Philadelphia Flyers vs. Buffalo SabresJan 22, 2022

FinalSaturday, Jan 22, 2022· KeyBank Center

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Philadelphia FlyersPHI

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Buffalo SabresBUF

6

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
PHI	2	0	1	3		PHI	9	11	13	33
BUF	4	1	1	6		BUF	10	6	8	24

: PHI 62BUF 45
: PHI 2.48BUF 2.40
PP goals: PHI 1BUF 3
Hits: PHI 13BUF 16
Blocks: PHI 9BUF 14
PIM: PHI 8BUF 12
: PHI 50%BUF 50%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Buffalo Sabres beat Philadelphia Flyers 6–3

Buffalo Sabres beat Philadelphia Flyers 6–3 at home. Tage Thompson (BUF) led the scoring with 2G 1A. BUF's first power-play unit (Skinner, Tuch, Thompson, Dahlin and Krebs) scored 3 power-play goals on 6 attempts in 3:05 together.

Points
Jeff Skinner had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 3 shots in 16:24.Skinner
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Tage Thompson had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 4 shots in 20:04.Thompson
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BUF's first power-play unit (Skinner, Tuch, Thompson, Dahlin and Krebs) scored 3 power-play goals on 6 attempts in 3:05 together.Skinner Tuch Thompson Dahlin Krebs
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Claude Giroux had two goals (2 points) on 7 shots in 19:54.Giroux
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Peyton Krebs had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 14:38.Krebs
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Alex Tuch had 2 assists (2 points) in 21:20.Tuch
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Cam Atkinson had 2 assists (2 points) on 6 shots in 20:28.Atkinson
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Rasmus Dahlin had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 19:21.Dahlin

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 107 of 107 attempts · BUF 45 · PHI 62

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 31% 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
	47	44
	1.05	2.17
	1.05	2.09
	1	12
	4	2
	10	5
	+0.053	−0.053
	31%	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.

Philadelphia Flyers

L1Giroux – van Riemsdyk – Atkinson
9:2246% CF
L2MacEwen – Mayhew – Cates
4:3250% CF
L3Laughton – Willman – Allison
3:0875% CF
L4Lindblom – Konecny – Frost
2:5733% CF
D1Braun – Provorov
15:4165% CF
D2Ristolainen – Sanheim
12:0740% CF
D3Yandle – York
8:1763% CF

PP1Giroux – van Riemsdyk – Atkinson – Konecny – Provorov
4:58100% CF
PP2Yandle – Lindblom – Provorov – Allison – Frost
1:11100% CF
PK1FLaughton – Lindblom
1:15
PK2FAtkinson – Cates
0:41
PK1DBraun – Provorov
1:51
PK2DRistolainen – Sanheim
1:14

Current PHI line combinations →

Buffalo Sabres

L1Olofsson – Asplund – Cozens
12:0860% CF
L2Skinner – Tuch – Thompson
11:2753% CF
L3Jankowski – Bjork – Krebs
7:4773% CF
L4Eakin – Hayden – Murray
6:0922% CF
D1Pysyk – Samuelsson
14:2262% CF
D2Jokiharju – Dahlin
14:0127% CF
D3Hagg – Bryson
11:5350% CF

PP1Skinner – Tuch – Thompson – Dahlin – Krebs
3:05100% CF
PP2Olofsson – Asplund – Murray – Bryson – Cozens
0:56
PK1FJankowski – Thompson
1:56
PK2FEakin – Tuch
1:27
PK1DPysyk – Samuelsson
3:04
PK2DHagg – Jokiharju
2:36

Current BUF line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

1:29
BUFJeff Skinner (Alex Tuch, Dylan Cozens)wrist0.27 xG
PHI: van Riemsdyk, Konecny, Provorov, Frost, YorkBUF: Skinner, Pysyk, Tuch, Samuelsson, Cozens
PHI 0 – 1 BUF
11:18
PHIRasmus Ristolainen (Travis Sanheim)wrist0.09 xG
PHI: Ristolainen, Sanheim, MacEwen, Mayhew, CatesBUF: Pysyk, Olofsson, Asplund, Samuelsson, Cozens
PHI 1 – 1 BUF
12:44
PHIClaude Giroux (Ivan Provorov, Cam Atkinson)tip-in0.05 xG
PHI: Giroux, Braun, van Riemsdyk, Atkinson, ProvorovBUF: Skinner, Tuch, Thompson, Jokiharju, Dahlin
PHI 2 – 1 BUF
15:33
BUFTage ThompsonPP (Alex Tuch, Jeff Skinner)slap0.14 xG
PHI: Braun, Laughton, Lindblom, ProvorovBUF: Skinner, Tuch, Thompson, Dahlin, Krebs
PHI 2 – 2 BUF
15:57
BUFTage ThompsonPP (Rasmus Dahlin)wrist0.07 xG
PHI: Atkinson, Laughton, Ristolainen, SanheimBUF: Skinner, Tuch, Thompson, Dahlin, Krebs
PHI 2 – 3 BUF
18:00
BUFPeyton Krebs (Henri Jokiharju, Mark Jankowski)slap0.16 xG
PHI: Ristolainen, Sanheim, MacEwen, Mayhew, CatesBUF: Jankowski, Bjork, Jokiharju, Dahlin, Krebs
PHI 2 – 4 BUF

