Seattle Kraken at Buffalo Sabres

Jan 9, 2024 · KeyBank Center

Team	Goals	Shots
Seattle Kraken	5	26
Buffalo Sabres	2	38

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
1st Period
04:57	BUF	Jeff Skinner (17)	Casey Mittelstadt (23), Alex Tuch (18)	0 - 1
13:55	SEA	Yanni Gourde (7)	Eeli Tolvanen (15), Oliver Bjorkstrand (19)	1 - 1
18:50	SEA	Vince Dunn (8) PP	Andre Burakovsky (4), Eeli Tolvanen (16)	2 - 1
2nd Period
00:50	BUF	Alex Tuch (11)	Jeff Skinner (16), Casey Mittelstadt (24)	2 - 2
02:08	SEA	Alexander Wennberg (6)	Jaden Schwartz (8), Brian Dumoulin (5)	3 - 2
11:34	SEA	Jaden Schwartz (9)	Brandon Tanev (2), Will Borgen (14)	4 - 2
16:13	SEA	Matty Beniers (6)	Will Borgen (15)	5 - 2

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
1st Period
16:55	BUF	Henri Jokiharju	Slashing	2
3rd Period
06:46	SEA	Andre Burakovsky	Tripping	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
Seattle Kraken	52	36	26	5	2.1	40.5
Buffalo Sabres	75	52	38	2	2.7	59.5

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 Seattle Kraken had.

Expected goals

Seattle Kraken: 2.1 expected, 5 scored · Buffalo Sabres: 2.7 expected, 2 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

Seattle Kraken

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.

Seattle Kraken

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Jordan Eberle · Tomas Tatar · Matty Beniers	12:01	38.5	56.5	1-0
Jaden Schwartz · Alexander Wennberg · Brandon Tanev	10:37	57.1	48.4	2-0
Yanni Gourde · Oliver Bjorkstrand · Eeli Tolvanen	10:16	40.9	47.1	1-2
Andre Burakovsky · Jared McCann · Tye Kartye	8:07	58.6	38.2	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Jamie Oleksiak · Will Borgen	17:09	35.7	30.2	1-0
Adam Larsson · Vince Dunn	15:13	38.3	39.8	0-1
Justin Schultz · Brian Dumoulin	14:13	53.8	67.1	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

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
71	Jaden Schwartz	L	1	1	2	2	0	1	1	16:16	0.08	8-10	0.33-0.43
17	Will Borgen	D	0	2	2	1	0	0	6	20:28		11-23	0.39-1.12
17	Eeli Tolvanen	R	0	2	2	-1	0	1	1	13:33	0.09	9-20	0.39-0.64
10	Matty Beniers	C	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	15:34	0.09	10-21	0.59-0.60
21	Alexander Wennberg	C	1	0	1	2	0	1	0	18:51	0.17	10-14	0.35-0.67
29	Vince Dunn	D	1	0	1	-1	0	2	1	18:32	0.15	18-33	0.42-0.96
37	Yanni Gourde	C	1	0	1	-1	0	3	2	15:14	0.34	12-16	0.59-0.51
2	Brian Dumoulin	D	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	19:35		16-15	0.79-0.45
13	Brandon Tanev	L	0	1	1	2	0	0	1	14:57		9-9	0.48-0.56
28	Oliver Bjorkstrand	R	0	1	1	-1	0	3	0	13:42	0.19	10-16	0.39-0.57
28	Andre Burakovsky	L	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	13:03	0.06	19-23	0.35-0.67
4	Justin Schultz	D	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	16:42	0.11	14-14	0.63-0.32
4	Jamie Oleksiak	D	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	22:36	0.02	15-25	0.59-1.20
6	Adam Larsson	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	20:10	0.05	24-34	0.86-0.90
7	Jordan Eberle	R	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	16:06	0.19	11-22	0.61-0.54
19	Jared McCann	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	15:27	0.02	20-20	0.35-0.71
24	Tye Kartye	L	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	12:51	0.20	17-22	0.31-0.75
90	Tomas Tatar	L	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	14:33	0.31	12-23	0.77-0.76

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
35	Joey Daccord	W	38	36	2	59:50	2.69	+0.69

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Dylan Cozens · Jack Quinn · JJ Peterka	12:28	65.6	82.0	0-0
Jeff Skinner · Alex Tuch · Casey Mittelstadt	12:15	73.1	67.9	2-1
Jordan Greenway · Tage Thompson · Zach Benson	10:52	52.6	33.2	0-0
Zemgus Girgensons · Eric Robinson · Peyton Krebs	9:16	57.9	66.3	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Henri Jokiharju · Rasmus Dahlin	10:52	67.9	69.7	0-1
Connor Clifton · Mattias Samuelsson	10:44	65.0	50.8	1-0
Erik Johnson · Owen Power	6:58	33.3	25.5	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

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits	TOI	xG	CF-CA	xGF-xGA
53	Jeff Skinner	L	1	1	2	0	0	3	0	15:42	0.17	21-10	0.78-0.64
89	Alex Tuch	R	1	1	2	1	0	6	1	16:33	0.32	22-8	0.74-0.31
11	Casey Mittelstadt	C	0	2	2	1	0	1	0	18:04	0.28	24-10	0.87-0.57
6	Erik Johnson	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	6	13:58		13-14	0.61-0.38
6	Zach Benson	L	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	15:09		11-16	0.18-0.87
10	JJ Peterka	R	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	16:28	0.62	25-14	1.15-0.31
12	Jordan Greenway	L	0	0	0	-2	0	3	3	14:51	0.11	12-14	0.19-0.63
19	Peyton Krebs	C	0	0	0	-2	0	3	1	12:22	0.09	13-15	0.30-0.45
20	Henri Jokiharju	D	0	0	0	-1	2	0	4	16:06	0.02	28-11	1.19-0.48
22	Jack Quinn	R	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	17:41	0.24	25-15	1.14-0.35
23	Mattias Samuelsson	D	0	0	0	2	0	2	3	22:48	0.04	32-15	0.92-0.59
24	Dylan Cozens	C	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	15:52	0.25	23-12	0.95-0.25
25	Owen Power	D	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	20:44		11-20	0.35-0.70
26	Rasmus Dahlin	D	0	0	0	-3	0	5	2	25:12	0.14	36-24	1.42-1.17
28	Zemgus Girgensons	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	11:29	0.04	14-10	0.38-0.22
50	Eric Robinson	L	0	0	0	-1	0	2	2	11:15	0.26	14-11	0.41-0.23
72	Tage Thompson	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	14:36		12-13	0.36-0.73
75	Connor Clifton	D	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	19:15	0.08	24-13	0.46-0.31

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
27	Devon Levi	L	26	21	5	60:00	2.11	-2.89