Boston Bruins vs. Buffalo SabresOct 4, 2018

FinalThursday, Oct 4, 2018· KeyBank Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
BOS	2	1	1	4		BOS	11	10	5	26
BUF	0	0	0	0		BUF	6	11	15	32

: BOS 45BUF 62
: BOS 3.74BUF 2.83
PP goals: BOS 1BUF 0
Hits: BOS 13BUF 25
Blocks: BOS 13BUF 8
PIM: BOS 6BUF 4
: BOS 43%BUF 57%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Boston Bruins rout Buffalo Sabres 4–0

Boston Bruins beat Buffalo Sabres 4–0 at BUF. Brad Marchand (BOS) led the scoring with 0G 4A. New look for BOS: Krejci–Donato–DeBrusk skated 11:48 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (41.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Brad Marchand had 4 assists (4 points) in 17:10.Marchand
Points
Patrice Bergeron had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 15:56.Bergeron
New line
New look for BOS: Krejci–Donato–DeBrusk skated 11:48 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (41.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Krejci Donato DeBrusk
Luck
BUF scored 0 goals on 2.83 expected goals (62 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for BOS: Backes–Nordstrom–Acciari skated 10:38 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (45.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Backes Nordstrom Acciari
New line
New look for BOS: Kuraly–Heinen–Bjork skated 9:33 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (25% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Kuraly Heinen Bjork
Usage
Zdeno Chara (BOS) played 25:55, +4:55 up on his 21:00 season average over 61 games.Chara
Usage
Vladimir Sobotka (BUF) played 18:42, +4:35 up on his 14:07 season average over 68 games.Sobotka

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 107 of 107 attempts · BUF 62 · BOS 45

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 25% 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

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
	42	60
	1.63	2.59
	1.59	2.55
	7	6
	7	6
	17	7
	−0.056	+0.056
	25%	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.

Boston Bruins

L1Krejci – Donato – DeBrusk
11:4841% CF
L2Bergeron – Marchand – Pastrnak
11:2346% CF
L3Backes – Nordstrom – Acciari
10:3845% CF
L4Kuraly – Heinen – Bjork
9:3325% CF
D1Chara – McAvoy
17:5048% CF
D2Miller – Grzelcyk
13:3548% CF
D3Moore – Carlo
13:0025% CF

PP1Backes – Krejci – Heinen – DeBrusk – McAvoy
1:13100% CF
PP2Bergeron – Marchand – Grzelcyk – Pastrnak – Donato
0:23100% CF
PK1FNordstrom – Acciari
0:54
PK2FBergeron – Marchand
0:48
PK1DMoore – Miller
0:54
PK2DChara – Carlo
0:48

Current BOS line combinations →

Buffalo Sabres

L1Pominville – Girgensons – Rodrigues
10:1867% CF
L2Skinner – Reinhart – Eichel
9:1343% CF
L3Sobotka – Okposo – Mittelstadt
8:5060% CF
L4Berglund – Sheary – Thompson
6:2045% CF
D1Scandella – Ristolainen
16:5358% CF
D2McCabe – Dahlin
13:2848% CF
D3Beaulieu – Nelson
11:5969% CF

PP1Okposo – Skinner – Ristolainen – Reinhart – Eichel
0:50100% CF
PP2Berglund – Skinner – Reinhart – Eichel – Dahlin
0:3450% CF
PK1FBerglund – Girgensons
1:09
PK2FEichel – Rodrigues
0:27
PK1DMcCabe – Nelson
1:09
PK2DScandella – Ristolainen
0:27

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
David Krejci C	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.77	0	0	0	16:38	—	—	50	60
Jake DeBrusk L	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.23	0	0	0	15:26	—	—	50	51
Ryan Donato C	L1	1	0	1	0	2	0.13	0	0	0	12:45	—	—	41	39
Brad Marchand L	L2	0	4	4	+3	0	0.00	0	0	0	17:10	—	—	48	28
David Pastrnak R	L2	1	0	1	+2	6	0.31	2	0	0	16:03	—	—	52	35
Patrice Bergeron C	L2	1	1	2	+2	2	0.98	1	1	0	15:56	—	—	48	20
David Backes R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.23	1	0	0	16:31	—	—	47	54
Joakim Nordstrom C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	14:45	—	—	39	51
Noel Acciari C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.13	2	0	0	14:16	—	—	43	52
Sean Kuraly C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.16	1	3	0	14:19	—	—	20	43
Danton Heinen L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.22	0	1	2	13:34	—	—	24	43
Anders Bjork L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	11:34	—	—	20	43
Zdeno Chara D	D1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.45	1	1	2	25:55	—	—	45	39
Charlie McAvoy D	D1	0	1	1	+2	2	0.09	0	1	2	22:40	—	—	50	63
Kevan Miller D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	1	3	0	19:44	—	—	43	27
Matt Grzelcyk D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	15:28	—	—	46	28
Brandon Carlo D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	1	0	17:39	—	—	23	29
John Moore D	D3	0	0	0	+2	1	0.01	0	1	0	16:58	—	—	32	44

BOS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jaroslav Halak(start)	W	32	32	0	.1000	2.83	60:00

Buffalo Sabres

BUF skaters
Skater	Line	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Zemgus Girgensons C	L1	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	13:02	—	—	67	84
Evan Rodrigues C	L1	0	2	0.12	0	0	0	11:58	—	—	67	80
Jason Pominville R	L1	0	3	0.17	0	0	0	11:57	—	—	71	84
Jack Eichel C	L2	-2	4	0.19	2	1	0	21:31	—	—	52	64
Sam Reinhart C	L2	-2	3	0.78	0	0	0	20:17	—	—	50	63
Jeff Skinner L	L2	-2	2	0.40	0	2	0	17:01	—	—	50	64
Vladimir Sobotka C	L3	0	1	0.02	2	0	4	18:42	—	—	58	47
Kyle Okposo R	L3	-1	2	0.31	1	0	0	16:20	—	—	67	62
Casey Mittelstadt C	L3	-1	1	0.04	0	0	0	14:03	—	—	64	53
Patrik Berglund C	L4	-1	1	0.16	3	1	0	15:16	—	—	60	49
Conor Sheary L	L4	-1	2	0.32	1	0	0	14:25	—	—	61	48
Tage Thompson C	L4	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	11:22	—	—	53	36
Rasmus Ristolainen D	D1	-2	2	0.10	5	2	0	24:12	—	—	60	85
Marco Scandella D	D1	-1	5	0.08	1	0	0	18:50	—	—	58	85
Rasmus Dahlin D	D2	-1	0	0.01	2	0	0	22:37	—	—	55	29
Jake McCabe D	D2	-1	2	0.09	4	1	0	18:22	—	—	46	26
Casey Nelson D	D3	0	1	0.03	0	1	0	19:07	—	—	67	70
Nathan Beaulieu D	D3	0	1	0.02	0	0	0	14:13	—	—	71	72

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Carter Hutton(start)	L	25	22	3	.880	1.65	55:09

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 SabresOct 4, 2018

Fantasy takeaways

Boston Bruins rout Buffalo Sabres 4–0

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