Buffalo Sabres at Ottawa Senators

Jan 1, 2023 · Canadian Tire Centre

Team	Goals	Shots
Buffalo Sabres	1	34
Ottawa Senators	3	33

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
1st Period
00:47	OTT	Tim Stützle (13)	Claude Giroux (18)	0 - 1
2nd Period
06:51	BUF	Zemgus Girgensons (4)	Mattias Samuelsson (2), Ilya Lyubushkin (3)	1 - 1
11:45	OTT	Jake Lucchini (1) PP	Derick Brassard (5), Claude Giroux (19)	1 - 2
3rd Period
18:49	OTT	Tim Stützle (14)	Thomas Chabot (13)	1 - 3

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
1st Period
18:14	OTT	Nick Holden	Tripping	2
18:34	OTT	Travis Hamonic	Hooking	2
2nd Period
04:13	OTT	Thomas Chabot	Tripping	2
09:59	BUF	Dylan Cozens	Hooking	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres	71	53	34	1	3.1	57.0
Ottawa Senators	50	43	33	3	3.8	43.0

How the game went

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 Ottawa Senators had taken more, and below it and blue while Buffalo Sabres had.

Expected goals

Buffalo Sabres: 3.1 expected, 1 scored · Ottawa Senators: 3.8 expected, 3 scored

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

Ottawa Senators

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 line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Jeff Skinner · Alex Tuch · Tage Thompson	11:17	66.7	61.2	0-1
Kyle Okposo · Zemgus Girgensons · Peyton Krebs	11:10	77.8	58.5	1-0
Dylan Cozens · Jack Quinn · JJ Peterka	6:53	16.7	13.7	0-0
Victor Olofsson · Tyson Jost · Casey Mittelstadt	6:32	61.5	29.8	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Mattias Samuelsson · Rasmus Dahlin	14:54	63.0	56.9	0-1
Kale Clague · Owen Power	12:48	59.1	41.3	0-0
Jacob Bryson · Ilya Lyubushkin	5:59	36.4	14.0	0-0

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
28	Zemgus Girgensons	C	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	15:05	0.26	16-7	0.60-0.43
23	Mattias Samuelsson	D	0	1	1	0	0	3	2	23:41	0.03	28-15	1.39-0.98
46	Ilya Lyubushkin	D	0	1	1	1	0	0	3	07:45		5-7	0.24-0.33
8	Kyle Okposo	R	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	15:24	0.04	16-7	0.58-0.44
10	JJ Peterka	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	12:20	0.22	8-15	0.38-0.87
11	Casey Mittelstadt	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	13:36	0.03	14-9	0.52-0.76
17	Tyson Jost	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	11:36	0.13	14-10	0.52-0.61
19	Peyton Krebs	C	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	14:26	0.22	15-4	0.56-0.39
22	Jack Quinn	R	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	11:33	0.09	7-14	0.32-0.83
24	Dylan Cozens	C	0	0	0	-1	2	2	1	16:42	0.30	8-18	0.80-1.15
25	Owen Power	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	25:15	0.01	28-23	0.96-1.53
26	Rasmus Dahlin	D	0	0	0	-2	0	2	1	29:29	0.18	30-18	1.75-1.20
38	Kale Clague	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	17:22	0.10	20-12	0.82-0.74
53	Jeff Skinner	L	0	0	0	-2	0	3	1	19:39	0.52	24-15	1.34-0.67
72	Tage Thompson	C	0	0	0	-2	0	2	0	18:34	0.41	25-15	1.33-0.61
78	Jacob Bryson	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12:10		9-17	0.15-0.69
89	Alex Tuch	R	0	0	0	-2	0	3	1	19:47	0.40	25-13	1.44-0.66
95	Victor Olofsson	L	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	14:53	0.20	13-11	0.50-0.78

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
41	Craig Anderson	L	32	30	2	58:57	3.02	+1.02

Ottawa Senators

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Claude Giroux · Brady Tkachuk · Tim Stützle	12:47	46.4	55.2	1-0
Alex DeBrincat · Drake Batherson · Shane Pinto	11:27	52.4	72.8	0-0
Dylan Gambrell · Parker Kelly · Jake Lucchini	9:24	73.3	78.8	0-0
Derick Brassard · Austin Watson · Mark Kastelic	5:30	50.0	65.6	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Thomas Chabot · Artem Zub	17:16	62.5	72.9	1-0
Travis Hamonic · Jake Sanderson	16:39	48.5	60.8	0-0
Nick Holden · Jacob Bernard-Docker	9:37	29.2	43.5	0-0

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
18	Tim Stützle	C	2	0	2	1	0	2	0	21:21	0.43	15-25	0.99-1.36
28	Claude Giroux	R	0	2	2	2	0	2	1	16:57	0.22	15-19	0.96-1.00
21	Jake Lucchini	C	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	13:39	0.34	11-8	0.66-0.25
61	Derick Brassard	C	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	07:21	0.08	5-6	0.30-0.24
72	Thomas Chabot	D	0	1	1	1	2	3	2	23:35	0.11	22-19	1.29-1.23
2	Artem Zub	D	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	23:20	0.01	22-18	1.28-1.04
5	Nick Holden	D	0	0	0	1	2	0	2	15:15		7-23	0.48-0.79
8	Brady Tkachuk	L	0	0	0	1	0	5	3	17:27	0.43	14-23	0.99-1.39
12	Shane Pinto	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	14:01	0.18	12-11	0.66-0.27
17	Parker Kelly	C	0	0	0	0	0	4	5	15:30	0.08	13-10	0.69-0.57
19	Drake Batherson	R	0	0	0	-1	0	5	2	18:09	0.48	13-21	0.79-0.80
24	Austin Watson	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	09:44		7-12	0.32-0.78
25	Jacob Bernard-Docker	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	12:49	0.01	7-22	0.48-0.82
27	Dylan Gambrell	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	14:14	0.32	12-12	0.76-0.45
47	Mark Kastelic	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	08:12	0.21	6-11	0.30-0.39
52	Travis Hamonic	D	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	21:58	0.03	18-24	0.99-1.27
85	Jake Sanderson	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	21:39	0.02	17-19	0.97-0.90
93	Alex DeBrincat	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	18:49	0.10	14-22	0.77-0.63

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
31	Anton Forsberg	W	34	33	1	60:00	3.12	+2.12