Buffalo Sabres vs. Chicago BlackhawksApr 13, 2026

FinalMonday, Apr 13, 2026· United Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
BUF	1	1	3	5		BUF	6	12	8	26
CHI	1	0	0	1		CHI	5	4	7	16

: BUF 49CHI 39
: BUF 3.24CHI 1.81
PP goals: BUF 0CHI 0
Hits: BUF 20CHI 8
Blocks: BUF 10CHI 8
PIM: BUF 8CHI 4
: BUF 55%CHI 45%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Buffalo Sabres rout Chicago Blackhawks 5–1

Buffalo Sabres beat Chicago Blackhawks 5–1 at CHI. Tage Thompson (BUF) led the scoring with 2G 0A. New look for CHI: Teravainen–Toninato–Slaggert skated 5:54 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Tage Thompson had two goals (2 points) on 6 shots in 17:31.Thompson
Points
Alex Tuch had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 21:23.Tuch
Points
Rasmus Dahlin had 2 assists (2 points) in 20:59.Dahlin
New line
New look for CHI: Teravainen–Toninato–Slaggert skated 5:54 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Teravainen Toninato Slaggert
Luck
BUF scored 5 goals on 3.24 expected goals (49 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
Usage
Josh Norris (BUF) played 12:35, −3:19 down on his 15:54 season average over 43 games.Norris
Usage
Rasmus Dahlin (BUF) played 20:59, −3:15 down on his 24:14 season average over 76 games.Dahlin
Usage
Mattias Samuelsson (BUF) played 18:59, −3:54 down on his 22:53 season average over 77 games.Samuelsson

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 88 of 88 attempts · CHI 39 · BUF 49

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 45% of the game, CHI 19%.

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

Head-to-head matchups

CHI skaters (rows) against BUF skaters (columns) at 5v5. Square size is time together; colour is xGF% from the CHI side.

Matchup matrix

CHI xGF% 4060square size = TOI together · blank = under 1:00

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
Stat	BUF	CHI
	53	29
	3.23	0.51
	3.18	0.51
	13	4
	1	2
	31	16
	+0.008	−0.009
	45%	19%

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

L1Tuch – Thompson – Krebs
13:0489% CF
L2Norris – Doan – Benson
10:0653% CF
L3Zucker – McLeod – Quinn
9:3270% CF
L4Greenway – Malenstyn – Kozak
6:4246% CF
D1Byram – Power
15:1275% CF
D2Samuelsson – Dahlin
12:3965% CF
D3Stanley – Timmins
10:3153% CF

PP1Zucker – Tuch – Thompson – Dahlin – Quinn
2:0167% CF
PP2Norris – McLeod – Byram – Doan – Benson
1:45100% CF
PK1FGreenway – Malenstyn
2:26
PK2FTuch – McLeod
2:24
PK1DTimmins – Samuelsson
3:15
PK2DStanley – Power
1:40

Current BUF line combinations →

Chicago Blackhawks

L1Bertuzzi – Mikheyev – Frondell
9:1232% CF
L2Greene – Bedard – Lardis
7:1727% CF
L3Teravainen – Toninato – Slaggert
5:5450% CF
L4Burakovsky – Donato – Nazar
4:5767% CF
D1Vlasic – Crevier
14:0914% CF
D2Kaiser – Rinzel
12:5830% CF
D3Del Mastro – Korchinski
10:4172% CF

PP1Teravainen – Bertuzzi – Nazar – Bedard – Frondell
6:0291% CF
PP2Burakovsky – Donato – Greene – Rinzel – Lardis
1:52100% CF
PK1FMikheyev – Greene
1:19
PK2FTeravainen – Slaggert
0:53
PK1DKaiser – Del Mastro
1:22
PK2DVlasic – Crevier
1:07

