Chicago Blackhawks vs. Buffalo SabresApr 29, 2022

Final / OTFriday, Apr 29, 2022· KeyBank Center

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Chicago BlackhawksCHI

2

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Buffalo SabresBUF

3

Goals	1	2	3	OT	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
CHI	0	1	1	0	2		CHI	9	8	4	0	21
BUF	0	0	2	1	3		BUF	10	7	14	5	36

: CHI 32BUF 60
: CHI 1.92BUF 3.22
PP goals: CHI 0BUF 0
Hits: CHI 9BUF 8
Blocks: CHI 8BUF 3
PIM: CHI 6BUF 2
: CHI 52%BUF 48%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Buffalo Sabres edge Chicago Blackhawks 3–2 (OT)

Buffalo Sabres beat Chicago Blackhawks 3–2 in overtime at home. Tage Thompson (BUF) led the scoring with 1G 0A. Alex Vlasic (CHI) played 20:29, +6:37 up on his 13:52 season average over 14 games.

Usage
Alex Vlasic (CHI) played 20:29, +6:37 up on his 13:52 season average over 14 games.Vlasic
Goalie
Collin Delia (CHI) faced 36 shots and stopped 33 (.917), +9 against a season average of 27.3; the overtime loss.Delia
Usage
Anders Bjork (BUF) played 5:27, −6:42 down on his 12:09 season average over 57 games.Bjork
Usage
Jeff Skinner (BUF) played 20:48, +3:45 up on his 17:03 season average over 79 games.Skinner
Usage
Jacob Bryson (BUF) played 12:56, −5:29 down on his 18:25 season average over 72 games.Bryson
Usage
John Hayden (BUF) played 5:30, −5:27 down on his 10:57 season average over 54 games.Hayden
Usage
Mark Pysyk (BUF) played 12:51, −5:02 down on his 17:53 season average over 67 games.Pysyk
Usage
Alex Tuch (BUF) played 21:27, +3:06 up on his 18:21 season average over 49 games.Tuch

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 92 of 92 attempts · BUF 60 · CHI 32

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 24% of the game, BUF 49%.

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
	34	55
	1.78	3.05
	1.76	2.77
	10	11
	0	0
	10	20
	+0.020	−0.020
	24%	49%

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

L1Kane – Strome – DeBrincat
15:1741% CF
L2Toews – Johnson – Kubalik
10:5926% CF
L3Lafferty – Raddysh – Kurashev
10:4840% CF
L4Katchouk – Borgstrom – Johnson
4:290% CF
D1Jones – Vlasic
16:0932% CF
D2Jones – Stillman
12:0238% CF
D3McCabe – Gustafsson
11:1050% CF

PP1Kane – Gustafsson – Strome – DeBrincat – Raddysh
1:08100% CF
PP2Toews – Johnson – Kubalik – Jones – Kurashev
0:44100% CF
PK1FKatchouk – Johnson
1:30
PK2FToews – Lafferty
0:51
PK1DMcCabe – Jones
2:09
PK2DStillman – Vlasic
0:51

Current CHI line combinations →

Buffalo Sabres

L1Tuch – Mittelstadt – Cozens
7:3067% CF
L2Skinner – Olofsson – Thompson
4:1450% CF
L3Girgensons – Hinostroza – Asplund
3:4860% CF
L4Hayden – Bjork – Krebs
2:0567% CF
D1Samuelsson – Dahlin
14:3243% CF
D2Jokiharju – Power
13:5467% CF
D3Pysyk – Bryson
11:0163% CF

PP1Skinner – Tuch – Thompson – Mittelstadt – Dahlin
3:17100% CF
PP2Olofsson – Jokiharju – Krebs – Cozens – Power
2:33100% CF
PK1FGirgensons – Cozens
0:58
PK2FTuch – Thompson
0:20
PK1DJokiharju – Samuelsson
0:58
PK2DPysyk – Power
0:53

Current BUF line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

8:47
CHIDominik Kubalik (Alex Vlasic, Tyler Johnson)snap0.16 xG
CHI: Toews, Johnson, Kubalik, Jones, VlasicBUF: Tuch, Thompson, Mittelstadt, Jokiharju, Power
CHI 1 – 0 BUF

