Buffalo Sabres vs. Boston BruinsDec 29, 2019

FinalSunday, Dec 29, 2019· TD Garden

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
BUF	0	1	1	2		BUF	7	12	7	26
BOS	1	0	2	3		BOS	2	11	9	22

: BUF 49BOS 44
: BUF 2.33BOS 3.15
PP goals: BUF 0BOS 2
Hits: BUF 25BOS 28
Blocks: BUF 10BOS 13
PIM: BUF 22BOS 4
: BUF 49%BOS 51%

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. Jake DeBrusk (BOS) led the scoring with 2G 0A. New look for BOS: Coyle–Ritchie–Bjork skated 9:04 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Jake DeBrusk had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 12:44.DeBrusk
Points
David Pastrnak had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 6 shots in 19:04.Pastrnak
Points
Rasmus Ristolainen had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 23:04.Ristolainen
Points
Steven Kampfer had 2 assists (2 points) in 19:26.Kampfer
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New look for BOS: Coyle–Ritchie–Bjork skated 9:04 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Coyle Ritchie Bjork
New line
New look for BUF: Okposo–Olofsson–Eichel skated 10:07 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (52.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Okposo Olofsson Eichel
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New look for BOS: Wagner–Nordstrom–Kuraly skated 8:53 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (26.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Wagner Nordstrom Kuraly
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New look for BUF: Johansson–Larsson–Reinhart skated 6:55 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (54.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Johansson Larsson Reinhart

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 93 of 93 attempts · BOS 44 · BUF 49

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 27% of the game, BOS 31%.

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
	41	35
	1.59	1.71
	1.52	1.63
	6	5
	4	1
	20	18
	−0.027	+0.027
	27%	31%

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

L1Okposo – Olofsson – Eichel
10:0753% CF
L2Johansson – Larsson – Reinhart
6:5555% CF
L3Girgensons – Lazar – Rodrigues
6:0925% CF
L4Vesey – Sheary – Asplund
5:3460% CF
D1Montour – Jokiharju
13:3040% CF
D2Miller – Dahlin
7:1575% CF
D3McCabe – Ristolainen
6:5850% CF

PP1Johansson – Reinhart – Olofsson – Eichel – Dahlin
4:07100% CF
PP2Okposo – Miller – Vesey – Ristolainen – Sheary
1:33100% CF
PK1FLarsson – Girgensons
3:26
PK2FLazar – Asplund
2:14
PK1DMcCabe – Ristolainen
4:27
PK2DMontour – Jokiharju
1:54

Current BUF line combinations →

Boston Bruins

L1Coyle – Ritchie – Bjork
9:0450% CF
L2Wagner – Nordstrom – Kuraly
8:5327% CF
L3Bergeron – Marchand – Pastrnak
8:2071% CF
L4Krejci – Heinen – DeBrusk
4:4420% CF
D1Chara – Carlo
13:4545% CF
D2Kampfer – Moore
9:2445% CF
D3Grzelcyk – Clifton
4:4540% CF

PP1Bergeron – Marchand – Grzelcyk – Pastrnak – Heinen
5:4260% CF
PP2Krejci – Kampfer – Coyle – Pastrnak – DeBrusk
1:09100% CF
PK1FBergeron – Marchand
2:24
PK2FNordstrom – Kuraly
1:45
PK1DChara – Carlo
3:12
PK2DMoore – Grzelcyk
1:31

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	3	0.21	1	0	10	21:59	—	—	56	42
Victor Olofsson L	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.10	0	1	0	20:10	—	—	50	33
Kyle Okposo R	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	0	0	0	15:34	—	—	57	40
Sam Reinhart C	L2	0	1	1	+1	3	0.42	0	0	2	18:19	—	—	58	53
Marcus Johansson L	L2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.13	0	0	0	18:08	—	—	64	65
Johan Larsson L	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.17	1	0	4	16:19	—	—	60	51
Zemgus Girgensons C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	3	1	0	15:24	—	—	33	29
Curtis Lazar C	L3	1	0	1	+1	1	0.15	5	1	0	14:14	—	—	25	38
Evan Rodrigues C	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.00	3	1	2	8:34	—	—	50	42
Conor Sheary L	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.06	1	0	0	12:41	—	—	65	76
Rasmus Asplund C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.29	1	0	0	9:36	—	—	55	59
Jimmy Vesey L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	1	0	2	8:49	—	—	55	63
Brandon Montour D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	2	1	0	20:30	—	—	47	50
Henri Jokiharju D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.06	1	2	2	18:13	—	—	35	26
Rasmus Dahlin D	D2	0	0	0	0	3	0.35	0	1	0	21:49	—	—	63	63
Colin Miller D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.08	2	1	0	14:04	—	—	71	63
Rasmus Ristolainen D	D3	1	1	2	+1	4	0.27	3	1	0	23:04	—	—	50	42
Jake McCabe D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	16:40	—	—	50	43

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Linus Ullmark(start)	L	22	19	3	.864	2.45	57:20

Boston Bruins

BOS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Charlie Coyle C	L1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.05	3	0	0	17:23	—	—	53	42
Anders Bjork L	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	13:03	—	—	67	74
Brett Ritchie R	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.12	6	0	2	10:18	—	—	50	43
Chris Wagner R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.17	4	0	2	15:18	—	—	32	38
Sean Kuraly C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	1	0	0	13:03	—	—	29	41
Joakim Nordstrom C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	2	2	0	12:10	—	—	25	27
Patrice Bergeron C	L3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.38	1	2	0	19:26	—	—	73	71
Brad Marchand L	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.76	1	0	0	19:26	—	—	73	71
David Pastrnak R	L3	1	1	2	+1	6	0.75	0	0	0	19:04	—	—	62	62
Danton Heinen L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.18	1	0	0	15:21	—	—	50	91
David Krejci C	L4	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	14:17	—	—	35	38
Jake DeBrusk L	L4	2	0	2	-1	3	0.30	0	0	0	12:44	—	—	28	23
Brandon Carlo D	D1	0	0	0	0	4	0.30	1	1	0	25:35	—	—	48	61
Zdeno Chara D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	1	4	0	22:55	—	—	46	53
Steven Kampfer D	D2	0	2	2	0	0	0.04	3	1	0	19:26	—	—	42	29
John Moore D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	0	0	0	17:22	—	—	41	14
Matt Grzelcyk D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	2	2	0	21:36	—	—	50	69
Connor Clifton D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	2	1	0	5:52	—	—	33	91

BOS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Tuukka Rask(start)	W	26	24	2	.923	2.33	59:41

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 BruinsDec 29, 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

Buffalo Sabres

Boston Bruins

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Buffalo Sabres

Boston Bruins