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Buffalo Sabres vs. Boston BruinsMay 1, 2021

Final· TD Garden
away
BUF
2
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BOS
6
Goals123TShots123T
BUF1012BUF47819
BOS2136BOS17121443
BUF 34BOS 61
BUF 1.76BOS 4.46
PP goals
BUF 0BOS 1
Hits
BUF 25BOS 31
Blocks
BUF 7BOS 8
PIM
BUF 10BOS 6
BUF 53%BOS 47%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Boston Bruins rout Buffalo Sabres 6–2

Boston Bruins beat Buffalo Sabres 6–2 at home. Craig Smith (BOS) led the scoring with 3G 0A. New look for BOS: Lazar–DeBrusk–Kuhlman skated 11:24 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

  1. Points
    Craig Smith had a hat trick (3 points) on 5 shots in 12:15.Smith
  2. Points
    David Krejci had 3 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 14:40.Krejci
  3. Points
    Nick Ritchie had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 17:03.Ritchie
  4. Points
    Casey Mittelstadt had 2 assists (2 points) in 15:27.Mittelstadt
  5. Points
    Taylor Hall had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 13:08.Hall
  6. New line
    New look for BOS: Lazar–DeBrusk–Kuhlman skated 11:24 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.LazarDeBruskKuhlman
  7. Usage
    Jacob Bryson (BUF) played 24:03, +5:08 up on his 18:55 season average over 37 games.Bryson
  8. Usage
    Taylor Hall (BOS) played 13:08, −4:49 down on his 17:57 season average over 52 games.Hall

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.

Shot map, BUF at BOS: 95 attempts, 62 on goal, 8 goals, 6.22 expected goals; best chance Arttu Ruotsalainen at 0.32 xG.

Strength
Period
Team
← BUF attacks left (bottom on phones)BOS attacks right (top on phones) →
  • BOS
  • BUF
  • Goal
  • Shot on goal
  • Missed
  • Blocked

Showing 95 of 95 attempts · BOS 61 · BUF 34

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

Game flow, BUF at BOS: expected goals 4.46 to 1.76 (BOS led the chances), shot attempts 61 to 34, 8 goals.

0.01.02.03.04.05.01st2nd3rdBOSBUFSSKBRSRSnet xGcumulative expected goals · 60:00
  • BOS
  • BUF
  • Goal
  • Power play (shaded)
Pressure Index
BOSBUFcontrol2nd3rdSmith · 1st 1:21Sheahan · 1st 12:35Kuraly · 1st 16:38Bergeron · 2nd 5:36Ritchie · 3rd 3:18Smith · 3rd 5:31Ruotsalainen · 3rd 7:02Smith · 3rd 14:05
  • 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 9% of the game, BOS 58%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

Shift chart, BUF at BOS: 39 players over 60:00; most ice Jeremy Swayman (60:00) for BOS and Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen (40:00) for BUF, 8 goals.

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
StatBUFBOS
3459
1.623.93
1.553.72
512
12
1820
+0.045−0.045
9%58%

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

Current BUF line combinations →

Boston Bruins

Current BOS line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

  1. 1:21
    BOSCraig Smith (David Krejci, Taylor Hall)tip-in0.06 xG
    BUF: Olofsson, Borgen, Asplund, Mittelstadt, BrysonBOS: Krejci, Smith, Hall, Miller, Grzelcyk
    BUF 0 – 1 BOS
  2. 12:35
    BUFRiley SheahanSH (Jacob Bryson, Casey Mittelstadt)wrist0.19 xG
    BUF: Sheahan, Ristolainen, Mittelstadt, BrysonBOS: Bergeron, Marchand, Grzelcyk, Ritchie, Pastrnak
    BUF 1 – 1 BOS
  3. 16:38
    BOSSean Kuraly (Nick Ritchie)wrist0.22 xG
    BUF: Skinner, Ristolainen, Reinhart, Olofsson, SamuelssonBOS: Coyle, Kuraly, Reilly, Clifton, Ritchie
    BUF 1 – 2 BOS

