Buffalo Sabres at Colorado Avalanche

Dec 13, 2023 · Ball Arena

Team	Goals	Shots
Buffalo Sabres	1	30
Colorado Avalanche	5	29

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
1st Period
05:25	COL	Mikko Rantanen (14)	Nathan MacKinnon (28), Cale Makar (29)	0 - 1
10:28	COL	Valeri Nichushkin (11)	Fredrik Olofsson (4), Mikko Rantanen (22)	0 - 2
11:55	COL	Miles Wood (5)	Sam Malinski (3)	0 - 3
18:38	BUF	Zach Benson (3)	Rasmus Dahlin (17), JJ Peterka (10)	1 - 3
3rd Period
02:40	COL	Sam Malinski (1)	Jack Johnson (4), Jonathan Drouin (6)	1 - 4
13:11	COL	Valeri Nichushkin (12) PP	Nathan MacKinnon (29), Mikko Rantanen (23)	1 - 5

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
1st Period
15:13	BUF	Zach Benson	High sticking	2
19:42	COL	Mikko Rantanen	Holding	2
2nd Period
08:03	COL	Miles Wood	Roughing	2
3rd Period
12:23	BUF	Tyson Jost	Delaying game puck over glass	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres	65	41	30	1	2.7	50.0
Colorado Avalanche	58	43	29	5	3.3	50.0

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 Colorado Avalanche had taken more, and below it and blue while Buffalo Sabres had.

Expected goals

Buffalo Sabres: 2.7 expected, 1 scored · Colorado Avalanche: 3.3 expected, 5 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

Buffalo Sabres

Colorado Avalanche

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
Kyle Okposo · Eric Robinson · Peyton Krebs	8:31	40.0	24.8	0-1
Alex Tuch · Casey Mittelstadt · JJ Peterka	5:11	70.0	60.4	0-0
Tage Thompson · Dylan Cozens · Zach Benson	4:58	70.0	85.5	0-0
Victor Olofsson · Tyson Jost · Dylan Cozens	4:49	33.3	50.7	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Henri Jokiharju · Rasmus Dahlin	16:49	50.0	51.1	1-2
Mattias Samuelsson · Owen Power	16:07	37.9	43.0	0-0
Erik Johnson · Connor Clifton	9:04	36.4	32.2	0-2

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
6	Zach Benson	L	1	0	1	1	2	3	0	15:34	0.37	16-11	0.93-0.32
10	JJ Peterka	R	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	15:58	0.10	18-16	0.88-1.03
26	Rasmus Dahlin	D	0	1	1	-1	0	4	2	22:21	0.20	31-23	1.67-1.61
6	Erik Johnson	D	0	0	0	-2	0	2	1	14:05	0.08	6-10	0.19-0.59
8	Kyle Okposo	R	0	0	0	-2	0	0	1	14:23		10-13	0.14-0.40
11	Casey Mittelstadt	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	19:34	0.24	20-19	0.84-1.14
17	Tyson Jost	C	0	0	0	-2	2	0	2	13:50		8-14	0.40-0.51
19	Peyton Krebs	C	0	0	0	-2	0	1	3	15:15	0.06	12-13	0.15-0.40
20	Henri Jokiharju	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	19:50	0.01	23-25	1.40-1.38
23	Mattias Samuelsson	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	20:51	0.17	15-19	0.36-0.40
24	Dylan Cozens	C	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	15:54	0.52	16-11	0.82-0.60
25	Owen Power	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	24:01	0.05	19-21	0.39-0.84
50	Eric Robinson	L	0	0	0	-2	0	0	2	14:55		10-15	0.15-0.86
53	Jeff Skinner	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	07:57	0.08	7-8	0.28-0.53
72	Tage Thompson	C	0	0	0	1	0	5	2	16:20	0.42	19-11	1.18-0.45
75	Connor Clifton	D	0	0	0	-2	0	0	1	14:54	0.01	9-8	0.20-0.40
89	Alex Tuch	R	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	19:01	0.22	19-14	0.81-0.86
95	Victor Olofsson	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	12:29	0.15	7-14	0.25-0.72

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
1	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	L	29	24	5	60:00	3.33	-1.67

Colorado Avalanche

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Nathan MacKinnon · Valeri Nichushkin · Mikko Rantanen	16:27	65.8	80.4	0-0
Miles Wood · Ross Colton · Logan O'Connor	10:18	31.6	12.5	1-1
Tomas Tatar · Ryan Johansen · Jonathan Drouin	10:12	33.3	30.6	1-0
Andrew Cogliano · Fredrik Olofsson · Ben Meyers	6:16	75.0	61.0	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Jack Johnson · Sam Malinski	11:55	58.8	65.8	3-0
Josh Manson · Bowen Byram	11:29	57.9	61.0	1-0
Devon Toews · Cale Makar	10:04	80.0	83.1	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
96	Mikko Rantanen	R	1	2	3	2	2	4	2	20:37	0.58	32-17	1.83-0.59
43	Valeri Nichushkin	R	2	0	2	1	0	7	1	22:30	1.23	31-14	1.77-0.42
70	Sam Malinski	D	1	1	2	3	0	2	0	16:25	0.03	12-12	0.51-0.51
29	Nathan MacKinnon	C	0	2	2	1	0	2	2	20:53	0.06	27-16	1.45-0.45
11	Miles Wood	L	1	0	1	0	2	1	0	14:45	0.10	7-20	0.23-1.03
3	Jack Johnson	D	0	1	1	2	0	2	2	18:57	0.02	12-21	0.64-1.06
8	Cale Makar	D	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	17:21	0.38	22-11	1.02-0.33
22	Fredrik Olofsson	L	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	10:48	0.09	12-6	0.68-0.45
92	Jonathan Drouin	L	0	1	1	2	0	2	1	14:00	0.10	9-12	0.29-0.49
7	Devon Toews	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	22:52	0.06	26-16	1.08-0.41
11	Andrew Cogliano	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10:06		6-7	0.32-0.27
12	Ryan Johansen	C	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	14:00	0.23	7-14	0.34-0.55
24	Bowen Byram	D	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	22:52	0.00	18-22	0.92-0.84
25	Logan O'Connor	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	15:06	0.00	6-19	0.11-0.78
42	Josh Manson	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	19:23		16-24	1.03-1.27
59	Ben Meyers	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	09:37	0.32	7-3	0.32-0.21
79	Ross Colton	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	12:33	0.09	7-16	0.14-0.75
90	Tomas Tatar	L	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	13:15		8-15	0.34-0.63

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
50	Ivan Prosvetov	W	30	29	1	60:00	2.71	+1.71