3rd period

4:16
BUFTage Thompson (Jeff Skinner)wrist0.17 xG
CHI: Kane, McCabe, Gustafsson, Strome, DeBrincatBUF: Skinner, Tuch, Thompson, Samuelsson, Power
CHI 1 – 1 BUF
9:33
CHIDylan Strome (Caleb Jones, Alex DeBrincat)tip-in0.07 xG
CHI: Kane, McCabe, Strome, Jones, DeBrincatBUF: Skinner, Tuch, Thompson, Samuelsson, Power
CHI 2 – 1 BUF
14:22
BUFOwen Powerwrist0.22 xG
CHI: Kane, Strome, Jones, DeBrincat, StillmanBUF: Olofsson, Asplund, Mittelstadt, Jokiharju, Power
CHI 2 – 2 BUF

OT period

2:07
BUFCasey Mittelstadt (Dylan Cozens, Henri Jokiharju)backhand0.14 xG
CHI: Jones, Raddysh, KurashevBUF: Mittelstadt, Jokiharju, Cozens
CHI 2 – 3 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
Alex DeBrincat R	L1	0	1	1	-1	3	0.19	1	0	0	21:45	—	—	41	33
Patrick Kane R	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.12	0	0	0	21:08	—	—	42	31
Dylan Strome C	L1	1	0	1	-1	2	0.33	1	0	0	18:45	—	—	38	33
Jonathan Toews C	L2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.09	0	0	0	17:49	—	—	39	41
Dominik Kubalik L	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.35	0	0	0	15:21	—	—	27	44
Tyler Johnson C	L2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.11	1	0	0	13:48	—	—	29	37
Sam Lafferty C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.23	2	0	2	16:14	—	—	44	58
Taylor Raddysh R	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.06	0	1	0	14:36	—	—	46	52
Philipp Kurashev C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	13:41	—	—	50	41
Reese Johnson C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	11:05	—	—	30	29
Boris Katchouk L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	7:51	—	—	20	0
Henrik Borgstrom C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.13	0	0	0	7:48	—	—	33	45
Seth Jones D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.11	2	1	0	26:17	—	—	28	28
Alex Vlasic D	D1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	1	2	20:29	—	—	31	29
Caleb Jones D	D2	0	1	1	-1	1	0.10	0	1	0	19:33	—	—	48	50
Riley Stillman D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	0	1	0	18:03	—	—	32	30
Jake McCabe D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	1	1	2	19:24	—	—	48	46
Erik Gustafsson D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	0	2	0	16:43	—	—	46	39

CHI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Collin Delia(start)	O	36	33	3	.917	3.22	62:07

Buffalo Sabres

BUF skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Alex Tuch R	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.36	0	0	0	21:27	—	—	63	70
Casey Mittelstadt C	L1	1	0	1	+1	3	0.30	1	0	0	18:45	—	—	65	61
Dylan Cozens C	L1	0	1	1	+1	4	0.38	0	0	0	18:27	—	—	73	63
Jeff Skinner L	L2	0	1	1	0	4	0.31	0	0	0	20:48	—	—	61	66
Tage Thompson C	L2	1	0	1	-1	4	0.56	1	0	0	20:35	—	—	53	52
Victor Olofsson L	L2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.06	0	0	0	17:58	—	—	74	81
Vinnie Hinostroza C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	16:04	—	—	50	42
Rasmus Asplund C	L3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	14:43	—	—	56	69
Zemgus Girgensons C	L3	0	0	0	0	4	0.27	1	1	0	13:28	—	—	72	63
Peyton Krebs C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	11:41	—	—	67	81
John Hayden C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.20	0	0	0	5:30	—	—	70	87
Anders Bjork L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	0	0	0	5:27	—	—	56	51
Rasmus Dahlin D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0.06	1	0	2	26:02	—	—	57	51
Mattias Samuelsson D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.05	2	0	0	21:11	—	—	47	59
Henri Jokiharju D	D2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.17	2	0	0	23:27	—	—	74	68
Owen Power D	D2	1	0	1	0	2	0.23	0	0	0	23:22	—	—	63	58
Jacob Bryson D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	2	0	12:56	—	—	59	68
Mark Pysyk D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.19	0	0	0	12:51	—	—	67	82

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Dustin Tokarski(start)	W	21	19	2	.905	1.92	61:46

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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.