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Calgary Flames vs. Buffalo SabresNov 9, 2024

Final / SO· KeyBank Center
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CGY
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Goals123OTSOTShots123OTT
CGY011002CGY6512326
BUF200013BUF764219
CGY 62BUF 51
CGY 2.14BUF 2.86
PP goals
CGY 0BUF 1
Hits
CGY 20BUF 18
Blocks
CGY 15BUF 19
PIM
CGY 6BUF 6
CGY 40%BUF 60%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Buffalo Sabres edge Calgary Flames 3–2 (SO)

Buffalo Sabres beat Calgary Flames 3–2 in a shootout at home. Tage Thompson (BUF) led the scoring with 1G 0A. BUF's first power-play unit (Zucker, Thompson, Dahlin, Cozens and Peterka) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 2:55 together.

  1. PP1
    BUF's first power-play unit (Zucker, Thompson, Dahlin, Cozens and Peterka) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 2:55 together.ZuckerThompsonDahlinCozensPeterka
  2. New line
    New look for CGY: Kadri–Sharangovich–Zary skated 13:07 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (46.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.KadriSharangovichZary
  3. Usage
    Bowen Byram (BUF) played 32:34, +9:59 up on his 22:35 season average over 81 games.Byram
  4. New line
    New look for CGY: Huberdeau–Pospisil–Kuzmenko skated 6:26 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.HuberdeauPospisilKuzmenko
  5. Usage
    Rasmus Dahlin (BUF) played 28:28, +4:17 up on his 24:11 season average over 72 games.Dahlin
  6. Usage
    Martin Pospisil (CGY) played 7:12, −6:42 down on his 13:54 season average over 80 games.Pospisil
  7. Usage
    Zach Benson (BUF) played 11:06, −3:46 down on his 14:52 season average over 74 games.Benson
  8. Usage
    Connor Zary (CGY) played 21:56, +5:58 up on his 15:58 season average over 53 games.Zary

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.

Shot map, CGY at BUF: 113 attempts, 45 on goal, 4 goals, 4.99 expected goals; best chance Zach Benson at 0.34 xG.

Strength
Period
Team
← CGY attacks left (bottom on phones)BUF attacks right (top on phones) →
  • BUF
  • CGY
  • Goal
  • Shot on goal
  • Missed
  • Blocked

Showing 113 of 113 attempts · BUF 51 · CGY 62

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

Game flow, CGY at BUF: expected goals 2.86 to 2.14 (BUF led the chances), shot attempts 51 to 62, 4 goals.

0.01.02.03.01st2nd3rdOTBUFCGYBTCBnet xGcumulative expected goals · 64:49
  • BUF
  • CGY
  • Goal
  • Power play (shaded)
Pressure Index
BUFCGYcontrol2nd3rdOTBenson · 1st 1:11Thompson · 1st 13:37Coronato · 2nd 17:44Backlund · 3rd 15:42
  • BUF pressure
  • CGY pressure
  • Goal
  • Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: CGY 30% of the game, BUF 33%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

Shift chart, CGY at BUF: 38 players over 64:49; most ice Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen (65:00) for BUF and Dan Vladar (65:00) for CGY, 4 goals.

BUF
CGY
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
StatCGYBUF
5646
1.962.38
1.842.18
810
65
1923
−0.074+0.074
30%33%

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.

Calgary Flames

Current CGY line combinations →

Buffalo Sabres

Current BUF line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

  1. 1:11
    BUFZach Benson (Jacob Bryson, Owen Power)backhand0.34 xG
    CGY: Backlund, Coleman, Andersson, Bahl, CoronatoBUF: Bryson, Cozens, Quinn, Power, Benson
    CGY 0 – 1 BUF
  2. 13:37
    BUFTage ThompsonPP (Rasmus Dahlin, JJ Peterka)slap0.09 xG
    CGY: Coleman, Bahl, Sharangovich, PachalBUF: Zucker, Thompson, Dahlin, Cozens, Peterka
    CGY 0 – 2 BUF

2nd period

  1. 17:44
    CGYMatt Coronato (MacKenzie Weegar, Blake Coleman)tip-in0.13 xG
    CGY: Coleman, Weegar, Kirkland, Pachal, CoronatoBUF: Gilbert, Malenstyn, Krebs, Byram, Quinn
    CGY 1 – 2 BUF

3rd period

  1. 15:42
    CGYMikael Backlund (Jonathan Huberdeau, Andrei Kuzmenko)wrist0.03 xG
    CGY: Backlund, Huberdeau, Weegar, Miromanov, KuzmenkoBUF: Dahlin, Byram, Cozens, Quinn, Peterka
    CGY 2 – 2 BUF

Decided in the shootout: CGY 2 – 3 BUF.

Box score

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

Calgary Flames

CGY skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Nazem Kadri CL1000040.4523224:28——3841
Connor Zary CL1000010.3100021:56——4750
Yegor Sharangovich CL1000030.2600019:59——5060
Mikael Backlund CL2101030.0800020:52——5827
Matt Coronato RL2101030.2600016:08——5238
Blake Coleman LL2011020.1410015:53——5438
Jonathan Huberdeau LL3011+130.2110020:24——6754
Andrei Kuzmenko LL3011+100.0400017:18——6545
Martin Pospisil CL3000010.001027:12——6732
Justin Kirkland CL4000+100.0051210:25——6769
Kevin Rooney CL4000000.210109:55——6454
Ryan Lomberg LL4000010.062005:35——8369
Rasmus Andersson DD1000-110.0203026:25——4635
Kevin Bahl DD1000-110.0232024:25——4432
MacKenzie Weegar DD2011+210.0332025:05——5967
Daniil Miromanov DD2000+110.0201020:47——6467
Jake Bean DD3000010.0111013:03——6356
Brayden Pachal DD3000+100.0211011:35——6449
CGY goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Dan Vladar(start)O19172.8952.8665:00

Buffalo Sabres

BUF skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
JJ Peterka RL1011-100.0800019:34——5376
Tage Thompson CL1101040.1910019:27——4762
Alex Tuch RL1000020.3710018:44——5991
Dylan Cozens CL2000020.5220018:14——3973
Jack Quinn RL2000-100.0001013:22——2456
Zach Benson LL2101+110.5310011:06——3861
Jordan Greenway LL3000000.0021016:44——4644
Jason Zucker LL3000000.1901015:40——4647
Ryan McLeod CL3000010.2200015:13——4640
Beck Malenstyn LL4000-120.1232012:42——4652
Peyton Krebs CL4000-110.1401012:28——4448
Sam Lafferty CL4000000.0120011:35——4847
Bowen Byram DD1000-200.0013032:34——4960
Rasmus Dahlin DD1011-130.3310028:28——5563
Owen Power DD2011+120.1202020:42——4763
Jacob Bryson DD2011+110.0103018:01——3951
Connor Clifton DD3000000.0324014:07——3742
Dennis Gilbert DD3000-100.0021610:19——3041
BUF goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen(start)W26242.9232.1465:00

Goal anatomy

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

Zach Benson (BUF) 1st 1:11 · assists Jacob Bryson, Owen Power · Forecheck turnover · 26.8 mph shot.

Tage Thompson · 1st 13:37 · BUF PP

Play
turnover-forecheck
Passes
1 (royal road)
Shot
78.1 mph
Distance
33 ft
Type
one-timer

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Matt Coronato · 2nd 17:44 · CGY

Play
deflection
Entry
carry
Odd man
No
Passes
1 (royal road)
Shot
24.1 mph
Distance
6 ft
Entry to goal
4.5 s

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