Buffalo Sabres vs. Boston BruinsNov 21, 2019

FinalThursday, Nov 21, 2019· TD Garden

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
BUF	1	0	1	2		BUF	17	7	14	38
BOS	1	1	1	3		BOS	4	14	9	27

: BUF 69BOS 44
: BUF 3.85BOS 2.65
PP goals: BUF 1BOS 2
Hits: BUF 14BOS 20
Blocks: BUF 11BOS 17
PIM: BUF 11BOS 15
: BUF 46%BOS 54%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Boston Bruins edge Buffalo Sabres 3–2

Boston Bruins beat Buffalo Sabres 3–2 at home. Brad Marchand (BOS) led the scoring with 2G 0A. BOS's first power-play unit (Bergeron, Marchand, Grzelcyk, Pastrnak and Heinen) scored 2 power-play goals on 7 attempts in 2:54 together.

Points
Brad Marchand had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 19:20.Marchand
Points
David Pastrnak had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 7 shots in 20:02.Pastrnak
Points
Danton Heinen had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 15:02.Heinen
PP1
BOS's first power-play unit (Bergeron, Marchand, Grzelcyk, Pastrnak and Heinen) scored 2 power-play goals on 7 attempts in 2:54 together.Bergeron Marchand Grzelcyk Pastrnak Heinen
PP1
BUF's first power-play unit (Ristolainen, Reinhart, Olofsson, Eichel and Dahlin) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 3:16 together.Ristolainen Reinhart Olofsson Eichel Dahlin
Goalie
Tuukka Rask (BOS) faced 38 shots and stopped 36 (.947), +8 against a season average of 29.7; the win.Rask
New line
New look for BUF: Larsson–Girgensons–Lazar skated 6:10 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (70% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Larsson Girgensons Lazar
Usage
Zdeno Chara (BOS) played 25:50, +4:54 up on his 20:56 season average over 67 games.Chara

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 113 of 113 attempts · BOS 44 · BUF 69

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 37% 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
	67	41
	3.12	1.84
	2.82	1.81
	10	11
	8	2
	16	22
	−0.059	+0.059
	37%	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

L1Vesey – Reinhart – Eichel
13:1264% CF
L2Skinner – Sheary – Rodrigues
8:3667% CF
L3Olofsson – Asplund – Mittelstadt
7:0857% CF
L4Larsson – Girgensons – Lazar
6:1070% CF
D1McCabe – Ristolainen
16:3760% CF
D2Montour – Dahlin
13:4070% CF
D3Scandella – Jokiharju
11:0457% CF

PP1Ristolainen – Reinhart – Olofsson – Eichel – Dahlin
3:16100% CF
PP2Skinner – Sheary – Montour – Rodrigues – Mittelstadt
1:39100% CF
PK1FLarsson – Girgensons
1:40
PK2FVesey – Rodrigues
0:37
PK1DMcCabe – Ristolainen
0:58
PK2DMontour – Jokiharju
0:37

Current BUF line combinations →

Boston Bruins

L1Bergeron – Marchand – Pastrnak
11:0945% CF
L2Coyle – Heinen – Bjork
7:3753% CF
L3Krejci – Nordstrom – DeBrusk
3:580% CF
L4Wagner – Kuraly – Lindholm
2:0650% CF
D1Chara – McAvoy
18:1544% CF
D2Grzelcyk – Carlo
10:5435% CF
D3Clifton – Vaakanainen
7:1027% CF

PP1Bergeron – Marchand – Grzelcyk – Pastrnak – Heinen
2:54100% CF
PK1FBergeron – Marchand
2:09
PK2FWagner – Lindholm
0:48
PK1DChara – Carlo
3:36
PK2DMcAvoy – Vaakanainen
2:11

Current BOS 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
Jack Eichel C	L1	0	1	1	0	2	0.17	0	2	0	24:20	—	—	59	34
Sam Reinhart C	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.24	1	0	0	21:58	—	—	57	26
Jimmy Vesey L	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.27	0	0	0	16:45	—	—	67	35
Jeff Skinner L	L2	0	0	0	0	5	0.60	0	0	0	16:51	—	—	67	76
Conor Sheary L	L2	0	1	1	+1	4	0.55	1	1	0	15:34	—	—	74	87
Evan Rodrigues C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.12	0	0	0	14:29	—	—	65	82
Victor Olofsson L	L3	0	1	1	0	4	0.40	0	1	0	16:14	—	—	50	73
Casey Mittelstadt C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.29	1	1	0	15:25	—	—	59	83
Rasmus Asplund C	L3	0	0	0	0	4	0.37	1	1	2	9:31	—	—	53	71
Johan Larsson L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.24	1	0	0	12:30	—	—	72	88
Zemgus Girgensons C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	10:23	—	—	60	76
Curtis Lazar C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	7	7:52	—	—	64	81
Rasmus Ristolainen D	D1	1	0	1	-1	5	0.39	1	1	0	25:41	—	—	57	44
Jake McCabe D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	2	1	2	20:16	—	—	63	50
Rasmus Dahlin D	D2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.07	1	1	0	21:40	—	—	70	63
Brandon Montour D	D2	1	0	1	+1	4	0.08	0	0	0	19:42	—	—	69	64
Henri Jokiharju D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	1	2	0	16:17	—	—	57	68
Marco Scandella D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.04	1	0	0	13:15	—	—	57	75

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Linus Ullmark(start)	L	27	24	3	.889	2.65	58:23

Boston Bruins

BOS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
David Pastrnak R	L1	1	1	2	+1	7	1.11	1	0	0	20:02	—	—	37	51
Brad Marchand L	L1	2	0	2	+1	2	0.07	2	0	0	19:20	—	—	39	61
Patrice Bergeron C	L1	0	1	1	+1	4	0.38	3	1	0	18:16	—	—	46	63
Danton Heinen L	L2	0	2	2	-1	1	0.02	0	1	0	15:02	—	—	39	19
Charlie Coyle C	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.14	0	0	2	14:30	—	—	55	25
Anders Bjork L	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.11	0	1	0	11:30	—	—	45	28
David Krejci C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	2	0	16:39	—	—	29	14
Jake DeBrusk L	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.18	0	0	0	14:45	—	—	36	18
Joakim Nordstrom C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	1	0	2	14:09	—	—	25	19
Chris Wagner R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	2	7	13:51	—	—	35	50
Sean Kuraly C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.26	2	1	2	11:47	—	—	33	63
Par Lindholm C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	6:18	—	—	50	97
Zdeno Chara D	D1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.01	1	1	0	25:50	—	—	44	54
Charlie McAvoy D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.17	0	4	0	25:28	—	—	39	57
Matt Grzelcyk D	D2	0	1	1	-1	1	0.14	2	2	2	20:06	—	—	36	30
Brandon Carlo D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	2	1	0	19:41	—	—	41	31
Urho Vaakanainen D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	2	1	0	13:44	—	—	31	10
Connor Clifton D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	12:42	—	—	29	8

BOS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Tuukka Rask(start)	W	38	36	2	.947	3.85	60:00

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 BruinsNov 21, 2019

Fantasy takeaways

Boston Bruins edge Buffalo Sabres 3–2

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

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Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

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