Buffalo Sabres vs. Chicago BlackhawksNov 17, 2019

FinalSunday, Nov 17, 2019· United Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
BUF	0	0	1	1		BUF	13	11	10	34
CHI	1	1	2	4		CHI	10	10	7	27

: BUF 58CHI 51
: BUF 2.67CHI 3.34
PP goals: BUF 0CHI 1
Hits: BUF 41CHI 33
Blocks: BUF 8CHI 15
PIM: BUF 15CHI 13
: BUF 48%CHI 52%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Chicago Blackhawks beat Buffalo Sabres 4–1

Chicago Blackhawks beat Buffalo Sabres 4–1 at home. Kirby Dach (CHI) led the scoring with 2G 0A. Evan Rodrigues (BUF) played 18:45, +7:38 up on his 11:07 season average over 44 games.

Points
Kirby Dach had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 13:46.Dach
Usage
Evan Rodrigues (BUF) played 18:45, +7:38 up on his 11:07 season average over 44 games.Rodrigues
New line
New look for BUF: Girgensons–Asplund–Thompson skated 5:08 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (55.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Girgensons Asplund Thompson
Luck
BUF scored 1 goal on 2.67 expected goals (58 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Patrick Kane (CHI) played 18:01, −3:22 down on his 21:23 season average over 69 games.Kane
Usage
Connor Murphy (CHI) played 17:59, −3:19 down on his 21:18 season average over 57 games.Murphy
Usage
Alex Nylander (CHI) played 15:16, +3:11 up on his 12:05 season average over 64 games.Nylander
PP1
BUF's PP1 (Skinner, Reinhart, Olofsson, Eichel and Dahlin) went scoreless in 5:35 of 5v4 time with 10 attempts.Skinner Reinhart Olofsson Eichel Dahlin

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 109 of 109 attempts · CHI 51 · BUF 58

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 24% of the game, CHI 38%.

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
	48	43
	1.96	2.53
	1.92	2.43
	12	16
	7	4
	24	19
	−0.036	+0.036
	24%	38%

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

L1Reinhart – Olofsson – Eichel
12:1439% CF
L2Skinner – Sheary – Rodrigues
9:1050% CF
L3Vesey – Lazar – Mittelstadt
7:0190% CF
L4Girgensons – Asplund – Thompson
5:0856% CF
D1Montour – Dahlin
14:1459% CF
D2Scandella – Jokiharju
13:4355% CF
D3McCabe – Ristolainen
12:1948% CF

PP1Skinner – Reinhart – Olofsson – Eichel – Dahlin
5:3577% CF
PP2Ristolainen – Sheary – Montour – Rodrigues – Mittelstadt
2:11100% CF
PK1FGirgensons – Asplund
3:13
PK2FVesey – Rodrigues
1:51
PK1DMcCabe – Ristolainen
5:04
PK2DScandella – Montour
1:23

Current BUF line combinations →

Chicago Blackhawks

L1Kane – Strome – DeBrincat
10:2224% CF
L2Toews – Saad – Nylander
10:0864% CF
L3Smith – Carpenter – Dach
8:5542% CF
L4Shaw – Kubalik – Kampf
6:4350% CF
D1Keith – Gustafsson
12:0940% CF
D2Murphy – Maatta
11:4050% CF
D3Seabrook – de Haan
11:3543% CF

PP1Toews – Saad – Gustafsson – Kubalik – Nylander
4:12100% CF
PP2Keith – Kane – Shaw – Strome – DeBrincat
3:5367% CF
PK1FSaad – Kampf
3:13
PK2FToews – Carpenter
2:24
PK1DMurphy – Maatta
2:59
PK2DKeith – de Haan
2:30

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	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jack Eichel C	L1	1	1	-1	6	0.56	5	0	0	21:55	—	—	38	27
Sam Reinhart C	L1	0	0	-1	1	0.00	2	0	0	20:19	—	—	41	30
Victor Olofsson L	L1	0	0	-2	3	0.28	0	1	0	19:00	—	—	38	23
Evan Rodrigues C	L2	0	0	-1	4	0.28	2	1	0	18:45	—	—	52	45
Jeff Skinner L	L2	0	0	-1	1	0.13	0	0	0	16:52	—	—	50	40
Conor Sheary L	L2	0	0	-1	3	0.32	2	1	0	13:49	—	—	47	36
Jimmy Vesey L	L3	0	0	0	2	0.25	0	0	7	12:29	—	—	84	98
Casey Mittelstadt C	L3	0	0	0	2	0.17	0	0	0	11:48	—	—	82	61
Curtis Lazar C	L3	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	0	0	11:44	—	—	77	62
Rasmus Asplund C	L4	0	0	0	2	0.02	2	0	0	11:59	—	—	53	54
Zemgus Girgensons C	L4	0	0	+1	1	0.19	3	0	2	11:33	—	—	46	60
Tage Thompson C	L4	0	0	0	0	0.04	2	0	0	6:59	—	—	54	52
Rasmus Dahlin D	D1	0	0	+1	1	0.23	3	0	2	19:55	—	—	57	49
Brandon Montour D	D1	0	0	+1	2	0.16	1	0	2	19:52	—	—	56	45
Marco Scandella D	D2	0	0	-2	1	0.01	2	1	0	17:50	—	—	58	58
Henri Jokiharju D	D2	0	0	-2	0	0.00	2	1	0	15:51	—	—	52	56
Rasmus Ristolainen D	D3	0	0	-1	3	0.02	6	2	0	21:52	—	—	46	27
Jake McCabe D	D3	0	0	-1	2	0.01	5	1	2	19:13	—	—	52	33

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Carter Hutton(start)	L	27	23	4	.852	3.34	59:58

Chicago Blackhawks

CHI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Patrick Kane R	L1	1	0	1	0	3	0.49	0	1	0	18:01	—	—	29	34
Alex DeBrincat R	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	2	16:34	—	—	25	40
Dylan Strome C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.05	0	0	0	15:24	—	—	20	25
Brandon Saad L	L2	0	1	1	+1	5	0.83	0	0	0	19:17	—	—	62	64
Jonathan Toews C	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.26	1	1	0	18:05	—	—	64	63
Alex Nylander L	L2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.30	0	0	0	15:16	—	—	60	58
Ryan Carpenter C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	1	0	15:18	—	—	47	64
Kirby Dach C	L3	2	0	2	+1	4	0.45	1	0	2	13:46	—	—	55	72
Zack Smith C	L3	0	1	1	0	0	0.13	1	0	0	11:23	—	—	50	68
Andrew Shaw R	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.02	1	0	2	12:52	—	—	43	50
Dominik Kubalik L	L4	0	1	1	+1	3	0.44	4	0	0	12:16	—	—	60	65
David Kampf C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	12:08	—	—	50	62
Duncan Keith D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.09	1	2	0	22:34	—	—	44	47
Erik Gustafsson D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.10	1	1	5	17:39	—	—	48	52
Olli Maatta D	D2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.13	6	3	2	19:00	—	—	50	69
Connor Murphy D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.00	3	1	0	17:59	—	—	50	67
Calvin de Haan D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	6	3	0	18:43	—	—	50	59
Brent Seabrook D	D3	0	1	1	0	1	0.06	3	1	0	15:54	—	—	40	46

CHI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Corey Crawford(start)	W	34	33	1	.971	2.67	59:53

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 BlackhawksNov 17, 2019

Fantasy takeaways

Chicago Blackhawks beat Buffalo Sabres 4–1

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

Box score

Buffalo Sabres

Chicago Blackhawks