Vancouver Canucks vs. Buffalo SabresNov 10, 2018

Final / SOSaturday, Nov 10, 2018· KeyBank Center

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Vancouver CanucksVAN

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Buffalo SabresBUF

4

Goals	1	2	3	OT	SO	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
VAN	0	2	1	0	0	3		VAN	15	12	10	2	39
BUF	1	0	2	0	1	4		BUF	10	6	19	2	37

: VAN 60BUF 64
: VAN 2.78BUF 3.21
PP goals: VAN 0BUF 0
Hits: VAN 10BUF 17
Blocks: VAN 12BUF 10
PIM: VAN 4BUF 8
: VAN 46%BUF 54%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Buffalo Sabres edge Vancouver Canucks 4–3 (SO)

Buffalo Sabres beat Vancouver Canucks 4–3 in a shootout at home. Loui Eriksson (VAN) led the scoring with 1G 1A. Carter Hutton (BUF) faced 39 shots and stopped 36 (.923), +8 against a season average of 30.8; the win.

Points
Loui Eriksson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 17:22.Eriksson
Points
Sam Reinhart had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 15:09.Reinhart
Points
Antoine Roussel had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 16:29.Roussel
Points
Rasmus Dahlin had 2 assists (2 points) in 18:02.Dahlin
Points
Rasmus Ristolainen had 2 assists (2 points) on 6 shots in 25:11.Ristolainen
Goalie
Carter Hutton (BUF) faced 39 shots and stopped 36 (.923), +8 against a season average of 30.8; the win.Hutton
Goalie
Jacob Markstrom (VAN) faced 37 shots and stopped 34 (.919), +5 against a season average of 31.6; the overtime loss.Markstrom
Usage
Jake Virtanen (VAN) played 20:20, +5:36 up on his 14:44 season average over 69 games.Virtanen

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 124 of 124 attempts · BUF 64 · VAN 60

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 20% 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
	59	61
	2.20	2.36
	2.13	2.28
	7	4
	5	1
	16	11
	−0.041	+0.041
	20%	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

L1Virtanen – Goldobin – Pettersson
10:1761% CF
L2Archibald – Leipsic – Gaudette
5:4244% CF
L3Eriksson – Schaller – Horvat
5:2218% CF
L4Roussel – Granlund – Motte
2:0940% CF
D1Tanev – Pouliot
16:3236% CF
D2Gudbranson – Hutton
16:0645% CF
D3Del Zotto – Stecher
13:2367% CF

PP1Pouliot – Horvat – Goldobin – Gaudette – Pettersson
2:5775% CF
PP2Eriksson – Granlund – Leipsic – Hutton – Virtanen
1:5267% CF
PK1FSchaller – Motte
1:28
PK2FGranlund – Horvat
1:21
PK1DTanev – Hutton
1:10
PK2DDel Zotto – Gudbranson
0:50

Current VAN line combinations →

Buffalo Sabres

L1Okposo – Sheary – Mittelstadt
7:3873% CF
L2Pominville – Skinner – Eichel
7:1544% CF
L3Sobotka – Reinhart – Rodrigues
6:0760% CF
L4Berglund – Larsson – Thompson
5:5414% CF
D1Bogosian – Scandella
16:4348% CF
D2McCabe – Ristolainen
16:1256% CF
D3Beaulieu – Dahlin
10:4139% CF

PP1Okposo – Skinner – Ristolainen – Reinhart – Rodrigues
2:11100% CF
PP2Pominville – Sheary – Thompson – Mittelstadt – Dahlin
1:24100% CF
PK1FSobotka – Larsson
1:21
PK2FBerglund – Eichel
1:01
PK1DBogosian – Scandella
2:42
PK2DBeaulieu – McCabe
0:55

Current BUF line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

4:43
BUFNathan Beaulieu (Kyle Okposo, Rasmus Dahlin)snap0.02 xG
VAN: Roussel, Tanev, Granlund, Pouliot, MotteBUF: Okposo, Beaulieu, Sheary, Mittelstadt, Dahlin
VAN 0 – 1 BUF

2nd period

18:16
VANLoui Eriksson (Markus Granlund, Bo Horvat)wrist0.15 xG
VAN: Eriksson, Tanev, Granlund, Pouliot, HorvatBUF: Pominville, Skinner, McCabe, Ristolainen, Eichel
VAN 1 – 1 BUF
19:26
VANJake Virtanen (Antoine Roussel)backhand0.01 xG
VAN: Del Zotto, Archibald, Virtanen, Stecher, PetterssonBUF: Berglund, Bogosian, Scandella, Larsson, Thompson
VAN 2 – 1 BUF

