Florida Panthers vs. Buffalo SabresJan 4, 2020

FinalSaturday, Jan 4, 2020· KeyBank Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
FLA	0	0	2	2		FLA	11	9	14	34
BUF	1	2	0	3		BUF	5	8	5	18

: FLA 64BUF 35
: FLA 3.10BUF 2.25
PP goals: FLA 0BUF 1
Hits: FLA 8BUF 11
Blocks: FLA 11BUF 16
PIM: FLA 8BUF 8
: FLA 48%BUF 52%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Buffalo Sabres edge Florida Panthers 3–2

Buffalo Sabres beat Florida Panthers 3–2 at home. Sam Reinhart (BUF) led the scoring with 1G 1A. BUF's first power-play unit (Johansson, Ristolainen, Reinhart, Eichel and Dahlin) scored 1 power-play goal on 1 attempt in 3:15 together.

Points
Sam Reinhart had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 20:44.Reinhart
Points
Marcus Johansson had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 18:19.Johansson
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BUF's first power-play unit (Johansson, Ristolainen, Reinhart, Eichel and Dahlin) scored 1 power-play goal on 1 attempt in 3:15 together.Johansson Ristolainen Reinhart Eichel Dahlin
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Mike Hoffman (FLA) played 21:10, +4:24 up on his 16:46 season average over 68 games.Hoffman
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Rasmus Dahlin (BUF) played 15:10, −4:12 down on his 19:22 season average over 58 games.Dahlin
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Colin Miller (BUF) played 12:12, −5:02 down on his 17:14 season average over 50 games.Miller
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Rasmus Asplund (BUF) played 15:44, +5:04 up on his 10:40 season average over 28 games.Asplund
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Zach Bogosian (BUF) played 13:14, −3:32 down on his 16:46 season average over 26 games.Bogosian

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 99 of 99 attempts · BUF 35 · FLA 64

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 42% of the game, BUF 17%.

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
	50	32
	1.69	1.82
	1.67	1.80
	5	7
	0	0
	11	5
	−0.023	+0.023
	42%	17%

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.

Florida Panthers

L1Dadonov – Toninato – Vatrano
6:37100% CF
L2Connolly – Trocheck – Acciari
5:1269% CF
L3Hoffman – Huberdeau – Barkov
5:0929% CF
D1Yandle – Ekblad
11:3263% CF
D2Stralman – Stillman
8:5543% CF
D3Matheson – Brown
8:3192% CF

PP1Yandle – Hoffman – Trocheck – Huberdeau – Vatrano
0:030% CF
PP2Yandle – Dadonov – Hoffman – Huberdeau – Barkov
0:00100% CF
PK1FSceviour – Acciari
1:56
PK2FBarkov – Vatrano
1:30
PK1DStralman – Stillman
1:56
PK2DPysyk – Ekblad
1:43

Current FLA line combinations →

Buffalo Sabres

L1Okposo – Larsson – Girgensons
9:2218% CF
L2Reinhart – Eichel – Asplund
8:0860% CF
L3Johansson – Vesey – Sheary
5:2340% CF
D1Montour – Jokiharju
8:4750% CF
D2McCabe – Ristolainen
7:3854% CF
D3Miller – Dahlin
5:3915% CF

PP1Johansson – Ristolainen – Reinhart – Eichel – Dahlin
3:15100% CF
PP2Johansson – Vesey – Ristolainen – Sheary – Dahlin
0:16
PK1FLarsson – Asplund
0:02
PK1DBogosian – Ristolainen
0:02

Current BUF line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

12:49
BUFHenri Jokiharju (Sam Reinhart, Jack Eichel)snap0.14 xG
FLA: Yandle, Connolly, Trocheck, Acciari, StillmanBUF: Okposo, Reinhart, Montour, Eichel, Jokiharju
FLA 0 – 1 BUF

2nd period

1:35
BUFConor Sheary (Marcus Johansson, Jimmy Vesey)wrist0.18 xG
FLA: Yandle, Connolly, Trocheck, Ekblad, AcciariBUF: Johansson, Miller, Vesey, Sheary, Dahlin
FLA 0 – 2 BUF
5:42
BUFSam ReinhartPP (Rasmus Dahlin, Marcus Johansson)slap0.07 xG
FLA: Sceviour, Ekblad, Acciari, StillmanBUF: Johansson, Ristolainen, Reinhart, Eichel, Dahlin
FLA 0 – 3 BUF

