Florida Panthers vs. Buffalo SabresOct 28, 2024

FinalMonday, Oct 28, 2024· KeyBank Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
FLA	2	1	2	5		FLA	6	11	14	31
BUF	0	2	0	2		BUF	8	12	8	28

: FLA 53BUF 54
: FLA 2.79BUF 1.87
PP goals: FLA 2BUF 1
Hits: FLA 19BUF 24
Blocks: FLA 11BUF 14
PIM: FLA 10BUF 12
: FLA 35%BUF 65%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Florida Panthers beat Buffalo Sabres 5–2

Florida Panthers beat Buffalo Sabres 5–2 at BUF. Carter Verhaeghe (FLA) led the scoring with 1G 1A. BUF's first power-play unit (Zucker, Thompson, Dahlin, Cozens and Peterka) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 1:38 together.

Points
Aleksander Barkov had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 19:29.Barkov
Points
Carter Verhaeghe had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 6 shots in 18:57.Verhaeghe
Points
Sam Bennett had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 17:55.Bennett
Points
Sam Reinhart had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 20:55.Reinhart
PP1
BUF's first power-play unit (Zucker, Thompson, Dahlin, Cozens and Peterka) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 1:38 together.Zucker Thompson Dahlin Cozens Peterka
PP1
FLA's first power-play unit (Verhaeghe, Barkov, Reinhart, Tkachuk and Balinskis) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 3:40 together.Verhaeghe Barkov Reinhart Tkachuk Balinskis
New line
New look for FLA: Barkov–Reinhart–Rodrigues skated 12:02 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (57.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Barkov Reinhart Rodrigues
Luck
FLA scored 5 goals on 2.79 expected goals (53 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 107 of 107 attempts · BUF 54 · FLA 53

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 39% of the game, BUF 23%.

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
	53	52
	2.51	1.42
	2.41	1.36
	10	5
	5	8
	14	20
	−0.072	+0.072
	39%	23%

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 – Bennett – Tkachuk
12:2357% CF
L2Barkov – Reinhart – Rodrigues
12:0258% CF
L3Boqvist – Luostarinen – Lundell
7:5033% CF
L4Greer – Giles – Samoskevich
6:0060% CF
D1Kulikov – Mikkola
15:5136% CF
D2Ekblad – Forsling
14:3641% CF
D3Schmidt – Balinskis
11:4164% CF

PP1Verhaeghe – Barkov – Reinhart – Tkachuk – Balinskis
3:40100% CF
PP2Schmidt – Ekblad – Bennett – Rodrigues – Lundell
1:55100% CF
PK1FLuostarinen – Lundell
0:59
PK2FBarkov – Reinhart
0:59
PK1DEkblad – Forsling
1:06
PK2DKulikov – Mikkola
0:59

Current FLA line combinations →

Buffalo Sabres

L1Tuch – Thompson – Peterka
12:5952% CF
L2Zucker – Greenway – McLeod
10:2647% CF
L3Krebs – Cozens – Quinn
6:0825% CF
L4Aube-Kubel – Lafferty – Malenstyn
2:0186% CF
D1Byram – Power
13:1448% CF
D2Clifton – Samuelsson
10:5233% CF
D3Jokiharju – Dahlin
10:0355% CF

PP1Zucker – Thompson – Dahlin – Cozens – Peterka
1:38100% CF
PP2Tuch – Greenway – Dahlin – Quinn – Peterka
0:14
PK1FGreenway – Cozens
1:46
PK2FTuch – McLeod
1:17
PK1DClifton – Samuelsson
3:01
PK2DJokiharju – Byram
1:30

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
Matthew Tkachuk L	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.17	1	0	0	19:02	—	—	58	91
Carter Verhaeghe C	L1	1	1	2	+1	6	0.98	1	0	2	18:57	—	—	52	89
Sam Bennett C	L1	1	1	2	+1	3	0.15	1	1	2	17:55	—	—	50	69
Sam Reinhart C	L2	1	1	2	+1	4	0.42	1	1	0	20:55	—	—	50	36
Aleksander Barkov C	L2	1	1	2	+1	2	0.05	0	1	0	19:29	—	—	59	61
Evan Rodrigues C	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	3	0	0	17:00	—	—	57	38
Anton Lundell C	L3	0	1	1	0	1	0.09	2	0	0	14:58	—	—	32	51
Jesper Boqvist C	L3	1	0	1	0	2	0.21	1	0	2	11:57	—	—	44	61
Eetu Luostarinen C	L3	0	1	1	0	1	0.03	3	0	2	11:43	—	—	41	61
A.J. Greer L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	2	0	2	9:57	—	—	50	61
Patrick Giles R	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.20	0	0	0	8:00	—	—	67	87
Mackie Samoskevich R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.09	0	0	0	7:51	—	—	50	64
Niko Mikkola D	D1	0	0	0	+2	2	0.03	1	2	0	21:29	—	—	46	56
Dmitry Kulikov D	D1	0	0	0	+2	1	0.21	1	2	0	20:02	—	—	40	64
Aaron Ekblad D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.01	2	1	0	21:00	—	—	48	78
Gustav Forsling D	D2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.02	0	2	0	20:01	—	—	41	78
Uvis Balinskis D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	0	0	0	17:57	—	—	65	49
Nate Schmidt D	D3	0	1	1	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	15:50	—	—	68	57

