Florida Panthers vs. Buffalo SabresApr 3, 2022

FinalSunday, Apr 3, 2022· KeyBank Center

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Buffalo SabresBUF

3

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
FLA	0	3	2	5		FLA	9	22	9	40
BUF	1	0	2	3		BUF	10	8	11	29

: FLA 57BUF 48
: FLA 3.60BUF 2.69
PP goals: FLA 1BUF 2
Hits: FLA 28BUF 12
Blocks: FLA 8BUF 6
PIM: FLA 4BUF 6
: FLA 47%BUF 53%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Florida Panthers beat Buffalo Sabres 5–3

Florida Panthers beat Buffalo Sabres 5–3 at BUF. Anthony Duclair (FLA) led the scoring with 2G 0A. BUF's first power-play unit (Skinner, Tuch, Thompson, Mittelstadt and Dahlin) scored 2 power-play goals on 5 attempts in 1:59 together.

Points
Anthony Duclair had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 13:10.Duclair
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Jeff Skinner had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 15:29.Skinner
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MacKenzie Weegar had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 24:24.Weegar
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Aleksander Barkov had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 20:55.Barkov
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Casey Mittelstadt had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 16:14.Mittelstadt
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Claude Giroux had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 17:03.Giroux
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BUF's first power-play unit (Skinner, Tuch, Thompson, Mittelstadt and Dahlin) scored 2 power-play goals on 5 attempts in 1:59 together.Skinner Tuch Thompson Mittelstadt Dahlin
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FLA's first power-play unit (Giroux, Huberdeau, Weegar, Barkov and Reinhart) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 3:00 together.Giroux Huberdeau Weegar Barkov Reinhart

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 105 of 105 attempts · BUF 48 · FLA 57

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 48% of the game, BUF 27%.

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
	62	48
	3.47	1.90
	3.40	1.76
	19	5
	8	6
	14	19
	+0.008	−0.008
	48%	27%

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

L1Reinhart – Marchment – Lundell
11:2273% CF
L2Duclair – Verhaeghe – Barkov
10:1361% CF
L3Giroux – Huberdeau – Bennett
9:3450% CF
L4Thornton – Lomberg – Luostarinen
7:1375% CF
D1Hagg – Montour
15:5448% CF
D2Weegar – Forsling
15:4855% CF
D3Chiarot – Gudas
12:2859% CF

PP1Giroux – Huberdeau – Weegar – Barkov – Reinhart
3:00100% CF
PP2Bennett – Montour – Forsling – Marchment – Lundell
0:55
PK1FBarkov – Luostarinen
0:51
PK2FLomberg – Lundell
0:31
PK1DWeegar – Forsling
1:22
PK2DChiarot – Gudas
0:24

Current FLA line combinations →

Buffalo Sabres

L1Okposo – Eakin – Girgensons
11:2238% CF
L2Skinner – Tuch – Thompson
10:3750% CF
L3Olofsson – Asplund – Mittelstadt
9:4347% CF
L4Hinostroza – Krebs – Cozens
8:1929% CF
D1Jokiharju – Dahlin
17:4533% CF
D2Fitzgerald – Samuelsson
15:2761% CF
D3Pysyk – Bryson
12:0348% CF

PP1Skinner – Tuch – Thompson – Mittelstadt – Dahlin
1:59100% CF
PK1FOkposo – Eakin
2:08
PK2FTuch – Thompson
0:27
PK1DJokiharju – Samuelsson
1:27
PK2DPysyk – Fitzgerald
0:51

Current BUF line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

17:13
BUFKyle Okposo (Mattias Samuelsson, Cody Eakin)tip-in0.05 xG
FLA: Chiarot, Gudas, Barkov, Reinhart, MarchmentBUF: Okposo, Eakin, Girgensons, Fitzgerald, Samuelsson
FLA 0 – 1 BUF

2nd period

6:18
FLAJonathan Huberdeau (Claude Giroux)wrist0.23 xG
FLA: Giroux, Gudas, Huberdeau, Hagg, BennettBUF: Skinner, Tuch, Thompson, Bryson, Samuelsson
FLA 1 – 1 BUF
15:55
FLAAnton Lundell (Ben Chiarot, Mason Marchment)wrist0.06 xG
FLA: Chiarot, Gudas, Reinhart, Marchment, LundellBUF: Pysyk, Olofsson, Mittelstadt, Bryson, Krebs
FLA 2 – 1 BUF
17:01
FLAAnthony Duclair (Gustav Forsling, MacKenzie Weegar)wrist0.05 xG
FLA: Weegar, Duclair, Verhaeghe, Barkov, ForslingBUF: Skinner, Tuch, Thompson, Jokiharju, Dahlin
FLA 3 – 1 BUF

