New York Islanders vs. Buffalo SabresApr 23, 2022

FinalSaturday, Apr 23, 2022· KeyBank Center

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New York IslandersNYI

3

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Buffalo SabresBUF

5

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NYI	1	0	2	3		NYI	6	5	11	22
BUF	1	3	1	5		BUF	12	10	13	35

: NYI 36BUF 58
: NYI 1.72BUF 3.22
PP goals: NYI 0BUF 1
Hits: NYI 14BUF 5
Blocks: NYI 10BUF 10
PIM: NYI 34BUF 16
: NYI 60%BUF 40%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Buffalo Sabres beat New York Islanders 5–3

Buffalo Sabres beat New York Islanders 5–3 at home. Tage Thompson (BUF) led the scoring with 1G 1A. BUF's first power-play unit (Skinner, Tuch, Thompson, Mittelstadt and Dahlin) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 5:49 together.

Points
Jeff Skinner had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 15:01.Skinner
Points
Noah Dobson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 22:06.Dobson
Points
Tage Thompson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 19:15.Thompson
Points
Victor Olofsson had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 16:40.Olofsson
PP1
BUF's first power-play unit (Skinner, Tuch, Thompson, Mittelstadt and Dahlin) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 5:49 together.Skinner Tuch Thompson Mittelstadt Dahlin
Usage
Jacob Bryson (BUF) played 12:14, −6:11 down on his 18:25 season average over 72 games.Bryson
Goalie
Ilya Sorokin (NYI) faced 35 shots and stopped 30 (.857), +3 against a season average of 31.6; the loss.Sorokin
Luck
BUF scored 5 goals on 3.22 expected goals (58 attempts), finishing well above its chances.

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 94 of 94 attempts · BUF 58 · NYI 36

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 21% of the game, BUF 47%.

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
	38	54
	1.80	2.65
	1.72	2.48
	7	17
	4	1
	12	8
	+0.122	−0.122
	21%	47%

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 – Nelson
9:3338% CF
L2Parise – Palmieri – Barzal
8:3725% CF
L3Bellows – Koivula – Wahlstrom
7:1556% CF
L4Martin – Cizikas – Johnston
5:1570% CF
D1Pelech – Pulock
12:3371% CF
D2Chara – Dobson
12:1722% CF
D3Greene – Aho
9:4231% CF

PP1Parise – Bailey – Pulock – Bellows – Wahlstrom
1:57100% CF
PP2Palmieri – Lee – Nelson – Barzal – Dobson
1:34
PK1FBailey – Cizikas
3:40
PK2FParise – Nelson
2:21
PK1DChara – Pulock
4:09
PK2DGreene – Dobson
3:18

Current NYI line combinations →

Buffalo Sabres

L1Skinner – Olofsson – Thompson
9:0463% CF
L2Girgensons – Hinostroza – Bjork
8:2353% CF
L3Okposo – Asplund – Cozens
7:5891% CF
L4Tuch – Mittelstadt – Krebs
6:349% CF
D1Samuelsson – Dahlin
13:3155% CF
D2Jokiharju – Power
12:1250% CF
D3Fitzgerald – Bryson
9:3576% CF

PP1Skinner – Tuch – Thompson – Mittelstadt – Dahlin
5:49100% CF
PP2Okposo – Olofsson – Jokiharju – Krebs – Cozens
4:32100% CF
PK1FKrebs – Cozens
0:56
PK2FTuch – Thompson
0:51
PK1DJokiharju – Power
1:24
PK2DSamuelsson – Dahlin
1:16

Current BUF line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

12:11
BUFCasey Mittelstadt (Kyle Okposo, Casey Fitzgerald)wrist0.13 xG
NYI: Martin, Cizikas, Pelech, Johnston, AhoBUF: Okposo, Asplund, Fitzgerald, Mittelstadt, Bryson
NYI 0 – 1 BUF
17:09
NYIMathew Barzal (Noah Dobson, Sebastian Aho)wrist0.04 xG
NYI: Parise, Palmieri, Barzal, Aho, DobsonBUF: Skinner, Olofsson, Samuelsson, Dahlin, Cozens
NYI 1 – 1 BUF

2nd period

1:17
BUFRasmus DahlinPP (Jeff Skinner, Alex Tuch)slap0.04 xG
NYI: Parise, Greene, Nelson, DobsonBUF: Skinner, Tuch, Thompson, Mittelstadt, Dahlin
NYI 1 – 2 BUF
4:05
BUFTage Thompson (Jacob Bryson, Victor Olofsson)slap0.01 xG
NYI: Greene, Martin, Cizikas, Johnston, DobsonBUF: Skinner, Olofsson, Thompson, Fitzgerald, Bryson
NYI 1 – 3 BUF
12:48
BUFVinnie Hinostroza (Anders Bjork, Zemgus Girgensons)wrist0.17 xG
NYI: Pulock, Bellows, Koivula, Wahlstrom, DobsonBUF: Girgensons, Hinostroza, Bjork, Jokiharju, Power
NYI 1 – 4 BUF

