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Buffalo Sabres at Carolina Hurricanes

Dec 4, 2021 · PNC Arena

Team Goals Shots
Buffalo Sabres 2 34
Carolina Hurricanes 6 29

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
02:16 CAR Teuvo Teravainen (5) Sebastian Aho (13), Nino Niederreiter (4) 0 - 1
13:59 CAR Martin Necas (5) Seth Jarvis (5), Vincent Trocheck (10) 0 - 2
19:28 BUF Henri Jokiharju (1) Jeff Skinner (8), Victor Olofsson (10) 1 - 2
2nd Period
03:44 CAR Ian Cole (1) Vincent Trocheck (11) 1 - 3
04:08 CAR Vincent Trocheck (5) Unassisted 1 - 4
11:42 CAR Nino Niederreiter (5) Sebastian Aho (14) 1 - 5
19:34 BUF Zemgus Girgensons (5) PP Jacob Bryson (6), Kyle Okposo (11) 2 - 5
3rd Period
01:09 CAR Teuvo Teravainen (6) SH Sebastian Aho (15) 2 - 6

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
2nd Period
06:47 CAR Ian Cole Tripping 2
17:47 CAR Vincent Trocheck Boarding 5
17:47 CAR Vincent Trocheck Game misconduct 10

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres 59 48 34 2 3.8 54.6
Carolina Hurricanes 47 36 29 6 3.1 45.4

How the game went

10505Start2nd3rdCarolina Hurricanes 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 Carolina Hurricanes had taken more, and below it and blue while Buffalo Sabres had.

Expected goals

Buffalo Sabres: 3.8 expected, 2 scored · Carolina Hurricanes: 3.1 expected, 6 scored

0123Start2nd3rdEndBUF goal, 19:28 of 1st, a 1% chanceBUF goal, 19:34 of 2nd, a 20% chanceCAR goal, 2:16 of 1st, a 21% chanceCAR goal, 13:59 of 1st, a 7% chanceCAR goal, 3:44 of 2nd, a 4% chanceCAR goal, 4:08 of 2nd, a 14% chanceCAR goal, 11:42 of 2nd, a 15% chanceCAR goal, 1:09 of 3rd, a 38% chanceBUF 3.8CAR 3.1

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

Buffalo Sabres
Carolina Hurricanes

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
Zemgus Girgensons · Rasmus Asplund · Casey Mittelstadt12:5853.836.90-1
Jeff Skinner · Victor Olofsson · Tage Thompson11:5062.563.71-0
Cody Eakin · Vinnie Hinostroza · Anders Bjork11:3158.823.70-3
Kyle Okposo · Brett Murray · Dylan Cozens10:5444.469.90-1
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Mark Pysyk · Rasmus Dahlin17:2457.664.00-2
Henri Jokiharju · Jacob Bryson15:5759.460.21-2
Colin Miller · Will Butcher14:3847.628.30-1

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
20 Henri Jokiharju D 1 0 1 -1 0 2 2 19:44 0.02 23-17 1.12-0.89
28 Zemgus Girgensons C 1 0 1 -1 0 3 4 16:23 0.41 15-12 0.55-0.70
8 Kyle Okposo R 0 1 1 -1 0 0 4 15:27 0.16 12-15 1.48-0.64
53 Jeff Skinner L 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 17:58 0.49 16-10 1.14-0.65
78 Jacob Bryson D 0 1 1 -1 0 1 1 18:45 0.02 19-14 1.03-0.68
95 Victor Olofsson L 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 17:42 0.46 16-10 1.14-0.65
4 Will Butcher D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 16:04 0.01 12-12 0.27-0.65
6 Colin Miller D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 18:38 0.03 10-14 0.22-0.57
11 Casey Mittelstadt C 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 19:14 0.17 15-12 0.65-0.70
13 Mark Pysyk D 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 19:22 0.03 21-17 1.77-1.10
20 Cody Eakin C 0 0 0 -3 0 1 2 14:07 0.16 11-8 0.29-0.59
24 Vinnie Hinostroza C 0 0 0 -3 0 2 1 12:41 0.06 10-7 0.14-0.45
24 Anders Bjork L 0 0 0 -3 0 0 0 12:44 0.05 10-7 0.14-0.45
24 Dylan Cozens C 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 14:52 0.62 12-15 1.48-0.64
26 Rasmus Dahlin D 0 0 0 -3 0 1 1 22:49 0.01 20-14 1.98-0.97
57 Brett Murray L 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 12:51 0.75 12-15 1.48-0.64
72 Tage Thompson C 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 15:32 0.20 16-9 1.14-0.51
74 Rasmus Asplund C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 15:07 0.12 15-12 0.55-0.70
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
32 Malcolm Subban L 25 19 6 49:57 2.60 -3.40
30 Aaron Dell 4 4 0 10:03 0.44 +0.44

Carolina Hurricanes

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Jordan Staal · Jesper Fast · Steven Lorentz10:2330.858.00-1
Nino Niederreiter · Teuvo Teravainen · Sebastian Aho9:4065.042.42-0
Vincent Trocheck · Martin Necas · Seth Jarvis6:5326.728.01-0
Derek Stepan · Nino Niederreiter · Jesperi Kotkaniemi4:0354.518.60-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Brady Skjei · Jalen Chatfield13:4248.154.12-0
Ian Cole · Jaccob Slavin13:4047.462.52-1
Ethan Bear · Maxime Lajoie6:0350.040.00-0

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
16 Vincent Trocheck C 1 2 3 3 15 3 0 09:16 0.27 8-12 0.48-0.36
20 Sebastian Aho C 0 3 3 3 0 4 1 18:45 0.68 19-17 1.30-1.93
86 Teuvo Teravainen C 2 0 2 5 0 4 0 17:46 0.89 21-11 1.34-1.41
62 Nino Niederreiter R 1 1 2 4 0 2 1 17:52 0.25 23-20 1.04-2.02
28 Ian Cole D 1 0 1 1 2 2 4 19:02 0.05 12-15 0.78-0.64
88 Martin Necas C 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 14:57 0.09 6-17 0.22-0.47
24 Seth Jarvis R 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 13:44 0.03 12-15 0.74-0.74
5 Jalen Chatfield D 0 0 0 2 0 1 4 19:20 0.03 14-20 0.76-1.16
7 Brendan Smith D 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 17:09 0.02 8-17 0.39-1.16
11 Jordan Staal C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 15:00 0.15 5-10 0.27-0.42
18 Steven Lorentz C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 17:08 0.15 7-14 0.49-0.34
21 Derek Stepan C 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 17:08 0.16 13-13 0.61-0.71
25 Ethan Bear D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12:48 0.02 13-16 0.68-1.59
48 Maxime Lajoie D 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 12:45 0.01 15-13 0.59-1.02
71 Jesper Fast R 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 16:17 0.08 5-16 0.27-0.93
74 Jaccob Slavin D 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 20:39 11-11 0.78-0.40
76 Brady Skjei D 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 18:28 0.02 15-15 0.87-0.66
82 Jesperi Kotkaniemi C 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 14:56 0.16 13-13 0.53-0.61
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
32 Antti Raanta W 34 32 2 60:00 3.73 +1.73