New York Islanders at Buffalo Sabres

Oct 21, 2023 · KeyBank Center

Team	Goals	Shots
New York Islanders	1	25
Buffalo Sabres	3	42

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
2nd Period
16:37	BUF	Jeff Skinner (2)	Casey Mittelstadt (2)	0 - 1
19:23	BUF	Mattias Samuelsson (1)	Casey Mittelstadt (3), Jeff Skinner (1)	0 - 2
3rd Period
02:40	BUF	Dylan Cozens (2)	Rasmus Dahlin (5), Jordan Greenway (2)	0 - 3
18:39	NYI	Noah Dobson (1)	Mathew Barzal (2), Bo Horvat (1)	1 - 3

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
1st Period
00:15	NYI	Ryan Pulock	Tripping	2
06:43	BUF	Henri Jokiharju	Holding	2
08:07	NYI	Pierre Engvall	Roughing	2
11:16	BUF	Mattias Samuelsson	High sticking	2
2nd Period
10:16	BUF	Alex Tuch	Roughing	2
10:16	NYI	Adam Pelech	Fighting	5
10:16	BUF	Alex Tuch	Fighting	5
19:56	NYI	Casey Cizikas	Tripping	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
New York Islanders	45	33	25	1	2.9	35.0
Buffalo Sabres	80	56	42	3	3.9	65.0

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 Buffalo Sabres had taken more, and below it and blue while New York Islanders had.

Expected goals

New York Islanders: 2.9 expected, 1 scored · Buffalo Sabres: 3.9 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.

Where the attempts came from

New York Islanders

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.

New York Islanders

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Kyle Palmieri · Brock Nelson · Pierre Engvall	8:47	35.3	26.9	0-1
Bo Horvat · Mathew Barzal · Oliver Wahlstrom	8:30	29.4	43.7	1-0
Anders Lee · Jean-Gabriel Pageau · Julien Gauthier	7:51	36.8	36.7	0-0
Cal Clutterbuck · Matt Martin · Casey Cizikas	6:46	62.5	75.7	0-1

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Ryan Pulock · Alexander Romanov	13:25	25.0	33.5	0-0
Adam Pelech · Noah Dobson	13:19	35.7	24.8	1-2
Sebastian Aho · Samuel Bolduc	7:16	50.0	56.9	0-1

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
53	Noah Dobson	D	1	0	1	-1	0	2	1	24:44	0.08	17-34	0.47-1.65
13	Mathew Barzal	C	0	1	1	1	0	2	1	17:03	0.29	8-14	0.79-1.24
14	Bo Horvat	C	0	1	1	1	0	3	3	19:44	0.16	6-24	0.79-1.44
3	Adam Pelech	D	0	0	0	-1	5	1	3	21:55	0.02	17-32	0.44-1.34
4	Samuel Bolduc	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	10:23	0.03	12-8	1.30-0.43
6	Ryan Pulock	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	23:07	0.00	10-26	1.23-1.16
11	Brock Nelson	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	17:26	0.29	10-15	0.21-0.62
15	Cal Clutterbuck	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	11:59	0.01	12-8	0.90-0.28
16	Julien Gauthier	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1	4	12:58	0.00	7-24	0.22-0.78
17	Matt Martin	L	0	0	0	-1	0	3	5	10:45	0.39	10-15	0.86-0.69
18	Pierre Engvall	L	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	13:37		7-17	0.20-0.68
21	Kyle Palmieri	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	19:15	0.30	9-14	0.15-0.69
25	Sebastian Aho	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	11:34		7-9	0.56-0.58
28	Alexander Romanov	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	21:52		8-25	0.52-1.32
44	Jean-Gabriel Pageau	C	0	0	0	-1	0	3	2	15:50	0.18	11-16	0.42-0.73
53	Casey Cizikas	C	0	0	0	-1	2	2	5	13:50	0.43	10-14	0.86-0.45
71	Oliver Wahlstrom	R	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	12:16	0.44	8-17	1.00-1.35
72	Anders Lee	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	16:35	0.28	11-23	0.42-0.79

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
40	Semyon Varlamov	L	42	39	3	59:07	3.95	+0.95

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Jordan Greenway · Tage Thompson · Dylan Cozens	9:32	73.1	70.6	1-1
Kyle Okposo · Zemgus Girgensons · Tyson Jost	8:46	61.5	87.1	0-0
Jeff Skinner · Alex Tuch · Casey Mittelstadt	7:45	61.9	58.0	0-0
Victor Olofsson · Peyton Krebs · JJ Peterka	6:53	54.5	32.0	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Mattias Samuelsson · Rasmus Dahlin	13:46	76.2	84.4	2-0
Erik Johnson · Connor Clifton	11:12	41.4	30.4	0-1
Henri Jokiharju · Owen Power	10:57	78.9	92.2	1-0

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
53	Jeff Skinner	L	1	1	2	2	0	4	0	14:10	0.53	21-14	0.70-0.92
11	Casey Mittelstadt	C	0	2	2	2	0	1	0	15:41	0.15	20-12	0.72-0.22
23	Mattias Samuelsson	D	1	0	1	2	2	1	2	18:25	0.13	20-5	1.34-0.23
24	Dylan Cozens	C	1	0	1	0	0	6	0	16:24	0.79	25-9	1.67-0.59
12	Jordan Greenway	L	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	17:39	0.02	24-10	1.57-0.75
26	Rasmus Dahlin	D	0	1	1	2	0	1	3	23:02	0.12	26-10	1.34-0.42
6	Erik Johnson	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	17:12	0.04	17-17	0.84-1.06
8	Kyle Okposo	R	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	14:21	0.13	13-7	0.29-0.21
10	JJ Peterka	R	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	15:33	0.42	15-7	0.98-0.54
17	Tyson Jost	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	12:20	0.06	14-10	0.40-0.93
19	Peyton Krebs	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	14:23	0.07	8-7	0.43-0.55
20	Henri Jokiharju	D	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	14:54	0.06	21-5	0.88-0.22
25	Owen Power	D	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	22:30	0.03	26-13	1.21-0.82
28	Zemgus Girgensons	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	13:05	0.14	10-7	0.34-0.05
72	Tage Thompson	C	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	18:18	0.83	25-7	1.70-0.57
75	Connor Clifton	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	2	18:56	0.02	24-22	0.88-1.79
89	Alex Tuch	R	0	0	0	0	7	1	1	15:19	0.05	15-8	0.45-0.19
95	Victor Olofsson	L	0	0	0	1	0	5	0	11:48	0.32	11-10	0.49-1.27

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
1	Eric Comrie	W	25	24	1	60:00	2.94	+1.94