Chicago Blackhawks vs. Buffalo SabresMar 17, 2018

FinalSaturday, Mar 17, 2018· KeyBank Center

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Chicago BlackhawksCHI

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Buffalo SabresBUF

5

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
CHI	0	2	1	3		CHI	12	17	9	38
BUF	1	1	3	5		BUF	12	6	14	32

: CHI 63BUF 63
: CHI 2.81BUF 3.15
PP goals: CHI 0BUF 1
Hits: CHI 2BUF 16
Blocks: CHI 16BUF 11
PIM: CHI 8BUF 4
: CHI 43%BUF 57%

Fantasy takeaways

Generated from the play-by-play, shifts and season context. No opinions, just what changed.

Buffalo Sabres beat Chicago Blackhawks 5–3

Buffalo Sabres beat Chicago Blackhawks 5–3 at home. Sam Reinhart (BUF) led the scoring with 1G 2A. BUF's first power-play unit (O'Reilly, Ristolainen, Reinhart, Eichel and Rodrigues) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 3:44 together.

Points
Sam Reinhart had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 20:27.Reinhart
Points
Nick Baptiste had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 13:16.Baptiste
Points
Jonathan Toews had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 19:56.Toews
Points
Ryan O'Reilly had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 24:42.O'Reilly
Points
Patrick Kane had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 19:30.Kane
PP1
BUF's first power-play unit (O'Reilly, Ristolainen, Reinhart, Eichel and Rodrigues) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 3:44 together.O'Reilly Ristolainen Reinhart Eichel Rodrigues
Usage
Zemgus Girgensons (BUF) played 2:56, −10:56 down on his 13:52 season average over 70 games.Girgensons
New line
New look for BUF: Pominville–Pouliot–Eichel skated 4:43 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (70% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Pominville Pouliot Eichel

Shot map

Both teams on one rink, filtered by strength and period.

Shot map

Every attempt, sized by expected goals. Goals are rings, shots on goal dots, misses hollow, blocks crosses.

Strength

Period

Team

← CHI attacks left (bottom on phones)BUF attacks right (top on phones) →

BUF
CHI
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 126 of 126 attempts · BUF 63 · CHI 63

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

BUF
CHI
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

BUF pressure
CHI pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: CHI 29% of the game, BUF 34%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

BUF

CHI

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
Stat	CHI	BUF
	67	60
	3.21	2.20
	3.18	2.15
	12	14
	5	8
	13	12
	−0.053	+0.053
	29%	34%

Definitions: sequence xG, transition attempts, Draw Equity, control and the Pressure Index.

Lines used

Detected from who actually shared the ice, with time together. Percentages are the unit's share of shot attempts.

Chicago Blackhawks

L1Toews – Kane – Saad
13:0147% CF
L2Anisimov – Jurco – DeBrincat
10:4350% CF
L3Hinostroza – Schmaltz – Highmore
9:3275% CF
L4Sharp – Hayden – Kampf
8:1764% CF
D1Keith – Rutta
15:1756% CF
D2Seabrook – Gustafsson
14:0941% CF
D3Murphy – Oesterle
13:3164% CF

PP1Anisimov – Toews – Kane – Gustafsson – Hinostroza
1:26100% CF
PP2Keith – Saad – Hayden – Schmaltz – DeBrincat
0:34
PK1FSchmaltz – Kampf
2:08
PK2FToews – Saad
1:50
PK1DKeith – Rutta
1:17
PK2DSeabrook – Murphy
0:57

Current CHI line combinations →

Buffalo Sabres

L1O'Reilly – Wilson – Reinhart
8:4142% CF
L2Pominville – Pouliot – Eichel
4:4370% CF
L3Nolan – Larsson – Bailey
3:4063% CF
L4Girgensons – Baptiste – Rodrigues
0:00
D1Scandella – Ristolainen
16:0054% CF
D2Falk – Guhle
13:5640% CF
D3Beaulieu – Antipin
13:2038% CF

PP1O'Reilly – Ristolainen – Reinhart – Eichel – Rodrigues
3:44100% CF
PP2Pominville – Scandella – Baptiste – Guhle – Rodrigues
1:05100% CF
PK1FO'Reilly – Larsson
1:23
PK2FPouliot – Wilson
0:37
PK1DScandella – Ristolainen
1:23
PK2DFalk – Antipin
0:37

Current BUF line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

18:10
BUFBenoit Pouliot (Rasmus Ristolainen, Sam Reinhart)backhand0.14 xG
CHI: Sharp, Murphy, Hayden, Oesterle, KampfBUF: Pouliot, Scandella, O'Reilly, Ristolainen, Reinhart
CHI 0 – 1 BUF

2nd period

8:15
CHIJordan Oesterle (Patrick Kane, Jonathan Toews)tip-in0.05 xG
CHI: Toews, Kane, Murphy, OesterleBUF: Wilson, Beaulieu, Eichel, Antipin
CHI 1 – 1 BUF
11:07
BUFRyan O'ReillyPP (Sam Reinhart, Jack Eichel)wrist0.15 xG
CHI: Anisimov, Oesterle, Highmore, RuttaBUF: O'Reilly, Ristolainen, Reinhart, Eichel, Rodrigues
CHI 1 – 2 BUF
14:15
CHITomas Jurco (Alex DeBrincat)deflected0.05 xG
CHI: Anisimov, Jurco, Gustafsson, DeBrincat, RuttaBUF: Pominville, Scandella, Larsson, Ristolainen, Eichel
CHI 2 – 2 BUF

