Vancouver Canucks vs. Buffalo SabresJan 11, 2020

FinalSaturday, Jan 11, 2020· KeyBank Center

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Vancouver CanucksVAN

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Buffalo SabresBUF

3

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
VAN	1	1	4	6		VAN	13	9	13	35
BUF	1	1	1	3		BUF	9	9	10	28

: VAN 56BUF 49
: VAN 2.78BUF 2.29
PP goals: VAN 0BUF 0
Hits: VAN 11BUF 15
Blocks: VAN 12BUF 6
PIM: VAN 6BUF 2
: VAN 53%BUF 47%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vancouver Canucks beat Buffalo Sabres 6–3

Vancouver Canucks beat Buffalo Sabres 6–3 at BUF. Brock Boeser (VAN) led the scoring with 2G 0A. VAN scored 6 goals on 2.78 expected goals (56 attempts), finishing well above its chances.

Points
Brock Boeser had two goals (2 points) on 8 shots in 15:08.Boeser
Points
Bo Horvat had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 19:15.Horvat
Points
J.T. Miller had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 18:15.Miller
Points
Jack Eichel had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 22:46.Eichel
Points
Rasmus Dahlin had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 24:16.Dahlin
Points
Tanner Pearson had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 16:48.Pearson
Luck
VAN scored 6 goals on 2.78 expected goals (56 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
Usage
Loui Eriksson (VAN) played 17:06, +4:50 up on his 12:16 season average over 48 games.Eriksson

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 105 of 105 attempts · BUF 49 · 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 25%.

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
	55	40
	2.50	1.52
	2.39	1.48
	10	5
	2	0
	10	2
	+0.001	−0.001
	35%	25%

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

L1Eriksson – Pearson – Horvat
13:0972% CF
L2Roussel – Virtanen – Gaudette
10:4956% CF
L3Miller – Boeser – Pettersson
10:2459% CF
L4Beagle – Schaller – Motte
8:0238% CF
D1Tanev – Hughes
12:5780% CF
D2Edler – Stecher
12:2958% CF
D3Myers – Fantenberg
12:2556% CF

PP1Miller – Horvat – Boeser – Pettersson – Hughes
2:43
PP2Myers – Roussel – Pearson – Virtanen – Gaudette
0:34100% CF
PK1FMiller – Schaller
2:18
PK2FEriksson – Motte
0:39
PK1DEdler – Tanev
3:16
PK2DMyers – Fantenberg
0:27

Current VAN line combinations →

Buffalo Sabres

L1Vesey – Reinhart – Eichel
12:4931% CF
L2Okposo – Larsson – Girgensons
10:4263% CF
L3Frolik – Johansson – Sheary
8:5945% CF
L4Lazar – Rodrigues – Asplund
3:5240% CF
D1Montour – Dahlin
17:3340% CF
D2Jokiharju – Pilut
15:0957% CF
D3McCabe – Ristolainen
12:4430% CF

PP1Johansson – Ristolainen – Reinhart – Eichel – Dahlin
3:16100% CF
PP2Okposo – Johansson – Vesey – Eichel – Dahlin
0:270% CF
PK1FFrolik – Lazar
1:51
PK2FGirgensons – Asplund
0:47
PK1DMontour – Pilut
1:41
PK2DMcCabe – Ristolainen
1:12

Current BUF line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

8:44
BUFBrandon Montour (Rasmus Dahlin, Jack Eichel)slap0.02 xG
VAN: Edler, Beagle, Tanev, Miller, SchallerBUF: Johansson, Reinhart, Montour, Eichel, Dahlin
VAN 0 – 1 BUF
15:33
VANBrock Boeser (Troy Stecher, J.T. Miller)tip-in0.08 xG
VAN: Miller, Boeser, Stecher, Pettersson, HughesBUF: Okposo, Larsson, Girgensons, Montour, Dahlin
VAN 1 – 1 BUF

2nd period

3:44
VANBo HorvatSH (Tanner Pearson, Quinn Hughes)wrist0.16 xG
VAN: Pearson, Horvat, Boeser, Stecher, HughesBUF: Okposo, Larsson, Girgensons, Jokiharju, Pilut
VAN 2 – 1 BUF
6:25
BUFSam Reinhart (Rasmus Dahlin, Jack Eichel)slap0.11 xG
VAN: Edler, Tanev, Miller, SchallerBUF: Johansson, Ristolainen, Reinhart, Eichel, Dahlin
VAN 2 – 2 BUF

