Philadelphia Flyers vs. Buffalo SabresDec 22, 2017

FinalFriday, Dec 22, 2017· KeyBank Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
PHI	0	0	2	2		PHI	11	10	14	35
BUF	0	0	4	4		BUF	16	12	9	37

: PHI 58BUF 58
: PHI 2.46BUF 4.39
PP goals: PHI 0BUF 0
Hits: PHI 17BUF 21
Blocks: PHI 10BUF 14
PIM: PHI 4BUF 10
: PHI 48%BUF 52%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Buffalo Sabres beat Philadelphia Flyers 4–2

Buffalo Sabres beat Philadelphia Flyers 4–2 at home. Jack Eichel (BUF) led the scoring with 2G 0A. New look for BUF: Okposo–O'Reilly–Kane skated 12:40 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (62.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Jack Eichel had two goals (2 points) on 5 shots in 18:10.Eichel
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Evander Kane had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 7 shots in 16:51.Kane
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Ryan O'Reilly had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 18:29.O'Reilly
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Claude Giroux had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 22:17.Giroux
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Jakub Voracek had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 21:33.Voracek
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Marco Scandella had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 29:10.Scandella
New line
New look for BUF: Okposo–O'Reilly–Kane skated 12:40 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (62.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Okposo O'Reilly Kane
New line
New look for BUF: Girgensons–Reinhart–Eichel skated 12:08 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Girgensons Reinhart Eichel

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

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

BUF
PHI
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 116 of 116 attempts · BUF 58 · PHI 58

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

BUF
PHI
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: PHI 21% of the game, BUF 37%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

BUF

PHI

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	PHI	BUF
	47	56
	2.07	2.85
	2.05	2.72
	5	12
	2	2
	11	10
	−0.036	+0.036
	21%	37%

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.

Philadelphia Flyers

L1Giroux – Simmonds – Couturier
10:5045% CF
L2Filppula – Voracek – Raffl
10:0311% CF
L3Weise – Weal – Patrick
7:5559% CF
L4Lehtera – Laughton – Konecny
5:5364% CF
D1MacDonald – Provorov
13:1434% CF
D2Gostisbehere – Hagg
12:2440% CF
D3Gudas – Sanheim
11:3259% CF

PP1Giroux – Voracek – Simmonds – Couturier – Gostisbehere
4:3986% CF
PP2Filppula – Weal – Konecny – Provorov – Patrick
3:25100% CF
PK1FFilppula – Raffl
1:31
PK2FSimmonds – Couturier
1:16
PK1DMacDonald – Provorov
2:40
PK2DGudas – Sanheim
0:38

Current PHI line combinations →

Buffalo Sabres

L1Okposo – O'Reilly – Kane
12:4063% CF
L2Girgensons – Reinhart – Eichel
12:0867% CF
L3Pominville – Pouliot – Josefson
6:4444% CF
L4Nolan – Larsson – Wilson
5:4957% CF
D1Scandella – Ristolainen
18:3646% CF
D2Bogosian – McCabe
14:5069% CF
D3Gorges – Beaulieu
8:0642% CF

PP1Okposo – O'Reilly – Kane – Ristolainen – Eichel
2:1975% CF
PP2Pominville – Pouliot – Scandella – Beaulieu – Reinhart
1:3767% CF
PK1FPouliot – Larsson
2:09
PK2FGirgensons – Eichel
0:49
PK1DScandella – Ristolainen
3:44
PK2DGorges – McCabe
2:14

