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Colorado Avalanche at Buffalo Sabres

Dec 1, 2022 · KeyBank Center

Team Goals Shots
Colorado Avalanche 6 34
Buffalo Sabres 4 28

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
08:48 COL J.T. Compher (2) PP Nathan MacKinnon (23), Devon Toews (12) 1 - 0
10:19 BUF JJ Peterka (5) Jack Quinn (8), Dylan Cozens (11) 1 - 1
19:49 BUF Tage Thompson (15) PP Jeff Skinner (13), Dylan Cozens (12) 1 - 2
2nd Period
09:00 COL Nathan MacKinnon (7) PP Cale Makar (16), Mikko Rantanen (17) 2 - 2
09:49 COL Artturi Lehkonen (7) PP J.T. Compher (8), Nathan MacKinnon (24) 3 - 2
11:53 COL Nathan MacKinnon (8) Cale Makar (17), Devon Toews (13) 4 - 2
14:05 BUF Dylan Cozens (9) PP Tage Thompson (16), Jeff Skinner (14) 4 - 3
17:16 COL J.T. Compher (3) Logan O'Connor (3), Andrew Cogliano (3) 5 - 3
3rd Period
00:07 BUF Alex Tuch (11) Rasmus Dahlin (19), Tage Thompson (17) 5 - 4
19:25 COL Mikko Rantanen (14) J.T. Compher (9), Nathan MacKinnon (25) 6 - 4

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
00:54 COL Josh Manson Cross checking 2
07:27 BUF Tage Thompson Hooking 2
11:10 COL Nathan MacKinnon Holding 2
19:04 COL Logan O'Connor Holding 2
2nd Period
02:07 BUF JJ Peterka Holding 2
03:52 BUF Kyle Okposo Roughing 2
03:52 COL Artturi Lehkonen Roughing 2
07:45 BUF Henri Jokiharju Hooking 2
07:50 BUF Owen Power High sticking 2
12:20 COL Mikko Rantanen Hooking 2
12:20 COL Devon Toews Cross checking 2
3rd Period
01:13 BUF Owen Power Delaying game puck over glass 2
06:02 COL Jayson Megna Holding 2
13:30 COL Anton Blidh Tripping 2
16:56 BUF Peyton Krebs Hooking 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Colorado Avalanche 49 43 34 6 5.9 37.5
Buffalo Sabres 61 42 28 4 3.3 62.5

How the game went

105051015Start2nd3rdBuffalo Sabres aheadColorado Avalanche 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 Colorado Avalanche had.

Expected goals

Colorado Avalanche: 5.9 expected, 6 scored · Buffalo Sabres: 3.3 expected, 4 scored

024Start2nd3rdEndCOL goal, 8:48 of 1st, a 17% chanceCOL goal, 9:00 of 2nd, a 17% chanceCOL goal, 9:49 of 2nd, a 10% chanceCOL goal, 11:53 of 2nd, a 14% chanceCOL goal, 17:16 of 2nd, a 20% chanceCOL goal, 19:25 of 3rd, a 41% chanceBUF goal, 10:19 of 1st, a 9% chanceBUF goal, 19:49 of 1st, a 14% chanceBUF goal, 14:05 of 2nd, a 17% chanceBUF goal, 0:07 of 3rd, a 10% chanceCOL 5.9BUF 3.3

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

Colorado Avalanche
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.

Colorado Avalanche

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Artturi Lehkonen · Nathan MacKinnon · Mikko Rantanen9:2850.068.81-1
Andrew Cogliano · J.T. Compher · Logan O'Connor6:4153.868.31-0
Alex Galchenyuk · Alex Newhook · Jean-Luc Foudy4:0737.55.90-0
Jayson Megna · Anton Blidh · Dryden Hunt3:050.00.00-1
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Devon Toews · Cale Makar12:1541.244.51-1
Erik Johnson · Jacob MacDonald5:5640.048.90-1
Josh Manson · Samuel Girard5:3242.964.31-0

