New York Islanders vs. Buffalo SabresDec 31, 2018

FinalMonday, Dec 31, 2018· KeyBank Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NYI	0	1	2	3		NYI	15	15	3	33
BUF	0	0	1	1		BUF	12	15	13	40

: NYI 56BUF 65
: NYI 3.90BUF 3.60
PP goals: NYI 0BUF 1
Hits: NYI 12BUF 10
Blocks: NYI 16BUF 11
PIM: NYI 4BUF 4
: NYI 46%BUF 54%

Fantasy takeaways

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

New York Islanders beat Buffalo Sabres 3–1

New York Islanders beat Buffalo Sabres 3–1 at BUF. Ryan Pulock (NYI) led the scoring with 1G 0A. Jack Eichel (BUF) played 2:42, −17:58 down on his 20:40 season average over 76 games.

Usage
Jack Eichel (BUF) played 2:42, −17:58 down on his 20:40 season average over 76 games.Eichel
Usage
Valtteri Filppula (NYI) played 0:32, −13:56 down on his 14:28 season average over 71 games.Filppula
New line
New look for BUF: Skinner–Reinhart–Rodrigues skated 7:14 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (76.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Skinner Reinhart Rodrigues
Goalie
Robin Lehner (NYI) faced 40 shots and stopped 39 (.975), +11 against a season average of 28.8; the win.Lehner
Luck
BUF scored 1 goal on 3.60 expected goals (65 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Nathan Beaulieu (BUF) played 20:14, +4:50 up on his 15:24 season average over 47 games.Beaulieu
New line
New look for BUF: Okposo–Larsson–Smith skated 5:01 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Okposo Larsson Smith
Usage
Evan Rodrigues (BUF) played 22:07, +6:23 up on his 15:44 season average over 73 games.Rodrigues

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

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

BUF
NYI
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 121 of 121 attempts · BUF 65 · NYI 56

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

BUF
NYI
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: NYI 29% of the game, BUF 45%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

BUF

NYI

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	NYI	BUF
	48	64
	2.15	3.39
	1.89	3.28
	13	11
	4	5
	17	8
	−0.017	+0.017
	29%	45%

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.

New York Islanders

L1Lee – Nelson – Ho-Sang
13:1845% CF
L2Bailey – Barzal – Beauvillier
11:0146% CF
L3Clutterbuck – Martin – Cizikas
8:2431% CF
D1Boychuk – Leddy
15:4351% CF
D2Mayfield – Toews
15:0054% CF
D3Pelech – Pulock
14:2917% CF

PP1Leddy – Lee – Nelson – Ho-Sang – Barzal
1:49100% CF
PP2Clutterbuck – Bailey – Pulock – Toews – Beauvillier
1:47100% CF
PK1FKomarov – Cizikas
1:03
PK2FClutterbuck – Nelson
0:54
PK1DMayfield – Pulock
1:30
PK2DBoychuk – Pelech
0:52

Current NYI line combinations →

Buffalo Sabres

L1Pominville – Sobotka – Thompson
7:2275% CF
L2Skinner – Reinhart – Rodrigues
7:1477% CF
L3Okposo – Larsson – Smith
5:0150% CF
L4Sheary – Eichel – Mittelstadt
0:00
D1Bogosian – Beaulieu
15:5544% CF
D2McCabe – Ristolainen
14:1171% CF
D3Scandella – Dahlin
10:0556% CF

PP1Skinner – Ristolainen – Reinhart – Rodrigues – Dahlin
2:28100% CF
PP2Okposo – Ristolainen – Sheary – Thompson – Mittelstadt
1:06100% CF
PK1FSobotka – Larsson
2:03
PK2FRodrigues – Smith
1:17
PK1DBogosian – Scandella
1:32
PK2DBeaulieu – McCabe
0:49

Current BUF line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

2:59
NYILeo Komarov (Nick Leddy, Mathew Barzal)deflected0.00 xG
NYI: Boychuk, Komarov, Leddy, Dal Colle, BarzalBUF: Sobotka, Okposo, McCabe, Ristolainen, Smith
NYI 1 – 0 BUF

