Florida Panthers vs. Buffalo SabresJan 3, 2019

FinalThursday, Jan 3, 2019· KeyBank Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
FLA	0	1	2	3		FLA	10	13	15	38
BUF	2	0	2	4		BUF	12	11	10	33

: FLA 60BUF 56
: FLA 2.50BUF 3.13
PP goals: FLA 1BUF 0
Hits: FLA 17BUF 16
Blocks: FLA 9BUF 18
PIM: FLA 6BUF 6
: FLA 46%BUF 54%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Buffalo Sabres edge Florida Panthers 4–3

Buffalo Sabres beat Florida Panthers 4–3 at home. Jeff Skinner (BUF) led the scoring with 2G 0A. FLA's first power-play unit (Yandle, Dadonov, Hoffman, Huberdeau and Barkov) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 4:00 together.

Points
Jeff Skinner had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 17:25.Skinner
Points
Aleksander Barkov had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 24:44.Barkov
Points
Sam Reinhart had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 18:15.Reinhart
PP1
FLA's first power-play unit (Yandle, Dadonov, Hoffman, Huberdeau and Barkov) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 4:00 together.Yandle Dadonov Hoffman Huberdeau Barkov
New line
New look for BUF: Sobotka–Sheary–Thompson skated 12:18 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Sobotka Sheary Thompson
Goalie
Linus Ullmark (BUF) faced 38 shots and stopped 35 (.921), +7 against a season average of 31.0; the win.Ullmark
Usage
Vladimir Sobotka (BUF) played 20:27, +6:21 up on his 14:06 season average over 68 games.Sobotka
New line
New look for BUF: Pominville–Elie–Mittelstadt skated 6:16 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (55.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Pominville Elie Mittelstadt

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

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

BUF
FLA
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 116 of 116 attempts · BUF 56 · FLA 60

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

BUF
FLA
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: FLA 33% of the game, BUF 38%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

BUF

FLA

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	FLA	BUF
	48	55
	1.87	2.02
	1.83	2.00
	7	8
	2	4
	6	11
	−0.013	+0.013
	33%	38%

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.