St. Louis Blues vs. Buffalo SabresDec 10, 2019

FinalTuesday, Dec 10, 2019· KeyBank Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
STL	1	0	1	2		STL	9	10	11	30
BUF	1	1	3	5		BUF	11	10	12	33

: STL 44BUF 49
: STL 1.57BUF 3.20
PP goals: STL 0BUF 0
Hits: STL 24BUF 18
Blocks: STL 8BUF 7
PIM: STL 4BUF 4
: STL 56%BUF 44%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Buffalo Sabres beat St. Louis Blues 5–2

Buffalo Sabres beat St. Louis Blues 5–2 at home. Jack Eichel (BUF) led the scoring with 2G 0A. New look for STL: Perron–Bozak–O'Reilly skated 13:56 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (47.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Jack Eichel had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 19:56.Eichel
Points
Johan Larsson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 16:24.Larsson
Points
Sam Reinhart had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 17:01.Reinhart
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Zemgus Girgensons had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 15:45.Girgensons
Points
Victor Olofsson had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 17:06.Olofsson
New line
New look for STL: Perron–Bozak–O'Reilly skated 13:56 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (47.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Perron Bozak O'Reilly
New line
New look for BUF: Johansson–Vesey–Asplund skated 9:59 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (62.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Johansson Vesey Asplund
New line
New look for STL: Schenn–Schwartz–Kyrou skated 10:39 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (60% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Schenn Schwartz Kyrou

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

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

BUF
STL
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 93 of 93 attempts · BUF 49 · STL 44

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

BUF
STL
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: STL 33% of the game, BUF 35%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

BUF

STL

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	STL	BUF
	46	48
	1.47	1.55
	1.45	1.51
	6	8
	5	2
	4	11
	+0.020	−0.020
	33%	35%

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.

St. Louis Blues

L1Perron – Bozak – O'Reilly
13:5648% CF
L2Schenn – Schwartz – Kyrou
10:3960% CF
L3Brouwer – Barbashev – Thomas
9:3761% CF
L4MacEachern – de la Rose – Poganski
4:5614% CF
D1Bouwmeester – Faulk
10:1929% CF
D2Pietrangelo – Parayko
7:4967% CF
D3Bortuzzo – Dunn
7:1844% CF

PP1Perron – Pietrangelo – O'Reilly – Schenn – Schwartz
2:23100% CF
PP2Bozak – Parayko – Dunn – Kyrou – Thomas
1:34
PK1FBozak – O'Reilly
1:34
PK2Fde la Rose – Barbashev
1:24
PK1DPietrangelo – Parayko
1:19
PK2DBouwmeester – Faulk
0:32

Current STL line combinations →

Buffalo Sabres

L1Reinhart – Olofsson – Eichel
13:2648% CF
L2Johansson – Vesey – Asplund
9:5963% CF
L3Okposo – Larsson – Girgensons
9:1764% CF
L4Skinner – Rodrigues – Mittelstadt
6:590% CF
D1Ristolainen – Montour
15:3352% CF
D2Bogosian – Miller
15:3041% CF
D3McCabe – Jokiharju
15:0559% CF

PP1Skinner – Ristolainen – Reinhart – Olofsson – Eichel
2:20100% CF
PP2Okposo – Johansson – Miller – Eichel – Mittelstadt
1:38100% CF
PK1FLarsson – Girgensons
2:22
PK2FVesey – Asplund
0:51
PK1DBogosian – McCabe
2:23
PK2DRistolainen – Jokiharju
1:32

Current BUF line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

Box score

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

St. Louis Blues

STL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Ryan O'Reilly C	L1	0	0	0	-3	0	0.00	0	1	0	21:34	—	—	45	40
Tyler Bozak C	L1	0	1	1	-1	2	0.03	0	0	0	20:33	—	—	46	37
David Perron L	L1	0	1	1	-3	2	0.28	2	0	0	19:56	—	—	48	32
Jaden Schwartz L	L2	0	0	0	-2	3	0.32	1	0	0	19:10	—	—	57	85
Brayden Schenn C	L2	0	0	0	-2	2	0.17	1	0	0	18:02	—	—	60	71
Jordan Kyrou R	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	2	0	0	15:13	—	—	59	69
Ivan Barbashev L	L3	0	1	1	0	1	0.07	1	1	0	16:57	—	—	54	69
Troy Brouwer R	L3	1	0	1	0	4	0.43	3	1	0	13:35	—	—	52	69
Robert Thomas C	L3	0	1	1	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	13:09	—	—	55	57
Jacob de la Rose L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	3	0	0	9:33	—	—	27	10
Mackenzie MacEachern L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	6:12	—	—	25	4
Austin Poganski R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	5:54	—	—	14	4
Justin Faulk D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	4	1	0	21:01	—	—	38	53
Jay Bouwmeester D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	0	2	19:48	—	—	30	32
Colton Parayko D	D2	0	0	0	-2	2	0.03	1	2	0	23:29	—	—	62	42
Alex Pietrangelo D	D2	1	0	1	-2	5	0.09	1	0	0	21:09	—	—	58	31
Vince Dunn D	D3	0	0	0	-2	3	0.05	2	2	0	21:07	—	—	50	56
Robert Bortuzzo D	D3	0	0	0	+2	2	0.06	1	0	2	11:07	—	—	56	81

STL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jake Allen(start)	L	31	28	3	.903	1.72	58:31

Buffalo Sabres

BUF skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jack Eichel C	L1	2	0	2	+3	2	0.68	0	1	2	19:56	—	—	43	54
Victor Olofsson L	L1	0	2	2	+1	4	0.18	0	0	0	17:06	—	—	48	58
Sam Reinhart C	L1	1	1	2	+1	2	0.26	0	0	0	17:01	—	—	46	57
Marcus Johansson L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	0	0	0	17:33	—	—	63	27
Jimmy Vesey L	L2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	14:54	—	—	63	66
Rasmus Asplund C	L2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.02	0	0	0	11:44	—	—	60	51
Johan Larsson L	L3	1	1	2	+3	3	0.26	0	0	0	16:24	—	—	67	63
Zemgus Girgensons C	L3	1	1	2	+2	2	1.03	2	0	0	15:45	—	—	61	52
Kyle Okposo R	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.10	0	0	0	11:44	—	—	67	53
Jeff Skinner L	L4	0	0	0	-1	3	0.28	0	1	2	14:00	—	—	33	39
Evan Rodrigues C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	2	0	0	12:47	—	—	40	46
Casey Mittelstadt C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.07	0	2	0	10:26	—	—	0	0
Rasmus Ristolainen D	D1	0	0	0	+4	4	0.11	5	0	0	21:46	—	—	50	65
Brandon Montour D	D1	0	1	1	+2	2	0.10	2	0	0	19:24	—	—	53	68
Colin Miller D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	4	0	0	18:48	—	—	46	55
Zach Bogosian D	D2	0	1	1	-1	0	0.01	2	1	0	18:48	—	—	41	57
Jake McCabe D	D3	0	0	0	0	3	0.04	1	2	0	19:05	—	—	61	22
Henri Jokiharju D	D3	0	1	1	+2	2	0.02	0	0	0	18:49	—	—	58	34

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Linus Ullmark(start)	W	30	28	2	.933	1.57	60:00

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.

St. Louis Blues vs. Buffalo SabresDec 10, 2019

Fantasy takeaways

Buffalo Sabres beat St. Louis Blues 5–2

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

St. Louis Blues

Buffalo Sabres

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

St. Louis Blues

Buffalo Sabres