Florida Panthers vs. Buffalo SabresOct 12, 2024

FinalSaturday, Oct 12, 2024· KeyBank Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
FLA	1	1	0	2		FLA	10	11	4	25
BUF	2	2	1	5		BUF	6	13	8	27

: FLA 46BUF 66
: FLA 1.52BUF 3.51
PP goals: FLA 1BUF 0
Hits: FLA 26BUF 26
Blocks: FLA 14BUF 16
PIM: FLA 8BUF 6
: FLA 48%BUF 52%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Buffalo Sabres beat Florida Panthers 5–2

Buffalo Sabres beat Florida Panthers 5–2 at home. Alex Tuch (BUF) led the scoring with 1G 1A. FLA's first power-play unit (Verhaeghe, Reinhart, Bennett, Rodrigues and Boqvist) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 1:51 together.

Points
Alex Tuch had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 20:35.Tuch
PP1
FLA's first power-play unit (Verhaeghe, Reinhart, Bennett, Rodrigues and Boqvist) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 1:51 together.Verhaeghe Reinhart Bennett Rodrigues Boqvist
New line
New look for FLA: Reinhart–Luostarinen–Lundell skated 12:07 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (61.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Reinhart Luostarinen Lundell
New line
New look for FLA: Verhaeghe–Bennett–Rodrigues skated 11:14 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (25% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Verhaeghe Bennett Rodrigues
Usage
A.J. Greer (FLA) played 16:20, +6:49 up on his 9:31 season average over 80 games.Greer
Usage
Beck Malenstyn (BUF) played 1:52, −8:47 down on his 10:39 season average over 75 games.Malenstyn
Usage
Evan Rodrigues (FLA) played 21:01, +5:52 up on his 15:09 season average over 81 games.Rodrigues
New line
New look for BUF: Tuch–Thompson–Krebs skated 6:47 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (70% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Tuch Thompson Krebs

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 112 of 112 attempts · BUF 66 · FLA 46

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 15% of the game, BUF 48%.

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
	41	68
	1.24	3.41
	1.22	3.24
	5	17
	6	5
	24	20
	−0.008	+0.009
	15%	48%

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 – Luostarinen – Lundell
12:0761% CF
L2Verhaeghe – Bennett – Rodrigues
11:1425% CF
L3Greer – Boqvist – Samoskevich
7:0529% CF
D1Ekblad – Forsling
15:2950% CF
D2Schmidt – Balinskis
8:4640% CF
D3Kulikov – Mikkola
6:325% CF

PP1Verhaeghe – Reinhart – Bennett – Rodrigues – Boqvist
1:5183% CF
PP2Ekblad – Luostarinen – Lundell – Samoskevich – Balinskis
0:34100% CF
PK1FLuostarinen – Lundell
2:10
PK2FGreer – Boqvist
1:36
PK1DEkblad – Mikkola
2:38
PK2DKulikov – Schmidt
0:45

Current FLA line combinations →

Buffalo Sabres

L1Zucker – Greenway – McLeod
10:3661% CF
L2Cozens – Quinn – Kulich
10:2867% CF
L3Tuch – Thompson – Krebs
6:4770% CF
D1Clifton – Samuelsson
11:4577% CF
D2Byram – Power
10:5569% CF
D3Jokiharju – Dahlin
10:4755% CF

PP1Zucker – Thompson – Dahlin – Cozens – Power
3:2567% CF
PP2Tuch – Byram – Quinn – Kulich – Benson
1:270% CF
PK1FGreenway – Cozens
0:55
PK2FTuch – McLeod
0:38
PK1DClifton – Samuelsson
1:27
PK2DJokiharju – Power
0:33

Current BUF line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

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
Anton Lundell C	L1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.02	2	1	0	20:48	—	—	60	39
Sam Reinhart C	L1	0	1	1	-2	3	0.22	0	0	0	20:04	—	—	59	51
Eetu Luostarinen C	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.07	2	1	0	18:01	—	—	57	35
Carter Verhaeghe C	L2	0	0	0	-3	1	0.07	3	0	0	21:11	—	—	23	11
Evan Rodrigues C	L2	0	1	1	-3	5	0.17	2	0	0	21:01	—	—	33	9
Sam Bennett C	L2	1	0	1	-3	3	0.27	1	0	0	19:02	—	—	30	14
A.J. Greer L	L3	0	1	1	0	2	0.28	0	2	2	16:20	—	—	35	63
Jesper Boqvist C	L3	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	13:46	—	—	32	65
Mackie Samoskevich R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	1	0	0	11:19	—	—	25	53
Aaron Ekblad D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	4	1	0	23:05	—	—	49	33
Gustav Forsling D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.04	0	0	4	21:52	—	—	52	41
Uvis Balinskis D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	1	1	0	15:45	—	—	36	19
Nate Schmidt D	D2	1	0	1	0	1	0.17	1	0	0	12:34	—	—	54	30
Niko Mikkola D	D3	0	0	0	-3	1	0.00	2	3	0	18:54	—	—	19	30
Dmitry Kulikov D	D3	0	0	0	-3	0	0.00	0	2	2	14:10	—	—	27	11
Adam Boqvist D	—	0	0	0	-1	2	0.07	0	1	0	10:30	—	—	35	22
Jonah Gadjovich L	—	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	4	0	0	7:55	—	—	53	33
Patrick Giles R	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	2	0	7:34	—	—	19	2

