Boston Bruins vs. Buffalo SabresNov 12, 2022

FinalSaturday, Nov 12, 2022· KeyBank Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
BOS	0	1	2	3		BOS	5	10	15	30
BUF	1	0	0	1		BUF	10	11	10	31

: BOS 55BUF 55
: BOS 3.43BUF 3.02
PP goals: BOS 1BUF 0
Hits: BOS 14BUF 9
Blocks: BOS 12BUF 13
PIM: BOS 8BUF 6
: BOS 47%BUF 53%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Boston Bruins beat Buffalo Sabres 3–1

Boston Bruins beat Buffalo Sabres 3–1 at BUF. Patrice Bergeron (BOS) led the scoring with 2G 0A. BOS's first power-play unit (Bergeron, Krejci, Marchand, Pastrnak and DeBrusk) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 2:13 together.

Points
Patrice Bergeron had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 17:31.Bergeron
Points
Brad Marchand had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 17:43.Marchand
PP1
BOS's first power-play unit (Bergeron, Krejci, Marchand, Pastrnak and DeBrusk) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 2:13 together.Bergeron Krejci Marchand Pastrnak DeBrusk
New line
New look for BUF: Olofsson–Mittelstadt–Krebs skated 12:14 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Olofsson Mittelstadt Krebs
Luck
BUF scored 1 goal on 3.02 expected goals (55 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for BOS: Krejci–Hall–DeBrusk skated 6:34 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (53.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Krejci Hall DeBrusk
New line
New look for BUF: Girgensons–Hinostroza–Asplund skated 7:32 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (33.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Girgensons Hinostroza Asplund
Usage
Owen Power (BUF) played 29:35, +5:51 up on his 23:44 season average over 78 games.Power

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 110 of 110 attempts · BUF 55 · BOS 55

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 29% of the game, BUF 38%.

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
	47	55
	2.83	2.74
	2.57	2.49
	13	13
	2	2
	8	14
	−0.021	+0.021
	29%	38%

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
7:3769% CF
L2Coyle – Zacha – Frederic
7:2560% CF
L3Krejci – Hall – DeBrusk
6:3454% CF
L4Foligno – Smith – Nosek
5:5123% CF
D1Lindholm – McAvoy
13:3056% CF
D2Grzelcyk – Clifton
8:2229% CF
D3Zboril – Carlo
3:1533% CF

PP1Bergeron – Krejci – Marchand – Pastrnak – DeBrusk
2:1386% CF
PP2Foligno – Smith – Grzelcyk – Clifton – Nosek
0:58100% CF
PK1FCoyle – Nosek
2:36
PK2FZacha – DeBrusk
1:41
PK1DLindholm – Carlo
3:08
PK2DClifton – Zboril
0:35

Current BOS line combinations →

Buffalo Sabres

L1Olofsson – Mittelstadt – Krebs
12:1450% CF
L2Skinner – Tuch – Thompson
10:0357% CF
L3Cozens – Quinn – Peterka
9:1482% CF
L4Girgensons – Hinostroza – Asplund
7:3233% CF
D1Dahlin – Power
19:5650% CF
D2Pilut – Lyubushkin
12:0364% CF
D3Fitzgerald – Bryson
7:5063% CF

PP1Skinner – Tuch – Olofsson – Thompson – Dahlin
3:40100% CF
PP2Mittelstadt – Cozens – Quinn – Peterka – Power
1:4967% CF
PK1FMittelstadt – Cozens
2:04
PK2FTuch – Thompson
1:13
PK1DDahlin – Power
1:18
PK2DBryson – Lyubushkin
0:58

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	0	1	1	0	3	0.12	0	0	0	18:37	—	—	50	71
Brad Marchand L	L1	0	2	2	0	3	0.21	0	1	0	17:43	—	—	57	74
Patrice Bergeron C	L1	2	0	2	0	4	0.63	1	0	2	17:31	—	—	58	62
Charlie Coyle C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.27	0	0	0	15:37	—	—	48	76
Pavel Zacha C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.46	1	0	0	14:25	—	—	63	87
Trent Frederic C	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.12	1	0	0	10:24	—	—	61	84
Jake DeBrusk L	L3	0	1	1	-1	1	0.34	2	1	0	17:24	—	—	50	37
Taylor Hall L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.21	2	0	0	16:00	—	—	42	35
David Krejci C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.10	0	0	0	15:30	—	—	48	46
Tomas Nosek L	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	2	2	0	13:42	—	—	22	14
Nick Foligno L	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.14	1	0	0	11:10	—	—	25	15
Craig Smith C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	1	0	0	7:42	—	—	21	3
Hampus Lindholm D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	0	2	0	26:13	—	—	51	43
Charlie McAvoy D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0.24	0	1	4	21:55	—	—	53	54
Connor Clifton D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.01	2	2	2	20:01	—	—	28	47
Matt Grzelcyk D	D2	0	0	0	0	3	0.41	0	1	0	18:13	—	—	47	61
Brandon Carlo D	D3	0	0	0	+2	1	0.11	1	1	0	18:23	—	—	60	60
Jakub Zboril D	D3	1	0	1	+1	1	0.03	0	1	0	11:36	—	—	33	30

BOS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Keith Kinkaid(start)	W	31	30	1	.968	3.02	59:54

Buffalo Sabres

BUF skaters
Skater	Line	G	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Casey Mittelstadt C	L1	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	21:04	—	—	46	50
Victor Olofsson L	L1	0	0	0	4	0.43	0	1	0	17:30	—	—	50	59
Peyton Krebs C	L1	0	0	0	2	0.30	1	0	0	14:15	—	—	50	58
Alex Tuch R	L2	0	0	0	2	0.06	0	0	0	18:25	—	—	58	43
Tage Thompson C	L2	1	1	0	4	0.64	0	0	0	17:21	—	—	57	43
Jeff Skinner L	L2	0	0	-1	3	0.10	1	0	0	15:56	—	—	54	37
Dylan Cozens C	L3	0	0	-1	1	0.42	2	1	2	16:02	—	—	78	84
JJ Peterka R	L3	0	0	-1	2	0.22	0	0	0	14:09	—	—	74	77
Jack Quinn R	L3	0	0	-1	3	0.38	0	0	0	13:09	—	—	75	77
Rasmus Asplund C	L4	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	10:33	—	—	38	14
Vinnie Hinostroza C	L4	0	0	0	3	0.09	0	1	0	10:16	—	—	33	12
Zemgus Girgensons C	L4	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	10:10	—	—	33	11
Owen Power D	D1	0	0	0	2	0.04	0	3	2	29:35	—	—	48	35
Rasmus Dahlin D	D1	0	0	+1	3	0.17	1	2	0	28:08	—	—	49	32
Lawrence Pilut D	D2	0	0	-1	1	0.07	0	1	0	17:05	—	—	58	66
Ilya Lyubushkin D	D2	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	2	15:53	—	—	63	70
Jacob Bryson D	D3	0	0	-2	0	0.09	1	2	0	13:05	—	—	58	42
Casey Fitzgerald D	D3	0	0	0	1	0.02	1	0	0	10:27	—	—	63	48

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Craig Anderson(start)	L	30	27	3	.900	3.43	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 SabresNov 12, 2022

Fantasy takeaways

Boston Bruins beat Buffalo Sabres 3–1

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

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Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

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