Boston Bruins vs. Buffalo SabresOct 22, 2021

FinalFriday, Oct 22, 2021· KeyBank Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
BOS	2	1	1	4		BOS	7	11	8	26
BUF	0	0	1	1		BUF	15	11	10	36

: BOS 40BUF 68
: BOS 2.96BUF 2.57
PP goals: BOS 1BUF 0
Hits: BOS 14BUF 12
Blocks: BOS 22BUF 6
PIM: BOS 8BUF 4
: BOS 63%BUF 37%

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. Charlie Coyle (BOS) led the scoring with 1G 2A. New look for BOS: Smith–Haula–DeBrusk skated 6:22 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (11.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Charlie Coyle had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 16:37.Coyle
Points
Taylor Hall had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 15:56.Hall
Points
Brad Marchand had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 18:11.Marchand
New line
New look for BOS: Smith–Haula–DeBrusk skated 6:22 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (11.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Smith Haula DeBrusk
Goalie
Linus Ullmark (BOS) faced 36 shots and stopped 35 (.972), +8 against a season average of 27.8; the win.Ullmark
New line
New look for BOS: Blidh–Frederic–Kuhlman skated 6:03 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (28.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Blidh Frederic Kuhlman
New line
New look for BOS: Coyle–Hall–Nosek skated 6:03 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Coyle Hall Nosek
New line
New look for BUF: Hayden–Bjork–Ruotsalainen skated 5:40 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (78.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Hayden Bjork Ruotsalainen

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 108 of 108 attempts · BUF 68 · BOS 40

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 28% of the game, BUF 40%.

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
	40	72
	1.94	2.81
	1.94	2.66
	11	18
	2	2
	11	11
	+0.052	−0.052
	28%	40%

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
9:2559% CF
L2Smith – Haula – DeBrusk
6:2212% CF
L3Blidh – Frederic – Kuhlman
6:0329% CF
L4Coyle – Hall – Nosek
6:0367% CF
D1Reilly – Carlo
13:2132% CF
D2Grzelcyk – McAvoy
13:0633% CF
D3Moore – Forbort
13:0129% CF

PP1Bergeron – Marchand – Hall – Pastrnak – McAvoy
2:2767% CF
PP2Haula – Coyle – Reilly – Grzelcyk – DeBrusk
0:49100% CF
PK1FBergeron – Marchand
2:49
PK2FCoyle – Nosek
1:37
PK1DForbort – McAvoy
2:29
PK2DMoore – Carlo
1:48

Current BOS line combinations →

Buffalo Sabres

L1Skinner – Hinostroza – Cozens
11:0969% CF
L2Olofsson – Asplund – Thompson
10:1859% CF
L3Okposo – Girgensons – Caggiula
6:3167% CF
L4Hayden – Bjork – Ruotsalainen
5:4079% CF
D1Butcher – Dahlin
18:3751% CF
D2Miller – Bryson
15:3075% CF
D3Pysyk – Hagg
11:1776% CF

PP1Skinner – Olofsson – Asplund – Thompson – Dahlin
4:39100% CF
PP2Okposo – Miller – Girgensons – Bryson – Cozens
1:59100% CF
PK1FGirgensons – Ruotsalainen
0:47
PK2FOkposo – Caggiula
0:23
PK1DPysyk – Hagg
2:42
PK2DMiller – Bryson
0:46

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	2	2	0	1	0.02	2	1	0	18:11	—	—	54	66
David Pastrnak R	L1	1	0	1	0	6	0.48	0	0	0	16:39	—	—	61	67
Patrice Bergeron C	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.17	0	2	0	16:27	—	—	63	88
Jake DeBrusk L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	15:12	—	—	19	11
Erik Haula L	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.05	0	1	2	15:12	—	—	16	6
Craig Smith C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	11:06	—	—	7	5
Trent Frederic C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	1	0	0	13:24	—	—	39	34
Karson Kuhlman C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.17	0	1	0	11:48	—	—	31	29
Anton Blidh L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	8:09	—	—	33	14
Charlie Coyle C	L4	1	2	3	+2	1	0.15	0	2	0	16:37	—	—	37	49
Tomas Nosek L	L4	1	0	1	+2	2	0.38	1	1	0	15:59	—	—	36	48
Taylor Hall L	L4	1	1	2	+2	3	1.18	2	1	4	15:56	—	—	37	49
Brandon Carlo D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.01	1	2	0	19:53	—	—	29	21
Mike Reilly D	D1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.07	0	1	0	18:40	—	—	38	38
Charlie McAvoy D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	2	1	0	23:19	—	—	37	57
Matt Grzelcyk D	D2	0	0	0	+1	4	0.19	0	3	0	17:02	—	—	43	59
Derek Forbort D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	0	3	0	19:39	—	—	28	24
John Moore D	D3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.05	1	1	2	18:47	—	—	38	44

BOS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Linus Ullmark(start)	W	36	35	1	.972	2.57	60:00

Buffalo Sabres

BUF skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jeff Skinner L	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.40	0	1	0	17:02	—	—	69	61
Dylan Cozens C	L1	0	0	0	-2	6	0.60	1	0	0	16:41	—	—	70	68
Vinnie Hinostroza C	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	0	0	0	14:18	—	—	68	61
Rasmus Asplund C	L2	0	1	1	0	1	0.02	0	0	0	18:56	—	—	60	60
Victor Olofsson L	L2	1	0	1	+1	1	0.21	0	0	0	17:36	—	—	59	74
Tage Thompson C	L2	0	0	0	0	6	0.36	1	1	0	16:46	—	—	60	60
Kyle Okposo R	L3	0	0	0	-2	4	0.09	0	0	0	17:34	—	—	58	45
Zemgus Girgensons C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	1	0	0	17:03	—	—	64	68
Drake Caggiula L	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	1	2	12:43	—	—	53	35
Anders Bjork L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.06	0	0	0	12:37	—	—	70	61
Arttu Ruotsalainen C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.17	0	0	0	11:44	—	—	71	46
John Hayden C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	2	0	0	8:46	—	—	75	47
Rasmus Dahlin D	D1	0	0	0	-1	6	0.21	2	1	2	25:04	—	—	54	49
Will Butcher D	D1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.24	0	0	0	20:06	—	—	50	42
Colin Miller D	D2	0	1	1	-1	0	0.05	1	0	0	21:03	—	—	73	66
Jacob Bryson D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	19:44	—	—	71	74
Robert Hagg D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	2	0	0	15:15	—	—	77	74
Mark Pysyk D	D3	0	0	0	0	3	0.04	0	2	0	14:32	—	—	77	76

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Craig Anderson(start)	L	25	22	3	.880	1.99	58:55

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 22, 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