Buffalo Sabres vs. Boston BruinsMar 27, 2021

FinalSaturday, Mar 27, 2021· TD Garden

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
BUF	1	1	0	2		BUF	10	14	3	27
BOS	0	1	2	3		BOS	13	8	15	36

: BUF 45BOS 60
: BUF 1.41BOS 2.50
PP goals: BUF 1BOS 0
Hits: BUF 15BOS 23
Blocks: BUF 11BOS 9
PIM: BUF 10BOS 6
: BUF 43%BOS 57%

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. Nick Ritchie (BOS) led the scoring with 1G 1A. BUF's first power-play unit (Hall, Reinhart, Olofsson, Mittelstadt and Dahlin) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 3:47 together.

Points
Nick Ritchie had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 19:00.Ritchie
PP1
BUF's first power-play unit (Hall, Reinhart, Olofsson, Mittelstadt and Dahlin) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 3:47 together.Hall Reinhart Olofsson Mittelstadt Dahlin
New line
New look for BUF: Hall–Reinhart–Mittelstadt skated 6:16 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (55.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Hall Reinhart Mittelstadt
New line
New look for BOS: Bergeron–Pastrnak–Frederic skated 10:53 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (63.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Bergeron Pastrnak Frederic
New line
New look for BUF: Skinner–Olofsson–Cozens skated 5:41 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Skinner Olofsson Cozens
Goalie
Linus Ullmark (BUF) faced 36 shots and stopped 33 (.917), +6 against a season average of 29.6; the loss.Ullmark
New line
New look for BOS: Coyle–Bjork–Senyshyn skated 7:53 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (41.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Coyle Bjork Senyshyn
New line
New look for BUF: Okposo–Eakin–Fogarty skated 4:52 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Okposo Eakin Fogarty

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 105 of 105 attempts · BOS 60 · BUF 45

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 17% of the game, BOS 45%.

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
	43	55
	1.27	1.99
	1.25	1.92
	7	10
	5	5
	13	10
	−0.032	+0.032
	17%	45%

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

L1Hall – Reinhart – Mittelstadt
6:1656% CF
L2Skinner – Olofsson – Cozens
5:4150% CF
L3Okposo – Eakin – Fogarty
4:5250% CF
L4Sheahan – Lazar – Dea
2:13100% CF
D1Jokiharju – Dahlin
12:5065% CF
D2Miller – Montour
12:1922% CF
D3Ristolainen – Bryson
11:2446% CF

PP1Hall – Reinhart – Olofsson – Mittelstadt – Dahlin
3:47100% CF
PP2Okposo – Skinner – Miller – Ristolainen – Cozens
0:43100% CF
PK1FSheahan – Lazar
5:12
PK2FOkposo – Eakin
2:48
PK1DRistolainen – Bryson
5:01
PK2DMiller – Montour
1:51

Current BUF line combinations →

Boston Bruins

L1Krejci – Smith – Ritchie
11:1279% CF
L2Bergeron – Pastrnak – Frederic
10:5363% CF
L3Coyle – Bjork – Senyshyn
7:5342% CF
L4McKegg – Wagner – Studnicka
2:200% CF
D1Grzelcyk – McAvoy
12:5172% CF
D2Clifton – Zboril
8:4950% CF
D3Kampfer – Lauzon
5:3650% CF

PP1Bergeron – Krejci – Grzelcyk – Ritchie – Pastrnak
4:5471% CF
PP2Kampfer – Smith – Coyle – McAvoy – Frederic
2:03100% CF
PK1FBergeron – Wagner
1:42
PK2FBjork – Studnicka
0:40
PK1DLauzon – McAvoy
3:30
PK2DClifton – Zboril
0:58

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
Sam Reinhart C	L1	1	0	1	-1	2	0.12	0	0	0	19:16	—	—	47	57
Taylor Hall L	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.03	0	0	0	18:27	—	—	50	54
Casey Mittelstadt C	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.16	0	0	2	17:40	—	—	50	35
Victor Olofsson L	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.16	0	1	0	17:00	—	—	50	47
Jeff Skinner L	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.24	0	0	0	15:09	—	—	51	43
Dylan Cozens C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.04	0	0	0	12:48	—	—	48	37
Kyle Okposo R	L3	1	0	1	0	1	0.04	2	3	0	16:02	—	—	35	37
Cody Eakin C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.05	2	0	0	14:24	—	—	32	28
Steven Fogarty C	L3	0	1	1	-1	1	0.01	0	1	0	9:21	—	—	42	27
Curtis Lazar C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	2	0	0	16:54	—	—	45	29
Riley Sheahan C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	2	0	14:55	—	—	10	1
Jean-Sebastien Dea C	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.23	0	0	2	5:33	—	—	50	53
Rasmus Dahlin D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.08	3	0	0	21:29	—	—	55	35
Henri Jokiharju D	D1	0	1	1	0	3	0.06	2	1	0	16:17	—	—	64	45
Brandon Montour D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	0	1	4	19:47	—	—	31	41
Colin Miller D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.07	1	1	0	17:36	—	—	18	25
Rasmus Ristolainen D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.01	2	1	2	22:17	—	—	39	37
Jacob Bryson D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	0	0	0	18:22	—	—	48	43

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Linus Ullmark(start)	L	36	33	3	.917	2.50	58:05

Boston Bruins

BOS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
David Krejci C	L1	0	1	1	+2	1	0.02	1	0	0	21:18	—	—	69	76
Nick Ritchie L	L1	1	1	2	+2	5	0.31	4	1	0	19:00	—	—	82	86
Craig Smith C	L1	1	0	1	+2	3	0.28	0	0	0	17:42	—	—	74	74
Patrice Bergeron C	L2	0	1	1	+1	3	0.22	2	1	0	21:24	—	—	67	86
David Pastrnak R	L2	0	1	1	+1	5	0.59	2	0	2	20:18	—	—	52	71
Trent Frederic C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.25	1	0	0	17:30	—	—	54	65
Charlie Coyle C	L3	0	0	0	+1	3	0.05	1	0	2	19:45	—	—	46	30
Anders Bjork L	L3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.10	1	0	0	14:20	—	—	38	34
Zach Senyshyn R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	0	0	0	11:50	—	—	40	37
Jack Studnicka C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.11	0	0	0	7:08	—	—	13	31
Chris Wagner R	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	1	0	7:04	—	—	0	0
Greg McKegg C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	4:04	—	—	0	0
Charlie McAvoy D	D1	0	1	1	+2	2	0.15	1	0	0	26:32	—	—	71	66
Matt Grzelcyk D	D1	1	0	1	+2	4	0.12	0	0	0	21:28	—	—	74	75
Connor Clifton D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	4	1	2	17:11	—	—	46	52
Jakub Zboril D	D2	0	1	1	-1	0	0.00	2	1	0	14:57	—	—	53	64
Jeremy Lauzon D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.03	0	3	0	18:32	—	—	50	57
Steven Kampfer D	D3	0	0	0	0	4	0.09	2	1	0	15:33	—	—	50	55

BOS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Dan Vladar(start)	W	27	25	2	.926	1.41	59:39

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 BruinsMar 27, 2021

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