St. Louis Blues vs. Buffalo SabresNov 14, 2024

Final / OTThursday, Nov 14, 2024· KeyBank Center

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
STL	1	2	0	0	3		STL	8	11	8	0	27
BUF	2	0	1	1	4		BUF	16	10	6	1	33

: STL 52BUF 66
: STL 2.39BUF 1.96
PP goals: STL 0BUF 1
Hits: STL 28BUF 26
Blocks: STL 19BUF 10
PIM: STL 6BUF 2
: STL 64%BUF 36%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Buffalo Sabres edge St. Louis Blues 4–3 (OT)

Buffalo Sabres beat St. Louis Blues 4–3 in overtime at home. Brandon Saad (STL) led the scoring with 2G 0A. New look for BUF: Zucker–Greenway–Krebs skated 8:08 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (47.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Brandon Saad had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 17:31.Saad
Points
Alex Tuch had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 21:26.Tuch
Points
Ryan McLeod had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 17:17.McLeod
Points
Brayden Schenn had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 18:20.Schenn
New line
New look for BUF: Zucker–Greenway–Krebs skated 8:08 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (47.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Zucker Greenway Krebs
New line
New look for STL: Schenn–Saad–Holloway skated 14:04 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Schenn Saad Holloway
Usage
Ryan Suter (STL) played 33:06, +13:48 up on his 19:18 season average over 81 games.Suter
New line
New look for BUF: Tuch–McLeod–Benson skated 8:05 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (68.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Tuch McLeod Benson

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 118 of 118 attempts · BUF 66 · STL 52

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 36% of the game, BUF 26%.

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
	58	67
	2.55	1.68
	2.49	1.65
	7	7
	11	7
	13	25
	+0.091	−0.091
	36%	26%

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

L1Schenn – Saad – Holloway
14:0450% CF
L2Buchnevich – Kyrou – Neighbours
12:0236% CF
L3Faksa – Walker – Toropchenko
11:2952% CF
L4Sundqvist – Kapanen – Joseph
6:4830% CF
D1Suter – Parayko
22:3944% CF
D2Faulk – Joseph
6:1925% CF
D3Perunovich – Kessel
3:4450% CF

PP1Schenn – Faulk – Buchnevich – Kyrou – Neighbours
1:10100% CF
PP2Saad – Sundqvist – Joseph – Perunovich – Holloway
0:380% CF
PK1FFaksa – Toropchenko
1:33
PK2FSchenn – Sundqvist
1:23
PK1DSuter – Parayko
2:21
PK2DFaulk – Kessel
0:45

Current STL line combinations →

Buffalo Sabres

L1Zucker – Greenway – Krebs
8:0847% CF
L2Tuch – McLeod – Benson
8:0569% CF
L3Cozens – Quinn – Peterka
7:5456% CF
L4Aube-Kubel – Lafferty – Malenstyn
6:3345% CF
D1Dahlin – Byram
14:4254% CF
D2Clifton – Gilbert
10:3825% CF
D3Bryson – Power
9:1463% CF

PP1Zucker – Tuch – Dahlin – Cozens – Peterka
2:0467% CF
PP2Krebs – Byram – Quinn – Power – Benson
1:44100% CF
PK1FTuch – Greenway
0:41
PK2FMalenstyn – McLeod
0:39
PK1DClifton – Dahlin
0:39
PK2DByram – Power
0:38

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
Brayden Schenn C	L1	0	2	2	+2	4	0.27	4	1	0	18:20	—	—	46	65
Brandon Saad L	L1	2	0	2	+2	4	0.60	0	0	0	17:31	—	—	49	70
Dylan Holloway L	L1	0	1	1	+2	0	0.14	2	0	0	17:06	—	—	54	74
Pavel Buchnevich L	L2	1	0	1	0	4	0.42	1	0	0	18:19	—	—	42	65
Jake Neighbours L	L2	0	1	1	-1	2	0.22	2	2	2	17:24	—	—	39	56
Jordan Kyrou R	L2	0	1	1	0	1	0.11	1	0	0	14:29	—	—	44	62
Radek Faksa C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	2	2	0	16:04	—	—	54	36
Alexey Toropchenko R	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.20	0	0	0	14:50	—	—	57	38
Nathan Walker L	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	7	0	0	14:14	—	—	48	37
Oskar Sundqvist C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.19	5	1	2	13:52	—	—	37	68
Mathieu Joseph R	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	8:57	—	—	39	70
Kasperi Kapanen R	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.02	1	0	0	7:56	—	—	30	58
Ryan Suter D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	1	0	33:06	—	—	46	62
Colton Parayko D	D1	0	1	1	-1	2	0.06	1	4	0	30:37	—	—	44	65
Justin Faulk D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.08	0	2	0	23:02	—	—	47	58
Pierre-Olivier Joseph D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	2	0	7:39	—	—	28	25
Scott Perunovich D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	3	2	13:44	—	—	56	82
Matthew Kessel D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.04	1	1	0	13:29	—	—	50	48

