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Buffalo Sabres at Boston Bruins

Dec 31, 2022 · TD Garden

Team Goals Shots
Buffalo Sabres 4 25
Boston Bruins 3 40

Decided in overtime.

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
13:09 BOS David Pastrnak (25) David Krejci (17), Pavel Zacha (18) 0 - 1
16:13 BUF Tage Thompson (27) Jeff Skinner (21), Alex Tuch (21) 1 - 1
2nd Period
02:03 BUF Alex Tuch (16) Ilya Lyubushkin (2) 2 - 1
3rd Period
05:16 BOS Patrice Bergeron (15) PP Brad Marchand (20), Jake DeBrusk (14) 2 - 2
12:25 BOS Brad Marchand (10) David Pastrnak (25), Charlie McAvoy (17) 2 - 3
18:23 BUF Dylan Cozens (12) Alex Tuch (22), Rasmus Dahlin (28) 3 - 3
Overtime
03:53 BUF Alex Tuch (17) Dylan Cozens (22) 4 - 3

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
00:39 BOS Team Too many men on the ice 2
01:43 BOS Trent Frederic Interference goalkeeper 2
01:43 BUF Rasmus Dahlin Cross checking 2
13:40 BUF Kale Clague Boarding 2
2nd Period
07:51 BOS Connor Clifton Fighting 5
07:51 BUF Peyton Krebs Fighting 5
12:22 BOS Craig Smith High sticking 2
3rd Period
01:56 BOS Hampus Lindholm Holding 2
04:48 BUF Kyle Okposo Boarding 2
13:24 BUF JJ Peterka High sticking double minor 4
13:28 BUF Ilya Lyubushkin High sticking 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres 42 30 25 4 2.0 39.7
Boston Bruins 67 50 40 3 5.1 60.3

How the game went

0510152025Start2nd3rdOTBoston Bruins 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 Boston Bruins had taken more, and below it and blue while Buffalo Sabres had.

Expected goals

Buffalo Sabres: 2.0 expected, 4 scored · Boston Bruins: 5.1 expected, 3 scored

024Start2nd3rdOTBUF goal, 16:13 of 1st, a 23% chanceBUF goal, 2:03 of 2nd, a 8% chanceBUF goal, 18:23 of 3rd, a 10% chanceBUF goal, 3:53 of overtime, a 11% chanceBOS goal, 13:09 of 1st, a 5% chanceBOS goal, 5:16 of 3rd, a 15% chanceBOS goal, 12:25 of 3rd, a 13% chanceBOS 5.1BUF 2.0

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 Thompson11:3038.136.12-1
Kyle Okposo · Zemgus Girgensons · Peyton Krebs9:0972.742.80-0
Dylan Cozens · Jack Quinn · JJ Peterka8:4138.937.30-1
Victor Olofsson · Tyson Jost · Casey Mittelstadt7:0366.742.60-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Mattias Samuelsson · Rasmus Dahlin12:1833.323.80-1
Kale Clague · Owen Power6:1954.515.30-0
Jacob Bryson · Owen Power6:1675.069.70-0

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
89 Alex Tuch R 2 2 4 3 0 2 1 21:30 0.24 10-16 0.63-1.29
24 Dylan Cozens C 1 1 2 1 0 3 1 17:26 0.32 8-13 0.39-0.58
72 Tage Thompson C 1 0 1 2 0 3 0 22:39 0.38 10-18 0.63-1.47
26 Rasmus Dahlin D 0 1 1 0 2 5 4 27:52 0.14 12-23 0.41-1.07
46 Ilya Lyubushkin D 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 11:37 5-8 0.27-0.75
53 Jeff Skinner L 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 19:03 0.02 9-14 0.49-0.85
8 Kyle Okposo R 0 0 0 0 2 2 5 14:32 0.20 8-10 0.24-0.41
10 JJ Peterka R 0 0 0 -1 4 0 1 13:28 7-14 0.34-0.80
11 Casey Mittelstadt C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13:54 4-7 0.01-0.52
17 Tyson Jost C 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 10:59 0.03 4-6 0.01-0.14
19 Peyton Krebs C 0 0 0 0 5 1 3 14:22 0.15 8-8 0.24-0.68
22 Jack Quinn R 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 13:10 0.29 7-12 0.34-0.69
23 Mattias Samuelsson D 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 24:44 13-24 0.54-1.25
25 Owen Power D 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 28:44 0.03 15-16 0.58-1.28
28 Zemgus Girgensons C 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 12:40 0.18 9-8 0.38-0.45
38 Kale Clague D 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 09:41 0.01 8-6 0.33-0.51
78 Jacob Bryson D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 15:24 8-13 0.29-0.74
95 Victor Olofsson L 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 12:03 0.02 4-5 0.01-0.26
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
1 Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen W 40 37 3 63:16 4.60 +1.60

Boston Bruins

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Patrice Bergeron · Brad Marchand · Jake DeBrusk11:4166.776.00-1
David Krejci · David Pastrnak · Pavel Zacha8:1869.283.01-0
Nick Foligno · A.J. Greer · Trent Frederic4:3533.380.80-0
Craig Smith · Charlie Coyle · Taylor Hall4:3250.029.10-1
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Hampus Lindholm · Charlie McAvoy12:3156.573.50-1
Matt Grzelcyk · Brandon Carlo7:4450.060.50-0
Derek Forbort · Connor Clifton6:5928.638.90-0

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
63 Brad Marchand L 1 1 2 -1 0 6 2 22:49 0.69 19-8 1.18-0.38
88 David Pastrnak R 1 1 2 1 0 6 0 20:30 0.62 17-6 1.04-0.28
37 Patrice Bergeron C 1 0 1 -3 0 6 2 20:18 0.68 18-7 1.07-0.25
18 Pavel Zacha C 0 1 1 0 0 3 3 19:38 0.37 14-6 0.92-0.25
46 David Krejci C 0 1 1 2 0 2 3 20:25 0.20 13-6 0.86-0.28
73 Charlie McAvoy D 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 26:48 0.05 21-11 1.77-0.49
74 Jake DeBrusk L 0 1 1 -1 0 1 3 18:20 0.33 15-8 0.88-0.26
3 Charlie Coyle C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 14:55 0.20 8-10 0.45-0.61
10 Trent Frederic C 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 11:02 0.37 8-8 0.73-0.26
15 Craig Smith C 0 0 0 -1 2 0 2 06:41 4-6 0.10-0.37
18 A.J. Greer L 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 06:06 0.17 3-7 0.32-0.17
24 Matt Grzelcyk D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 16:03 0.20 15-7 0.79-0.39
25 Brandon Carlo D 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 18:38 0.08 13-12 0.55-0.24
27 Derek Forbort D 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 19:12 9-11 0.63-0.47
27 Hampus Lindholm D 0 0 0 -1 2 4 1 23:44 0.27 22-12 1.36-0.42
71 Nick Foligno L 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 11:13 0.15 5-7 0.38-0.08
71 Taylor Hall L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 15:03 0.11 8-7 0.33-0.42
75 Connor Clifton D 0 0 0 -2 5 0 0 14:16 8-6 0.42-0.50
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
1 Jeremy Swayman OTL 25 21 4 63:51 1.99 -2.01