Boston Bruins vs. Buffalo SabresFeb 25, 2018

FinalSunday, Feb 25, 2018· KeyBank Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
BOS	0	1	0	1		BOS	8	16	11	35
BUF	2	1	1	4		BUF	6	8	10	24

: BOS 72BUF 47
: BOS 3.28BUF 2.17
PP goals: BOS 0BUF 1
Hits: BOS 19BUF 14
Blocks: BOS 12BUF 16
PIM: BOS 8BUF 8
: BOS 44%BUF 56%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Buffalo Sabres beat Boston Bruins 4–1

Buffalo Sabres beat Boston Bruins 4–1 at home. Evan Rodrigues (BUF) led the scoring with 1G 1A. BUF's first power-play unit (Okposo, O'Reilly, Ristolainen, Reinhart and Rodrigues) scored 1 power-play goal on 9 attempts in 4:15 together.

Points
Evan Rodrigues had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 15:31.Rodrigues
Points
Victor Antipin had 2 assists (2 points) in 14:09.Antipin
PP1
BUF's first power-play unit (Okposo, O'Reilly, Ristolainen, Reinhart and Rodrigues) scored 1 power-play goal on 9 attempts in 4:15 together.Okposo O'Reilly Ristolainen Reinhart Rodrigues
New line
New look for BUF: O'Reilly–Girgensons–Reinhart skated 10:28 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (68.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.O'Reilly Girgensons Reinhart
Luck
BOS scored 1 goal on 3.28 expected goals (72 attempts), well short of its chances.
Goalie
Chad Johnson (BUF) faced 35 shots and stopped 34 (.971), +8 against a season average of 26.7; the win.Johnson
New line
New look for BOS: Nash–Krejci–DeBrusk skated 7:37 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (76.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Nash Krejci DeBrusk
New line
New look for BUF: Pominville–Pouliot–Larsson skated 8:32 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (8.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Pominville Pouliot Larsson

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 119 of 119 attempts · BUF 47 · BOS 72

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 45% of the game, BUF 30%.

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
	65	37
	2.94	1.25
	2.46	1.21
	14	7
	4	4
	5	8
	−0.076	+0.076
	45%	30%

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
10:3268% CF
L2Kuraly – Schaller – Acciari
8:0876% CF
L3Nash – Krejci – DeBrusk
7:3777% CF
L4Backes – Nash – Heinen
6:4342% CF
D1Chara – McAvoy
14:4357% CF
D2Miller – Grzelcyk
10:3976% CF
D3McQuaid – Krug
7:5467% CF

PP1Backes – Krejci – Heinen – DeBrusk – McAvoy
2:57100% CF
PP2Nash – Bergeron – Marchand – Krug – Pastrnak
2:52100% CF
PK1FKuraly – Acciari
2:32
PK2FNash – Schaller
2:18
PK1DChara – McQuaid
3:35
PK2DMiller – McAvoy
0:40

Current BOS line combinations →

Buffalo Sabres

L1O'Reilly – Girgensons – Reinhart
10:2869% CF
L2Okposo – Wilson – Rodrigues
9:0347% CF
L3Pominville – Pouliot – Larsson
8:328% CF
L4Josefson – Nolan – Baptiste
5:3520% CF
D1Scandella – Ristolainen
14:4556% CF
D2Falk – Beaulieu
11:0216% CF
D3Nelson – Antipin
10:2347% CF

PP1Okposo – O'Reilly – Ristolainen – Reinhart – Rodrigues
4:15100% CF
PP2Pominville – Pouliot – Scandella – Baptiste – Antipin
1:25100% CF
PK1FO'Reilly – Girgensons
2:25
PK2FPouliot – Josefson
1:23
PK1DFalk – Nelson
3:17
PK2DScandella – Ristolainen
2:43

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.

Boston Bruins

BOS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Brad Marchand L	L1	0	1	1	0	2	0.25	0	1	2	18:43	—	—	67	74
Patrice Bergeron C	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.34	1	0	0	17:59	—	—	67	73
David Pastrnak R	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.65	1	1	0	17:52	—	—	69	85
Sean Kuraly C	L2	0	0	0	-1	4	0.08	0	0	0	14:38	—	—	70	77
Noel Acciari C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.07	1	0	0	12:10	—	—	70	75
Tim Schaller L	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.35	0	0	0	11:50	—	—	78	81
Rick Nash L	L3	0	0	0	-1	5	0.58	0	1	0	17:27	—	—	59	61
David Krejci C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.23	0	1	0	15:54	—	—	65	73
Jake DeBrusk L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	13:52	—	—	74	89
David Backes R	L4	0	0	0	-1	4	0.02	4	0	0	14:43	—	—	50	44
Riley Nash C	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.20	0	2	0	12:46	—	—	47	54
Danton Heinen L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.07	0	0	0	12:10	—	—	44	39
Charlie McAvoy D	D1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.23	1	0	0	25:03	—	—	58	69
Zdeno Chara D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	3	2	2	23:59	—	—	55	66
Kevan Miller D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	4	0	2	17:09	—	—	66	78
Matt Grzelcyk D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.05	1	2	0	16:45	—	—	75	97
Torey Krug D	D3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.14	1	0	2	15:27	—	—	62	57
Adam McQuaid D	D3	0	0	0	-3	0	0.00	2	1	0	15:10	—	—	67	57

BOS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Anton Khudobin(start)	L	24	20	4	.833	2.17	58:08

Buffalo Sabres

BUF skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Ryan O'Reilly C	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.58	0	0	0	23:33	—	—	65	45
Sam Reinhart C	L1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.17	0	0	2	18:31	—	—	62	42
Zemgus Girgensons C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.04	1	1	0	17:45	—	—	58	38
Kyle Okposo R	L2	1	0	1	-1	3	0.32	0	1	0	15:59	—	—	53	50
Evan Rodrigues C	L2	1	1	2	0	2	0.19	0	0	0	15:31	—	—	47	42
Scott Wilson C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	12:43	—	—	48	49
Johan Larsson L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.05	3	2	2	16:17	—	—	16	17
Benoit Pouliot L	L3	1	0	1	+2	1	0.19	0	0	2	16:15	—	—	20	24
Jason Pominville R	L3	0	1	1	+2	1	0.18	0	2	0	12:54	—	—	18	22
Jacob Josefson C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	10:39	—	—	22	1
Nick Baptiste R	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	0	2	8:39	—	—	20	35
Jordan Nolan C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	8:04	—	—	29	13
Rasmus Ristolainen D	D1	0	1	1	0	5	0.18	4	2	0	28:07	—	—	50	49
Marco Scandella D	D1	1	0	1	+2	5	0.21	0	1	0	23:39	—	—	55	53
Justin Falk D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	2	0	17:37	—	—	19	14
Nathan Beaulieu D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.06	0	1	0	12:01	—	—	16	14
Casey Nelson D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	2	0	19:37	—	—	40	15
Victor Antipin D	D3	0	2	2	+2	0	0.00	1	0	0	14:09	—	—	47	37

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Chad Johnson(start)	W	35	34	1	.971	3.28	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.

Boston Bruins vs. Buffalo SabresFeb 25, 2018

Fantasy takeaways

Buffalo Sabres beat Boston Bruins 4–1

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

Boston Bruins

Buffalo Sabres

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Boston Bruins

Buffalo Sabres