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
29 Nathan MacKinnon C 2 3 5 1 2 8 0 25:09 0.88 9-17 0.70-0.61
37 J.T. Compher L 2 2 4 2 0 3 0 22:09 0.72 12-9 0.84-0.45
96 Mikko Rantanen R 1 1 2 1 2 2 0 25:04 0.18 8-16 0.68-0.48
7 Devon Toews D 0 2 2 1 2 1 2 26:03 0.03 7-12 0.48-0.69
8 Cale Makar D 0 2 2 0 0 6 1 30:38 0.38 10-14 0.82-0.71
62 Artturi Lehkonen L 1 0 1 0 2 4 0 25:18 0.40 8-12 0.68-0.53
11 Andrew Cogliano C 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 16:23 0.12 9-12 0.56-0.49
25 Logan O'Connor R 0 1 1 1 2 4 1 16:17 0.40 12-10 0.81-0.30
6 Erik Johnson D 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 19:02 0.07 8-18 0.43-0.61
9 Jacob MacDonald D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 10:18 0.02 5-7 0.33-0.22
15 Dryden Hunt L 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 07:11 2-4 0.04-0.17
15 Alex Newhook C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11:49 3-11 0.01-0.22
20 Jayson Megna C 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 05:05 0-6 0.00-0.35
25 Anton Blidh L 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 06:37 3-8 0.23-0.24
42 Josh Manson D 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 10:17 0.01 7-10 0.30-0.16
47 Alex Galchenyuk C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 06:31 3-8 0.01-0.25
49 Samuel Girard D 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 16:13 0.07 11-20 0.70-0.58
93 Jean-Luc Foudy C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 07:24 3-7 0.01-0.31
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
40 Alexandar Georgiev W 28 24 4 60:00 3.32 -0.68

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Jeff Skinner · Alex Tuch · Tage Thompson12:1073.771.41-0
Dylan Cozens · Jack Quinn · JJ Peterka7:1625.024.71-2
Kyle Okposo · Zemgus Girgensons · Tyson Jost7:0660.047.60-0
Victor Olofsson · Casey Mittelstadt · Peyton Krebs6:2577.889.50-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Mattias Samuelsson · Rasmus Dahlin13:0672.755.51-1
Henri Jokiharju · Owen Power9:4157.152.70-0
Casey Fitzgerald · Lawrence Pilut6:0937.523.60-0

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
24 Dylan Cozens C 1 2 3 -2 0 1 1 17:11 0.21 6-10 0.31-0.88
72 Tage Thompson C 1 2 3 0 2 4 2 21:29 0.58 17-7 0.80-0.50
53 Jeff Skinner L 0 2 2 0 0 5 0 19:35 0.43 17-5 0.78-0.29
10 JJ Peterka R 1 0 1 -1 2 2 0 15:32 0.36 8-11 0.49-0.91
89 Alex Tuch R 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 21:38 0.58 16-5 0.77-0.29
22 Jack Quinn R 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 13:37 0.23 5-9 0.43-0.74
26 Rasmus Dahlin D 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 28:11 0.29 20-8 0.73-0.64
4 Casey Fitzgerald D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10:12 3-5 0.10-0.32
8 Kyle Okposo R 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 12:42 10-5 0.17-0.14
11 Casey Mittelstadt C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13:36 0.19 9-5 0.27-0.35
17 Tyson Jost C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12:55 0.08 9-5 0.12-0.14
19 Peyton Krebs C 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 07:35 0.02 7-2 0.08-0.01
20 Henri Jokiharju D 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 20:21 0.00 14-10 0.39-0.38
20 Lawrence Pilut D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 06:50 4-5 0.11-0.32
23 Mattias Samuelsson D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 22:31 0.04 19-8 0.67-0.68
25 Owen Power D 0 0 0 -1 4 0 0 21:35 19-12 0.79-0.70
28 Zemgus Girgensons C 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 11:44 0.02 6-4 0.10-0.11
95 Victor Olofsson L 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 12:37 0.31 11-4 0.27-0.21
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
1 Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen L 33 28 5 59:34 3.64 -1.36