Arizona Coyotes vs. Buffalo SabresDec 13, 2018

FinalThursday, Dec 13, 2018· KeyBank Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
ARI	1	0	0	1		ARI	7	13	6	26
BUF	2	0	1	3		BUF	7	15	11	33

: ARI 55BUF 63
: ARI 2.23BUF 3.91
PP goals: ARI 0BUF 0
Hits: ARI 21BUF 23
Blocks: ARI 13BUF 18
PIM: ARI 2BUF 4
: ARI 40%BUF 60%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Buffalo Sabres beat Arizona Coyotes 3–1

Buffalo Sabres beat Arizona Coyotes 3–1 at home. Jeff Skinner (BUF) led the scoring with 1G 0A. Conor Sheary (BUF) played 10:03, −4:38 down on his 14:41 season average over 77 games.

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Conor Sheary (BUF) played 10:03, −4:38 down on his 14:41 season average over 77 games.Sheary
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Christian Fischer (ARI) played 9:52, −3:21 down on his 13:13 season average over 70 games.Fischer
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Niklas Hjalmarsson (ARI) played 14:28, −5:18 down on his 19:46 season average over 81 games.Hjalmarsson
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Conor Garland (ARI) played 16:33, +3:51 up on his 12:43 season average over 46 games.Garland
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Zach Bogosian (BUF) played 25:10, +3:36 up on his 21:34 season average over 64 games.Bogosian
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Mario Kempe (ARI) played 8:10, −3:05 down on his 11:15 season average over 51 games.Kempe
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Nick Schmaltz (ARI) played 20:46, +3:01 up on his 17:45 season average over 39 games.Schmaltz
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Oliver Ekman-Larsson (ARI) played 26:42, +3:06 up on his 23:36 season average over 80 games.Ekman-Larsson

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

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

BUF
ARI
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 118 of 118 attempts · BUF 63 · ARI 55

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

BUF
ARI
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: ARI 23% of the game, BUF 39%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

BUF

ARI

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	ARI	BUF
	60	72
	2.47	3.55
	2.42	3.38
	7	14
	2	7
	12	10
	−0.097	+0.097
	23%	39%

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.

Arizona Coyotes

L1Schmaltz – Crouse – Keller
12:3233% CF
L2Richardson – Archibald – Cousins
12:1948% CF
L3Stepan – Panik – Fischer
8:2858% CF
L4Kempe – Bunting – Garland
7:1669% CF
D1Ekman-Larsson – Connauton
18:4543% CF
D2Oesterle – Chychrun
16:1941% CF
D3Goligoski – Hjalmarsson
14:2352% CF

PP1Ekman-Larsson – Schmaltz – Garland – Keller – Chychrun
1:41100% CF
PP2Goligoski – Stepan – Ekman-Larsson – Panik – Fischer
0:19

Current ARI line combinations →

Buffalo Sabres

L1Skinner – Reinhart – Eichel
15:3857% CF
L2Larsson – Girgensons – Rodrigues
12:3250% CF
L3Pominville – Sobotka – Thompson
10:3360% CF
L4Okposo – Sheary – Mittelstadt
8:4752% CF
D1Bogosian – Dahlin
18:1149% CF
D2Ristolainen – Pilut
17:3549% CF
D3Beaulieu – Tennyson
10:0558% CF

PK1FSobotka – Rodrigues
1:01
PK2FLarsson – Girgensons
0:51
PK1DBogosian – Ristolainen
1:52

Current BUF line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

0:48
BUFCasey Mittelstadt (Conor Sheary)wrist0.12 xG
ARI: Richardson, Goligoski, Hjalmarsson, Archibald, CousinsBUF: Okposo, Beaulieu, Tennyson, Sheary, Mittelstadt
ARI 0 – 1 BUF
6:54
BUFJeff Skinner (Jack Eichel, Sam Reinhart)wrist0.09 xG
ARI: Goligoski, Hjalmarsson, Schmaltz, Crouse, KellerBUF: Bogosian, Skinner, Reinhart, Eichel, Pilut
ARI 0 – 2 BUF
7:19
ARIChristian Fischer (Richard Panik)wrap-around0.01 xG
ARI: Stepan, Panik, Oesterle, Fischer, ChychrunBUF: Okposo, Bogosian, Sheary, Mittelstadt, Dahlin
ARI 1 – 2 BUF

