Boston Bruins vs. Buffalo SabresDec 27, 2019

FinalFriday, Dec 27, 2019· KeyBank Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
BOS	1	1	1	3		BOS	8	12	5	25
BUF	0	0	0	0		BUF	11	5	10	26

: BOS 45BUF 59
: BOS 3.83BUF 2.70
PP goals: BOS 1BUF 0
Hits: BOS 16BUF 10
Blocks: BOS 15BUF 4
PIM: BOS 6BUF 10
: BOS 57%BUF 43%

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. Brad Marchand (BOS) led the scoring with 0G 3A. BOS's first power-play unit (Bergeron, Marchand, Grzelcyk, Pastrnak and Heinen) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 3:33 together.

Points
Brad Marchand had 3 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 17:48.Marchand
Points
Patrice Bergeron had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 17:06.Bergeron
Points
David Pastrnak had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 17:20.Pastrnak
PP1
BOS's first power-play unit (Bergeron, Marchand, Grzelcyk, Pastrnak and Heinen) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 3:33 together.Bergeron Marchand Grzelcyk Pastrnak Heinen
Luck
BUF scored 0 goals on 2.70 expected goals (59 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Brandon Carlo (BOS) played 26:22, +5:59 up on his 20:23 season average over 66 games.Carlo
New line
New look for BOS: Wagner–Nordstrom–Lindholm skated 6:34 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (33.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Wagner Nordstrom Lindholm
New line
New look for BUF: Sheary–Rodrigues–Asplund skated 4:31 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (55.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Sheary Rodrigues Asplund

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 104 of 104 attempts · BUF 59 · 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 43%.

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
	44	56
	2.03	2.40
	1.93	2.31
	7	13
	5	4
	14	14
	+0.060	−0.060
	25%	43%

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
10:5170% CF
L2Krejci – Heinen – DeBrusk
10:0859% CF
L3Coyle – Kuraly – Bjork
10:0117% CF
L4Wagner – Nordstrom – Lindholm
6:3433% CF
D1Chara – Carlo
17:5236% CF
D2Grzelcyk – Clifton
14:3559% CF
D3Kampfer – Moore
8:3857% CF

PP1Bergeron – Marchand – Grzelcyk – Pastrnak – Heinen
3:3371% CF
PP2Krejci – Kampfer – Moore – Coyle – DeBrusk
1:17
PK1FNordstrom – Lindholm
0:37
PK2FBergeron – Marchand
0:37
PK1DChara – Carlo
1:23
PK2DMoore – Clifton
0:37

Current BOS line combinations →

Buffalo Sabres

L1Reinhart – Olofsson – Eichel
14:4565% CF
L2Okposo – Girgensons – Lazar
8:3240% CF
L3Johansson – Skinner – Vesey
8:1741% CF
L4Sheary – Rodrigues – Asplund
4:3156% CF
D1McCabe – Ristolainen
11:1455% CF
D2Montour – Jokiharju
9:5947% CF
D3Miller – Dahlin
8:2771% CF

PP1Johansson – Reinhart – Olofsson – Eichel – Dahlin
1:28100% CF
PP2Okposo – Skinner – Miller – Vesey – Ristolainen
0:460% CF
PK1FGirgensons – Lazar
1:33
PK2FJohansson – Asplund
1:04
PK1DMcCabe – Ristolainen
2:18
PK2DMontour – Jokiharju
1:00

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	3	3	+2	3	0.11	1	0	0	17:48	—	—	62	64
David Pastrnak R	L1	0	2	2	+1	2	0.27	0	0	2	17:20	—	—	52	61
Patrice Bergeron C	L1	2	0	2	+2	2	0.51	0	0	0	17:06	—	—	62	68
David Krejci C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.10	0	1	0	16:41	—	—	59	59
Danton Heinen L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.28	0	0	2	16:22	—	—	50	47
Jake DeBrusk L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	0	1	0	15:13	—	—	56	62
Charlie Coyle C	L3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.95	0	1	0	17:50	—	—	25	24
Sean Kuraly C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	1	0	0	15:23	—	—	25	24
Anders Bjork L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	2	0	13:10	—	—	21	30
Par Lindholm C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	10:52	—	—	16	21
Joakim Nordstrom C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	1	0	10:02	—	—	29	27
Chris Wagner R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.13	4	0	0	9:54	—	—	43	45
Brandon Carlo D	D1	1	0	1	+1	5	0.89	1	3	0	26:22	—	—	33	35
Zdeno Chara D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.10	1	0	0	22:16	—	—	32	30
Matt Grzelcyk D	D2	0	0	0	+1	5	0.14	1	3	0	20:53	—	—	54	61
Connor Clifton D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.14	2	0	2	19:11	—	—	50	57
John Moore D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.08	1	2	0	15:56	—	—	43	35
Steven Kampfer D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	11:41	—	—	53	39

BOS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jaroslav Halak(start)	W	26	26	0	.1000	2.70	60:00

Buffalo Sabres

BUF skaters
Skater	Line	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jack Eichel C	L1	-1	2	0.37	0	0	0	22:54	—	—	62	58
Victor Olofsson L	L1	-1	1	0.17	0	0	0	20:48	—	—	68	66
Sam Reinhart C	L1	-1	0	0.04	0	0	2	18:52	—	—	68	70
Zemgus Girgensons C	L2	0	0	0.24	1	0	0	15:49	—	—	41	42
Kyle Okposo R	L2	0	1	0.08	0	0	0	15:18	—	—	50	41
Curtis Lazar C	L2	0	1	0.12	1	0	0	12:56	—	—	57	69
Marcus Johansson L	L3	-2	3	0.41	0	0	2	18:16	—	—	50	55
Jimmy Vesey L	L3	-1	0	0.15	0	1	0	14:49	—	—	39	41
Jeff Skinner L	L3	-1	1	0.18	2	0	0	11:31	—	—	50	47
Rasmus Asplund C	L4	0	2	0.19	0	0	0	8:39	—	—	67	55
Conor Sheary L	L4	0	5	0.19	0	0	0	7:25	—	—	60	62
Evan Rodrigues C	L4	0	0	0.00	0	0	2	6:29	—	—	73	65
Rasmus Ristolainen D	D1	-2	2	0.13	3	0	0	24:33	—	—	51	54
Jake McCabe D	D1	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	17:09	—	—	52	74
Brandon Montour D	D2	0	1	0.02	1	0	2	20:26	—	—	39	33
Henri Jokiharju D	D2	-1	3	0.09	1	1	0	20:02	—	—	52	36
Rasmus Dahlin D	D3	-1	2	0.27	0	0	0	19:45	—	—	80	72
Colin Miller D	D3	0	2	0.04	1	1	0	17:36	—	—	70	70

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Linus Ullmark(start)	L	24	22	2	.917	2.18	58:36

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 27, 2019

Fantasy takeaways

Boston Bruins beat Buffalo Sabres 3–0

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