Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Buffalo SabresNov 8, 2019

FinalFriday, Nov 8, 2019· Ericsson Globe

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
TBL	2	0	1	3		TBL	13	13	8	34
BUF	0	1	1	2		BUF	9	5	8	22

: TBL 55BUF 38
: TBL 0.18BUF 0.13
PP goals: TBL 1BUF 0
Hits: TBL 18BUF 29
Blocks: TBL 10BUF 9
PIM: TBL 6BUF 10
: TBL 69%BUF 31%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Tampa Bay Lightning edge Buffalo Sabres 3–2

Tampa Bay Lightning beat Buffalo Sabres 3–2 at BUF. Sam Reinhart (BUF) led the scoring with 2G 0A. TBL's first power-play unit (Killorn, Stamkos, Hedman, Kucherov and Point) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 4:41 together.

Points
Sam Reinhart had two goals (2 points) on 7 shots in 20:56.Reinhart
PP1
TBL's first power-play unit (Killorn, Stamkos, Hedman, Kucherov and Point) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 4:41 together.Killorn Stamkos Hedman Kucherov Point
New line
New look for TBL: Johnson–Kucherov–Point skated 12:25 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Johnson Kucherov Point
Usage
Vladimir Sobotka (BUF) played 4:12, −10:44 down on his 14:56 season average over 15 games.Sobotka
New line
New look for TBL: Maroon–Gourde–Paquette skated 10:44 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (76.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Maroon Gourde Paquette
Luck
TBL scored 3 goals on 0.18 expected goals (55 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
New line
New look for TBL: Stamkos–Palat–Volkov skated 9:56 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (36.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Stamkos Palat Volkov
Luck
BUF scored 2 goals on 0.13 expected goals (38 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

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

BUF
TBL
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 93 of 93 attempts · BUF 38 · TBL 55

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

BUF
TBL
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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 12% of the game, BUF 9%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

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
Stat	TBL	BUF
	56	36
	0.07	0.05
	0.07	0.05
	0	0
	8	10
	5	10
	+0.164	−0.164
	12%	9%

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.