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Boston Bruins at Buffalo Sabres

Apr 23, 2021 · KeyBank Center

Team Goals Shots
Boston Bruins 4 40
Buffalo Sabres 6 34

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
02:15 BOS Steven Kampfer (2) Taylor Hall (20), Tuukka Rask (1) 1 - 0
15:40 BUF Sam Reinhart (18) PP Rasmus Dahlin (17), Victor Olofsson (16) 1 - 1
2nd Period
06:54 BUF Rasmus Dahlin (5) Riley Sheahan (8), Tobias Rieder (2) 1 - 2
14:17 BUF Casey Mittelstadt (9) Tage Thompson (4), Mattias Samuelsson (1) 1 - 3
3rd Period
01:14 BUF Arttu Ruotsalainen (4) Dylan Cozens (9), Mattias Samuelsson (2) 1 - 4
04:30 BUF Sam Reinhart (19) PP Unassisted 1 - 5
12:06 BOS Nick Ritchie (12) Steven Kampfer (2), Jake DeBrusk (7) 2 - 5
15:25 BOS Kevan Miller (1) Steven Kampfer (3), Sean Kuraly (4) 3 - 5
17:12 BOS Taylor Hall (5) Charlie McAvoy (21), David Krejci (24) 4 - 5
19:18 BUF Sam Reinhart (20) Unassisted 4 - 6

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
15:23 BOS Matt Grzelcyk Tripping 2
17:59 BUF Arttu Ruotsalainen Slashing 2
2nd Period
08:55 BOS Matt Grzelcyk Hooking 2
18:32 BUF Dylan Cozens Embellishment 2
18:32 BOS Craig Smith Holding 2
3rd Period
04:21 BOS Brad Marchand Slashing 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Boston Bruins 72 55 40 4 3.0 62.1
Buffalo Sabres 47 40 34 6 3.1 37.9

How the game went

2520151050Start2nd3rdBuffalo 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: 3.0 expected, 4 scored · Buffalo Sabres: 3.1 expected, 6 scored

0123Start2nd3rdEndBOS goal, 2:15 of 1st, a 7% chanceBOS goal, 12:06 of 3rd, a 23% chanceBOS goal, 15:25 of 3rd, a 9% chanceBOS goal, 17:12 of 3rd, a 3% chanceBUF goal, 15:40 of 1st, a 8% chanceBUF goal, 6:54 of 2nd, a 6% chanceBUF goal, 14:17 of 2nd, a 10% chanceBUF goal, 1:14 of 3rd, a 1% chanceBUF goal, 4:30 of 3rd, a 18% chanceBUF goal, 19:18 of 3rd, a 50% chanceBUF 3.1BOS 3.0

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 Hall13:3068.064.01-0
Brad Marchand · Charlie Coyle · David Pastrnak13:0862.549.10-2
Sean Kuraly · Nick Ritchie · Jake DeBrusk7:2671.472.32-1
Chris Wagner · Anton Blidh · Curtis Lazar5:0675.051.80-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Matt Grzelcyk · Charlie McAvoy15:5048.048.90-1
Kevan Miller · Mike Reilly15:0961.156.70-1
Steven Kampfer · Jeremy Lauzon11:4165.249.42-1

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
44 Steven Kampfer D 1 2 3 2 0 2 0 16:53 0.10 24-9 1.07-0.49
71 Taylor Hall L 1 1 2 1 0 5 0 19:24 0.29 20-11 0.98-0.48
27 Nick Ritchie L 1 0 1 1 0 5 1 12:04 0.45 17-10 0.77-0.35
86 Kevan Miller D 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 19:02 0.29 27-15 1.33-0.71
46 David Krejci C 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 19:05 0.20 20-9 0.63-0.33
52 Sean Kuraly C 0 1 1 1 0 4 0 14:11 0.31 21-12 1.16-0.42
73 Charlie McAvoy D 0 1 1 -1 0 1 1 24:07 0.02 17-15 0.73-0.63
74 Jake DeBrusk L 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 12:54 0.10 18-11 0.79-0.34
3 Charlie Coyle C 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 16:48 0.12 15-11 0.68-0.76
5 Jeremy Lauzon D 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 14:51 0.01 17-10 0.62-0.64
6 Mike Reilly D 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 21:21 0.11 29-15 1.00-0.65
14 Chris Wagner R 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 10:35 0.04 9-9 0.18-0.41
15 Craig Smith C 0 0 0 1 2 5 1 17:56 0.19 22-9 1.00-0.36
20 Curtis Lazar C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10:23 8-7 0.18-0.32
24 Matt Grzelcyk D 0 0 0 -1 4 0 0 21:12 14-14 0.54-0.53
25 Anton Blidh L 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10:42 0.11 11-8 0.22-0.26
63 Brad Marchand L 0 0 0 -2 2 4 0 19:09 0.35 16-10 0.68-0.73
88 David Pastrnak R 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 16:24 0.29 15-10 0.68-0.72
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
40 Tuukka Rask 28 24 4 41:14 2.08 -1.92
41 Jaroslav Halak L 5 4 1 17:19 0.59 -0.41

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Anders Bjork · Dylan Cozens · Arttu Ruotsalainen11:3537.534.81-2
Rasmus Asplund · Tage Thompson · Casey Mittelstadt11:2329.437.20-0
Jeff Skinner · Sam Reinhart · Victor Olofsson10:4540.725.30-0
Riley Sheahan · Tobias Rieder · Drake Caggiula8:0040.061.61-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Henri Jokiharju · Rasmus Dahlin20:0243.656.81-0
Rasmus Ristolainen · Mattias Samuelsson15:3853.657.71-0
Will Borgen · Jacob Bryson13:2519.46.10-2

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

# Skater Pos G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI xG CF-CA xGF-xGA
13 Sam Reinhart C 3 0 3 0 0 7 0 16:14 0.30 13-18 0.30-0.94
26 Rasmus Dahlin D 1 1 2 2 0 1 2 24:19 0.06 18-22 1.20-0.83
23 Mattias Samuelsson D 0 2 2 2 0 1 1 19:09 0.05 16-14 0.64-0.45
11 Casey Mittelstadt C 1 0 1 2 0 4 0 17:46 0.29 7-13 0.49-0.65
25 Arttu Ruotsalainen C 1 0 1 -2 2 2 0 14:09 0.09 9-19 0.30-0.74
8 Riley Sheahan C 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 13:30 0.20 7-13 0.53-0.39
13 Tobias Rieder L 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 11:31 0.12 8-11 0.55-0.30
24 Dylan Cozens C 0 1 1 -1 2 2 0 15:05 0.37 11-16 0.48-0.56
72 Tage Thompson C 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 14:21 0.24 9-14 0.67-0.73
95 Victor Olofsson L 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 16:12 0.08 11-20 0.29-0.95
8 Drake Caggiula L 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 11:48 0.17 9-13 0.48-0.31
17 Will Borgen D 0 0 0 -3 0 1 3 15:14 0.04 6-26 0.08-1.36
20 Henri Jokiharju D 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 23:01 0.11 17-23 1.10-0.84
24 Anders Bjork L 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 14:15 0.13 10-18 0.30-0.66
53 Jeff Skinner L 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 16:12 0.20 15-22 0.41-1.04
55 Rasmus Ristolainen D 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 20:22 0.01 15-16 0.54-0.49
74 Rasmus Asplund C 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 17:28 0.20 8-15 0.67-0.67
78 Jacob Bryson D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 15:50 6-27 0.08-1.32
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
1 Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen W 40 36 4 59:34 2.99 -1.01