Vancouver Canucks vs. Buffalo SabresNov 15, 2022

FinalTuesday, Nov 15, 2022· KeyBank Center

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Vancouver CanucksVAN

5

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Buffalo SabresBUF

4

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
VAN	2	3	0	5		VAN	15	12	5	32
BUF	1	2	1	4		BUF	8	9	15	32

: VAN 57BUF 66
: VAN 4.01BUF 3.02
PP goals: VAN 2BUF 0
Hits: VAN 11BUF 5
Blocks: VAN 19BUF 14
PIM: VAN 6BUF 6
: VAN 56%BUF 44%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vancouver Canucks edge Buffalo Sabres 5–4

Vancouver Canucks beat Buffalo Sabres 5–4 at BUF. Bo Horvat (VAN) led the scoring with 1G 2A. VAN's first power-play unit (Miller, Horvat, Boeser, Pettersson and Hughes) scored 2 power-play goals on 12 attempts in 3:12 together.

Points
Alex Tuch had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 21:32.Tuch
Points
Bo Horvat had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 8 shots in 22:42.Horvat
Points
Jeff Skinner had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 18:29.Skinner
Points
Elias Pettersson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 18:49.Pettersson
Points
Tage Thompson had 2 assists (2 points) on 6 shots in 21:37.Thompson
PP1
VAN's first power-play unit (Miller, Horvat, Boeser, Pettersson and Hughes) scored 2 power-play goals on 12 attempts in 3:12 together.Miller Horvat Boeser Pettersson Hughes
New line
New look for BUF: Hinostroza–Cozens–Peterka skated 12:47 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (47.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Hinostroza Cozens Peterka
New line
New look for BUF: Sheahan–Girgensons–Asplund skated 5:16 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (37.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Sheahan Girgensons Asplund

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 123 of 123 attempts · BUF 66 · VAN 57

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 38% of the game, BUF 30%.

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
	52	64
	2.88	2.31
	2.84	2.25
	16	6
	6	10
	14	8
	+0.040	−0.040
	38%	30%

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

L1Miller – Horvat – Garland
13:2265% CF
L2Pettersson – Mikheyev – Kuzmenko
9:2048% CF
L3Joshua – Lockwood – Aman
9:0443% CF
L4Boeser – Dries – Hoglander
5:4336% CF
D1Myers – Burroughs
14:3248% CF
D2Schenn – Hughes
13:5537% CF
D3Ekman-Larsson – Bear
13:5163% CF

PP1Miller – Horvat – Boeser – Pettersson – Hughes
3:12100% CF
PP2Ekman-Larsson – Miller – Horvat – Boeser – Mikheyev
0:180% CF
PK1FMiller – Aman
1:44
PK2FPettersson – Mikheyev
1:38
PK1DMyers – Burroughs
2:24
PK2DSchenn – Bear
1:24

Current VAN line combinations →

Buffalo Sabres

L1Skinner – Tuch – Thompson
12:5060% CF
L2Hinostroza – Cozens – Peterka
12:4748% CF
L3Olofsson – Mittelstadt – Krebs
10:5156% CF
L4Sheahan – Girgensons – Asplund
5:1638% CF
D1Dahlin – Power
19:4560% CF
D2Jokiharju – Bryson
7:2750% CF
D3Pilut – Lyubushkin
7:1336% CF

PP1Skinner – Tuch – Olofsson – Thompson – Dahlin
3:38100% CF
PP2Mittelstadt – Krebs – Cozens – Peterka – Power
2:12100% CF
PK1FTuch – Thompson
1:38
PK2FGirgensons – Asplund
1:35
PK1DJokiharju – Lyubushkin
2:06
PK2DBryson – Pilut
0:24

Current BUF line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

8:01
VANDakota Joshua (Nils Aman, William Lockwood)snap0.33 xG
VAN: Ekman-Larsson, Joshua, Bear, Lockwood, AmanBUF: Skinner, Tuch, Thompson, Pilut, Lyubushkin
VAN 1 – 0 BUF
9:18
VANEthan Bear (Bo Horvat, Conor Garland)snap0.15 xG
VAN: Ekman-Larsson, Miller, Horvat, Bear, GarlandBUF: Olofsson, Mittelstadt, Dahlin, Krebs, Power
VAN 2 – 0 BUF
11:15
BUFJeff Skinner (Rasmus Dahlin, Alex Tuch)snap0.20 xG
VAN: Schenn, Boeser, Dries, Hughes, HoglanderBUF: Skinner, Tuch, Thompson, Dahlin, Power
VAN 2 – 1 BUF

