Buffalo Sabres vs. Chicago BlackhawksDec 8, 2017

Final / OTFriday, Dec 8, 2017· United Center

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
BUF	1	1	0	0	2		BUF	5	10	7	6	28
CHI	0	1	1	1	3		CHI	13	14	16	8	51

: BUF 41CHI 95
: BUF 1.98CHI 4.56
PP goals: BUF 1CHI 1
Hits: BUF 30CHI 15
Blocks: BUF 31CHI 5
PIM: BUF 8CHI 6
: BUF 50%CHI 50%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Chicago Blackhawks edge Buffalo Sabres 3–2 (OT)

Chicago Blackhawks beat Buffalo Sabres 3–2 in overtime at home. Gustav Forsling (CHI) led the scoring with 1G 2A. Robin Lehner (BUF) faced 51 shots and stopped 48 (.941), +22 against a season average of 29.4; the overtime loss.

Points
Gustav Forsling had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 5 shots in 22:04.Forsling
Goalie
Robin Lehner (BUF) faced 51 shots and stopped 48 (.941), +22 against a season average of 29.4; the overtime loss.Lehner
New line
New look for CHI: Toews–Saad–DeBrincat skated 11:04 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (76.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Toews Saad DeBrincat
Usage
Cody Franson (CHI) played 8:48, −8:10 down on his 16:58 season average over 22 games.Franson
New line
New look for CHI: Sharp–Panik–Hinostroza skated 9:55 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (60% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Sharp Panik Hinostroza
Usage
Patrick Sharp (CHI) played 17:41, +4:52 up on his 12:49 season average over 69 games.Sharp
Usage
Victor Antipin (BUF) played 7:44, −7:43 down on his 15:27 season average over 46 games.Antipin
Luck
CHI scored 3 goals on 4.56 expected goals (95 attempts), well short of 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

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

CHI
BUF
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 136 of 136 attempts · CHI 95 · BUF 41

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

CHI
BUF
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

CHI 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 16% of the game, CHI 62%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

CHI

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	CHI
	34	82
	1.08	3.43
	1.07	3.26
	4	16
	2	4
	14	10
	−0.024	+0.024
	16%	62%

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

L1Pominville – Kane – Eichel
11:3446% CF
L2Okposo – Wilson – Rodrigues
8:328% CF
L3Nolan – Larsson – Reinhart
8:2029% CF
L4Pouliot – O'Reilly – Fasching
8:1838% CF
D1Scandella – Ristolainen
19:3530% CF
D2Bogosian – McCabe
13:1021% CF
D3Falk – Antipin
5:0822% CF

PP1O'Reilly – Kane – Ristolainen – Reinhart – Eichel
1:4650% CF
PP2Bogosian – Kane – Reinhart – Eichel – Rodrigues
0:5475% CF
PK1FKane – Eichel
1:52
PK2FPouliot – Larsson
1:30
PK1DScandella – Ristolainen
4:17
PK2DFalk – McCabe
2:09

Current BUF line combinations →

Chicago Blackhawks

L1Anisimov – Kane – Schmaltz
12:3575% CF
L2Toews – Saad – DeBrincat
11:0476% CF
L3Sharp – Panik – Hinostroza
9:5560% CF
L4Bouma – Wingels – Hayden
4:5564% CF
D1Forsling – Rutta
10:4788% CF
D2Keith – Franson
7:1762% CF
D3Seabrook – Murphy
6:5447% CF

PP1Keith – Seabrook – Anisimov – Toews – Kane
4:1190% CF
PP2Sharp – Saad – Schmaltz – Forsling – DeBrincat
3:19100% CF
PK1FToews – Saad
2:00
PK2FAnisimov – Schmaltz
1:08
PK1DKeith – Murphy
2:08
PK2DForsling – Rutta
0:39

Current CHI 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
Jack Eichel C	L1	0	1	1	-2	6	0.60	2	1	0	23:13	—	—	40	26
Evander Kane L	L1	0	1	1	0	3	0.15	4	0	0	21:07	—	—	42	26
Jason Pominville R	L1	1	0	1	0	3	0.39	0	0	0	13:45	—	—	48	30
Kyle Okposo R	L2	1	0	1	-1	2	0.14	0	0	0	15:08	—	—	5	6
Scott Wilson C	L2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	2	2	0	15:05	—	—	9	9
Evan Rodrigues C	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.07	0	2	4	14:13	—	—	6	9
Johan Larsson L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	3	0	2	13:24	—	—	30	16
Sam Reinhart C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.06	3	0	0	12:44	—	—	33	37
Jordan Nolan C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	2	1	0	10:01	—	—	30	38
Ryan O'Reilly C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	0	0	18:14	—	—	27	39
Benoit Pouliot L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.18	2	1	0	16:02	—	—	32	39
Hudson Fasching R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	0	2	0	12:20	—	—	29	36
Rasmus Ristolainen D	D1	0	0	0	-2	3	0.13	2	5	0	31:44	—	—	32	30
Marco Scandella D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.10	3	4	0	28:08	—	—	30	23
Jake McCabe D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.10	5	5	0	21:55	—	—	24	24
Zach Bogosian D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.00	0	5	0	19:13	—	—	29	15
Justin Falk D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	2	0	0	13:01	—	—	38	24
Victor Antipin D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	3	2	7:44	—	—	20	26

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Robin Lehner(start)	O	51	48	3	.941	4.56	64:52

Chicago Blackhawks

CHI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Patrick Kane R	L1	0	0	0	-1	5	0.23	0	0	0	23:17	—	—	75	59
Nick Schmaltz C	L1	0	0	0	0	5	0.55	0	0	0	21:37	—	—	73	66
Artem Anisimov C	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.36	0	1	0	21:20	—	—	76	66
Jonathan Toews C	L2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.36	1	0	0	22:45	—	—	81	86
Brandon Saad L	L2	0	1	1	+1	6	0.51	0	1	0	18:53	—	—	78	82
Alex DeBrincat R	L2	1	0	1	0	1	0.57	1	0	0	16:50	—	—	78	82
Patrick Sharp L	L3	0	1	1	0	3	0.34	0	0	0	17:41	—	—	72	81
Richard Panik R	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.16	0	2	0	13:36	—	—	64	70
Vinnie Hinostroza C	L3	0	0	0	0	4	0.42	0	0	0	12:02	—	—	61	64
Tommy Wingels C	L4	1	0	1	+1	5	0.39	2	0	2	7:35	—	—	67	97
Lance Bouma L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	1	0	0	7:31	—	—	63	96
John Hayden C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	6:00	—	—	64	87
Gustav Forsling D	D1	1	2	3	+1	5	0.29	2	0	0	22:04	—	—	88	95
Jan Rutta D	D1	0	1	1	0	2	0.16	0	0	2	20:10	—	—	85	89
Duncan Keith D	D2	0	0	0	0	3	0.07	1	0	0	29:21	—	—	68	58
Cody Franson D	D2	0	0	0	0	3	0.05	0	0	0	8:48	—	—	67	60
Brent Seabrook D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.06	0	1	2	21:45	—	—	57	53
Connor Murphy D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	4	0	0	19:15	—	—	61	72

CHI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Corey Crawford(start)	W	28	26	2	.929	1.98	64:55

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. Chicago BlackhawksDec 8, 2017

Fantasy takeaways

Chicago Blackhawks edge Buffalo Sabres 3–2 (OT)

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

Buffalo Sabres

Chicago Blackhawks

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

OT period

Box score

Buffalo Sabres

Chicago Blackhawks