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Buffalo Sabres at Boston Bruins

Dec 21, 2024 · TD Garden

Team Goals Shots
Buffalo Sabres 1 20
Boston Bruins 3 19

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
08:15 BOS Charlie Coyle (8) Nikita Zadorov (7) 0 - 1
2nd Period
18:23 BUF JJ Peterka (10) PP Jason Zucker (14) 1 - 1
3rd Period
18:15 BOS Morgan Geekie (7) PP David Pastrnak (22), Mason Lohrei (13) 1 - 2
19:08 BOS Brad Marchand (14) David Pastrnak (23), Charlie McAvoy (10) 1 - 3

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
06:07 BOS Charlie Coyle Hooking 2
18:06 BOS Elias Lindholm Slashing 2
2nd Period
06:07 BUF Beck Malenstyn High sticking 2
11:08 BUF Owen Power Tripping 2
17:08 BOS Oliver Wahlstrom Hooking 2
3rd Period
16:15 BUF Sam Lafferty Tripping 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres 56 38 20 1 1.8 53.6
Boston Bruins 52 30 19 3 2.1 46.4

How the game went

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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 Boston Bruins had taken more, and below it and blue while Buffalo Sabres had.

Expected goals

Buffalo Sabres: 1.8 expected, 1 scored · Boston Bruins: 2.1 expected, 3 scored

00.511.52Start2nd3rdEndBUF goal, 18:23 of 2nd, a 9% chanceBOS goal, 8:15 of 1st, a 5% chanceBOS goal, 18:15 of 3rd, a 8% chanceBOS goal, 19:08 of 3rd, a 43% chanceBOS 2.1BUF 1.8

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
Boston Bruins

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
Peyton Krebs · Dylan Cozens · JJ Peterka9:5475.050.80-0
Sam Lafferty · Jiri Kulich · Zach Benson9:5055.644.90-0
Jason Zucker · Alex Tuch · Tage Thompson9:1953.396.80-0
Nicolas Aube-Kubel · Beck Malenstyn · Ryan McLeod8:4853.398.40-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Mattias Samuelsson · Owen Power15:4056.061.00-0
Connor Clifton · Jacob Bryson11:2450.068.80-0
Henri Jokiharju · Bowen Byram10:3738.544.40-0

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
10 JJ Peterka R 1 0 1 -1 0 4 0 17:39 0.32 15-6 0.28-0.23
17 Jason Zucker L 0 1 1 -1 0 1 2 18:09 0.06 12-10 0.41-0.02
6 Zach Benson L 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 14:22 0.18 12-12 0.27-0.78
16 Nicolas Aube-Kubel R 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 11:31 0.13 11-9 0.35-0.01
19 Peyton Krebs C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 13:47 0.13 12-9 0.20-0.82
20 Henri Jokiharju D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13:19 7-8 0.09-0.07
20 Jiri Kulich C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 12:24 0.05 11-11 0.19-0.75
23 Mattias Samuelsson D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 22:31 0.01 14-12 0.58-0.40
24 Sam Lafferty C 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 13:32 0.02 10-11 0.15-0.27
24 Bowen Byram D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 22:58 0.05 14-9 0.31-0.08
24 Dylan Cozens C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 14:34 0.08 12-9 0.20-0.80
25 Owen Power D 0 0 0 -2 2 1 0 24:15 0.04 19-15 0.68-0.95
29 Beck Malenstyn L 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 13:45 0.22 9-11 0.31-0.11
71 Ryan McLeod C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14:06 0.04 11-13 0.35-0.12
72 Tage Thompson C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 17:27 0.14 11-9 0.45-0.06
75 Connor Clifton D 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 17:35 0.04 16-16 0.30-0.15
78 Jacob Bryson D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13:56 0.05 19-16 0.44-0.13
89 Alex Tuch R 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 19:10 0.25 10-9 0.42-0.09
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
47 James Reimer L 18 16 2 59:00 1.71 -0.29

Boston Bruins

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
David Pastrnak · Pavel Zacha · Morgan Geekie11:0457.160.40-0
Brad Marchand · Charlie Coyle · Elias Lindholm9:0961.122.10-0
Mark Kastelic · Cole Koepke · John Beecher8:3120.07.50-0
Trent Frederic · Justin Brazeau · Oliver Wahlstrom8:1425.07.70-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Jordan Oesterle · Brandon Carlo13:3436.422.70-0
Andrew Peeke · Mason Lohrei12:0443.844.80-0
Nikita Zadorov · Charlie McAvoy11:1830.81.00-0

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
88 David Pastrnak R 0 2 2 1 0 3 0 19:51 0.34 12-8 0.31-0.22
3 Charlie Coyle C 1 0 1 1 2 3 1 16:48 0.60 16-8 0.69-0.30
39 Morgan Geekie C 1 0 1 0 0 2 4 16:35 0.19 12-7 0.35-0.12
63 Brad Marchand L 1 0 1 1 0 1 3 18:43 0.05 12-7 0.09-0.30
6 Mason Lohrei D 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 16:12 0.06 17-18 0.39-0.46
73 Charlie McAvoy D 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 24:40 10-11 0.02-0.43
91 Nikita Zadorov D 0 1 1 2 0 0 3 17:51 0.00 9-11 0.62-0.41
10 Trent Frederic C 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 13:02 7-17 0.10-0.35
16 Justin Brazeau R 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 12:26 0.04 8-16 0.11-0.35
18 Pavel Zacha C 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 19:45 0.07 12-8 0.79-0.19
18 John Beecher C 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 12:32 0.07 6-15 0.10-0.43
20 Andrew Peeke D 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 16:28 0.04 17-19 0.48-0.48
25 Brandon Carlo D 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 20:43 0.01 14-16 0.73-0.31
28 Elias Lindholm C 0 0 0 1 2 2 1 17:15 0.17 12-7 0.09-0.30
45 Cole Koepke L 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 11:34 0.01 8-12 0.66-0.32
47 Mark Kastelic C 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 12:03 0.01 6-14 0.16-0.36
71 Oliver Wahlstrom R 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 09:48 6-16 0.07-0.35
82 Jordan Oesterle D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 18:29 0.04 11-15 0.09-0.30
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
70 Joonas Korpisalo W 20 19 1 60:00 1.81 +0.81