New York Islanders vs. Buffalo SabresFeb 15, 2022

FinalTuesday, Feb 15, 2022· KeyBank Center

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Buffalo SabresBUF

6

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NYI	1	1	1	3		NYI	10	12	11	33
BUF	1	2	3	6		BUF	12	17	12	41

: NYI 48BUF 64
: NYI 2.54BUF 3.47
PP goals: NYI 0BUF 1
Hits: NYI 17BUF 9
Blocks: NYI 13BUF 8
PIM: NYI 4BUF 4
: NYI 58%BUF 42%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Buffalo Sabres beat New York Islanders 6–3

Buffalo Sabres beat New York Islanders 6–3 at home. Dylan Cozens (BUF) led the scoring with 0G 3A. BUF's first power-play unit (Skinner, Tuch, Thompson, Dahlin and Krebs) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 1:49 together.

Points
Dylan Cozens had 3 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 15:22.Cozens
Points
Kyle Palmieri had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 13:35.Palmieri
Points
Victor Olofsson had two goals (2 points) on 5 shots in 14:29.Olofsson
Points
Alex Tuch had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 19:36.Tuch
Points
Anders Lee had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 14:51.Lee
Points
Peyton Krebs had 2 assists (2 points) in 15:18.Krebs
PP1
BUF's first power-play unit (Skinner, Tuch, Thompson, Dahlin and Krebs) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 1:49 together.Skinner Tuch Thompson Dahlin Krebs
Goalie
Ilya Sorokin (NYI) faced 39 shots and stopped 35 (.897), +7 against a season average of 31.6; the loss.Sorokin

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 112 of 112 attempts · BUF 64 · NYI 48

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 27% of the game, BUF 34%.

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
	43	61
	2.50	1.98
	2.45	1.90
	17	10
	7	5
	17	12
	+0.007	−0.007
	27%	34%

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

L1Clutterbuck – Martin – Cizikas
11:3642% CF
L2Palmieri – Nelson – Beauvillier
11:0433% CF
L3Bailey – Lee – Barzal
10:0550% CF
L4Parise – Pageau – Wahlstrom
8:1737% CF
D1Mayfield – Pelech
15:1146% CF
D2Chara – Dobson
14:3843% CF
D3Pulock – Aho
13:3237% CF

PP1Parise – Bailey – Pulock – Beauvillier – Wahlstrom
1:5375% CF
PP2Lee – Nelson – Pageau – Barzal – Dobson
1:36100% CF
PK1FClutterbuck – Cizikas
1:40
PK2FBailey – Pageau
0:46
PK1DMayfield – Pelech
1:48
PK2DChara – Pulock
1:08

Current NYI line combinations →

Buffalo Sabres

L1Skinner – Tuch – Thompson
10:2765% CF
L2Okposo – Eakin – Asplund
9:4757% CF
L3Jankowski – Hayden – Bjork
9:3225% CF
L4Olofsson – Krebs – Cozens
9:0985% CF
D1Jokiharju – Dahlin
18:5568% CF
D2Pysyk – Bryson
15:1565% CF
D3Fitzgerald – Samuelsson
10:5940% CF

PP1Skinner – Tuch – Thompson – Dahlin – Krebs
1:4975% CF
PP2Okposo – Olofsson – Asplund – Jokiharju – Cozens
0:59100% CF
PK1FAsplund – Thompson
1:03
PK2FJankowski – Tuch
0:45
PK1DJokiharju – Dahlin
1:28
PK2DFitzgerald – Samuelsson
1:21

Current BUF line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

10:53
BUFKyle Okposo (Casey Fitzgerald, Cody Eakin)tip-in0.04 xG
NYI: Chara, Parise, Pageau, Wahlstrom, DobsonBUF: Okposo, Eakin, Asplund, Fitzgerald, Samuelsson
NYI 0 – 1 BUF
12:06
NYIKyle Palmieri (Anthony Beauvillier, Sebastian Aho)tip-in0.05 xG
NYI: Palmieri, Nelson, Mayfield, Pelech, BeauvillierBUF: Tuch, Bjork, Jokiharju, Dahlin, Cozens
NYI 1 – 1 BUF

2nd period

1:36
BUFTage ThompsonSH (Dylan Cozens)wrist0.19 xG
NYI: Parise, Bailey, Barzal, Beauvillier, DobsonBUF: Thompson, Jokiharju, Dahlin, Cozens
NYI 1 – 2 BUF
7:11
NYIAnders Lee (Zdeno Chara, Mathew Barzal)wrist0.46 xG
NYI: Chara, Bailey, Lee, Barzal, DobsonBUF: Okposo, Eakin, Asplund, Fitzgerald, Samuelsson
NYI 2 – 2 BUF
19:59
BUFAlex TuchPP (Peyton Krebs, Rasmus Dahlin)tip-in0.10 xG
NYI: Clutterbuck, Cizikas, Mayfield, PelechBUF: Skinner, Tuch, Thompson, Dahlin, Krebs
NYI 2 – 3 BUF

