Boston Bruins vs. Buffalo SabresDec 19, 2017

FinalTuesday, Dec 19, 2017· KeyBank Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
BOS	0	1	2	3		BOS	10	14	9	33
BUF	0	0	0	0		BUF	17	9	10	36

: BOS 65BUF 63
: BOS 3.27BUF 2.24
PP goals: BOS 0BUF 0
Hits: BOS 13BUF 25
Blocks: BOS 14BUF 17
PIM: BOS 7BUF 9
: BOS 38%BUF 62%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Boston Bruins beat Buffalo Sabres 3–0

Boston Bruins beat Buffalo Sabres 3–0 at BUF. David Backes (BOS) led the scoring with 1G 0A. Anton Khudobin (BOS) faced 36 shots and stopped 36 (.1000), +8 against a season average of 28.3; the win.

Goalie
Anton Khudobin (BOS) faced 36 shots and stopped 36 (.1000), +8 against a season average of 28.3; the win.Khudobin
Luck
BUF scored 0 goals on 2.24 expected goals (63 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Jake DeBrusk (BOS) played 10:26, −4:00 down on his 14:26 season average over 69 games.DeBrusk
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Ryan Spooner (BOS) played 11:15, −4:07 down on his 15:22 season average over 58 games.Spooner
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Sam Reinhart (BUF) played 11:05, −6:06 down on his 17:11 season average over 81 games.Reinhart
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Kevan Miller (BOS) played 15:55, −3:36 down on his 19:31 season average over 67 games.Miller
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Noel Acciari (BOS) played 16:24, +3:33 up on his 12:51 season average over 59 games.Acciari
Usage
Zemgus Girgensons (BUF) played 10:25, −3:20 down on his 13:45 season average over 70 games.Girgensons

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

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

BUF
BOS
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 128 of 128 attempts · BUF 63 · BOS 65

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

BUF
BOS
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: BOS 20% 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

BOS

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	BOS	BUF
	64	62
	1.63	1.96
	1.62	1.89
	5	10
	6	7
	13	12
	−0.092	+0.092
	20%	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.

Boston Bruins

L1Bergeron – Marchand – Pastrnak
13:3253% CF
L2Kuraly – Schaller – Acciari
12:0338% CF
L3Backes – Nash – Heinen
11:3271% CF
L4Spooner – Bjork – DeBrusk
8:0042% CF
D1Chara – McAvoy
17:1363% CF
D2Krug – Carlo
13:5135% CF
D3Miller – Grzelcyk
11:4155% CF

PP1Bergeron – Marchand – Spooner – Krug – Pastrnak
2:1067% CF
PP2Backes – Heinen – Bjork – DeBrusk – McAvoy
1:37100% CF
PK1FSchaller – Acciari
1:03
PK2FNash – Kuraly
0:53
PK1DChara – Carlo
1:03
PK2DMiller – McAvoy
0:00

Current BOS line combinations →

Buffalo Sabres

L1Pominville – Kane – Eichel
13:5738% CF
L2Pouliot – Okposo – O'Reilly
13:0945% CF
L3Larsson – Girgensons – Rodrigues
3:5780% CF
L4Josefson – Nolan – Reinhart
3:2240% CF
D1Scandella – Ristolainen
17:2050% CF
D2McCabe – Antipin
14:5150% CF
D3Bogosian – Beaulieu
13:1848% CF

PP1Kane – Ristolainen – Reinhart – Eichel – Rodrigues
1:07100% CF
PP2Pominville – Pouliot – Okposo – Scandella – O'Reilly
0:53100% CF
PK1FO'Reilly – Girgensons
0:54
PK2FPouliot – Larsson
0:45
PK1DScandella – Ristolainen
2:00
PK2DBogosian – McCabe
1:25

Current BUF line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

10:14
BOSJake DeBrusk (Charlie McAvoy, Ryan Spooner)wrist0.01 xG
BOS: Spooner, Grzelcyk, Bjork, DeBrusk, McAvoyBUF: Pominville, Scandella, Kane, Ristolainen, Eichel
BOS 1 – 0 BUF

