Vancouver Canucks vs. Buffalo SabresOct 20, 2017

FinalFriday, Oct 20, 2017· KeyBank Center

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Vancouver CanucksVAN

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Buffalo SabresBUF

2

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
VAN	1	2	1	4		VAN	17	20	4	41
BUF	2	0	0	2		BUF	5	8	9	22

: VAN 56BUF 41
: VAN 2.62BUF 2.50
PP goals: VAN 0BUF 0
Hits: VAN 7BUF 17
Blocks: VAN 10BUF 13
PIM: VAN 4BUF 6
: VAN 50%BUF 50%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vancouver Canucks beat Buffalo Sabres 4–2

Vancouver Canucks beat Buffalo Sabres 4–2 at BUF. Derek Dorsett (VAN) led the scoring with 2G 1A. Chad Johnson (BUF) faced 40 shots and stopped 37 (.925), +13 against a season average of 26.7; the loss.

Points
Derek Dorsett had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 4 shots in 18:02.Dorsett
Points
Markus Granlund had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 16:41.Granlund
Points
Brandon Sutter had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 19:16.Sutter
Goalie
Chad Johnson (BUF) faced 40 shots and stopped 37 (.925), +13 against a season average of 26.7; the loss.Johnson
Usage
Kyle Okposo (BUF) played 9:23, −7:45 down on his 17:08 season average over 75 games.Okposo
Usage
Ben Hutton (VAN) played 25:43, +7:25 up on his 18:18 season average over 60 games.Hutton
New line
New look for VAN: Vanek–Gagner–Burmistrov skated 7:43 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (55.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Vanek Gagner Burmistrov
Usage
Daniel Sedin (VAN) played 11:11, −4:08 down on his 15:19 season average over 80 games.Sedin

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

← VAN attacks left (bottom on phones)BUF attacks right (top on phones) →

BUF
VAN
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 97 of 97 attempts · BUF 41 · VAN 56

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

BUF
VAN
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

BUF pressure
VAN pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: VAN 35% of the game, BUF 35%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

BUF

VAN

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	VAN	BUF
	41	35
	1.58	2.31
	1.54	2.29
	10	11
	6	2
	11	10
	+0.036	−0.036
	35%	35%

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.

Vancouver Canucks

L1Dorsett – Sutter – Granlund
10:5347% CF
L2Baertschi – Horvat – Boeser
9:2963% CF
L3Vanek – Gagner – Burmistrov
7:4356% CF
L4Sedin – Sedin – Virtanen
7:1682% CF
D1Del Zotto – Stecher
15:4340% CF
D2Tanev – Hutton
15:1459% CF
D3Biega – Pouliot
10:0363% CF

PP1Baertschi – Pouliot – Hutton – Horvat – Boeser
4:1582% CF
PP2Sedin – Sedin – Vanek – Gagner – Del Zotto
2:5186% CF
PK1FDorsett – Sutter
3:52
PK2FGranlund – Horvat
1:15
PK1DTanev – Hutton
3:11
PK2DDel Zotto – Stecher
2:22

Current VAN line combinations →

Buffalo Sabres

L1Pominville – Kane – Eichel
11:4363% CF
L2Moulson – Nolan – Larsson
4:0520% CF
L3Okposo – O'Reilly – Bailey
3:4245% CF
L4Pouliot – Griffith – Reinhart
3:0350% CF
D1Scandella – Ristolainen
10:5047% CF
D2McCabe – Antipin
8:3244% CF
D3Beaulieu – Tennyson
6:4717% CF

PP1Pominville – Okposo – Ristolainen – Reinhart – Eichel
3:3033% CF
PP2Moulson – O'Reilly – Kane – Beaulieu – Tennyson
1:0450% CF
PK1FPouliot – Larsson
2:38
PK2FO'Reilly – Bailey
2:04
PK1DScandella – Ristolainen
6:22
PK2DBeaulieu – McCabe
0:52

Current BUF line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

1:00
BUFJustin Bailey (Ryan O'Reilly, Kyle Okposo)backhand0.00 xG
VAN: Dorsett, Sutter, Del Zotto, Granlund, StecherBUF: Okposo, O'Reilly, Beaulieu, Tennyson, Bailey
VAN 0 – 1 BUF
11:56
VANMarkus Granlund (Derek Dorsett, Brandon Sutter)wrist0.03 xG
VAN: Dorsett, Sutter, Tanev, Granlund, HuttonBUF: Okposo, O'Reilly, Beaulieu, Tennyson, Bailey
VAN 1 – 1 BUF
17:20
BUFJack Eichel (Rasmus Ristolainen, Marco Scandella)wrist0.01 xG
VAN: Sedin, Sedin, Tanev, Hutton, BoeserBUF: Pominville, Kane, McCabe, Eichel, Antipin
VAN 1 – 2 BUF