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
Alex Tuch R	L1	1	1	2	+1	3	0.53	0	0	0	21:23	—	—	90	96
Tage Thompson C	L1	2	0	2	+2	6	0.66	2	0	0	17:31	—	—	86	96
Peyton Krebs C	L1	0	0	0	+2	1	0.11	4	0	0	14:32	—	—	86	96
Zach Benson L	L2	0	1	1	+2	4	0.57	0	1	0	14:22	—	—	55	80
Josh Doan R	L2	0	1	1	+2	1	0.15	0	0	0	13:29	—	—	54	81
Josh Norris C	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.20	1	1	0	12:35	—	—	55	80
Ryan McLeod C	L3	1	0	1	+1	1	0.10	0	0	0	16:08	—	—	67	88
Jason Zucker L	L3	0	1	1	0	2	0.29	1	1	2	14:09	—	—	67	90
Jack Quinn R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.20	0	0	0	14:02	—	—	73	91
Jordan Greenway L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	5	1	0	12:59	—	—	46	51
Beck Malenstyn L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.05	2	2	2	11:32	—	—	43	51
Tyson Kozak C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	5	1	0	10:49	—	—	47	61
Owen Power D	D1	0	1	1	+2	0	0.02	0	1	0	22:56	—	—	78	92
Bowen Byram D	D1	0	0	0	+2	1	0.17	0	1	0	21:11	—	—	69	89
Rasmus Dahlin D	D2	0	2	2	+2	0	0.06	0	0	2	20:59	—	—	65	87
Mattias Samuelsson D	D2	0	0	0	+2	0	0.00	0	1	0	18:59	—	—	68	86
Conor Timmins D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	0	0	0	16:51	—	—	48	71
Logan Stanley D	D3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	0	2	15:37	—	—	56	85

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen(start)	W	16	15	1	.938	1.81	60:00

Chicago Blackhawks

CHI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Anton Frondell C	L1	0	0	0	-2	5	0.55	0	0	0	19:06	—	—	39	14
Tyler Bertuzzi L	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.21	0	0	0	18:44	—	—	32	12
Ilya Mikheyev R	L1	0	1	1	-1	0	0.02	0	0	0	15:39	—	—	30	14
Connor Bedard C	L2	0	0	0	-3	0	0.15	1	1	0	22:31	—	—	35	8
Ryan Greene C	L2	1	0	1	0	1	0.24	2	0	0	17:07	—	—	38	13
Nick Lardis L	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	1	0	0	15:18	—	—	24	5
Teuvo Teravainen C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	0	0	0	17:45	—	—	50	30
Landon Slaggert L	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	1	0	11:03	—	—	30	12
Dominic Toninato C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.08	1	0	0	9:32	—	—	38	15
Frank Nazar C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.10	0	0	0	17:35	—	—	36	14
Ryan Donato C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	0	1	0	13:49	—	—	43	20
Andre Burakovsky L	L4	0	0	0	-2	1	0.11	0	0	0	13:17	—	—	40	17
Alex Vlasic D	D1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	0	1	0	19:43	—	—	15	4
Louis Crevier D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	2	1	2	18:41	—	—	14	3
Wyatt Kaiser D	D2	0	0	0	-3	0	0.00	0	1	0	20:17	—	—	31	9
Sam Rinzel D	D2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.09	0	1	2	16:16	—	—	26	9
Ethan Del Mastro D	D3	0	0	0	0	3	0.10	0	1	0	16:13	—	—	74	57
Kevin Korchinski D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	13:43	—	—	65	40

CHI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Spencer Knight(start)	L	26	21	5	.808	3.24	59:41

Goal anatomy

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

Ryan Greene (CHI SH) 1st 3:58 · assists Ilya Mikheyev · Rush · carried in · 26.6 mph shot · 1.9 s from entry to goal.

Ryan Greene · 1st 3:58 · CHI SH

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 26.6 mph
Distance: 10 ft
Entry to goal: 1.9 s

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Josh Norris · 1st 19:02 · BUF

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 57.5 mph
Distance: 25 ft

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Tage Thompson · 2nd 13:00 · BUF

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 54.7 mph
Distance: 17 ft

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Alex Tuch · 3rd 5:38 · BUF

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: pass
Odd man: 2-on-0
Passes: 2
Shot: 53.1 mph
Distance: 21 ft
Entry to goal: 1.7 s

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Tage Thompson · 3rd 11:13 · BUF

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 66.5 mph
Distance: 26 ft
Entry to goal: 3.8 s
Type: one-timer

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Ryan McLeod · 3rd 18:35 · BUF

Play: cycle
Entry: loose
Odd man: No
Passes: 2
Shot: 69.8 mph
Distance: 20 ft
Entry to goal: 6.4 s
Type: one-timer

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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 BlackhawksApr 13, 2026

Fantasy takeaways

Buffalo Sabres rout Chicago Blackhawks 5–1

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Head-to-head matchups

Matchup matrix

Sequence card

Lines used

Buffalo Sabres

Chicago Blackhawks

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Buffalo Sabres

Chicago Blackhawks

Goal anatomy

Ryan Greene · 1st 3:58 · CHI SH

Josh Norris · 1st 19:02 · BUF

Tage Thompson · 2nd 13:00 · BUF

Alex Tuch · 3rd 5:38 · BUF

Tage Thompson · 3rd 11:13 · BUF

Ryan McLeod · 3rd 18:35 · BUF