Anaheim Ducks vs. Buffalo SabresDec 7, 2021

FinalTuesday, Dec 7, 2021· KeyBank Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
ANA	0	1	1	2		ANA	6	9	8	23
BUF	0	0	0	0		BUF	7	3	15	25

: ANA 43BUF 66
: ANA 1.06BUF 2.25
PP goals: ANA 0BUF 0
Hits: ANA 14BUF 9
Blocks: ANA 24BUF 10
PIM: ANA 6BUF 2
: ANA 51%BUF 49%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Anaheim Ducks beat Buffalo Sabres 2–0

Anaheim Ducks beat Buffalo Sabres 2–0 at BUF. Sonny Milano (ANA) led the scoring with 1G 0A. BUF scored 0 goals on 2.25 expected goals (66 attempts), well short of its chances.

Luck
BUF scored 0 goals on 2.25 expected goals (66 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Josh Manson (ANA) played 22:52, +3:57 up on his 18:55 season average over 66 games.Manson
Usage
Cody Eakin (BUF) played 8:22, −5:18 down on his 13:40 season average over 68 games.Eakin
Usage
Dylan Cozens (BUF) played 21:30, +5:40 up on his 15:50 season average over 78 games.Cozens
Usage
Troy Terry (ANA) played 13:26, −4:52 down on his 18:18 season average over 74 games.Terry
Usage
Victor Olofsson (BUF) played 18:45, +3:25 up on his 15:20 season average over 71 games.Olofsson
PP1
BUF's PP1 (Skinner, Olofsson, Thompson, Mittelstadt and Dahlin) went scoreless in 4:08 of 5v4 time with 2 attempts.Skinner Olofsson Thompson Mittelstadt Dahlin
Cats
Hampus Lindholm (ANA) blocked 5 shots in 22:21.Lindholm

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 109 of 109 attempts · BUF 66 · ANA 43

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 16% of the game, BUF 35%.

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
	48	60
	1.28	1.65
	1.26	1.61
	4	13
	8	6
	10	8
	+0.002	−0.002
	16%	35%

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

L1Rakell – Milano – Zegras
13:1039% CF
L2Grant – Silfverberg – Lundeström
9:3560% CF
L3Terry – Steel – Lettieri
9:2244% CF
L4Deslauriers – Carrick – Robinson
8:1750% CF
D1Lindholm – Drysdale
15:3831% CF
D2Fowler – Manson
14:4552% CF
D3Shattenkirk – Mahura
11:5963% CF

PP1Rakell – Milano – Lettieri – Zegras – Drysdale
1:42100% CF
PK1FDeslauriers – Lundeström
2:53
PK2FGrant – Silfverberg
2:35
PK1DFowler – Manson
2:37
PK2DShattenkirk – Lindholm
0:46

Current ANA line combinations →

Buffalo Sabres

L1Skinner – Olofsson – Thompson
11:2173% CF
L2Eakin – Hinostroza – Bjork
6:1940% CF
L3Okposo – Murray – Cozens
5:5733% CF
L4Girgensons – Asplund – Mittelstadt
5:5750% CF
D1Pysyk – Dahlin
15:1955% CF
D2Butcher – Jokiharju
12:2343% CF
D3Miller – Bryson
9:4661% CF

PP1Skinner – Olofsson – Thompson – Mittelstadt – Dahlin
4:08100% CF
PP2Okposo – Miller – Girgensons – Bryson – Cozens
1:41100% CF
PK1FAsplund – Mittelstadt
1:02
PK2FOkposo – Girgensons
0:37
PK1DPysyk – Jokiharju
1:42
PK2DMiller – Bryson
0:18

Current BUF line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

5:14
ANASonny Milano (Trevor Zegras, Rickard Rakell)tip-in0.08 xG
ANA: Shattenkirk, Rakell, Milano, Mahura, ZegrasBUF: Miller, Girgensons, Asplund, Mittelstadt, Dahlin
ANA 1 – 0 BUF

3rd period

17:52
ANASam Carrick (Josh Manson)tip-in0.06 xG
ANA: Deslauriers, Fowler, Carrick, Manson, TerryBUF: Okposo, Asplund, Jokiharju, Bryson, Cozens
ANA 2 – 0 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
Rickard Rakell R	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.03	0	1	0	17:44	—	—	35	32
Trevor Zegras C	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.14	0	0	0	16:33	—	—	35	36
Sonny Milano L	L1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.16	0	0	0	16:08	—	—	39	36
Jakob Silfverberg R	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.07	0	1	0	17:16	—	—	50	36
Isac Lundeström C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	0	0	17:01	—	—	56	40
Derek Grant C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	1	0	15:52	—	—	47	36
Sam Steel C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	0	1	0	13:36	—	—	48	62
Troy Terry R	L3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	1	2	13:26	—	—	41	46
Vinni Lettieri C	L3	0	0	0	0	4	0.32	0	0	0	13:15	—	—	50	60
Nicolas Deslauriers L	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	0	0	13:30	—	—	55	65
Sam Carrick C	L4	1	0	1	+1	2	0.07	0	0	2	11:11	—	—	47	40
Buddy Robinson R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	2	0	0	9:51	—	—	64	83
Hampus Lindholm D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0.02	0	5	0	22:21	—	—	33	25
Jamie Drysdale D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.06	0	5	0	17:52	—	—	31	19
Josh Manson D	D2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.00	5	3	0	22:52	—	—	38	17
Cam Fowler D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	2	0	22:39	—	—	52	27
Kevin Shattenkirk D	D3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.03	1	2	2	19:15	—	—	56	68
Josh Mahura D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.09	1	2	0	13:38	—	—	60	80

ANA goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Anthony Stolarz(start)	W	25	25	0	.1000	2.25	60:00

Buffalo Sabres

BUF skaters
Skater	Line	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jeff Skinner L	L1	0	1	0.51	0	0	0	19:09	—	—	75	75
Victor Olofsson L	L1	0	2	0.18	0	0	0	18:45	—	—	73	62
Tage Thompson C	L1	0	6	0.37	1	0	0	18:42	—	—	70	74
Vinnie Hinostroza C	L2	0	0	0.06	0	0	0	13:09	—	—	56	37
Anders Bjork L	L2	0	1	0.02	0	0	0	10:20	—	—	56	43
Cody Eakin C	L2	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	8:22	—	—	42	25
Dylan Cozens C	L3	-1	1	0.34	0	0	0	21:30	—	—	48	66
Kyle Okposo R	L3	-1	2	0.17	1	0	0	17:48	—	—	48	70
Brett Murray L	L3	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	11:53	—	—	28	41
Rasmus Asplund C	L4	-2	2	0.03	1	1	0	16:20	—	—	52	46
Zemgus Girgensons C	L4	-1	4	0.32	1	0	0	15:32	—	—	63	54
Casey Mittelstadt C	L4	-1	1	0.01	0	0	0	14:24	—	—	46	36
Rasmus Dahlin D	D1	-1	2	0.07	1	0	2	25:08	—	—	58	53
Mark Pysyk D	D1	0	1	0.01	1	3	0	18:26	—	—	58	54
Henri Jokiharju D	D2	-1	0	0.00	2	3	0	18:56	—	—	47	50
Will Butcher D	D2	0	1	0.15	0	1	0	18:36	—	—	54	69
Jacob Bryson D	D3	-1	1	0.00	0	1	0	16:52	—	—	58	52
Colin Miller D	D3	-1	0	0.02	0	1	0	16:09	—	—	58	59

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen(start)	L	23	21	2	.913	1.06	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.