Philadelphia Flyers vs. Buffalo SabresDec 8, 2018

FinalSaturday, Dec 8, 2018· KeyBank Center

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Philadelphia FlyersPHI

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Buffalo SabresBUF

2

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
PHI	1	1	4	6		PHI	15	14	12	41
BUF	2	0	0	2		BUF	17	9	4	30

: PHI 59BUF 52
: PHI 3.05BUF 2.27
PP goals: PHI 0BUF 0
Hits: PHI 17BUF 11
Blocks: PHI 10BUF 11
PIM: PHI 9BUF 11
: PHI 57%BUF 43%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Philadelphia Flyers rout Buffalo Sabres 6–2

Philadelphia Flyers beat Buffalo Sabres 6–2 at BUF. Claude Giroux (PHI) led the scoring with 1G 3A. Linus Ullmark (BUF) faced 41 shots and stopped 35 (.854), +10 against a season average of 31.0; the loss.

Points
Claude Giroux had a goal and 3 assists (4 points) on 4 shots in 18:20.Giroux
Points
Jack Eichel had two goals (2 points) on 5 shots in 19:05.Eichel
Points
James van Riemsdyk had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 17:58.van Riemsdyk
Points
Michael Raffl had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 13:58.Raffl
Goalie
Linus Ullmark (BUF) faced 41 shots and stopped 35 (.854), +10 against a season average of 31.0; the loss.Ullmark
New line
New look for BUF: Sobotka–Okposo–Rodrigues skated 11:01 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (55% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Sobotka Okposo Rodrigues
New line
New look for PHI: Giroux–van Riemsdyk–Konecny skated 11:43 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (60% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Giroux van Riemsdyk Konecny
Luck
PHI scored 6 goals on 3.05 expected goals (59 attempts), finishing well above its chances.

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 111 of 111 attempts · BUF 52 · PHI 59

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 34% of the game, BUF 31%.

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
	53	59
	2.38	2.57
	2.32	2.44
	11	13
	7	7
	11	16
	+0.029	−0.029
	34%	31%

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

L1Voracek – Simmonds – Patrick
15:2846% CF
L2Giroux – van Riemsdyk – Konecny
11:4360% CF
L3Weise – Laughton – Raffl
10:3650% CF
L4Lehtera – Weal – Lindblom
6:1240% CF
D1Gostisbehere – Sanheim
8:2450% CF
D2MacDonald – Provorov
7:3255% CF
D3Gudas – Hagg
7:2839% CF

PP1Giroux – van Riemsdyk – Voracek – Simmonds – Gostisbehere
3:0889% CF
PP2Weal – Lindblom – Konecny – Provorov – Patrick
1:23100% CF
PK1FGiroux – Raffl
1:21
PK2FWeise – Laughton
0:30
PK1DMacDonald – Hagg
1:16
PK2DGudas – Provorov
0:44

Current PHI line combinations →

Buffalo Sabres

L1Skinner – Reinhart – Eichel
13:3047% CF
L2Sobotka – Okposo – Rodrigues
11:0155% CF
L3Pominville – Sheary – Mittelstadt
7:2778% CF
L4Berglund – Larsson – Thompson
5:0933% CF
D1Bogosian – Dahlin
18:2152% CF
D2Ristolainen – Pilut
17:1645% CF
D3Beaulieu – Tennyson
10:2665% CF

PP1Skinner – Ristolainen – Reinhart – Eichel – Thompson
1:3425% CF
PP2Okposo – Sheary – Rodrigues – Mittelstadt – Dahlin
0:20
PK1FBerglund – Larsson
2:49
PK2FSobotka – Rodrigues
1:42
PK1DBogosian – Ristolainen
3:20
PK2DBeaulieu – Dahlin
0:25

Current BUF line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

4:04
BUFJack Eichel (Sam Reinhart, Jeff Skinner)wrist0.06 xG
PHI: Lehtera, Gudas, Weal, Hagg, LindblomBUF: Skinner, Ristolainen, Reinhart, Eichel, Pilut
PHI 0 – 1 BUF
12:02
BUFJack Eichel (Lawrence Pilut, Rasmus Ristolainen)tip-in0.06 xG
PHI: Lehtera, Gudas, Weal, Hagg, LindblomBUF: Skinner, Ristolainen, Reinhart, Eichel, Pilut
PHI 0 – 2 BUF
12:52
PHIJames van Riemsdyk (Claude Giroux)wrist0.04 xG
PHI: Giroux, van Riemsdyk, Gostisbehere, Konecny, ProvorovBUF: Berglund, Larsson, Ristolainen, Thompson, Pilut
PHI 1 – 2 BUF

2nd period

10:10
PHIIvan Provorov (Scott Laughton, Michael Raffl)wrist0.08 xG
PHI: MacDonald, Weise, Laughton, Raffl, ProvorovBUF: Larsson, Skinner, Beaulieu, Tennyson, Eichel
PHI 2 – 2 BUF