3rd period

18:09
BOSTim SchallerENwrist0.42 xG
BOS: Chara, Kuraly, Schaller, Acciari, McAvoyBUF: Pominville, Okposo, O'Reilly, Kane, Ristolainen, Eichel
BOS 2 – 0 BUF
19:29
BOSDavid BackesEN (Riley Nash, Danton Heinen)wrist0.69 xG
BOS: Chara, Backes, Nash, Heinen, McAvoyBUF: Pominville, Okposo, O'Reilly, Kane, Ristolainen, Eichel
BOS 3 – 0 BUF

Box score

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

Boston Bruins

BOS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
David Pastrnak R	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.20	0	1	0	18:15	—	—	54	52
Brad Marchand L	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.17	0	0	0	18:14	—	—	51	52
Patrice Bergeron C	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.07	0	1	2	17:39	—	—	54	54
Noel Acciari C	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.05	2	2	0	16:24	—	—	40	38
Tim Schaller L	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.52	1	1	0	15:41	—	—	43	43
Sean Kuraly C	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.00	2	0	0	14:26	—	—	33	27
Riley Nash C	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.25	0	0	0	16:34	—	—	64	54
Danton Heinen L	L3	0	1	1	+1	3	0.18	1	0	0	16:12	—	—	70	52
David Backes R	L3	1	0	1	+1	3	1.25	1	0	0	15:23	—	—	70	57
Ryan Spooner C	L4	0	1	1	+1	5	0.21	0	0	0	11:15	—	—	44	42
Jake DeBrusk L	L4	1	0	1	+1	1	0.01	0	1	0	10:26	—	—	39	34
Anders Bjork L	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.10	1	1	0	10:09	—	—	37	34
Charlie McAvoy D	D1	0	1	1	+3	0	0.09	0	2	0	24:17	—	—	62	46
Zdeno Chara D	D1	0	0	0	+2	3	0.06	0	0	0	24:00	—	—	61	54
Brandon Carlo D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	19:09	—	—	34	45
Torey Krug D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.05	1	4	0	18:52	—	—	38	49
Kevan Miller D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	2	1	5	15:55	—	—	57	45
Matt Grzelcyk D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	0	0	0	15:11	—	—	53	32

BOS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Anton Khudobin(start)	W	36	36	0	.1000	2.24	59:58

Buffalo Sabres

BUF skaters
Skater	Line	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jack Eichel C	L1	-3	4	0.27	0	1	0	20:12	—	—	42	41
Evander Kane L	L1	-3	4	0.35	4	0	2	19:48	—	—	39	44
Jason Pominville R	L1	-3	1	0.01	0	2	0	17:30	—	—	43	40
Ryan O'Reilly C	L2	-2	3	0.10	0	0	0	19:37	—	—	41	23
Kyle Okposo R	L2	-2	2	0.17	2	2	0	18:29	—	—	50	27
Benoit Pouliot L	L2	0	0	0.05	0	1	0	15:44	—	—	52	34
Evan Rodrigues C	L3	0	3	0.08	1	0	2	12:49	—	—	53	53
Johan Larsson L	L3	0	1	0.16	1	2	0	12:06	—	—	68	78
Zemgus Girgensons C	L3	0	3	0.28	2	0	0	10:25	—	—	77	73
Jordan Nolan C	L4	0	1	0.09	3	0	0	12:32	—	—	54	71
Jacob Josefson C	L4	0	0	0.07	1	2	0	11:06	—	—	41	60
Sam Reinhart C	L4	0	1	0.10	1	0	0	11:05	—	—	54	78
Rasmus Ristolainen D	D1	-3	4	0.02	1	3	0	24:34	—	—	51	45
Marco Scandella D	D1	-1	3	0.25	0	1	0	21:37	—	—	52	44
Jake McCabe D	D2	0	2	0.02	6	0	0	21:49	—	—	49	68
Victor Antipin D	D2	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	15:12	—	—	52	87
Zach Bogosian D	D3	0	3	0.17	2	2	5	17:45	—	—	42	40
Nathan Beaulieu D	D3	0	1	0.05	1	0	0	15:14	—	—	50	58

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Robin Lehner(start)	L	31	30	1	.968	1.69	58:26

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.