New York Islanders vs. Buffalo SabresFeb 12, 2019

FinalTuesday, Feb 12, 2019· KeyBank Center

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Buffalo SabresBUF

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NYI	1	0	0	1		NYI	8	7	10	25
BUF	1	1	1	3		BUF	5	5	12	22

: NYI 51BUF 41
: NYI 2.12BUF 2.56
PP goals: NYI 0BUF 0
Hits: NYI 20BUF 13
Blocks: NYI 5BUF 14
PIM: NYI 2BUF 0
: NYI 50%BUF 50%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Buffalo Sabres beat New York Islanders 3–1

Buffalo Sabres beat New York Islanders 3–1 at home. Jack Eichel (BUF) led the scoring with 0G 2A. New look for BUF: Sheary–Reinhart–Rodrigues skated 12:16 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (53.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Jack Eichel had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 17:13.Eichel
New line
New look for BUF: Sheary–Reinhart–Rodrigues skated 12:16 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (53.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Sheary Reinhart Rodrigues
New line
New look for BUF: Sobotka–Thompson–Smith skated 9:02 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (23.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Sobotka Thompson Smith
Usage
Jack Eichel (BUF) played 17:13, −3:16 down on his 20:29 season average over 76 games.Eichel
Usage
Johan Larsson (BUF) played 17:50, +3:35 up on his 14:15 season average over 72 games.Larsson
Usage
Zemgus Girgensons (BUF) played 16:37, +3:03 up on his 13:34 season average over 71 games.Girgensons

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 92 of 92 attempts · BUF 41 · NYI 51

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 32% of the game, BUF 27%.

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
	58	46
	2.50	1.94
	2.37	1.88
	13	8
	5	4
	7	11
	+0.006	−0.006
	32%	27%

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

L1Filppula – Komarov – Beauvillier
12:4469% CF
L2Eberle – Lee – Nelson
10:3868% CF
L3Bailey – Dal Colle – Barzal
10:2753% CF
L4Clutterbuck – Martin – Cizikas
10:0650% CF
D1Boychuk – Leddy
18:3746% CF
D2Pelech – Pulock
17:1770% CF
D3Mayfield – Toews
15:2457% CF

PK1FClutterbuck – Nelson
0:57
PK2FFilppula – Komarov
0:39
PK1DBoychuk – Mayfield
1:26
PK2DPelech – Pulock
0:32

Current NYI line combinations →

Buffalo Sabres

L1Sheary – Reinhart – Rodrigues
12:1654% CF
L2Okposo – Larsson – Girgensons
12:0843% CF
L3Pominville – Skinner – Eichel
10:1462% CF
L4Sobotka – Thompson – Smith
9:0224% CF
D1Scandella – Ristolainen
17:3648% CF
D2Hunwick – Dahlin
15:2839% CF
D3McCabe – Pilut
14:4250% CF

PP1Skinner – Reinhart – Eichel – Rodrigues – Dahlin
1:27100% CF
PP2Pominville – Okposo – Sheary – Thompson – Dahlin
0:240% CF

Current BUF line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

16:25
BUFJeff Skinner (Jack Eichel)wrist0.04 xG
NYI: Boychuk, Eberle, Leddy, Lee, NelsonBUF: Pominville, Scandella, Skinner, Ristolainen, Eichel
NYI 0 – 1 BUF
19:37
NYICasey Cizikas (Matt Martin, Cal Clutterbuck)snap0.11 xG
NYI: Clutterbuck, Martin, Cizikas, Pelech, PulockBUF: Pominville, Scandella, Skinner, Ristolainen, Eichel
NYI 1 – 1 BUF

2nd period

6:49
BUFJason Pominville (Jack Eichel)tip-in0.09 xG
NYI: Bailey, Pelech, Pulock, Dal Colle, BarzalBUF: Pominville, Skinner, McCabe, Eichel, Dahlin
NYI 1 – 2 BUF

3rd period

17:35
BUFJohan Larsson (Kyle Okposo, Zemgus Girgensons)wrist0.14 xG
NYI: Boychuk, Eberle, Lee, Nelson, ToewsBUF: Okposo, Scandella, Larsson, Girgensons, Ristolainen
NYI 1 – 3 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
Anthony Beauvillier R	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.17	1	0	0	16:22	—	—	63	54
Valtteri Filppula C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	16:20	—	—	67	60
Leo Komarov R	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	4	0	0	15:48	—	—	58	52
Brock Nelson C	L2	0	0	0	-2	4	0.30	0	0	0	16:42	—	—	57	54
Anders Lee L	L2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.02	2	0	0	15:42	—	—	64	58
Jordan Eberle R	L2	0	0	0	-2	2	0.12	0	0	0	15:38	—	—	54	50
Mathew Barzal C	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.58	0	0	0	17:24	—	—	50	55
Josh Bailey R	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	15:08	—	—	52	58
Michael Dal Colle L	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.26	0	1	0	12:15	—	—	48	58
Cal Clutterbuck R	L4	0	1	1	+1	2	0.11	2	0	0	14:38	—	—	67	72
Matt Martin L	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.09	4	0	0	13:20	—	—	43	53
Casey Cizikas C	L4	1	0	1	+1	1	0.11	1	0	2	11:54	—	—	50	62
Nick Leddy D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	2	1	0	23:32	—	—	41	40
Johnny Boychuk D	D1	0	0	0	-2	3	0.05	4	2	0	20:57	—	—	47	40
Ryan Pulock D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	0	0	0	19:38	—	—	69	68
Adam Pelech D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	0	0	0	19:17	—	—	69	72
Devon Toews D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	17:48	—	—	52	54
Scott Mayfield D	D3	0	0	0	0	3	0.13	0	1	0	17:38	—	—	54	61

NYI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Robin Lehner(start)	L	22	19	3	.864	1.63	57:59

Buffalo Sabres

BUF skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Sam Reinhart C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.26	0	0	0	18:33	—	—	46	38
Evan Rodrigues C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.17	0	1	0	16:02	—	—	45	38
Conor Sheary L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	0	0	0	15:25	—	—	56	52
Johan Larsson L	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	1.23	1	1	0	17:50	—	—	46	67
Zemgus Girgensons C	L2	0	1	1	+1	3	0.15	1	1	0	16:37	—	—	50	68
Kyle Okposo R	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.06	1	0	0	15:53	—	—	47	65
Jack Eichel C	L3	0	2	2	+1	1	0.05	1	2	0	17:13	—	—	48	52
Jeff Skinner L	L3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.20	0	0	0	16:11	—	—	50	50
Jason Pominville R	L3	1	0	1	+1	3	0.14	0	0	0	14:34	—	—	59	57
Vladimir Sobotka C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	2	0	12:14	—	—	24	17
Tage Thompson C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.11	1	0	0	10:52	—	—	26	21
C.J. Smith L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	10:39	—	—	30	29
Rasmus Ristolainen D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.03	1	3	0	23:53	—	—	49	51
Marco Scandella D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	1	0	18:29	—	—	48	51
Rasmus Dahlin D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.06	1	1	0	19:32	—	—	39	47
Matt Hunwick D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	2	0	0	18:24	—	—	34	35
Lawrence Pilut D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	2	0	18:59	—	—	46	25
Jake McCabe D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.02	1	0	0	18:40	—	—	50	53

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Linus Ullmark(start)	W	25	24	1	.960	2.12	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.