3rd period

1:45
NYIBrock Nelson (Joshua Ho-Sang, Scott Mayfield)wrist0.03 xG
NYI: Lee, Nelson, Mayfield, Ho-Sang, ToewsBUF: Scandella, Skinner, Reinhart, Thompson, Dahlin
NYI 2 – 0 BUF
10:14
BUFKyle OkposoPP (Nathan Beaulieu, Casey Mittelstadt)wrist0.05 xG
NYI: Boychuk, Komarov, Nelson, PelechBUF: Okposo, Beaulieu, Sheary, Thompson, Mittelstadt
NYI 2 – 1 BUF
19:28
NYIRyan PulockEN (Robin Lehner)wrist0.37 xG
NYI: Boychuk, Komarov, Clutterbuck, Cizikas, PulockBUF: Okposo, Bogosian, Skinner, Sheary, Rodrigues, Dahlin
NYI 3 – 1 BUF

Box score

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

New York Islanders

NYI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Brock Nelson C	L1	1	0	1	+1	3	0.37	0	0	0	20:58	—	—	43	67
Anders Lee L	L1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.54	0	0	0	17:44	—	—	48	76
Joshua Ho-Sang R	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.26	0	1	0	16:33	—	—	52	75
Mathew Barzal C	L2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.03	0	0	2	20:12	—	—	47	21
Josh Bailey R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	0	0	0	16:43	—	—	42	18
Anthony Beauvillier R	L2	0	0	0	0	6	0.56	1	2	0	15:39	—	—	44	22
Casey Cizikas C	L3	0	0	0	+1	3	0.29	0	1	0	19:11	—	—	27	61
Cal Clutterbuck R	L3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.78	3	1	0	16:32	—	—	38	63
Matt Martin L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	9:50	—	—	33	60
Johnny Boychuk D	D1	0	0	0	+2	3	0.08	0	0	0	19:36	—	—	50	32
Nick Leddy D	D1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.03	1	1	0	19:09	—	—	54	35
Devon Toews D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.03	0	0	0	19:33	—	—	53	71
Scott Mayfield D	D2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.18	0	1	2	19:02	—	—	54	70
Ryan Pulock D	D3	1	0	1	+1	4	0.52	2	3	0	22:22	—	—	21	16
Adam Pelech D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	6	0	17:58	—	—	16	11
Leo Komarov R	—	1	0	1	+2	1	0.02	1	0	0	14:14	—	—	38	22
Michael Dal Colle L	—	0	0	0	+1	1	0.18	0	0	0	10:37	—	—	53	61
Valtteri Filppula C	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	0:32	—	—	100	100

NYI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Robin Lehner(start)	W	40	39	1	.975	3.60	59:53

Buffalo Sabres

BUF skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Tage Thompson C	L1	0	0	0	-1	5	0.16	0	0	0	16:19	—	—	62	75
Vladimir Sobotka C	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.66	0	2	0	14:12	—	—	62	89
Jason Pominville R	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	0	0	0	11:45	—	—	71	75
Evan Rodrigues C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.13	0	1	0	22:07	—	—	69	81
Jeff Skinner L	L2	0	0	0	-2	4	0.45	1	0	0	19:23	—	—	64	82
Sam Reinhart C	L2	0	0	0	-1	4	1.33	1	2	0	18:23	—	—	57	80
Johan Larsson L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	2	0	0	16:21	—	—	53	18
Kyle Okposo R	L3	1	0	1	-2	3	0.09	0	0	0	13:54	—	—	40	23
C.J. Smith L	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.10	0	0	0	11:31	—	—	56	35
Casey Mittelstadt C	L4	0	1	1	0	3	0.23	0	1	0	16:22	—	—	39	25
Conor Sheary L	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	1	0	0	15:47	—	—	48	31
Jack Eichel C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	2:42	—	—	63	57
Zach Bogosian D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	0	0	2	23:24	—	—	38	13
Nathan Beaulieu D	D1	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	20:14	—	—	46	16
Rasmus Ristolainen D	D2	0	0	0	-1	5	0.18	5	1	0	25:06	—	—	70	84
Jake McCabe D	D2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.06	0	1	2	16:17	—	—	71	90
Rasmus Dahlin D	D3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.13	0	0	0	17:42	—	—	46	45
Marco Scandella D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	2	0	15:46	—	—	58	43

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Carter Hutton(start)	L	32	30	2	.938	3.06	58:45

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.