Buffalo Sabres vs. Colorado AvalancheJan 30, 2022

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
BUF	0	1	0	1		BUF	6	12	13	31
COL	1	2	1	4		COL	13	17	6	36

: BUF 59COL 55
: BUF 2.64COL 4.22
PP goals: BUF 0COL 1
Hits: BUF 15COL 19
Blocks: BUF 11COL 19
PIM: BUF 11COL 13
: BUF 48%COL 52%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Colorado Avalanche beat Buffalo Sabres 4–1

Colorado Avalanche beat Buffalo Sabres 4–1 at home. Valeri Nichushkin (COL) led the scoring with 1G 1A. COL's first power-play unit (Kadri, Landeskog, Rantanen, Girard and Makar) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 4:52 together.

Points
Mikko Rantanen had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 19:22.Rantanen
Points
Valeri Nichushkin had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 15:23.Nichushkin
PP1
COL's first power-play unit (Kadri, Landeskog, Rantanen, Girard and Makar) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 4:52 together.Kadri Landeskog Rantanen Girard Makar
Usage
Casey Mittelstadt (BUF) played 4:59, −11:25 down on his 16:24 season average over 39 games.Mittelstadt
New line
New look for BUF: Okposo–Eakin–Olofsson skated 6:08 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Okposo Eakin Olofsson
Goalie
Dustin Tokarski (BUF) faced 35 shots and stopped 32 (.914), +4 against a season average of 31.0; the loss.Tokarski
New line
New look for COL: Kadri–Sikura–Newhook skated 6:09 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (71.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Kadri Sikura Newhook
Usage
Dylan Cozens (BUF) played 20:17, +4:26 up on his 15:51 season average over 78 games.Cozens

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

← BUF attacks left (bottom on phones)COL attacks right (top on phones) →

COL
BUF
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 114 of 114 attempts · COL 55 · BUF 59

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

COL
BUF
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

COL pressure
BUF pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: BUF 40% of the game, COL 43%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

COL

BUF

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	BUF	COL
	58	48
	2.25	2.44
	2.17	2.37
	14	13
	4	2
	14	10
	−0.012	+0.012
	40%	43%

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.

Buffalo Sabres

L1Skinner – Tuch – Cozens
7:3968% CF
L2Okposo – Eakin – Olofsson
6:0867% CF
L3Jankowski – Hayden – Bjork
2:59100% CF
D1Jokiharju – Dahlin
7:2958% CF
D2Pysyk – Hagg
5:1856% CF
D3Fitzgerald – Samuelsson
5:1063% CF

PP1Skinner – Tuch – Dahlin – Krebs – Cozens
3:16100% CF
PP2Okposo – Eakin – Olofsson – Jokiharju – Cozens
1:0550% CF
PK1FOkposo – Eakin
1:32
PK2FJankowski – Tuch
1:26
PK1DPysyk – Hagg
1:48
PK2DJokiharju – Samuelsson
1:32

Current BUF line combinations →

Colorado Avalanche

L1Landeskog – Nichushkin – Rantanen
8:1033% CF
L2Compher – Jost – O'Connor
7:1457% CF
L3Kadri – Sikura – Newhook
6:0971% CF
L4Burakovsky – Aube-Kubel – Maltsev
3:5750% CF
D1Toews – Makar
13:4214% CF
D2Johnson – Girard
9:1753% CF

PP1Kadri – Landeskog – Rantanen – Girard – Makar
4:52100% CF
PP2Burakovsky – Compher – Nichushkin – Toews – Newhook
0:50100% CF
PK1FKadri – Nichushkin
1:28
PK2FCompher – Jost
1:13
PK1DJohnson – Toews
2:39
PK2DJohnson – Makar
2:13

Current COL 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.

Buffalo Sabres

BUF skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Alex Tuch R	L1	0	0	0	-1	4	0.14	1	0	2	24:00	—	—	59	53
Jeff Skinner L	L1	0	1	1	0	7	0.51	1	0	0	21:36	—	—	59	57
Dylan Cozens C	L1	1	0	1	0	3	0.34	0	0	0	20:17	—	—	61	64
Cody Eakin C	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.27	0	0	0	18:11	—	—	58	42
Kyle Okposo R	L2	0	0	0	-2	3	0.81	0	0	5	17:42	—	—	68	55
Victor Olofsson L	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	0	0	0	13:28	—	—	44	20
Mark Jankowski L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.05	1	0	0	15:52	—	—	54	59
Anders Bjork L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.18	0	0	0	13:39	—	—	68	77
John Hayden C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	2	2	12:23	—	—	25	18
Rasmus Dahlin D	D1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.08	0	2	0	22:05	—	—	66	45
Henri Jokiharju D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	20:36	—	—	53	49
Mark Pysyk D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	13:28	—	—	40	33
Robert Hagg D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	1	0	2	10:13	—	—	43	34
Casey Fitzgerald D	D3	0	0	0	0	4	0.16	2	2	0	17:23	—	—	65	67
Mattias Samuelsson D	D3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	2	1	0	15:31	—	—	50	28
Peyton Krebs C	—	0	0	0	-2	1	0.05	1	0	0	19:18	—	—	47	44
Jacob Bryson D	—	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	3	0	13:42	—	—	52	64
Casey Mittelstadt C	—	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	4:59	—	—	20	0

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Dustin Tokarski(start)	L	35	32	3	.914	3.34	57:49

Colorado Avalanche

COL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Mikko Rantanen R	L1	1	1	2	0	2	0.52	0	2	2	19:22	—	—	30	33
Gabriel Landeskog L	L1	1	0	1	0	4	0.55	0	2	2	18:13	—	—	24	21
Valeri Nichushkin R	L1	1	1	2	+1	3	0.93	3	0	2	15:23	—	—	36	30
J.T. Compher L	L2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.13	0	1	0	17:11	—	—	57	59
Logan O'Connor R	L2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	2	1	5	15:31	—	—	48	42
Tyson Jost C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.18	1	0	0	12:36	—	—	45	46
Nazem Kadri C	L3	1	0	1	+1	3	0.48	0	1	0	20:19	—	—	50	67
Alex Newhook C	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.04	1	0	0	14:29	—	—	54	58
Dylan Sikura R	L3	0	1	1	+1	3	0.43	0	1	0	11:46	—	—	70	83
Andre Burakovsky L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.22	0	0	0	10:38	—	—	50	59
Nicolas Aube-Kubel R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.13	2	0	0	8:38	—	—	47	56
Mikhail Maltsev L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.12	2	0	0	8:38	—	—	53	63
Devon Toews D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0.11	1	3	0	26:14	—	—	21	38
Cale Makar D	D1	0	1	1	0	3	0.09	1	1	0	24:27	—	—	38	40
Samuel Girard D	D2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.05	1	2	0	20:29	—	—	60	47
Jack Johnson D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	2	2	18:32	—	—	51	54
Erik Johnson D	—	0	0	0	+1	3	0.04	1	2	0	16:03	—	—	44	61
Kurtis MacDermid L	—	0	0	0	+1	2	0.20	2	1	0	13:31	—	—	50	68

COL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Darcy Kuemper(start)	W	31	30	1	.968	2.64	60:00

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.

Buffalo Sabres vs. Colorado AvalancheJan 30, 2022

Fantasy takeaways

Colorado Avalanche beat Buffalo Sabres 4–1

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

Buffalo Sabres

Colorado Avalanche

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Buffalo Sabres

Colorado Avalanche