Monday, April 13, 2026
- Expected goals, BUF–CHI
- 3.0–2.0
- all situations, empty nets out
- CHI share of xG
- 40.4%
- 50% is even
- Shots on goal
- 26–16
- BUF–CHI
- Pre-game model
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- no projection stored
The story
The Sabres won 5-1 and earned it, out-chancing the Blackhawks 3.1 to 2.0 in expected goals. Tage Thompson scored twice. Josh Norris has a point in 5 straight games. Alex Tuch had one goal and one assist.
- Tage ThompsonTwo goals
Tage Thompson scored twice. His goal stood up as the winner. That was his 40th goal of the season. The Sabres beat the Blackhawks 5-1.
- Josh NorrisStreak
Josh Norris has a point in 5 straight games. He has 12 goals this season. He played 12:35 and had two shots on goal. The Sabres beat the Blackhawks 5-1.
- Rasmus DahlinStreak
Rasmus Dahlin has a point in 5 straight games. He has 74 points in 77 games this season. He played 20:59 and had no shots on goal. It finished 5-1 for the Sabres.
- Ethan Del MastroVolume
Ethan Del Mastro had 7 shot attempts, his most in a game since 2023-24. Three reached the net and none went in. His average this season was 1.8. The Blackhawks lost 5-1 to the Sabres.
Shot attempts
Running count of unblocked attempts (shots on goal plus misses). Dots are goals. Hover to read any moment.
Where the shots came from
6 goals from 70 unblocked attempts. Shots from a team's own half are left off.
Buffalo Sabres
| Skater | TOI | G | A | SOG | ixG | Hits | Blk | xGF% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Owen Power D | 22:56 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.02 | 0 | 1 | 85 |
| Alex Tuch R | 21:23 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0.50 | 0 | 0 | 91 |
| Bowen Byram D | 21:11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.20 | 0 | 1 | 82 |
| Rasmus Dahlin D | 20:59 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.06 | 0 | 0 | 85 |
| Mattias Samuelsson D | 18:59 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1 | 85 |
| Tage Thompson C | 17:31 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0.54 | 2 | 0 | 91 |
| Conor Timmins D | 16:51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.02 | 0 | 0 | 71 |
| Ryan McLeod C | 16:08 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.07 | 0 | 0 | 83 |
| Logan Stanley D | 15:37 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 85 |
| Peyton Krebs C | 14:32 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.16 | 4 | 0 | 92 |
| Zach Benson L | 14:22 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0.39 | 0 | 1 | 77 |
| Jason Zucker L | 14:09 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0.21 | 1 | 1 | 85 |
| Jack Quinn R | 14:02 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.21 | 0 | 0 | 87 |
| Josh Doan R | 13:29 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.20 | 0 | 0 | 78 |
| Jordan Greenway L | 12:59 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.04 | 5 | 1 | 59 |
| Josh Norris C | 12:35 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0.20 | 1 | 1 | 79 |
| Beck Malenstyn L | 11:32 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.05 | 2 | 2 | 59 |
| Tyson Kozak C | 10:49 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.13 | 5 | 1 | 65 |
Chicago Blackhawks
| Skater | TOI | G | A | SOG | ixG | Hits | Blk | xGF% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Connor Bedard C | 22:31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.17 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
| Wyatt Kaiser D | 20:17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1 | 17 |
| Alex Vlasic D | 19:43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.01 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| Anton Frondell C | 19:06 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.73 | 0 | 0 | 19 |
| Tyler Bertuzzi L | 18:44 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.20 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| Louis Crevier D | 18:41 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.02 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Teuvo Teravainen C | 17:45 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.10 | 0 | 0 | 36 |
| Frank Nazar C | 17:35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.10 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| Ryan Greene C | 17:07 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.22 | 2 | 0 | 16 |
| Sam Rinzel D | 16:16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.11 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| Ethan Del Mastro D | 16:13 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.08 | 0 | 1 | 57 |
| Ilya Mikheyev R | 15:39 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.09 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| Nick Lardis L | 15:18 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.01 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Ryan Donato C | 13:49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.02 | 0 | 1 | 20 |
| Kevin Korchinski D | 13:43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 45 |
| Andre Burakovsky L | 13:17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.09 | 0 | 0 | 22 |
| Landon Slaggert L | 11:03 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 15 |
| Dominic Toninato C | 9:32 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.09 | 1 | 0 | 19 |
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