Buffalo Sabres vs. St. Louis BluesFeb 25, 2022
| Goals | 1 | 2 | 3 | T | Shots | 1 | 2 | 3 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BUF | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | BUF | 14 | 11 | 13 | 38 | |
| STL | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | STL | 6 | 11 | 6 | 23 |
- BUF 61STL 42
- BUF 2.88STL 3.37
- PP goals
- BUF 1STL 1
- Hits
- BUF 11STL 15
- Blocks
- BUF 9STL 13
- PIM
- BUF 8STL 12
- BUF 49%STL 51%
Fantasy takeaways
Generated from the play-by-play, shifts and season context. No opinions, just what changed.
St. Louis Blues beat Buffalo Sabres 5–3
St. Louis Blues beat Buffalo Sabres 5–3 at home. Jordan Kyrou (STL) led the scoring with 2G 1A. BUF's first power-play unit (Skinner, Tuch, Thompson, Dahlin and Krebs) scored 1 power-play goal on 9 attempts in 4:25 together.
- PointsJordan Kyrou had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 4 shots in 17:52.Kyrou
- PointsIvan Barbashev had 3 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 17:04.Barbashev
- PointsDylan Cozens had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 15:23.Cozens
- PointsKyle Okposo had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 18:47.Okposo
- PointsJustin Faulk had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 22:53.Faulk
- PP1
- UsageOskar Sundqvist (STL) played 2:36, −11:36 down on his 14:12 season average over 58 games.Sundqvist
- New lineNew look for BUF: Olofsson–Mittelstadt–Krebs skated 7:57 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.OlofssonMittelstadtKrebs
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 STL: 103 attempts, 61 on goal, 8 goals, 6.25 expected goals; best chance Brayden Schenn at 0.70 xG.
- STL
- BUF
- Goal
- Shot on goal
- Missed
- Blocked
Showing 103 of 103 attempts · STL 42 · BUF 61
Game flow
Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.
Cumulative shot attempts
Game flow, BUF at STL: expected goals 3.37 to 2.88 (STL led the chances), shot attempts 42 to 61, 8 goals.
- STL
- BUF
- Goal
- Power play (shaded)
- STL 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 40% of the game, STL 28%.
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 STL: 38 players over 60:00; most ice Ville Husso (60:00) for STL and Dustin Tokarski (59:48) for BUF, 8 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 | STL |
|---|---|---|
| 58 | 37 | |
| 2.47 | 2.16 | |
| 2.33 | 2.01 | |
| 16 | 10 | |
| 6 | 0 | |
| 24 | 13 | |
| −0.002 | +0.002 | |
| 40% | 28% |
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
- 11:0361% CF
- L2Olofsson – Mittelstadt – Krebs7:5750% CF
- 6:3386% CF
- 4:1060% CF
- D1Fitzgerald – Dahlin14:3550% CF
- D2Bryson – Samuelsson10:3480% CF
- 10:3041% CF
- 4:25100% CF
- PP2Okposo – Olofsson – Mittelstadt – Bryson – Cozens3:2550% CF
- PK1FOkposo – Mittelstadt1:20
- 1:06
- 2:25
- PK2DFitzgerald – Samuelsson2:11
St. Louis Blues
- 11:0339% CF
- 10:4372% CF
- L3Tarasenko – Buchnevich – Thomas8:0230% CF
- 13:3728% CF
- 12:0827% CF
- 7:1256% CF
- PP1Tarasenko – Krug – Buchnevich – Barbashev – Thomas2:2767% CF
- 2:01100% CF
- PK1FBuchnevich – Thomas2:15
- 1:38
- 3:46
- 2:16
Scoring summary
Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.