2nd period

  1. 5:36
    BOSPatrice Bergeron (Jeremy Lauzon, Brad Marchand)deflected0.31 xG
    BUF: Skinner, Reinhart, Olofsson, Borgen, BrysonBOS: Bergeron, Marchand, Pastrnak, Lauzon, McAvoy
    BUF 1 – 3 BOS

3rd period

  1. 3:18
    BOSNick Ritchie (Matt Grzelcyk, Kevan Miller)tip-in0.07 xG
    BUF: Ristolainen, Bjork, Caggiula, Samuelsson, CozensBOS: Coyle, Miller, Kuraly, Grzelcyk, Ritchie
    BUF 1 – 4 BOS
  2. 5:31
    BOSCraig Smith (Mike Reilly, David Krejci)wrist0.18 xG
    BUF: Bjork, Caggiula, Jokiharju, Samuelsson, CozensBOS: Krejci, Smith, Hall, Reilly, Clifton
    BUF 1 – 5 BOS
  3. 7:02
    BUFArttu Ruotsalainen (Rasmus Asplund, Casey Mittelstadt)wrist0.32 xG
    BUF: Asplund, Mittelstadt, Jokiharju, Dahlin, RuotsalainenBOS: Coyle, Kuraly, Ritchie, Lauzon, McAvoy
    BUF 2 – 5 BOS
  4. 14:05
    BOSCraig SmithPP (David Krejci, Taylor Hall)tip-in0.06 xG
    BUF: Sheahan, Rieder, Ristolainen, SamuelssonBOS: Krejci, Smith, Coyle, Hall, McAvoy
    BUF 2 – 6 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
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Casey Mittelstadt CL1022+100.0010015:27——4144
Arttu Ruotsalainen CL1101+120.4810015:03——4845
Rasmus Asplund CL1011010.1320013:44——4347
Anders Bjork LL2000-220.0920020:27——2421
Dylan Cozens CL2000-220.1700217:32——3322
Drake Caggiula LL2000-200.0030014:20——3018
Sam Reinhart CL3000-220.1401019:40——152
Victor Olofsson LL3000-300.0010014:49——304
Jeff Skinner LL3000-220.0300014:41——4714
Riley Sheahan CL4101+110.1910211:54——7896
Tage Thompson CL4000020.0910011:03——6074
Tobias Rieder LL4000000.170007:46——5080
Rasmus Dahlin DD1000+120.1210222:58——4448
Henri Jokiharju DD1000010.0312020:50——4551
Jacob Bryson DD2011-120.0720024:03——3212
Will Borgen DD2000-200.0042216:07——236
Rasmus Ristolainen DD3000-100.0632017:59——4324
Mattias Samuelsson DD3000-300.0020215:11——212
BUF goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen(start)L29263.8973.0040:00
Dustin Tokarski—14113.7861.4620:00

Boston Bruins

BOS skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Charlie Coyle CL1000+110.0000017:36——4849
Nick Ritchie LL1112020.2132017:03——4447
Sean Kuraly CL1101+150.7550215:47——4345
Jake DeBrusk LL2000010.0800016:53——6573
Karson Kuhlman CL2000060.5210014:49——6270
Curtis Lazar CL2000020.1210014:48——6070
Patrice Bergeron CL3101020.6910015:33——7796
David Pastrnak RL3000040.2730215:17——6887
Brad Marchand LL3011020.3120214:54——7187
David Krejci CL4033+210.0800014:40——92100
Taylor Hall LL4022+210.1800013:08——93100
Craig Smith CL4303+250.7420012:15——100100
Charlie McAvoy DD1000030.2100021:16——7474
Jeremy Lauzon DD1011020.0734019:16——7272
Mike Reilly DD2011+200.0320019:35——6791
Connor Clifton DD2000+220.0621017:02——7084
Kevan Miller DD3011+210.0251018:07——5057
Matt Grzelcyk DD3011+130.1210017:52——4848
BOS goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Jeremy Swayman(start)W19172.8951.7660:00