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Minnesota Wild at Buffalo Sabres

Mar 4, 2022 · KeyBank Center

Team Goals Shots
Minnesota Wild 4 33
Buffalo Sabres 5 38

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
08:51 BUF Casey Mittelstadt (2) PP Rasmus Dahlin (28), Kyle Okposo (18) 0 - 1
15:25 MIN Ryan Hartman (22) Kirill Kaprizov (42), Jared Spurgeon (16) 1 - 1
2nd Period
06:01 BUF Kyle Okposo (15) PP Casey Mittelstadt (4), Rasmus Dahlin (29) 1 - 2
3rd Period
03:20 MIN Kevin Fiala (18) Frederick Gaudreau (16), Alex Goligoski (24) 2 - 2
04:59 MIN Kirill Kaprizov (25) PP Jared Spurgeon (17), Matt Boldy (11) 3 - 2
12:20 BUF Jeff Skinner (22) Tage Thompson (19) 3 - 3
16:40 BUF Jeff Skinner (23) Unassisted 3 - 4
18:54 BUF Victor Olofsson (9) Peyton Krebs (8) 3 - 5
19:26 MIN Kirill Kaprizov (26) Kevin Fiala (30), Jonas Brodin (18) 4 - 5

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
07:15 MIN Marcus Foligno Interference goalkeeper 2
2nd Period
04:32 MIN Jonas Brodin Hooking 2
16:52 BUF Cody Eakin Hooking 2
19:09 MIN Brandon Duhaime Holding 2
3rd Period
03:51 BUF Robert Hagg Holding 2
08:46 BUF Casey Fitzgerald Fighting 5
08:46 MIN Mason Shaw Fighting 5
20:00 BUF Rasmus Dahlin Slashing 2
20:00 MIN Jared Spurgeon Slashing 2
20:00 BUF Dylan Cozens Misconduct 10

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Minnesota Wild 59 42 33 4 1.9 57.1
Buffalo Sabres 57 48 38 5 4.6 42.9

How the game went

151050Start2nd3rdBuffalo Sabres aheadMinnesota Wild 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 Minnesota Wild had.

Expected goals

Minnesota Wild: 1.9 expected, 4 scored · Buffalo Sabres: 4.6 expected, 5 scored

01234Start2nd3rdEndMIN goal, 15:25 of 1st, a 7% chanceMIN goal, 3:20 of 3rd, a 2% chanceMIN goal, 4:59 of 3rd, a 4% chanceMIN goal, 19:26 of 3rd, a 3% chanceBUF goal, 8:51 of 1st, a 11% chanceBUF goal, 6:01 of 2nd, a 25% chanceBUF goal, 12:20 of 3rd, a 26% chanceBUF goal, 16:40 of 3rd, a 28% chanceBUF goal, 18:54 of 3rd, a 48% chanceBUF 4.6MIN 1.9

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

Minnesota Wild
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.

Minnesota Wild

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Marcus Foligno · Ryan Hartman · Kirill Kaprizov13:0280.075.41-0
Frederick Gaudreau · Kevin Fiala · Matt Boldy12:0522.26.91-2
Joel Eriksson Ek · Brandon Duhaime · Connor Dewar10:1472.270.70-0
Nick Bjugstad · Mason Shaw · Nico Sturm6:3253.329.10-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Alex Goligoski · Jared Spurgeon17:5770.450.62-1
Dmitry Kulikov · Jonas Brodin16:1751.924.90-1
Jon Merrill · Calen Addison11:2848.164.30-0

