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Vegas Golden Knights at Buffalo Sabres

Mar 2, 2024 · KeyBank Center

Team Goals Shots
Vegas Golden Knights 2 24
Buffalo Sabres 7 35

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
01:55 BUF Jeff Skinner (20) Unassisted 0 - 1
2nd Period
00:54 BUF Dylan Cozens (13) SH Unassisted 0 - 2
01:46 VGK Brendan Brisson (2) PP Nicolas Roy (23), Paul Cotter (14) 1 - 2
04:28 VGK William Karlsson (21) Jonathan Marchessault (21), Paul Cotter (15) 2 - 2
14:46 BUF Zemgus Girgensons (7) Eric Robinson (6) 2 - 3
3rd Period
02:20 BUF Kyle Okposo (12) Jeff Skinner (18), Casey Mittelstadt (33) 2 - 4
06:26 BUF Owen Power (4) Jacob Bryson (4), Eric Robinson (7) 2 - 5
12:18 BUF Casey Mittelstadt (14) PP Owen Power (18), Jeff Skinner (19) 2 - 6
17:12 BUF Dylan Cozens (14) SH Owen Power (19), Henri Jokiharju (11) 2 - 7

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
2nd Period
00:37 BUF Alex Tuch High sticking 2
3rd Period
11:54 VGK Alec Martinez Hooking 2
16:40 BUF Peyton Krebs Slashing 2
16:40 BUF Peyton Krebs Fighting 5
16:40 VGK Ivan Barbashev Fighting 5

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Vegas Golden Knights 45 33 24 2 2.0 35.8
Buffalo Sabres 81 54 35 7 3.3 64.2

How the game went

0102030Start2nd3rdBuffalo Sabres aheadVegas Golden Knights 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 Buffalo Sabres had taken more, and below it and blue while Vegas Golden Knights had.

Expected goals

Vegas Golden Knights: 2.0 expected, 2 scored · Buffalo Sabres: 3.3 expected, 7 scored

0123Start2nd3rdEndVGK goal, 1:46 of 2nd, a 20% chanceVGK goal, 4:28 of 2nd, a 18% chanceBUF goal, 1:55 of 1st, a 7% chanceBUF goal, 0:54 of 2nd, a 19% chanceBUF goal, 14:46 of 2nd, a 11% chanceBUF goal, 2:20 of 3rd, a 15% chanceBUF goal, 6:26 of 3rd, a 2% chanceBUF goal, 12:18 of 3rd, a 6% chanceBUF goal, 17:12 of 3rd, a 6% chanceBUF 3.3VGK 2.0

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

Vegas Golden Knights
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.

Vegas Golden Knights

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Chandler Stephenson · Ivan Barbashev · Michael Amadio13:3348.427.40-0
William Karlsson · Jonathan Marchessault · Paul Cotter12:4643.336.31-0
Keegan Kolesar · Nicolas Roy · Grigori Denisenko7:2213.342.80-2
Byron Froese · Mason Morelli · Brendan Brisson6:1250.090.00-1
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Alec Martinez · Alex Pietrangelo16:5726.811.90-1
Brayden McNabb · Shea Theodore14:4764.366.41-0
Nicolas Hague · Zach Whitecloud13:5318.262.00-1

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
47 Paul Cotter L 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 17:23 0.14 13-22 0.60-1.12
71 William Karlsson C 1 0 1 -2 0 3 1 17:23 0.35 16-24 0.74-1.17
91 Brendan Brisson C 1 0 1 -2 0 1 2 11:33 0.24 4-10 0.18-0.12
10 Nicolas Roy C 0 1 1 -2 0 3 3 16:07 0.38 5-26 0.38-0.69
81 Jonathan Marchessault R 0 1 1 -2 0 3 2 19:00 0.12 14-27 0.60-1.23
3 Brayden McNabb D 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 17:40 19-15 0.88-0.71
7 Alex Pietrangelo D 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 22:22 0.11 14-35 0.32-1.85
9 Chandler Stephenson C 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 15:23 0.01 16-16 0.39-1.04
11 Mason Morelli L 0 0 0 -1 0 0 5 13:17 0.12 9-12 0.29-0.29
22 Michael Amadio R 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 16:36 0.16 19-18 0.53-1.06
25 Alec Martinez D 0 0 0 -1 2 3 0 21:36 0.02 16-40 0.36-1.84
27 Shea Theodore D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 20:06 0.08 23-20 1.04-0.73
28 Zach Whitecloud D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 17:15 6-21 0.35-0.45
41 Nicolas Hague D 0 0 0 -2 0 2 4 18:27 0.03 8-23 0.45-0.43
47 Grigori Denisenko L 0 0 0 -2 0 1 6 12:53 0.02 3-22 0.30-0.42
49 Ivan Barbashev L 0 0 0 0 5 1 3 17:17 0.11 19-20 0.53-1.08
51 Byron Froese C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 12:17 0.08 6-11 0.19-0.11
55 Keegan Kolesar R 0 0 0 -2 0 0 2 13:03 5-23 0.38-0.68
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
48 Logan Thompson L 35 28 7 59:58 3.35 -3.65

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Alex Tuch · Jordan Greenway · Tage Thompson13:2664.386.80-0
Kyle Okposo · Jeff Skinner · Casey Mittelstadt11:3576.961.71-0
Zemgus Girgensons · Eric Robinson · Peyton Krebs10:1770.663.82-0
Dylan Cozens · JJ Peterka · Zach Benson9:3359.341.20-1
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Henri Jokiharju · Rasmus Dahlin19:2963.370.41-0
Jacob Bryson · Owen Power13:3255.258.81-1
Connor Clifton · Ryan Johnson13:0069.654.32-0

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
25 Owen Power D 1 2 3 1 0 1 0 21:03 0.02 29-15 1.53-0.84
53 Jeff Skinner L 1 2 3 2 0 4 1 13:45 0.26 23-9 0.69-0.42
24 Dylan Cozens C 2 0 2 1 0 3 1 12:29 0.38 16-14 0.56-0.84
11 Casey Mittelstadt C 1 1 2 2 0 1 0 14:51 0.06 22-12 0.69-0.50
50 Eric Robinson L 0 2 2 2 0 0 5 15:01 15-9 0.25-0.21
8 Kyle Okposo R 1 0 1 1 0 4 0 14:08 0.34 20-7 0.61-0.39
28 Zemgus Girgensons C 1 0 1 2 0 2 6 13:49 0.12 12-9 0.24-0.18
20 Henri Jokiharju D 0 1 1 2 0 2 1 23:28 0.05 34-20 1.17-0.52
78 Jacob Bryson D 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 17:00 16-14 1.19-0.85
6 Zach Benson L 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 14:06 0.17 17-11 0.56-0.79
10 JJ Peterka R 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 15:22 0.25 23-13 0.69-0.81
12 Jordan Greenway L 0 0 0 2 0 1 3 18:14 0.46 22-13 1.50-0.31
19 Peyton Krebs C 0 0 0 2 7 0 2 12:54 0.08 15-5 0.24-0.14
26 Rasmus Dahlin D 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 24:16 0.02 40-20 1.33-0.46
33 Ryan Johnson D 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 17:13 0.03 17-9 0.39-0.39
72 Tage Thompson C 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 16:26 0.27 23-12 1.52-0.22
75 Connor Clifton D 0 0 0 3 0 1 5 16:37 0.04 18-8 0.40-0.35
89 Alex Tuch R 0 0 0 0 2 7 0 16:09 0.78 23-15 1.48-0.29
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
1 Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen W 24 22 2 60:00 2.02 +0.02