Edmonton Oilers vs. Buffalo SabresMar 9, 2024

Final / SOSaturday, Mar 9, 2024· KeyBank Center

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	SO	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
EDM	2	0	0	0	0	2		EDM	10	14	7	1	32
BUF	1	0	1	0	1	3		BUF	7	6	10	4	27

: EDM 53BUF 56
: EDM 3.24BUF 3.48
PP goals: EDM 0BUF 1
Hits: EDM 14BUF 41
Blocks: EDM 11BUF 7
PIM: EDM 2BUF 6
: EDM 80%BUF 20%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Buffalo Sabres edge Edmonton Oilers 3–2 (SO)

Buffalo Sabres beat Edmonton Oilers 3–2 in a shootout at home. Warren Foegele (EDM) led the scoring with 1G 1A. BUF's first power-play unit (Tuch, Thompson, Dahlin, Byram and Cozens) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 1:16 together.

Points
Ryan McLeod had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 17:11.McLeod
Points
Warren Foegele had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 15:43.Foegele
PP1
BUF's first power-play unit (Tuch, Thompson, Dahlin, Byram and Cozens) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 1:16 together.Tuch Thompson Dahlin Byram Cozens
New line
New look for BUF: Robinson–Cozens–Benson skated 10:59 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (68.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Robinson Cozens Benson
Usage
JJ Peterka (BUF) played 6:04, −10:27 down on his 16:31 season average over 81 games.Peterka
New line
New look for BUF: Girgensons–Tuch–Thompson skated 9:52 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (43.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Girgensons Tuch Thompson
New line
New look for EDM: Draisaitl–Foegele–McLeod skated 11:57 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (60% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Draisaitl Foegele McLeod
Usage
Alex Tuch (BUF) played 26:53, +7:29 up on his 19:24 season average over 74 games.Tuch

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 109 of 109 attempts · BUF 56 · EDM 53

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 29% of the game, BUF 34%.

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
	54	53
	2.95	2.41
	2.82	2.35
	19	11
	8	5
	7	16
	+0.150	−0.149
	29%	34%

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

L1Hyman – Nugent-Hopkins – McDavid
12:3756% CF
L2Draisaitl – Foegele – McLeod
11:5760% CF
L3Perry – Henrique – Kane
9:0941% CF
L4Carrick – Brown – Janmark
8:1123% CF
D1Ekholm – Bouchard
15:4444% CF
D2Ceci – Kulak
15:4244% CF
D3Nurse – Desharnais
15:0662% CF

PP1Hyman – Nugent-Hopkins – Draisaitl – McDavid – Bouchard
3:2667% CF
PP2Perry – Kane – Ekholm – Nurse – McLeod
2:14
PK1FNugent-Hopkins – Janmark
0:50
PK2FFoegele – McLeod
0:15
PK1DNurse – Desharnais
1:17
PK2DEkholm – Ceci
0:21

Current EDM line combinations →

Buffalo Sabres

L1Robinson – Cozens – Benson
10:5968% CF
L2Girgensons – Tuch – Thompson
9:5244% CF
L3Olofsson – Jost – Rousek
8:5365% CF
L4Skinner – Krebs – Peterka
4:1933% CF
D1Jokiharju – Power
16:0935% CF
D2Dahlin – Byram
15:4248% CF
D3Clifton – Bryson
8:5567% CF

PP1Tuch – Thompson – Dahlin – Byram – Cozens
1:16100% CF
PP2Skinner – Olofsson – Krebs – Peterka – Power
0:260% CF
PK1FTuch – Cozens
1:56
PK2FGirgensons – Benson
0:33
PK1DClifton – Dahlin
2:42
PK2DBryson – Byram
0:54

Current BUF line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

0:29
EDMRyan McLeod (Leon Draisaitl, Warren Foegele)wrist0.07 xG
EDM: Nurse, Draisaitl, Foegele, Desharnais, McLeodBUF: Girgensons, Tuch, Dahlin, Byram, Cozens
EDM 1 – 0 BUF
14:19
EDMWarren FoegeleSH (Ryan McLeod)wrist0.38 xG
EDM: Ekholm, Foegele, Desharnais, McLeodBUF: Skinner, Olofsson, Krebs, Peterka, Power
EDM 2 – 0 BUF
15:35
BUFTage ThompsonPPwrist0.22 xG
EDM: Nugent-Hopkins, Janmark, Nurse, DesharnaisBUF: Tuch, Thompson, Dahlin, Byram, Cozens
EDM 2 – 1 BUF

