Winnipeg Jets vs. Buffalo SabresDec 5, 2024

Final / OTThursday, Dec 5, 2024· KeyBank Center

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
WPG	1	1	0	1	3		WPG	14	12	3	2	31
BUF	2	0	0	0	2		BUF	11	10	7	2	30

: WPG 62BUF 65
: WPG 3.21BUF 2.35
PP goals: WPG 1BUF 1
Hits: WPG 15BUF 28
Blocks: WPG 18BUF 15
PIM: WPG 23BUF 25
: WPG 55%BUF 45%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Winnipeg Jets edge Buffalo Sabres 3–2 (OT)

Winnipeg Jets beat Buffalo Sabres 3–2 in overtime at BUF. Gabriel Vilardi (WPG) led the scoring with 1G 1A. BUF's first power-play unit (Zucker, Tuch, Thompson, Cozens and Power) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 3:48 together.

Points
Gabriel Vilardi had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 21:52.Vilardi
Points
Josh Morrissey had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 29:54.Morrissey
Points
Mark Scheifele had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 24:49.Scheifele
PP1
BUF's first power-play unit (Zucker, Tuch, Thompson, Cozens and Power) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 3:48 together.Zucker Tuch Thompson Cozens Power
PP1
WPG's first power-play unit (Scheifele, Morrissey, Connor, Vilardi and Perfetti) scored 1 power-play goal on 12 attempts in 5:56 together.Scheifele Morrissey Connor Vilardi Perfetti
New line
New look for BUF: McLeod–Krebs–Kulich skated 9:37 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (41.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.McLeod Krebs Kulich
Usage
Connor Clifton (BUF) played 21:19, +5:20 up on his 15:59 season average over 72 games.Clifton
Usage
Josh Morrissey (WPG) played 29:54, +5:35 up on his 24:19 season average over 79 games.Morrissey

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

← WPG attacks left (bottom on phones)BUF attacks right (top on phones) →

BUF
WPG
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 127 of 127 attempts · BUF 65 · WPG 62

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

BUF
WPG
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

BUF pressure
WPG pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: WPG 34% of the game, BUF 37%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

BUF

WPG

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	WPG	BUF
	53	64
	1.81	1.98
	1.72	1.94
	13	18
	1	8
	19	16
	+0.011	−0.011
	34%	37%

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.

Winnipeg Jets

L1Scheifele – Connor – Vilardi
13:0754% CF
L2Niederreiter – Lowry – Appleton
10:5538% CF
L3Namestnikov – Perfetti – Lambert
4:5241% CF
L4Iafallo – Barron – Kupari
2:48100% CF
D1Morrissey – Pionk
17:4255% CF
D2DeMelo – Fleury
12:2050% CF
D3Stanley – Heinola
6:0017% CF

PP1Scheifele – Morrissey – Connor – Vilardi – Perfetti
5:56100% CF
PP2Niederreiter – Namestnikov – Iafallo – Pionk – Lambert
1:43100% CF
PK1FLowry – Barron
1:06
PK2FIafallo – Kupari
0:29
PK1DDeMelo – Stanley
2:03
PK2DMorrissey – Fleury
0:36

Current WPG line combinations →

Buffalo Sabres

L1McLeod – Krebs – Kulich
9:3742% CF
L2Cozens – Peterka – Benson
9:0364% CF
L3Zucker – Tuch – Thompson
8:3741% CF
L4Aube-Kubel – Malenstyn – Kozak
7:2773% CF
D1Jokiharju – Power
14:4153% CF
D2Bryson – Byram
11:4755% CF
D3Clifton – Gilbert
6:4869% CF

PP1Zucker – Tuch – Thompson – Cozens – Power
3:4886% CF
PP2Krebs – Byram – Peterka – Kulich – Benson
1:06100% CF
PK1FTuch – McLeod
2:36
PK2FMalenstyn – Krebs
1:30
PK1DClifton – Power
2:52
PK2DBryson – Byram
0:54