FLA goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Sergei Bobrovsky(start)	W	28	26	2	.929	1.87	60:00

Buffalo Sabres

BUF skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Alex Tuch R	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.03	0	4	0	21:02	—	—	48	18
JJ Peterka R	L1	0	1	1	-1	3	0.11	0	1	0	20:45	—	—	50	17
Tage Thompson C	L1	0	1	1	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	18:27	—	—	54	15
Ryan McLeod C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	1	0	0	17:20	—	—	48	35
Jordan Greenway L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	15:05	—	—	41	21
Jason Zucker L	L2	1	0	1	0	2	0.27	1	0	0	14:04	—	—	50	37
Dylan Cozens C	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.35	5	1	0	18:31	—	—	31	32
Jack Quinn R	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.09	1	0	0	14:51	—	—	25	21
Peyton Krebs C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	2	13:05	—	—	47	45
Sam Lafferty C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	8:25	—	—	82	92
Beck Malenstyn L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	1	0	0	7:45	—	—	75	76
Nicolas Aube-Kubel R	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.07	0	0	0	7:19	—	—	72	65
Bowen Byram D	D1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.06	2	0	0	23:50	—	—	53	19
Owen Power D	D1	0	1	1	-2	4	0.23	1	1	2	20:35	—	—	54	39
Connor Clifton D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	4	3	2	16:14	—	—	28	9
Mattias Samuelsson D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	2	2	0	15:33	—	—	31	15
Rasmus Dahlin D	D3	1	0	1	0	6	0.41	0	1	4	21:48	—	—	62	51
Henri Jokiharju D	D3	0	0	0	0	3	0.11	2	1	2	19:18	—	—	48	37

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen(start)	L	31	26	5	.839	2.79	58:10

Goal anatomy

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

Jesper Boqvist (FLA) 1st 11:01 · assists Anton Lundell, Eetu Luostarinen · Odd-man rush · carried in · 2-on-1 at the blue line · 44.4 mph shot · 2.1 s from entry to goal.

Jesper Boqvist · 1st 11:01 · FLA

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 44.4 mph
Distance: 13 ft
Entry to goal: 2.1 s

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Sam Reinhart · 1st 11:56 · FLA PP

Play: rebound
Entry: carry
Odd man: 4-on-3
Passes: 0
Shot: 20.4 mph
Distance: 5 ft
Entry to goal: 4.6 s
Type: rebound

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Jason Zucker · 2nd 10:45 · BUF PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 4
Shot: 19.8 mph
Distance: 8 ft

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Rasmus Dahlin · 2nd 12:37 · BUF

Play: point-shot
Passes: 0
Shot: 75.2 mph
Distance: 41 ft

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Carter Verhaeghe · 2nd 16:44 · FLA

Play: rebound
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 0
Shot: 30.2 mph
Distance: 8 ft
Entry to goal: 3.6 s
Type: rebound

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Sam Bennett · 3rd 14:35 · FLA PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 64.0 mph
Distance: 34 ft

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Aleksander Barkov · 3rd 15:43 · FLA

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: loose
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 1
Shot: 69.4 mph
Distance: 38 ft
Entry to goal: 2.8 s

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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 28, 2024

Fantasy takeaways

Florida Panthers beat Buffalo Sabres 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

Jesper Boqvist · 1st 11:01 · FLA

Sam Reinhart · 1st 11:56 · FLA PP

Jason Zucker · 2nd 10:45 · BUF PP

Rasmus Dahlin · 2nd 12:37 · BUF

Carter Verhaeghe · 2nd 16:44 · FLA

Sam Bennett · 3rd 14:35 · FLA PP

Aleksander Barkov · 3rd 15:43 · FLA