Buffalo Sabres at Tampa Bay Lightning

Apr 15, 2024 · Amalie Arena

Team	Goals	Shots
Buffalo Sabres	4	34
Tampa Bay Lightning	2	33

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
1st Period
01:26	BUF	Dylan Cozens (17)	Jack Quinn (9), Bowen Byram (18)	1 - 0
2nd Period
02:27	TBL	Steven Stamkos (40)	Nikita Kucherov (99)	1 - 1
05:08	BUF	Dylan Cozens (18) SH	Jordan Greenway (18)	2 - 1
16:13	BUF	Jordan Greenway (10)	Zemgus Girgensons (6), Tyson Jost (3)	3 - 1
3rd Period
09:39	TBL	Erik Cernak (2)	Nick Paul (21)	3 - 2
09:54	BUF	Zach Benson (11)	Jack Quinn (10), Dylan Cozens (29)	4 - 2

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
1st Period
18:34	BUF	Jordan Greenway	Tripping	2
2nd Period
04:45	BUF	Rasmus Dahlin	Slashing	2
10:24	TBL	Tanner Jeannot	Slashing	2
3rd Period
01:00	TBL	Emil Lilleberg	Boarding	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres	57	45	34	4	4.5	50.0
Tampa Bay Lightning	62	49	33	2	3.5	50.0

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 Tampa Bay Lightning had taken more, and below it and blue while Buffalo Sabres had.

Expected goals

Buffalo Sabres: 4.5 expected, 4 scored · Tampa Bay Lightning: 3.5 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

Buffalo Sabres

Tampa Bay Lightning

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 line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Dylan Cozens · Jack Quinn · Zach Benson	10:03	66.7	85.4	2-0
Zemgus Girgensons · Victor Olofsson · Tyson Jost	6:27	20.0	11.2	0-1
Alex Tuch · Jordan Greenway · JJ Peterka	5:08	33.3	45.7	0-0
Jeff Skinner · Alex Tuch · JJ Peterka	5:05	77.8	63.4	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Henri Jokiharju · Rasmus Dahlin	14:12	53.6	57.0	1-0
Bowen Byram · Owen Power	13:50	51.5	44.2	1-0
Connor Clifton · Jacob Bryson	13:20	52.0	61.6	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
24	Dylan Cozens	C	2	1	3	3	0	8	0	20:15	0.99	19-6	1.43-0.19
12	Jordan Greenway	L	1	1	2	1	2	2	1	18:19	0.15	9-13	0.56-0.68
22	Jack Quinn	R	0	2	2	2	0	3	1	16:57	0.50	21-8	1.65-0.47
6	Zach Benson	L	1	0	1	2	0	4	0	16:36	0.50	17-8	1.41-0.26
17	Tyson Jost	C	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	08:45	0.20	9-13	0.51-1.04
24	Bowen Byram	D	0	1	1	1	0	0	3	21:02		18-18	1.43-1.75
28	Zemgus Girgensons	C	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	12:34	0.04	11-14	0.70-0.98
10	JJ Peterka	R	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	23:11	0.30	17-17	0.66-0.95
19	Peyton Krebs	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	12:04	0.03	7-16	0.46-0.84
20	Henri Jokiharju	D	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	17:32		16-15	0.73-0.63
25	Owen Power	D	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	20:17	0.28	19-20	1.41-1.84
26	Rasmus Dahlin	D	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	22:23	0.03	16-16	0.71-0.63
53	Jeff Skinner	L	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	13:38	0.39	12-14	0.70-1.06
72	Tage Thompson	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	03:11	0.02	3-4	0.03-0.50
75	Connor Clifton	D	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	20:54	0.01	15-14	0.90-0.64
78	Jacob Bryson	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	16:08		13-14	0.83-0.52
89	Alex Tuch	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	24:13	0.09	14-18	0.57-1.00
95	Victor Olofsson	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	08:01	0.17	4-12	0.17-0.98

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
1	Eric Comrie	W	33	31	2	60:00	3.58	+1.58

Tampa Bay Lightning

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Nikita Kucherov · Anthony Duclair · Brayden Point	9:55	72.2	78.3	0-0
Nick Paul · Michael Eyssimont · Mitchell Chaffee	8:43	33.3	24.1	0-1
Steven Stamkos · Anthony Cirelli · Brandon Hagel	6:43	69.2	66.6	0-1
Steven Stamkos · Nikita Kucherov · Brayden Point	4:37	30.0	14.6	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Victor Hedman · Darren Raddysh	17:19	55.6	66.7	0-0
Erik Cernak · Nick Perbix	15:42	48.4	56.7	2-2
Mathew Dumba · Emil Lilleberg	12:43	45.0	19.5	0-1

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

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits	TOI	xG	CF-CA	xGF-xGA
81	Erik Cernak	D	1	0	1	0	0	2	3	19:04	0.05	17-19	1.03-0.84
91	Steven Stamkos	C	1	0	1	-1	0	7	1	18:58	0.61	14-12	0.86-0.68
20	Nick Paul	L	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	19:55	0.28	13-13	0.50-0.78
86	Nikita Kucherov	R	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	24:00	0.12	20-16	1.50-0.86
11	Anthony Duclair	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	17:09	0.18	17-15	1.57-1.05
21	Brayden Point	C	0	0	0	-1	0	5	0	23:11	1.05	18-15	1.40-0.96
24	Mathew Dumba	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	4	15:46	0.04	9-11	0.27-1.10
38	Brandon Hagel	L	0	0	0	-2	0	2	0	18:28	0.26	14-15	1.08-0.91
41	Luke Glendening	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	03:47		3-4	0.08-0.24
41	Mitchell Chaffee	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	10:02	0.12	5-11	0.23-0.78
43	Conor Sheary	L	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	10:52	0.04	9-7	0.21-0.42
43	Darren Raddysh	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	21:16	0.03	23-18	1.71-1.03
48	Nick Perbix	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	16:28		16-16	0.87-0.66
71	Anthony Cirelli	C	0	0	0	-2	0	4	0	18:54	0.62	15-16	1.02-0.99
77	Victor Hedman	D	0	0	0	-1	0	3	1	26:15	0.08	21-18	1.83-0.98
78	Emil Lilleberg	D	0	0	0	-1	2	1	1	15:03	0.02	10-15	0.27-1.41
81	Michael Eyssimont	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	09:29	0.04	5-12	0.23-0.84
84	Tanner Jeannot	L	0	0	0	1	2	0	2	09:47	0.01	11-7	0.33-0.31

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
88	Andrei Vasilevskiy	L	34	30	4	57:36	3.73	-0.27