3rd period

9:56
NYIKyle Palmieri (Anders Lee, Noah Dobson)wrist0.05 xG
NYI: Palmieri, Lee, Pelech, Barzal, DobsonBUF: Jankowski, Bjork, Olofsson, Fitzgerald, Samuelsson
NYI 3 – 3 BUF
17:05
BUFVictor Olofsson (Peyton Krebs, Dylan Cozens)wrist0.07 xG
NYI: Chara, Palmieri, Nelson, Mayfield, BeauvillierBUF: Olofsson, Jokiharju, Dahlin, Krebs, Cozens
NYI 3 – 4 BUF
18:55
BUFHenri JokiharjuEN (Alex Tuch)wrist0.27 xG
NYI: Bailey, Lee, Nelson, Pageau, Barzal, DobsonBUF: Skinner, Tuch, Thompson, Jokiharju, Dahlin
NYI 3 – 5 BUF
19:34
BUFVictor OlofssonEN (Dylan Cozens)wrist0.56 xG
NYI: Parise, Palmieri, Pulock, Beauvillier, Aho, WahlstromBUF: Okposo, Olofsson, Fitzgerald, Samuelsson, Cozens
NYI 3 – 6 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
Casey Cizikas C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	16:06	—	—	40	27
Cal Clutterbuck R	L1	0	0	0	0	4	0.08	3	0	0	15:04	—	—	42	28
Matt Martin L	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	13:46	—	—	42	28
Anthony Beauvillier R	L2	0	1	1	-2	2	0.12	0	0	0	18:10	—	—	33	36
Brock Nelson C	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.24	0	1	0	16:36	—	—	33	41
Kyle Palmieri C	L2	2	0	2	0	3	0.12	2	0	0	13:35	—	—	33	32
Josh Bailey R	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.31	0	0	0	18:01	—	—	50	77
Mathew Barzal C	L3	0	1	1	0	3	0.17	1	0	0	16:39	—	—	54	79
Anders Lee L	L3	1	1	2	+1	4	0.75	0	1	0	14:51	—	—	52	79
Jean-Gabriel Pageau C	L4	0	0	0	-2	2	0.23	1	0	0	14:42	—	—	33	41
Oliver Wahlstrom R	L4	0	0	0	-2	1	0.02	1	0	0	13:07	—	—	39	45
Zach Parise L	L4	0	0	0	-3	2	0.28	2	1	2	13:00	—	—	38	42
Adam Pelech D	D1	0	0	0	+2	2	0.04	1	0	0	20:08	—	—	48	56
Scott Mayfield D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	0	2	0	18:57	—	—	45	59
Noah Dobson D	D2	0	1	1	-1	3	0.13	0	2	0	19:51	—	—	39	60
Zdeno Chara D	D2	0	1	1	-1	1	0.04	3	1	2	17:36	—	—	40	65
Ryan Pulock D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.00	2	2	0	21:38	—	—	39	36
Sebastian Aho D	D3	0	1	1	-1	0	0.00	0	3	0	16:51	—	—	36	47

NYI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Ilya Sorokin(start)	L	39	35	4	.897	2.63	58:23

Buffalo Sabres

BUF skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Alex Tuch R	L1	1	1	2	0	5	0.24	0	1	0	19:36	—	—	61	44
Tage Thompson C	L1	1	0	1	+2	5	0.47	1	0	0	16:31	—	—	67	58
Jeff Skinner L	L1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.11	0	0	0	16:24	—	—	64	53
Rasmus Asplund C	L2	0	0	0	0	5	0.56	0	0	0	15:18	—	—	60	32
Kyle Okposo R	L2	1	0	1	+1	5	0.18	0	0	0	14:57	—	—	57	31
Cody Eakin C	L2	0	1	1	0	1	0.20	0	1	0	12:24	—	—	57	28
Anders Bjork L	L3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.01	1	2	0	14:01	—	—	32	41
Mark Jankowski L	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	0	1	2	13:10	—	—	33	38
John Hayden C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.14	1	0	0	11:35	—	—	25	39
Dylan Cozens C	L4	0	3	3	+2	3	0.33	0	0	2	15:22	—	—	68	63
Peyton Krebs C	L4	0	2	2	+1	0	0.08	0	0	0	15:18	—	—	78	56
Victor Olofsson L	L4	2	0	2	+1	5	0.73	0	0	0	14:29	—	—	80	78
Rasmus Dahlin D	D1	0	1	1	+2	0	0.03	2	3	0	24:41	—	—	65	64
Henri Jokiharju D	D1	1	0	1	+2	4	0.33	0	0	0	23:52	—	—	69	68
Mark Pysyk D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	0	0	19:00	—	—	65	71
Jacob Bryson D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	0	0	0	18:07	—	—	67	71
Casey Fitzgerald D	D3	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	16:14	—	—	39	13
Mattias Samuelsson D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	2	0	0	15:17	—	—	40	13

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Dustin Tokarski(start)	W	33	30	3	.909	2.54	59:44

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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.