3rd period

12:40
FLAMike Matheson (Colton Sceviour)wrist0.01 xG
FLA: Boyle, Sceviour, Pysyk, Matheson, BrownBUF: Johansson, Miller, Lazar, Sheary, Dahlin
FLA 1 – 3 BUF
18:50
FLAEvgenii Dadonov (Jonathan Huberdeau, Mike Hoffman)wrist0.30 xG
FLA: Yandle, Dadonov, Hoffman, Huberdeau, Barkov, EkbladBUF: Wilson, McCabe, Ristolainen, Reinhart, Eichel
FLA 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.

Florida Panthers

FLA skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Evgenii Dadonov L	L1	1	0	1	+1	5	0.66	1	0	0	15:57	—	—	94	93
Frank Vatrano R	L1	0	0	0	0	4	0.20	1	0	0	13:05	—	—	94	98
Dominic Toninato C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.43	0	0	0	10:43	—	—	93	98
Vincent Trocheck C	L2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.09	0	0	0	17:21	—	—	56	26
Noel Acciari C	L2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.04	2	4	0	16:45	—	—	54	27
Brett Connolly R	L2	0	0	0	-2	2	0.06	0	0	0	16:30	—	—	64	47
Aleksander Barkov C	L3	0	0	0	+1	3	0.53	1	0	0	21:30	—	—	47	54
Mike Hoffman C	L3	0	1	1	+1	5	0.24	1	1	0	21:10	—	—	44	55
Jonathan Huberdeau L	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.29	0	0	0	20:02	—	—	42	34
Aaron Ekblad D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.17	0	2	0	23:50	—	—	56	51
Keith Yandle D	D1	0	0	0	-1	5	0.17	0	0	0	21:44	—	—	65	61
Anton Stralman D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	2	2	18:39	—	—	50	41
Riley Stillman D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.00	1	2	0	16:30	—	—	48	32
Mike Matheson D	D3	1	0	1	+1	1	0.03	0	0	0	18:24	—	—	75	48
Joshua Brown D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.01	0	0	6	12:33	—	—	82	71
Mark Pysyk D	—	0	0	0	+1	2	0.18	0	0	0	12:03	—	—	40	25
Colton Sceviour C	—	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	11:12	—	—	55	31
Brian Boyle C	—	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	0	0	9:56	—	—	55	30

FLA goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Chris Driedger	—	11	11	0	.1000	0.87	32:20
Sergei Bobrovsky(start)	L	7	4	3	.571	0.80	25:37

Buffalo Sabres

BUF skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Johan Larsson L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	0	1	0	17:49	—	—	26	23
Zemgus Girgensons C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	2	0	0	16:50	—	—	23	19
Kyle Okposo R	L1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	0	4	15:14	—	—	20	26
Sam Reinhart C	L2	1	1	2	0	1	0.11	0	0	0	20:44	—	—	67	82
Jack Eichel C	L2	0	1	1	0	5	1.12	0	1	0	20:12	—	—	65	84
Rasmus Asplund C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	0	2	0	15:44	—	—	67	70
Marcus Johansson L	L3	0	2	2	0	3	0.21	1	0	0	18:19	—	—	35	55
Conor Sheary L	L3	1	0	1	0	2	0.38	1	1	2	13:34	—	—	41	71
Jimmy Vesey L	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	1	0	12:50	—	—	41	54
Brandon Montour D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	1	0	19:14	—	—	40	40
Henri Jokiharju D	D1	1	0	1	+1	1	0.14	0	0	0	17:31	—	—	50	63
Rasmus Ristolainen D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	1	3	0	24:21	—	—	36	35
Jake McCabe D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	0	1	0	18:44	—	—	52	77
Rasmus Dahlin D	D3	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	1	2	0	15:10	—	—	19	46
Colin Miller D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	1	1	2	12:12	—	—	28	55
Zach Bogosian D	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	13:14	—	—	44	61
Curtis Lazar C	—	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	1	0	13:06	—	—	10	0
Scott Wilson C	—	0	0	0	-1	1	0.05	0	0	0	9:38	—	—	33	68

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Linus Ullmark(start)	W	34	32	2	.941	3.10	59:43

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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.