FLA goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Spencer Knight(start)	L	26	22	4	.846	3.23	58:09

Buffalo Sabres

BUF skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jason Zucker L	L1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	0	2	17:58	—	—	59	58
Ryan McLeod C	L1	0	1	1	+2	1	0.32	0	1	0	17:50	—	—	64	68
Jordan Greenway L	L1	1	0	1	+3	2	0.52	2	3	4	17:05	—	—	63	66
Dylan Cozens C	L2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.33	4	0	0	21:54	—	—	59	78
Jiri Kulich C	L2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.28	1	3	0	17:39	—	—	64	88
Jack Quinn R	L2	0	1	1	+1	3	0.42	3	0	0	16:36	—	—	72	94
Tage Thompson C	L3	1	0	1	+1	3	0.34	1	0	0	20:56	—	—	65	76
Alex Tuch R	L3	1	1	2	+1	3	0.50	1	2	0	20:35	—	—	60	57
Peyton Krebs C	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.14	4	0	0	14:20	—	—	58	83
Connor Clifton D	D1	0	1	1	+2	3	0.21	1	2	0	17:26	—	—	64	82
Mattias Samuelsson D	D1	1	0	1	+1	4	0.13	4	0	0	17:24	—	—	72	87
Owen Power D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.15	0	0	0	23:14	—	—	62	48
Bowen Byram D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	0	0	0	17:32	—	—	71	55
Rasmus Dahlin D	D3	0	1	1	+3	0	0.01	1	3	0	23:45	—	—	53	72
Henri Jokiharju D	D3	1	0	1	+2	1	0.09	0	1	0	14:35	—	—	59	91
Zach Benson L	—	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	0	0	0	10:03	—	—	58	29
Dennis Gilbert D	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	1	0	4:49	—	—	50	75
Beck Malenstyn L	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	1	0	0	1:52	—	—	75	84

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Devon Levi(start)	W	25	23	2	.920	1.52	60:00

Goal anatomy

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

Nate Schmidt (FLA) 1st 9:01 · assists A.J. Greer, Jesper Boqvist · Odd-man rush · carried in · 3-on-2 at the blue line · 58.2 mph shot · 2.6 s from entry to goal.

Nate Schmidt · 1st 9:01 · FLA

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 1
Shot: 58.2 mph
Distance: 23 ft
Entry to goal: 2.6 s

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Jordan Greenway · 1st 16:46 · BUF

Play: turnover-forecheck
Entry: loose
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 17.6 mph
Distance: 2 ft
Entry to goal: 7.1 s

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Tage Thompson · 1st 17:27 · BUF

Play: rush
Entry: pass
Odd man: No
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 35.9 mph
Distance: 30 ft
Entry to goal: 1.9 s

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Henri Jokiharju · 2nd 1:34 · BUF

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 77.2 mph
Distance: 56 ft
Type: one-timer

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Mattias Samuelsson · 2nd 16:22 · BUF

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 35.8 mph
Distance: 37 ft
Type: rebound

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Sam Bennett · 2nd 18:42 · FLA PP

Play: deflection
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 18.8 mph
Distance: 4 ft
Type: rebound

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Alex Tuch · 3rd 18:48 · BUF EN

Play: point-shot
Passes: 0
Shot: 61.4 mph
Distance: 88 ft

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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.

Florida Panthers vs. Buffalo SabresOct 12, 2024

Fantasy takeaways

Buffalo Sabres beat Florida Panthers 5–2

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

Florida Panthers

Buffalo Sabres

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Florida Panthers

Buffalo Sabres

Goal anatomy

Nate Schmidt · 1st 9:01 · FLA

Jordan Greenway · 1st 16:46 · BUF

Tage Thompson · 1st 17:27 · BUF

Henri Jokiharju · 2nd 1:34 · BUF

Mattias Samuelsson · 2nd 16:22 · BUF

Sam Bennett · 2nd 18:42 · FLA PP

Alex Tuch · 3rd 18:48 · BUF EN