3rd period

0:20
CHIJonathan Toews (Brandon Saad, Patrick Kane)tip-in0.06 xG
CHI: Keith, Toews, Kane, Saad, RuttaBUF: Scandella, O'Reilly, Wilson, Ristolainen, Reinhart
CHI 3 – 2 BUF
2:17
BUFNick Baptiste (Nathan Beaulieu, Victor Antipin)tip-in0.04 xG
CHI: Murphy, Hinostroza, Oesterle, Schmaltz, HighmoreBUF: Beaulieu, Bailey, Baptiste, Rodrigues, Antipin
CHI 3 – 3 BUF
18:04
BUFNick Baptiste (Marco Scandella, Johan Larsson)tip-in0.15 xG
CHI: Seabrook, Toews, Saad, Murphy, OesterleBUF: Pominville, Scandella, Larsson, Baptiste, Guhle
CHI 3 – 4 BUF
19:21
BUFSam ReinhartEN (Ryan O'Reilly)wrist0.56 xG
CHI: Keith, Anisimov, Toews, Kane, Gustafsson, SchmaltzBUF: Scandella, O'Reilly, Wilson, Ristolainen, Reinhart
CHI 3 – 5 BUF

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

Chicago Blackhawks

CHI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jonathan Toews C	L1	1	1	2	0	5	0.25	0	0	0	19:56	—	—	46	45
Patrick Kane R	L1	0	2	2	+1	2	0.16	0	0	0	19:30	—	—	43	48
Brandon Saad L	L1	0	1	1	0	3	0.29	0	0	0	18:32	—	—	45	47
Artem Anisimov C	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.19	0	1	0	16:12	—	—	43	45
Alex DeBrincat R	L2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.08	0	1	0	12:54	—	—	52	48
Tomas Jurco R	L2	1	0	1	+1	1	0.06	0	0	2	11:48	—	—	48	42
Nick Schmaltz C	L3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.06	0	1	0	17:00	—	—	74	95
Vinnie Hinostroza C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	2	13:13	—	—	78	96
Matthew Highmore C	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.85	0	0	0	12:08	—	—	67	95
David Kampf C	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.07	0	0	0	12:20	—	—	56	42
Patrick Sharp L	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.07	0	0	0	11:54	—	—	61	52
John Hayden C	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.15	0	1	0	10:34	—	—	57	44
Duncan Keith D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	5	2	21:56	—	—	52	70
Jan Rutta D	D1	0	0	0	+2	2	0.03	0	0	0	20:28	—	—	56	65
Erik Gustafsson D	D2	0	0	0	0	3	0.16	0	1	0	20:26	—	—	46	36
Brent Seabrook D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.08	1	4	2	19:39	—	—	39	34
Jordan Oesterle D	D3	1	0	1	-2	1	0.05	0	0	0	17:55	—	—	61	73
Connor Murphy D	D3	0	0	0	-2	5	0.26	1	2	0	17:41	—	—	66	74

CHI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
J-F Berube(start)	L	31	27	4	.871	2.60	58:33

Buffalo Sabres

BUF skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Ryan O'Reilly C	L1	1	1	2	+1	4	0.62	1	3	0	24:42	—	—	45	47
Sam Reinhart C	L1	1	2	3	+1	1	0.65	0	1	0	20:27	—	—	44	38
Scott Wilson C	L1	0	0	0	-1	4	0.26	3	0	0	17:29	—	—	44	41
Jack Eichel C	L2	0	1	1	-2	5	0.54	0	0	0	18:14	—	—	54	59
Jason Pominville R	L2	0	0	0	0	4	0.25	1	0	0	16:12	—	—	55	66
Benoit Pouliot L	L2	1	0	1	+1	1	0.14	0	0	0	14:09	—	—	50	36
Johan Larsson L	L3	0	1	1	0	0	0.05	1	0	0	15:24	—	—	39	36
Justin Bailey R	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.09	1	1	0	10:44	—	—	50	48
Jordan Nolan C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	8:52	—	—	64	74
Evan Rodrigues C	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.02	1	0	0	16:48	—	—	39	7
Nick Baptiste R	L4	2	0	2	+2	2	0.27	0	0	0	13:16	—	—	41	18
Zemgus Girgensons C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	2:56	—	—	67	76
Marco Scandella D	D1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.03	0	3	0	24:37	—	—	56	54
Rasmus Ristolainen D	D1	0	1	1	0	3	0.13	2	1	2	24:18	—	—	57	56
Brendan Guhle D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	0	2	19:23	—	—	37	43
Justin Falk D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	2	0	0	16:51	—	—	39	44
Victor Antipin D	D3	0	1	1	0	2	0.08	0	1	0	15:54	—	—	42	19
Nathan Beaulieu D	D3	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	15:54	—	—	43	19

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Chad Johnson(start)	W	37	34	3	.919	2.81	59:50

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Methodology

Shot locations come from the NHL play-by-play, normalised so each shooter attacks the same way, then flipped so the home team attacks right. On-ice stats and lines come from the shift charts: a unit is the exact set of skaters sharing the ice, and CF% is the share of all shot attempts while they were out. Head-to-head cells are 5v5 time against each opponent. Expected goals and the Pressure Index appear as their models are released.