Buffalo Sabres vs. Boston BruinsApr 13, 2021

Final / SOTuesday, Apr 13, 2021· TD Garden

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	SO	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
BUF	1	0	1	0	0	2		BUF	5	7	10	1	23
BOS	1	1	0	0	1	3		BOS	11	13	7	3	34

: BUF 51BOS 67
: BUF 1.94BOS 3.00
PP goals: BUF 0BOS 0
Hits: BUF 27BOS 26
Blocks: BUF 16BOS 16
PIM: BUF 14BOS 16
: BUF 44%BOS 56%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Boston Bruins edge Buffalo Sabres 3–2 (SO)

Boston Bruins beat Buffalo Sabres 3–2 in a shootout at home. Craig Smith (BOS) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for BOS: Wagner–Kuraly–Lazar skated 10:47 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (62.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Craig Smith had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 13:32.Smith
New line
New look for BOS: Wagner–Kuraly–Lazar skated 10:47 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (62.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Wagner Kuraly Lazar
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New look for BOS: Coyle–Ritchie–DeBrusk skated 7:50 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (33.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Coyle Ritchie DeBrusk
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New look for BOS: Krejci–Smith–Hall skated 10:29 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (36.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Krejci Smith Hall
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New look for BUF: Bjork–Cozens–Ruotsalainen skated 5:17 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (41.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Bjork Cozens Ruotsalainen
New line
New look for BUF: Okposo–Eakin–Sheahan skated 4:00 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (40% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Okposo Eakin Sheahan
Usage
Dylan Cozens (BUF) played 18:04, +3:48 up on his 14:16 season average over 40 games.Cozens
Usage
Jeff Skinner (BUF) played 17:58, +3:31 up on his 14:27 season average over 52 games.Skinner

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 118 of 118 attempts · BOS 67 · BUF 51

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 16% of the game, BOS 40%.

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
	50	68
	1.64	3.05
	1.60	2.96
	6	14
	2	4
	23	28
	−0.034	+0.035
	16%	40%

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

L1Asplund – Thompson – Mittelstadt
7:3945% CF
L2Skinner – Reinhart – Olofsson
6:1940% CF
L3Bjork – Cozens – Ruotsalainen
5:1741% CF
L4Okposo – Eakin – Sheahan
4:0040% CF
D1Ristolainen – Bryson
16:4940% CF
D2Jokiharju – Dahlin
15:4243% CF
D3Irwin – Miller
14:4648% CF

PP1Ristolainen – Reinhart – Olofsson – Mittelstadt – Dahlin
3:0780% CF
PP2Okposo – Skinner – Miller – Thompson – Cozens
2:0260% CF
PK1FOkposo – Eakin
1:00
PK2FSheahan – Asplund
1:00
PK1DMiller – Jokiharju
1:00
PK2DRistolainen – Bryson
1:00

Current BUF line combinations →

Boston Bruins

L1Bergeron – Marchand – Pastrnak
12:0383% CF
L2Wagner – Kuraly – Lazar
10:4763% CF
L3Krejci – Smith – Hall
10:2937% CF
L4Coyle – Ritchie – DeBrusk
7:5033% CF
D1Lauzon – McAvoy
17:1067% CF
D2Miller – Reilly
16:0250% CF
D3Tinordi – Clifton
11:4252% CF

PP1Bergeron – Marchand – Reilly – Ritchie – Pastrnak
0:58
PP2Krejci – Coyle – Hall – DeBrusk – McAvoy
0:56100% CF
PK1FCoyle – Wagner
1:56
PK2FKuraly – Lazar
1:11
PK1DMiller – Lauzon
2:30
PK2DTinordi – McAvoy
2:05

Current BOS line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

Decided in the shootout: BUF 2 – 3 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
Casey Mittelstadt C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.63	0	0	2	19:06	—	—	52	49
Tage Thompson C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.19	0	0	5	13:48	—	—	50	57
Rasmus Asplund C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	0	0	12:38	—	—	47	50
Sam Reinhart C	L2	0	0	0	+1	3	0.26	0	2	0	20:58	—	—	44	44
Victor Olofsson L	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.07	0	1	0	19:34	—	—	43	36
Jeff Skinner L	L2	0	1	1	0	2	0.07	0	1	0	17:58	—	—	50	29
Dylan Cozens C	L3	0	1	1	0	3	0.21	2	0	0	18:04	—	—	44	35
Anders Bjork L	L3	0	1	1	0	1	0.14	0	0	0	13:55	—	—	46	29
Arttu Ruotsalainen C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	0	0	0	10:52	—	—	29	14
Kyle Okposo R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	1	1	0	19:23	—	—	39	28
Cody Eakin C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	16:03	—	—	37	16
Riley Sheahan C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.11	0	0	0	7:40	—	—	20	43
Rasmus Ristolainen D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	7	3	0	25:13	—	—	32	56
Jacob Bryson D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.04	2	3	0	20:19	—	—	44	51
Rasmus Dahlin D	D2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.09	6	0	0	23:24	—	—	39	22
Henri Jokiharju D	D2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.02	0	2	0	19:26	—	—	43	22
Colin Miller D	D3	1	0	1	0	3	0.06	4	2	0	18:33	—	—	47	29
Matt Irwin D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	5	1	7	16:06	—	—	47	33

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Dustin Tokarski	O	31	29	2	.935	2.74	60:06
Linus Ullmark(start)	—	3	3	0	.1000	0.26	4:54

Boston Bruins

BOS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
David Pastrnak R	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.45	2	0	0	18:56	—	—	77	61
Brad Marchand L	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.19	3	0	0	18:47	—	—	69	53
Patrice Bergeron C	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.06	1	0	0	17:32	—	—	80	68
Chris Wagner R	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.32	2	1	0	14:38	—	—	63	68
Sean Kuraly C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	0	0	0	14:15	—	—	63	71
Curtis Lazar C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.21	0	1	2	12:58	—	—	63	67
David Krejci C	L3	1	0	1	+2	2	0.14	0	3	0	18:25	—	—	45	66
Taylor Hall L	L3	0	0	0	+1	3	0.18	1	0	0	16:43	—	—	54	84
Craig Smith C	L3	1	1	2	+2	1	0.36	1	0	0	13:32	—	—	42	65
Charlie Coyle C	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.28	1	1	0	15:26	—	—	46	54
Jake DeBrusk L	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.26	0	1	2	14:29	—	—	46	69
Nick Ritchie L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	3	0	7	10:25	—	—	43	63
Charlie McAvoy D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.14	0	1	0	25:04	—	—	65	61
Jeremy Lauzon D	D1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.03	2	2	0	22:17	—	—	69	64
Mike Reilly D	D2	0	0	0	-1	5	0.12	2	1	0	22:17	—	—	50	51
Kevan Miller D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	2	1	5	20:58	—	—	50	57
Jarred Tinordi D	D3	0	0	0	0	5	0.09	5	4	0	16:15	—	—	53	85
Connor Clifton D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	1	0	0	16:09	—	—	55	78

BOS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jeremy Swayman(start)	W	23	21	2	.913	1.94	64:54

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 BruinsApr 13, 2021

Fantasy takeaways

Boston Bruins edge Buffalo Sabres 3–2 (SO)

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