3rd period

0:57
FLAAnthony Duclair (Aleksander Barkov, Carter Verhaeghe)wrist0.13 xG
FLA: Weegar, Duclair, Verhaeghe, Barkov, ForslingBUF: Skinner, Hinostroza, Thompson, Jokiharju, Dahlin
FLA 4 – 1 BUF
8:25
BUFJeff SkinnerPP (Casey Mittelstadt, Alex Tuch)wrist0.47 xG
FLA: Chiarot, Gudas, Huberdeau, LuostarinenBUF: Skinner, Tuch, Thompson, Mittelstadt, Dahlin
FLA 4 – 2 BUF
10:19
BUFTage ThompsonPP (Jeff Skinner, Casey Mittelstadt)snap0.22 xG
FLA: Weegar, Barkov, Forsling, LuostarinenBUF: Skinner, Tuch, Thompson, Mittelstadt, Dahlin
FLA 4 – 3 BUF
18:25
FLAMacKenzie WeegarPP (Claude Giroux, Aleksander Barkov)slap0.18 xG
FLA: Giroux, Huberdeau, Weegar, Barkov, ReinhartBUF: Tuch, Fitzgerald, Dahlin
FLA 5 – 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
Sam Reinhart C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.05	1	0	0	20:31	—	—	52	54
Mason Marchment L	L1	0	1	1	0	3	0.43	1	0	0	17:12	—	—	54	50
Anton Lundell C	L1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.11	1	0	0	15:17	—	—	74	74
Aleksander Barkov C	L2	0	2	2	+1	2	0.23	1	0	0	20:55	—	—	46	54
Anthony Duclair L	L2	2	0	2	+2	2	0.19	1	0	2	13:10	—	—	61	62
Carter Verhaeghe C	L2	0	1	1	+2	4	0.52	2	0	0	12:16	—	—	58	66
Jonathan Huberdeau L	L3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.38	0	1	0	17:16	—	—	53	70
Claude Giroux R	L3	0	2	2	+1	1	0.29	2	0	0	17:03	—	—	48	67
Sam Bennett C	L3	0	0	0	+1	3	0.37	1	0	0	12:52	—	—	56	74
Ryan Lomberg L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	2	0	0	13:02	—	—	67	89
Eetu Luostarinen C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	0	0	0	11:05	—	—	64	81
Joe Thornton C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.27	1	1	0	11:01	—	—	67	92
Brandon Montour D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0.05	1	0	0	19:07	—	—	52	39
Robert Hagg D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	3	1	2	17:09	—	—	46	40
MacKenzie Weegar D	D2	1	1	2	+2	2	0.21	2	2	0	24:24	—	—	55	80
Gustav Forsling D	D2	0	1	1	+2	5	0.32	0	2	0	22:22	—	—	58	83
Ben Chiarot D	D3	0	1	1	0	3	0.10	1	0	0	16:48	—	—	64	69
Radko Gudas D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.00	8	1	0	16:31	—	—	66	73

FLA goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Spencer Knight(start)	W	29	26	3	.897	2.69	60:00

Buffalo Sabres

BUF skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Kyle Okposo R	L1	1	0	1	+1	3	0.21	0	0	0	17:42	—	—	50	59
Cody Eakin C	L1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	14:55	—	—	43	54
Zemgus Girgensons C	L1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	0	0	13:47	—	—	43	54
Alex Tuch R	L2	0	1	1	-2	3	0.28	0	0	2	17:40	—	—	61	20
Tage Thompson C	L2	1	0	1	-3	3	0.28	0	0	2	16:07	—	—	48	13
Jeff Skinner L	L2	1	1	2	-3	2	0.77	1	0	0	15:29	—	—	56	24
Casey Mittelstadt C	L3	0	2	2	-1	2	0.14	0	0	0	16:14	—	—	39	41
Rasmus Asplund C	L3	0	0	0	0	4	0.34	0	0	0	13:21	—	—	45	51
Victor Olofsson L	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.11	0	0	0	11:53	—	—	38	42
Dylan Cozens C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	1	1	0	14:50	—	—	45	59
Vinnie Hinostroza C	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.18	1	1	0	12:41	—	—	24	32
Peyton Krebs C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.00	0	1	0	12:27	—	—	32	32
Rasmus Dahlin D	D1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.06	2	0	0	24:19	—	—	39	16
Henri Jokiharju D	D1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.14	2	1	0	22:40	—	—	31	16
Mattias Samuelsson D	D2	0	1	1	0	1	0.05	1	1	2	21:39	—	—	49	45
Casey Fitzgerald D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.10	2	0	0	20:45	—	—	59	62
Mark Pysyk D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	0	1	0	14:52	—	—	48	54
Jacob Bryson D	D3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	0	0	0	14:01	—	—	42	47

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Dustin Tokarski(start)	L	40	35	5	.875	3.60	59:19

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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.