Boston Bruins vs. Buffalo SabresNov 24, 2021

FinalWednesday, Nov 24, 2021· KeyBank Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
BOS	4	0	1	5		BOS	22	7	18	47
BUF	1	0	0	1		BUF	8	14	3	25

: BOS 71BUF 47
: BOS 3.40BUF 1.76
PP goals: BOS 2BUF 0
Hits: BOS 27BUF 18
Blocks: BOS 10BUF 10
PIM: BOS 7BUF 22
: BOS 69%BUF 31%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Boston Bruins rout Buffalo Sabres 5–1

Boston Bruins beat Buffalo Sabres 5–1 at BUF. Patrice Bergeron (BOS) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for BUF: Okposo–Asplund–Cozens skated 10:41 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Charlie Coyle had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 20:30.Coyle
Points
David Pastrnak had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 16:40.Pastrnak
Points
Patrice Bergeron had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 14:28.Bergeron
Points
Nick Foligno had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 14:13.Foligno
New line
New look for BUF: Okposo–Asplund–Cozens skated 10:41 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Okposo Asplund Cozens
Usage
Charlie McAvoy (BOS) played 18:38, −6:05 down on his 24:43 season average over 77 games.McAvoy
New line
New look for BOS: Haula–Blidh–Lazar skated 7:35 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (22.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Haula Blidh Lazar
New line
New look for BOS: Smith–Nosek–DeBrusk skated 8:29 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (45% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Smith Nosek DeBrusk

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 118 of 118 attempts · BUF 47 · BOS 71

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 46% of the game, BUF 20%.

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
	61	54
	2.83	1.70
	2.69	1.60
	11	11
	6	7
	13	12
	+0.134	−0.134
	46%	20%

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
10:5568% CF
L2Foligno – Coyle – Hall
10:0673% CF
L3Smith – Nosek – DeBrusk
8:2945% CF
L4Haula – Blidh – Lazar
7:3522% CF
D1Forbort – Carlo
15:5328% CF
D2Reilly – Zboril
14:5869% CF
D3Grzelcyk – McAvoy
14:5665% CF

PP1Smith – Coyle – Hall – Grzelcyk – DeBrusk
3:40100% CF
PP2Bergeron – Marchand – Foligno – Reilly – Pastrnak
2:08100% CF
PK1FCoyle – DeBrusk
0:45
PK2FBergeron – Marchand
0:21
PK1DForbort – Carlo
0:57
PK2DReilly – McAvoy
0:52

Current BOS line combinations →

Buffalo Sabres

L1Skinner – Olofsson – Thompson
12:4342% CF
L2Okposo – Asplund – Cozens
10:4150% CF
L3Eakin – Hinostroza – Bjork
10:3028% CF
L4Girgensons – Hayden – Ruotsalainen
7:1664% CF
D1Pysyk – Dahlin
17:2517% CF
D2Jokiharju – Bryson
13:1656% CF
D3Miller – Hagg
10:2456% CF

PP1Skinner – Olofsson – Thompson – Dahlin – Cozens
1:0850% CF
PP2Okposo – Miller – Girgensons – Asplund – Bryson
0:520% CF
PK1FOkposo – Eakin
1:27
PK2FHayden – Asplund
1:19
PK1DMiller – Hagg
3:05
PK2DPysyk – Dahlin
2:17

Current BUF line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

10:56
BUFKyle Okposo (Rasmus Asplund)wrist0.06 xG
BOS: Bergeron, Marchand, Grzelcyk, Pastrnak, McAvoyBUF: Okposo, Miller, Hagg, Asplund, Cozens
BOS 0 – 1 BUF
13:29
BOSPatrice Bergeron (David Pastrnak, Brad Marchand)backhand0.03 xG
BOS: Bergeron, Marchand, Grzelcyk, Pastrnak, McAvoyBUF: Pysyk, Hayden, Dahlin, Cozens, Ruotsalainen
BOS 1 – 1 BUF
14:20
BOSCharlie Coyle (Nick Foligno)snap0.02 xG
BOS: Foligno, Coyle, Forbort, Hall, CarloBUF: Eakin, Hinostroza, Hagg, Asplund, Jokiharju
BOS 2 – 1 BUF
16:59
BOSDavid PastrnakPP (Charlie McAvoy, Patrice Bergeron)slap0.07 xG
BOS: Bergeron, Marchand, Foligno, Pastrnak, McAvoyBUF: Okposo, Girgensons, Jokiharju, Bryson
BOS 3 – 1 BUF
19:00
BOSMike Reilly (Nick Foligno, Jakub Zboril)wrist0.10 xG
BOS: Foligno, Coyle, Hall, Reilly, ZborilBUF: Miller, Hinostroza, Hagg, Bjork, Cozens
BOS 4 – 1 BUF

