Boston Bruins vs. Buffalo SabresJan 28, 2025

FinalTuesday, Jan 28, 2025· KeyBank Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
BOS	1	0	1	2		BOS	5	13	9	27
BUF	1	2	4	7		BUF	10	9	14	33

: BOS 68BUF 59
: BOS 2.93BUF 3.19
PP goals: BOS 1BUF 1
Hits: BOS 17BUF 20
Blocks: BOS 14BUF 17
PIM: BOS 16BUF 4
: BOS 54%BUF 46%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Buffalo Sabres rout Boston Bruins 7–2

Buffalo Sabres beat Boston Bruins 7–2 at home. Tage Thompson (BUF) led the scoring with 3G 1A. BOS's first power-play unit (Marchand, Lindholm, Pastrnak, Zacha and Lohrei) scored 1 power-play goal on 2 attempts in 1:56 together.

Points
JJ Peterka had a hat trick and an assist (4 points) on 4 shots in 16:08.Peterka
Points
Tage Thompson had a hat trick and an assist (4 points) on 6 shots in 15:43.Thompson
Points
Dylan Cozens had 2 assists (2 points) on 5 shots in 18:58.Cozens
PP1
BOS's first power-play unit (Marchand, Lindholm, Pastrnak, Zacha and Lohrei) scored 1 power-play goal on 2 attempts in 1:56 together.Marchand Lindholm Pastrnak Zacha Lohrei
Luck
BUF scored 7 goals on 3.19 expected goals (59 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
New line
New look for BOS: Brazeau–Koepke–Beecher skated 8:31 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (40% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Brazeau Koepke Beecher
New line
New look for BUF: Malenstyn–Kozak–Benson skated 5:34 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (54.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Malenstyn Kozak Benson
Usage
Mason Lohrei (BOS) played 23:16, +3:47 up on his 19:29 season average over 76 games.Lohrei

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 127 of 127 attempts · BUF 59 · BOS 68

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 31% of the game, BUF 18%.

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
	73	60
	2.97	2.41
	2.89	2.37
	12	10
	4	4
	24	22
	+0.021	−0.021
	31%	18%

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

L1Pastrnak – Zacha – Geekie
12:5645% CF
L2Marchand – Coyle – Poitras
8:4958% CF
L3Brazeau – Koepke – Beecher
8:3140% CF
L4Lindholm – Frederic – Lettieri
7:1174% CF
D1Wotherspoon – Lohrei
18:4364% CF
D2Zadorov – Peeke
16:3950% CF
D3Oesterle – Callahan
12:5047% CF

PP1Marchand – Lindholm – Pastrnak – Zacha – Lohrei
1:5667% CF
PP2Coyle – Oesterle – Brazeau – Geekie – Poitras
0:36100% CF
PK1FCoyle – Lindholm
1:12
PK2FZacha – Beecher
0:43
PK1DZadorov – Peeke
2:15
PK2DWotherspoon – Lohrei
1:12

Current BOS line combinations →

Buffalo Sabres

L1Zucker – Tuch – Cozens
12:5065% CF
L2McLeod – Krebs – Quinn
10:4753% CF
L3Thompson – Peterka – Kulich
10:0038% CF
L4Malenstyn – Kozak – Benson
5:3455% CF
D1Samuelsson – Power
16:3954% CF
D2Dahlin – Byram
16:1441% CF
D3Jokiharju – Bryson
10:4343% CF

PP1Zucker – Thompson – Dahlin – Quinn – Peterka
2:43100% CF
PP2Tuch – Byram – Cozens – Kulich – Benson
1:4950% CF
PK1FTuch – McLeod
1:50
PK2FMalenstyn – Benson
0:26
PK1DJokiharju – Byram
0:38
PK2DBryson – Samuelsson
0:37

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	-2	2	0.24	0	0	0	19:04	—	—	50	57
Pavel Zacha C	L1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.19	1	0	2	18:01	—	—	46	50
Morgan Geekie C	L1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.16	1	0	0	17:32	—	—	41	35
Charlie Coyle C	L2	0	0	0	-3	1	0.23	2	1	0	16:05	—	—	56	45
Brad Marchand L	L2	1	0	1	-3	4	0.49	1	1	2	15:17	—	—	60	62
Matthew Poitras C	L2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.16	0	0	0	14:49	—	—	52	50
Justin Brazeau R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	3	1	0	13:04	—	—	46	32
John Beecher C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.05	2	1	0	12:48	—	—	57	57
Cole Koepke L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.22	1	0	0	10:51	—	—	54	53
Elias Lindholm C	L4	0	1	1	-1	1	0.11	0	1	0	15:07	—	—	68	88
Trent Frederic C	L4	0	0	0	-1	3	0.33	2	1	0	13:42	—	—	66	64
Vinni Lettieri C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.38	2	0	0	10:51	—	—	62	63
Mason Lohrei D	D1	1	0	1	-1	2	0.18	0	0	0	23:16	—	—	68	70
Parker Wotherspoon D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	2	0	21:27	—	—	61	54
Andrew Peeke D	D2	0	0	0	-3	1	0.03	1	1	0	21:07	—	—	54	45
Nikita Zadorov D	D2	0	0	0	-3	4	0.06	0	2	12	21:02	—	—	51	41
Michael Callahan D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	0	1	0	15:29	—	—	51	66
Jordan Oesterle D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.09	1	2	0	15:19	—	—	51	60

