Chicago Blackhawks vs. Buffalo SabresJan 18, 2024

FinalThursday, Jan 18, 2024· KeyBank Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
CHI	0	0	0	0		CHI	4	8	7	19
BUF	0	1	2	3		BUF	13	7	11	31

: CHI 40BUF 64
: CHI 2.33BUF 2.59
PP goals: CHI 0BUF 1
Hits: CHI 25BUF 14
Blocks: CHI 19BUF 13
PIM: CHI 15BUF 8
: CHI 56%BUF 44%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Buffalo Sabres beat Chicago Blackhawks 3–0

Buffalo Sabres beat Chicago Blackhawks 3–0 at home. Ryan Johnson (BUF) led the scoring with 0G 2A. BUF's first power-play unit (Tuch, Thompson, Mittelstadt, Dahlin and Benson) scored 1 power-play goal on 13 attempts in 7:04 together.

Points
Ryan Johnson had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 16:04.Johnson
PP1
BUF's first power-play unit (Tuch, Thompson, Mittelstadt, Dahlin and Benson) scored 1 power-play goal on 13 attempts in 7:04 together.Tuch Thompson Mittelstadt Dahlin Benson
New line
New look for BUF: Robinson–Krebs–Peterka skated 5:45 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (62.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Robinson Krebs Peterka
Luck
CHI scored 0 goals on 2.33 expected goals (40 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for BUF: Girgensons–Mittelstadt–Quinn skated 5:14 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (77.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Girgensons Mittelstadt Quinn
New line
New look for CHI: Sanford–Katchouk–Johnson skated 6:11 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (41.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Sanford Katchouk Johnson
Usage
Zach Benson (BUF) played 19:16, +4:49 up on his 14:27 season average over 70 games.Benson
Usage
Eric Robinson (BUF) played 6:56, −4:30 down on his 11:26 season average over 46 games.Robinson

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 104 of 104 attempts · BUF 64 · CHI 40

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 30% of the game, BUF 42%.

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
	28	52
	1.50	1.74
	1.45	1.59
	7	7
	12	2
	7	5
	+0.011	−0.011
	30%	42%

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

L1Raddysh – Pitlick – Kurashev
7:3238% CF
L2Entwistle – Guttman – Reichel
7:1050% CF
L3Sanford – Katchouk – Johnson
6:1142% CF
L4Blackwell – Dickinson – Anderson
5:2117% CF
D1Jones – Vlasic
10:1720% CF
D2Megna – Korchinski
8:5719% CF
D3Tinordi – Phillips
8:4539% CF

PP1Jones – Raddysh – Pitlick – Kurashev – Vlasic
4:06100% CF
PP2Dickinson – Sanford – Guttman – Reichel – Korchinski
3:12100% CF
PK1FKatchouk – Raddysh
3:56
PK2FBlackwell – Dickinson
2:48
PK1DJones – Vlasic
3:36
PK2DTinordi – Megna
2:58

Current CHI line combinations →

Buffalo Sabres

L1Tuch – Thompson – Benson
7:4475% CF
L2Robinson – Krebs – Peterka
5:4563% CF
L3Girgensons – Mittelstadt – Quinn
5:1478% CF
L4Okposo – Olofsson – Greenway
3:5456% CF
D1Jokiharju – Dahlin
10:5772% CF
D2Clifton – Johnson
7:4043% CF
D3Johnson – Power
7:0378% CF

PP1Tuch – Thompson – Mittelstadt – Dahlin – Benson
7:0481% CF
PP2Okposo – Olofsson – Quinn – Peterka – Power
4:0867% CF
PK1FTuch – Quinn
2:38
PK2FGreenway – Thompson
2:36
PK1DJohnson – Power
3:06
PK2DClifton – Jokiharju
2:59

Current BUF line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

12:27
BUFZemgus Girgensons (Ryan Johnson, Peyton Krebs)tip-in0.08 xG
CHI: Jones, Entwistle, Guttman, Vlasic, ReichelBUF: Girgensons, Greenway, Dahlin, Krebs, Johnson
CHI 0 – 1 BUF

