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Buffalo Sabres at Boston Bruins

Apr 29, 2021 · TD Garden

Team Goals Shots
Buffalo Sabres 2 31
Boston Bruins 5 40

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
01:16 BOS David Pastrnak (19) Patrice Bergeron (24), Brad Marchand (33) 0 - 1
14:09 BUF Casey Mittelstadt (10) Arttu Ruotsalainen (1), Rasmus Asplund (3) 1 - 1
19:59 BOS David Krejci (8) PP Charlie McAvoy (23), Craig Smith (18) 1 - 2
3rd Period
01:43 BUF Sam Reinhart (23) Victor Olofsson (17), Jeff Skinner (6) 2 - 2
07:58 BOS Charlie Coyle (6) Unassisted 2 - 3
16:43 BOS Taylor Hall (7) David Krejci (26), Craig Smith (19) 2 - 4
18:26 BOS Brad Marchand (27) SH Unassisted 2 - 5

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
18:05 BUF Sam Reinhart Tripping 2
2nd Period
05:36 BOS Curtis Lazar Interference 2
14:50 BUF Rasmus Dahlin Hooking 2
3rd Period
13:30 BOS David Krejci Interference 2
13:30 BUF Rasmus Dahlin Holding 2
17:47 BOS Connor Clifton Slashing 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres 48 39 31 2 2.5 45.5
Boston Bruins 63 56 40 5 3.3 54.5

How the game went

505101520Start2nd3rdBoston Bruins 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 Boston Bruins had taken more, and below it and blue while Buffalo Sabres had.

Expected goals

Buffalo Sabres: 2.5 expected, 2 scored · Boston Bruins: 3.3 expected, 5 scored

0123Start2nd3rdEndBUF goal, 14:09 of 1st, a 10% chanceBUF goal, 1:43 of 3rd, a 16% chanceBOS goal, 1:16 of 1st, a 3% chanceBOS goal, 19:59 of 1st, a 7% chanceBOS goal, 7:58 of 3rd, a 13% chanceBOS goal, 16:43 of 3rd, a 8% chanceBOS goal, 18:26 of 3rd, a 48% chanceBOS 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
Boston Bruins

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
Rasmus Asplund · Casey Mittelstadt · Arttu Ruotsalainen13:2937.536.81-2
Anders Bjork · Drake Caggiula · Dylan Cozens11:5638.166.70-0
Jeff Skinner · Sam Reinhart · Victor Olofsson11:1178.968.11-0
Riley Sheahan · Tobias Rieder · Tage Thompson6:1425.039.10-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Henri Jokiharju · Rasmus Dahlin17:3351.754.90-2
Rasmus Ristolainen · Mattias Samuelsson16:3030.322.50-1
Will Borgen · Jacob Bryson10:5855.675.32-0

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
11 Casey Mittelstadt C 1 0 1 -2 0 3 1 19:38 0.29 10-17 0.31-0.58
13 Sam Reinhart C 1 0 1 -1 2 7 0 17:46 0.57 17-7 0.55-0.36
25 Arttu Ruotsalainen C 0 1 1 -1 0 1 4 16:15 0.05 11-17 0.43-0.58
53 Jeff Skinner L 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 14:29 16-6 0.51-0.24
74 Rasmus Asplund C 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 15:40 0.01 11-15 0.38-0.52
95 Victor Olofsson L 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 17:34 0.28 15-5 0.46-0.22
8 Riley Sheahan C 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 09:38 0.11 4-11 0.31-0.31
8 Drake Caggiula L 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 15:48 0.34 10-16 0.82-0.46
13 Tobias Rieder L 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 08:36 0.08 4-10 0.19-0.39
17 Will Borgen D 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 13:08 10-9 0.72-0.25
20 Henri Jokiharju D 0 0 0 -3 0 3 2 19:57 0.05 15-14 0.49-0.41
23 Mattias Samuelsson D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 22:16 13-24 0.74-0.96
24 Anders Bjork L 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 17:02 10-18 0.94-0.55
24 Dylan Cozens C 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 16:43 0.45 10-14 0.83-0.46
26 Rasmus Dahlin D 0 0 0 -3 4 2 4 23:33 0.22 17-16 0.65-0.46
55 Rasmus Ristolainen D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 3 20:46 0.07 13-23 0.47-0.94
72 Tage Thompson C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 07:42 4-10 0.22-0.39
78 Jacob Bryson D 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 18:14 13-10 1.09-0.29
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
1 Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen L 39 35 4 59:21 2.84 -1.16

Boston Bruins

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Patrice Bergeron · Brad Marchand · David Pastrnak12:2545.845.81-2
David Krejci · Craig Smith · Taylor Hall12:1376.271.71-0
Charlie Coyle · Sean Kuraly · Trent Frederic6:1144.415.20-0
Chris Wagner · Curtis Lazar · Nick Ritchie5:5366.762.80-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Kevan Miller · Matt Grzelcyk11:2883.367.60-1
Mike Reilly · Connor Clifton9:2455.663.71-0
Jeremy Lauzon · Charlie McAvoy9:1626.750.51-1

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
46 David Krejci C 1 1 2 1 2 2 0 15:32 0.13 16-10 0.54-0.37
63 Brad Marchand L 1 1 2 0 0 4 3 20:51 0.37 14-18 0.66-0.87
15 Craig Smith C 0 2 2 1 0 1 4 16:25 0.20 18-7 0.63-0.23
3 Charlie Coyle C 1 0 1 1 0 4 1 16:10 0.29 10-11 0.30-0.81
71 Taylor Hall L 1 0 1 1 0 5 0 16:00 0.46 20-6 0.65-0.22
88 David Pastrnak R 1 0 1 -1 0 6 0 17:32 0.17 13-16 0.62-0.83
37 Patrice Bergeron C 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 18:48 0.52 11-14 0.51-0.74
73 Charlie McAvoy D 0 1 1 1 0 2 2 20:54 0.09 11-20 0.64-1.20
5 Jeremy Lauzon D 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 18:15 0.01 9-15 0.54-0.56
6 Mike Reilly D 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 21:55 0.08 13-14 0.44-0.46
10 Trent Frederic C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 09:54 5-7 0.11-0.68
14 Chris Wagner R 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 08:52 0.02 7-5 0.09-0.10
20 Curtis Lazar C 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 09:25 8-7 0.12-0.20
24 Matt Grzelcyk D 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 18:15 0.13 26-10 0.67-0.90
27 Nick Ritchie L 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 12:36 0.14 9-10 0.22-0.39
52 Sean Kuraly C 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 15:46 0.10 13-10 0.47-0.75
75 Connor Clifton D 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 16:27 0.02 15-12 0.49-0.48
86 Kevan Miller D 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 20:23 0.07 22-8 0.52-0.29
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
40 Tuukka Rask W 31 29 2 60:00 2.55 +0.55