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
97 Kirill Kaprizov L 2 1 3 1 0 3 2 19:50 0.12 21-7 0.76-0.24
22 Kevin Fiala L 1 1 2 0 0 2 0 19:28 0.05 5-19 0.08-1.17
46 Jared Spurgeon D 0 2 2 2 2 2 0 24:38 0.08 22-8 0.60-0.56
38 Ryan Hartman R 1 0 1 2 0 4 0 18:32 0.31 21-7 0.76-0.24
12 Matt Boldy L 0 1 1 -1 0 0 1 16:58 5-15 0.08-0.93
25 Jonas Brodin D 0 1 1 -1 2 0 0 22:31 18-14 0.30-0.83
33 Alex Goligoski D 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 20:07 0.01 21-11 0.61-0.73
89 Frederick Gaudreau C 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 15:47 0.01 4-19 0.07-1.10
4 Jon Merrill D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14:52 0.02 13-14 0.84-0.47
7 Dmitry Kulikov D 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 20:39 0.09 14-16 0.27-0.99
14 Joel Eriksson Ek C 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 20:29 0.32 18-6 0.76-0.32
15 Mason Shaw C 0 0 0 0 5 4 4 09:10 0.11 13-8 0.29-0.36
17 Marcus Foligno L 0 0 0 1 2 2 4 17:37 0.35 20-6 0.75-0.24
19 Connor Dewar C 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 12:42 0.34 16-7 0.71-0.32
24 Brandon Duhaime L 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 11:54 13-8 0.61-0.43
33 Calen Addison D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 14:35 0.01 16-15 0.87-0.48
72 Nick Bjugstad C 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 08:24 0.04 11-8 0.20-0.36
78 Nico Sturm C 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 08:07 0.01 9-7 0.16-0.36
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
34 Kaapo Kahkonen L 37 33 4 58:35 3.62 -0.38

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Kyle Okposo · Casey Mittelstadt · Dylan Cozens12:3737.548.00-0
Jeff Skinner · Alex Tuch · Tage Thompson10:4555.090.41-0
Victor Olofsson · Rasmus Asplund · Peyton Krebs9:4458.343.30-1
Cody Eakin · John Hayden · Anders Bjork8:288.33.80-1
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Jacob Bryson · Rasmus Dahlin15:5054.872.92-0
Mark Pysyk · Robert Hagg15:1233.342.20-1
Casey Fitzgerald · Mattias Samuelsson12:4045.034.60-1

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
53 Jeff Skinner L 2 0 2 1 0 7 0 17:06 1.15 15-12 1.18-0.14
8 Kyle Okposo R 1 1 2 0 0 1 1 16:33 0.37 6-14 0.24-0.33
11 Casey Mittelstadt C 1 1 2 0 0 3 0 16:26 0.25 7-11 0.25-0.28
26 Rasmus Dahlin D 0 2 2 2 2 2 0 24:58 0.05 18-16 1.32-0.49
95 Victor Olofsson L 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 13:14 0.27 16-12 0.58-0.74
19 Peyton Krebs C 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 15:40 0.17 15-10 0.58-0.73
72 Tage Thompson C 0 1 1 1 0 7 0 19:21 0.52 12-14 0.89-0.21
4 Casey Fitzgerald D 0 0 0 -2 5 1 0 16:58 0.03 9-13 0.40-0.76
13 Mark Pysyk D 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 19:04 0.05 11-22 0.32-0.47
15 John Hayden C 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 12:07 0.03 4-13 0.06-0.41
18 Robert Hagg D 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 17:46 11-22 0.32-0.43
20 Cody Eakin C 0 0 0 -2 2 0 1 10:49 3-12 0.03-0.38
23 Mattias Samuelsson D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 2 18:11 11-13 0.41-0.78
24 Anders Bjork L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 11:59 0.01 2-18 0.05-0.59
24 Dylan Cozens C 0 0 0 1 10 2 1 17:27 0.16 8-16 0.51-0.43
74 Rasmus Asplund C 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 12:16 0.15 14-10 0.56-0.73
78 Jacob Bryson D 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 18:25 19-18 1.32-0.56
89 Alex Tuch R 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 18:32 0.43 14-14 1.15-0.28
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
41 Craig Anderson W 33 29 4 60:00 1.84 -2.16