Carolina Hurricanes vs. Buffalo SabresApr 5, 2022

FinalTuesday, Apr 5, 2022· KeyBank Center

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Carolina HurricanesCAR

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Buffalo SabresBUF

4

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
CAR	1	0	1	2		CAR	13	9	12	34
BUF	0	2	2	4		BUF	5	12	5	22

: CAR 64BUF 39
: CAR 3.24BUF 2.71
PP goals: CAR 0BUF 1
Hits: CAR 22BUF 12
Blocks: CAR 7BUF 14
PIM: CAR 6BUF 4
: CAR 57%BUF 43%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Buffalo Sabres beat Carolina Hurricanes 4–2

Buffalo Sabres beat Carolina Hurricanes 4–2 at home. Nino Niederreiter (CAR) led the scoring with 1G 1A. Rasmus Asplund (BUF) played 10:37, −3:42 down on his 14:19 season average over 79 games.

Points
Nino Niederreiter had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 16:09.Niederreiter
Points
Victor Olofsson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 15:43.Olofsson
Points
Jordan Staal had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 16:43.Staal
Usage
Rasmus Asplund (BUF) played 10:37, −3:42 down on his 14:19 season average over 79 games.Asplund
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Tony DeAngelo (CAR) played 24:01, +4:17 up on his 19:44 season average over 63 games.DeAngelo
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Jacob Bryson (BUF) played 14:50, −3:33 down on his 18:23 season average over 72 games.Bryson
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Will Butcher (BUF) played 13:28, −3:06 down on his 16:34 season average over 36 games.Butcher

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

← CAR attacks left (bottom on phones)BUF attacks right (top on phones) →

BUF
CAR
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 103 of 103 attempts · BUF 39 · CAR 64

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

BUF
CAR
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

BUF pressure
CAR pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: CAR 48% of the game, BUF 25%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

BUF

CAR

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	CAR	BUF
	53	35
	2.49	1.97
	2.40	1.92
	14	8
	4	5
	11	8
	+0.095	−0.095
	48%	25%

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.

Carolina Hurricanes

L1Staal – Niederreiter – Fast
11:5077% CF
L2Trocheck – Necas – Svechnikov
6:3563% CF
L3Teravainen – Aho – Jarvis
4:5633% CF
L4Martinook – Domi – Lorentz
3:4950% CF
D1Slavin – DeAngelo
17:0171% CF
D2Skjei – Pesce
15:0852% CF
D3Cole – Smith
9:5971% CF

PP1Trocheck – Teravainen – DeAngelo – Aho – Svechnikov
2:2186% CF
PP2Niederreiter – Slavin – Domi – Necas – Jarvis
1:23100% CF
PK1FTeravainen – Aho
1:50
PK2FFast – Necas
1:13
PK1DSkjei – Pesce
2:12
PK2DCole – Slavin
1:51

Current CAR line combinations →

Buffalo Sabres

L1Skinner – Tuch – Thompson
9:5647% CF
L2Olofsson – Asplund – Mittelstadt
9:3956% CF
L3Hinostroza – Krebs – Cozens
9:1133% CF
L4Okposo – Eakin – Girgensons
9:0615% CF
D1Jokiharju – Dahlin
14:2055% CF
D2Bryson – Samuelsson
13:0733% CF
D3Butcher – Fitzgerald
11:2832% CF

PP1Skinner – Tuch – Thompson – Mittelstadt – Dahlin
2:5150% CF
PP2Okposo – Olofsson – Jokiharju – Krebs – Cozens
1:48
PK1FEakin – Tuch
0:55
PK2FOkposo – Girgensons
0:42
PK1DJokiharju – Dahlin
2:03
PK2DFitzgerald – Samuelsson
1:38

Current BUF line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

14:58
CARJesper Fast (Nino Niederreiter, Jordan Staal)backhand0.15 xG
CAR: Staal, Cole, Smith, Niederreiter, FastBUF: Eakin, Olofsson, Asplund, Fitzgerald, Jokiharju
CAR 1 – 0 BUF

2nd period

1:21
BUFJeff Skinner (Tage Thompson)wrist0.14 xG
CAR: Skjei, Teravainen, Pesce, Aho, JarvisBUF: Skinner, Tuch, Thompson, Jokiharju, Dahlin
CAR 1 – 1 BUF
5:59
BUFCasey Mittelstadt (Rasmus Asplund, Mattias Samuelsson)wrist0.02 xG
CAR: Cole, Smith, Teravainen, Aho, JarvisBUF: Olofsson, Asplund, Mittelstadt, Bryson, Samuelsson
CAR 1 – 2 BUF

