New York Islanders vs. Buffalo SabresMay 4, 2021

Final / SOTuesday, May 4, 2021· KeyBank Center

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Buffalo SabresBUF

4

Goals	1	2	3	OT	SO	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
NYI	1	2	0	0	0	3		NYI	21	8	18	1	48
BUF	1	1	1	0	1	4		BUF	9	11	11	0	31

: NYI 75BUF 51
: NYI 3.51BUF 1.87
PP goals: NYI 0BUF 0
Hits: NYI 19BUF 16
Blocks: NYI 11BUF 14
PIM: NYI 2BUF 2
: NYI 64%BUF 36%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Buffalo Sabres edge New York Islanders 4–3 (SO)

Buffalo Sabres beat New York Islanders 4–3 in a shootout at home. Anders Bjork (BUF) led the scoring with 2G 0A. Michael Houser (BUF) faced 48 shots and stopped 45 (.938), +13 against a season average of 35.3; the win.

Points
Anders Bjork had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 21:14.Bjork
Points
Cal Clutterbuck had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 13:53.Clutterbuck
Points
Victor Olofsson had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 18:53.Olofsson
Goalie
Michael Houser (BUF) faced 48 shots and stopped 45 (.938), +13 against a season average of 35.3; the win.Houser
Usage
Anders Bjork (BUF) played 21:14, +7:31 up on his 13:43 season average over 44 games.Bjork
New line
New look for NYI: Clutterbuck–Cizikas–Johnston skated 9:33 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Clutterbuck Cizikas Johnston
New line
New look for NYI: Zajac–Eberle–Dal Colle skated 9:24 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (59.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Zajac Eberle Dal Colle
Usage
Oliver Wahlstrom (NYI) played 16:57, +4:40 up on his 12:17 season average over 43 games.Wahlstrom

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 126 of 126 attempts · BUF 51 · NYI 75

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 49% of the game, BUF 14%.

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
	85	59
	3.41	2.20
	3.27	2.06
	13	10
	4	10
	13	13
	+0.124	−0.124
	49%	14%

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 – Nelson – Beauvillier
10:5370% CF
L2Palmieri – Pageau – Wahlstrom
10:3667% CF
L3Clutterbuck – Cizikas – Johnston
9:3350% CF
L4Zajac – Eberle – Dal Colle
9:2459% CF
D1Leddy – Mayfield
17:3156% CF
D2Pelech – Pulock
16:2271% CF
D3Greene – Dobson
8:5144% CF

PP1Zajac – Eberle – Pulock – Beauvillier – Dobson
1:09
PP2Bailey – Palmieri – Leddy – Nelson – Wahlstrom
0:51100% CF
PK1FClutterbuck – Cizikas
1:03
PK2FZajac – Pageau
0:29
PK1DMayfield – Pelech
1:06
PK2DGreene – Pulock
0:40

Current NYI line combinations →

Buffalo Sabres

L1Reinhart – Bjork – Olofsson
14:0270% CF
L2Asplund – Thompson – Mittelstadt
13:0530% CF
L3Eakin – Skinner – Caggiula
10:4738% CF
L4Sheahan – Cozens – Ruotsalainen
9:1038% CF
D1Ristolainen – Samuelsson
18:4539% CF
D2Jokiharju – Dahlin
17:3137% CF
D3Miller – Bryson
13:2059% CF

PP1Reinhart – Olofsson – Mittelstadt – Dahlin – Cozens
1:20
PP2Skinner – Ristolainen – Thompson – Bryson – Ruotsalainen
0:260% CF
PK1FSheahan – Bjork
1:09
PK2FEakin – Asplund
0:00
PK1DRistolainen – Samuelsson
1:09

Current BUF line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

15:59
BUFCody Eakin (Jeff Skinner, Drake Caggiula)wrist0.11 xG
NYI: Zajac, Greene, Eberle, Dal Colle, DobsonBUF: Eakin, Skinner, Caggiula, Jokiharju, Dahlin
NYI 0 – 1 BUF
16:25
NYIAnthony Beauvillier (Josh Bailey, Brock Nelson)wrist0.11 xG
NYI: Bailey, Nelson, Pelech, Pulock, BeauvillierBUF: Sheahan, Jokiharju, Dahlin, Cozens, Ruotsalainen
NYI 1 – 1 BUF