BOS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jeremy Swayman(start)	L	32	26	6	.813	2.66	59:47

Buffalo Sabres

BUF skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Alex Tuch R	L1	0	0	0	0	4	0.23	0	2	0	19:44	—	—	51	48
Dylan Cozens C	L1	0	2	2	+1	5	0.29	3	1	2	18:58	—	—	51	46
Jason Zucker L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.15	0	0	0	18:31	—	—	49	41
Jack Quinn R	L2	0	1	1	0	3	0.29	2	0	0	18:08	—	—	48	35
Ryan McLeod C	L2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.13	0	0	0	16:27	—	—	47	47
Peyton Krebs C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.25	3	0	0	15:08	—	—	55	51
JJ Peterka R	L3	3	1	4	+6	4	0.76	0	0	0	16:08	—	—	35	44
Tage Thompson C	L3	3	1	4	+6	6	0.50	0	4	0	15:43	—	—	33	42
Jiri Kulich C	L3	0	1	1	+4	1	0.02	0	0	0	13:51	—	—	31	40
Zach Benson L	L4	1	0	1	-1	2	0.24	0	0	0	10:56	—	—	58	58
Tyson Kozak C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.26	3	1	0	9:08	—	—	40	45
Beck Malenstyn L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	3	1	0	7:42	—	—	53	48
Owen Power D	D1	0	1	1	+2	2	0.03	2	2	0	20:46	—	—	59	65
Mattias Samuelsson D	D1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.01	4	3	2	20:35	—	—	48	54
Bowen Byram D	D2	0	1	1	+2	0	0.00	0	1	0	22:58	—	—	33	43
Rasmus Dahlin D	D2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.02	0	0	0	22:44	—	—	42	33
Henri Jokiharju D	D3	0	0	0	+3	0	0.00	0	0	0	14:51	—	—	44	44
Jacob Bryson D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	2	0	14:20	—	—	39	30

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen(start)	W	27	25	2	.926	2.93	60:00

Goal anatomy

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

Mason Lohrei (BOS) 1st 12:44 · unassisted · Forecheck turnover · 36.2 mph shot.

Mason Lohrei · 1st 12:44 · BOS

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 1
Shot: 36.2 mph
Distance: 29 ft

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Tage Thompson · 1st 13:39 · BUF

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 92.3 mph
Distance: 38 ft
Entry to goal: 2.8 s

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Tage Thompson · 2nd 4:43 · BUF

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 65.8 mph
Distance: 10 ft
Entry to goal: 5.8 s

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JJ Peterka · 2nd 6:32 · BUF

Play: rush
Entry: pass
Odd man: No
Passes: 3
Shot: 70.3 mph
Distance: 39 ft
Entry to goal: 2.5 s

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Tage Thompson · 3rd 3:13 · BUF

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 3
Shot: 70.7 mph
Distance: 40 ft
Entry to goal: 2.0 s

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Brad Marchand · 3rd 10:13 · BOS PP

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 0
Shot: 48.9 mph
Distance: 19 ft
Entry to goal: 4.9 s
Type: one-timer

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JJ Peterka · 3rd 10:43 · BUF

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 41.8 mph
Distance: 10 ft
Entry to goal: 2.3 s

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JJ Peterka · 3rd 14:26 · BUF EN

Play: point-shot
Passes: 0
Shot: 51.8 mph
Distance: 80 ft

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Zach Benson · 3rd 19:47 · BUF PP

Play: deflection
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 26.3 mph
Distance: 9 ft
Type: deflection

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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 SabresJan 28, 2025

Fantasy takeaways

Buffalo Sabres rout Boston Bruins 7–2

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 12:44 · BOS

Tage Thompson · 1st 13:39 · BUF

Tage Thompson · 2nd 4:43 · BUF

JJ Peterka · 2nd 6:32 · BUF

Tage Thompson · 3rd 3:13 · BUF

Brad Marchand · 3rd 10:13 · BOS PP

JJ Peterka · 3rd 10:43 · BUF

JJ Peterka · 3rd 14:26 · BUF EN

Zach Benson · 3rd 19:47 · BUF PP