Current BUF line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

3rd period

3:59
BUFRyan O'Reilly (Evander Kane)wrist0.02 xG
PHI: Giroux, Simmonds, Couturier, Gostisbehere, HaggBUF: Okposo, Scandella, O'Reilly, Kane, Ristolainen
PHI 0 – 1 BUF
11:08
BUFEvander Kane (Josh Gorges, Kyle Okposo)tip-in0.06 xG
PHI: Simmonds, Gudas, Sanheim, Konecny, PatrickBUF: Gorges, Okposo, O'Reilly, Kane, Beaulieu
PHI 0 – 2 BUF
17:50
PHIMichael Raffl (Claude Giroux, Jakub Voracek)tip-in0.07 xG
PHI: Giroux, Voracek, Simmonds, Couturier, Gostisbehere, RafflBUF: Bogosian, Scandella, Josefson, Larsson
PHI 1 – 2 BUF
18:53
BUFJack EichelEN (Marco Scandella, Ryan O'Reilly)wrist0.49 xG
PHI: Giroux, Voracek, Simmonds, Couturier, Gostisbehere, ProvorovBUF: Scandella, O'Reilly, Larsson, Ristolainen, Eichel
PHI 1 – 3 BUF
19:28
PHIShayne Gostisbehere (Claude Giroux, Jakub Voracek)slap0.07 xG
PHI: Giroux, Voracek, Simmonds, Couturier, Gostisbehere, ProvorovBUF: Okposo, Scandella, Kane, Josefson, Ristolainen
PHI 2 – 3 BUF
19:59
BUFJack EichelEN (Marco Scandella)wrist0.78 xG
PHI: Giroux, Voracek, Simmonds, Couturier, Gostisbehere, ProvorovBUF: Scandella, O'Reilly, Larsson, Ristolainen, Eichel
PHI 2 – 4 BUF

Box score

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

Philadelphia Flyers

PHI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Sean Couturier C	L1	0	0	0	-2	3	0.20	0	0	0	24:00	—	—	50	47
Claude Giroux R	L1	0	2	2	-2	3	0.12	0	0	0	22:17	—	—	52	48
Wayne Simmonds R	L1	0	0	0	-3	5	0.54	2	1	0	21:51	—	—	50	39
Jakub Voracek R	L2	0	2	2	-1	1	0.29	2	0	0	21:33	—	—	27	36
Valtteri Filppula C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	17:16	—	—	23	25
Michael Raffl L	L2	1	0	1	0	4	0.27	1	1	0	15:03	—	—	28	25
Jordan Weal C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.15	0	2	0	13:20	—	—	50	52
Nolan Patrick C	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.04	1	0	0	13:16	—	—	58	57
Dale Weise R	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.01	2	0	0	11:05	—	—	58	60
Travis Konecny R	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.07	2	0	0	11:04	—	—	53	39
Scott Laughton C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.05	2	1	2	8:49	—	—	53	39
Jori Lehtera C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	1	0	0	7:51	—	—	64	50
Ivan Provorov D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	0	0	0	24:08	—	—	44	31
Andrew MacDonald D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	16:33	—	—	37	36
Shayne Gostisbehere D	D2	1	0	1	-2	5	0.27	0	0	0	22:45	—	—	45	43
Robert Hagg D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	2	2	2	15:54	—	—	39	41
Radko Gudas D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.01	1	2	0	16:54	—	—	52	54
Travis Sanheim D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.38	0	0	0	14:53	—	—	59	79

PHI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Brian Elliott(start)	L	35	33	2	.943	3.11	57:28

Buffalo Sabres

BUF skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Ryan O'Reilly C	L1	1	1	2	+4	3	0.33	0	1	0	18:29	—	—	67	75
Kyle Okposo R	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.02	0	2	0	17:50	—	—	61	71
Evander Kane L	L1	1	1	2	+1	7	1.21	2	0	2	16:51	—	—	63	75
Jack Eichel C	L2	2	0	2	+2	5	1.52	1	1	0	18:10	—	—	62	58
Zemgus Girgensons C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.16	4	1	0	17:04	—	—	64	58
Sam Reinhart C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.29	0	1	4	15:20	—	—	70	64
Benoit Pouliot L	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.27	0	1	0	13:25	—	—	40	24
Jacob Josefson C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	1	1	0	13:11	—	—	38	30
Jason Pominville R	L3	0	0	0	0	5	0.20	0	1	0	11:31	—	—	40	32
Johan Larsson L	L4	0	0	0	+2	1	0.10	4	1	0	15:38	—	—	38	56
Scott Wilson C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	0	0	0	9:12	—	—	50	76
Jordan Nolan C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	0	0	6:22	—	—	50	61
Marco Scandella D	D1	0	2	2	+2	2	0.13	0	2	0	29:10	—	—	44	52
Rasmus Ristolainen D	D1	0	0	0	+2	0	0.00	1	1	2	28:06	—	—	45	54
Zach Bogosian D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.07	0	0	0	18:36	—	—	71	77
Jake McCabe D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	5	1	2	17:53	—	—	65	76
Josh Gorges D	D3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	2	0	0	11:44	—	—	43	26
Nathan Beaulieu D	D3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.02	0	0	0	11:40	—	—	56	26

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Robin Lehner(start)	W	35	33	2	.943	2.46	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.