Boston Bruins vs. Buffalo SabresMar 18, 2021

FinalThursday, Mar 18, 2021· KeyBank Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
BOS	1	2	1	4		BOS	11	15	11	37
BUF	0	1	0	1		BUF	7	9	8	24

: BOS 57BUF 46
: BOS 2.76BUF 1.82
PP goals: BOS 2BUF 0
Hits: BOS 11BUF 13
Blocks: BOS 8BUF 9
PIM: BOS 2BUF 10
: BOS 59%BUF 41%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Boston Bruins beat Buffalo Sabres 4–1

Boston Bruins beat Buffalo Sabres 4–1 at BUF. David Krejci (BOS) led the scoring with 0G 3A. Carter Hutton (BUF) faced 37 shots and stopped 33 (.892), +11 against a season average of 26.2; the loss.

Points
David Krejci had 3 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 16:49.Krejci
Points
David Pastrnak had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 6 shots in 20:57.Pastrnak
Goalie
Carter Hutton (BUF) faced 37 shots and stopped 33 (.892), +11 against a season average of 26.2; the loss.Hutton
Usage
Jake DeBrusk (BOS) played 19:20, +4:33 up on his 14:47 season average over 40 games.DeBrusk
Usage
Trent Frederic (BOS) played 5:28, −5:56 down on his 11:24 season average over 41 games.Frederic
Usage
Taylor Hall (BUF) played 13:20, −4:37 down on his 17:57 season average over 52 games.Hall
Usage
Curtis Lazar (BUF) played 16:39, +3:24 up on his 13:15 season average over 49 games.Lazar
Usage
Rasmus Ristolainen (BUF) played 18:42, −3:38 down on his 22:20 season average over 48 games.Ristolainen

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 103 of 103 attempts · BUF 46 · BOS 57

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 38% of the game, BUF 22%.

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
	49	49
	1.90	1.61
	1.87	1.58
	5	11
	4	5
	14	13
	+0.079	−0.079
	38%	22%

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
11:0386% CF
L2Krejci – Smith – DeBrusk
7:5647% CF
L3Coyle – Ritchie – Steen
7:3465% CF
L4McKegg – Frederic – Kuhlman
3:3967% CF
D1Clifton – Zboril
14:4564% CF
D2Grzelcyk – McAvoy
14:2064% CF
D3Kampfer – Ahcan
12:5224% CF

PP1Bergeron – Marchand – Grzelcyk – Ritchie – Pastrnak
4:5380% CF
PP2Krejci – Smith – Coyle – DeBrusk – McAvoy
2:17
PK1FBergeron – Marchand
1:05
PK2FCoyle – DeBrusk
0:48
PK1DZboril – McAvoy
0:49
PK2DKampfer – Clifton
0:48

Current BOS line combinations →

Buffalo Sabres

L1Staal – Reinhart – Olofsson
11:2052% CF
L2Okposo – Eakin – Rieder
9:3138% CF
L3Skinner – Lazar – Mittelstadt
8:4869% CF
L4Sheahan – Hall – Thompson
6:529% CF
D1Miller – Dahlin
16:5055% CF
D2Irwin – Montour
13:0944% CF
D3Ristolainen – Bryson
10:3237% CF

PP1Hall – Reinhart – Olofsson – Mittelstadt – Dahlin
1:37100% CF
PP2Staal – Skinner – Miller – Ristolainen – Thompson
0:23
PK1FSheahan – Lazar
3:36
PK2FEakin – Rieder
2:21
PK1DIrwin – Ristolainen
3:25
PK2DMontour – Bryson
2:30

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 Pastrnak R	L1	1	1	2	-1	6	0.58	0	0	0	20:57	—	—	75	79
Patrice Bergeron C	L1	0	0	0	-1	4	0.50	2	0	0	20:13	—	—	71	94
Brad Marchand L	L1	0	1	1	0	1	0.27	0	1	0	19:38	—	—	83	92
Jake DeBrusk L	L2	1	0	1	0	3	0.19	1	1	0	19:20	—	—	37	36
David Krejci C	L2	0	3	3	+1	2	0.07	0	0	0	16:49	—	—	42	40
Craig Smith C	L2	1	0	1	0	3	0.27	0	0	0	13:33	—	—	39	39
Charlie Coyle C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.11	0	1	0	17:50	—	—	41	46
Nick Ritchie L	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.21	1	0	0	16:49	—	—	48	49
Oskar Steen C	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.14	0	0	2	14:00	—	—	52	51
Karson Kuhlman C	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.07	0	0	0	10:55	—	—	33	52
Greg McKegg C	L4	1	0	1	+1	1	0.09	1	0	0	10:20	—	—	50	60
Trent Frederic C	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	5:28	—	—	33	46
Jakub Zboril D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	0	0	18:04	—	—	60	67
Connor Clifton D	D1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	3	0	0	16:04	—	—	61	66
Charlie McAvoy D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	1	0	23:07	—	—	61	73
Matt Grzelcyk D	D2	0	1	1	0	6	0.09	0	1	0	21:02	—	—	64	72
Jack Ahcan D	D3	0	0	0	0	3	0.12	1	2	0	17:55	—	—	32	31
Steven Kampfer D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.06	1	1	0	16:08	—	—	27	26

BOS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jaroslav Halak(start)	W	24	23	1	.958	1.82	59:48

Buffalo Sabres

BUF skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Sam Reinhart C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.20	0	0	0	16:52	—	—	60	61
Eric Staal C	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.12	1	0	2	15:57	—	—	59	58
Victor Olofsson L	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.08	0	0	2	15:15	—	—	56	55
Tobias Rieder L	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.42	0	2	0	15:16	—	—	35	30
Cody Eakin C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	1	1	2	14:13	—	—	40	31
Kyle Okposo R	L2	1	0	1	0	1	0.10	0	0	0	11:51	—	—	42	31
Curtis Lazar C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.28	1	0	0	16:39	—	—	63	53
Jeff Skinner L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	1	0	0	13:49	—	—	75	59
Casey Mittelstadt C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.15	0	0	0	12:59	—	—	71	57
Riley Sheahan C	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.11	0	0	0	15:35	—	—	43	42
Taylor Hall L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	13:20	—	—	35	36
Tage Thompson C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	0	0	0	10:58	—	—	19	17
Rasmus Dahlin D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.07	1	1	0	22:17	—	—	53	46
Colin Miller D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	3	0	0	20:14	—	—	63	61
Brandon Montour D	D2	0	0	0	0	3	0.10	0	0	2	21:16	—	—	49	51
Matt Irwin D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.03	3	2	2	19:03	—	—	48	55
Rasmus Ristolainen D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	0	0	18:42	—	—	40	34
Jacob Bryson D	D3	0	1	1	-1	0	0.00	0	2	0	16:19	—	—	41	32

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Carter Hutton(start)	L	37	33	4	.892	2.76	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 SabresMar 18, 2021

Fantasy takeaways

Boston Bruins beat Buffalo Sabres 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