Buffalo Sabres vs. Boston BruinsJan 1, 2022

Final / OTSaturday, Jan 1, 2022· TD Garden

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
BUF	1	2	0	0	3		BUF	3	9	9	1	22
BOS	0	1	2	1	4		BOS	13	13	14	1	41

: BUF 46BOS 67
: BUF 1.96BOS 3.86
PP goals: BUF 1BOS 0
Hits: BUF 15BOS 14
Blocks: BUF 10BOS 10
PIM: BUF 8BOS 8
: 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 4–3 (OT)

Boston Bruins beat Buffalo Sabres 4–3 in overtime at home. Charlie McAvoy (BOS) led the scoring with 0G 3A. New look for BOS: Bergeron–Marchand–Smith skated 12:16 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (68.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Charlie McAvoy had 3 assists (3 points) on 4 shots in 23:59.McAvoy
Points
Alex Tuch had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 18:20.Tuch
Points
Brad Marchand had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 20:12.Marchand
Points
Tage Thompson had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 19:09.Thompson
New line
New look for BOS: Bergeron–Marchand–Smith skated 12:16 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (68.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Bergeron Marchand Smith
New line
New look for BUF: Skinner–Tuch–Thompson skated 10:44 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (35% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Skinner Tuch Thompson
Goalie
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen (BUF) faced 41 shots and stopped 37 (.902), +10 against a season average of 30.8; the overtime loss.Luukkonen
New line
New look for BOS: Haula–Hall–Pastrnak skated 9:07 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (53.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Haula Hall Pastrnak

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 67 · BUF 46

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 26% of the game, BOS 57%.

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
	38	60
	1.22	3.20
	1.16	3.11
	2	11
	5	5
	6	13
	+0.033	−0.033
	26%	57%

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

L1Skinner – Tuch – Thompson
10:4435% CF
L2Eakin – Hinostroza – Murray
8:4822% CF
L3Okposo – Olofsson – Krebs
8:4345% CF
L4Hayden – Bjork – Asplund
5:2543% CF
D1Jokiharju – Dahlin
16:4229% CF
D2Butcher – Fitzgerald
12:0741% CF
D3Pysyk – Prow
7:3953% CF

PP1Skinner – Tuch – Thompson – Dahlin – Krebs
3:52
PP2Okposo – Butcher – Olofsson – Asplund – Murray
1:04100% CF
PK1FOkposo – Eakin
3:32
PK2FHayden – Asplund
2:56
PK1DPysyk – Jokiharju
4:32
PK2DProw – Dahlin
2:56

Current BUF line combinations →

Boston Bruins

L1Bergeron – Marchand – Smith
12:1668% CF
L2Haula – Hall – Pastrnak
9:0753% CF
L3Foligno – Coyle – DeBrusk
7:1167% CF
L4Lazar – Nosek – Frederic
6:3070% CF
D1Grzelcyk – McAvoy
13:3470% CF
D2Reilly – Carlo
13:2567% CF
D3Forbort – Clifton
12:0862% CF

PP1Bergeron – Marchand – Foligno – Pastrnak – McAvoy
4:2283% CF
PP2Smith – Coyle – Hall – Grzelcyk – DeBrusk
2:06100% CF
PK1FLazar – Nosek
1:48
PK2FHaula – Coyle
1:10
PK1DForbort – Carlo
2:10
PK2DReilly – McAvoy
0:46

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
Tage Thompson C	L1	0	2	2	0	3	0.11	0	1	0	19:09	—	—	38	30
Jeff Skinner L	L1	1	0	1	0	5	0.53	0	1	2	18:26	—	—	38	34
Alex Tuch R	L1	1	1	2	+1	1	0.18	1	1	4	18:20	—	—	33	29
Cody Eakin C	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.00	0	0	0	15:14	—	—	33	14
Brett Murray L	L2	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	5	0	0	14:32	—	—	33	35
Vinnie Hinostroza C	L2	1	0	1	+1	3	0.07	0	0	0	13:16	—	—	29	24
Peyton Krebs C	L3	0	1	1	-2	0	0.10	0	0	0	16:14	—	—	44	34
Kyle Okposo R	L3	0	0	0	-2	3	0.14	0	0	0	15:58	—	—	54	36
Victor Olofsson L	L3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.46	0	0	0	14:47	—	—	42	21
Rasmus Asplund C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.10	0	0	0	13:51	—	—	36	16
John Hayden C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	0	2	0	11:14	—	—	36	11
Anders Bjork L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	2	7:55	—	—	50	13
Rasmus Dahlin D	D1	0	1	1	-1	1	0.07	3	2	0	26:37	—	—	28	9
Henri Jokiharju D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	24:24	—	—	25	12
Will Butcher D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.05	2	1	0	17:54	—	—	38	36
Casey Fitzgerald D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	3	1	0	16:01	—	—	44	33
Mark Pysyk D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.12	0	1	0	17:59	—	—	47	38
Ethan Prow D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	11:52	—	—	52	42

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen(start)	O	41	37	4	.902	3.86	60:34

Boston Bruins

BOS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Brad Marchand L	L1	0	2	2	+1	4	0.13	1	0	0	20:12	—	—	70	62
Patrice Bergeron C	L1	0	0	0	0	4	0.28	0	0	0	19:36	—	—	68	58
Craig Smith C	L1	1	0	1	0	3	0.53	1	0	4	17:50	—	—	62	60
David Pastrnak R	L2	0	0	0	+1	3	0.33	0	0	0	19:15	—	—	58	69
Taylor Hall L	L2	1	0	1	+1	5	0.29	0	1	0	16:16	—	—	55	70
Erik Haula L	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.15	0	0	2	13:32	—	—	55	74
Charlie Coyle C	L3	1	0	1	+1	1	0.14	1	2	0	16:07	—	—	57	91
Jake DeBrusk L	L3	0	1	1	0	3	0.41	1	0	0	12:09	—	—	58	89
Nick Foligno L	L3	1	0	1	0	3	0.54	0	0	0	11:48	—	—	67	93
Tomas Nosek L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.17	0	0	2	13:21	—	—	67	74
Curtis Lazar C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.34	4	0	0	12:44	—	—	58	75
Trent Frederic C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	0	0	0	9:08	—	—	62	83
Charlie McAvoy D	D1	0	3	3	+1	4	0.27	1	2	0	23:59	—	—	67	67
Matt Grzelcyk D	D1	0	1	1	-1	1	0.01	0	1	0	18:35	—	—	60	67
Brandon Carlo D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	3	0	0	17:52	—	—	62	78
Mike Reilly D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.01	1	1	0	17:44	—	—	67	78
Derek Forbort D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.06	0	1	0	19:14	—	—	54	73
Connor Clifton D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.14	1	2	0	15:34	—	—	54	72

BOS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Linus Ullmark(start)	W	22	19	3	.864	1.96	60:34

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 BruinsJan 1, 2022

Fantasy takeaways

Boston Bruins edge Buffalo Sabres 4–3 (OT)

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

OT period

Box score

Buffalo Sabres

Boston Bruins