Buffalo Sabres vs. Chicago BlackhawksNov 19, 2023

FinalSunday, Nov 19, 2023· United Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
BUF	1	1	1	3		BUF	8	6	6	20
CHI	0	2	0	2		CHI	8	12	6	26

: BUF 41CHI 59
: BUF 1.96CHI 2.18
PP goals: BUF 1CHI 0
Hits: BUF 17CHI 14
Blocks: BUF 13CHI 9
PIM: BUF 6CHI 6
: BUF 55%CHI 45%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Buffalo Sabres edge Chicago Blackhawks 3–2

Buffalo Sabres beat Chicago Blackhawks 3–2 at CHI. Rasmus Dahlin (BUF) led the scoring with 1G 2A. BUF's first power-play unit (Skinner, Tuch, Mittelstadt, Dahlin and Peterka) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 2:51 together.

Points
Rasmus Dahlin had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 5 shots in 28:59.Dahlin
Points
Philipp Kurashev had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 20:19.Kurashev
Points
JJ Peterka had 2 assists (2 points) in 14:35.Peterka
PP1
BUF's first power-play unit (Skinner, Tuch, Mittelstadt, Dahlin and Peterka) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 2:51 together.Skinner Tuch Mittelstadt Dahlin Peterka
New line
New look for CHI: Kurashev–Reichel–Bedard skated 11:21 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (61.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Kurashev Reichel Bedard
New line
New look for CHI: Johnson–Hall–Raddysh skated 9:12 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (71.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Johnson Hall Raddysh
Usage
Henri Jokiharju (BUF) played 11:14, −7:51 down on his 19:05 season average over 73 games.Jokiharju
New line
New look for CHI: Perry–Foligno–Dickinson skated 7:30 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (37.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Perry Foligno Dickinson

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 100 of 100 attempts · CHI 59 · 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 27% of the game, CHI 39%.

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
	42	54
	1.83	2.01
	1.78	1.96
	6	8
	2	5
	23	26
	+0.031	−0.031
	27%	39%

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 – Greenway – Krebs
7:1527% CF
L2Mittelstadt – Peterka – Benson
5:4286% CF
L3Skinner – Tuch – Cozens
5:1850% CF
D1Samuelsson – Dahlin
10:2325% CF
D2Jokiharju – Power
6:0050% CF
D3Johnson – Clifton
3:3643% CF

PP1Skinner – Tuch – Mittelstadt – Dahlin – Peterka
2:51100% CF
PP2Okposo – Olofsson – Cozens – Power – Benson
2:07100% CF
PK1FGirgensons – Tuch
1:42
PK2FGreenway – Cozens
1:40
PK1DJohnson – Samuelsson
2:32
PK2DClifton – Dahlin
1:02

Current BUF line combinations →

Chicago Blackhawks

L1Kurashev – Reichel – Bedard
11:2162% CF
L2Johnson – Hall – Raddysh
9:1271% CF
L3Donato – Entwistle – Johnson
8:3438% CF
L4Perry – Foligno – Dickinson
7:3038% CF
D1Murphy – Korchinski
15:0863% CF
D2Jones – Vlasic
14:5242% CF
D3Kaiser – Phillips
11:0368% CF

PP1Perry – Hall – Jones – Reichel – Bedard
4:0186% CF
PP2Foligno – Johnson – Raddysh – Kurashev – Korchinski
1:47100% CF
PK1FRaddysh – Entwistle
2:04
PK2FFoligno – Dickinson
1:03
PK1DKaiser – Phillips
1:18
PK2DMurphy – Vlasic
1:16

