Florida Panthers vs. Buffalo SabresMar 7, 2022

FinalMonday, Mar 7, 2022· KeyBank Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
FLA	1	4	1	6		FLA	3	20	8	31
BUF	0	0	1	1		BUF	11	7	12	30

: FLA 42BUF 55
: FLA 3.44BUF 2.63
PP goals: FLA 2BUF 0
Hits: FLA 6BUF 12
Blocks: FLA 12BUF 7
PIM: FLA 12BUF 18
: FLA 47%BUF 53%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Florida Panthers rout Buffalo Sabres 6–1

Florida Panthers beat Buffalo Sabres 6–1 at BUF. Aleksander Barkov (FLA) led the scoring with 1G 2A. FLA's first power-play unit (Huberdeau, Duclair, Barkov, Ekblad and Reinhart) scored 2 power-play goals on 6 attempts in 2:39 together.

Points
Aleksander Barkov had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 18:22.Barkov
Points
Mason Marchment had 3 assists (3 points) in 13:16.Marchment
Points
Anthony Duclair had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 13:19.Duclair
Points
Brandon Montour had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 19:04.Montour
PP1
FLA's first power-play unit (Huberdeau, Duclair, Barkov, Ekblad and Reinhart) scored 2 power-play goals on 6 attempts in 2:39 together.Huberdeau Duclair Barkov Ekblad Reinhart
Usage
Anton Lundell (FLA) played 3:07, −12:49 down on his 15:56 season average over 64 games.Lundell
New line
New look for BUF: Okposo–Hinostroza–Krebs skated 9:04 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (27.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Okposo Hinostroza Krebs
Luck
FLA scored 6 goals on 3.44 expected goals (42 attempts), finishing well above its chances.

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 97 of 97 attempts · BUF 55 · FLA 42

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 36% 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
	34	41
	2.36	1.59
	2.33	1.43
	10	4
	6	1
	17	8
	+0.000	+0.000
	36%	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.

Florida Panthers

L1Verhaeghe – Barkov – Marchment
4:2750% CF
L2Hornqvist – Acciari – Luostarinen
4:0450% CF
L3Huberdeau – Duclair – Bennett
4:0250% CF
L4Reinhart – Vatrano – Lundell
2:3525% CF
D1Weegar – Ekblad
13:0450% CF
D2Montour – Carlsson
13:0337% CF
D3Gudas – Forsling
11:2236% CF

PP1Huberdeau – Duclair – Barkov – Ekblad – Reinhart
2:39100% CF
PP2Hornqvist – Verhaeghe – Bennett – Montour – Marchment
1:01100% CF
PK1FBarkov – Acciari
3:15
PK2FHuberdeau – Luostarinen
1:46
PK1DWeegar – Ekblad
4:53
PK2DGudas – Forsling
4:35

Current FLA line combinations →

Buffalo Sabres

L1Okposo – Hinostroza – Krebs
9:0427% CF
L2Skinner – Tuch – Thompson
7:5475% CF
L3Olofsson – Mittelstadt – Cozens
6:4750% CF
L4Eakin – Hayden – Asplund
6:0557% CF
D1Fitzgerald – Samuelsson
14:1550% CF
D2Bryson – Dahlin
13:3367% CF
D3Pysyk – Hagg
10:3144% CF

PP1Okposo – Olofsson – Mittelstadt – Bryson – Cozens
4:3988% CF
PP2Skinner – Tuch – Thompson – Dahlin – Krebs
4:34100% CF
PK1FTuch – Thompson
1:26
PK2FEakin – Asplund
0:39
PK1DPysyk – Hagg
1:50
PK2DFitzgerald – Samuelsson
1:15

Current BUF line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

5:22
FLABrandon Montour (Aleksander Barkov, Mason Marchment)snap0.20 xG
FLA: Verhaeghe, Barkov, Montour, Forsling, MarchmentBUF: Olofsson, Fitzgerald, Mittelstadt, Samuelsson, Cozens
FLA 1 – 0 BUF

2nd period

5:54
FLANoel Acciari (Brandon Montour, Mason Marchment)wrist0.13 xG
FLA: Montour, Acciari, Marchment, Carlsson, LuostarinenBUF: Okposo, Hinostroza, Bryson, Dahlin, Krebs
FLA 2 – 0 BUF
7:39
FLAAnthony DuclairPP (Aleksander Barkov, Sam Reinhart)wrist0.54 xG
FLA: Huberdeau, Duclair, Barkov, Ekblad, ReinhartBUF: Okposo, Eakin, Pysyk, Hagg
FLA 3 – 0 BUF
11:39
FLACarter Verhaeghe (Mason Marchment, Eetu Luostarinen)tip-in0.06 xG
FLA: Verhaeghe, Montour, Forsling, Marchment, LuostarinenBUF: Eakin, Hinostroza, Asplund, Fitzgerald, Samuelsson
FLA 4 – 0 BUF
12:42
FLAPatric Hornqvist (Sam Bennett, MacKenzie Weegar)wrist0.15 xG
FLA: Hornqvist, Huberdeau, Weegar, Ekblad, BennettBUF: Okposo, Skinner, Pysyk, Hagg, Krebs
FLA 5 – 0 BUF

