Arizona Coyotes vs. Buffalo SabresOct 16, 2021

Final / SOSaturday, Oct 16, 2021· KeyBank Center

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	SO	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
ARI	1	0	0	0	0	1		ARI	5	9	5	2	21
BUF	0	1	0	0	1	2		BUF	14	8	10	1	33

: ARI 37BUF 53
: ARI 1.57BUF 3.08
PP goals: ARI 0BUF 1
Hits: ARI 15BUF 15
Blocks: ARI 10BUF 9
PIM: ARI 2BUF 4
: ARI 43%BUF 58%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Buffalo Sabres edge Arizona Coyotes 2–1 (SO)

Buffalo Sabres beat Arizona Coyotes 2–1 in a shootout at home. Andrew Ladd (ARI) led the scoring with 1G 0A. New look for ARI: Ladd–Larsson–Dzingel skated 10:56 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (47.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

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New look for ARI: Ladd–Larsson–Dzingel skated 10:56 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (47.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Ladd Larsson Dzingel
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New look for ARI: Boyd–Crouse–Keller skated 10:48 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (40% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Boyd Crouse Keller
Luck
BUF scored 1 goal on 3.08 expected goals (53 attempts), well short of its chances.
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New look for ARI: Beagle–O'Brien–Fischer skated 9:11 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (15.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Beagle O'Brien Fischer
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New look for BUF: Bjork–Caggiula–Ruotsalainen skated 8:46 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (63.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Bjork Caggiula Ruotsalainen
Usage
Ryan Dzingel (ARI) played 17:27, +3:52 up on his 13:35 season average over 31 games.Dzingel
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Victor Olofsson (BUF) played 21:06, +5:48 up on his 15:18 season average over 71 games.Olofsson
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Jacob Bryson (BUF) played 22:36, +4:20 up on his 18:16 season average over 72 games.Bryson

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 90 of 90 attempts · BUF 53 · ARI 37

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 13% of the game, BUF 52%.

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
	34	53
	1.25	2.64
	1.13	2.54
	8	13
	1	1
	12	12
	−0.045	+0.045
	13%	52%

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

L1Ladd – Larsson – Dzingel
10:5647% CF
L2Boyd – Crouse – Keller
10:4840% CF
L3Eriksson – Kessel – Schmaltz
9:5233% CF
L4Beagle – O'Brien – Fischer
9:1115% CF
D1Stralman – Chychrun
18:5143% CF
D2Timmins – Lyubushkin
13:4346% CF
D3Gostisbehere – Soderstrom
12:0511% CF

PP1Kessel – Gostisbehere – Fischer – Crouse – Keller
2:3380% CF
PP2Eriksson – Ladd – Schmaltz – Chychrun – Soderstrom
0:57100% CF
PK1FLarsson – Dzingel
1:54
PK2FCrouse – Keller
0:52
PK1DTimmins – Lyubushkin
2:02
PK2DStralman – Chychrun
1:42

Current ARI line combinations →

Buffalo Sabres

L1Olofsson – Asplund – Thompson
13:32100% CF
L2Skinner – Hinostroza – Cozens
9:4758% CF
L3Bjork – Caggiula – Ruotsalainen
8:4664% CF
L4Okposo – Eakin – Girgensons
8:0142% CF
D1Miller – Bryson
16:0871% CF
D2Butcher – Dahlin
16:0650% CF
D3Pysyk – Hagg
12:3070% CF

PP1Skinner – Girgensons – Olofsson – Thompson – Dahlin
2:28100% CF
PP2Okposo – Miller – Asplund – Bryson – Cozens
0:53100% CF
PK1FBjork – Caggiula
1:31
PK2FOkposo – Girgensons
0:53
PK1DPysyk – Hagg
1:23
PK2DButcher – Bryson
0:28

Current BUF line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

13:51
ARIAndrew Ladd (Ryan Dzingel, Johan Larsson)wrist0.20 xG
ARI: Ladd, Larsson, Dzingel, Timmins, LyubushkinBUF: Skinner, Pysyk, Hinostroza, Hagg, Cozens
ARI 1 – 0 BUF

2nd period

1:05
BUFCody EakinPP (Drake Caggiula, Rasmus Dahlin)wrist0.28 xG
ARI: O'Brien, Fischer, Timmins, LyubushkinBUF: Eakin, Miller, Caggiula, Bryson, Cozens
ARI 1 – 1 BUF

Decided in the shootout: ARI 1 – 2 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
Johan Larsson L	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.02	2	0	0	18:25	—	—	50	40
Ryan Dzingel C	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.24	0	0	0	17:27	—	—	50	40
Andrew Ladd L	L1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.20	2	0	0	16:10	—	—	44	30
Clayton Keller R	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.14	1	0	0	18:50	—	—	39	47
Lawson Crouse L	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.47	2	1	0	18:38	—	—	41	66
Travis Boyd C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	0	1	0	12:32	—	—	38	48
Phil Kessel R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	15:59	—	—	38	58
Nick Schmaltz C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	0	1	0	15:53	—	—	35	45
Loui Eriksson L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	0	0	0	14:38	—	—	36	54
Christian Fischer R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	14:38	—	—	21	5
Jay Beagle C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	2	14:17	—	—	32	19
Liam O'Brien C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.12	2	0	0	11:43	—	—	31	14
Jakob Chychrun D	D1	0	0	0	0	5	0.12	4	1	0	27:30	—	—	50	31
Anton Stralman D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	21:19	—	—	43	26
Conor Timmins D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.02	1	3	0	18:39	—	—	39	45
Ilya Lyubushkin D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.00	1	0	0	17:38	—	—	57	51
Victor Soderstrom D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	2	0	18:27	—	—	22	19
Shayne Gostisbehere D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	0	1	0	18:24	—	—	23	9

ARI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Karel Vejmelka(start)	O	33	32	1	.970	3.08	65:00

Buffalo Sabres

BUF skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Victor Olofsson L	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.32	0	0	2	21:06	—	—	76	79
Tage Thompson C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.37	0	1	0	19:45	—	—	88	88
Rasmus Asplund C	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.22	0	0	0	17:00	—	—	89	92
Jeff Skinner L	L2	0	0	0	-1	5	0.17	0	0	0	16:23	—	—	59	47
Dylan Cozens C	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.04	0	0	0	15:49	—	—	52	48
Vinnie Hinostroza C	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.15	0	0	0	13:02	—	—	61	50
Drake Caggiula L	L3	0	1	1	0	2	0.20	3	0	0	13:38	—	—	54	86
Anders Bjork L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.14	0	0	0	13:25	—	—	50	86
Arttu Ruotsalainen C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.16	1	0	0	12:07	—	—	69	87
Zemgus Girgensons C	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.28	1	0	0	16:56	—	—	36	67
Kyle Okposo R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.20	0	0	0	16:38	—	—	50	71
Cody Eakin C	L4	1	0	1	0	1	0.28	0	2	0	12:25	—	—	42	67
Jacob Bryson D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	1	0	22:36	—	—	70	89
Colin Miller D	D1	0	0	0	0	4	0.07	1	2	2	22:26	—	—	57	68
Rasmus Dahlin D	D2	0	1	1	0	1	0.02	3	0	0	25:21	—	—	48	50
Will Butcher D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	18:55	—	—	47	66
Robert Hagg D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	2	0	16:57	—	—	68	66
Mark Pysyk D	D3	0	0	0	-1	4	0.44	3	1	0	16:31	—	—	73	71

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Dustin Tokarski(start)	W	21	20	1	.952	1.57	65:00

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.