Boston Bruins vs. Buffalo SabresDec 29, 2018

Final / OTSaturday, Dec 29, 2018· KeyBank Center

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
BOS	1	0	1	1	3		BOS	14	7	18	3	42
BUF	1	1	0	0	2		BUF	7	14	5	2	28

: BOS 75BUF 50
: BOS 3.38BUF 3.51
PP goals: BOS 1BUF 0
Hits: BOS 21BUF 20
Blocks: BOS 12BUF 12
PIM: BOS 6BUF 8
: BOS 53%BUF 47%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Boston Bruins edge Buffalo Sabres 3–2 (OT)

Boston Bruins beat Buffalo Sabres 3–2 in overtime at BUF. Marco Scandella (BUF) led the scoring with 1G 1A. BOS's first power-play unit (Bergeron, Krejci, Krug, Pastrnak and DeBrusk) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 3:40 together.

Points
Marco Scandella had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 18:11.Scandella
PP1
BOS's first power-play unit (Bergeron, Krejci, Krug, Pastrnak and DeBrusk) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 3:40 together.Bergeron Krejci Krug Pastrnak DeBrusk
New line
New look for BOS: Krejci–Forsbacka Karlsson–DeBrusk skated 7:16 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (62.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Krejci Forsbacka Karlsson DeBrusk
Goalie
Carter Hutton (BUF) faced 42 shots and stopped 39 (.929), +11 against a season average of 30.8; the overtime loss.Hutton
New line
New look for BOS: Wagner–Cave–Acciari skated 4:12 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (33.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Wagner Cave Acciari
New line
New look for BOS: Bergeron–Nordstrom–Pastrnak skated 4:08 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (63.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Bergeron Nordstrom Pastrnak
New line
New look for BUF: Larsson–Elie–Rodrigues skated 5:47 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Larsson Elie Rodrigues
Usage
Kevan Miller (BOS) played 22:00, +4:22 up on his 17:38 season average over 38 games.Miller

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 125 of 125 attempts · BUF 50 · BOS 75

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 24% of the game, BUF 28%.

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	49
	2.23	2.66
	2.08	2.58
	11	10
	7	6
	17	17
	+0.025	−0.025
	24%	28%

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 – Forsbacka Karlsson – DeBrusk
7:1663% CF
L2Wagner – Cave – Acciari
4:1233% CF
L3Bergeron – Nordstrom – Pastrnak
4:0864% CF
L4Kuraly – Donato – Heinen
1:140% CF
D1Chara – Carlo
13:3243% CF
D2Miller – Grzelcyk
13:2765% CF
D3Moore – Krug
11:3465% CF

PP1Bergeron – Krejci – Krug – Pastrnak – DeBrusk
3:40100% CF
PP2Bergeron – Grzelcyk – Pastrnak – Heinen – Forsbacka Karlsson
0:26100% CF
PK1FBergeron – Kuraly
0:44
PK2FNordstrom – Acciari
0:30
PK1DMoore – Miller
0:53
PK2DChara – Carlo
0:39

Current BOS line combinations →

Buffalo Sabres

L1Skinner – Reinhart – Eichel
13:4457% CF
L2Okposo – Sheary – Mittelstadt
10:3922% CF
L3Pominville – Sobotka – Thompson
8:1650% CF
L4Larsson – Elie – Rodrigues
5:4750% CF
D1McCabe – Ristolainen
15:4939% CF
D2Bogosian – Beaulieu
15:3653% CF
D3Scandella – Dahlin
12:4936% CF

PP1Okposo – Beaulieu – Sheary – Rodrigues – Mittelstadt
1:080% CF
PP2Skinner – Ristolainen – Reinhart – Eichel – Dahlin
0:5850% CF
PK1FSobotka – Larsson
2:17
PK2FElie – Rodrigues
0:57
PK1DMcCabe – Ristolainen
1:48
PK2DBogosian – Scandella
0:51

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	0	0	-2	1	0.08	1	0	2	19:29	—	—	52	41
Jake DeBrusk L	L1	1	0	1	-2	4	0.49	1	0	0	17:19	—	—	50	40
Jakob Forsbacka Karlsson C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.15	0	0	0	14:15	—	—	61	44
Chris Wagner R	L2	0	0	0	+1	5	0.39	3	0	0	14:37	—	—	52	34
Noel Acciari C	L2	1	0	1	+1	5	0.30	3	0	0	14:34	—	—	53	43
Colby Cave C	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	1	0	2	10:15	—	—	50	65
Patrice Bergeron C	L3	0	0	0	0	5	0.53	0	1	0	22:49	—	—	64	63
David Pastrnak R	L3	0	1	1	-1	4	0.39	2	0	0	22:34	—	—	67	72
Joakim Nordstrom C	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.14	0	0	0	14:45	—	—	52	28
Sean Kuraly C	L4	1	0	1	+1	4	0.48	2	0	0	15:43	—	—	59	57
Ryan Donato C	L4	0	0	0	-1	3	0.17	0	0	0	11:14	—	—	63	54
Danton Heinen L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	8:05	—	—	50	24
Brandon Carlo D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.05	1	3	0	21:27	—	—	39	24
Zdeno Chara D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.05	2	3	0	19:25	—	—	49	35
Kevan Miller D	D2	0	1	1	+2	2	0.02	1	3	0	22:00	—	—	71	78
Matt Grzelcyk D	D2	0	1	1	+2	1	0.02	1	2	0	21:20	—	—	59	56
Torey Krug D	D3	0	1	1	-1	1	0.01	0	0	2	19:58	—	—	68	66
John Moore D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	2	0	0	18:11	—	—	60	49

BOS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Tuukka Rask(start)	W	28	26	2	.929	3.51	63:44

Buffalo Sabres

BUF skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jack Eichel C	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.33	0	1	4	20:08	—	—	52	55
Jeff Skinner L	L1	0	1	1	-1	4	0.33	0	0	0	19:06	—	—	53	52
Sam Reinhart C	L1	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	18:39	—	—	52	53
Conor Sheary L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	16:12	—	—	25	36
Casey Mittelstadt C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	0	0	0	15:32	—	—	27	32
Kyle Okposo R	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.29	0	1	0	14:30	—	—	25	35
Vladimir Sobotka C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.85	0	0	0	15:50	—	—	50	75
Jason Pominville R	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.49	0	1	0	11:17	—	—	52	70
Tage Thompson C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.21	2	1	0	10:47	—	—	50	69
Johan Larsson L	L4	1	0	1	+1	1	0.22	3	0	0	15:09	—	—	35	35
Evan Rodrigues C	L4	0	1	1	+1	4	0.11	0	2	0	14:55	—	—	36	47
Remi Elie L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.12	1	0	0	9:30	—	—	40	53
Rasmus Ristolainen D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	2	0	2	25:22	—	—	38	39
Jake McCabe D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	3	0	22:03	—	—	40	39
Zach Bogosian D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	3	2	22:25	—	—	50	59
Nathan Beaulieu D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.08	4	0	0	17:28	—	—	55	64
Rasmus Dahlin D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.15	2	0	0	19:44	—	—	39	57
Marco Scandella D	D3	1	1	2	+2	3	0.31	3	0	0	18:11	—	—	39	59

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Carter Hutton(start)	O	42	39	3	.929	3.38	63:42

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 SabresDec 29, 2018

Fantasy takeaways

Boston Bruins edge Buffalo Sabres 3–2 (OT)

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

OT period

Box score

Boston Bruins

Buffalo Sabres