Anaheim Ducks vs. Buffalo SabresFeb 9, 2020

FinalSunday, Feb 9, 2020· KeyBank Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
ANA	3	0	0	3		ANA	11	12	5	28
BUF	1	1	0	2		BUF	7	11	15	33

: ANA 42BUF 60
: ANA 1.93BUF 1.94
PP goals: ANA 0BUF 1
Hits: ANA 22BUF 11
Blocks: ANA 16BUF 5
PIM: ANA 4BUF 2
: ANA 50%BUF 50%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Anaheim Ducks edge Buffalo Sabres 3–2

Anaheim Ducks beat Buffalo Sabres 3–2 at BUF. Jakob Silfverberg (ANA) led the scoring with 1G 0A. Jimmy Vesey (BUF) played 25:52, +12:15 up on his 13:37 season average over 63 games.

Usage
Jimmy Vesey (BUF) played 25:52, +12:15 up on his 13:37 season average over 63 games.Vesey
PP1
BUF's first power-play unit (Vesey, Ristolainen, Reinhart, Eichel and Dahlin) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 3:09 together.Vesey Ristolainen Reinhart Eichel Dahlin
New line
New look for ANA: Getzlaf–Rakell–Shore skated 11:47 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (46.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Getzlaf Rakell Shore
Usage
Jack Eichel (BUF) played 28:22, +6:23 up on his 21:59 season average over 67 games.Eichel
New line
New look for BUF: Skinner–Sheary–Rodrigues skated 9:03 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Skinner Sheary Rodrigues
Usage
Lawrence Pilut (BUF) played 10:59, −5:42 down on his 16:41 season average over 12 games.Pilut
Usage
Jake McCabe (BUF) played 13:47, −4:49 down on his 18:36 season average over 65 games.McCabe
Usage
Sam Reinhart (BUF) played 25:34, +5:01 up on his 20:33 season average over 68 games.Reinhart

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

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

BUF
ANA
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 102 of 102 attempts · BUF 60 · ANA 42

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

BUF
ANA
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: ANA 26% of the game, BUF 26%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

BUF

ANA

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	ANA	BUF
	29	37
	1.72	1.15
	1.70	1.13
	5	5
	2	2
	2	6
	−0.024	+0.024
	26%	26%

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.

Anaheim Ducks

L1Getzlaf – Rakell – Shore
11:4746% CF
L2Silfverberg – Steel – Jones
11:3638% CF
L3Grant – Deslauriers – Rowney
11:0918% CF
L4Henrique – Ritchie – Terry
9:5075% CF
D1Manson – Lindholm
19:0148% CF
D2Del Zotto – Fowler
15:1347% CF
D3Holzer – Guhle
13:2025% CF

PP1Getzlaf – Grant – Fowler – Rakell – Steel
1:02
PP2Henrique – Silfverberg – Lindholm – Ritchie – Terry
0:58100% CF
PK1FGrant – Rowney
1:18
PK2FGetzlaf – Jones
0:38
PK1DManson – Lindholm
1:31
PK2DDel Zotto – Fowler
1:08

Current ANA line combinations →

Buffalo Sabres

L1Vesey – Reinhart – Eichel
19:0345% CF
L2Larsson – Wilson – Girgensons
10:0350% CF
L3Skinner – Sheary – Rodrigues
9:0367% CF
D1Montour – Dahlin
6:1064% CF
D2Ristolainen – Pilut
5:4829% CF
D3Miller – Jokiharju
5:1071% CF

PP1Vesey – Ristolainen – Reinhart – Eichel – Dahlin
3:0960% CF
PP2Skinner – Sheary – Rodrigues – Jokiharju – Pilut
0:0250% CF
PK1FFrolik – Lazar
0:56
PK2FLarsson – Girgensons
0:35
PK1DMcCabe – Montour
0:56
PK2DRistolainen – Jokiharju
0:35

Current BUF line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

6:15
ANAJakob Silfverberg (Sam Steel, Michael Del Zotto)wrist0.11 xG
ANA: Del Zotto, Silfverberg, Fowler, Steel, JonesBUF: Skinner, Miller, McCabe, Sheary, Rodrigues
ANA 1 – 0 BUF
10:45
ANARyan Getzlaf (Rickard Rakell, Devin Shore)slap0.12 xG
ANA: Getzlaf, Del Zotto, Fowler, Rakell, ShoreBUF: Vesey, Ristolainen, Reinhart, Eichel, Dahlin
ANA 2 – 0 BUF
12:00
ANANick Ritchie (Troy Terry, Adam Henrique)wrist0.14 xG
ANA: Del Zotto, Grant, Lindholm, Ritchie, TerryBUF: Skinner, Miller, McCabe, Sheary, Rodrigues
ANA 3 – 0 BUF
18:53
BUFJohan Larsson (Scott Wilson)wrist0.13 xG
ANA: Getzlaf, Del Zotto, Fowler, Rakell, ShoreBUF: Larsson, Wilson, Girgensons, Montour, Dahlin
ANA 3 – 1 BUF

