Vancouver Canucks vs. Buffalo SabresJan 13, 2024

FinalSaturday, Jan 13, 2024· KeyBank Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
VAN	0	1	0	1		VAN	7	7	9	23
BUF	0	0	0	0		BUF	9	8	9	26

: VAN 47BUF 56
: VAN 2.60BUF 2.40
PP goals: VAN 0BUF 0
Hits: VAN 27BUF 22
Blocks: VAN 17BUF 12
PIM: VAN 15BUF 13
: VAN 60%BUF 40%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vancouver Canucks edge Buffalo Sabres 1–0

Vancouver Canucks beat Buffalo Sabres 1–0 at BUF. Sam Lafferty (VAN) led the scoring with 1G 0A. Mattias Samuelsson (BUF) played 7:25, −13:25 down on his 20:50 season average over 40 games.

Usage
Mattias Samuelsson (BUF) played 7:25, −13:25 down on his 20:50 season average over 40 games.Samuelsson
Luck
BUF scored 0 goals on 2.39 expected goals (56 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Ryan Johnson (BUF) played 22:22, +8:43 up on his 13:39 season average over 40 games.Johnson
New line
New look for BUF: Greenway–Robinson–Benson skated 6:21 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (30% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Greenway Robinson Benson
Luck
VAN scored 1 goal on 2.61 expected goals (47 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Andrei Kuzmenko (VAN) played 10:15, −4:42 down on his 14:57 season average over 71 games.Kuzmenko
Usage
Connor Clifton (BUF) played 20:07, +3:36 up on his 16:31 season average over 78 games.Clifton
Usage
Quinn Hughes (VAN) played 21:23, −3:21 down on his 24:44 season average over 81 games.Hughes

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 103 of 103 attempts · BUF 56 · VAN 47

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 39% of the game, BUF 29%.

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
	42	40
	2.01	1.50
	1.91	1.44
	7	5
	4	1
	10	4
	+0.135	−0.134
	39%	29%

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 – Boeser – Pettersson
9:5538% CF
L2Blueger – Joshua – Garland
9:3853% CF
L3Lafferty – Hoglander – Aman
6:1867% CF
L4Suter – Mikheyev – Kuzmenko
6:0546% CF
D1Hronek – Hughes
13:0758% CF
D2Cole – Zadorov
11:5458% CF
D3Myers – Soucy
11:1442% CF

PP1Miller – Boeser – Pettersson – Hughes – Kuzmenko
2:2467% CF
PP2Lafferty – Garland – Hronek – Suter – Mikheyev
1:13100% CF
PK1FPettersson – Mikheyev
1:15
PK2FSuter – Aman
1:14
PK1DCole – Hronek
1:10
PK2DMyers – Soucy
1:01

Current VAN line combinations →

Buffalo Sabres

L1Cozens – Quinn – Peterka
8:5746% CF
L2Tuch – Thompson – Mittelstadt
8:1769% CF
L3Greenway – Robinson – Benson
6:2130% CF
L4Okposo – Girgensons – Krebs
5:1867% CF
D1Clifton – Johnson
7:5957% CF
D2Johnson – Power
4:5938% CF
D3Samuelsson – Dahlin
3:4340% CF

PP1Tuch – Thompson – Mittelstadt – Dahlin – Quinn
3:28100% CF
PP2Okposo – Dahlin – Quinn – Peterka – Benson
1:19100% CF
PK1FGreenway – Cozens
1:27
PK2FTuch – Quinn
0:46
PK1DJohnson – Samuelsson
1:06
PK2DClifton – Power
0:46

Current BUF line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

2:05
VANSam Lafferty (Nikita Zadorov)wrist0.43 xG
VAN: Cole, Zadorov, Lafferty, Hoglander, AmanBUF: Clifton, Greenway, Robinson, Johnson, Peterka
VAN 1 – 0 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	2	0.20	5	3	0	20:01	—	—	48	49
Brock Boeser R	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.30	0	0	0	18:32	—	—	50	49
J.T. Miller C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.16	4	0	7	17:53	—	—	39	37
Teddy Blueger C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.24	1	1	0	16:44	—	—	52	48
Conor Garland R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	2	0	0	15:11	—	—	55	46
Dakota Joshua C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.34	2	2	2	14:18	—	—	50	46
Sam Lafferty C	L3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.47	1	0	0	11:01	—	—	62	89
Nils Hoglander L	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.00	1	2	2	10:48	—	—	67	95
Nils Aman C	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.10	0	1	0	10:34	—	—	73	96
Pius Suter C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.12	2	0	0	14:21	—	—	43	71
Ilya Mikheyev R	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.38	1	0	0	13:37	—	—	43	71
Andrei Kuzmenko L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	1	1	0	10:15	—	—	43	85
Quinn Hughes D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.05	1	0	0	21:23	—	—	57	52
Filip Hronek D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0.07	0	0	2	20:31	—	—	58	53
Ian Cole D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.01	1	2	2	18:15	—	—	48	50
Nikita Zadorov D	D2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.09	3	2	0	17:54	—	—	54	60
Tyler Myers D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	1	0	20:52	—	—	39	83
Carson Soucy D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	2	0	17:50	—	—	50	93

VAN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Thatcher Demko(start)	W	26	26	0	.1000	2.40	60:00

Buffalo Sabres

BUF skaters
Skater	Line	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jack Quinn R	L1	0	1	0.05	1	0	0	18:23	—	—	41	53
Dylan Cozens C	L1	0	1	0.07	3	1	0	17:30	—	—	53	61
JJ Peterka R	L1	-1	2	0.43	1	0	0	16:01	—	—	41	34
Casey Mittelstadt C	L2	0	3	0.10	0	0	0	19:10	—	—	57	78
Alex Tuch R	L2	0	2	0.10	2	2	0	18:37	—	—	58	70
Tage Thompson C	L2	0	3	0.54	0	0	2	18:32	—	—	58	83
Jordan Greenway L	L3	-1	3	0.33	2	2	2	16:11	—	—	40	9
Zach Benson L	L3	0	3	0.15	0	1	0	11:11	—	—	36	13
Eric Robinson L	L3	-1	0	0.00	4	0	0	10:30	—	—	25	4
Kyle Okposo R	L4	0	1	0.20	3	0	0	13:16	—	—	67	43
Zemgus Girgensons C	L4	0	1	0.25	1	1	0	12:49	—	—	63	35
Peyton Krebs C	L4	0	1	0.01	0	0	2	10:25	—	—	47	31
Ryan Johnson D	D1	-1	2	0.12	0	1	0	22:22	—	—	59	55
Connor Clifton D	D1	-1	1	0.02	2	1	0	20:07	—	—	40	8
Owen Power D	D2	0	0	0.01	0	0	2	24:34	—	—	56	56
Erik Johnson D	D2	0	1	0.00	0	2	5	13:43	—	—	24	0
Rasmus Dahlin D	D3	0	1	0.02	3	1	0	23:09	—	—	50	68
Mattias Samuelsson D	D3	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	7:25	—	—	44	44

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen(start)	L	23	22	1	.957	2.30	58:05

Goal anatomy

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

Sam Lafferty (VAN) 2nd 2:05 · assists Nikita Zadorov · Forecheck turnover · 6.1 mph shot.

Sam Lafferty · 2nd 2:05 · VAN

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 2
Shot: 6.1 mph
Distance: 9 ft

Watch on NHL.com → · Tracking-derived via NHL EDGE

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.