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
Jordan Greenway L	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.09	1	2	0	20:24	—	—	27	38
Victor Olofsson L	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.19	0	0	0	15:17	—	—	39	44
Peyton Krebs C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	13:32	—	—	33	35
Casey Mittelstadt C	L2	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	1	0	2	19:29	—	—	56	50
JJ Peterka R	L2	0	2	2	0	0	0.17	0	0	0	14:35	—	—	58	56
Zach Benson L	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.27	0	1	0	12:12	—	—	61	77
Alex Tuch R	L3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.11	1	0	0	21:18	—	—	48	43
Dylan Cozens C	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.35	1	1	0	18:56	—	—	43	54
Jeff Skinner L	L3	1	0	1	0	1	0.21	0	0	0	15:00	—	—	52	31
Rasmus Dahlin D	D1	1	2	3	0	5	0.16	4	0	0	28:59	—	—	43	45
Mattias Samuelsson D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	3	2	2	22:12	—	—	35	32
Owen Power D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.15	1	1	2	17:13	—	—	53	65
Henri Jokiharju D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	11:14	—	—	58	51
Erik Johnson D	D3	1	0	1	0	1	0.06	0	2	0	13:37	—	—	42	39
Connor Clifton D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	1	0	9:50	—	—	38	35
Kyle Okposo R	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.07	2	0	0	14:29	—	—	37	44
Zemgus Girgensons C	—	0	0	0	-1	1	0.11	1	0	0	13:23	—	—	36	38
Ryan Johnson D	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	12:20	—	—	42	57

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen(start)	W	26	24	2	.923	2.18	60:00

Chicago Blackhawks

CHI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Connor Bedard C	L1	0	1	1	0	2	0.26	0	0	0	21:09	—	—	59	54
Philipp Kurashev C	L1	1	1	2	+2	2	0.38	0	0	0	20:19	—	—	61	57
Lukas Reichel L	L1	0	1	1	0	1	0.11	0	0	0	17:10	—	—	58	46
Taylor Hall L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.07	1	0	0	17:05	—	—	75	70
Taylor Raddysh R	L2	1	0	1	0	2	0.19	0	0	0	16:24	—	—	68	59
Tyler Johnson C	L2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.32	0	0	2	15:32	—	—	69	62
MacKenzie Entwistle R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	0	0	0	13:10	—	—	33	33
Reese Johnson C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.10	3	0	0	12:22	—	—	47	41
Ryan Donato C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.15	1	0	0	10:19	—	—	43	38
Corey Perry R	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.11	1	1	0	14:43	—	—	46	55
Nick Foligno L	L4	0	1	1	0	1	0.01	3	0	0	14:40	—	—	56	77
Jason Dickinson C	L4	0	0	0	-1	3	0.18	3	0	0	11:42	—	—	54	68
Connor Murphy D	D1	0	0	0	0	4	0.06	1	5	0	21:00	—	—	59	62
Kevin Korchinski D	D1	0	0	0	+2	1	0.03	0	1	4	18:37	—	—	58	68
Seth Jones D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.09	0	1	0	25:50	—	—	41	36
Alex Vlasic D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	0	0	0	19:51	—	—	45	35
Isaak Phillips D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.06	1	1	0	13:34	—	—	70	41
Wyatt Kaiser D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.02	0	0	0	13:29	—	—	67	38

CHI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Petr Mrazek(start)	L	20	17	3	.850	1.96	57:47

Goal anatomy

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

Rasmus Dahlin (BUF) 1st 4:53 · assists Zach Benson, JJ Peterka · Cycle · loose puck · 66.2 mph shot · 6.8 s from entry to goal.

Rasmus Dahlin · 1st 4:53 · BUF

Play: cycle
Entry: loose
Odd man: No
Passes: 1
Shot: 66.2 mph
Distance: 36 ft
Entry to goal: 6.8 s

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Taylor Raddysh · 2nd 3:28 · CHI

Play: deflection
Entry: carry
Odd man: 5-on-4
Passes: 0
Shot: 31.1 mph
Distance: 10 ft
Entry to goal: 7.1 s
Type: one-timer

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Jeff Skinner · 2nd 10:55 · BUF PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 2
Shot: 30.7 mph
Distance: 6 ft

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Philipp Kurashev · 2nd 17:28 · CHI

Play: rebound
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 43.5 mph
Distance: 19 ft
Entry to goal: 3.5 s
Type: rebound

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Erik Johnson · 3rd 10:36 · BUF

Play: cycle
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 39.8 mph
Distance: 19 ft
Entry to goal: 7.7 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.

Buffalo Sabres vs. Chicago BlackhawksNov 19, 2023

Fantasy takeaways

Buffalo Sabres edge Chicago Blackhawks 3–2

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

Goal anatomy

Rasmus Dahlin · 1st 4:53 · BUF

Taylor Raddysh · 2nd 3:28 · CHI

Jeff Skinner · 2nd 10:55 · BUF PP

Philipp Kurashev · 2nd 17:28 · CHI

Erik Johnson · 3rd 10:36 · BUF