New York Islanders vs. Buffalo SabresNov 2, 2019

FinalSaturday, Nov 2, 2019· KeyBank Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NYI	1	0	0	1		NYI	10	7	4	21
BUF	0	0	0	0		BUF	6	10	11	27

: NYI 39BUF 58
: NYI 2.07BUF 2.44
PP goals: NYI 0BUF 0
Hits: NYI 19BUF 12
Blocks: NYI 14BUF 9
PIM: NYI 4BUF 2
: NYI 50%BUF 50%

Fantasy takeaways

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

New York Islanders edge Buffalo Sabres 1–0

New York Islanders beat Buffalo Sabres 1–0 at BUF. Derick Brassard (NYI) led the scoring with 1G 0A. New look for BUF: Vesey–Reinhart–Eichel skated 12:54 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (54.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

New line
New look for BUF: Vesey–Reinhart–Eichel skated 12:54 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (54.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Vesey Reinhart Eichel
Luck
BUF scored 0 goals on 2.44 expected goals (58 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for BUF: Johansson–Skinner–Olofsson skated 8:05 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (46.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Johansson Skinner Olofsson
New line
New look for BUF: Sobotka–Sheary–Mittelstadt skated 8:32 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (80% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Sobotka Sheary Mittelstadt
Usage
Victor Olofsson (BUF) played 14:08, −4:20 down on his 18:28 season average over 53 games.Olofsson
Usage
Josh Bailey (NYI) played 20:53, +4:03 up on his 16:50 season average over 67 games.Bailey
Usage
Adam Pelech (NYI) played 24:42, +3:40 up on his 21:02 season average over 37 games.Pelech
Usage
Cal Clutterbuck (NYI) played 16:51, +3:31 up on his 13:20 season average over 36 games.Clutterbuck

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 97 of 97 attempts · BUF 58 · NYI 39

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 31% of the game, BUF 35%.

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
	44	60
	2.39	2.65
	2.31	2.52
	10	10
	10	4
	13	10
	−0.031	+0.031
	31%	35%

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

L1Bailey – Lee – Barzal
13:1247% CF
L2Clutterbuck – Cizikas – Dal Colle
9:4541% CF
L3Brassard – Nelson – Beauvillier
9:2050% CF
L4Johnston – Bardreau – Wahlstrom
4:3450% CF
D1Pelech – Pulock
15:2352% CF
D2Mayfield – Toews
12:4435% CF
D3Boychuk – Dobson
6:0756% CF

PP1Brassard – Nelson – Pulock – Wahlstrom – Dobson
1:03100% CF
PP2Bailey – Lee – Toews – Barzal – Beauvillier
0:57
PK1FClutterbuck – Cizikas
3:09
PK2FBailey – Nelson
1:55
PK1DMayfield – Pelech
2:32
PK2DBoychuk – Pulock
0:36

Current NYI line combinations →

Buffalo Sabres

L1Vesey – Reinhart – Eichel
12:5454% CF
L2Okposo – Larsson – Girgensons
9:2671% CF
L3Sobotka – Sheary – Mittelstadt
8:3280% CF
L4Johansson – Skinner – Olofsson
8:0547% CF
D1McCabe – Ristolainen
16:5567% CF
D2Montour – Dahlin
12:5655% CF
D3Miller – Jokiharju
11:0850% CF

PP1Skinner – Reinhart – Olofsson – Eichel – Dahlin
4:10100% CF
PP2Johansson – Skinner – Miller – Ristolainen – Mittelstadt
1:35100% CF
PK1FSobotka – Vesey
1:06
PK2FLarsson – Girgensons
0:54
PK1DRistolainen – Jokiharju
1:06
PK2DMiller – Montour
0:54

Current BUF line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

5:19
NYIDerick Brassard (Anthony Beauvillier)wrist0.11 xG
NYI: Brassard, Nelson, Pelech, Pulock, BeauvillierBUF: Johansson, Skinner, Miller, Olofsson, Jokiharju
NYI 1 – 0 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
Josh Bailey R	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	3	0	20:53	—	—	50	47
Mathew Barzal C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	0	0	0	19:54	—	—	52	40
Anders Lee L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.15	0	1	0	19:33	—	—	50	40
Casey Cizikas C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.19	2	1	0	17:04	—	—	35	67
Cal Clutterbuck R	L2	0	0	0	0	4	0.34	4	0	0	16:51	—	—	32	44
Michael Dal Colle L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	2	0	13:13	—	—	36	70
Brock Nelson C	L3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.40	0	0	0	17:16	—	—	39	38
Anthony Beauvillier R	L3	0	1	1	+1	3	0.24	0	0	0	14:37	—	—	52	50
Derick Brassard C	L3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.19	0	0	0	14:00	—	—	43	34
Oliver Wahlstrom R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	2	8:33	—	—	57	74
Ross Johnston L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	6:40	—	—	29	37
Cole Bardreau C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	3	0	0	6:10	—	—	33	94
Adam Pelech D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	2	2	0	24:42	—	—	52	56
Ryan Pulock D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.21	1	0	2	21:08	—	—	50	53
Scott Mayfield D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	23:08	—	—	28	25
Devon Toews D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	1	1	0	20:14	—	—	38	31
Johnny Boychuk D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	2	0	18:12	—	—	32	49
Noah Dobson D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.25	0	1	0	11:52	—	—	50	69

NYI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Semyon Varlamov(start)	W	27	27	0	.1000	2.44	60:00

Buffalo Sabres

BUF skaters
Skater	Line	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jack Eichel C	L1	0	5	0.28	0	1	0	23:28	—	—	52	49
Sam Reinhart C	L1	0	1	0.29	1	0	0	22:34	—	—	52	52
Jimmy Vesey L	L1	0	1	0.18	0	0	0	17:18	—	—	50	47
Johan Larsson L	L2	0	1	0.20	1	0	0	12:35	—	—	67	82
Zemgus Girgensons C	L2	0	3	0.38	1	0	0	12:03	—	—	62	79
Kyle Okposo R	L2	0	0	0.01	0	0	0	10:54	—	—	68	83
Conor Sheary L	L3	0	2	0.07	0	1	0	14:17	—	—	59	44
Casey Mittelstadt C	L3	0	1	0.09	0	0	0	14:05	—	—	77	51
Vladimir Sobotka C	L3	0	1	0.14	0	0	0	11:17	—	—	85	65
Marcus Johansson L	L4	-1	2	0.05	2	0	0	15:58	—	—	50	40
Jeff Skinner L	L4	-1	0	0.06	0	0	0	15:36	—	—	53	37
Victor Olofsson L	L4	-1	0	0.15	0	1	0	14:08	—	—	47	39
Rasmus Ristolainen D	D1	0	1	0.07	3	1	0	23:49	—	—	67	53
Jake McCabe D	D1	0	3	0.04	0	1	2	20:23	—	—	59	63
Rasmus Dahlin D	D2	0	1	0.04	0	0	0	19:57	—	—	57	54
Brandon Montour D	D2	0	2	0.26	1	2	0	18:57	—	—	55	60
Colin Miller D	D3	-1	3	0.14	3	1	0	17:01	—	—	46	28
Henri Jokiharju D	D3	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	15:15	—	—	50	32

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Carter Hutton(start)	L	21	20	1	.952	2.07	58:25

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.