Philadelphia Flyers vs. Buffalo SabresNov 21, 2018

FinalWednesday, Nov 21, 2018· KeyBank Center

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Philadelphia FlyersPHI

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Buffalo SabresBUF

5

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
PHI	0	2	0	2		PHI	7	9	9	25
BUF	4	0	1	5		BUF	12	5	4	21

: PHI 44BUF 39
: PHI 2.06BUF 2.63
PP goals: PHI 0BUF 1
Hits: PHI 21BUF 29
Blocks: PHI 10BUF 9
PIM: PHI 11BUF 7
: PHI 58%BUF 42%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Buffalo Sabres beat Philadelphia Flyers 5–2

Buffalo Sabres beat Philadelphia Flyers 5–2 at home. Evan Rodrigues (BUF) led the scoring with 1G 1A. BUF's first power-play unit (Skinner, Reinhart, Eichel, Rodrigues and Dahlin) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 3:18 together.

Points
Evan Rodrigues had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 15:55.Rodrigues
Points
Sam Reinhart had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 17:48.Reinhart
PP1
BUF's first power-play unit (Skinner, Reinhart, Eichel, Rodrigues and Dahlin) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 3:18 together.Skinner Reinhart Eichel Rodrigues Dahlin
Luck
BUF scored 5 goals on 2.63 expected goals (39 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
New line
New look for BUF: Larsson–Girgensons–Rodrigues skated 8:33 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (71.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Larsson Girgensons Rodrigues
Usage
Robert Hagg (PHI) played 23:58, +7:06 up on his 16:52 season average over 81 games.Hagg
Usage
Jason Pominville (BUF) played 16:26, +4:01 up on his 12:25 season average over 72 games.Pominville
Usage
Travis Sanheim (PHI) played 16:05, −3:30 down on his 19:35 season average over 81 games.Sanheim

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 83 of 83 attempts · BUF 39 · PHI 44

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 44% 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

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	34
	2.07	0.95
	2.03	0.94
	6	2
	2	4
	12	16
	+0.041	−0.041
	44%	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.

Philadelphia Flyers

L1Giroux – Couturier – Konecny
13:3770% CF
L2van Riemsdyk – Simmonds – Weal
9:3170% CF
L3Voracek – Lindblom – Patrick
8:1938% CF
L4Lehtera – Weise – Laughton
3:5550% CF
D1Hagg – Provorov
15:4855% CF
D2Gostisbehere – Folin
12:0853% CF
D3Gudas – Sanheim
10:1540% CF

PP1Simmonds – Weal – Konecny – Provorov – Patrick
0:58
PP2Giroux – van Riemsdyk – Voracek – Couturier – Gostisbehere
0:52100% CF
PK1FWeise – Laughton
2:54
PK2FGiroux – Couturier
1:44
PK1DGudas – Provorov
2:50
PK2DHagg – Folin
2:30

Current PHI line combinations →

Buffalo Sabres

L1Okposo – Sheary – Mittelstadt
12:1025% CF
L2Pominville – Skinner – Eichel
11:1847% CF
L3Sobotka – Reinhart – Thompson
8:5127% CF
L4Larsson – Girgensons – Rodrigues
8:3371% CF
D1McCabe – Ristolainen
16:5724% CF
D2Bogosian – Dahlin
15:5360% CF
D3Beaulieu – Nelson
11:4550% CF

PP1Skinner – Reinhart – Eichel – Rodrigues – Dahlin
3:18100% CF
PP2Pominville – Okposo – Ristolainen – Sheary – Mittelstadt
2:1267% CF
PK1FLarsson – Girgensons
0:58
PK2FSobotka – Rodrigues
0:50
PK1DBogosian – McCabe
1:48
PK2DBeaulieu – Nelson
0:12

Current BUF line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

3:38
BUFJeff Skinner (Jason Pominville)snap0.22 xG
PHI: Giroux, Couturier, Gostisbehere, Folin, KonecnyBUF: Pominville, Skinner, McCabe, Ristolainen, Eichel
PHI 0 – 1 BUF
5:20
BUFTage Thompson (Vladimir Sobotka, Kyle Okposo)wrist0.17 xG
PHI: Lehtera, Weise, Gudas, Laughton, SanheimBUF: Sobotka, Bogosian, Reinhart, Thompson, Dahlin
PHI 0 – 2 BUF
8:55
BUFEvan RodriguesPP (Sam Reinhart, Rasmus Dahlin)wrist0.18 xG
PHI: Weise, Laughton, Hagg, FolinBUF: Skinner, Reinhart, Eichel, Rodrigues, Dahlin
PHI 0 – 3 BUF
19:52
BUFJohan Larsson (Evan Rodrigues, Rasmus Ristolainen)wrist0.06 xG
PHI: Voracek, Weise, Laughton, Gostisbehere, FolinBUF: Okposo, Larsson, Beaulieu, Rodrigues, Nelson
PHI 0 – 4 BUF

