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Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Buffalo SabresFeb 13, 2018

Final· KeyBank Center
Goals123TShots123T
TBL1113TBL149629
BUF1225BUF9121233
TBL 48BUF 59
TBL 3.06BUF 4.58
PP goals
TBL 1BUF 2
Hits
TBL 14BUF 18
Blocks
TBL 12BUF 8
PIM
TBL 4BUF 10
TBL 49%BUF 51%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Buffalo Sabres beat Tampa Bay Lightning 5–3

Buffalo Sabres beat Tampa Bay Lightning 5–3 at home. Ryan O'Reilly (BUF) led the scoring with 1G 2A. BUF's first power-play unit (Okposo, O'Reilly, Ristolainen, Reinhart and Rodrigues) scored 2 power-play goals on 13 attempts in 4:24 together.

  1. Points
    Ryan O'Reilly had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 6 shots in 24:41.O'Reilly
  2. Points
    Sam Reinhart had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 19:52.Reinhart
  3. PP1
    BUF's first power-play unit (Okposo, O'Reilly, Ristolainen, Reinhart and Rodrigues) scored 2 power-play goals on 13 attempts in 4:24 together.OkposoO'ReillyRistolainenReinhartRodrigues
  4. New line
    New look for BUF: Pouliot–O'Reilly–Reinhart skated 12:35 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (59.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.PouliotO'ReillyReinhart
  5. New line
    New look for BUF: Okposo–Kane–Rodrigues skated 11:21 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (44.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.OkposoKaneRodrigues
  6. New line
    New look for BUF: Josefson–Girgensons–Baptiste skated 6:19 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (100% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.JosefsonGirgensonsBaptiste
  7. New line
    New look for TBL: Peca–Namestnikov–Erne skated 4:17 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (40% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.PecaNamestnikovErne
  8. Usage
    Nikita Kucherov (TBL) played 23:47, +4:01 up on his 19:46 season average over 79 games.Kucherov

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.

Shot map, TBL at BUF: 107 attempts, 62 on goal, 8 goals, 7.64 expected goals; best chance Ryan O'Reilly at 0.53 xG.

Strength
Period
Team
← TBL attacks left (bottom on phones)BUF attacks right (top on phones) →
  • BUF
  • TBL
  • Goal
  • Shot on goal
  • Missed
  • Blocked

Showing 107 of 107 attempts · BUF 59 · TBL 48

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

Game flow, TBL at BUF: expected goals 4.58 to 3.06 (BUF led the chances), shot attempts 59 to 48, 8 goals.

0.01.02.03.04.05.01st2nd3rdBUFTBLBGRNWOCRnet xGcumulative expected goals · 60:00
  • BUF
  • TBL
  • Goal
  • Power play (shaded)
Pressure Index
BUFTBLcontrol2nd3rdBaptiste · 1st 6:25Gourde · 1st 13:23Reinhart · 2nd 1:16Namestnikov · 2nd 13:19Wilson · 2nd 15:47O'Reilly · 3rd 3:41Callahan · 3rd 11:36Reinhart · 3rd 19:52
  • BUF pressure
  • TBL pressure
  • Goal
  • Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: TBL 28% of the game, BUF 44%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

Shift chart, TBL at BUF: 38 players over 60:00; most ice Chad Johnson (60:00) for BUF and Louis Domingue (58:31) for TBL, 8 goals.

BUF
TBL
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
StatTBLBUF
3849
2.412.90
2.332.82
118
22
612
+0.002−0.002
28%44%

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.

Tampa Bay Lightning

Current TBL line combinations →

Buffalo Sabres

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.

Tampa Bay Lightning

TBL skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Nikita Kucherov RL1011-140.5210023:47——4136
Brayden Point CL1011030.2802022:47——4945
Alex Killorn LL1000-110.0121021:56——4543
Steven Stamkos CL2000-110.2300020:43——4450
Tyler Johnson CL2000020.1401017:37——4048
Yanni Gourde CL2101+210.2300016:52——5073
Vladislav Namestnikov CL3101020.7021014:23——4460
Matthew Peca CL3000-110.1000011:58——3941
Adam Erne LL3000-210.122009:37——5057
Victor Hedman DD1011050.2911029:08——4140
Jake Dotchin DD1000000.0301214:23——6589
Dan Girardi DD2000-100.0011016:41——3334
Mikhail Sergachev DD2011010.0621012:09——4434
Anton Stralman DD3000-120.0401019:10——3832
Braydon Coburn DD3000010.0321014:14——4154
Ryan Callahan R—101+220.1710014:38——4235
Chris Kunitz L—000-110.0100010:24——3924
Slater Koekkoek D—000-110.120126:26——4280
TBL goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Louis Domingue(start)L32284.8753.6658:31

Buffalo Sabres

BUF skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Ryan O'Reilly CL1123061.0801024:41——5958
Sam Reinhart CL1202+140.7900019:52——6061
Benoit Pouliot LL1000+130.4720017:19——5643
Evan Rodrigues CL2011020.2400017:00——4747
Kyle Okposo RL2011-110.2710216:31——3828
Evander Kane LL2000-110.0921015:32——4259
Johan Larsson LL3000000.0020214:06——6354
Scott Wilson CL3101050.4200212:50——7064
Jason Pominville RL3000010.2310011:56——6556
Zemgus Girgensons CL4011+110.1000410:15——6360
Jacob Josefson CL4000+110.010109:46——5038
Nick Baptiste RL4101+110.150007:36——100100
Rasmus Ristolainen DD1011010.4913028:26——6360
Nathan Beaulieu DD1000020.0402017:42——5227
Casey Nelson DD2011+120.1760020:11——6057
Marco Scandella DD2000+110.0320018:52——5566
Justin Falk DD3000010.0110016:34——5060
Victor Antipin DD3011000.0000011:38——5351
BUF goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Chad Johnson(start)W29263.8973.0660:00