Philadelphia Flyers vs. Buffalo SabresFeb 28, 2021

FinalSunday, Feb 28, 2021· KeyBank Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
PHI	0	3	0	3		PHI	13	21	4	38
BUF	0	0	0	0		BUF	7	12	9	28

: PHI 53BUF 50
: PHI 3.83BUF 2.58
PP goals: PHI 0BUF 0
Hits: PHI 13BUF 19
Blocks: PHI 10BUF 5
PIM: PHI 6BUF 4
: PHI 60%BUF 40%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Philadelphia Flyers beat Buffalo Sabres 3–0

Philadelphia Flyers beat Buffalo Sabres 3–0 at BUF. James van Riemsdyk (PHI) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for BUF: Staal–Okposo–Hall skated 11:57 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (52.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
James van Riemsdyk had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 14:32.van Riemsdyk
Points
Joel Farabee had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 16:02.Farabee
New line
New look for BUF: Staal–Okposo–Hall skated 11:57 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (52.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Staal Okposo Hall
Luck
BUF scored 0 goals on 2.58 expected goals (50 attempts), well short of its chances.
Goalie
Jonas Johansson (BUF) faced 38 shots and stopped 35 (.921), +13 against a season average of 25.3; the loss.Johansson
New line
New look for BUF: Eakin–Rieder–Mittelstadt skated 5:37 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (16.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Eakin Rieder Mittelstadt
Usage
Sean Couturier (PHI) played 15:57, −3:27 down on his 19:24 season average over 44 games.Couturier
Usage
Casey Mittelstadt (BUF) played 11:37, −4:22 down on his 15:59 season average over 40 games.Mittelstadt

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 103 of 103 attempts · BUF 50 · PHI 53

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 39% of the game, BUF 32%.

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	42
	3.77	2.02
	3.34	1.92
	16	10
	6	2
	12	7
	+0.037	−0.037
	39%	32%

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 – Hayes – Patrick
10:3367% CF
L2van Riemsdyk – Couturier – Farabee
9:2354% CF
L3Voracek – Laughton – Lindblom
8:2257% CF
L4Raffl – Aube-Kubel – Bunnaman
7:5855% CF
D1Gostisbehere – Provorov
14:5967% CF
D2Braun – Sanheim
13:2742% CF
D3Hagg – Myers
10:3265% CF

PP1Giroux – van Riemsdyk – Couturier – Gostisbehere – Farabee
2:5980% CF
PP2Voracek – Hayes – Sanheim – Provorov – Patrick
1:01
PK1FLaughton – Lindblom
2:48
PK2FCouturier – Farabee
2:01
PK1DBraun – Provorov
2:32
PK2DSanheim – Myers
1:24

Current PHI line combinations →

Buffalo Sabres

L1Staal – Okposo – Hall
11:5753% CF
L2Reinhart – Olofsson – Eichel
9:3733% CF
L3Eakin – Rieder – Mittelstadt
5:3717% CF
L4Sheahan – Skinner – Lazar
3:4727% CF
D1Ristolainen – Dahlin
13:4043% CF
D2Davidson – Montour
7:4267% CF
D3Irwin – Jokiharju
6:5147% CF

PP1Hall – Reinhart – Olofsson – Eichel – Dahlin
4:5793% CF
PP2Staal – Okposo – Skinner – Ristolainen – Mittelstadt
0:29
PK1FSheahan – Lazar
2:06
PK2FEakin – Rieder
1:46
PK1DIrwin – Montour
2:10
PK2DDavidson – Jokiharju
0:55