2nd period

2:24
BUFPeyton Krebs (Rasmus Asplund)backhand0.04 xG
PHI: Yandle, Lindblom, Allison, Frost, YorkBUF: Hagg, Tuch, Asplund, Jokiharju, Krebs
PHI 2 – 5 BUF

3rd period

4:36
BUFJeff SkinnerPP (Rasmus Dahlin, Tage Thompson)slap0.06 xG
PHI: Ristolainen, Sanheim, Willman, LindblomBUF: Skinner, Tuch, Thompson, Dahlin, Krebs
PHI 2 – 6 BUF
14:49
PHIClaude GirouxPP (Travis Konecny, Cam Atkinson)tip-in0.07 xG
PHI: Giroux, van Riemsdyk, Atkinson, Konecny, ProvorovBUF: Pysyk, Jankowski, Tuch, Samuelsson
PHI 3 – 6 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
Cam Atkinson R	L1	0	2	2	+1	6	0.36	0	0	0	20:28	—	—	35	28
Claude Giroux R	L1	2	0	2	+1	7	0.44	0	0	0	19:54	—	—	65	47
James van Riemsdyk L	L1	0	0	0	0	4	0.51	0	0	0	19:36	—	—	46	27
Jackson Cates C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	13:06	—	—	40	31
Gerry Mayhew C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	2	10:15	—	—	53	33
Zack MacEwen R	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	2	0	4	9:18	—	—	39	45
Scott Laughton C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	1	0	0	17:41	—	—	55	24
Max Willman C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	2	1	0	10:50	—	—	81	54
Wade Allison R	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.11	1	0	0	8:16	—	—	62	46
Travis Konecny R	L4	0	1	1	-1	3	0.45	1	1	0	19:06	—	—	61	22
Oskar Lindblom L	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	1	2	0	16:46	—	—	35	18
Morgan Frost C	L4	0	0	0	-2	1	0.11	1	0	0	15:01	—	—	48	34
Ivan Provorov D	D1	0	1	1	0	2	0.05	0	2	0	27:25	—	—	57	34
Justin Braun D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.02	0	0	0	18:28	—	—	63	54
Rasmus Ristolainen D	D2	1	0	1	0	1	0.12	3	1	0	18:54	—	—	42	23
Travis Sanheim D	D2	0	1	1	0	1	0.00	0	1	2	18:45	—	—	35	20
Cam York D	D3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.21	1	1	0	16:52	—	—	54	29
Keith Yandle D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	0	0	0	13:09	—	—	58	47

PHI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Carter Hart	—	16	14	2	.875	1.43	42:00
Martin Jones(start)	L	8	4	4	.500	0.97	18:00

Buffalo Sabres

BUF skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Rasmus Asplund C	L1	0	1	1	0	1	0.17	0	1	0	14:56	—	—	59	70
Dylan Cozens C	L1	0	1	1	0	2	0.14	0	0	0	14:08	—	—	62	77
Victor Olofsson L	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.23	0	0	0	13:13	—	—	60	70
Alex Tuch R	L2	0	2	2	+1	0	0.13	1	1	0	21:20	—	—	48	74
Tage Thompson C	L2	2	1	3	-1	4	0.36	3	1	0	20:04	—	—	47	66
Jeff Skinner L	L2	2	1	3	0	3	0.57	0	0	2	16:24	—	—	48	74
Mark Jankowski L	L3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.12	0	0	0	14:49	—	—	57	76
Peyton Krebs C	L3	2	0	2	+2	3	0.23	0	0	4	14:38	—	—	56	83
Anders Bjork L	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.17	0	0	0	11:47	—	—	53	79
Cody Eakin C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	3	0	12:51	—	—	14	4
John Hayden C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	2	10:58	—	—	17	5
Brett Murray L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	8:51	—	—	18	7
Mark Pysyk D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	21:09	—	—	59	76
Mattias Samuelsson D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0.25	4	2	0	20:31	—	—	61	77
Henri Jokiharju D	D2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	1	1	0	20:36	—	—	30	50
Rasmus Dahlin D	D2	0	2	2	0	1	0.01	1	1	4	19:21	—	—	25	46
Robert Hagg D	D3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.02	4	3	0	19:12	—	—	48	62
Jacob Bryson D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	15:01	—	—	52	64

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Michael Houser(start)	W	33	30	3	.909	2.48	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.