Boston Bruins vs. Buffalo SabresDec 27, 2023

FinalWednesday, Dec 27, 2023· KeyBank Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
BOS	2	2	0	4		BOS	7	13	5	25
BUF	0	0	1	1		BUF	8	10	8	26

: BOS 45BUF 65
: BOS 3.03BUF 2.50
PP goals: BOS 3BUF 0
Hits: BOS 13BUF 17
Blocks: BOS 20BUF 10
PIM: BOS 12BUF 10
: BOS 55%BUF 45%

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 2G 0A. BOS's first power-play unit (Marchand, Pastrnak, Zacha, McAvoy and Geekie) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 2:37 together.

Points
Charlie Coyle had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 17:52.Coyle
Points
Brad Marchand had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 17:57.Marchand
Points
Jake DeBrusk had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 16:19.DeBrusk
PP1
BOS's first power-play unit (Marchand, Pastrnak, Zacha, McAvoy and Geekie) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 2:37 together.Marchand Pastrnak Zacha McAvoy Geekie
New line
New look for BOS: van Riemsdyk–Heinen–Frederic skated 9:45 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (53.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.van Riemsdyk Heinen Frederic
New line
New look for BOS: Brown–Lauko–Beecher skated 6:00 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (16.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Brown Lauko Beecher
New line
New look for BOS: Pastrnak–Zacha–Geekie skated 9:08 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Pastrnak Zacha Geekie
Luck
BUF scored 1 goal on 2.50 expected goals (65 attempts), well short of 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 110 of 110 attempts · BUF 65 · BOS 45

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 27% of the game, BUF 42%.

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
	41	54
	2.44	1.75
	2.30	1.63
	7	6
	4	2
	5	11
	+0.053	−0.053
	27%	42%

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

L1Marchand – Coyle – DeBrusk
10:2750% CF
L2van Riemsdyk – Heinen – Frederic
9:4554% CF
L3Pastrnak – Zacha – Geekie
9:0850% CF
L4Brown – Lauko – Beecher
6:0017% CF
D1McAvoy – Lohrei
14:3627% CF
D2Lindholm – Carlo
12:5857% CF
D3Shattenkirk – Wotherspoon
10:1658% CF

PP1Marchand – Pastrnak – Zacha – McAvoy – Geekie
2:37100% CF
PP2Shattenkirk – van Riemsdyk – Coyle – Lauko – Lohrei
0:33
PK1FCoyle – DeBrusk
1:49
PK2FHeinen – Zacha
0:55
PK1DLindholm – Carlo
3:00
PK2DWotherspoon – McAvoy
1:52

Current BOS line combinations →

Buffalo Sabres

L1Cozens – Quinn – Peterka
9:4265% CF
L2Okposo – Olofsson – Krebs
6:0662% CF
L3Greenway – Mittelstadt – Benson
4:0467% CF
L4Skinner – Tuch – Jost
2:530% CF
D1Samuelsson – Dahlin
12:3760% CF
D2Clifton – Power
9:2673% CF
D3Johnson – Johnson
6:0658% CF

PP1Skinner – Tuch – Olofsson – Mittelstadt – Dahlin
4:41100% CF
PP2Cozens – Quinn – Peterka – Power – Benson
2:06100% CF
PK1FGreenway – Cozens
1:46
PK2FTuch – Quinn
0:27
PK1DJohnson – Samuelsson
1:45
PK2DClifton – Dahlin
0:16