3rd period

2:49
PHIClaude GirouxSHwrist0.03 xG
PHI: Giroux, Gudas, Raffl, ProvorovBUF: Skinner, Ristolainen, Reinhart, Eichel, Thompson
PHI 3 – 2 BUF
8:10
PHIWayne Simmonds (Shayne Gostisbehere, Jakub Voracek)wrist0.13 xG
PHI: Voracek, Simmonds, Gostisbehere, Provorov, PatrickBUF: Sobotka, Okposo, Bogosian, Rodrigues, Dahlin
PHI 4 – 2 BUF
9:25
PHIDale Weise (Michael Raffl, Claude Giroux)snap0.20 xG
PHI: MacDonald, Weise, Laughton, Raffl, ProvorovBUF: Berglund, Beaulieu, Tennyson, Reinhart, Eichel
PHI 5 – 2 BUF
11:00
PHITravis Konecny (Claude Giroux, James van Riemsdyk)tip-in0.06 xG
PHI: Giroux, van Riemsdyk, Gudas, Hagg, KonecnyBUF: Sobotka, Okposo, Ristolainen, Rodrigues, Pilut
PHI 6 – 2 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
Jakub Voracek R	L1	0	1	1	+1	4	0.29	0	0	0	20:49	—	—	45	45
Wayne Simmonds R	L1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.25	0	0	0	19:48	—	—	44	38
Nolan Patrick C	L1	0	0	0	+1	3	0.05	0	1	2	17:58	—	—	44	38
Claude Giroux R	L2	1	3	4	+3	4	0.10	0	0	0	18:20	—	—	52	46
James van Riemsdyk L	L2	1	1	2	+2	5	0.46	1	0	0	17:58	—	—	52	54
Travis Konecny R	L2	1	0	1	+2	4	0.22	2	0	0	15:48	—	—	52	52
Scott Laughton C	L3	0	1	1	+2	1	0.29	1	0	0	15:21	—	—	48	57
Dale Weise R	L3	1	0	1	+2	1	0.20	1	0	0	14:24	—	—	52	53
Michael Raffl L	L3	0	2	2	+3	1	0.06	5	0	0	13:58	—	—	47	51
Jordan Weal C	L4	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	0	0	0	10:33	—	—	40	48
Oskar Lindblom L	L4	0	0	0	-2	5	0.61	2	0	0	9:59	—	—	36	36
Jori Lehtera C	L4	0	0	0	-2	1	0.15	0	0	0	7:35	—	—	36	53
Shayne Gostisbehere D	D1	0	1	1	+2	0	0.03	0	1	0	24:23	—	—	54	53
Travis Sanheim D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	0	1	2	17:12	—	—	39	43
Ivan Provorov D	D2	1	0	1	+5	4	0.11	0	0	0	23:37	—	—	64	61
Andrew MacDonald D	D2	0	0	0	+2	1	0.01	0	2	0	19:39	—	—	43	42
Robert Hagg D	D3	0	0	0	-1	4	0.11	1	3	0	17:38	—	—	41	40
Radko Gudas D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	2	5	13:00	—	—	33	38

PHI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Anthony Stolarz(start)	W	30	28	2	.933	2.27	60:00

Buffalo Sabres

BUF skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jeff Skinner L	L1	0	1	1	0	0	0.01	0	1	0	19:19	—	—	48	61
Jack Eichel C	L1	2	0	2	-1	5	0.35	0	0	0	19:05	—	—	43	53
Sam Reinhart C	L1	0	1	1	0	0	0.18	1	2	0	18:20	—	—	44	41
Evan Rodrigues C	L2	0	0	0	-2	2	0.07	1	0	0	17:38	—	—	56	42
Vladimir Sobotka C	L2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.06	1	0	0	14:31	—	—	52	44
Kyle Okposo R	L2	0	0	0	-2	4	0.37	2	0	0	13:59	—	—	56	56
Conor Sheary L	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.17	0	1	2	13:37	—	—	57	75
Jason Pominville R	L3	0	0	0	0	4	0.45	0	0	0	12:13	—	—	69	81
Casey Mittelstadt C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.30	0	0	0	11:26	—	—	63	65
Patrik Berglund C	L4	0	0	0	-2	0	0.03	0	1	0	13:17	—	—	53	23
Johan Larsson L	L4	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	0	0	0	12:01	—	—	46	18
Tage Thompson C	L4	0	0	0	-2	1	0.04	0	0	0	11:46	—	—	31	24
Zach Bogosian D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	0	1	0	25:56	—	—	47	35
Rasmus Dahlin D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.03	1	0	2	20:26	—	—	57	45
Rasmus Ristolainen D	D2	0	1	1	-1	1	0.13	3	3	0	24:18	—	—	47	57
Lawrence Pilut D	D2	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	19:26	—	—	43	53
Nathan Beaulieu D	D3	0	0	0	-2	3	0.08	0	1	7	16:17	—	—	67	62
Matt Tennyson D	D3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.00	2	1	0	11:46	—	—	62	54

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Linus Ullmark(start)	L	41	35	6	.854	3.05	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.