Buffalo Sabres vs. Boston BruinsFeb 10, 2018

FinalSaturday, Feb 10, 2018· TD Garden

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
BUF	0	3	1	4		BUF	5	13	10	28
BOS	0	1	1	2		BOS	7	10	10	27

: BUF 46BOS 63
: BUF 3.33BOS 2.86
PP goals: BUF 0BOS 0
Hits: BUF 33BOS 22
Blocks: BUF 20BOS 9
PIM: BUF 8BOS 2
: BUF 48%BOS 52%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Buffalo Sabres beat Boston Bruins 4–2

Buffalo Sabres beat Boston Bruins 4–2 at BOS. Scott Wilson (BUF) led the scoring with 1G 1A. Jack Eichel (BUF) played 3:55, −16:28 down on his 20:23 season average over 66 games.

Points
Scott Wilson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 12:51.Wilson
Usage
Jack Eichel (BUF) played 3:55, −16:28 down on his 20:23 season average over 66 games.Eichel
New line
New look for BUF: O'Reilly–Kane–Reinhart skated 7:25 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (45% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.O'Reilly Kane Reinhart
Usage
Evan Rodrigues (BUF) played 10:45, −3:15 down on his 14:00 season average over 47 games.Rodrigues
Usage
Adam McQuaid (BOS) played 12:19, −3:29 down on his 15:48 season average over 37 games.McQuaid
Usage
Jason Pominville (BUF) played 11:12, −3:45 down on his 14:57 season average over 81 games.Pominville
Usage
Jacob Josefson (BUF) played 14:25, +3:07 up on his 11:18 season average over 38 games.Josefson
Usage
Victor Antipin (BUF) played 12:12, −3:09 down on his 15:21 season average over 46 games.Antipin

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 109 of 109 attempts · BOS 63 · BUF 46

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 28% of the game, BOS 32%.

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
	42	62
	2.65	2.83
	2.63	2.68
	13	8
	7	7
	36	20
	+0.023	−0.023
	28%	32%

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

L1O'Reilly – Kane – Reinhart
7:2545% CF
L2Okposo – Josefson – Nolan
3:2625% CF
L3Pominville – Larsson – Wilson
3:0450% CF
L4Pouliot – Eichel – Rodrigues
0:00
D1Scandella – Nelson
17:0136% CF
D2Beaulieu – Ristolainen
16:5337% CF
D3Falk – Antipin
11:4656% CF

PP1Okposo – O'Reilly – Kane – Ristolainen – Reinhart
0:13
PK1FPouliot – Larsson
2:22
PK2FJosefson – Wilson
0:58
PK1DFalk – Ristolainen
1:52
PK2DScandella – Nelson
1:14

Current BUF line combinations →

Boston Bruins

L1Bergeron – Marchand – Pastrnak
11:4056% CF
L2Kuraly – Schaller – Czarnik
11:2671% CF
L3Backes – Nash – Heinen
10:1242% CF
L4Krejci – Spooner – DeBrusk
10:1057% CF
D1Chara – McAvoy
14:5563% CF
D2Krug – Carlo
10:2264% CF
D3McQuaid – Grzelcyk
9:3663% CF

PP1Backes – Krejci – Heinen – DeBrusk – McAvoy
2:030% CF
PP2Bergeron – Marchand – Spooner – Krug – Pastrnak
2:0383% CF
PK1FNash – Schaller
0:13
PK1DChara – Carlo
0:13

Current BOS line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

7:42
BUFEvander Kane (Sam Reinhart)wrist0.04 xG
BUF: Scandella, O'Reilly, Kane, Reinhart, NelsonBOS: Chara, Bergeron, Marchand, Pastrnak, McAvoy
BUF 1 – 0 BOS
12:44
BUFScott Wilson (Nathan Beaulieu, Evan Rodrigues)wrist0.16 xG
BUF: Larsson, Wilson, Beaulieu, Ristolainen, RodriguesBOS: Backes, McQuaid, Nash, Grzelcyk, Heinen
BUF 2 – 0 BOS
14:39
BOSRyan Spooner (Jake DeBrusk, Torey Krug)wrist0.19 xG
BUF: Okposo, Scandella, Josefson, Nolan, NelsonBOS: Krejci, Spooner, Krug, Carlo, DeBrusk
BUF 2 – 1 BOS
18:49
BUFBenoit Pouliot (Scott Wilson)snap0.04 xG
BUF: Pouliot, Wilson, Beaulieu, Ristolainen, RodriguesBOS: Bergeron, McQuaid, Marchand, Grzelcyk, Pastrnak
BUF 3 – 1 BOS