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	2	0.35	1	0	4	17:57	—	—	50	69
Charlie Coyle C	L1	2	0	2	0	2	0.39	0	0	0	17:52	—	—	48	69
Jake DeBrusk L	L1	0	2	2	0	3	0.10	1	2	0	16:19	—	—	48	65
Danton Heinen L	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.08	0	0	2	14:58	—	—	50	66
Trent Frederic C	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.09	1	2	2	13:17	—	—	54	65
James van Riemsdyk L	L2	0	1	1	0	1	0.19	0	0	0	12:42	—	—	52	65
David Pastrnak R	L3	0	1	1	0	3	0.19	0	0	0	17:14	—	—	42	57
Pavel Zacha C	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.14	1	0	0	16:53	—	—	50	62
Morgan Geekie C	L3	1	0	1	0	1	0.14	0	2	0	16:36	—	—	53	71
John Beecher C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	11:44	—	—	13	24
Jakub Lauko C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.13	0	0	0	7:42	—	—	13	21
Patrick Brown C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	3	0	0	7:24	—	—	15	22
Charlie McAvoy D	D1	0	1	1	0	1	0.19	0	1	2	23:26	—	—	26	34
Mason Lohrei D	D1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.39	2	4	0	19:42	—	—	29	52
Hampus Lindholm D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.38	1	4	0	23:58	—	—	54	88
Brandon Carlo D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.12	0	1	2	21:36	—	—	50	87
Parker Wotherspoon D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.11	1	2	0	14:58	—	—	52	51
Kevin Shattenkirk D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	1	0	13:41	—	—	55	53

BOS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jeremy Swayman(start)	W	26	25	1	.962	2.50	60:00

Buffalo Sabres

BUF skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jack Quinn R	L1	0	0	0	0	4	0.44	2	0	2	19:58	—	—	63	54
JJ Peterka R	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	0	1	0	18:50	—	—	63	55
Dylan Cozens C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.44	0	0	0	17:40	—	—	67	60
Peyton Krebs C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	6	0	2	15:46	—	—	52	24
Victor Olofsson L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	1	0	0	15:26	—	—	65	38
Kyle Okposo R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	0	1	0	13:14	—	—	50	38
Casey Mittelstadt C	L3	0	1	1	0	0	0.06	0	1	2	19:40	—	—	60	46
Jordan Greenway L	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	2	0	0	13:47	—	—	53	13
Zach Benson L	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	10:55	—	—	65	11
Alex Tuch R	L4	0	0	0	+1	2	0.40	0	0	0	19:58	—	—	56	59
Jeff Skinner L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.25	0	0	2	15:33	—	—	38	44
Tyson Jost C	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.03	0	0	2	6:53	—	—	44	18
Rasmus Dahlin D	D1	0	0	0	0	5	0.41	0	3	0	25:52	—	—	51	43
Mattias Samuelsson D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	3	4	0	20:05	—	—	57	47
Owen Power D	D2	0	1	1	0	1	0.17	1	0	0	21:23	—	—	61	37
Connor Clifton D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	1	0	0	17:11	—	—	65	33
Ryan Johnson D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.02	0	0	0	12:49	—	—	50	37
Erik Johnson D	D3	1	0	1	+1	1	0.06	1	0	0	12:14	—	—	61	58

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Devon Levi(start)	L	25	21	4	.840	2.65	57:01

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Mason Lohrei (BOS) 1st 4:19 · assists James van Riemsdyk, Trent Frederic · Rebound · carried in · 3-on-2 at the blue line · 48.1 mph shot · 3.8 s from entry to goal.

Mason Lohrei · 1st 4:19 · BOS

Play: rebound
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 0
Shot: 48.1 mph
Distance: 12 ft
Entry to goal: 3.8 s
Type: rebound

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Charlie Coyle · 2nd 4:18 · BOS PP

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 4-on-3
Passes: 1
Shot: 13.3 mph
Distance: 4 ft
Entry to goal: 5.0 s

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Morgan Geekie · 2nd 13:44 · BOS PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 11.2 mph
Distance: 34 ft

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Charlie Coyle · 1st 13:42 · BOS PP

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 4-on-3
Passes: 4
Shot: 34.9 mph
Distance: 10 ft
Entry to goal: 4.9 s
Type: one-timer

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Erik Johnson · 3rd 5:11 · BUF

Play: faceoff
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 74.8 mph
Distance: 31 ft

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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 SabresDec 27, 2023

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

Goal anatomy

Mason Lohrei · 1st 4:19 · BOS

Charlie Coyle · 2nd 4:18 · BOS PP

Morgan Geekie · 2nd 13:44 · BOS PP

Charlie Coyle · 1st 13:42 · BOS PP

Erik Johnson · 3rd 5:11 · BUF