3rd period

1:17
VANJ.T. Miller (Elias Pettersson)wrist0.01 xG
VAN: Edler, Miller, Boeser, Stecher, PetterssonBUF: Frolik, Johansson, McCabe, Ristolainen, Sheary
VAN 3 – 2 BUF
3:28
BUFZemgus Girgensons (Kyle Okposo, Rasmus Ristolainen)tip-in0.06 xG
VAN: Roussel, Virtanen, Gaudette, Stecher, HughesBUF: Okposo, Larsson, Girgensons, Ristolainen, Jokiharju
VAN 3 – 3 BUF
6:24
VANBrock Boeser (Chris Tanev)wrist0.11 xG
VAN: Tanev, Miller, Boeser, Pettersson, HughesBUF: Vesey, Reinhart, Eichel, Jokiharju, Pilut
VAN 4 – 3 BUF
7:38
VANJake Virtanen (Tyler Motte, Adam Gaudette)wrist0.26 xG
VAN: Edler, Myers, Roussel, Motte, Virtanen, GaudetteBUF: Larsson, Montour, Rodrigues, Asplund, Dahlin
VAN 5 – 3 BUF
17:48
VANLoui Eriksson (Bo Horvat, Tanner Pearson)wrist0.05 xG
VAN: Eriksson, Edler, Tanev, Pearson, HorvatBUF: Johansson, Ristolainen, Sheary, Reinhart, Eichel, Dahlin
VAN 6 – 3 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
Bo Horvat C	L1	1	1	2	+2	3	0.45	1	1	0	19:15	—	—	77	77
Loui Eriksson L	L1	1	0	1	+1	1	0.04	0	0	0	17:06	—	—	68	65
Tanner Pearson L	L1	0	2	2	+2	1	0.12	2	0	0	16:48	—	—	64	71
Adam Gaudette R	L2	0	1	1	0	3	0.34	1	0	0	14:56	—	—	57	81
Jake Virtanen R	L2	1	0	1	0	3	0.32	0	1	0	14:15	—	—	58	83
Antoine Roussel L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	13:30	—	—	67	83
J.T. Miller C	L3	1	1	2	+2	3	0.09	1	1	0	18:15	—	—	62	55
Brock Boeser R	L3	2	0	2	+4	8	0.57	0	1	0	15:08	—	—	70	72
Elias Pettersson C	L3	0	1	1	+3	2	0.23	0	0	2	14:41	—	—	75	73
Tim Schaller L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	1	0	13:45	—	—	18	14
Jay Beagle C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.20	0	0	4	11:12	—	—	23	30
Tyler Motte C	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.09	1	1	0	10:38	—	—	44	76
Quinn Hughes D	D1	0	1	1	+2	3	0.15	0	0	0	22:49	—	—	74	69
Chris Tanev D	D1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	1	0	19:24	—	—	50	40
Alexander Edler D	D2	0	0	0	+2	1	0.04	2	2	0	21:23	—	—	41	53
Troy Stecher D	D2	0	1	1	+2	0	0.01	1	1	0	13:51	—	—	60	73
Tyler Myers D	D3	0	0	0	+1	4	0.03	0	2	0	24:01	—	—	51	64
Oscar Fantenberg D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.09	1	0	0	15:06	—	—	53	65

VAN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jacob Markstrom(start)	W	28	25	3	.893	2.29	59:39

Buffalo Sabres

BUF skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jack Eichel C	L1	0	2	2	-1	3	0.18	0	0	0	22:46	—	—	43	48
Sam Reinhart C	L1	1	0	1	-1	3	0.40	0	0	0	21:17	—	—	52	55
Jimmy Vesey L	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.10	0	1	0	16:47	—	—	35	35
Zemgus Girgensons C	L2	1	0	1	-1	1	0.11	3	0	0	14:50	—	—	43	27
Johan Larsson L	L2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	1	0	0	14:02	—	—	56	21
Kyle Okposo R	L2	0	1	1	-1	0	0.01	0	0	0	11:51	—	—	56	32
Marcus Johansson L	L3	0	0	0	-1	6	0.39	0	0	0	20:25	—	—	64	71
Conor Sheary L	L3	0	0	0	-2	3	0.16	2	0	0	16:31	—	—	47	50
Michael Frolik R	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.56	1	1	0	13:06	—	—	25	23
Evan Rodrigues C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.05	1	0	0	10:00	—	—	41	26
Curtis Lazar C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	1	0	0	8:50	—	—	29	17
Rasmus Asplund C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	1	0	0	6:43	—	—	20	6
Rasmus Dahlin D	D1	0	2	2	-2	2	0.10	0	0	0	24:16	—	—	50	54
Brandon Montour D	D1	1	0	1	-1	4	0.07	2	2	0	22:35	—	—	33	31
Henri Jokiharju D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	18:17	—	—	61	52
Lawrence Pilut D	D2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.09	0	2	0	17:42	—	—	38	37
Rasmus Ristolainen D	D3	0	1	1	-1	0	0.00	1	0	2	20:57	—	—	42	39
Jake McCabe D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	1	0	0	16:00	—	—	30	7

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Carter Hutton(start)	L	34	29	5	.853	2.74	59:05

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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.