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New York Islanders at Buffalo Sabres

May 4, 2021 · KeyBank Center

Team Goals Shots
New York Islanders 3 48
Buffalo Sabres 4 31

Decided in a shootout.

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
15:59 BUF Cody Eakin (3) Jeff Skinner (7), Drake Caggiula (7) 0 - 1
16:25 NYI Anthony Beauvillier (14) Josh Bailey (26), Brock Nelson (14) 1 - 1
2nd Period
03:44 NYI Ryan Pulock (2) Cal Clutterbuck (7), Ross Johnston (1) 2 - 1
09:16 NYI Cal Clutterbuck (4) SH Unassisted 3 - 1
17:37 BUF Anders Bjork (4) Colin Miller (7), Victor Olofsson (18) 3 - 2
3rd Period
10:56 BUF Anders Bjork (5) Victor Olofsson (19) 3 - 3
Shootout
BUF Anders Bjork Shootout winner 3 - 4

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
18:36 BUF Victor Olofsson Holding the stick 2
2nd Period
07:19 NYI Jordan Eberle Slashing 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
New York Islanders 75 61 48 3 3.3 59.2
Buffalo Sabres 51 40 31 3 1.7 40.8

How the game went

2520151050Start2nd3rdOTBuffalo 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: 3.3 expected, 3 scored · Buffalo Sabres: 1.7 expected, 3 scored

0123Start2nd3rdOTNYI goal, 16:25 of 1st, a 8% chanceNYI goal, 3:44 of 2nd, a 1% chanceNYI goal, 9:16 of 2nd, a 10% chanceBUF goal, 15:59 of 1st, a 10% chanceBUF goal, 17:37 of 2nd, a 8% chanceBUF goal, 10:56 of 3rd, a 3% chanceNYI 3.3BUF 1.7

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 Beauvillier10:5370.480.81-0
Kyle Palmieri · Jean-Gabriel Pageau · Oliver Wahlstrom10:3666.783.60-0
Cal Clutterbuck · Casey Cizikas · Ross Johnston9:3350.060.90-0
Travis Zajac · Jordan Eberle · Michael Dal Colle9:2459.150.80-1
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Nick Leddy · Scott Mayfield17:3156.158.60-1
Adam Pelech · Ryan Pulock16:2271.481.32-0
Andy Greene · Noah Dobson8:5143.827.40-2

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

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
15 Cal Clutterbuck R 1 1 2 2 0 2 3 13:53 0.12 18-14 0.61-0.27
6 Ryan Pulock D 1 0 1 2 0 4 0 23:19 0.11 32-14 1.27-0.30
72 Anthony Beauvillier R 1 0 1 1 0 7 0 17:28 0.70 21-11 1.13-0.30
11 Brock Nelson C 0 1 1 -1 0 2 3 18:05 0.26 21-14 1.21-0.59
12 Josh Bailey R 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 16:56 0.07 20-14 1.13-0.59
49 Ross Johnston L 0 1 1 0 0 1 4 11:29 0.08 15-14 0.53-0.29
3 Adam Pelech D 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 24:00 0.05 34-18 1.35-0.41
4 Andy Greene D 0 0 0 -1 0 4 2 15:54 0.08 10-12 0.13-0.30
4 Nick Leddy D 0 0 0 -1 0 6 0 23:30 0.29 27-19 1.44-0.92
7 Jordan Eberle R 0 0 0 -1 2 2 0 15:15 0.31 19-12 0.81-0.65
14 Travis Zajac C 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 18:08 0.15 20-14 0.77-0.69
21 Kyle Palmieri C 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 15:47 0.16 18-8 0.58-0.09
24 Scott Mayfield D 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 20:54 0.04 27-20 1.35-0.93
28 Michael Dal Colle L 0 0 0 -2 0 4 1 14:54 0.19 15-16 0.65-0.95
44 Jean-Gabriel Pageau C 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 16:12 0.08 16-7 0.48-0.08
53 Casey Cizikas C 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 14:20 0.32 15-14 0.47-0.27
53 Noah Dobson D 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 15:59 0.02 12-15 0.30-0.39
71 Oliver Wahlstrom R 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 16:57 0.33 15-9 0.39-0.12
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
30 Ilya Sorokin OTL 31 28 3 65:00 1.72 -1.28

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Sam Reinhart · Anders Bjork · Victor Olofsson14:0270.485.22-0
Rasmus Asplund · Tage Thompson · Casey Mittelstadt13:0530.027.30-0
Cody Eakin · Jeff Skinner · Drake Caggiula10:4737.544.71-0
Riley Sheahan · Dylan Cozens · Arttu Ruotsalainen9:1037.517.00-1
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Rasmus Ristolainen · Mattias Samuelsson18:4538.940.20-1
Henri Jokiharju · Rasmus Dahlin17:3137.034.42-1
Colin Miller · Jacob Bryson13:2059.162.31-0

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

# Skater Pos G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI xG CF-CA xGF-xGA
24 Anders Bjork L 2 0 2 2 0 3 2 21:14 0.16 19-14 0.71-0.24
95 Victor Olofsson L 0 2 2 2 2 4 1 18:53 0.26 19-10 0.71-0.18
20 Cody Eakin C 1 0 1 0 0 4 1 13:27 0.12 10-19 0.34-0.49
6 Colin Miller D 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 15:36 0.01 13-14 0.50-0.74
8 Drake Caggiula L 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 12:17 0.10 10-18 0.38-0.45
53 Jeff Skinner L 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 11:35 0.11 9-16 0.34-0.43
8 Riley Sheahan C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 12:42 0.07 14-24 0.30-1.48
11 Casey Mittelstadt C 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 19:43 0.17 7-17 0.29-0.73
13 Sam Reinhart C 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 21:08 0.21 19-14 0.71-0.23
20 Henri Jokiharju D 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 18:55 0.05 18-33 0.61-1.43
23 Mattias Samuelsson D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 21:43 0.01 15-23 0.52-0.74
24 Dylan Cozens C 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 12:41 0.12 13-22 0.29-1.47
25 Arttu Ruotsalainen C 0 0 0 -3 0 1 1 12:27 0.02 13-25 0.29-1.54
26 Rasmus Dahlin D 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 23:19 0.13 20-31 0.59-1.14
55 Rasmus Ristolainen D 0 0 0 -2 0 2 4 26:37 0.02 18-28 0.51-1.17
72 Tage Thompson C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 17:28 0.12 7-18 0.25-0.79
74 Rasmus Asplund C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15:45 7-16 0.29-0.74
78 Jacob Bryson D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 17:30 0.03 14-13 0.53-0.62
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
32 Michael Houser W 48 45 3 65:00 3.37 +0.37