Buffalo Sabres vs. Chicago BlackhawksMar 28, 2022
| Goals | 1 | 2 | 3 | T | Shots | 1 | 2 | 3 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BUF | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | BUF | 8 | 15 | 14 | 37 | |
| CHI | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | CHI | 8 | 5 | 8 | 21 |
- BUF 68CHI 38
- BUF 2.85CHI 1.42
- PP goals
- BUF 2CHI 2
- Hits
- BUF 24CHI 33
- Blocks
- BUF 13CHI 21
- PIM
- BUF 4CHI 6
- BUF 49%CHI 51%
Fantasy takeaways
Generated from the play-by-play, shifts and season context. No opinions, just what changed.
Buffalo Sabres edge Chicago Blackhawks 6–5
Buffalo Sabres beat Chicago Blackhawks 6–5 at CHI. Victor Olofsson (BUF) led the scoring with 2G 1A.
- PointsVictor Olofsson had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 5 shots in 14:53.Olofsson
- PointsAlex DeBrincat had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 17:48.DeBrincat
- PointsAlex Tuch had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 16:05.Tuch
- PointsTage Thompson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 17:58.Thompson
- PointsDominik Kubalik had 2 assists (2 points) in 13:32.Kubalik
- PointsDylan Cozens had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 13:25.Cozens
- PointsDylan Strome had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 17:48.Strome
- PointsRasmus Dahlin had 2 assists (2 points) on 5 shots in 26:10.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.
Shot map, BUF at CHI: 106 attempts, 58 on goal, 11 goals, 4.27 expected goals; best chance Kyle Okposo at 0.18 xG.
- CHI
- BUF
- Goal
- Shot on goal
- Missed
- Blocked
Showing 106 of 106 attempts · CHI 38 · BUF 68
Game flow
Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.
Cumulative shot attempts
Game flow, BUF at CHI: expected goals 1.42 to 2.85 (BUF led the chances), shot attempts 38 to 68, 11 goals.
- CHI
- BUF
- Goal
- Power play (shaded)
- 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 45% of the game, CHI 18%.
Shift chart
Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.
Shifts
Shift chart, BUF at CHI: 38 players over 60:00; most ice Kevin Lankinen (59:46) for CHI and Dustin Tokarski (60:00) for BUF, 11 goals.
- 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).
| Stat | BUF | CHI |
|---|---|---|
| 71 | 35 | |
| 3.22 | 0.98 | |
| 3.03 | 0.97 | |
| 17 | 2 | |
| 7 | 1 | |
| 28 | 13 | |
| −0.033 | +0.032 | |
| 45% | 18% |
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
- L1Olofsson – Asplund – Mittelstadt11:4673% CF
- L2Skinner – Hinostroza – Thompson7:3588% CF
- 6:5667% CF
- L4Eakin – Girgensons – Tuch4:5044% CF
- 17:5866% CF
- D2Bryson – Samuelsson13:4561% CF
- D3Butcher – Fitzgerald13:0074% CF
- PP1Skinner – Tuch – Thompson – Mittelstadt – Dahlin3:0475% CF
- 1:18100% CF
- 1:09
- PK2FOkposo – Girgensons0:48
- PK1DJokiharju – Samuelsson1:20
- PK2DFitzgerald – Dahlin0:48
Chicago Blackhawks
- 13:0341% CF
- 12:5032% CF
- 11:1528% CF
- 7:0036% CF
- D1Gustafsson – Jones11:3547% CF
- 11:2011% CF
- 11:0325% CF
- 2:30100% CF
- PP2Toews – Johnson – Gustafsson – Kubalik – Kurashev0:19100% CF
- 0:56
- 0:48
- 2:57
- 1:22
Scoring summary
Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.
1st period
- 7:53BUF: Skinner, Tuch, Thompson, Bryson, SamuelssonCHI: Toews, de Haan, Gustafsson, Kubalik, RaddyshBUF 0 – 1 CHI
- 13:44BUF: Hinostroza, Butcher, Fitzgerald, Krebs, CozensCHI: McCabe, Lafferty, Jones, Katchouk, JohnsonBUF 0 – 2 CHI
- 16:55BUF: Girgensons, Mittelstadt, Jokiharju, SamuelssonCHI: Toews, Johnson, Gustafsson, Kubalik, KurashevBUF 0 – 3 CHI
2nd period
- 1:21BUF: Olofsson, Asplund, Mittelstadt, Bryson, SamuelssonCHI: Kane, Gustafsson, Jones, Strome, DeBrincatBUF 0 – 4 CHI
- 4:50BUF 1 – 4 CHI
- 10:24BUF: Skinner, Olofsson, Mittelstadt, Bryson, SamuelssonCHI: Kane, Gustafsson, Jones, Strome, DeBrincatBUF 2 – 4 CHI
- 14:32BUF: Okposo, Butcher, Fitzgerald, Krebs, CozensCHI: Johnson, Gustafsson, Jones, Borgstrom, KurashevBUF 3 – 4 CHI
3rd period
- 2:39BUF 4 – 4 CHI
- 10:56BUF: Okposo, Girgensons, Fitzgerald, DahlinCHI: Kane, Jones, Strome, DeBrincat, RaddyshBUF 4 – 5 CHI
- 17:46BUF 5 – 5 CHI
- 19:48BUF 6 – 5 CHI
Box score
Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.
