Edmonton Oilers vs. Buffalo SabresNov 24, 2017

FinalFriday, Nov 24, 2017· KeyBank Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
EDM	0	0	1	1		EDM	4	11	15	30
BUF	0	1	2	3		BUF	11	13	7	31

: EDM 61BUF 53
: EDM 2.41BUF 3.18
PP goals: EDM 0BUF 0
Hits: EDM 27BUF 20
Blocks: EDM 13BUF 22
PIM: EDM 6BUF 6
: EDM 41%BUF 59%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Buffalo Sabres beat Edmonton Oilers 3–1

Buffalo Sabres beat Edmonton Oilers 3–1 at home. Kyle Okposo (BUF) led the scoring with 1G 1A. Yohann Auvitu (EDM) played 18:41, +5:17 up on his 13:24 season average over 32 games.

Points
Kyle Okposo had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 17:39.Okposo
Points
Evander Kane had 2 assists (2 points) on 6 shots in 16:09.Kane
Points
Rasmus Ristolainen had 2 assists (2 points) on 5 shots in 27:32.Ristolainen
Usage
Yohann Auvitu (EDM) played 18:41, +5:17 up on his 13:24 season average over 32 games.Auvitu
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Eric Gryba (EDM) played 9:15, −5:45 down on his 15:00 season average over 20 games.Gryba
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Evander Kane (BUF) played 16:09, −3:28 down on his 19:37 season average over 77 games.Kane
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Jack Eichel (BUF) played 17:10, −3:01 down on his 20:11 season average over 66 games.Eichel
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Matt Benning (EDM) played 22:44, +5:32 up on his 17:12 season average over 72 games.Benning

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

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

BUF
EDM
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 114 of 114 attempts · BUF 53 · EDM 61

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

BUF
EDM
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: EDM 32% of the game, BUF 30%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

BUF

EDM

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	EDM	BUF
	56	50
	1.75	2.23
	1.74	2.05
	6	12
	2	5
	12	13
	−0.069	+0.070
	32%	30%

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.

Edmonton Oilers

L1Maroon – Nugent-Hopkins – Draisaitl
10:4856% CF
L2Strome – Khaira – Puljujarvi
10:3471% CF
L3Lucic – McDavid – Caggiula
9:3531% CF
L4Cammalleri – Letestu – Kassian
6:5140% CF
D1Larsson – Nurse
15:4456% CF
D2Russell – Benning
14:4146% CF
D3Gryba – Auvitu
8:3941% CF

PP1Lucic – Letestu – Draisaitl – McDavid – Auvitu
4:0786% CF
PP2Cammalleri – Maroon – Nugent-Hopkins – Strome – Benning
1:4550% CF
PK1FNugent-Hopkins – Khaira
2:40
PK2FLetestu – Kassian
1:10
PK1DLarsson – Nurse
3:42
PK2DRussell – Benning
1:56

Current EDM line combinations →

Buffalo Sabres

L1Pominville – Kane – Eichel
9:3256% CF
L2Pouliot – O'Reilly – Reinhart
9:0556% CF
L3Okposo – Josefson – Nolan
8:4760% CF
L4Larsson – Girgensons – Criscuolo
7:5360% CF
D1Scandella – Ristolainen
15:0946% CF
D2McCabe – Antipin
12:3241% CF
D3Falk – Beaulieu
9:3975% CF

PP1Okposo – O'Reilly – Ristolainen – Reinhart – Eichel
4:06100% CF
PP2Pominville – Pouliot – Scandella – Kane – Beaulieu
1:410% CF
PK1FPouliot – Larsson
3:25
PK2FO'Reilly – Girgensons
1:06
PK1DScandella – Ristolainen
4:11
PK2DFalk – McCabe
1:49

Current BUF line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

14:16
BUFJacob Josefson (Kyle Okposo, Jordan Nolan)snap0.14 xG
EDM: Gryba, Maroon, Nugent-Hopkins, Draisaitl, AuvituBUF: Okposo, Falk, Josefson, Nolan, Beaulieu
EDM 0 – 1 BUF

