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New York Islanders at Buffalo Sabres

May 3, 2021 · KeyBank Center

Team Goals Shots
New York Islanders 2 36
Buffalo Sabres 4 40

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
09:15 NYI Adam Pelech (4) Josh Bailey (25), Anthony Beauvillier (11) 1 - 0
2nd Period
10:42 NYI Oliver Wahlstrom (11) Adam Pelech (9), Kyle Palmieri (11) 2 - 0
14:04 BUF Tage Thompson (7) PP Jacob Bryson (8), Rasmus Ristolainen (11) 2 - 1
3rd Period
11:25 BUF Rasmus Asplund (7) Sam Reinhart (15), Tage Thompson (5) 2 - 2
15:56 BUF Sam Reinhart (24) Rasmus Ristolainen (12) 2 - 3
19:08 BUF Sam Reinhart (25) Unassisted 2 - 4

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
01:34 NYI Leo Komarov Hooking 2
16:29 NYI Leo Komarov Hooking 2
2nd Period
12:32 NYI Scott Mayfield Interference 2
15:44 BUF Rasmus Ristolainen Tripping 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
New York Islanders 59 44 36 2 2.1 53.8
Buffalo Sabres 53 49 40 4 2.8 46.2

How the game went

1210864202Start2nd3rdBuffalo Sabres aheadNew York Islanders 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 New York Islanders had.

Expected goals

New York Islanders: 2.1 expected, 2 scored · Buffalo Sabres: 2.8 expected, 4 scored

012Start2nd3rdEndNYI goal, 9:15 of 1st, a 2% chanceNYI goal, 10:42 of 2nd, a 6% chanceBUF goal, 14:04 of 2nd, a 5% chanceBUF goal, 11:25 of 3rd, a 18% chanceBUF goal, 15:56 of 3rd, a 7% chanceBUF goal, 19:08 of 3rd, a 50% chanceBUF 2.8NYI 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

New York Islanders
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.

New York Islanders

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Josh Bailey · Brock Nelson · Anthony Beauvillier12:3577.369.91-0
Cal Clutterbuck · Matt Martin · Casey Cizikas9:5157.160.10-0
Travis Zajac · Kyle Palmieri · Oliver Wahlstrom9:4264.743.21-0
Leo Komarov · Jordan Eberle · Mathew Barzal8:3530.89.20-1
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Adam Pelech · Ryan Pulock14:2769.656.32-0
Nick Leddy · Scott Mayfield13:2056.050.10-1
Andy Greene · Noah Dobson9:2164.744.20-0

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
3 Adam Pelech D 1 1 2 2 0 2 1 20:33 0.04 16-9 0.46-0.52
71 Oliver Wahlstrom R 1 0 1 1 0 3 3 12:42 0.16 11-9 0.20-0.35
12 Josh Bailey R 0 1 1 -1 0 2 0 19:36 0.06 19-10 0.63-0.62
21 Kyle Palmieri C 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 12:32 0.23 13-8 0.32-0.33
72 Anthony Beauvillier R 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 16:46 0.09 17-10 0.51-0.46
4 Andy Greene D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16:02 15-10 0.25-0.37
4 Nick Leddy D 0 0 0 -3 0 1 0 21:58 0.02 18-16 0.70-0.87
6 Ryan Pulock D 0 0 0 1 0 5 1 22:41 0.21 16-15 0.46-0.62
7 Jordan Eberle R 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 12:48 0.06 5-9 0.05-0.54
11 Brock Nelson C 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 19:54 0.47 21-9 0.63-0.48
13 Mathew Barzal C 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 16:09 0.06 7-14 0.12-0.82
14 Travis Zajac C 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 14:26 0.15 11-9 0.20-0.38
15 Cal Clutterbuck R 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 14:22 0.04 13-14 0.53-0.50
17 Matt Martin L 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 11:40 0.06 12-13 0.47-0.57
24 Scott Mayfield D 0 0 0 -1 2 4 0 19:34 0.08 18-17 0.66-0.89
47 Leo Komarov R 0 0 0 -1 4 1 1 11:48 0.01 5-9 0.05-0.54
53 Casey Cizikas C 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 15:21 0.38 13-12 0.53-0.43
53 Noah Dobson D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 17:08 0.02 15-17 0.30-0.73
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
40 Semyon Varlamov L 39 36 3 58:28 2.34 -0.66

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Rasmus Asplund · Tage Thompson · Casey Mittelstadt11:3650.052.10-0
Jeff Skinner · Sam Reinhart · Victor Olofsson6:5128.669.00-1
Anders Bjork · Dylan Cozens · Arttu Ruotsalainen6:5042.939.20-0
Sam Reinhart · Anders Bjork · Victor Olofsson6:3257.189.11-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Henri Jokiharju · Rasmus Dahlin17:3333.342.20-1
Rasmus Ristolainen · Mattias Samuelsson15:2160.772.91-1
Will Borgen · Jacob Bryson13:2848.063.81-0

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

# Skater Pos G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI xG CF-CA xGF-xGA
13 Sam Reinhart C 2 1 3 2 0 3 0 19:12 0.21 15-16 0.91-0.20
72 Tage Thompson C 1 1 2 1 0 7 1 15:34 0.42 12-9 0.67-0.36
55 Rasmus Ristolainen D 0 2 2 1 2 1 2 20:04 0.01 18-11 0.99-0.36
74 Rasmus Asplund C 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 14:10 0.22 11-8 0.58-0.34
78 Jacob Bryson D 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 19:52 12-13 0.60-0.34
8 Riley Sheahan C 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 14:50 8-13 0.36-0.45
8 Drake Caggiula L 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 10:04 6-6 0.17-0.16
11 Casey Mittelstadt C 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 17:16 0.14 13-10 0.60-0.43
17 Will Borgen D 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 16:43 0.02 13-15 0.62-0.46
20 Cody Eakin C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 09:40 0.04 3-4 0.08-0.10
20 Henri Jokiharju D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 19:12 0.03 11-23 0.41-0.56
23 Mattias Samuelsson D 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 17:39 0.02 18-12 0.98-0.39
24 Anders Bjork L 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 18:52 0.15 18-17 0.66-0.36
24 Dylan Cozens C 0 0 0 -1 0 4 1 16:19 0.28 10-19 0.41-0.76
25 Arttu Ruotsalainen C 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 15:08 0.11 11-18 0.44-0.73
26 Rasmus Dahlin D 0 0 0 -1 0 6 0 23:34 0.14 12-24 0.41-0.71
53 Jeff Skinner L 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 12:20 0.23 6-10 0.40-0.15
95 Victor Olofsson L 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 17:31 0.29 13-17 0.72-0.22
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
32 Michael Houser W 36 34 2 60:00 2.16 +0.16