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Buffalo Sabres at Minnesota Wild

Feb 17, 2024 · Xcel Energy Center

Team Goals Shots
Buffalo Sabres 3 28
Minnesota Wild 2 32

Decided in overtime.

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
3rd Period
00:39 BUF Casey Mittelstadt (13) Henri Jokiharju (8) 1 - 0
04:02 MIN Joel Eriksson Ek (25) Kirill Kaprizov (31) 1 - 1
11:21 MIN Declan Chisholm (1) PP Marcus Johansson (17), Marco Rossi (16) 1 - 2
19:23 BUF Dylan Cozens (11) Jordan Greenway (10), Tage Thompson (15) 2 - 2
Overtime
01:29 BUF Henri Jokiharju (3) Alex Tuch (22), Tage Thompson (16) 3 - 2

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
05:22 MIN Matt Boldy High sticking 2
05:50 BUF Casey Mittelstadt Slashing 2
10:03 MIN Jake Middleton Hooking 2
17:51 MIN Vinni Lettieri Tripping 2
2nd Period
09:17 BUF Connor Clifton Cross checking 2
3rd Period
07:37 BUF Connor Clifton High sticking double minor 4

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres 47 39 28 3 2.8 40.5
Minnesota Wild 56 45 32 2 2.9 59.5

How the game went

50510Start2nd3rdOTMinnesota Wild aheadBuffalo Sabres ahead

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 Minnesota Wild had taken more, and below it and blue while Buffalo Sabres had.

Expected goals

Buffalo Sabres: 2.8 expected, 3 scored · Minnesota Wild: 2.9 expected, 2 scored

012Start2nd3rdOTBUF goal, 0:39 of 3rd, a 7% chanceBUF goal, 19:23 of 3rd, a 47% chanceBUF goal, 1:29 of overtime, a 14% chanceMIN goal, 4:02 of 3rd, a 17% chanceMIN goal, 11:21 of 3rd, a 2% chanceMIN 2.9BUF 2.8

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
Minnesota Wild

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 lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Jordan Greenway · Casey Mittelstadt · Dylan Cozens10:5660.052.01-0
Jeff Skinner · Alex Tuch · Tage Thompson10:5125.07.70-0
Peyton Krebs · JJ Peterka · Zach Benson8:3647.155.90-1
Kyle Okposo · Zemgus Girgensons · Eric Robinson7:1060.086.40-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Henri Jokiharju · Rasmus Dahlin14:3273.776.41-0
Connor Clifton · Jacob Bryson10:0821.127.10-1
Erik Johnson · Ryan Johnson6:0071.482.90-0

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
20 Henri Jokiharju D 1 1 2 2 0 2 0 22:57 0.17 16-13 0.48-0.72
72 Tage Thompson C 0 2 2 1 0 5 2 19:57 0.16 5-15 0.09-1.06
11 Casey Mittelstadt C 1 0 1 2 2 2 0 17:56 0.14 9-11 0.23-0.46
24 Dylan Cozens C 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 18:05 0.58 9-6 0.23-0.21
12 Jordan Greenway L 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 19:56 0.17 9-9 0.23-0.33
89 Alex Tuch R 0 1 1 2 0 3 0 20:57 0.20 5-21 0.09-1.31
6 Erik Johnson D 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 14:30 6-11 0.53-0.29
6 Zach Benson L 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 14:19 9-14 0.59-0.59
8 Kyle Okposo R 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12:18 0.01 7-5 0.51-0.14
10 JJ Peterka R 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 14:00 0.32 9-12 0.57-0.52
19 Peyton Krebs C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 12:05 0.07 10-9 0.61-0.44
26 Rasmus Dahlin D 0 0 0 2 0 2 3 30:47 0.05 16-9 0.32-0.16
28 Zemgus Girgensons C 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 10:07 0.28 6-8 0.48-0.22
33 Ryan Johnson D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10:57 8-8 0.52-0.40
50 Eric Robinson L 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 07:44 0.19 6-4 0.48-0.08
53 Jeff Skinner L 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 14:49 0.28 6-17 0.10-1.20
75 Connor Clifton D 0 0 0 -1 6 1 2 18:31 0.17 8-25 0.53-1.31
78 Jacob Bryson D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 18:30 6-23 0.43-1.48
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
1 Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen W 32 30 2 59:47 2.95 +0.95

Minnesota Wild

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Joel Eriksson Ek · Kirill Kaprizov · Matt Boldy10:5064.775.01-1
Marcus Johansson · Mats Zuccarello · Marco Rossi9:0376.982.30-0
Ryan Hartman · Vinni Lettieri · Jake Lucchini6:1750.040.80-0
Frederick Gaudreau · Brandon Duhaime · Connor Dewar4:5341.754.80-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Zach Bogosian · Jonas Brodin16:2657.148.51-0
Jake Middleton · Brock Faber14:0361.153.20-1
Jon Merrill · Declan Chisholm9:1825.061.00-0

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
14 Joel Eriksson Ek C 1 0 1 -1 0 3 2 20:59 0.29 16-6 0.84-0.22
47 Declan Chisholm D 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 14:46 0.02 3-6 0.10-0.06
23 Marco Rossi C 0 1 1 -1 0 2 2 16:59 0.15 15-3 0.76-0.14
90 Marcus Johansson L 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 16:05 0.22 12-5 0.85-0.31
97 Kirill Kaprizov L 0 1 1 -1 0 4 1 20:12 0.42 19-6 0.88-0.22
4 Jon Merrill D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12:10 4-7 0.22-0.24
7 Brock Faber D 0 0 0 -3 0 1 1 26:28 0.03 16-8 0.96-0.50
12 Matt Boldy L 0 0 0 -1 2 3 2 18:26 0.30 16-6 0.81-0.22
19 Connor Dewar C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11:09 0.03 6-10 0.20-0.29
21 Jake Lucchini C 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 11:11 0.08 7-9 0.25-0.45
24 Zach Bogosian D 0 0 0 1 0 2 4 20:17 0.08 26-15 1.12-0.67
24 Brandon Duhaime L 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 11:43 0.19 6-10 0.20-0.43
25 Jonas Brodin D 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 24:13 0.03 21-16 0.79-0.67
36 Mats Zuccarello R 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 17:28 0.23 16-4 0.91-0.31
38 Ryan Hartman R 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 15:13 0.16 8-11 0.39-0.76
55 Jake Middleton D 0 0 0 -1 2 2 3 17:35 0.33 16-8 1.07-0.67
89 Frederick Gaudreau C 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 12:12 0.35 7-10 0.40-0.43
95 Vinni Lettieri C 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 11:21 6-10 0.19-0.45
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
32 Filip Gustavsson OTL 28 25 3 61:29 2.82 -0.18