Minnesota Wild at Buffalo Sabres

Nov 10, 2023 · KeyBank Center

Team	Goals	Shots
Minnesota Wild	2	35
Buffalo Sabres	3	25

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
1st Period
18:02	BUF	Henri Jokiharju (2)	Owen Power (7)	0 - 1
19:30	MIN	Kirill Kaprizov (5) PP	Matt Boldy (6), Mats Zuccarello (11)	1 - 1
2nd Period
19:02	BUF	Jeff Skinner (7)	JJ Peterka (4)	1 - 2
3rd Period
03:33	BUF	JJ Peterka (6)	Tage Thompson (6), Jeff Skinner (6)	1 - 3
12:27	MIN	Joel Eriksson Ek (8) PP	Kirill Kaprizov (9), Mats Zuccarello (12)	2 - 3

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
1st Period
00:25	MIN	Joel Eriksson Ek	Tripping	2
13:05	BUF	JJ Peterka	Holding	2
18:34	BUF	Ryan Johnson	Cross checking	2
2nd Period
04:12	MIN	Zach Bogosian	Kneeing	2
04:57	BUF	Casey Mittelstadt	High sticking double minor	4
19:24	MIN	Kirill Kaprizov	Interference	2
3rd Period
09:27	MIN	Brock Faber	Holding	2
10:50	BUF	Jordan Greenway	Interference	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
Minnesota Wild	76	54	35	2	4.5	53.7
Buffalo Sabres	59	37	25	3	2.4	46.3

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 Minnesota Wild had.

Expected goals

Minnesota Wild: 4.5 expected, 2 scored · Buffalo Sabres: 2.4 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

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 line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Mats Zuccarello · Ryan Hartman · Kirill Kaprizov	8:45	61.3	71.0	0-1
Patrick Maroon · Marcus Foligno · Joel Eriksson Ek	7:45	66.7	48.9	0-1
Brandon Duhaime · Vinni Lettieri · Connor Dewar	7:17	15.4	1.8	0-0
Marcus Johansson · Matt Boldy · Marco Rossi	7:07	40.0	55.6	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Jonas Brodin · Brock Faber	13:57	59.4	52.7	0-2
Jared Spurgeon · Jake Middleton	12:45	52.0	66.2	0-1
Zach Bogosian · Dakota Mermis	11:12	40.0	53.3	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
97	Kirill Kaprizov	L	1	1	2	-1	2	4	0	20:56	0.66	25-15	1.42-0.54
36	Mats Zuccarello	R	0	2	2	-1	0	6	0	19:16	0.57	21-15	1.17-0.54
14	Joel Eriksson Ek	C	1	0	1	-1	2	7	0	19:47	0.97	9-2	0.61-0.48
12	Matt Boldy	L	0	1	1	-1	0	4	0	17:02	0.52	10-7	0.44-0.24
7	Brock Faber	D	0	0	0	-2	2	0	1	19:26	0.11	21-16	1.07-1.00
17	Marcus Foligno	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	9	15:29		9-3	0.52-0.48
19	Connor Dewar	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	10:59		4-11	0.03-0.23
23	Marco Rossi	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	15:02	0.17	9-11	0.43-0.38
24	Zach Bogosian	D	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	13:30	0.05	8-10	0.18-0.14
24	Brandon Duhaime	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	09:55	0.00	3-11	0.00-0.23
25	Jonas Brodin	D	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	23:31	0.09	21-14	1.03-0.79
36	Dakota Mermis	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	12:36		7-11	0.17-0.22
38	Ryan Hartman	R	0	0	0	-2	0	5	1	15:22	0.79	22-14	1.21-0.49
46	Jared Spurgeon	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	21:52	0.13	16-12	1.05-0.45
55	Jake Middleton	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	16:08	0.01	15-13	0.94-0.57
77	Patrick Maroon	L	0	0	0	-1	0	2	2	14:48	0.25	9-5	0.64-0.57
90	Marcus Johansson	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	16:55	0.08	8-9	0.45-0.33
95	Vinni Lettieri	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	11:11	0.08	3-11	0.03-0.23

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
32	Filip Gustavsson	L	25	22	3	58:15	2.43	-0.57

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Kyle Okposo · Zemgus Girgensons · Tyson Jost	6:47	36.4	19.5	0-0
Jordan Greenway · Casey Mittelstadt · JJ Peterka	5:34	35.7	21.6	0-0
Jordan Greenway · Casey Mittelstadt · Lukas Rousek	5:06	75.0	100.0	0-0
Jeff Skinner · Tage Thompson · Dylan Cozens	4:50	72.7	56.3	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Rasmus Dahlin · Ryan Johnson	14:15	50.0	21.5	0-0
Henri Jokiharju · Owen Power	14:01	54.2	42.4	1-0
Erik Johnson · Connor Clifton	8:44	23.5	18.7	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
10	JJ Peterka	R	1	1	2	2	2	2	0	15:47	0.42	13-16	0.85-0.75
53	Jeff Skinner	L	1	1	2	2	0	4	2	18:42	0.60	14-13	0.93-0.79
20	Henri Jokiharju	D	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	17:46	0.04	14-12	0.33-0.49
25	Owen Power	D	0	1	1	2	0	2	0	22:18	0.08	18-16	1.14-0.85
72	Tage Thompson	C	0	1	1	2	0	2	0	21:16	0.21	15-12	0.74-0.67
6	Erik Johnson	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	14:22	0.01	5-14	0.17-0.84
8	Kyle Okposo	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	14:40	0.06	5-12	0.05-0.66
11	Casey Mittelstadt	C	0	0	0	1	4	1	0	22:18	0.16	15-18	0.73-0.78
12	Jordan Greenway	L	0	0	0	1	2	1	2	22:31	0.30	16-17	0.55-0.76
13	Lukas Rousek	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13:14		9-5	0.24-0.20
17	Tyson Jost	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	10:29		4-11	0.04-0.50
19	Peyton Krebs	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	06:05		4-2	0.06-0.00
22	Matt Savoie	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	03:55		2-2	0.02-0.00
24	Dylan Cozens	C	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	14:05	0.22	12-12	0.48-1.03
26	Rasmus Dahlin	D	0	0	0	2	0	2	5	25:43	0.09	18-18	0.79-0.96
28	Zemgus Girgensons	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	14:29	0.13	5-12	0.05-0.66
33	Ryan Johnson	D	0	0	0	0	2	4	1	18:00	0.08	16-16	0.34-0.81
75	Connor Clifton	D	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	15:47		6-14	0.64-0.73

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
27	Devon Levi	W	35	33	2	60:00	4.53	+2.53