3rd period

6:28
BUFEvan Rodrigueswrist0.06 xG
ARI: Goligoski, Hjalmarsson, Stepan, Panik, FischerBUF: Bogosian, Larsson, Girgensons, Ristolainen, Rodrigues
ARI 1 – 3 BUF

Box score

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

Arizona Coyotes

ARI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nick Schmaltz C	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.06	0	1	0	20:46	—	—	29	16
Clayton Keller R	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	20:35	—	—	36	18
Lawson Crouse L	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	8	0	0	13:37	—	—	30	5
Brad Richardson R	L2	0	0	0	-1	4	0.07	0	2	0	15:39	—	—	42	43
Nick Cousins C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.14	0	1	0	14:57	—	—	44	43
Josh Archibald R	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.62	1	0	0	14:26	—	—	46	44
Richard Panik R	L3	0	1	1	0	2	0.07	2	0	0	17:33	—	—	61	54
Derek Stepan C	L3	0	0	0	0	4	0.20	0	0	2	17:19	—	—	57	52
Christian Fischer R	L3	1	0	1	0	1	0.01	1	0	0	9:52	—	—	58	53
Conor Garland R	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.22	1	1	0	16:33	—	—	57	67
Michael Bunting L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.32	1	0	0	11:37	—	—	44	64
Mario Kempe R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	0	0	8:10	—	—	60	77
Oliver Ekman-Larsson D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.11	3	1	0	26:42	—	—	43	19
Kevin Connauton D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	3	0	0	19:39	—	—	44	20
Jakob Chychrun D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.27	0	1	0	22:51	—	—	41	58
Jordan Oesterle D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.03	0	2	0	17:21	—	—	42	60
Alex Goligoski D	D3	0	0	0	-3	0	0.05	0	2	0	18:48	—	—	53	48
Niklas Hjalmarsson D	D3	0	0	0	-3	0	0.00	0	2	0	14:28	—	—	52	46

ARI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Darcy Kuemper(start)	L	33	30	3	.909	2.96	57:07

Buffalo Sabres

BUF skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jeff Skinner L	L1	1	0	1	+1	6	0.68	0	0	2	18:30	—	—	56	47
Jack Eichel C	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.50	1	1	0	18:11	—	—	57	48
Sam Reinhart C	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.29	0	0	0	18:10	—	—	54	47
Evan Rodrigues C	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.08	0	0	0	16:48	—	—	48	52
Johan Larsson L	L2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.60	2	3	0	16:13	—	—	48	53
Zemgus Girgensons C	L2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.17	1	0	0	16:08	—	—	48	52
Vladimir Sobotka C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	0	1	0	13:45	—	—	60	85
Jason Pominville R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.16	0	1	0	11:37	—	—	64	87
Tage Thompson C	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.22	1	0	0	11:36	—	—	60	85
Casey Mittelstadt C	L4	1	0	1	0	3	0.27	0	0	0	12:57	—	—	54	73
Kyle Okposo R	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.35	3	0	0	11:53	—	—	54	78
Conor Sheary L	L4	0	1	1	0	0	0.11	0	0	0	10:03	—	—	54	80
Zach Bogosian D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	4	0	25:10	—	—	51	53
Rasmus Dahlin D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.05	3	1	0	21:23	—	—	50	46
Rasmus Ristolainen D	D2	0	0	0	+1	4	0.31	4	5	0	27:34	—	—	56	85
Lawrence Pilut D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	2	1	2	18:45	—	—	51	78
Nathan Beaulieu D	D3	0	0	0	+1	4	0.06	0	1	0	15:05	—	—	63	32
Matt Tennyson D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	4	0	0	12:12	—	—	63	52

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Carter Hutton(start)	W	26	25	1	.962	2.23	60:00

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.