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Buffalo Sabres at St. Louis Blues

Dec 29, 2024 · Enterprise Center

Team Goals Shots
Buffalo Sabres 4 16
St. Louis Blues 2 37

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
06:52 BUF Peyton Krebs (4) Bowen Byram (16), Rasmus Dahlin (20) 1 - 0
13:06 BUF Tage Thompson (18) PP Jason Zucker (15), Jack Quinn (7) 2 - 0
15:47 STL Brayden Schenn (6) Colton Parayko (14), Jake Neighbours (8) 2 - 1
3rd Period
05:56 STL Nathan Walker (4) Colton Parayko (15), Alexey Toropchenko (5) 2 - 2
10:30 BUF Jason Zucker (10) PP Jack Quinn (8), Tage Thompson (11) 3 - 2
16:19 BUF Jiri Kulich (7) Mattias Samuelsson (3) 4 - 2

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
10:08 BUF Rasmus Dahlin Holding 2
12:21 STL Jake Neighbours Hooking 2
14:16 STL Alexandre Texier Hooking 2
15:42 BUF Alex Tuch High sticking 2
2nd Period
05:52 BUF JJ Peterka Cross checking 2
11:06 BUF Sam Lafferty Tripping 2
3rd Period
09:16 STL Zachary Bolduc Cross checking 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres 28 22 16 4 1.6 27.5
St. Louis Blues 74 50 37 2 3.9 72.5

How the game went

010203040Start2nd3rdSt. Louis Blues 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 St. Louis Blues had taken more, and below it and blue while Buffalo Sabres had.

Expected goals

Buffalo Sabres: 1.6 expected, 4 scored · St. Louis Blues: 3.9 expected, 2 scored

0123Start2nd3rdEndBUF goal, 6:52 of 1st, a 6% chanceBUF goal, 13:06 of 1st, a 8% chanceBUF goal, 10:30 of 3rd, a 16% chanceBUF goal, 16:19 of 3rd, a 4% chanceSTL goal, 15:47 of 1st, a 72% chanceSTL goal, 5:56 of 3rd, a 20% chanceSTL 3.9BUF 1.6

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
St. Louis Blues

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
Jason Zucker · Alex Tuch · Tage Thompson10:5420.015.30-0
Dylan Cozens · Jack Quinn · JJ Peterka8:429.17.70-0
Peyton Krebs · Jiri Kulich · Zach Benson8:3261.570.02-0
Sam Lafferty · Beck Malenstyn · Ryan McLeod7:2618.225.90-1
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Rasmus Dahlin · Bowen Byram14:5037.552.41-1
Mattias Samuelsson · Owen Power12:4010.00.00-0
Connor Clifton · Jacob Bryson9:5615.431.91-0

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
17 Jason Zucker L 1 1 2 0 0 1 2 18:13 0.17 4-16 0.08-0.40
72 Tage Thompson C 1 1 2 0 0 2 2 19:18 0.19 5-13 0.11-0.40
22 Jack Quinn R 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 14:48 3-18 0.09-0.71
19 Peyton Krebs C 1 0 1 2 0 2 1 11:44 0.25 8-7 0.61-0.28
20 Jiri Kulich C 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 12:28 0.14 9-12 0.63-0.59
23 Mattias Samuelsson D 0 1 1 0 0 0 5 23:19 3-20 0.03-0.86
24 Bowen Byram D 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 24:45 0.23 13-20 0.76-0.74
26 Rasmus Dahlin D 0 1 1 -1 2 2 2 23:38 0.13 10-16 0.58-0.53
6 Zach Benson L 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 12:56 0.18 10-5 0.63-0.26
10 JJ Peterka R 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 15:17 0.04 3-19 0.08-0.69
24 Sam Lafferty C 0 0 0 -1 2 0 1 10:34 3-10 0.18-0.55
24 Dylan Cozens C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 13:55 3-13 0.06-0.48
25 Owen Power D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 18:43 0.02 6-22 0.09-1.06
29 Beck Malenstyn L 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 11:38 0.12 2-11 0.15-0.57
71 Ryan McLeod C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 15:03 2-12 0.15-0.47
75 Connor Clifton D 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 14:14 0.03 3-11 0.19-0.34
78 Jacob Bryson D 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 12:14 3-11 0.27-0.34
89 Alex Tuch R 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 19:29 0.06 5-14 0.09-0.43
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
1 Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen W 37 35 2 59:44 3.89 +1.89

St. Louis Blues

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Brayden Schenn · Jordan Kyrou · Dylan Holloway10:2187.598.20-0
Oskar Sundqvist · Jake Neighbours · Zachary Bolduc6:5958.353.40-0
Pavel Buchnevich · Robert Thomas · Alexandre Texier6:5855.640.10-1
Brandon Saad · Nathan Walker · Alexey Toropchenko5:0750.059.70-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Cam Fowler · Colton Parayko14:2890.592.81-1
Justin Faulk · Philip Broberg11:3375.091.20-0
Ryan Suter · Tyler Tucker8:1150.06.80-0

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
55 Colton Parayko D 0 2 2 1 0 3 3 22:24 0.11 22-6 0.99-0.35
10 Brayden Schenn C 1 0 1 1 0 5 0 18:43 1.08 14-4 0.64-0.06
26 Nathan Walker L 1 0 1 0 0 2 4 10:49 0.31 7-5 0.32-0.24
13 Alexey Toropchenko R 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 09:47 7-5 0.32-0.24
63 Jake Neighbours L 0 1 1 1 2 2 0 14:12 0.31 7-6 0.39-0.35
6 Philip Broberg D 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 15:33 0.05 16-5 0.82-0.06
17 Cam Fowler D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 23:42 0.23 25-3 1.16-0.11
18 Robert Thomas C 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 23:17 0.31 19-5 0.40-0.31
20 Brandon Saad L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14:20 15-3 0.48-0.11
22 Ryan Suter D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 15:25 0.01 10-11 0.07-0.79
25 Jordan Kyrou R 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 19:50 0.31 16-2 0.67-0.01
70 Oskar Sundqvist C 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 13:25 0.16 12-5 0.60-0.34
72 Justin Faulk D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 23:01 0.07 18-7 0.73-0.23
75 Tyler Tucker D 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 09:53 0.04 9-6 0.11-0.37
76 Zachary Bolduc R 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 11:19 0.13 10-5 0.59-0.34
81 Dylan Holloway L 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 18:38 0.45 15-3 0.65-0.05
85 Alexandre Texier L 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 12:42 0.08 10-9 0.39-0.49
89 Pavel Buchnevich L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 22:35 0.22 18-5 0.39-0.31
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
50 Jordan Binnington L 16 12 4 56:26 1.57 -2.43