Current BUF line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

0:22
PHISean Couturier (Joel Farabee, James van Riemsdyk)wrist0.03 xG
PHI: van Riemsdyk, Couturier, Gostisbehere, Provorov, FarabeeBUF: Ristolainen, Reinhart, Olofsson, Eichel, Dahlin
PHI 1 – 0 BUF
1:37
PHIMichael Raffl (Robert Hagg, Philippe Myers)deflected0.07 xG
PHI: Raffl, Hagg, Aube-Kubel, Myers, BunnamanBUF: Irwin, Sheahan, Skinner, Lazar, Jokiharju
PHI 2 – 0 BUF
15:23
PHIJames van Riemsdyk (Joel Farabee, Ivan Provorov)deflected0.06 xG
PHI: van Riemsdyk, Couturier, Gostisbehere, Provorov, FarabeeBUF: Eakin, Irwin, Rieder, Ristolainen, Mittelstadt
PHI 3 – 0 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	0	0	0	0	1	0.39	0	0	0	17:21	—	—	58	58
Kevin Hayes R	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.50	0	0	2	16:43	—	—	59	60
Nolan Patrick C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.11	1	0	0	13:30	—	—	74	84
Joel Farabee L	L2	0	2	2	+2	4	0.29	0	0	0	16:02	—	—	44	36
Sean Couturier C	L2	1	0	1	+2	4	0.26	0	2	0	15:57	—	—	53	58
James van Riemsdyk L	L2	1	1	2	+2	4	0.46	0	0	0	14:32	—	—	57	54
Jakub Voracek R	L3	0	0	0	0	4	0.41	1	0	2	16:29	—	—	55	65
Scott Laughton C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.19	3	0	0	14:52	—	—	53	78
Oskar Lindblom L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.34	0	0	0	12:58	—	—	56	78
Michael Raffl L	L4	1	0	1	+1	1	0.07	0	1	0	13:05	—	—	47	69
Nicolas Aube-Kubel R	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.04	0	0	0	12:46	—	—	55	64
Connor Bunnaman C	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	1	0	0	12:24	—	—	53	69
Ivan Provorov D	D1	0	1	1	+2	4	0.29	3	3	0	24:57	—	—	58	69
Shayne Gostisbehere D	D1	0	0	0	+2	1	0.04	0	0	0	19:31	—	—	67	80
Travis Sanheim D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	1	0	21:42	—	—	53	61
Justin Braun D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	2	19:14	—	—	42	48
Philippe Myers D	D3	0	1	1	+1	4	0.22	1	1	0	17:03	—	—	61	71
Robert Hagg D	D3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.18	2	2	0	14:54	—	—	54	68

PHI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Carter Hart(start)	W	28	28	0	.1000	2.58	60:00

Buffalo Sabres

BUF skaters
Skater	Line	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Taylor Hall L	L1	0	3	0.41	0	0	0	19:36	—	—	55	52
Kyle Okposo R	L1	0	2	0.17	2	1	0	17:38	—	—	52	50
Eric Staal C	L1	0	2	0.18	1	0	0	16:47	—	—	52	50
Jack Eichel C	L2	-1	3	0.47	3	1	0	22:18	—	—	52	43
Sam Reinhart C	L2	-1	3	0.06	2	0	0	21:15	—	—	50	42
Victor Olofsson L	L2	-1	2	0.41	0	0	0	18:07	—	—	33	16
Cody Eakin C	L3	-1	1	0.02	0	0	0	11:45	—	—	17	7
Casey Mittelstadt C	L3	-1	1	0.13	0	0	0	11:37	—	—	39	27
Tobias Rieder L	L3	-1	1	0.01	0	0	0	9:54	—	—	18	7
Jeff Skinner L	L4	-1	1	0.27	0	0	0	12:35	—	—	57	35
Curtis Lazar C	L4	-1	0	0.03	1	0	0	11:04	—	—	37	17
Riley Sheahan C	L4	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	8:39	—	—	38	15
Rasmus Dahlin D	D1	-1	2	0.14	1	0	2	22:54	—	—	37	29
Rasmus Ristolainen D	D1	-2	2	0.04	5	1	2	21:01	—	—	41	32
Brandon Montour D	D2	0	3	0.23	0	2	0	20:18	—	—	50	49
Brandon Davidson D	D2	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	16:17	—	—	61	62
Matt Irwin D	D3	-2	1	0.00	2	0	0	18:03	—	—	38	28
Henri Jokiharju D	D3	-1	1	0.01	1	0	0	16:10	—	—	43	25

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jonas Johansson(start)	L	38	35	3	.921	3.83	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.