3rd period

4:10
CARNino Niederreiter (Jordan Staal, Brett Pesce)wrist0.22 xG
CAR: Staal, Niederreiter, Fast, Skjei, PesceBUF: Skinner, Tuch, Thompson, Bryson, Samuelsson
CAR 2 – 2 BUF
12:08
BUFVictor Olofsson (Rasmus Dahlin)wrist0.15 xG
CAR: Trocheck, Skjei, Martinook, Pesce, JarvisBUF: Olofsson, Asplund, Mittelstadt, Jokiharju, Dahlin
CAR 2 – 3 BUF
15:11
BUFDylan CozensPP (Victor Olofsson, Peyton Krebs)backhand0.03 xG
CAR: Smith, Teravainen, Slavin, AhoBUF: Tuch, Olofsson, Jokiharju, Krebs, Cozens
CAR 2 – 4 BUF

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

Carolina Hurricanes

CAR skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jordan Staal C	L1	0	2	2	+2	1	0.01	3	0	0	16:43	—	—	77	66
Nino Niederreiter R	L1	1	1	2	+2	5	0.52	2	0	0	16:09	—	—	74	65
Jesper Fast R	L1	1	0	1	+2	1	0.15	2	1	0	14:14	—	—	71	64
Vincent Trocheck C	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	4	1	0	20:16	—	—	44	44
Martin Necas C	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.05	0	0	0	16:53	—	—	61	39
Andrei Svechnikov R	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.24	3	0	0	16:22	—	—	54	40
Sebastian Aho C	L3	0	0	0	-2	4	0.62	1	0	0	18:50	—	—	61	63
Teuvo Teravainen C	L3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	0	0	0	18:02	—	—	36	34
Seth Jarvis R	L3	0	0	0	-3	1	0.27	2	0	0	14:32	—	—	53	55
Max Domi C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.14	0	0	0	12:21	—	—	56	47
Jordan Martinook L	L4	0	0	0	-1	4	0.72	2	0	0	10:54	—	—	63	62
Steven Lorentz C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	0	0	0	9:20	—	—	64	54
Tony DeAngelo D	D1	0	0	0	0	4	0.20	0	0	2	24:01	—	—	68	70
Jaccob Slavin D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.07	0	2	0	23:44	—	—	71	65
Brett Pesce D	D2	0	1	1	-1	1	0.04	0	1	0	20:04	—	—	47	51
Brady Skjei D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.02	0	1	0	19:09	—	—	50	61
Ian Cole D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	2	0	2	14:56	—	—	72	61
Brendan Smith D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.13	1	1	2	11:52	—	—	55	41

CAR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Frederik Andersen(start)	L	22	18	4	.818	2.08	56:04

Buffalo Sabres

BUF skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Alex Tuch R	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.48	0	3	0	18:48	—	—	47	43
Tage Thompson C	L1	0	1	1	0	4	0.33	0	0	0	16:39	—	—	50	42
Jeff Skinner L	L1	1	0	1	0	3	0.27	1	1	0	15:20	—	—	50	42
Casey Mittelstadt C	L2	1	0	1	+2	2	0.13	0	0	0	15:57	—	—	56	59
Victor Olofsson L	L2	1	1	2	+1	1	0.20	0	0	0	15:43	—	—	57	53
Rasmus Asplund C	L2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	2	0	0	10:37	—	—	50	48
Dylan Cozens C	L3	1	0	1	0	2	0.19	1	0	2	14:50	—	—	40	58
Vinnie Hinostroza C	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.36	0	0	2	13:47	—	—	32	47
Peyton Krebs C	L3	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	13:09	—	—	39	57
Cody Eakin C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.07	1	0	0	15:51	—	—	14	25
Kyle Okposo R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	15:37	—	—	27	43
Zemgus Girgensons C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.21	0	0	0	14:43	—	—	16	34
Rasmus Dahlin D	D1	0	1	1	+2	2	0.42	1	3	0	24:07	—	—	52	58
Henri Jokiharju D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	3	0	23:21	—	—	46	54
Mattias Samuelsson D	D2	0	1	1	0	1	0.02	1	0	0	20:02	—	—	32	13
Jacob Bryson D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	1	0	14:50	—	—	40	20
Casey Fitzgerald D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.03	3	1	0	19:11	—	—	30	50
Will Butcher D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	2	0	13:28	—	—	35	58

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Craig Anderson(start)	W	34	32	2	.941	3.24	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.