Philadelphia Flyers vs. Buffalo SabresMar 29, 2021

Final / OTMonday, Mar 29, 2021· KeyBank Center

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
PHI	0	0	3	1	4		PHI	8	12	15	1	36
BUF	1	2	0	0	3		BUF	13	9	10	0	32

: PHI 65BUF 48
: PHI 2.37BUF 2.42
PP goals: PHI 0BUF 0
Hits: PHI 10BUF 12
Blocks: PHI 11BUF 16
PIM: PHI 4BUF 4
: PHI 54%BUF 46%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Philadelphia Flyers edge Buffalo Sabres 4–3 (OT)

Philadelphia Flyers beat Buffalo Sabres 4–3 in overtime at BUF. Ivan Provorov (PHI) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for BUF: Hall–Thompson–Mittelstadt skated 12:32 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (58.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Claude Giroux had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 20:14.Giroux
Points
Ivan Provorov had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 6 shots in 25:27.Provorov
Points
Sean Couturier had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 21:44.Couturier
New line
New look for BUF: Hall–Thompson–Mittelstadt skated 12:32 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (58.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Hall Thompson Mittelstadt
Usage
Dylan Cozens (BUF) played 3:11, −11:27 down on his 14:38 season average over 40 games.Cozens
New line
New look for BUF: Okposo–Skinner–Lazar skated 12:26 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (33.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Okposo Skinner Lazar
Usage
Curtis Lazar (BUF) played 19:12, +6:00 up on his 13:12 season average over 49 games.Lazar
Goalie
Linus Ullmark (BUF) faced 36 shots and stopped 32 (.889), +6 against a season average of 29.6; the overtime loss.Ullmark

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 113 of 113 attempts · BUF 48 · PHI 65

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 37% of the game, BUF 28%.

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
	65	52
	1.84	1.89
	1.82	1.84
	7	8
	5	2
	12	5
	+0.059	−0.059
	37%	28%

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.