2nd period

5:52
VANDerek DorsettSH (Brandon Sutter, Chris Tanev)wrist0.04 xG
VAN: Dorsett, Sutter, Tanev, HuttonBUF: Moulson, O'Reilly, Kane, Beaulieu, Tennyson
VAN 2 – 2 BUF
8:10
VANDaniel Sedin (Henrik Sedin, Jake Virtanen)wrist0.03 xG
VAN: Sedin, Sedin, Biega, Pouliot, VirtanenBUF: Moulson, Scandella, Nolan, Larsson, McCabe
VAN 3 – 2 BUF

3rd period

19:38
VANDerek DorsettEN (Markus Granlund, Michael Del Zotto)wrist0.63 xG
VAN: Dorsett, Sutter, Del Zotto, Tanev, GranlundBUF: Pominville, Scandella, O'Reilly, Kane, Ristolainen, Eichel
VAN 4 – 2 BUF

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

Vancouver Canucks

VAN skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Brandon Sutter C	L1	0	2	2	+2	2	0.20	0	0	0	19:16	—	—	42	35
Derek Dorsett R	L1	2	1	3	+2	4	0.82	0	1	0	18:02	—	—	47	41
Markus Granlund C	L1	1	1	2	+1	2	0.07	1	1	0	16:41	—	—	44	48
Bo Horvat C	L2	0	0	0	0	5	0.20	0	1	0	19:05	—	—	50	30
Sven Baertschi L	L2	0	0	0	0	4	0.42	0	0	0	17:53	—	—	52	31
Brock Boeser R	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.17	1	0	2	14:59	—	—	56	48
Sam Gagner C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	0	0	14:14	—	—	50	28
Thomas Vanek L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	0	0	0	12:55	—	—	50	28
Alexander Burmistrov C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	2	10:16	—	—	60	69
Henrik Sedin C	L4	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	12:17	—	—	71	71
Daniel Sedin L	L4	1	0	1	0	4	0.26	0	0	0	11:11	—	—	69	71
Jake Virtanen R	L4	0	1	1	+1	2	0.14	0	0	0	10:22	—	—	65	38
Michael Del Zotto D	D1	0	1	1	0	5	0.14	2	2	0	24:42	—	—	41	27
Troy Stecher D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.09	0	2	0	19:10	—	—	40	27
Ben Hutton D	D2	0	0	0	+1	3	0.03	0	0	0	25:43	—	—	58	55
Chris Tanev D	D2	0	1	1	+2	1	0.00	0	1	0	20:04	—	—	59	55
Derrick Pouliot D	D3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.00	2	0	0	15:48	—	—	65	31
Alex Biega D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.00	1	2	0	11:22	—	—	63	34

VAN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jacob Markstrom(start)	W	22	20	2	.909	2.50	60:00

Buffalo Sabres

BUF skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jack Eichel C	L1	1	0	1	0	2	0.07	2	0	0	22:19	—	—	55	56
Evander Kane L	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.64	3	0	0	20:50	—	—	58	62
Jason Pominville R	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.12	0	0	0	18:21	—	—	52	54
Johan Larsson L	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.11	2	0	0	16:49	—	—	47	80
Jordan Nolan C	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	7:41	—	—	33	40
Matt Moulson L	L2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.14	0	0	0	7:24	—	—	33	50
Ryan O'Reilly C	L3	0	1	1	-2	1	0.01	1	3	0	21:01	—	—	35	18
Justin Bailey R	L3	1	0	1	0	1	0.00	1	1	2	14:56	—	—	43	34
Kyle Okposo R	L3	0	1	1	0	2	0.03	0	0	0	9:23	—	—	42	10
Sam Reinhart C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.50	0	1	0	16:46	—	—	31	52
Benoit Pouliot L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	3	1	0	13:14	—	—	47	82
Seth Griffith C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	7:57	—	—	67	100
Rasmus Ristolainen D	D1	0	1	1	-1	3	0.03	1	1	0	28:37	—	—	57	65
Marco Scandella D	D1	0	1	1	-2	3	0.15	1	2	0	26:36	—	—	47	51
Jake McCabe D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.53	1	2	0	18:43	—	—	50	71
Victor Antipin D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	0	2	11:52	—	—	50	83
Matt Tennyson D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.07	1	1	2	19:31	—	—	38	22
Nathan Beaulieu D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	0	1	0	11:27	—	—	33	35

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Chad Johnson(start)	L	40	37	3	.925	1.99	58:33

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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.