3rd period

8:45
NYINoah Dobson (Zach Parise, Zdeno Chara)backhand0.14 xG
NYI: Bailey, Lee, Barzal, Aho, DobsonBUF: Olofsson, Fitzgerald, Mittelstadt, Samuelsson, Krebs
NYI 2 – 4 BUF
10:22
NYIKieffer Bellows (Ryan Pulock, Otto Koivula)tip-in0.10 xG
NYI: Pelech, Pulock, Bellows, Koivula, WahlstromBUF: Tuch, Fitzgerald, Mittelstadt, Jokiharju, Krebs
NYI 3 – 4 BUF
12:40
BUFJeff Skinner (Tage Thompson, Victor Olofsson)wrist0.08 xG
NYI: Bailey, Lee, Nelson, Pelech, PulockBUF: Skinner, Olofsson, Thompson, Bryson, Power
NYI 3 – 5 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	0.01	0	0	0	20:58	—	—	35	27
Brock Nelson C	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	17:22	—	—	38	16
Anders Lee L	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.09	0	0	0	15:47	—	—	35	29
Mathew Barzal C	L2	1	0	1	+2	1	0.04	0	1	0	18:29	—	—	36	46
Kyle Palmieri C	L2	0	0	0	+1	3	0.32	2	0	0	17:49	—	—	27	32
Zach Parise L	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.25	0	0	2	17:11	—	—	29	25
Oliver Wahlstrom R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.11	0	0	0	12:04	—	—	46	65
Kieffer Bellows L	L3	1	0	1	0	5	0.33	0	0	0	11:34	—	—	50	68
Otto Koivula L	L3	0	1	1	0	1	0.13	3	1	0	10:15	—	—	53	71
Casey Cizikas C	L4	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	0	0	0	14:38	—	—	41	10
Matt Martin L	L4	0	0	0	-2	0	0.06	2	0	2	10:47	—	—	59	50
Ross Johnston L	L4	0	0	0	-2	1	0.06	2	0	10	7:09	—	—	67	44
Ryan Pulock D	D1	0	1	1	-1	4	0.18	0	1	0	23:32	—	—	62	59
Adam Pelech D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.02	1	2	16	19:34	—	—	59	64
Noah Dobson D	D2	1	1	2	0	1	0.14	0	2	0	22:06	—	—	25	13
Zdeno Chara D	D2	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	3	0	2	20:27	—	—	26	6
Andy Greene D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	2	0	16:41	—	—	30	47
Sebastian Aho D	D3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	1	1	2	12:49	—	—	39	53

NYI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Ilya Sorokin(start)	L	35	30	5	.857	3.22	59:06

Buffalo Sabres

BUF skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Tage Thompson C	L1	1	1	2	+2	3	0.20	0	0	0	19:15	—	—	59	52
Victor Olofsson L	L1	0	2	2	0	2	0.26	0	0	0	16:40	—	—	58	51
Jeff Skinner L	L1	1	1	2	+1	3	0.55	1	0	14	15:01	—	—	59	64
Anders Bjork L	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.03	0	1	0	13:30	—	—	57	49
Zemgus Girgensons C	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.02	0	2	0	12:21	—	—	53	89
Vinnie Hinostroza C	L2	1	0	1	+1	1	0.17	0	0	0	11:05	—	—	56	89
Dylan Cozens C	L3	0	0	0	-1	7	0.50	0	0	2	17:41	—	—	74	81
Kyle Okposo R	L3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.45	0	0	0	17:08	—	—	88	90
Rasmus Asplund C	L3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.15	1	0	0	11:26	—	—	95	100
Alex Tuch R	L4	0	1	1	-1	0	0.08	0	2	0	18:33	—	—	35	23
Casey Mittelstadt C	L4	1	0	1	-1	6	0.40	0	0	0	16:31	—	—	43	48
Peyton Krebs C	L4	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	0	0	0	15:37	—	—	20	13
Rasmus Dahlin D	D1	1	0	1	-1	2	0.06	1	1	0	24:05	—	—	58	62
Mattias Samuelsson D	D1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.01	1	1	0	19:43	—	—	50	51
Henri Jokiharju D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	0	0	0	21:50	—	—	44	48
Owen Power D	D2	0	0	0	+2	1	0.01	0	3	0	21:11	—	—	56	79
Casey Fitzgerald D	D3	0	1	1	0	2	0.22	1	0	0	12:26	—	—	61	46
Jacob Bryson D	D3	0	1	1	+3	1	0.01	0	0	0	12:14	—	—	81	78

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Dustin Tokarski(start)	W	22	19	3	.864	1.72	59:43

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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.