New York Islanders vs. Buffalo SabresMar 14, 2024

FinalThursday, Mar 14, 2024· KeyBank Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NYI	0	0	0	0		NYI	5	6	10	21
BUF	0	3	1	4		BUF	13	16	8	37

: NYI 42BUF 56
: NYI 1.63BUF 4.32
PP goals: NYI 0BUF 1
Hits: NYI 51BUF 23
Blocks: NYI 9BUF 9
PIM: NYI 11BUF 13
: NYI 45%BUF 55%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Buffalo Sabres rout New York Islanders 4–0

Buffalo Sabres beat New York Islanders 4–0 at home. Zach Benson (BUF) led the scoring with 2G 0A. Ilya Sorokin (NYI) faced 36 shots and stopped 33 (.917), +3 against a season average of 32.5; the loss.

Points
Zach Benson had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 15:16.Benson
Points
Owen Power had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 21:49.Power
Goalie
Ilya Sorokin (NYI) faced 36 shots and stopped 33 (.917), +3 against a season average of 32.5; the loss.Sorokin
Luck
NYI scored 0 goals on 1.63 expected goals (42 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Bowen Byram (BUF) played 23:24, +3:06 up on his 20:18 season average over 72 games.Byram
Usage
Alexander Romanov (NYI) played 16:57, −3:56 down on his 20:53 season average over 80 games.Romanov
Usage
Brock Nelson (NYI) played 22:01, +3:59 up on his 18:02 season average over 81 games.Nelson
Usage
Tage Thompson (BUF) played 14:18, −3:52 down on his 18:10 season average over 70 games.Thompson

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 98 of 98 attempts · BUF 56 · NYI 42

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 24% of the game, BUF 45%.

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
	36	52
	1.18	2.78
	1.11	2.60
	2	10
	5	7
	10	11
	−0.064	+0.064
	24%	45%

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

L1Nelson – Horvat – Barzal
12:1539% CF
L2Palmieri – Lee – Pageau
9:3325% CF
L3Cizikas – Engvall – Holmstrom
8:2260% CF
L4Clutterbuck – Martin – MacLean
5:3438% CF
D1Reilly – Aho
11:2220% CF
D2Pulock – Romanov
11:1440% CF
D3Pelech – Dobson
10:5047% CF

PP1Palmieri – Nelson – Horvat – Barzal – Dobson
4:5071% CF
PP2Lee – Pageau – Reilly – Pulock – Engvall
1:57100% CF
PK1FClutterbuck – Cizikas
2:48
PK2FPalmieri – Pageau
1:53
PK1DPelech – Pulock
2:14
PK2DDobson – Romanov
0:49

Current NYI line combinations →

Buffalo Sabres

L1Skinner – Krebs – Peterka
9:4059% CF
L2Greenway – Cozens – Benson
8:5676% CF
L3Olofsson – Jost – Robinson
8:4525% CF
L4Girgensons – Tuch – Thompson
8:4447% CF
D1Jokiharju – Power
12:2879% CF
D2Dahlin – Byram
12:2355% CF
D3Clifton – Bryson
9:5676% CF

PP1Tuch – Thompson – Dahlin – Byram – Cozens
2:50100% CF
PP2Skinner – Olofsson – Krebs – Peterka – Power
2:2967% CF
PK1FGreenway – Cozens
2:54
PK2FGirgensons – Tuch
1:22
PK1DClifton – Power
3:08
PK2DBryson – Byram
2:17

Current BUF line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

4:28
BUFVictor OlofssonPP (JJ Peterka, Owen Power)wrist0.08 xG
NYI: Clutterbuck, Cizikas, Pelech, PulockBUF: Skinner, Olofsson, Krebs, Peterka, Power
NYI 0 – 1 BUF
8:15
BUFDylan Cozens (Connor Clifton, Jeff Skinner)snap0.29 xG
NYI: Palmieri, Lee, Pageau, Reilly, AhoBUF: Skinner, Clifton, Bryson, Cozens, Peterka
NYI 0 – 2 BUF
9:41
BUFZach Benson (Henri Jokiharju, Owen Power)tip-in0.09 xG
NYI: Horvat, Engvall, Dobson, Romanov, HolmstromBUF: Greenway, Jokiharju, Cozens, Power, Benson
NYI 0 – 3 BUF

