Edmonton Oilers vs. Buffalo SabresNov 12, 2021

FinalFriday, Nov 12, 2021· KeyBank Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
EDM	0	2	0	2		EDM	8	13	14	35
BUF	0	3	0	3		BUF	6	13	4	23

: EDM 64BUF 33
: EDM 2.36BUF 1.61
PP goals: EDM 2BUF 0
Hits: EDM 8BUF 6
Blocks: EDM 6BUF 21
PIM: EDM 6BUF 12
: EDM 65%BUF 35%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Buffalo Sabres edge Edmonton Oilers 3–2

Buffalo Sabres beat Edmonton Oilers 3–2 at home. Leon Draisaitl (EDM) led the scoring with 2G 0A. EDM's first power-play unit (Barrie, Hyman, Nugent-Hopkins, Draisaitl and McDavid) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 5:23 together.

Points
Dylan Cozens had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 15:17.Cozens
Points
Leon Draisaitl had two goals (2 points) on 8 shots in 25:20.Draisaitl
Points
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 23:29.Nugent-Hopkins
PP1
EDM's first power-play unit (Barrie, Hyman, Nugent-Hopkins, Draisaitl and McDavid) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 5:23 together.Barrie Hyman Nugent-Hopkins Draisaitl McDavid
Goalie
Dustin Tokarski (BUF) faced 35 shots and stopped 33 (.943), +4 against a season average of 31.0; the win.Tokarski
New line
New look for EDM: Sceviour–Ryan–Benson skated 4:14 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (58.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Sceviour Ryan Benson
Usage
Colin Miller (BUF) played 25:12, +6:23 up on his 18:49 season average over 37 games.Miller
Usage
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (EDM) played 23:29, +4:14 up on his 19:15 season average over 62 games.Nugent-Hopkins

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 97 of 97 attempts · BUF 33 · EDM 64

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 39% of the game, BUF 24%.

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	37
	1.83	1.80
	1.78	1.74
	8	10
	2	7
	12	13
	+0.154	−0.154
	39%	24%

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

L1Perlini – Foegele – McLeod
6:0273% CF
L2Nugent-Hopkins – Draisaitl – Yamamoto
5:0780% CF
L3Hyman – McDavid – Puljujarvi
4:5643% CF
L4Sceviour – Ryan – Benson
4:1458% CF
D1Nurse – Bouchard
18:0369% CF
D2Keith – Ceci
11:1443% CF
D3Russell – Barrie
8:4650% CF

PP1Barrie – Hyman – Nugent-Hopkins – Draisaitl – McDavid
5:23100% CF
PP2Nugent-Hopkins – Nurse – Draisaitl – McDavid – Puljujarvi
1:27100% CF
PK1FRyan – Yamamoto
1:45
PK2FHyman – Nugent-Hopkins
1:04
PK1DKeith – Ceci
2:19
PK2DNurse – Bouchard
1:38

Current EDM line combinations →

Buffalo Sabres

L1Skinner – Asplund – Thompson
11:4767% CF
L2Hinostroza – Caggiula – Cozens
10:1141% CF
L3Hayden – Bjork – Ruotsalainen
7:5232% CF
L4Okposo – Eakin – Girgensons
7:4922% CF
D1Miller – Bryson
14:2858% CF
D2Pysyk – Dahlin
13:0938% CF
D3Butcher – Hagg
9:0127% CF

PP1Okposo – Miller – Girgensons – Bryson – Cozens
2:11100% CF
PP2Skinner – Asplund – Thompson – Dahlin – Ruotsalainen
1:39
PK1FOkposo – Caggiula
1:01
PK2FHinostroza – Asplund
0:50
PK1DPysyk – Hagg
2:27
PK2DMiller – Bryson
1:32

