St. Louis Blues at Buffalo Sabres

Feb 10, 2024 · KeyBank Center

Team	Goals	Shots
St. Louis Blues	3	26
Buffalo Sabres	1	34

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
1st Period
12:53	STL	Jake Neighbours (16) PP	Pavel Buchnevich (23), Robert Thomas (36)	1 - 0
2nd Period
00:51	BUF	Kyle Okposo (10)	Unassisted	1 - 1
04:32	STL	Jordan Kyrou (15)	Colton Parayko (11), Calle Rosen (1)	2 - 1
3rd Period
18:03	STL	Jake Neighbours (17)	Brayden Schenn (15), Kasperi Kapanen (10)	3 - 1

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
1st Period
06:12	STL	Calle Rosen	Tripping	2
11:47	BUF	Ryan Johnson	Slashing	2
13:36	STL	Oskar Sundqvist	Delaying game puck over glass	2
2nd Period
07:41	STL	Brayden Schenn	Slashing	2
13:29	BUF	Zemgus Girgensons	Hooking	2
3rd Period
11:56	BUF	JJ Peterka	Roughing	2
11:56	STL	Matthew Kessel	Roughing	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
St. Louis Blues	48	37	26	3	2.6	44.2
Buffalo Sabres	68	51	35	1	2.9	55.8

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 St. Louis Blues had.

Expected goals

St. Louis Blues: 2.6 expected, 3 scored · Buffalo Sabres: 2.9 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

St. Louis Blues

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.

St. Louis Blues

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Pavel Buchnevich · Jordan Kyrou · Robert Thomas	11:46	68.4	73.4	1-0
Kevin Hayes · Brandon Saad · Sammy Blais	8:51	43.5	49.2	0-0
Brayden Schenn · Kasperi Kapanen · Jake Neighbours	8:10	40.0	50.0	1-0
Oskar Sundqvist · Nathan Walker · Alexey Toropchenko	7:17	35.7	29.5	0-1

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Nick Leddy · Colton Parayko	16:03	35.7	44.3	1-0
Torey Krug · Matthew Kessel	13:27	44.8	38.6	0-1
Marco Scandella · Calle Rosen	7:58	64.7	63.5	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
63	Jake Neighbours	L	2	0	2	1	0	5	1	11:38	0.82	9-10	0.43-0.35
25	Jordan Kyrou	R	1	0	1	1	0	4	0	17:18	0.51	15-10	0.55-0.26
10	Brayden Schenn	C	0	1	1	1	2	1	2	14:22	0.03	8-13	0.35-0.35
18	Robert Thomas	C	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	22:25		15-15	0.58-0.44
42	Kasperi Kapanen	R	0	1	1	1	0	2	1	14:25	0.05	8-11	0.36-0.30
43	Calle Rosen	D	0	1	1	1	2	0	2	15:03	0.02	13-16	0.51-0.49
55	Colton Parayko	D	0	1	1	2	0	0	2	24:53	0.02	13-21	0.91-1.10
89	Pavel Buchnevich	L	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	21:13	0.06	17-9	0.58-0.25
4	Nick Leddy	D	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	26:20	0.02	12-20	0.79-1.02
6	Marco Scandella	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	11:55	0.05	14-9	0.41-0.20
13	Kevin Hayes	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12:54	0.14	11-16	0.44-0.41
13	Alexey Toropchenko	R	0	0	0	-1	0	3	3	11:24	0.22	5-11	0.35-0.92
20	Brandon Saad	L	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	12:57	0.26	10-22	0.40-0.54
26	Nathan Walker	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	4	11:50	0.09	9-9	0.47-0.83
27	Sammy Blais	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	10:44		11-19	0.41-0.54
47	Torey Krug	D	0	0	0	-1	0	4	2	20:56	0.10	15-18	0.46-0.64
51	Matthew Kessel	D	0	0	0	-1	2	0	2	17:30	0.10	17-24	0.47-0.78
70	Oskar Sundqvist	C	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	14:13	0.09	8-12	0.39-0.93

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
30	Joel Hofer	W	34	34	1	60:00	2.93	+1.93

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Alex Tuch · Jordan Greenway · Casey Mittelstadt	9:21	54.5	56.7	0-0
Dylan Cozens · JJ Peterka · Zach Benson	8:41	50.0	50.5	0-0
Kyle Okposo · Jeff Skinner · Tage Thompson	8:29	73.3	94.2	1-0
Zemgus Girgensons · Eric Robinson · Peyton Krebs	6:08	72.7	69.7	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Henri Jokiharju · Rasmus Dahlin	15:02	60.0	54.8	0-0
Connor Clifton · Owen Power	11:29	43.5	65.8	1-1
Erik Johnson · Ryan Johnson	8:30	31.3	27.0	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	P	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits	TOI	xG	CF-CA	xGF-xGA
8	Kyle Okposo	R	1	1	1	0	3	0	13:50	0.45	15-5	0.88-0.06
6	Erik Johnson	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	12:55		10-13	0.26-0.51
6	Zach Benson	L	0	0	0	0	3	1	11:37	0.13	13-13	0.39-0.38
10	JJ Peterka	R	0	0	-1	2	4	0	17:38	0.27	17-18	0.58-0.73
11	Casey Mittelstadt	C	0	0	-1	0	4	0	19:00	0.28	15-10	0.49-0.61
12	Jordan Greenway	L	0	0	-1	0	1	1	18:10	0.14	12-10	0.34-0.51
19	Peyton Krebs	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	10:11	0.15	12-5	0.31-0.15
20	Henri Jokiharju	D	0	0	-1	0	2	1	19:00	0.09	21-14	0.78-0.76
24	Dylan Cozens	C	0	0	-1	0	2	1	20:10	0.16	15-21	0.42-0.92
25	Owen Power	D	0	0	-1	0	0	1	24:02	0.04	25-16	1.10-0.72
26	Rasmus Dahlin	D	0	0	0	0	2	6	28:59	0.10	27-16	0.78-0.73
28	Zemgus Girgensons	C	0	0	0	2	2	0	09:20	0.04	13-10	0.32-0.38
33	Ryan Johnson	D	0	0	0	2	0	0	10:55		9-11	0.33-0.37
50	Eric Robinson	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	08:54		11-9	0.25-0.38
53	Jeff Skinner	L	0	0	1	0	0	0	16:27	0.02	11-6	0.87-0.18
72	Tage Thompson	C	0	0	0	0	5	1	20:09	0.62	17-9	1.05-0.41
75	Connor Clifton	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	16:25		13-14	0.84-0.45
89	Alex Tuch	R	0	0	-1	0	6	1	18:54	0.42	9-10	0.38-0.59

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
1	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	L	26	23	3	58:18	2.60	-0.40