New York Islanders vs. Buffalo SabresFeb 15, 2021

FinalMonday, Feb 15, 2021· KeyBank Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NYI	2	1	0	3		NYI	8	9	12	29
BUF	0	1	0	1		BUF	12	9	0	21

: NYI 54BUF 46
: NYI 2.53BUF 1.70
PP goals: NYI 1BUF 1
Hits: NYI 17BUF 15
Blocks: NYI 14BUF 12
PIM: NYI 4BUF 2
: NYI 54%BUF 46%

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. Josh Bailey (NYI) led the scoring with 0G 2A. BUF's first power-play unit (Hall, Reinhart, Olofsson, Eichel and Dahlin) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 3:03 together.

Points
Josh Bailey had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 17:16.Bailey
PP1
BUF's first power-play unit (Hall, Reinhart, Olofsson, Eichel and Dahlin) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 3:03 together.Hall Reinhart Olofsson Eichel Dahlin
New line
New look for BUF: Staal–Hall–Reinhart skated 13:13 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (37% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Staal Hall Reinhart
New line
New look for BUF: Sheahan–Fogarty–Thompson skated 7:30 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (42.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Sheahan Fogarty Thompson
Usage
Rasmus Dahlin (BUF) played 25:02, +3:29 up on his 21:33 season average over 55 games.Dahlin
Usage
Brandon Davidson (BUF) played 11:36, −4:29 down on his 16:05 season average over 5 games.Davidson
Usage
Colin Miller (BUF) played 22:38, +4:44 up on his 17:54 season average over 47 games.Miller
Usage
Matt Irwin (BUF) played 20:05, +4:00 up on his 16:05 season average over 23 games.Irwin

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 100 of 100 attempts · BUF 46 · NYI 54

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 23%.

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
	56	44
	1.83	1.54
	1.78	1.42
	12	5
	1	0
	8	10
	+0.027	−0.027
	32%	23%

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
12:5557% CF
L2Eberle – Nelson – Dal Colle
10:3359% CF
L3Komarov – Pageau – Wahlstrom
8:4140% CF
L4Clutterbuck – Martin – Cizikas
6:0846% CF
D1Pelech – Pulock
14:1147% CF
D2Leddy – Mayfield
13:3858% CF
D3Greene – Dobson
9:0473% CF

PP1Eberle – Lee – Pulock – Barzal – Dobson
2:0575% CF
PP2Bailey – Leddy – Nelson – Pageau – Wahlstrom
1:11100% CF
PK1FClutterbuck – Cizikas
1:12
PK2FKomarov – Pageau
1:01
PK1DMayfield – Pelech
1:48

Current NYI line combinations →

Buffalo Sabres

L1Staal – Hall – Reinhart
13:1337% CF
L2Skinner – Olofsson – Eichel
11:4853% CF
L3Sheahan – Fogarty – Thompson
7:3043% CF
L4Okposo – Eakin – Rieder
7:2736% CF
D1Miller – Dahlin
18:4547% CF
D2Irwin – Jokiharju
15:1940% CF
D3Davidson – Borgen
9:1158% CF

PP1Hall – Reinhart – Olofsson – Eichel – Dahlin
3:03100% CF
PK1FEakin – Rieder
1:44
PK2FOkposo – Sheahan
1:32
PK1DIrwin – Jokiharju
1:06
PK2DMiller – Borgen
0:34

Current BUF line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

16:37
NYIAnders Lee (Josh Bailey, Mathew Barzal)deflected0.07 xG
NYI: Bailey, Leddy, Lee, Mayfield, BarzalBUF: Staal, Irwin, Hall, Reinhart, Jokiharju
NYI 1 – 0 BUF
18:21
NYIJean-Gabriel Pageau (Nick Leddy, Scott Mayfield)wrist0.01 xG
NYI: Leddy, Lee, Pageau, Pelech, WahlstromBUF: Skinner, Miller, Reinhart, Eichel, Dahlin
NYI 2 – 0 BUF