3rd period

19:01
BOSDavid Backes (Patrice Bergeron, Brad Marchand)tip-in0.08 xG
BUF: Okposo, Scandella, O'Reilly, Kane, RistolainenBOS: Bergeron, Backes, Krejci, Marchand, Krug, Pastrnak
BUF 3 – 2 BOS
19:31
BUFRasmus RistolainenENwrist0.35 xG
BUF: Pouliot, Scandella, O'Reilly, Larsson, RistolainenBOS: Bergeron, Backes, Krejci, Marchand, Krug, Pastrnak
BUF 4 – 2 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
Ryan O'Reilly C	L1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	1	0	22:02	—	—	44	67
Evander Kane L	L1	1	0	1	0	3	0.74	4	0	2	21:58	—	—	41	57
Sam Reinhart C	L1	0	1	1	+1	4	0.18	0	2	2	16:59	—	—	45	80
Kyle Okposo R	L2	0	0	0	-2	2	0.29	3	0	2	18:58	—	—	27	20
Jacob Josefson C	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	14:25	—	—	30	16
Jordan Nolan C	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	1	0	10:34	—	—	26	6
Johan Larsson L	L3	0	0	0	+2	0	0.00	4	1	0	15:45	—	—	38	60
Scott Wilson C	L3	1	1	2	+2	1	0.24	1	0	0	12:51	—	—	39	60
Jason Pominville R	L3	0	0	0	0	4	0.22	2	0	2	11:12	—	—	50	42
Benoit Pouliot L	L4	1	0	1	+2	3	0.75	0	0	0	12:49	—	—	47	76
Evan Rodrigues C	L4	0	1	1	+2	1	0.13	2	0	0	10:45	—	—	57	63
Jack Eichel C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.24	0	0	0	3:55	—	—	100	100
Marco Scandella D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	1	5	0	25:07	—	—	33	42
Casey Nelson D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	3	3	0	20:14	—	—	36	45
Rasmus Ristolainen D	D2	1	0	1	+2	3	0.39	5	3	0	27:03	—	—	35	46
Nathan Beaulieu D	D2	0	1	1	+2	0	0.00	1	0	0	18:29	—	—	39	45
Justin Falk D	D3	0	0	0	0	3	0.03	3	2	0	16:42	—	—	52	59
Victor Antipin D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	12:12	—	—	58	59

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Chad Johnson(start)	W	27	25	2	.926	2.86	60:00

Boston Bruins

BOS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
David Pastrnak R	L1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.14	0	1	0	18:17	—	—	59	35
Brad Marchand L	L1	0	1	1	-2	0	0.00	0	0	0	17:36	—	—	52	29
Patrice Bergeron C	L1	0	1	1	-2	1	0.18	2	1	0	17:00	—	—	59	35
Austin Czarnik C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.42	1	0	0	13:01	—	—	71	69
Tim Schaller L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	1	0	0	12:44	—	—	73	69
Sean Kuraly C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.17	5	1	0	12:39	—	—	68	68
David Backes R	L3	1	0	1	-1	2	0.18	1	0	0	16:41	—	—	53	32
Danton Heinen L	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	15:12	—	—	50	30
Riley Nash C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	1	0	13:47	—	—	43	15
David Krejci C	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.07	0	0	0	17:38	—	—	62	52
Ryan Spooner C	L4	1	0	1	+1	2	0.33	0	1	0	16:15	—	—	54	48
Jake DeBrusk L	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.30	0	0	0	16:08	—	—	58	50
Charlie McAvoy D	D1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.19	2	1	2	22:21	—	—	61	49
Zdeno Chara D	D1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.54	0	1	0	21:17	—	—	57	46
Torey Krug D	D2	0	1	1	+1	3	0.11	0	0	0	22:00	—	—	55	47
Brandon Carlo D	D2	0	0	0	+1	3	0.05	4	1	0	19:51	—	—	64	48
Matt Grzelcyk D	D3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.03	3	0	0	14:09	—	—	70	72
Adam McQuaid D	D3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.06	2	1	0	12:19	—	—	56	60

BOS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Tuukka Rask(start)	L	27	24	3	.889	2.98	59:05

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.