3rd period

15:06
BUFZach BensonEN (Rasmus Dahlin, Bowen Byram)wrist0.96 xG
NYI: Palmieri, Nelson, Horvat, Barzal, Aho, DobsonBUF: Girgensons, Greenway, Dahlin, Byram, Benson
NYI 0 – 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	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Brock Nelson C	L1	-1	1	0.18	3	1	0	22:01	—	—	35	37
Bo Horvat C	L1	-2	2	0.24	2	0	0	21:53	—	—	46	40
Mathew Barzal C	L1	-1	0	0.00	1	1	0	20:33	—	—	43	42
Kyle Palmieri C	L2	-2	4	0.18	7	0	0	19:09	—	—	28	8
Jean-Gabriel Pageau C	L2	-1	0	0.17	3	0	0	16:18	—	—	25	7
Anders Lee L	L2	-1	0	0.00	5	0	9	13:19	—	—	35	10
Pierre Engvall L	L3	-1	1	0.07	3	0	0	14:48	—	—	52	44
Casey Cizikas C	L3	0	2	0.22	4	0	0	14:40	—	—	52	43
Simon Holmstrom R	L3	-1	2	0.01	1	1	0	13:33	—	—	44	34
Cal Clutterbuck R	L4	0	2	0.08	3	0	0	9:55	—	—	50	64
Kyle MacLean C	L4	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	7:39	—	—	36	59
Matt Martin L	L4	0	1	0.19	3	1	0	6:28	—	—	38	61
Mike Reilly D	D1	-1	0	0.00	1	1	0	18:28	—	—	23	18
Sebastian Aho D	D1	-2	0	0.03	2	1	0	15:51	—	—	39	35
Ryan Pulock D	D2	0	1	0.09	3	1	0	20:32	—	—	44	26
Alexander Romanov D	D2	-1	1	0.06	4	0	2	16:57	—	—	44	24
Noah Dobson D	D3	-2	3	0.07	3	1	0	26:00	—	—	50	39
Adam Pelech D	D3	0	1	0.04	2	1	0	17:45	—	—	52	51

NYI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Ilya Sorokin(start)	L	36	33	3	.917	2.92	57:52

Buffalo Sabres

BUF skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
JJ Peterka R	L1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.23	0	0	0	14:41	—	—	67	78
Jeff Skinner L	L1	0	1	1	+1	4	0.27	0	1	0	13:57	—	—	67	85
Peyton Krebs C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.15	1	0	0	13:54	—	—	61	63
Dylan Cozens C	L2	1	0	1	+2	3	0.36	1	0	0	19:29	—	—	73	85
Jordan Greenway L	L2	0	0	0	+2	3	0.18	5	0	2	17:18	—	—	79	88
Zach Benson L	L2	2	0	2	+2	2	1.05	2	1	4	15:16	—	—	75	86
Victor Olofsson L	L3	1	0	1	0	1	0.08	0	0	0	12:08	—	—	36	37
Eric Robinson L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	2	0	0	11:14	—	—	36	37
Tyson Jost C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.04	0	1	0	10:40	—	—	40	46
Alex Tuch R	L4	0	0	0	0	4	0.56	0	0	0	17:27	—	—	50	67
Tage Thompson C	L4	0	0	0	0	5	0.81	0	0	0	14:18	—	—	53	68
Zemgus Girgensons C	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.00	2	2	0	13:42	—	—	47	48
Owen Power D	D1	0	2	2	+1	3	0.24	0	2	0	21:49	—	—	70	86
Henri Jokiharju D	D1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.01	0	0	0	17:34	—	—	57	57
Bowen Byram D	D2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.08	4	1	0	23:24	—	—	43	40
Rasmus Dahlin D	D2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.09	2	1	2	23:02	—	—	54	62
Jacob Bryson D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	17:05	—	—	61	75
Connor Clifton D	D3	0	1	1	+1	4	0.09	4	0	5	15:02	—	—	78	97

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen(start)	W	21	21	0	.1000	1.63	60:00

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Victor Olofsson (BUF PP) 2nd 4:28 · assists JJ Peterka, Owen Power · Cycle · 22.1 mph shot.

Victor Olofsson · 2nd 4:28 · BUF PP

Play: cycle
Passes: 4 (royal road)
Shot: 22.1 mph
Distance: 16 ft

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Dylan Cozens · 2nd 8:15 · BUF

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 49.9 mph
Distance: 19 ft
Type: rebound

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Zach Benson · 2nd 9:41 · BUF

Play: deflection
Passes: 2
Shot: 29.1 mph
Distance: 2 ft
Type: deflection

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Zach Benson · 3rd 15:06 · BUF EN

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: loose
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 0
Shot: 36.3 mph
Distance: 3 ft
Entry to goal: 2.3 s

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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.