Tampa Bay Lightning at Buffalo Sabres

Jan 20, 2024 · KeyBank Center

Team	Goals	Shots
Tampa Bay Lightning	3	16
Buffalo Sabres	1	27

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
1st Period
06:14	TBL	Nick Paul (12)	Brandon Hagel (24), Anthony Cirelli (11)	1 - 0
07:06	TBL	Tyler Motte (4) SH	Unassisted	2 - 0
2nd Period
13:52	BUF	Dylan Cozens (8)	JJ Peterka (15), Rasmus Dahlin (24)	2 - 1
3rd Period
18:44	TBL	Calvin de Haan (3)	Brandon Hagel (25), Nick Paul (13)	3 - 1

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
1st Period
06:31	TBL	Darren Raddysh	Cross checking	2
2nd Period
07:28	BUF	Ryan Johnson	Holding	2
16:18	BUF	Alex Tuch	Hooking	2
3rd Period
11:56	TBL	Michael Eyssimont	Tripping	2
12:40	BUF	Zach Benson	Slashing	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
Tampa Bay Lightning	43	32	16	3	3.2	41.0
Buffalo Sabres	55	42	27	1	2.0	59.0

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 Tampa Bay Lightning had.

Expected goals

Tampa Bay Lightning: 3.2 expected, 3 scored · Buffalo Sabres: 2.0 expected, 1 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

Tampa Bay Lightning

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.

Tampa Bay Lightning

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Nick Paul · Anthony Cirelli · Brandon Hagel	12:22	50.0	83.3	1-0
Steven Stamkos · Nikita Kucherov · Brayden Point	11:42	42.9	42.9	0-1
Tyler Motte · Conor Sheary · Michael Eyssimont	8:20	33.3	4.7	0-0
Austin Watson · Luke Glendening · Waltteri Merela	4:55	18.2	2.4	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Victor Hedman · Darren Raddysh	16:50	35.7	37.3	1-0
Calvin de Haan · Nick Perbix	14:34	40.0	51.4	0-0
Max Crozier · Emil Lilleberg	10:15	25.0	41.5	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

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
20	Nick Paul	L	1	1	2	2	0	2	2	18:29	0.30	13-15	0.66-0.24
38	Brandon Hagel	L	0	2	2	2	0	2	0	20:43	0.13	19-13	0.72-0.13
14	Tyler Motte	C	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	14:32	0.15	6-9	0.13-0.36
44	Calvin de Haan	D	1	0	1	1	0	1	2	18:34	0.01	12-17	0.32-0.24
71	Anthony Cirelli	C	0	1	1	2	0	2	0	19:58	0.30	17-13	0.58-0.13
21	Brayden Point	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	19:47	0.49	7-12	0.37-0.51
24	Austin Watson	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	06:36		2-13	0.01-0.32
24	Max Crozier	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	13:32	0.02	7-11	0.37-0.32
39	Waltteri Merela	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	07:29		2-10	0.01-0.23
41	Luke Glendening	C	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	10:27		2-13	0.01-0.33
43	Conor Sheary	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	12:40	0.05	8-11	0.03-0.38
43	Darren Raddysh	D	0	0	0	2	2	0	3	25:31		13-21	0.46-0.76
48	Nick Perbix	D	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	19:04	0.01	12-15	0.25-0.23
77	Victor Hedman	D	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	25:09	0.18	14-19	0.56-0.81
78	Emil Lilleberg	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	3	14:08		3-10	0.19-0.27
81	Michael Eyssimont	C	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	11:28	0.13	7-9	0.02-0.36
86	Nikita Kucherov	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	19:23	0.07	9-9	0.39-0.46
91	Steven Stamkos	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	18:33	0.31	7-10	0.34-0.49

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
31	Jonas Johansson	W	27	26	1	59:57	2.00	+1.00

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Kyle Okposo · Victor Olofsson · Peyton Krebs	8:04	75.0	82.5	0-0
Dylan Cozens · Jack Quinn · JJ Peterka	7:02	61.5	65.0	1-0
Alex Tuch · Tage Thompson · Casey Mittelstadt	6:32	90.9	88.2	0-0
Alex Tuch · Tage Thompson · Zach Benson	5:44	45.5	31.4	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Mattias Samuelsson · Rasmus Dahlin	11:33	57.1	43.0	1-0
Rasmus Dahlin · Owen Power	6:56	84.2	81.3	0-0
Connor Clifton · Henri Jokiharju	6:21	30.0	11.1	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
24	Dylan Cozens	C	1	0	1	-1	0	2	0	17:58	0.17	12-11	0.44-0.25
10	JJ Peterka	R	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	15:39	0.29	11-8	0.43-0.24
26	Rasmus Dahlin	D	0	1	1	0	0	5	2	28:17	0.21	29-14	0.62-0.57
6	Zach Benson	L	0	0	0	-2	2	2	0	13:24	0.09	7-10	0.17-0.43
8	Kyle Okposo	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	12:12	0.09	12-7	0.21-0.07
11	Casey Mittelstadt	C	0	0	0	-2	0	3	0	18:02	0.29	14-8	0.64-0.47
12	Jordan Greenway	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	16:19	0.04	8-7	0.09-0.24
19	Peyton Krebs	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11:07		11-5	0.21-0.06
20	Henri Jokiharju	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	15:10	0.00	7-13	0.05-0.15
22	Jack Quinn	R	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	15:37	0.21	14-10	0.31-0.24
23	Mattias Samuelsson	D	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	20:18	0.02	10-9	0.31-0.55
25	Owen Power	D	0	0	0	-2	0	2	0	23:54	0.14	24-11	0.47-0.28
28	Zemgus Girgensons	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	4	11:11	0.01	9-3	0.09-0.16
33	Ryan Johnson	D	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	13:58	0.04	11-7	0.57-0.30
72	Tage Thompson	C	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	17:16	0.07	15-10	0.57-0.49
75	Connor Clifton	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	16:13	0.06	11-10	0.60-0.31
89	Alex Tuch	R	0	0	0	-1	2	2	3	18:36	0.15	16-14	0.58-0.54
95	Victor Olofsson	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	09:56	0.08	9-3	0.19-0.04

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
1	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	L	15	13	2	58:53	2.17	+0.17