2nd period

0:31
VANElias Pettersson (Oliver Ekman-Larsson)tip-in0.08 xG
VAN: Ekman-Larsson, Pettersson, Hughes, Mikheyev, KuzmenkoBUF: Girgensons, Asplund, Jokiharju, Bryson, Dahlin
VAN 3 – 1 BUF
3:43
BUFJeff Skinner (Tage Thompson, Alex Tuch)snap0.10 xG
VAN: Ekman-Larsson, Bear, Dries, Hoglander, KuzmenkoBUF: Skinner, Tuch, Thompson, Dahlin, Power
VAN 3 – 2 BUF
7:13
VANJ.T. MillerPP (Bo Horvat)wrist0.03 xG
VAN: Miller, Horvat, Boeser, Pettersson, HughesBUF: Mittelstadt, Jokiharju, Dahlin, Cozens
VAN 4 – 2 BUF
8:25
VANBo HorvatPP (Brock Boeser, Elias Pettersson)snap0.20 xG
VAN: Miller, Horvat, Boeser, Pettersson, HughesBUF: Mittelstadt, Bryson, Pilut, Cozens
VAN 5 – 2 BUF
11:12
BUFAlex Tuch (Owen Power, Tage Thompson)tip-in0.06 xG
VAN: Schenn, Burroughs, Boeser, Dries, HoglanderBUF: Skinner, Tuch, Thompson, Dahlin, Power
VAN 5 – 3 BUF

3rd period

12:02
BUFCasey Mittelstadt (Dylan Cozens, Peyton Krebs)wrist0.09 xG
VAN: Ekman-Larsson, Joshua, Boeser, Dries, HughesBUF: Mittelstadt, Krebs, Cozens, Peterka, Power
VAN 5 – 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
J.T. Miller C	L1	1	0	1	+1	4	0.22	0	1	0	25:05	—	—	49	65
Bo Horvat C	L1	1	2	3	+1	8	1.15	0	1	4	22:42	—	—	53	64
Conor Garland R	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.72	0	0	0	18:33	—	—	53	69
Elias Pettersson C	L2	1	1	2	+1	1	0.08	0	2	0	18:49	—	—	48	60
Ilya Mikheyev R	L2	0	0	0	+1	3	0.32	0	0	0	16:14	—	—	48	61
Andrei Kuzmenko L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.36	0	0	0	11:06	—	—	44	51
Nils Aman C	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.09	0	2	0	15:45	—	—	32	65
Dakota Joshua C	L3	1	0	1	0	1	0.33	1	0	0	11:21	—	—	38	67
William Lockwood R	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.01	2	2	0	10:18	—	—	38	78
Brock Boeser R	L4	0	1	1	-3	1	0.08	0	0	2	13:09	—	—	36	19
Sheldon Dries C	L4	0	0	0	-4	0	0.00	0	2	0	7:33	—	—	40	20
Nils Hoglander L	L4	0	0	0	-3	1	0.01	1	0	0	6:45	—	—	38	6
Kyle Burroughs D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	2	0	20:06	—	—	43	71
Tyler Myers D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.38	1	3	0	18:45	—	—	43	65
Quinn Hughes D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	0	0	0	21:42	—	—	35	19
Luke Schenn D	D2	0	0	0	-2	4	0.07	3	3	0	19:46	—	—	38	16
Ethan Bear D	D3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.18	1	1	0	18:41	—	—	64	83
Oliver Ekman-Larsson D	D3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.01	0	0	0	17:40	—	—	49	66

VAN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Spencer Martin(start)	W	32	28	4	.875	3.02	60:00

Buffalo Sabres

BUF skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Tage Thompson C	L1	0	2	2	+2	6	0.65	0	2	0	21:37	—	—	57	42
Alex Tuch R	L1	1	2	3	+2	3	0.37	0	1	0	21:32	—	—	62	46
Jeff Skinner L	L1	2	0	2	+2	3	0.44	1	0	0	18:29	—	—	60	45
Dylan Cozens C	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.03	1	0	0	18:20	—	—	56	32
JJ Peterka R	L2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.33	1	0	0	16:33	—	—	50	31
Vinnie Hinostroza C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.07	0	0	0	16:09	—	—	55	40
Casey Mittelstadt C	L3	1	0	1	0	2	0.19	0	0	0	16:11	—	—	64	58
Victor Olofsson L	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.39	0	0	0	15:44	—	—	53	36
Peyton Krebs C	L3	0	1	1	0	1	0.07	0	0	0	15:13	—	—	64	53
Zemgus Girgensons C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.32	0	1	0	9:05	—	—	43	66
Rasmus Asplund C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	8:18	—	—	36	63
Riley Sheahan C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	7:31	—	—	46	79
Rasmus Dahlin D	D1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.09	1	2	4	28:39	—	—	56	45
Owen Power D	D1	0	1	1	+3	1	0.03	0	1	0	26:49	—	—	62	51
Henri Jokiharju D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.02	1	2	0	18:14	—	—	52	52
Jacob Bryson D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	12:04	—	—	53	53
Lawrence Pilut D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.01	0	1	0	14:49	—	—	42	26
Ilya Lyubushkin D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.00	0	2	2	13:01	—	—	43	20

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Craig Anderson(start)	L	32	27	5	.844	3.34	57:56

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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.