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Buffalo Sabres at New York Islanders

Dec 30, 2021 · UBS Arena

Team Goals Shots
Buffalo Sabres 1 37
New York Islanders 4 32

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
12:35 NYI Mathew Barzal (6) Josh Bailey (10), Noah Dobson (8) 0 - 1
19:00 BUF Kyle Okposo (7) PP Brett Murray (3), Victor Olofsson (14) 1 - 1
2nd Period
06:45 NYI Kieffer Bellows (3) Andy Greene (4) 1 - 2
11:25 NYI Anders Lee (9) PP Kieffer Bellows (4), Mathew Barzal (13) 1 - 3
3rd Period
11:43 NYI Noah Dobson (4) Josh Bailey (11), Mathew Barzal (14) 1 - 4

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
01:13 BUF Team Too many men on the ice 2
18:10 NYI Matt Martin Tripping 2
2nd Period
10:39 BUF Anders Bjork Interference goalkeeper 2
3rd Period
18:08 NYI Casey Cizikas Unsportsmanlike conduct 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres 53 42 37 1 2.8 48.3
New York Islanders 50 40 32 4 2.4 51.7

How the game went

202468Start2nd3rdOTNew York Islanders 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 New York Islanders had taken more, and below it and blue while Buffalo Sabres had.

Expected goals

Buffalo Sabres: 2.8 expected, 1 scored · New York Islanders: 2.4 expected, 4 scored

012Start2nd3rdEndBUF goal, 19:00 of 1st, a 21% chanceNYI goal, 12:35 of 1st, a 9% chanceNYI goal, 6:45 of 2nd, a 9% chanceNYI goal, 11:25 of 2nd, a 13% chanceNYI goal, 11:43 of 3rd, a 4% chanceBUF 2.8NYI 2.4

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
New York Islanders

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
Alex Tuch · Tage Thompson · JJ Peterka13:0557.949.10-1
Kyle Okposo · Victor Olofsson · Peyton Krebs12:4652.242.20-1
Cody Eakin · Rasmus Asplund · Brett Murray6:1057.155.60-0
John Hayden · Anders Bjork · Arttu Ruotsalainen6:0742.960.30-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Henri Jokiharju · Rasmus Dahlin20:3453.839.50-1
Will Butcher · Casey Fitzgerald11:1556.363.80-1
Mark Pysyk · Ethan Prow9:5347.857.70-1

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
8 Kyle Okposo R 1 0 1 -1 0 7 1 17:17 0.59 13-14 0.55-0.88
57 Brett Murray L 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 12:07 0.35 5-6 0.22-0.17
95 Victor Olofsson L 0 1 1 -1 0 4 0 17:15 0.22 15-17 0.59-1.17
4 Will Butcher D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 20:32 0.12 15-17 0.64-0.92
4 Casey Fitzgerald D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 12:26 0.06 9-9 0.48-0.27
6 Ethan Prow D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 13:10 0.02 12-13 0.57-0.46
10 JJ Peterka R 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 16:03 0.18 11-10 0.34-0.39
13 Mark Pysyk D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 19:26 0.23 16-21 0.74-0.95
15 John Hayden C 0 0 0 0 0 6 3 14:57 0.39 11-13 0.52-0.55
19 Peyton Krebs C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 17:54 0.26 14-16 0.49-0.94
20 Cody Eakin C 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 17:38 0.08 9-10 0.37-0.33
20 Henri Jokiharju D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 24:40 0.04 17-15 0.50-0.80
24 Anders Bjork L 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 11:03 9-12 0.45-0.36
25 Arttu Ruotsalainen C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 09:42 8-9 0.49-0.19
26 Rasmus Dahlin D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 27:04 0.03 15-15 0.45-0.74
72 Tage Thompson C 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 16:12 0.10 11-11 0.34-0.62
74 Rasmus Asplund C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14:40 9-5 0.37-0.16
89 Alex Tuch R 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 17:04 0.11 11-12 0.34-0.48
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
32 Malcolm Subban L 32 28 4 58:04 2.42 -1.58

New York Islanders

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Jean-Gabriel Pageau · Michael Dal Colle · Kieffer Bellows12:0842.936.71-0
Josh Bailey · Anders Lee · Mathew Barzal11:5868.075.02-0
Cal Clutterbuck · Matt Martin · Casey Cizikas11:4941.234.40-0
Zach Parise · Ross Johnston · Austin Czarnik9:2560.073.80-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Zdeno Chara · Noah Dobson17:3441.753.12-0
Scott Mayfield · Adam Pelech15:1775.066.40-0
Andy Greene · Robin Salo12:2931.639.10-0

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 Mathew Barzal C 1 2 3 2 0 8 1 16:27 0.75 17-9 0.95-0.32
26 Kieffer Bellows L 1 1 2 1 0 3 2 16:00 0.24 12-13 0.46-0.59
53 Noah Dobson D 1 1 2 3 0 2 1 20:42 0.13 18-21 1.11-0.80
12 Josh Bailey R 0 2 2 2 0 1 0 16:27 0.09 19-12 1.00-0.46
72 Anders Lee L 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 16:02 0.24 17-9 0.95-0.36
4 Andy Greene D 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 17:48 0.01 14-13 0.67-0.52
2 Robin Salo D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17:34 7-16 0.33-0.63
3 Adam Pelech D 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 19:36 0.12 19-5 0.58-0.25
9 Zach Parise L 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 14:45 0.19 8-6 0.38-0.20
15 Cal Clutterbuck R 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 15:52 0.06 8-14 0.25-0.55
17 Matt Martin L 0 0 0 0 2 1 5 14:27 0.05 8-13 0.29-0.53
21 Austin Czarnik C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12:22 0.07 9-4 0.42-0.13
24 Scott Mayfield D 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 19:11 0.08 17-5 0.55-0.25
28 Michael Dal Colle L 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 14:34 0.12 10-12 0.38-0.55
33 Zdeno Chara D 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 22:11 0.08 15-24 0.91-0.92
44 Jean-Gabriel Pageau C 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 17:59 0.14 12-13 0.48-0.60
49 Ross Johnston L 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 11:15 8-4 0.44-0.13
53 Casey Cizikas C 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 14:44 0.07 7-17 0.23-0.65
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
40 Semyon Varlamov W 37 36 1 59:14 2.73 +1.73