Buffalo Sabres
| Skater | Line | G | A | P | +/- | Hits | Blk | PIM | PP | SH | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Casey Mittelstadt C | L1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 0.25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17:08 | — | — | 75 | 82 |
| Victor Olofsson L | L1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | +1 | 5 | 0.35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:53 | — | — | 81 | 83 |
| Rasmus Asplund C | L1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12:42 | — | — | 78 | 79 |
| Jeff Skinner L | L2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 0.37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:16 | — | — | 77 | 88 |
| Tage Thompson C | L2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0.26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17:58 | — | — | 81 | 86 |
| Vinnie Hinostroza C | L2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.02 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 14:35 | — | — | 69 | 63 |
| Kyle Okposo R | L3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 0.40 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16:16 | — | — | 65 | 87 |
| Peyton Krebs C | L3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 14:02 | — | — | 50 | 70 |
| Dylan Cozens C | L3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0.12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13:25 | — | — | 56 | 74 |
| Alex Tuch R | L4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.30 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 16:05 | — | — | 59 | 76 |
| Cody Eakin C | L4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:45 | — | — | 50 | 48 |
| Zemgus Girgensons C | L4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.05 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12:28 | — | — | 50 | 48 |
| Rasmus Dahlin D | D1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 5 | 0.23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 26:10 | — | — | 72 | 92 |
| Henri Jokiharju D | D1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 0.09 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 22:36 | — | — | 63 | 88 |
| Mattias Samuelsson D | D2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0.02 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 18:09 | — | — | 56 | 54 |
| Jacob Bryson D | D2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0.02 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:44 | — | — | 61 | 55 |
| Casey Fitzgerald D | D3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 16:50 | — | — | 72 | 75 |
| Will Butcher D | D3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 0.11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15:09 | — | — | 75 | 84 |
| Goalie | Dec | SA | SV | GA | TOI | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dustin Tokarski(start) | W | 21 | 16 | 5 | .762 | 1.42 | 60:00 |
Chicago Blackhawks
| Skater | Line | G | A | P | +/- | Hits | Blk | PIM | PP | SH | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patrick Kane R | L1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0.25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:01 | — | — | 38 | 41 |
| Dylan Strome C | L1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0.14 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:48 | — | — | 38 | 41 |
| Alex DeBrincat R | L1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0.11 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 17:48 | — | — | 39 | 42 |
| Sam Lafferty C | L2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 0.12 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 18:31 | — | — | 35 | 64 |
| Reese Johnson C | L2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0.12 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 17:33 | — | — | 28 | 44 |
| Boris Katchouk L | L2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.20 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 15:56 | — | — | 27 | 41 |
| Taylor Raddysh R | L3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 17:10 | — | — | 28 | 4 |
| Jonathan Toews C | L3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0.11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15:12 | — | — | 31 | 5 |
| Dominik Kubalik L | L3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:32 | — | — | 28 | 5 |
| Philipp Kurashev C | L4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:36 | — | — | 39 | 18 |
| Tyler Johnson C | L4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8:25 | — | — | 33 | 0 |
| Henrik Borgstrom C | L4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8:08 | — | — | 39 | 10 |
| Seth Jones D | D1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 5 | 0.21 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 25:11 | — | — | 45 | 30 |
| Erik Gustafsson D | D1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.03 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 13:58 | — | — | 50 | 34 |
| Calvin de Haan D | D2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0.03 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 21:39 | — | — | 25 | 5 |
| Riley Stillman D | D2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 15:12 | — | — | 13 | 14 |
| Jake McCabe D | D3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 0.07 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 23:46 | — | — | 27 | 14 |
| Caleb Jones D | D3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0.04 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 17:25 | — | — | 40 | 50 |
| Goalie | Dec | SA | SV | GA | TOI | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin Lankinen(start) | L | 37 | 31 | 6 | .838 | 2.85 | 59:46 |