 Sam Reinhart C 0 0 0 -1 0 4 1 19:30 0.18 11-11 0.56-0.31
17 Will Borgen D 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 18:20 0.01 8-14 0.77-0.42
20 Henri Jokiharju D 0 0 0 -3 0 1 0 18:38 0.16 18-21 0.51-0.73
23 Mattias Samuelsson D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 15:20 0.02 15-11 0.53-0.27
26 Rasmus Dahlin D 0 0 0 -3 0 1 2 23:28 0.07 16-24 0.47-0.79
53 Jeff Skinner L 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 13:47 0.34 10-12 0.65-0.44
55 Rasmus Ristolainen D 0 0 0 -1 4 3 5 17:45 0.12 15-12 0.57-0.41
72 Tage Thompson C 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 13:34 0.46 9-16 0.62-0.41
74 Rasmus Asplund C 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 13:07 0.35 13-15 0.89-0.34
78 Jacob Bryson D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20:41 9-14 0.82-0.37
95 Victor Olofsson L 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15:42 0.10 8-11 0.51-0.30
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
34 Dustin Tokarski L 38 33 5 60:00 2.05 -2.95