2nd period

1:40
BUFVictor OlofssonPP (Rasmus Dahlin, Sam Reinhart)slap0.09 xG
NYI: Greene, Clutterbuck, Cizikas, MayfieldBUF: Hall, Reinhart, Olofsson, Eichel, Dahlin
NYI 2 – 1 BUF
9:49
NYIBrock NelsonPP (Josh Bailey, Oliver Wahlstrom)deflected0.14 xG
NYI: Bailey, Leddy, Nelson, Pageau, WahlstromBUF: Eakin, Irwin, Rieder, Jokiharju
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
Mathew Barzal C	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.22	1	0	0	19:18	—	—	63	70
Anders Lee L	L1	1	0	1	+2	2	0.86	0	1	0	19:02	—	—	63	71
Josh Bailey R	L1	0	2	2	+1	3	0.10	0	1	0	17:16	—	—	61	60
Jordan Eberle R	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.29	0	0	0	18:34	—	—	59	62
Brock Nelson C	L2	1	0	1	0	3	0.18	0	1	0	16:45	—	—	55	50
Michael Dal Colle L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.12	2	0	0	12:05	—	—	61	52
Jean-Gabriel Pageau C	L3	1	0	1	+1	3	0.06	0	1	0	15:47	—	—	55	36
Leo Komarov R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	1	0	12:45	—	—	41	24
Oliver Wahlstrom R	L3	0	1	1	+1	4	0.16	0	0	0	11:16	—	—	39	19
Casey Cizikas C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	3	1	2	13:09	—	—	50	63
Cal Clutterbuck R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.15	2	2	0	12:31	—	—	58	59
Matt Martin L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	9:22	—	—	47	56
Adam Pelech D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.03	0	0	2	22:02	—	—	41	40
Ryan Pulock D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0.15	3	2	0	22:00	—	—	52	54
Scott Mayfield D	D2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	20:42	—	—	55	62
Nick Leddy D	D2	0	1	1	+2	2	0.03	3	2	0	19:55	—	—	65	66
Andy Greene D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.09	0	2	0	19:19	—	—	61	46
Noah Dobson D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	1	0	0	15:00	—	—	63	51

NYI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Semyon Varlamov(start)	W	21	20	1	.952	1.70	60:00

Buffalo Sabres

BUF skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Sam Reinhart C	L1	0	1	1	-2	3	0.41	0	1	0	21:49	—	—	33	33
Taylor Hall L	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.18	0	0	0	20:26	—	—	43	44
Eric Staal C	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	1	0	0	15:15	—	—	44	38
Jack Eichel C	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.13	0	0	0	21:37	—	—	46	53
Victor Olofsson L	L2	1	0	1	0	3	0.28	1	0	0	18:51	—	—	56	46
Jeff Skinner L	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.21	1	0	0	16:44	—	—	54	51
Tage Thompson C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.17	2	1	0	11:39	—	—	36	67
Riley Sheahan C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	11:26	—	—	44	77
Steven Fogarty C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	8:28	—	—	43	93
Kyle Okposo R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	14:23	—	—	52	52
Cody Eakin C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	0	0	0	12:10	—	—	40	37
Tobias Rieder L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.14	0	0	0	9:42	—	—	33	33
Rasmus Dahlin D	D1	0	1	1	-1	1	0.01	0	0	0	25:02	—	—	49	62
Colin Miller D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	1	3	0	22:38	—	—	46	57
Henri Jokiharju D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.05	1	1	0	21:44	—	—	41	36
Matt Irwin D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	4	4	0	20:05	—	—	35	31
Will Borgen D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	3	1	0	14:43	—	—	47	53
Brandon Davidson D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	1	0	2	11:36	—	—	50	41

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Linus Ullmark(start)	L	29	26	3	.897	1.85	58:02

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.