3rd period

2:57
BUFJJ Peterka (Ryan Johnson, Jack Quinn)wrist0.03 xG
CHI: Tinordi, Pitlick, Entwistle, Guttman, PhillipsBUF: Olofsson, Johnson, Quinn, Peterka, Power
CHI 0 – 2 BUF
6:06
BUFRasmus DahlinPP (Casey Mittelstadt, Alex Tuch)wrist0.03 xG
CHI: Blackwell, Megna, Katchouk, VlasicBUF: Tuch, Thompson, Mittelstadt, Dahlin, Benson
CHI 0 – 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	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Taylor Raddysh R	L1	0	2	0.10	2	1	0	20:10	—	—	33	60
Philipp Kurashev C	L1	0	0	0.15	0	1	5	16:02	—	—	30	38
Rem Pitlick C	L1	-1	2	0.33	1	0	2	15:04	—	—	33	40
Lukas Reichel L	L2	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	13:03	—	—	44	18
Cole Guttman C	L2	-2	1	0.01	0	1	0	12:35	—	—	41	16
MacKenzie Entwistle R	L2	-2	1	0.06	3	1	0	11:51	—	—	46	15
Boris Katchouk L	L3	0	1	0.17	3	0	0	13:49	—	—	29	74
Reese Johnson C	L3	0	1	0.55	6	0	0	12:12	—	—	38	78
Zachary Sanford L	L3	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	12:09	—	—	50	94
Jason Dickinson C	L4	0	2	0.20	4	0	0	15:12	—	—	13	0
Colin Blackwell C	L4	0	3	0.42	0	0	0	14:15	—	—	31	25
Joey Anderson R	L4	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	12:35	—	—	24	2
Seth Jones D	D1	-1	5	0.35	0	4	2	24:04	—	—	38	61
Alex Vlasic D	D1	-1	0	0.00	0	2	0	22:28	—	—	18	49
Kevin Korchinski D	D2	0	1	0.00	0	2	2	18:14	—	—	45	59
Jaycob Megna D	D2	0	0	0.00	3	1	0	18:08	—	—	18	0
Jarred Tinordi D	D3	-1	0	0.00	1	2	2	18:23	—	—	30	17
Isaak Phillips D	D3	-1	0	0.00	1	4	2	16:36	—	—	45	79

CHI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Arvid Soderblom(start)	L	31	28	3	.903	2.59	60:00

Buffalo Sabres

BUF skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Alex Tuch R	L1	0	1	1	0	1	0.07	0	1	0	19:29	—	—	75	55
Tage Thompson C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.32	0	0	0	19:28	—	—	75	55
Zach Benson L	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.20	0	0	0	19:16	—	—	83	65
JJ Peterka R	L2	1	0	1	+1	3	0.19	0	0	0	15:41	—	—	69	37
Peyton Krebs C	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.07	0	0	0	12:45	—	—	56	26
Eric Robinson L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	0	0	2	6:56	—	—	61	36
Casey Mittelstadt C	L3	0	1	1	0	0	0.12	0	0	0	17:28	—	—	79	95
Jack Quinn R	L3	0	1	1	+1	3	0.28	0	0	0	16:53	—	—	88	97
Zemgus Girgensons C	L3	1	0	1	+1	5	0.42	3	1	0	13:48	—	—	57	52
Jordan Greenway L	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	2	4	14:52	—	—	56	88
Kyle Okposo R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.15	2	0	0	14:34	—	—	50	80
Victor Olofsson L	L4	0	0	0	+1	2	0.17	0	0	0	11:58	—	—	60	48
Rasmus Dahlin D	D1	1	0	1	+1	6	0.25	0	2	2	24:15	—	—	71	58
Henri Jokiharju D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	2	0	19:21	—	—	67	70
Ryan Johnson D	D2	0	2	2	+2	1	0.01	0	1	0	16:04	—	—	58	32
Connor Clifton D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	3	1	0	15:40	—	—	52	39
Owen Power D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.07	1	1	0	22:04	—	—	67	53
Erik Johnson D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.14	3	2	0	11:18	—	—	78	100

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen(start)	W	19	19	0	.1000	2.33	60:00

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Rasmus Dahlin (BUF PP) 3rd 6:06 · assists Casey Mittelstadt, Alex Tuch · Point shot · 48.5 mph shot.

Rasmus Dahlin · 3rd 6:06 · BUF PP

Play: point-shot
Passes: 2
Shot: 48.5 mph
Distance: 56 ft

Watch on NHL.com → · Tracking-derived via NHL EDGE

Zemgus Girgensons · 2nd 12:27 · BUF

Play: deflection
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 48.7 mph
Distance: 51 ft
Entry to goal: 5.3 s

Watch on NHL.com → · Tracking-derived via NHL EDGE

JJ Peterka · 3rd 2:57 · BUF

Play: cycle
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 41.9 mph
Distance: 15 ft

Watch on NHL.com → · Tracking-derived via NHL EDGE

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.