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Buffalo Sabres at Boston Bruins

Jan 1, 2022 · TD Garden

Team Goals Shots
Buffalo Sabres 3 22
Boston Bruins 4 41

Decided in overtime.

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
06:33 BUF Vinnie Hinostroza (6) Brett Murray (4), Rasmus Dahlin (15) 1 - 0
2nd Period
03:47 BOS Craig Smith (3) Brad Marchand (17), Charlie McAvoy (12) 1 - 1
11:32 BUF Jeff Skinner (10) Alex Tuch (2), Tage Thompson (9) 2 - 1
19:11 BUF Alex Tuch (1) PP Peyton Krebs (1), Tage Thompson (10) 3 - 1
3rd Period
03:24 BOS Nick Foligno (1) Jake DeBrusk (4) 3 - 2
04:49 BOS Taylor Hall (6) Matt Grzelcyk (6), Charlie McAvoy (13) 3 - 3
Overtime
00:34 BOS Charlie Coyle (8) Brad Marchand (18), Charlie McAvoy (14) 3 - 4

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
00:13 BUF Alex Tuch Cross checking 2
07:08 BUF Anders Bjork Boarding 2
2nd Period
00:31 BUF Jeff Skinner Tripping 2
04:19 BOS Erik Haula Holding the stick 2
05:33 BOS Tomas Nosek Tripping 2
14:17 BUF Alex Tuch Interference 2
18:25 BOS Craig Smith Hooking 2
3rd Period
13:27 BOS Craig Smith Tripping 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres 46 36 22 3 1.7 39.0
Boston Bruins 67 57 41 4 3.9 61.0

How the game went

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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 Boston Bruins had taken more, and below it and blue while Buffalo Sabres had.

Expected goals

Buffalo Sabres: 1.7 expected, 3 scored · Boston Bruins: 3.9 expected, 4 scored

0123Start2nd3rdOTBUF goal, 6:33 of 1st, a 3% chanceBUF goal, 11:32 of 2nd, a 9% chanceBUF goal, 19:11 of 2nd, a 13% chanceBOS goal, 3:47 of 2nd, a 21% chanceBOS goal, 3:24 of 3rd, a 14% chanceBOS goal, 4:49 of 3rd, a 5% chanceBOS goal, 0:34 of overtime, a 10% chanceBOS 3.9BUF 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

Buffalo Sabres
Boston Bruins

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
Jeff Skinner · Alex Tuch · Tage Thompson8:1833.318.41-0
Cody Eakin · Vinnie Hinostroza · Brett Murray7:3428.614.21-0
Kyle Okposo · Victor Olofsson · Peyton Krebs5:4850.010.40-2
John Hayden · Anders Bjork · Rasmus Asplund5:1750.015.40-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Henri Jokiharju · Rasmus Dahlin16:3823.85.20-1
Will Butcher · Casey Fitzgerald10:4150.040.81-1
Mark Pysyk · Ethan Prow6:3556.315.20-1

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
89 Alex Tuch R 1 1 2 1 4 1 1 18:20 0.13 6-13 0.18-0.88
72 Tage Thompson C 0 2 2 0 0 3 0 19:09 0.12 9-15 0.39-0.98
24 Vinnie Hinostroza C 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 13:16 0.08 6-16 0.27-0.53
53 Jeff Skinner L 1 0 1 0 2 5 0 18:26 0.52 7-13 0.32-0.92
19 Peyton Krebs C 0 1 1 -2 0 0 0 16:14 0.07 14-16 0.32-0.98
26 Rasmus Dahlin D 0 1 1 -1 0 1 3 26:37 0.08 8-24 0.08-1.21
57 Brett Murray L 0 1 1 0 0 0 5 14:32 7-13 0.21-0.74
4 Will Butcher D 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 17:54 0.05 10-13 0.39-0.56
4 Casey Fitzgerald D 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 16:01 0.02 12-12 0.40-0.53
6 Ethan Prow D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11:52 12-10 0.21-0.93
8 Kyle Okposo R 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 15:58 0.10 16-13 0.38-0.88
13 Mark Pysyk D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 17:59 0.06 13-17 0.18-1.02
15 John Hayden C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 11:14 0.01 4-9 0.05-0.67
20 Cody Eakin C 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 15:14 0.02 6-12 0.16-0.33
20 Henri Jokiharju D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 24:24 7-23 0.25-1.48
24 Anders Bjork L 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 07:55 5-9 0.04-0.44
74 Rasmus Asplund C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 13:51 0.09 7-14 0.23-0.77
95 Victor Olofsson L 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 14:47 0.34 11-16 0.14-1.06
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
1 Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen OTL 41 37 4 60:34 3.89 -0.11

Boston Bruins

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Patrice Bergeron · Brad Marchand · Craig Smith12:2372.772.81-1
Erik Haula · Taylor Hall · David Pastrnak9:0057.181.51-0
Nick Foligno · Charlie Coyle · Jake DeBrusk7:1563.693.21-1
Curtis Lazar · Tomas Nosek · Trent Frederic6:5854.577.10-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Matt Grzelcyk · Charlie McAvoy14:1166.768.71-2
Mike Reilly · Brandon Carlo13:0573.389.10-0
Derek Forbort · Connor Clifton12:0257.174.01-0

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
73 Charlie McAvoy D 0 3 3 1 0 4 1 23:59 0.23 14-8 0.83-0.34
63 Brad Marchand L 0 2 2 1 0 4 1 20:12 0.14 19-7 0.74-0.26
3 Charlie Coyle C 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 16:07 0.10 10-8 0.67-0.05
15 Craig Smith C 1 0 1 0 4 3 1 17:50 0.51 17-9 0.76-0.31
71 Nick Foligno L 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 11:48 0.56 7-5 0.55-0.12
71 Taylor Hall L 1 0 1 1 0 5 0 16:16 0.23 12-9 0.68-0.17
24 Matt Grzelcyk D 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 18:35 0.02 13-10 0.69-0.31
74 Jake DeBrusk L 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 12:09 0.54 11-9 0.90-0.19
6 Mike Reilly D 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 17:44 0.05 25-10 1.57-0.22
10 Trent Frederic C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 09:08 0.03 9-6 0.62-0.13
20 Curtis Lazar C 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 12:44 0.29 10-9 0.67-0.27
25 Brandon Carlo D 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 17:52 0.04 22-9 1.37-0.21
27 Derek Forbort D 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 19:14 0.08 12-12 0.62-0.31
37 Patrice Bergeron C 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 19:36 0.21 18-7 0.74-0.33
56 Erik Haula L 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 13:32 0.27 16-10 1.11-0.25
75 Connor Clifton D 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 15:34 0.15 13-14 0.62-0.29
88 David Pastrnak R 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 19:15 0.29 16-10 0.91-0.19
92 Tomas Nosek L 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 13:21 0.20 13-9 0.76-0.30
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
35 Linus Ullmark W 22 19 3 60:34 1.66 -1.34