STL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jordan Binnington(start)	O	33	29	4	.879	1.96	61:33

Buffalo Sabres

BUF skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Peyton Krebs C	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.14	0	1	0	16:08	—	—	48	25
Jordan Greenway L	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	4	0	0	13:26	—	—	45	21
Jason Zucker L	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.06	0	0	2	11:24	—	—	44	22
Alex Tuch R	L2	1	1	2	+2	4	0.15	2	1	0	21:26	—	—	48	41
Zach Benson L	L2	1	0	1	+2	4	0.26	1	0	0	17:21	—	—	74	59
Ryan McLeod C	L2	1	1	2	+1	1	0.03	0	0	0	17:17	—	—	46	36
Jack Quinn R	L3	0	1	1	-1	3	0.37	0	0	0	19:04	—	—	64	47
Dylan Cozens C	L3	0	0	0	-2	4	0.40	4	0	0	19:02	—	—	69	53
JJ Peterka R	L3	0	1	1	-1	0	0.14	1	0	0	18:24	—	—	44	37
Sam Lafferty C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.07	2	0	0	11:50	—	—	43	32
Beck Malenstyn L	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	3	2	0	11:20	—	—	41	18
Nicolas Aube-Kubel R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	8:39	—	—	53	39
Bowen Byram D	D1	0	1	1	+2	2	0.06	1	0	0	27:35	—	—	63	53
Rasmus Dahlin D	D1	1	0	1	-1	4	0.25	1	1	0	27:31	—	—	50	46
Connor Clifton D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	4	1	0	15:03	—	—	33	28
Dennis Gilbert D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	11:24	—	—	25	34
Owen Power D	D3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.01	0	1	0	23:00	—	—	67	38
Jacob Bryson D	D3	0	1	1	-2	1	0.00	0	2	0	15:09	—	—	55	24

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Devon Levi(start)	W	27	24	3	.889	2.39	60:42

Goal anatomy

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

Brandon Saad (STL) 1st 3:11 · assists Brayden Schenn, Colton Parayko · Cycle · 14.0 mph shot.

Brandon Saad · 1st 3:11 · STL

Play: cycle
Passes: 0
Shot: 14.0 mph
Distance: 8 ft

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Zach Benson · 1st 12:47 · BUF

Play: cycle
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 55.3 mph
Distance: 17 ft

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Ryan McLeod · 1st 16:49 · BUF

Play: point-shot
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 64.2 mph
Distance: 54 ft

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Pavel Buchnevich · 2nd 5:25 · STL

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 3
Shot: 65.0 mph
Distance: 26 ft
Entry to goal: 2.6 s

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Brandon Saad · 2nd 17:15 · STL

Play: rush
Entry: pass
Odd man: No
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 19.6 mph
Distance: 11 ft
Entry to goal: 6.3 s

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Alex Tuch · 3rd 12:57 · BUF

Play: turnover-forecheck
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 36.2 mph
Distance: 8 ft
Entry to goal: 7.4 s

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Rasmus Dahlin · OT 1:33 · BUF PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 73.8 mph
Distance: 31 ft
Type: one-timer

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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.

St. Louis Blues vs. Buffalo SabresNov 14, 2024

Fantasy takeaways

Buffalo Sabres edge St. Louis Blues 4–3 (OT)

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

OT period

Box score

St. Louis Blues

Buffalo Sabres

Goal anatomy

Brandon Saad · 1st 3:11 · STL

Zach Benson · 1st 12:47 · BUF

Ryan McLeod · 1st 16:49 · BUF

Pavel Buchnevich · 2nd 5:25 · STL

Brandon Saad · 2nd 17:15 · STL

Alex Tuch · 3rd 12:57 · BUF

Rasmus Dahlin · OT 1:33 · BUF PP