Edmonton Oilers at Buffalo Sabres

Mar 9, 2024 · KeyBank Center

Team	Goals	Shots
Edmonton Oilers	2	32
Buffalo Sabres	3	27

Decided in a shootout.

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
1st Period
00:29	EDM	Ryan McLeod (11)	Leon Draisaitl (50), Warren Foegele (19)	1 - 0
14:19	EDM	Warren Foegele (14) SH	Ryan McLeod (13)	2 - 0
15:35	BUF	Tage Thompson (19) PP	Unassisted	2 - 1
3rd Period
11:39	BUF	Jacob Bryson (1)	Unassisted	2 - 2
Shootout
	BUF	Alex Tuch	Shootout winner	2 - 3

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
1st Period
08:19	BUF	Owen Power	Slashing	2
13:53	EDM	Brett Kulak	Hooking	2
2nd Period
05:57	BUF	Tage Thompson	Slashing	2
11:22	BUF	Owen Power	Holding	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
Edmonton Oilers	54	46	32	2	3.3	50.6
Buffalo Sabres	55	44	27	2	3.6	49.4

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 Edmonton Oilers had.

Expected goals

Edmonton Oilers: 3.3 expected, 2 scored · Buffalo Sabres: 3.6 expected, 2 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

Edmonton Oilers

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.

Edmonton Oilers

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Zach Hyman · Ryan Nugent-Hopkins · Connor McDavid	12:37	56.0	62.7	0-1
Leon Draisaitl · Warren Foegele · Ryan McLeod	11:57	60.0	46.5	1-0
Corey Perry · Adam Henrique · Evander Kane	9:09	41.2	40.8	0-0
Sam Carrick · Connor Brown · Mattias Janmark	8:11	23.1	22.6	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Mattias Ekholm · Evan Bouchard	15:42	44.0	38.8	0-0
Cody Ceci · Brett Kulak	15:40	43.8	52.6	0-0
Darnell Nurse · Vincent Desharnais	15:05	62.1	67.5	1-1

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
37	Warren Foegele	L	1	1	2	2	0	4	0	15:43	0.54	14-11	0.63-0.64
71	Ryan McLeod	C	1	1	2	2	0	2	1	17:11	0.23	13-8	0.52-0.52
29	Leon Draisaitl	C	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	22:04	0.17	15-11	0.67-0.56
2	Evan Bouchard	D	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	23:55	0.25	13-15	0.90-1.04
5	Cody Ceci	D	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	17:35	0.14	15-18	0.58-0.45
10	Sam Carrick	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	09:24	0.14	6-10	0.40-0.31
13	Mattias Janmark	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	09:49		3-10	0.09-0.31
14	Mattias Ekholm	D	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	22:37	0.03	11-14	0.64-1.02
16	Connor Brown	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	11:20	0.25	8-11	0.51-0.40
18	Zach Hyman	L	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	19:41	0.18	15-12	0.90-0.54
19	Adam Henrique	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	13:52	0.03	10-12	0.46-0.62
25	Darnell Nurse	D	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	22:51	0.09	19-12	1.26-0.55
27	Brett Kulak	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	16:58		14-18	0.50-0.45
73	Vincent Desharnais	D	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	17:28		18-11	1.08-0.52
90	Corey Perry	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	14:01	0.27	8-12	0.41-0.53
91	Evander Kane	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	16:11	0.13	9-11	0.44-0.53
93	Ryan Nugent-Hopkins	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	19:33	0.39	17-11	1.24-0.52
97	Connor McDavid	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	2	23:05	0.44	17-13	1.18-0.56

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
74	Stuart Skinner	OTL	27	25	2	65:00	3.59	+1.59

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Eric Robinson · Dylan Cozens · Zach Benson	10:59	68.2	50.1	1-0
Zemgus Girgensons · Alex Tuch · Tage Thompson	9:52	43.8	47.9	0-0
Victor Olofsson · Tyson Jost · Lukas Rousek	8:53	64.7	56.6	0-0
Jeff Skinner · Peyton Krebs · JJ Peterka	4:19	33.3	28.2	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Henri Jokiharju · Owen Power	15:46	35.3	32.1	0-0
Rasmus Dahlin · Bowen Byram	15:37	48.0	40.1	0-1
Connor Clifton · Jacob Bryson	8:52	66.7	85.8	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
72	Tage Thompson	C	1	1	0	2	4	2	17:10	0.75	9-12	0.66-0.73
78	Jacob Bryson	D	1	1	1	0	2	0	13:42	0.08	8-4	0.39-0.08
6	Zach Benson	L	0	0	1	0	0	0	15:06		16-9	0.36-0.34
10	JJ Peterka	R	0	0	-1	0	1	1	06:04	0.04	3-5	0.14-0.11
13	Lukas Rousek	R	0	0	0	0	1	0	12:58	0.15	12-15	0.67-0.93
17	Tyson Jost	C	0	0	0	0	2	1	14:02	0.26	13-12	0.75-1.15
19	Peyton Krebs	C	0	0	-1	0	0	2	12:03		6-13	0.30-0.32
20	Henri Jokiharju	D	0	0	1	0	0	5	21:34	0.01	19-23	0.84-1.21
24	Bowen Byram	D	0	0	-1	0	4	4	25:46	0.52	16-13	0.79-0.86
24	Dylan Cozens	C	0	0	0	0	4	0	21:57	0.48	18-10	0.48-0.47
25	Owen Power	D	0	0	-1	4	1	0	23:27	0.14	18-26	0.80-1.36
26	Rasmus Dahlin	D	0	0	-1	0	1	7	28:55	0.19	20-19	0.80-1.19
28	Zemgus Girgensons	C	0	0	-1	0	2	4	15:03	0.14	7-10	0.43-0.53
50	Eric Robinson	L	0	0	1	0	1	5	15:33	0.09	18-8	0.38-0.34
53	Jeff Skinner	L	0	0	-1	0	0	0	09:15	0.07	5-11	0.36-0.26
75	Connor Clifton	D	0	0	0	0	0	4	14:52		7-5	0.40-0.26
89	Alex Tuch	R	0	0	-1	0	2	4	26:53	0.49	12-19	0.76-1.23
95	Victor Olofsson	L	0	0	-1	0	2	2	14:40	0.16	13-11	0.75-1.03

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
1	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	W	32	30	2	65:00	3.32	+1.32