Dallas Stars at Buffalo Sabres

Feb 6, 2024 · KeyBank Center

Team	Goals	Shots
Dallas Stars	2	30
Buffalo Sabres	1	48

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
1st Period
03:58	DAL	Matt Duchene (18) PP	Tyler Seguin (23), Mason Marchment (22)	1 - 0
2nd Period
05:53	BUF	Tage Thompson (15) PP	Rasmus Dahlin (26), Jeff Skinner (17)	1 - 1
09:04	DAL	Sam Steel (6)	Radek Faksa (8), Craig Smith (4)	2 - 1

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
1st Period
02:34	BUF	Tage Thompson	Hooking	2
2nd Period
04:39	DAL	Roope Hintz	Holding	2
11:48	DAL	Miro Heiskanen	Holding	2
13:58	DAL	Sam Steel	High sticking	2
3rd Period
00:43	DAL	Matt Duchene	Holding	2
07:07	BUF	Jordan Greenway	Holding	2
07:49	BUF	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	Tripping	2
15:28	BUF	Henri Jokiharju	Tripping	2
17:11	BUF	Connor Clifton	Cross checking	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
Dallas Stars	61	47	30	2	6.3	40.6
Buffalo Sabres	82	59	48	1	3.9	59.4

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 Dallas Stars had.

Expected goals

Dallas Stars: 6.3 expected, 2 scored · Buffalo Sabres: 3.9 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

Dallas Stars

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.

Dallas Stars

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Roope Hintz · Jason Robertson · Wyatt Johnston	10:51	40.9	65.9	0-0
Matt Duchene · Tyler Seguin · Mason Marchment	10:37	25.0	12.0	0-0
Evgenii Dadonov · Craig Smith · Radek Faksa	4:20	14.3	4.4	0-0
Joe Pavelski · Jamie Benn · Sam Steel	4:14	40.0	37.3	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Miro Heiskanen · Thomas Harley	14:13	43.6	47.9	1-0
Jani Hakanpää · Esa Lindell	11:53	23.1	4.6	0-0
Ryan Suter · Nils Lundkvist	8:40	53.8	62.4	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
18	Sam Steel	C	1	0	1	1	2	2	2	12:08	0.37	10-10	0.66-0.59
95	Matt Duchene	C	1	0	1	0	2	4	1	17:41	0.25	11-25	0.29-0.78
12	Radek Faksa	C	0	1	1	1	0	0	3	10:48	0.02	5-9	0.54-0.66
15	Craig Smith	C	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	09:13	0.22	7-10	0.61-0.76
27	Mason Marchment	L	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	12:41	0.22	7-22	0.10-0.74
91	Tyler Seguin	C	0	1	1	0	0	3	2	17:04	0.14	9-24	0.21-0.78
4	Miro Heiskanen	D	0	0	0	1	2	4	0	24:08	0.09	24-25	1.20-0.70
5	Nils Lundkvist	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	12:39	0.04	10-12	0.71-0.41
14	Jamie Benn	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	15:22		12-8	0.49-0.26
16	Joe Pavelski	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	14:58	0.42	12-9	0.48-0.26
21	Jason Robertson	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	18:14	0.64	11-14	0.72-0.37
22	Ryan Suter	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	16:25	0.03	14-9	1.31-0.48
23	Esa Lindell	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	19:17		7-23	0.23-0.97
24	Roope Hintz	C	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	19:36	0.28	10-14	0.72-0.37
28	Jani Hakanpää	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	18:34	0.03	6-22	0.04-1.06
33	Evgenii Dadonov	L	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	12:17	0.41	12-11	0.55-0.53
53	Wyatt Johnston	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	19:06	0.15	11-15	0.73-0.39
55	Thomas Harley	D	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	22:35		19-23	0.85-0.71

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
29	Jake Oettinger	W	48	47	1	60:00	3.94	+2.94

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Alex Tuch · Jordan Greenway · Casey Mittelstadt	10:31	55.6	43.8	0-0
Dylan Cozens · JJ Peterka · Zach Benson	9:14	83.3	78.5	0-0
Kyle Okposo · Jeff Skinner · Tage Thompson	8:44	47.6	25.3	0-1
Zemgus Girgensons · Eric Robinson · Peyton Krebs	6:44	30.8	64.0	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Henri Jokiharju · Rasmus Dahlin	15:40	74.2	71.1	0-0
Connor Clifton · Owen Power	12:05	50.0	35.2	0-1
Erik Johnson · Ryan Johnson	5:30	75.0	97.6	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
72	Tage Thompson	C	1	0	1	-1	2	6	1	16:41	0.54	15-12	0.35-0.73
26	Rasmus Dahlin	D	0	1	1	0	0	8	1	29:16	0.46	25-17	0.91-1.16
53	Jeff Skinner	L	0	1	1	-1	0	2	0	15:39	0.18	14-11	0.31-0.73
6	Erik Johnson	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	09:02	0.01	9-5	0.54-0.05
6	Zach Benson	L	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	11:56	0.24	26-6	1.04-0.38
8	Kyle Okposo	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	13:31	0.04	11-12	0.25-0.73
10	JJ Peterka	R	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	15:34	0.37	25-8	1.04-0.43
11	Casey Mittelstadt	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	18:26	0.17	11-12	0.39-0.59
12	Jordan Greenway	L	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	21:10		11-11	0.39-0.59
19	Peyton Krebs	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	07:57	0.03	5-9	0.38-0.22
20	Henri Jokiharju	D	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	20:50	0.03	25-12	0.93-0.48
24	Dylan Cozens	C	0	0	0	0	0	8	1	20:59	0.63	29-7	1.10-0.48
25	Owen Power	D	0	0	0	-1	0	5	1	25:29	0.22	23-21	0.72-1.22
28	Zemgus Girgensons	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	08:05	0.09	5-10	0.38-0.32
33	Ryan Johnson	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	09:28	0.08	17-5	0.83-0.20
50	Eric Robinson	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	07:35	0.25	4-10	0.38-0.29
75	Connor Clifton	D	0	0	0	-1	2	2	0	18:24	0.07	16-17	0.44-0.92
89	Alex Tuch	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	21:17	0.47	14-10	0.43-0.60

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
1	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	L	30	28	2	59:17	4.04	+2.04