2nd period

11:41
BUFRasmus DahlinPP (Jack Eichel, Jimmy Vesey)slap0.02 xG
ANA: Holzer, Silfverberg, Guhle, JonesBUF: Vesey, Ristolainen, Reinhart, Eichel, Dahlin
ANA 3 – 2 BUF

Box score

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

Anaheim Ducks

ANA skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Ryan Getzlaf C	L1	1	0	1	0	1	0.12	0	1	0	19:03	—	—	38	33
Rickard Rakell R	L1	0	1	1	0	2	0.12	2	0	0	15:17	—	—	50	45
Devin Shore C	L1	0	1	1	0	1	0.05	1	0	0	12:32	—	—	46	44
Jakob Silfverberg R	L2	1	0	1	+1	3	0.35	0	1	2	17:01	—	—	47	78
Max Jones L	L2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	1	0	16:13	—	—	39	66
Sam Steel C	L2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.11	0	0	0	14:48	—	—	47	78
Derek Grant C	L3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.12	1	0	0	16:49	—	—	27	58
Carter Rowney C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.11	3	0	0	15:21	—	—	15	14
Nicolas Deslauriers L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	4	0	0	12:19	—	—	31	28
Adam Henrique C	L4	0	1	1	0	1	0.02	1	0	0	14:19	—	—	78	84
Troy Terry R	L4	0	1	1	+1	5	0.41	0	1	0	12:52	—	—	67	73
Nick Ritchie L	L4	1	0	1	+1	3	0.35	1	0	0	12:40	—	—	58	63
Hampus Lindholm D	D1	0	0	0	+1	3	0.02	0	0	0	25:32	—	—	54	76
Josh Manson D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.05	2	3	0	24:07	—	—	44	71
Michael Del Zotto D	D2	0	1	1	+2	2	0.02	1	1	0	19:49	—	—	55	58
Cam Fowler D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.06	0	3	2	18:11	—	—	47	51
Brendan Guhle D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	3	0	15:52	—	—	21	34
Korbinian Holzer D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	2	0	14:24	—	—	25	34

ANA goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Ryan Miller(start)	W	33	31	2	.939	1.94	59:42

Buffalo Sabres

BUF skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jack Eichel C	L1	0	1	1	-1	4	0.29	0	1	0	28:22	—	—	44	17
Jimmy Vesey L	L1	0	1	1	-1	1	0.18	0	0	0	25:52	—	—	45	14
Sam Reinhart C	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.10	0	0	0	25:34	—	—	45	14
Johan Larsson L	L2	1	0	1	+1	1	0.13	2	0	0	14:24	—	—	56	82
Zemgus Girgensons C	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.10	0	0	0	13:52	—	—	67	87
Scott Wilson C	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.03	0	0	2	13:51	—	—	56	80
Jeff Skinner L	L3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.17	0	0	0	14:27	—	—	59	45
Conor Sheary L	L3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.15	2	0	0	13:46	—	—	63	51
Evan Rodrigues C	L3	0	0	0	-2	3	0.27	0	0	0	11:48	—	—	72	52
Rasmus Dahlin D	D1	1	0	1	0	3	0.09	2	0	0	21:47	—	—	70	60
Brandon Montour D	D1	0	0	0	+1	3	0.08	0	0	0	20:20	—	—	57	65
Rasmus Ristolainen D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	2	0	0	20:19	—	—	47	16
Lawrence Pilut D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	10:59	—	—	44	27
Colin Miller D	D3	0	0	0	-2	5	0.15	0	1	0	17:58	—	—	56	37
Henri Jokiharju D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	2	0	0	14:50	—	—	64	48
Jake McCabe D	—	0	0	0	-2	1	0.00	0	2	0	13:47	—	—	47	25
Curtis Lazar C	—	0	0	0	0	2	0.16	1	0	0	9:10	—	—	67	74
Michael Frolik R	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	8:55	—	—	67	74

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jonas Johansson(start)	L	28	25	3	.893	1.93	57:59

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.