3rd period

6:50
FLAAleksander BarkovPP (Jonathan Huberdeau, Anthony Duclair)wrist0.17 xG
FLA: Huberdeau, Duclair, Barkov, Ekblad, ReinhartBUF: Pysyk, Hagg, Thompson, Mittelstadt
FLA 6 – 0 BUF
13:42
BUFJohn Hayden (Rasmus Asplund, Casey Fitzgerald)tip-in0.06 xG
FLA: Hornqvist, Verhaeghe, Montour, Acciari, CarlssonBUF: Eakin, Hayden, Asplund, Fitzgerald, Samuelsson
FLA 6 – 1 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
Aleksander Barkov C	L1	1	2	3	+1	1	0.17	0	0	0	18:22	—	—	33	29
Carter Verhaeghe C	L1	1	0	1	+1	1	0.06	0	1	0	13:51	—	—	44	61
Mason Marchment L	L1	0	3	3	+3	0	0.00	0	0	2	13:16	—	—	58	65
Eetu Luostarinen C	L2	0	1	1	+2	1	0.19	1	1	0	16:56	—	—	47	68
Noel Acciari C	L2	1	0	1	0	1	0.13	1	1	0	15:43	—	—	27	54
Patric Hornqvist R	L2	1	0	1	0	5	0.56	1	0	0	12:58	—	—	50	72
Sam Bennett C	L3	0	1	1	+1	5	0.23	0	0	0	17:08	—	—	52	66
Jonathan Huberdeau L	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.12	0	0	2	14:55	—	—	55	59
Anthony Duclair L	L3	1	1	2	0	2	0.73	0	0	0	13:19	—	—	46	64
Sam Reinhart C	L4	0	1	1	0	4	0.56	0	0	2	18:09	—	—	55	78
Frank Vatrano R	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.16	0	0	0	13:40	—	—	38	48
Anton Lundell C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	0	0	2	3:07	—	—	33	29
Aaron Ekblad D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.05	0	1	0	22:31	—	—	45	60
MacKenzie Weegar D	D1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.06	0	2	0	20:26	—	—	50	67
Brandon Montour D	D2	1	1	2	+2	3	0.38	0	1	2	19:04	—	—	46	63
Lucas Carlsson D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	15:55	—	—	39	52
Gustav Forsling D	D3	0	0	0	+2	1	0.02	0	2	0	20:33	—	—	50	68
Radko Gudas D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	2	2	18:07	—	—	40	33

FLA goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Spencer Knight(start)	W	30	29	1	.967	2.63	60:00

Buffalo Sabres

BUF skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Kyle Okposo R	L1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.22	1	0	0	19:18	—	—	35	27
Peyton Krebs C	L1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.07	1	1	0	17:54	—	—	38	15
Vinnie Hinostroza C	L1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.14	0	0	0	16:58	—	—	57	39
Tage Thompson C	L2	0	0	0	0	5	0.63	0	0	0	18:12	—	—	69	70
Alex Tuch R	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.23	0	0	0	16:31	—	—	75	74
Jeff Skinner L	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.35	0	0	0	14:24	—	—	69	61
Dylan Cozens C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.05	0	0	0	17:39	—	—	57	48
Casey Mittelstadt C	L3	0	0	0	-1	4	0.13	1	0	0	17:28	—	—	44	37
Victor Olofsson L	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.22	0	0	0	15:45	—	—	70	56
Rasmus Asplund C	L4	0	1	1	0	1	0.06	0	0	0	11:24	—	—	54	27
Cody Eakin C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	1	0	11:06	—	—	58	27
John Hayden C	L4	1	0	1	+1	1	0.06	3	0	16	8:18	—	—	40	12
Casey Fitzgerald D	D1	0	1	1	-1	1	0.03	0	2	0	18:29	—	—	53	37
Mattias Samuelsson D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	2	2	17:40	—	—	50	32
Jacob Bryson D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.08	0	0	0	22:52	—	—	71	62
Rasmus Dahlin D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.22	3	0	0	21:15	—	—	69	58
Robert Hagg D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.08	1	1	0	15:30	—	—	47	32
Mark Pysyk D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.07	0	0	0	14:24	—	—	44	29

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Craig Anderson(start)	L	31	25	6	.806	3.44	59:10

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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.