3rd period

15:26
BOSTaylor HallPP (Craig Smith, Charlie Coyle)wrist0.06 xG
BOS: Smith, Coyle, Hall, Reilly, DeBruskBUF: Pysyk, Hinostroza, Asplund, Dahlin
BOS 5 – 1 BUF

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	1	1	0	4	0.50	0	0	0	17:11	—	—	57	74
David Pastrnak R	L1	1	1	2	0	4	0.32	0	0	0	16:40	—	—	64	80
Patrice Bergeron C	L1	1	1	2	0	5	0.25	2	0	0	14:28	—	—	60	79
Charlie Coyle C	L2	1	1	2	+2	4	0.37	0	1	0	20:30	—	—	63	69
Taylor Hall L	L2	1	0	1	+2	4	0.31	0	0	0	16:26	—	—	72	78
Nick Foligno L	L2	0	2	2	+2	2	0.17	5	0	5	14:13	—	—	67	76
Craig Smith C	L3	0	1	1	0	4	0.30	1	0	0	16:30	—	—	52	59
Jake DeBrusk L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.14	1	1	0	16:25	—	—	50	53
Tomas Nosek L	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.32	0	1	0	13:53	—	—	46	60
Curtis Lazar C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.19	2	1	0	12:46	—	—	19	17
Anton Blidh L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	0	0	12:24	—	—	20	18
Erik Haula L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	4	0	0	12:12	—	—	33	18
Brandon Carlo D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	3	0	0	18:53	—	—	28	36
Derek Forbort D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.02	0	1	0	17:56	—	—	30	34
Mike Reilly D	D2	1	0	1	+1	6	0.26	2	2	0	21:20	—	—	67	69
Jakub Zboril D	D2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.09	3	0	2	17:34	—	—	66	71
Matt Grzelcyk D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.06	0	2	0	20:01	—	—	61	80
Charlie McAvoy D	D3	0	1	1	0	1	0.06	0	1	0	18:38	—	—	62	80

BOS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jeremy Swayman(start)	W	25	24	1	.960	1.76	60:00

Buffalo Sabres

BUF skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jeff Skinner L	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.21	0	0	0	16:36	—	—	43	41
Tage Thompson C	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.20	2	1	0	16:26	—	—	46	46
Victor Olofsson L	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.09	0	0	0	15:46	—	—	44	45
Rasmus Asplund C	L2	0	1	1	0	1	0.12	0	0	0	16:34	—	—	55	46
Kyle Okposo R	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.07	1	0	0	16:10	—	—	53	40
Dylan Cozens C	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.03	0	1	0	16:00	—	—	47	23
Anders Bjork L	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	15:16	—	—	33	18
Cody Eakin C	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.08	0	0	0	13:59	—	—	29	11
Vinnie Hinostroza C	L3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	1	0	0	13:19	—	—	32	18
John Hayden C	L4	0	0	0	-1	3	0.56	4	0	0	12:05	—	—	60	46
Zemgus Girgensons C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.14	2	1	15	12:04	—	—	71	73
Arttu Ruotsalainen C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.07	1	0	0	10:24	—	—	58	46
Mark Pysyk D	D1	0	0	0	-1	4	0.10	1	3	0	23:29	—	—	25	18
Rasmus Dahlin D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	3	0	2	23:27	—	—	28	14
Jacob Bryson D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	19:52	—	—	60	54
Henri Jokiharju D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.04	0	0	0	18:37	—	—	61	52
Colin Miller D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	5	17:00	—	—	63	60
Robert Hagg D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.04	2	1	0	16:27	—	—	52	46

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Dustin Tokarski	—	25	24	1	.960	2.15	40:00
Aaron Dell(start)	L	22	18	4	.818	1.26	20:00

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.