Current BUF line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

2:16
BUFAnders Bjorkwrist0.15 xG
EDM: Keith, Sceviour, Ceci, Ryan, BensonBUF: Butcher, Hayden, Hagg, Bjork, Ruotsalainen
EDM 0 – 1 BUF
4:08
EDMLeon DraisaitlPP (Jesse Puljujarvi, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins)backhand0.17 xG
EDM: Nugent-Hopkins, Nurse, Draisaitl, McDavid, PuljujarviBUF: Eakin, Pysyk, Hagg, Caggiula
EDM 1 – 1 BUF
6:57
EDMLeon DraisaitlPP (Connor McDavid, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins)snap0.09 xG
EDM: Barrie, Hyman, Nugent-Hopkins, Draisaitl, McDavidBUF: Pysyk, Hinostroza, Hagg, Caggiula
EDM 2 – 1 BUF
13:56
BUFDylan Cozens (Drake Caggiula)slap0.14 xG
EDM: Keith, Hyman, Ceci, McDavid, PuljujarviBUF: Pysyk, Hinostroza, Caggiula, Dahlin, Cozens
EDM 2 – 2 BUF
19:10
BUFDylan Cozens (Vinnie Hinostroza, Mark Pysyk)wrist0.08 xG
EDM: Nurse, Draisaitl, McDavid, Yamamoto, BouchardBUF: Pysyk, Hinostroza, Caggiula, Dahlin, Cozens
EDM 2 – 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	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Warren Foegele L	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	14:35	—	—	63	84
Ryan McLeod C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.09	0	0	0	11:21	—	—	73	94
Brendan Perlini L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	4	0	2	10:20	—	—	50	79
Leon Draisaitl C	L2	2	0	2	-1	8	0.59	0	0	0	25:20	—	—	70	58
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins C	L2	0	2	2	0	1	0.10	0	0	0	23:29	—	—	67	39
Kailer Yamamoto R	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.16	0	0	0	14:03	—	—	71	48
Connor McDavid C	L3	0	1	1	-2	4	0.47	2	0	0	23:26	—	—	64	60
Jesse Puljujarvi R	L3	0	1	1	-1	2	0.01	0	0	2	19:04	—	—	67	57
Zach Hyman L	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.37	0	0	0	18:24	—	—	50	37
Tyler Benson L	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.15	0	0	0	9:09	—	—	55	37
Derek Ryan C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	8:08	—	—	44	42
Colton Sceviour C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	1	0	8:07	—	—	45	28
Darnell Nurse D	D1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.06	0	0	2	24:23	—	—	63	59
Evan Bouchard D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.02	0	0	0	22:09	—	—	70	62
Duncan Keith D	D2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	0	1	0	18:09	—	—	64	39
Cody Ceci D	D2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	0	0	0	14:44	—	—	47	7
Tyson Barrie D	D3	0	0	0	0	8	0.33	0	0	0	21:09	—	—	66	68
Kris Russell D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	0	4	0	10:12	—	—	44	43

EDM goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Stuart Skinner(start)	L	23	20	3	.870	1.61	57:48

Buffalo Sabres

BUF skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jeff Skinner L	L1	0	0	0	0	4	0.37	0	0	0	17:27	—	—	65	69
Tage Thompson C	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.25	0	0	0	17:01	—	—	50	52
Rasmus Asplund C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	0	0	0	16:02	—	—	68	71
Vinnie Hinostroza C	L2	0	1	1	+2	2	0.07	1	0	0	16:02	—	—	39	50
Dylan Cozens C	L2	2	0	2	+2	3	0.49	0	1	0	15:17	—	—	46	58
Drake Caggiula L	L2	0	1	1	+2	1	0.00	1	2	0	15:15	—	—	41	51
Arttu Ruotsalainen C	L3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	2	2	11:35	—	—	30	39
Anders Bjork L	L3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.18	1	1	0	10:28	—	—	30	39
John Hayden C	L3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	1	0	9:02	—	—	32	40
Kyle Okposo R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	0	0	0	16:48	—	—	19	11
Zemgus Girgensons C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.10	0	0	2	14:56	—	—	19	11
Cody Eakin C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	12:05	—	—	22	18
Colin Miller D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.09	0	4	2	25:12	—	—	50	61
Jacob Bryson D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	2	23:19	—	—	57	83
Rasmus Dahlin D	D2	0	0	0	+2	2	0.01	0	1	0	20:07	—	—	40	34
Mark Pysyk D	D2	0	1	1	+2	0	0.00	0	3	2	19:54	—	—	36	36
Robert Hagg D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	3	2	19:03	—	—	29	46
Will Butcher D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.02	0	1	0	10:59	—	—	28	41

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Dustin Tokarski(start)	W	35	33	2	.943	2.36	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.