Buffalo Sabres vs. Boston BruinsOct 21, 2017

Final / OTSaturday, Oct 21, 2017· TD Garden

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
BUF	0	2	2	1	5		BUF	6	15	15	6	42
BOS	2	2	0	0	4		BOS	13	12	6	0	31

: BUF 71BOS 59
: BUF 3.09BOS 2.63
PP goals: BUF 0BOS 1
Hits: BUF 31BOS 34
Blocks: BUF 15BOS 18
PIM: BUF 6BOS 4
: BUF 45%BOS 55%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Buffalo Sabres edge Boston Bruins 5–4 (OT)

Buffalo Sabres beat Boston Bruins 5–4 in overtime at BOS. Brad Marchand (BOS) led the scoring with 2G 0A. BOS's first power-play unit (Bergeron, Marchand, Agostino, Krug and Pastrnak) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 2:11 together.

Points
Brad Marchand had two goals (2 points) on 5 shots in 21:27.Marchand
Points
David Pastrnak had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 17:32.Pastrnak
Points
Jason Pominville had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 15:26.Pominville
Points
Ryan O'Reilly had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 18:52.O'Reilly
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Charlie McAvoy had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 25:37.McAvoy
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Jake McCabe had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 23:43.McCabe
PP1
BOS's first power-play unit (Bergeron, Marchand, Agostino, Krug and Pastrnak) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 2:11 together.Bergeron Marchand Agostino Krug Pastrnak
New line
New look for BUF: Kane–Bailey–Eichel skated 13:16 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Kane Bailey Eichel

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)BOS attacks right (top on phones) →

BOS
BUF
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 130 of 130 attempts · BOS 59 · BUF 71

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

BOS
BUF
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

BOS 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 34% of the game, BOS 26%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

BOS

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	BOS
	66	56
	1.97	2.51
	1.93	2.46
	10	8
	5	2
	20	22
	−0.091	+0.091
	34%	26%

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

L1Kane – Bailey – Eichel
13:1650% CF
L2Pominville – Pouliot – O'Reilly
11:4058% CF
L3Moulson – Okposo – Reinhart
9:4861% CF
L4Nolan – Larsson – Griffith
7:1860% CF
D1Scandella – Ristolainen
20:0061% CF
D2Tennyson – McCabe
15:1565% CF
D3Fedun – Antipin
8:4636% CF

PP1Okposo – Scandella – Kane – Ristolainen – Eichel
1:07100% CF
PP2Okposo – O'Reilly – Kane – Tennyson – McCabe
1:01
PK1FO'Reilly – Bailey
1:15
PK2FKane – Eichel
0:47
PK1DScandella – Ristolainen
1:32
PK2DFedun – McCabe
0:31

Current BUF line combinations →

Boston Bruins

L1Bergeron – Marchand – Bjork
13:1546% CF
L2Backes – Nash – Agostino
10:4625% CF
L3Schaller – Pastrnak – DeBrusk
8:1638% CF
L4Beleskey – Kuraly – Vatrano
7:2361% CF
D1Chara – McAvoy
19:4356% CF
D2Krug – Carlo
15:2740% CF
D3Postma – O'Gara
9:5858% CF

PP1Bergeron – Marchand – Agostino – Krug – Pastrnak
2:1171% CF
PP2Backes – Postma – Bjork – DeBrusk – McAvoy
1:22100% CF
PK1FBergeron – Marchand
1:42
PK2FNash – Schaller
1:32
PK1DChara – McAvoy
1:15
PK2DO'Gara – Carlo
0:26

Current BOS line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

OT period

2:59
BUFRyan O'Reillybackhand0.16 xG
BUF: O'Reilly, Kane, RistolainenBOS: Marchand, Krug, Pastrnak
BUF 5 – 4 BOS

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
Jack Eichel C	L1	1	0	1	-1	3	0.18	1	3	0	22:14	—	—	50	30
Evander Kane L	L1	1	0	1	+2	5	0.50	2	0	2	21:26	—	—	51	42
Justin Bailey R	L1	0	1	1	0	1	0.04	3	1	0	15:51	—	—	47	32
Ryan O'Reilly C	L2	1	1	2	+1	5	0.61	1	4	0	18:52	—	—	57	55
Benoit Pouliot L	L2	1	0	1	+2	5	0.41	3	0	0	15:42	—	—	65	77
Jason Pominville R	L2	1	1	2	+2	4	0.11	2	1	0	15:26	—	—	64	71
Kyle Okposo R	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.08	3	0	2	16:31	—	—	66	56
Sam Reinhart C	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.22	0	0	0	14:16	—	—	58	51
Matt Moulson L	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.08	0	0	0	12:29	—	—	55	32
Johan Larsson L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	11:44	—	—	33	28
Seth Griffith C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	0	0	0	9:28	—	—	50	23
Jordan Nolan C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.07	4	0	0	8:49	—	—	47	19
Rasmus Ristolainen D	D1	0	0	0	+3	2	0.33	7	2	0	29:40	—	—	58	80
Marco Scandella D	D1	0	1	1	+1	6	0.34	1	0	0	27:23	—	—	62	75
Jake McCabe D	D2	0	2	2	+1	2	0.01	2	2	0	23:43	—	—	54	45
Matt Tennyson D	D2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.04	0	0	2	16:08	—	—	61	31
Victor Antipin D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.05	1	0	0	14:16	—	—	32	6
Taylor Fedun D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	10:57	—	—	38	9

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Robin Lehner(start)	W	31	27	4	.871	2.63	62:59

Boston Bruins

BOS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Brad Marchand L	L1	2	0	2	0	5	0.25	0	0	0	21:27	—	—	53	81
Patrice Bergeron C	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.42	1	2	0	19:58	—	—	50	65
Anders Bjork L	L1	0	1	1	0	1	0.10	2	2	0	18:20	—	—	41	47
David Backes R	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	7	1	0	16:31	—	—	28	41
Riley Nash C	L2	0	1	1	0	1	0.11	2	1	0	16:13	—	—	26	46
Kenny Agostino L	L2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.33	0	0	2	15:38	—	—	33	65
David Pastrnak R	L3	2	0	2	-1	4	0.27	1	0	0	17:32	—	—	56	60
Tim Schaller L	L3	0	1	1	-2	1	0.41	2	0	0	15:22	—	—	39	38
Jake DeBrusk L	L3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	3	1	0	12:35	—	—	41	15
Matt Beleskey L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	2	1	0	11:55	—	—	57	62
Sean Kuraly C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.23	1	0	0	10:13	—	—	64	87
Frank Vatrano R	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.05	1	0	0	8:34	—	—	64	87
Zdeno Chara D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0.05	4	3	0	26:06	—	—	49	47
Charlie McAvoy D	D1	0	2	2	+1	2	0.18	2	2	0	25:37	—	—	55	63
Torey Krug D	D2	0	1	1	-3	0	0.04	2	0	0	21:51	—	—	39	47
Brandon Carlo D	D2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.03	0	1	2	21:23	—	—	33	42
Rob O'Gara D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	3	0	14:17	—	—	50	72
Paul Postma D	D3	0	0	0	+1	3	0.13	3	1	0	11:40	—	—	55	79

BOS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Anton Khudobin(start)	O	42	37	5	.881	3.09	62:44

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. Boston BruinsOct 21, 2017

Fantasy takeaways

Buffalo Sabres edge Boston Bruins 5–4 (OT)

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

Buffalo Sabres

Boston Bruins

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

OT period

Box score

Buffalo Sabres

Boston Bruins