3rd period

0:43
BUFJack Eichel (Evander Kane, Rasmus Ristolainen)wrist0.01 xG
EDM: Russell, Lucic, Benning, McDavid, CaggiulaBUF: Pominville, Scandella, Kane, Ristolainen, Eichel
EDM 0 – 2 BUF
19:09
BUFKyle OkposoEN (Rasmus Ristolainen, Evander Kane)wrist0.43 xG
EDM: Cammalleri, Maroon, Nugent-Hopkins, Benning, Draisaitl, McDavidBUF: Okposo, Scandella, Kane, Ristolainen, Eichel
EDM 0 – 3 BUF
19:40
EDMYohann Auvituslap0.02 xG
EDM: Strome, Khaira, Nurse, Puljujarvi, AuvituBUF: Falk, Larsson, Girgensons, McCabe, Criscuolo
EDM 1 – 3 BUF

Box score

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

Edmonton Oilers

EDM skaters
Skater	Line	G	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins C	L1	0	0	-2	2	0.40	1	1	0	18:57	—	—	53	49
Leon Draisaitl C	L1	0	0	-2	4	0.30	1	0	0	17:51	—	—	63	50
Patrick Maroon L	L1	0	0	-2	3	0.10	4	0	2	16:18	—	—	59	49
Jujhar Khaira L	L2	0	0	+1	2	0.04	3	0	0	14:56	—	—	70	61
Ryan Strome C	L2	0	0	+1	2	0.11	0	1	0	13:37	—	—	71	60
Jesse Puljujarvi R	L2	0	0	+1	1	0.14	1	0	0	11:11	—	—	71	60
Connor McDavid C	L3	0	0	-2	3	0.13	0	1	0	22:13	—	—	45	22
Milan Lucic L	L3	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	17:36	—	—	44	22
Drake Caggiula L	L3	0	0	-1	1	0.08	2	0	0	12:37	—	—	34	17
Mark Letestu C	L4	0	0	0	3	0.52	1	1	2	14:19	—	—	42	62
Michael Cammalleri L	L4	0	0	-1	1	0.25	1	0	0	14:01	—	—	60	68
Zack Kassian R	L4	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	9:41	—	—	42	65
Darnell Nurse D	D1	0	0	+1	2	0.03	2	2	0	23:26	—	—	62	48
Adam Larsson D	D1	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	2	0	21:04	—	—	55	38
Matt Benning D	D2	0	0	-2	1	0.04	3	1	0	22:44	—	—	51	60
Kris Russell D	D2	0	0	-1	2	0.08	2	4	0	17:30	—	—	50	56
Yohann Auvitu D	D3	1	1	0	2	0.19	0	0	0	18:41	—	—	46	36
Eric Gryba D	D3	0	0	-1	1	0.01	2	0	2	9:15	—	—	44	22

EDM goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Laurent Brossoit(start)	L	30	28	2	.933	2.11	58:03

Buffalo Sabres

BUF skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jack Eichel C	L1	1	0	1	+2	3	0.09	0	1	0	17:10	—	—	55	53
Evander Kane L	L1	0	2	2	+2	6	0.59	0	1	0	16:09	—	—	50	52
Jason Pominville R	L1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.00	0	0	0	12:20	—	—	54	44
Ryan O'Reilly C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	1	1	0	21:37	—	—	45	54
Benoit Pouliot L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.12	0	1	0	17:21	—	—	48	74
Sam Reinhart C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.25	1	0	0	16:04	—	—	52	58
Kyle Okposo R	L3	1	1	2	+2	3	0.54	1	0	2	17:39	—	—	38	61
Jacob Josefson C	L3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.93	2	2	0	14:05	—	—	38	68
Jordan Nolan C	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.00	2	0	0	10:42	—	—	46	55
Johan Larsson L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	0	0	14:13	—	—	38	47
Zemgus Girgensons C	L4	0	0	0	-1	3	0.28	1	0	0	10:40	—	—	62	59
Kyle Criscuolo C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	2	9:59	—	—	44	57
Rasmus Ristolainen D	D1	0	2	2	+2	5	0.16	3	6	0	27:32	—	—	49	68
Marco Scandella D	D1	0	0	0	+2	2	0.05	1	4	0	22:42	—	—	45	65
Jake McCabe D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	3	5	0	20:27	—	—	35	31
Victor Antipin D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	0	1	0	14:35	—	—	42	44
Justin Falk D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	2	0	0	18:41	—	—	52	43
Nathan Beaulieu D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.04	0	0	2	12:04	—	—	64	83

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Robin Lehner(start)	W	30	29	1	.967	2.41	60:00

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.