1st period
- 1:25BUF: Okposo, Asplund, Bryson, Samuelsson, CozensSTL: Bortuzzo, Faulk, Buchnevich, Barbashev, ThomasBUF 1 – 0 STL
- 7:06BUF: Tuch, Thompson, Fitzgerald, SamuelssonSTL: Perron, O'Reilly, Schenn, Faulk, KyrouBUF 1 – 1 STL
- 14:23BUF: Okposo, Asplund, Fitzgerald, Samuelsson, CozensSTL: Schenn, Faulk, Krug, Barbashev, KyrouBUF 1 – 2 STL
2nd period
- 3:27BUF 2 – 2 STL
- 19:25BUF 2 – 3 STL
3rd period
- 12:34BUF 3 – 3 STL
- 13:57BUF: Olofsson, Fitzgerald, Mittelstadt, Dahlin, KrebsSTL: Schenn, Parayko, Barbashev, Mikkola, KyrouBUF 3 – 4 STL
- 19:27BUF 3 – 5 STL
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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Tuch R | L1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 0.20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 22:00 | — | — | 57 | 71 |
| Jeff Skinner L | L1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.54 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20:00 | — | — | 61 | 63 |
| Tage Thompson C | L1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 8 | 0.84 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 19:53 | — | — | 58 | 72 |
| Casey Mittelstadt C | L2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 0.14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17:14 | — | — | 53 | 29 |
| Peyton Krebs C | L2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 0.11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14:52 | — | — | 59 | 32 |
| Victor Olofsson L | L2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 0.15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:12 | — | — | 44 | 27 |
| Kyle Okposo R | L3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0.09 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:47 | — | — | 65 | 51 |
| Dylan Cozens C | L3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0.30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:23 | — | — | 83 | 60 |
| Rasmus Asplund C | L3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0.06 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13:14 | — | — | 75 | 57 |
| Cody Eakin C | L4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0.03 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11:08 | — | — | 43 | 60 |
| John Hayden C | L4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7:28 | — | — | 70 | 78 |
| Anders Bjork L | L4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.04 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7:02 | — | — | 38 | 69 |
| Rasmus Dahlin D | D1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 0.08 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 25:00 | — | — | 57 | 36 |
| Casey Fitzgerald D | D1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 21:57 | — | — | 52 | 44 |
| Jacob Bryson D | D2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:11 | — | — | 75 | 78 |
| Mattias Samuelsson D | D2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.03 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 17:30 | — | — | 77 | 86 |
| Mark Pysyk D | D3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14:46 | — | — | 50 | 32 |
| Robert Hagg D | D3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.02 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 14:26 | — | — | 47 | 44 |
| Goalie | Dec | SA | SV | GA | TOI | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dustin Tokarski(start) | L | 22 | 18 | 4 | .818 | 2.67 | 59:48 |
St. Louis Blues
| Skater | Line | G | A | P | +/- | Hits | Blk | PIM | PP | SH | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryan O'Reilly C | L1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 0.15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:03 | — | — | 35 | 25 |
| David Perron L | L1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0.26 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 16:44 | — | — | 30 | 25 |
| Brandon Saad L | L1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 0.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:25 | — | — | 35 | 30 |
| Jordan Kyrou R | L2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 4 | 0.38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:52 | — | — | 58 | 74 |
| Brayden Schenn C | L2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 1 | 0.70 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 17:23 | — | — | 48 | 62 |
| Ivan Barbashev L | L2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | +2 | 2 | 0.34 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17:04 | — | — | 62 | 65 |
| Robert Thomas C | L3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0.19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:05 | — | — | 23 | 33 |
| Pavel Buchnevich L | L3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0.22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:45 | — | — | 25 | 27 |
| Vladimir Tarasenko R | L3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15:36 | — | — | 29 | 39 |
| Colton Parayko D | D1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 0.20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 26:01 | — | — | 38 | 41 |
| Niko Mikkola D | D1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.02 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 20:45 | — | — | 30 | 35 |
| Justin Faulk D | D2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 0.09 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 22:53 | — | — | 34 | 37 |
| Torey Krug D | D2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0.04 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 19:54 | — | — | 30 | 38 |
| Robert Bortuzzo D | D3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0.43 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 15:26 | — | — | 50 | 57 |
| Jake Walman D | D3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 0.15 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 10:59 | — | — | 65 | 75 |
| Tyler Bozak C | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9:41 | — | — | 33 | 69 |
| Klim Kostin C | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6:57 | — | — | 28 | 62 |
| Oskar Sundqvist C | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2:36 | — | — | 0 | 0 |
| Goalie | Dec | SA | SV | GA | TOI | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ville Husso(start) | W | 38 | 35 | 3 | .921 | 2.88 | 60:00 |