Current BUF line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

Winnipeg Jets

WPG skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Mark Scheifele C	L1	0	2	2	+1	2	0.20	3	0	0	24:49	—	—	61	59
Kyle Connor L	L1	1	0	1	+1	4	1.06	0	0	0	23:42	—	—	59	55
Gabriel Vilardi C	L1	1	1	2	+2	2	0.30	0	0	0	21:52	—	—	61	59
Adam Lowry C	L2	1	0	1	+1	4	0.41	2	2	0	17:43	—	—	39	29
Mason Appleton C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.07	3	0	0	16:28	—	—	39	29
Nino Niederreiter R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.14	1	1	0	15:54	—	—	40	38
Cole Perfetti C	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.25	2	1	0	19:05	—	—	40	47
Vladislav Namestnikov C	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.35	0	2	4	13:02	—	—	42	56
Brad Lambert C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	1	0	9:01	—	—	36	49
Alex Iafallo L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	0	1	0	11:34	—	—	60	93
Morgan Barron C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	0	0	0	9:15	—	—	46	29
Rasmus Kupari C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	1	0	8:09	—	—	25	4
Josh Morrissey D	D1	0	2	2	+2	3	0.17	0	1	0	29:54	—	—	59	57
Neal Pionk D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.10	0	3	2	27:33	—	—	47	44
Dylan DeMelo D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	19:09	—	—	48	62
Haydn Fleury D	D2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.07	1	3	0	18:41	—	—	39	56
Ville Heinola D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.00	1	1	0	10:57	—	—	23	19
Logan Stanley D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	0	1	17	10:20	—	—	17	0

WPG goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Connor Hellebuyck(start)	W	30	28	2	.933	2.35	63:49

Buffalo Sabres

BUF skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Ryan McLeod C	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.21	0	0	0	18:34	—	—	58	53
Peyton Krebs C	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.07	5	4	0	15:29	—	—	36	40
Jiri Kulich C	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.28	0	1	0	13:47	—	—	50	50
Dylan Cozens C	L2	1	0	1	+1	3	0.23	1	2	0	17:53	—	—	65	34
JJ Peterka R	L2	0	0	0	+1	3	0.12	1	0	0	16:35	—	—	74	41
Zach Benson L	L2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	14:16	—	—	60	32
Alex Tuch R	L3	0	1	1	-1	3	0.19	0	3	0	21:49	—	—	41	55
Tage Thompson C	L3	1	0	1	-1	3	0.17	2	0	2	20:09	—	—	45	64
Jason Zucker L	L3	0	1	1	0	5	0.50	4	1	2	14:25	—	—	42	70
Beck Malenstyn L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	1	0	0	11:58	—	—	69	79
Nicolas Aube-Kubel R	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	0	0	2	9:09	—	—	71	88
Tyson Kozak C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.33	2	0	0	8:26	—	—	73	88
Owen Power D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	1	0	29:21	—	—	56	41
Henri Jokiharju D	D1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.07	0	0	0	20:23	—	—	51	38
Bowen Byram D	D2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.09	3	2	2	26:38	—	—	49	41
Jacob Bryson D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	2	14:52	—	—	50	45
Connor Clifton D	D3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	9	0	0	21:19	—	—	57	84
Dennis Gilbert D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.03	0	1	15	7:21	—	—	71	100

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen(start)	O	31	28	3	.903	3.21	63:59

Goal anatomy

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

Tage Thompson (BUF PP) 1st 3:27 · assists Jason Zucker, Alex Tuch · Forecheck turnover · 55.6 mph shot.

Tage Thompson · 1st 3:27 · BUF PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 55.6 mph
Distance: 32 ft

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Gabriel Vilardi · 1st 4:14 · WPG

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 65.4 mph
Distance: 55 ft

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Dylan Cozens · 1st 11:29 · BUF

Play: deflection
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 0
Shot: 11.8 mph
Distance: 3 ft
Entry to goal: 2.6 s

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Kyle Connor · 2nd 3:06 · WPG PP

Play: cycle
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 14.9 mph
Distance: 23 ft
Type: one-timer

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Adam Lowry · OT 3:59 · WPG

Play: rebound
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-0
Passes: 0
Shot: 25.3 mph
Distance: 7 ft
Entry to goal: 4.9 s
Type: rebound

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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.

Winnipeg Jets vs. Buffalo SabresDec 5, 2024

Fantasy takeaways

Winnipeg Jets edge Buffalo Sabres 3–2 (OT)

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

Winnipeg Jets

Buffalo Sabres

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

OT period

Box score

Winnipeg Jets

Buffalo Sabres

Goal anatomy

Tage Thompson · 1st 3:27 · BUF PP

Gabriel Vilardi · 1st 4:14 · WPG

Dylan Cozens · 1st 11:29 · BUF

Kyle Connor · 2nd 3:06 · WPG PP

Adam Lowry · OT 3:59 · WPG