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Buffalo Sabres at Minnesota Wild

Dec 16, 2021 · Xcel Energy Center

Team Goals Shots
Buffalo Sabres 3 40
Minnesota Wild 2 32

Decided in a shootout.

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
10:11 MIN Jon Merrill (3) Dmitry Kulikov (10), Ryan Hartman (11) 0 - 1
2nd Period
08:05 BUF Dylan Cozens (8) Henri Jokiharju (4) 1 - 1
19:04 MIN Kirill Kaprizov (11) Alex Goligoski (17), Jared Spurgeon (8) 1 - 2
3rd Period
12:03 BUF Mark Pysyk (1) Vinnie Hinostroza (9), Mark Jankowski (1) 2 - 2
Shootout
BUF Tage Thompson Shootout winner 3 - 2

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
04:25 MIN Frederick Gaudreau High sticking 2
13:04 MIN Dmitry Kulikov Holding 2
2nd Period
08:25 BUF Rasmus Dahlin High sticking double minor 4

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres 62 51 40 2 3.1 54.7
Minnesota Wild 56 48 32 2 2.9 45.3

How the game went

20151050Start2nd3rdOTMinnesota Wild 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 Minnesota Wild had taken more, and below it and blue while Buffalo Sabres had.

Expected goals

Buffalo Sabres: 3.1 expected, 2 scored · Minnesota Wild: 2.9 expected, 2 scored

0123Start2nd3rdOTBUF goal, 8:05 of 2nd, a 12% chanceBUF goal, 12:03 of 3rd, a 11% chanceMIN goal, 10:11 of 1st, a 3% chanceMIN goal, 19:04 of 2nd, a 6% chanceBUF 3.1MIN 2.9

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
Minnesota Wild

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
Kyle Okposo · Brett Murray · Dylan Cozens12:3968.472.71-0
Jeff Skinner · Victor Olofsson · Tage Thompson12:2053.651.50-1
Mark Jankowski · Zemgus Girgensons · John Hayden9:0271.459.00-0
Cody Eakin · Vinnie Hinostroza · Rasmus Asplund8:2736.434.10-1
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Henri Jokiharju · Rasmus Dahlin16:2248.140.51-0
Colin Miller · Jacob Bryson14:1555.663.40-1
Mark Pysyk · Will Butcher12:5366.768.51-0

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
13 Mark Pysyk D 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 20:58 0.13 21-13 1.08-0.64
24 Dylan Cozens C 1 0 1 1 0 5 1 17:54 0.56 14-7 0.62-0.24
20 Henri Jokiharju D 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 21:54 14-16 0.49-0.88
24 Vinnie Hinostroza C 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 13:46 0.25 12-16 0.44-0.69
77 Mark Jankowski L 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 11:40 0.11 12-4 0.41-0.19
4 Will Butcher D 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 18:11 0.05 21-12 1.17-0.76
6 Colin Miller D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 18:38 17-14 0.50-0.31
8 Kyle Okposo R 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 21:39 0.56 13-9 0.59-0.38
15 John Hayden C 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 10:55 0.10 11-4 0.34-0.19
20 Cody Eakin C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 15:32 0.02 10-19 0.33-0.90
26 Rasmus Dahlin D 0 0 0 1 4 4 2 25:45 0.06 16-17 0.58-1.00
28 Zemgus Girgensons C 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 13:18 0.12 13-4 0.45-0.19
53 Jeff Skinner L 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 16:15 0.18 15-15 0.74-0.94
57 Brett Murray L 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 16:30 14-7 0.62-0.24
72 Tage Thompson C 0 0 0 -1 0 6 0 17:19 0.51 16-13 0.77-0.70
74 Rasmus Asplund C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 14:27 0.10 10-17 0.32-0.66
78 Jacob Bryson D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 18:47 0.02 15-14 0.45-0.47
95 Victor Olofsson L 0 0 0 -1 0 5 0 18:08 0.34 16-14 0.77-0.78
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
1 Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen W 32 30 2 64:24 2.84 +0.84

Minnesota Wild

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Mats Zuccarello · Ryan Hartman · Kirill Kaprizov12:4256.069.62-0
Marcus Foligno · Jordan Greenway · Joel Eriksson Ek10:0065.081.30-0
Nick Bjugstad · Brandon Duhaime · Nico Sturm9:5640.031.80-1
Victor Rask · Frederick Gaudreau · Kevin Fiala9:0813.32.60-1
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Jonas Brodin · Mathew Dumba18:0734.647.00-1
Dmitry Kulikov · Jon Merrill13:1937.531.41-1
Alex Goligoski · Jared Spurgeon10:0261.147.01-0

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
4 Jon Merrill D 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 18:08 0.03 15-23 0.39-0.82
97 Kirill Kaprizov L 1 0 1 2 0 4 1 18:33 0.44 16-11 0.84-0.30
7 Dmitry Kulikov D 0 1 1 0 2 1 1 19:42 0.05 18-24 0.83-0.84
33 Alex Goligoski D 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 17:55 0.02 16-14 0.52-0.58
38 Ryan Hartman R 0 1 1 2 0 5 1 20:11 0.58 16-15 0.80-0.34
46 Jared Spurgeon D 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 14:36 0.10 11-7 0.43-0.49
12 Jordan Greenway L 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 14:34 0.32 14-9 0.75-0.24
14 Joel Eriksson Ek C 0 0 0 0 0 4 5 19:05 0.34 18-8 1.00-0.18
17 Marcus Foligno L 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 15:58 0.21 16-9 0.94-0.21
22 Kevin Fiala L 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 16:20 0.29 5-21 0.17-1.16
24 Mathew Dumba D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 27:09 0.09 12-19 0.75-0.78
24 Brandon Duhaime L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 13:26 0.09 8-12 0.27-0.47
25 Jonas Brodin D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 24:41 0.01 14-17 1.15-0.76
36 Mats Zuccarello R 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 19:24 0.16 14-14 0.68-0.43
49 Victor Rask C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 11:19 2-17 0.02-1.09
72 Nick Bjugstad C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 13:25 0.14 9-13 0.27-0.60
78 Nico Sturm C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 13:16 7-10 0.21-0.44
89 Frederick Gaudreau C 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 13:18 4-17 0.15-0.97
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
33 Cam Talbot OTL 40 38 2 65:00 3.06 +1.06