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Boston Bruins at Buffalo Sabres

Nov 24, 2021 · KeyBank Center

Team Goals Shots
Boston Bruins 5 47
Buffalo Sabres 1 25

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
10:56 BUF Kyle Okposo (5) Rasmus Asplund (7) 0 - 1
13:29 BOS Patrice Bergeron (7) David Pastrnak (11), Brad Marchand (13) 1 - 1
14:20 BOS Charlie Coyle (6) Nick Foligno (2) 2 - 1
16:59 BOS David Pastrnak (6) PP Charlie McAvoy (10), Patrice Bergeron (8) 3 - 1
19:00 BOS Mike Reilly (2) Nick Foligno (3), Jakub Zboril (3) 4 - 1
3rd Period
15:26 BOS Taylor Hall (5) PP Craig Smith (2), Charlie Coyle (5) 5 - 1

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
02:25 BOS Jakub Zboril Cross checking 2
15:30 BUF Rasmus Dahlin Hooking 2
2nd Period
01:42 BOS Nick Foligno Fighting 5
01:42 BUF Colin Miller Fighting 5
09:22 BOS Derek Forbort Ps tripping on breakaway 0
3rd Period
13:46 BUF Zemgus Girgensons Boarding 5
13:46 BUF Zemgus Girgensons Game misconduct 10

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Boston Bruins 71 61 47 5 3.3 53.1
Buffalo Sabres 47 37 25 1 1.6 46.9

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: 3.3 expected, 5 scored · Buffalo Sabres: 1.6 expected, 1 scored

0123Start2nd3rdEndBOS goal, 13:29 of 1st, a 9% chanceBOS goal, 14:20 of 1st, a 2% chanceBOS goal, 16:59 of 1st, a 8% chanceBOS goal, 19:00 of 1st, a 7% chanceBOS goal, 15:26 of 3rd, a 5% chanceBUF goal, 10:56 of 1st, a 4% chanceBOS 3.3BUF 1.6

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
Patrice Bergeron · Brad Marchand · David Pastrnak10:5568.280.91-1
Nick Foligno · Charlie Coyle · Taylor Hall10:0672.780.52-0
Craig Smith · Tomas Nosek · Jake DeBrusk8:2945.066.30-0
Erik Haula · Anton Blidh · Curtis Lazar7:3522.224.30-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Derek Forbort · Brandon Carlo15:5327.629.81-0
Matt Grzelcyk · Charlie McAvoy14:5665.480.81-1
Mike Reilly · Jakub Zboril14:4871.080.11-0

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 Charlie Coyle C 1 1 2 2 0 4 0 20:30 0.28 20-12 0.75-0.42
37 Patrice Bergeron C 1 1 2 0 0 5 2 14:28 0.29 15-10 0.72-0.27
88 David Pastrnak R 1 1 2 0 0 4 0 16:40 0.30 18-10 0.73-0.30
71 Nick Foligno L 0 2 2 2 5 2 5 14:13 0.20 16-8 0.62-0.16
6 Mike Reilly D 1 0 1 1 0 6 2 21:20 0.20 24-12 1.23-0.50
71 Taylor Hall L 1 0 1 2 0 4 0 16:26 0.25 18-7 0.74-0.20
15 Craig Smith C 0 1 1 0 0 4 1 16:30 0.25 14-13 0.85-0.47
63 Brad Marchand L 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 17:11 0.36 17-13 0.73-0.41
67 Jakub Zboril D 0 1 1 1 2 2 3 17:34 0.10 23-12 1.19-0.40
73 Charlie McAvoy D 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 18:38 0.03 18-11 0.73-0.29
20 Curtis Lazar C 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 12:46 0.21 3-13 0.09-0.42
24 Matt Grzelcyk D 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 20:01 0.05 19-12 0.74-0.29
25 Anton Blidh L 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 12:24 3-12 0.09-0.37
25 Brandon Carlo D 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 18:53 9-23 0.37-0.76
27 Derek Forbort D 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 17:56 0.02 9-21 0.32-0.74
56 Erik Haula L 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 12:12 0.03 5-10 0.10-0.38
74 Jake DeBrusk L 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 16:25 0.16 13-13 0.73-0.47
92 Tomas Nosek L 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 13:53 0.54 11-13 0.72-0.38
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
1 Jeremy Swayman W 25 24 1 60:00 1.61 +0.61

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Jeff Skinner · Victor Olofsson · Tage Thompson12:4341.742.80-0
Kyle Okposo · Rasmus Asplund · Dylan Cozens10:4150.041.91-0
Cody Eakin · Vinnie Hinostroza · Anders Bjork10:3027.815.60-0
Zemgus Girgensons · John Hayden · Arttu Ruotsalainen7:1664.349.10-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Mark Pysyk · Rasmus Dahlin17:2516.75.40-1
Henri Jokiharju · Jacob Bryson13:1655.638.10-0
Colin Miller · Robert Hagg10:2455.649.81-1

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
8 Kyle Okposo R 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 16:10 0.05 10-9 0.28-0.32
74 Rasmus Asplund C 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 16:34 0.19 11-9 0.30-0.26
6 Colin Miller D 0 0 0 0 5 0 1 17:00 15-9 0.42-0.23
13 Mark Pysyk D 0 0 0 -1 0 4 1 23:29 0.15 9-27 0.30-1.17
15 John Hayden C 0 0 0 -1 0 3 4 12:05 0.36 15-10 0.57-0.84
18 Robert Hagg D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 16:27 0.03 12-11 0.28-0.30
20 Cody Eakin C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 13:59 0.10 6-15 0.12-0.66
20 Henri Jokiharju D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 18:37 0.03 23-15 0.82-0.82
24 Vinnie Hinostroza C 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 13:19 8-17 0.24-0.67
24 Anders Bjork L 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 15:16 8-16 0.21-0.66
24 Dylan Cozens C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 16:00 0.04 15-17 0.32-0.71
25 Arttu Ruotsalainen C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 10:24 0.09 14-10 0.57-0.84
26 Rasmus Dahlin D 0 0 0 -1 2 0 3 23:27 10-26 0.28-1.23
28 Zemgus Girgensons C 0 0 0 0 15 2 2 12:04 0.16 12-5 0.63-0.46
53 Jeff Skinner L 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 16:36 0.16 12-16 0.36-0.53
72 Tage Thompson C 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 16:26 0.16 12-14 0.38-0.46
78 Jacob Bryson D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19:52 21-14 0.78-0.83
95 Victor Olofsson L 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 15:46 0.10 12-15 0.36-0.46
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
34 Dustin Tokarski 25 24 1 40:00 2.13 +1.13
30 Aaron Dell L 22 18 4 20:00 1.09 -2.91