Boston Bruins vs. Buffalo SabresMar 19, 2023

FinalSunday, Mar 19, 2023· KeyBank Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
BOS	3	1	3	7		BOS	7	8	10	25
BUF	0	0	0	0		BUF	11	5	10	26

: BOS 39BUF 55
: BOS 3.75BUF 2.75
PP goals: BOS 1BUF 0
Hits: BOS 17BUF 17
Blocks: BOS 11BUF 4
PIM: BOS 15BUF 13
: BOS 57%BUF 43%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Boston Bruins rout Buffalo Sabres 7–0

Boston Bruins beat Buffalo Sabres 7–0 at BUF. Jake DeBrusk (BOS) led the scoring with 1G 3A. BOS's first power-play unit (Bergeron, Marchand, Lindholm, Pastrnak and DeBrusk) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 2:21 together.

Points
Jake DeBrusk had a goal and 3 assists (4 points) on 4 shots in 11:57.DeBrusk
Points
Patrice Bergeron had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 4 shots in 11:39.Bergeron
Points
Charlie Coyle had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 17:56.Coyle
Points
Charlie McAvoy had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 19:10.McAvoy
Points
Brad Marchand had 2 assists (2 points) in 13:21.Marchand
Points
Connor Clifton had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 18:38.Clifton
PP1
BOS's first power-play unit (Bergeron, Marchand, Lindholm, Pastrnak and DeBrusk) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 2:21 together.Bergeron Marchand Lindholm Pastrnak DeBrusk
Luck
BOS scored 7 goals on 3.74 expected goals (39 attempts), finishing well above its chances.

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 94 of 94 attempts · BUF 55 · BOS 39

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 42% of the game, BUF 26%.

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
	35	53
	3.22	2.35
	3.02	2.21
	11	16
	4	2
	19	12
	+0.018	−0.018
	42%	26%

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

L1Hathaway – Nosek – Lauko
10:2220% CF
L2Coyle – Greer – Frederic
10:1647% CF
L3Bertuzzi – Pastrnak – Zacha
9:0750% CF
L4Bergeron – Marchand – DeBrusk
5:0555% CF
D1Clifton – Zboril
13:2030% CF
D2Lindholm – Carlo
12:1450% CF
D3Grzelcyk – McAvoy
10:5659% CF

PP1Bergeron – Marchand – Lindholm – Pastrnak – DeBrusk
2:21100% CF
PP2Grzelcyk – Bertuzzi – Pastrnak – Zacha – McAvoy
0:44100% CF
PK1FCoyle – Nosek
1:34
PK2FBergeron – Marchand
1:08
PK1DLindholm – Carlo
4:11
PK2DZboril – McAvoy
1:44

Current BOS line combinations →

Buffalo Sabres

L1Okposo – Girgensons – Krebs
10:2650% CF
L2Cozens – Quinn – Peterka
7:2450% CF
L3Tuch – Greenway – Thompson
6:1250% CF
L4Skinner – Olofsson – Mittelstadt
3:0975% CF
D1Jokiharju – Power
13:2047% CF
D2Clague – Dahlin
12:0868% CF
D3Stillman – Lyubushkin
9:4260% CF

PP1Skinner – Tuch – Olofsson – Thompson – Dahlin
3:56100% CF
PP2Mittelstadt – Cozens – Quinn – Peterka – Power
2:26100% CF
PK1FGirgensons – Greenway
1:24
PK2FTuch – Quinn
0:51
PK1DLyubushkin – Power
2:10
PK2DJokiharju – Dahlin
0:41

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
Tomas Nosek L	L1	0	0	0	+2	1	0.01	2	0	2	15:30	—	—	28	41
Garnet Hathaway R	L1	1	0	1	+1	1	0.08	1	0	2	14:53	—	—	13	10
Jakub Lauko C	L1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	0	0	12:50	—	—	17	18
Charlie Coyle C	L2	1	1	2	+2	2	0.17	0	0	0	17:56	—	—	47	71
Trent Frederic C	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.21	0	0	5	13:17	—	—	47	63
A.J. Greer L	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.18	1	0	0	13:09	—	—	45	62
David Pastrnak R	L3	1	0	1	0	5	0.56	0	0	0	17:50	—	—	53	71
Pavel Zacha C	L3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.13	0	0	2	16:29	—	—	43	58
Tyler Bertuzzi L	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.36	1	0	0	14:32	—	—	43	58
Brad Marchand L	L4	0	2	2	+2	0	0.21	0	0	0	13:21	—	—	47	63
Jake DeBrusk L	L4	1	3	4	+4	4	0.58	1	0	0	11:57	—	—	59	79
Patrice Bergeron C	L4	1	2	3	+2	4	0.52	0	1	2	11:39	—	—	47	67
Connor Clifton D	D1	0	2	2	+1	1	0.11	2	1	0	18:38	—	—	30	49
Jakub Zboril D	D1	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	3	2	2	18:34	—	—	30	50
Hampus Lindholm D	D2	1	0	1	+4	2	0.35	1	2	0	22:02	—	—	52	74
Brandon Carlo D	D2	0	0	0	+3	0	0.00	3	2	0	19:43	—	—	41	71
Charlie McAvoy D	D3	1	1	2	+2	1	0.16	1	1	0	19:10	—	—	52	56
Matt Grzelcyk D	D3	0	0	0	+2	1	0.10	0	2	0	19:01	—	—	38	47

BOS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jeremy Swayman(start)	W	26	26	0	.1000	2.75	59:29

Buffalo Sabres

BUF skaters
Skater	Line	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Peyton Krebs C	L1	-1	2	0.22	2	0	0	13:58	—	—	55	34
Zemgus Girgensons C	L1	-1	2	0.14	1	0	0	13:04	—	—	53	20
Kyle Okposo R	L1	-3	0	0.00	0	0	2	11:43	—	—	42	16
JJ Peterka R	L2	-2	2	0.13	0	1	0	16:15	—	—	48	39
Jack Quinn R	L2	-2	4	0.52	1	0	0	16:14	—	—	56	45
Dylan Cozens C	L2	-2	0	0.23	1	0	5	13:36	—	—	47	38
Alex Tuch R	L3	0	0	0.21	1	1	0	20:03	—	—	78	79
Tage Thompson C	L3	0	2	0.36	1	1	2	19:47	—	—	69	62
Jordan Greenway L	L3	0	1	0.21	2	0	0	14:30	—	—	79	77
Jeff Skinner L	L4	-2	2	0.22	0	0	0	14:46	—	—	68	56
Casey Mittelstadt C	L4	-3	1	0.17	1	0	2	14:08	—	—	71	50
Victor Olofsson L	L4	-2	1	0.04	0	0	0	12:06	—	—	60	19
Owen Power D	D1	-2	1	0.04	0	0	0	22:21	—	—	58	35
Henri Jokiharju D	D1	-2	0	0.05	4	0	0	19:17	—	—	42	21
Rasmus Dahlin D	D2	-3	7	0.22	0	0	0	23:49	—	—	72	60
Kale Clague D	D2	-3	0	0.00	1	0	0	17:18	—	—	64	48
Ilya Lyubushkin D	D3	-1	0	0.00	2	1	0	16:40	—	—	64	46
Riley Stillman D	D3	-1	1	0.00	0	0	2	14:01	—	—	53	30

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen(start)	L	25	18	7	.720	3.75	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 19, 2023

Fantasy takeaways

Boston Bruins rout Buffalo Sabres 7–0

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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