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Buffalo Sabres at Toronto Maple Leafs

Dec 15, 2024 · Scotiabank Arena

Team Goals Shots
Buffalo Sabres 3 27
Toronto Maple Leafs 5 41

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
01:03 BUF Jack Quinn (2) PP JJ Peterka (11), Bowen Byram (14) 1 - 0
02:46 BUF Alex Tuch (9) Zach Benson (6), Tage Thompson (9) 2 - 0
15:45 TOR Max Domi (1) Nick Robertson (1), Bobby McMann (2) 2 - 1
2nd Period
09:11 BUF Jack Quinn (3) JJ Peterka (12), Mattias Samuelsson (1) 3 - 1
11:20 TOR Nick Robertson (3) Bobby McMann (3), Max Domi (7) 3 - 2
12:41 TOR John Tavares (13) PP Auston Matthews (11), William Nylander (13) 3 - 3
13:51 TOR John Tavares (14) Chris Tanev (8), Oliver Ekman-Larsson (10) 3 - 4
3rd Period
17:48 TOR John Tavares (15) Matthew Knies (7), Mitch Marner (31) 3 - 5

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
00:30 TOR Chris Tanev Interference 2
04:13 BUF Ryan McLeod Holding 2
09:25 BUF JJ Peterka Slashing 2
2nd Period
11:48 BUF Henri Jokiharju Slashing 2
3rd Period
00:23 BUF Henri Jokiharju Tripping 2
17:48 BUF Dylan Cozens Abuse of officials 10
19:47 TOR Chris Tanev Hooking 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres 52 46 27 3 2.4 42.9
Toronto Maple Leafs 76 60 41 5 5.0 57.1

How the game went

1050510152025Start2nd3rdToronto Maple Leafs 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 Toronto Maple Leafs had taken more, and below it and blue while Buffalo Sabres had.

Expected goals

Buffalo Sabres: 2.4 expected, 3 scored · Toronto Maple Leafs: 5.0 expected, 5 scored

024Start2nd3rdEndBUF goal, 1:03 of 1st, a 6% chanceBUF goal, 2:46 of 1st, a 5% chanceBUF goal, 9:11 of 2nd, a 10% chanceTOR goal, 15:45 of 1st, a 14% chanceTOR goal, 11:20 of 2nd, a 8% chanceTOR goal, 12:41 of 2nd, a 19% chanceTOR goal, 13:51 of 2nd, a 7% chanceTOR goal, 17:48 of 3rd, a 59% chanceTOR 5.0BUF 2.4

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
Toronto Maple Leafs

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
Dylan Cozens · Jack Quinn · JJ Peterka10:5042.330.00-1
Alex Tuch · Tage Thompson · Zach Benson9:5147.635.51-0
Beck Malenstyn · Ryan McLeod · Peyton Krebs7:1971.471.70-0
Jason Zucker · Jordan Greenway · Jiri Kulich6:3133.350.60-1
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Henri Jokiharju · Bowen Byram17:3844.737.11-1
Mattias Samuelsson · Owen Power15:5946.354.71-0
Dennis Gilbert · Jacob Bryson8:4645.535.20-2

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
22 Jack Quinn R 2 0 2 -1 0 5 1 18:18 0.36 16-23 0.73-1.49
10 JJ Peterka R 0 2 2 -2 2 0 0 17:33 0.08 14-24 0.62-1.19
89 Alex Tuch R 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 18:25 0.11 10-16 0.34-0.89
6 Zach Benson L 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 17:27 0.30 14-16 0.55-0.74
23 Mattias Samuelsson D 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 23:08 0.05 19-25 1.18-1.23
24 Bowen Byram D 0 1 1 -1 0 3 0 25:53 0.10 18-30 0.59-1.39
72 Tage Thompson C 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 17:11 0.05 13-18 0.53-0.80
6 Dennis Gilbert D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 10:47 6-9 0.23-0.55
12 Jordan Greenway L 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 14:13 5-13 0.39-0.61
17 Jason Zucker L 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 09:51 0.22 6-13 0.39-0.65
19 Peyton Krebs C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12:57 0.13 15-10 0.70-0.38
20 Henri Jokiharju D 0 0 0 0 4 3 1 20:59 0.14 19-21 0.58-0.99
20 Jiri Kulich C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 12:23 0.24 8-16 0.52-0.63
24 Dylan Cozens C 0 0 0 -2 10 0 4 14:33 0.02 11-19 0.41-1.23
25 Owen Power D 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 24:44 0.19 22-25 1.21-1.44
29 Beck Malenstyn L 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 10:58 0.12 10-6 0.35-0.18
71 Ryan McLeod C 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 12:43 0.20 13-6 0.54-0.16
78 Jacob Bryson D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 13:05 0.08 6-9 0.24-0.44
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
27 Devon Levi L 40 36 4 57:59 4.45 +0.45

Toronto Maple Leafs

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Max Domi · Nick Robertson · Bobby McMann10:2666.780.72-0
William Nylander · Mitch Marner · Auston Matthews7:3563.064.30-0
Max Pacioretty · John Tavares · Matthew Knies6:0688.996.30-0
Max Pacioretty · John Tavares · William Nylander5:4943.821.40-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Oliver Ekman-Larsson · Chris Tanev8:0276.281.62-0
Philippe Myers · Simon Benoit8:0127.335.40-0
Chris Tanev · Jake McCabe7:4953.846.00-1

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

# Skater Pos G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI xG CF-CA xGF-xGA
91 John Tavares C 3 0 3 1 0 6 2 21:02 0.74 20-14 1.07-0.96
11 Max Domi C 1 1 2 2 0 2 0 15:25 0.21 17-10 1.06-0.34
14 Nick Robertson L 1 1 2 2 0 1 4 13:26 0.31 19-7 0.84-0.19
74 Bobby McMann C 0 2 2 3 0 2 3 15:13 0.20 20-9 1.07-0.26
8 Chris Tanev D 0 1 1 2 4 0 0 19:33 24-12 0.95-0.40
34 Auston Matthews C 0 1 1 -1 0 5 0 20:54 1.07 20-14 0.77-0.48
88 William Nylander R 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 22:18 0.02 28-19 0.94-0.99
89 Matthew Knies L 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 16:21 0.11 12-9 0.87-0.43
93 Mitch Marner R 0 1 1 0 0 2 3 21:12 0.26 19-17 0.77-0.67
95 Oliver Ekman-Larsson D 0 1 1 2 0 5 1 17:41 0.21 24-19 1.17-1.06
18 Steven Lorentz C 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 06:50 0.12 2-7 0.24-0.24
19 Connor Dewar C 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 07:50 3-7 0.14-0.24
22 Jake McCabe D 0 0 0 -1 0 3 2 19:51 0.06 14-17 0.87-0.75
44 Morgan Rielly D 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 21:57 0.26 24-13 1.26-0.84
44 Simon Benoit D 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 17:39 11-19 0.59-0.74
51 Philippe Myers D 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 17:00 0.08 22-10 1.22-0.25
67 Max Pacioretty L 0 0 0 0 0 4 5 17:55 0.77 21-13 1.38-0.81
75 Ryan Reaves R 0 0 0 -1 0 0 5 07:07 0-9 0.00-0.44
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
35 Dennis Hildeby W 27 24 3 60:00 2.43 -0.57