3rd period

3:44
VANErik Gudbranson (Loui Eriksson, Antoine Roussel)snap0.03 xG
VAN: Eriksson, Roussel, Gudbranson, Hutton, HorvatBUF: Pominville, Bogosian, Scandella, Skinner, Eichel
VAN 3 – 1 BUF
17:33
BUFJeff Skinner (Sam Reinhart, Rasmus Ristolainen)wrist0.11 xG
VAN: Eriksson, Roussel, Tanev, Pouliot, PetterssonBUF: Okposo, Skinner, Ristolainen, Reinhart, Eichel, Dahlin
VAN 3 – 2 BUF
18:13
BUFSam Reinhart (Rasmus Ristolainen, Rasmus Dahlin)snap0.29 xG
VAN: Eriksson, Roussel, Tanev, Pouliot, HorvatBUF: Okposo, Skinner, Ristolainen, Reinhart, Eichel, Dahlin
VAN 3 – 3 BUF

Decided in the shootout: VAN 3 – 4 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
Elias Pettersson C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	2	1	0	24:11	—	—	48	50
Jake Virtanen R	L1	1	0	1	+1	6	0.25	1	0	2	20:20	—	—	57	53
Nikolay Goldobin R	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.44	0	0	0	19:53	—	—	50	47
Adam Gaudette R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	0	0	0	12:27	—	—	50	35
Brendan Leipsic L	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.32	0	0	0	10:25	—	—	44	32
Darren Archibald R	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.00	1	1	0	9:50	—	—	47	33
Bo Horvat C	L3	0	1	1	+1	4	0.32	0	1	0	24:32	—	—	44	53
Loui Eriksson L	L3	1	1	2	0	2	0.28	0	1	0	17:22	—	—	46	53
Tim Schaller L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	0	0	12:56	—	—	40	23
Markus Granlund C	L4	0	1	1	0	1	0.04	0	0	0	17:02	—	—	54	51
Antoine Roussel L	L4	0	2	2	-2	1	0.17	2	2	2	16:29	—	—	53	62
Tyler Motte C	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.05	0	0	0	7:34	—	—	50	56
Chris Tanev D	D1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.01	1	2	0	22:55	—	—	38	50
Derrick Pouliot D	D1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.20	0	3	0	22:16	—	—	38	47
Ben Hutton D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.33	0	0	0	24:24	—	—	44	48
Erik Gudbranson D	D2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.12	0	1	0	20:32	—	—	49	52
Michael Del Zotto D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.00	2	0	0	15:53	—	—	69	51
Troy Stecher D	D3	0	0	0	+1	5	0.09	1	0	0	14:51	—	—	61	40

VAN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jacob Markstrom(start)	O	37	34	3	.919	3.21	64:58

Buffalo Sabres

BUF skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Kyle Okposo R	L1	0	1	1	+3	3	0.08	0	0	0	17:44	—	—	48	42
Casey Mittelstadt C	L1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.22	0	0	0	14:17	—	—	73	75
Conor Sheary L	L1	0	0	0	+1	3	0.28	0	0	0	14:11	—	—	70	75
Jeff Skinner L	L2	1	0	1	0	4	0.26	2	1	2	19:29	—	—	61	51
Jason Pominville R	L2	0	0	0	-2	2	0.26	0	1	0	18:22	—	—	59	62
Jack Eichel C	L2	0	0	0	0	5	0.40	1	0	0	15:47	—	—	50	48
Evan Rodrigues C	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.33	2	1	2	19:37	—	—	41	39
Vladimir Sobotka C	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.13	2	0	0	16:12	—	—	43	38
Sam Reinhart C	L3	1	1	2	+2	1	0.30	0	1	0	15:09	—	—	67	61
Johan Larsson L	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.26	0	0	2	14:40	—	—	42	47
Patrik Berglund C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	1	0	12:14	—	—	30	30
Tage Thompson C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.13	2	0	0	9:56	—	—	27	40
Zach Bogosian D	D1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.10	0	0	0	26:36	—	—	53	48
Marco Scandella D	D1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.01	0	2	0	22:07	—	—	49	44
Rasmus Ristolainen D	D2	0	2	2	+1	6	0.32	2	1	2	25:11	—	—	60	52
Jake McCabe D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.11	4	1	0	18:22	—	—	56	49
Rasmus Dahlin D	D3	0	2	2	+3	0	0.00	0	0	0	18:02	—	—	47	61
Nathan Beaulieu D	D3	1	0	1	+1	1	0.03	1	1	0	13:38	—	—	38	51

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Carter Hutton(start)	W	39	36	3	.923	2.78	64:16

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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.