2nd period

5:26
PHIClaude Giroux (Sean Couturier, Travis Konecny)snap0.13 xG
PHI: Giroux, Couturier, Folin, Konecny, ProvorovBUF: Sobotka, McCabe, Ristolainen, Sheary, Thompson
PHI 1 – 4 BUF
13:51
PHIWayne Simmonds (Jordan Weal, Travis Sanheim)wrist0.10 xG
PHI: van Riemsdyk, Simmonds, Gudas, Weal, SanheimBUF: Sobotka, Beaulieu, Reinhart, Nelson, Thompson
PHI 2 – 4 BUF

3rd period

18:22
BUFSam ReinhartEN (Jack Eichel)snap0.78 xG
PHI: Giroux, van Riemsdyk, Voracek, Simmonds, Couturier, GostisbehereBUF: Sobotka, McCabe, Ristolainen, Reinhart, Eichel
PHI 2 – 5 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
Claude Giroux R	L1	1	0	1	-1	6	0.55	3	0	0	21:06	—	—	68	57
Sean Couturier C	L1	0	1	1	-1	2	0.13	1	1	2	20:40	—	—	72	58
Travis Konecny R	L1	0	1	1	0	3	0.16	0	0	0	17:45	—	—	71	61
Wayne Simmonds R	L2	1	0	1	0	1	0.11	1	0	0	16:40	—	—	71	99
Jordan Weal C	L2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.14	0	1	2	15:09	—	—	71	100
James van Riemsdyk L	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.18	1	0	0	14:36	—	—	69	96
Jakub Voracek R	L3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.00	0	0	0	16:41	—	—	39	52
Nolan Patrick C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	13:38	—	—	35	60
Oskar Lindblom L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	0	0	0	11:35	—	—	40	64
Dale Weise R	L4	0	0	0	-2	0	0.11	2	1	0	12:53	—	—	50	70
Scott Laughton C	L4	0	0	0	-2	0	0.10	2	0	5	10:39	—	—	46	63
Jori Lehtera C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.16	0	0	0	6:20	—	—	46	60
Robert Hagg D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	2	1	0	23:58	—	—	57	73
Ivan Provorov D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	1	0	23:20	—	—	62	81
Shayne Gostisbehere D	D2	0	0	0	-3	2	0.26	2	2	0	19:49	—	—	63	68
Christian Folin D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	0	1	0	17:42	—	—	57	58
Radko Gudas D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	4	1	0	16:26	—	—	46	45
Travis Sanheim D	D3	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	16:05	—	—	58	75

PHI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Calvin Pickard	—	8	8	0	.1000	0.33	39:22
Alex Lyon(start)	L	12	8	4	.667	0.90	20:00

Buffalo Sabres

BUF skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Conor Sheary L	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	0	0	0	17:04	—	—	23	3
Kyle Okposo R	L1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	5	1	0	15:36	—	—	30	18
Casey Mittelstadt C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.09	0	0	0	15:18	—	—	30	5
Jack Eichel C	L2	0	1	1	+2	3	0.65	0	0	0	18:33	—	—	40	34
Jason Pominville R	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.02	1	0	0	16:26	—	—	42	37
Jeff Skinner L	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.42	0	1	0	15:28	—	—	47	35
Sam Reinhart C	L3	1	1	2	+1	1	0.78	0	1	0	17:48	—	—	29	25
Vladimir Sobotka C	L3	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	14:02	—	—	24	25
Tage Thompson C	L3	1	0	1	-1	2	0.17	2	0	0	12:03	—	—	20	28
Evan Rodrigues C	L4	1	1	2	+1	3	0.22	0	0	0	15:55	—	—	64	45
Johan Larsson L	L4	1	0	1	+1	3	0.18	1	0	5	12:33	—	—	67	45
Zemgus Girgensons C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	0	0	11:34	—	—	69	50
Rasmus Ristolainen D	D1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.02	3	0	2	23:06	—	—	25	23
Jake McCabe D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	5	2	0	21:37	—	—	26	24
Zach Bogosian D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	1	0	22:11	—	—	52	49
Rasmus Dahlin D	D2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.06	2	1	0	21:44	—	—	54	42
Nathan Beaulieu D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	2	2	0	14:06	—	—	45	32
Casey Nelson D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	2	0	0	12:56	—	—	50	27

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Carter Hutton(start)	W	25	23	2	.920	2.06	60:00

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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.