3rd period

11:39
BUFJacob Brysonbackhand0.02 xG
EDM: Hyman, Nugent-Hopkins, Nurse, McDavid, DesharnaisBUF: Jokiharju, Bryson, Robinson, Cozens, Benson
EDM 2 – 2 BUF

Decided in the shootout: 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
Connor McDavid C	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.33	2	1	0	23:05	—	—	57	71
Zach Hyman L	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.15	0	0	0	19:41	—	—	56	72
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins C	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.54	0	1	0	19:33	—	—	61	80
Leon Draisaitl C	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.14	0	0	0	22:04	—	—	58	39
Ryan McLeod C	L2	1	1	2	+2	2	0.22	1	0	0	17:11	—	—	62	42
Warren Foegele L	L2	1	1	2	+2	4	0.47	0	0	0	15:43	—	—	56	34
Evander Kane L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.26	1	0	0	16:11	—	—	45	53
Corey Perry R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.24	1	1	0	14:01	—	—	40	52
Adam Henrique C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	1	1	0	13:52	—	—	46	49
Connor Brown R	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.30	0	0	0	11:20	—	—	42	55
Mattias Janmark C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	9:49	—	—	23	15
Sam Carrick C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.18	1	0	0	9:24	—	—	38	55
Evan Bouchard D	D1	0	0	0	0	4	0.20	0	0	0	23:55	—	—	46	40
Mattias Ekholm D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.02	1	0	0	22:37	—	—	44	37
Cody Ceci D	D2	0	0	0	0	3	0.13	1	3	0	17:35	—	—	46	57
Brett Kulak D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	3	2	16:58	—	—	44	55
Darnell Nurse D	D3	0	0	0	0	3	0.05	2	1	0	22:51	—	—	61	67
Vincent Desharnais D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	3	0	0	17:28	—	—	62	69

EDM goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Stuart Skinner(start)	O	27	25	2	.926	3.48	65:00

Buffalo Sabres

BUF skaters
Skater	Line	G	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Dylan Cozens C	L1	0	0	0	4	0.48	0	0	0	21:57	—	—	64	42
Eric Robinson L	L1	0	0	+1	1	0.09	5	0	0	15:33	—	—	69	43
Zach Benson L	L1	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	15:06	—	—	64	44
Alex Tuch R	L2	0	0	-1	2	0.56	4	1	0	26:53	—	—	39	44
Tage Thompson C	L2	1	1	0	4	0.63	2	1	2	17:10	—	—	43	43
Zemgus Girgensons C	L2	0	0	-1	2	0.14	4	0	0	15:03	—	—	41	36
Victor Olofsson L	L3	0	0	-1	2	0.23	2	0	0	14:40	—	—	54	43
Tyson Jost C	L3	0	0	0	2	0.20	1	0	0	14:02	—	—	52	42
Lukas Rousek R	L3	0	0	0	1	0.08	0	0	0	12:58	—	—	44	39
Peyton Krebs C	L4	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	0	0	12:03	—	—	32	68
Jeff Skinner L	L4	0	0	-1	0	0.10	0	0	0	9:15	—	—	31	73
JJ Peterka R	L4	0	0	-1	1	0.06	1	0	0	6:04	—	—	38	70
Owen Power D	D1	0	0	-1	1	0.13	0	1	4	23:27	—	—	41	41
Henri Jokiharju D	D1	0	0	+1	0	0.03	5	2	0	21:34	—	—	45	43
Rasmus Dahlin D	D2	0	0	-1	1	0.15	7	2	0	28:55	—	—	51	37
Bowen Byram D	D2	0	0	-1	4	0.54	4	0	0	25:46	—	—	55	48
Connor Clifton D	D3	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	0	0	14:52	—	—	58	53
Jacob Bryson D	D3	1	1	+1	2	0.06	0	0	0	13:42	—	—	67	90

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen(start)	W	32	30	2	.938	3.24	65:00

Goal anatomy

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

Ryan McLeod (EDM) 1st 0:29 · assists Leon Draisaitl, Warren Foegele · Forecheck turnover · 25.6 mph shot.

Ryan McLeod · 1st 0:29 · EDM

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 1
Shot: 25.6 mph
Distance: 10 ft
Type: one-timer

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Warren Foegele · 1st 14:19 · EDM SH

Play: rebound
Entry: loose
Odd man: 2-on-0
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 34.3 mph
Distance: 4 ft
Entry to goal: 2.7 s
Type: rebound

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Tage Thompson · 1st 15:35 · BUF PP

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 9.2 mph
Distance: 15 ft
Type: rebound

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Jacob Bryson · 3rd 11:39 · BUF

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 4-on-3
Passes: 0
Shot: 43.8 mph
Distance: 27 ft
Entry to goal: 5.9 s

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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.