2nd period

3:44
NYIRyan Pulock (Cal Clutterbuck, Ross Johnston)wrist0.01 xG
NYI: Zajac, Clutterbuck, Pelech, Pulock, JohnstonBUF: Eakin, Ristolainen, Samuelsson, Cozens, Ruotsalainen
NYI 2 – 1 BUF
9:16
NYICal ClutterbuckSHwrist0.20 xG
NYI: Greene, Clutterbuck, Cizikas, MayfieldBUF: Skinner, Ristolainen, Thompson, Bryson, Ruotsalainen
NYI 3 – 1 BUF
17:37
BUFAnders Bjork (Colin Miller, Victor Olofsson)tip-in0.07 xG
NYI: Bailey, Leddy, Nelson, Mayfield, Dal ColleBUF: Miller, Reinhart, Bjork, Olofsson, Bryson
NYI 3 – 2 BUF

3rd period

10:56
BUFAnders Bjork (Victor Olofsson)wrist0.03 xG
NYI: Greene, Bailey, Nelson, Johnston, DobsonBUF: Reinhart, Bjork, Olofsson, Jokiharju, Dahlin
NYI 3 – 3 BUF

Decided in the shootout: NYI 3 – 4 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	0	1	1	-1	2	0.33	3	0	0	18:05	—	—	60	63
Anthony Beauvillier R	L1	1	0	1	+1	7	0.52	0	0	0	17:28	—	—	66	79
Josh Bailey R	L1	0	1	1	-1	1	0.10	0	0	0	16:56	—	—	59	60
Oliver Wahlstrom R	L2	0	0	0	0	4	0.27	1	0	0	16:57	—	—	63	71
Jean-Gabriel Pageau C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.14	1	1	0	16:12	—	—	70	84
Kyle Palmieri C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.21	3	0	0	15:47	—	—	69	85
Casey Cizikas C	L3	0	0	0	+1	3	0.24	0	0	0	14:20	—	—	52	51
Cal Clutterbuck R	L3	1	1	2	+2	2	0.23	3	1	0	13:53	—	—	56	61
Ross Johnston L	L3	0	1	1	0	1	0.13	4	0	0	11:29	—	—	52	56
Travis Zajac C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.10	0	0	0	18:08	—	—	59	54
Jordan Eberle R	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.27	0	1	2	15:15	—	—	61	59
Michael Dal Colle L	L4	0	0	0	-2	4	0.24	1	0	0	14:54	—	—	48	38
Nick Leddy D	D1	0	0	0	-1	6	0.36	0	0	0	23:30	—	—	59	56
Scott Mayfield D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	1	0	0	20:54	—	—	57	53
Adam Pelech D	D2	0	0	0	+2	1	0.05	0	2	0	24:00	—	—	65	78
Ryan Pulock D	D2	1	0	1	+2	4	0.19	0	1	0	23:19	—	—	70	80
Noah Dobson D	D3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.03	0	2	0	15:59	—	—	44	47
Andy Greene D	D3	0	0	0	-1	4	0.07	2	3	0	15:54	—	—	46	26

NYI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Ilya Sorokin(start)	O	31	28	3	.903	1.87	65:00

Buffalo Sabres

BUF skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Anders Bjork L	L1	2	0	2	+2	3	0.15	2	1	0	21:14	—	—	58	82
Sam Reinhart C	L1	0	0	0	+2	2	0.21	0	0	0	21:08	—	—	58	83
Victor Olofsson L	L1	0	2	2	+2	4	0.47	1	1	2	18:53	—	—	66	84
Casey Mittelstadt C	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.21	1	0	0	19:43	—	—	29	28
Tage Thompson C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.10	0	0	0	17:28	—	—	28	24
Rasmus Asplund C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	15:45	—	—	30	29
Cody Eakin C	L3	1	0	1	0	4	0.13	1	2	0	13:27	—	—	35	44
Drake Caggiula L	L3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.09	0	1	0	12:17	—	—	36	48
Jeff Skinner L	L3	0	1	1	0	2	0.17	1	0	0	11:35	—	—	36	46
Riley Sheahan C	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.06	0	0	0	12:42	—	—	37	12
Dylan Cozens C	L4	0	0	0	-2	1	0.04	0	0	0	12:41	—	—	37	12
Arttu Ruotsalainen C	L4	0	0	0	-3	1	0.03	1	1	0	12:27	—	—	34	12
Rasmus Ristolainen D	D1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.02	4	1	0	26:37	—	—	39	34
Mattias Samuelsson D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	3	1	0	21:43	—	—	40	46
Rasmus Dahlin D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.12	1	2	0	23:19	—	—	39	35
Henri Jokiharju D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.01	0	3	0	18:55	—	—	35	32
Jacob Bryson D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	0	0	0	17:30	—	—	52	55
Colin Miller D	D3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.02	1	0	0	15:36	—	—	48	45

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Michael Houser(start)	W	48	45	3	.938	3.51	65:00

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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.