Buffalo Sabres vs. Boston BruinsApr 28, 2022

FinalThursday, Apr 28, 2022· TD Garden

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
BUF	0	0	0	0		BUF	12	15	10	37
BOS	0	2	3	5		BOS	6	14	12	32

: BUF 62BOS 43
: BUF 2.58BOS 3.70
PP goals: BUF 0BOS 2
Hits: BUF 21BOS 19
Blocks: BUF 4BOS 17
PIM: BUF 8BOS 8
: BUF 41%BOS 59%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Boston Bruins rout Buffalo Sabres 5–0

Boston Bruins beat Buffalo Sabres 5–0 at home. Patrice Bergeron (BOS) led the scoring with 3G 1A. BOS's first power-play unit (Bergeron, Marchand, Hall, Pastrnak and McAvoy) scored 2 power-play goals on 7 attempts in 4:45 together.

Points
Patrice Bergeron had a hat trick and an assist (4 points) on 4 shots in 15:43.Bergeron
Points
David Pastrnak had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 16:49.Pastrnak
Points
Taylor Hall had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 16:33.Hall
Points
Brad Marchand had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 15:55.Marchand
PP1
BOS's first power-play unit (Bergeron, Marchand, Hall, Pastrnak and McAvoy) scored 2 power-play goals on 7 attempts in 4:45 together.Bergeron Marchand Hall Pastrnak McAvoy
Luck
BUF scored 0 goals on 2.58 expected goals (62 attempts), well short of its chances.
Goalie
Linus Ullmark (BOS) faced 37 shots and stopped 37 (.1000), +9 against a season average of 27.8; the win.Ullmark
New line
New look for BUF: Hayden–Asplund–Cozens skated 5:57 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (85.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Hayden Asplund Cozens

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 43 · BUF 62

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 32% of the game, BOS 33%.

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	34
	2.53	2.49
	2.46	2.28
	11	7
	4	7
	26	29
	−0.092	+0.092
	32%	33%

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

L1Girgensons – Hinostroza – Bjork
9:3238% CF
L2Skinner – Olofsson – Thompson
8:4771% CF
L3Hayden – Asplund – Cozens
5:5786% CF
L4Tuch – Mittelstadt – Krebs
5:2956% CF
D1Samuelsson – Dahlin
13:2452% CF
D2Jokiharju – Power
11:4281% CF
D3Fitzgerald – Bryson
10:5740% CF

PP1Skinner – Tuch – Thompson – Mittelstadt – Dahlin
3:34100% CF
PP2Olofsson – Jokiharju – Krebs – Cozens – Power
2:06100% CF
PK1FGirgensons – Cozens
4:21
PK2FTuch – Thompson
1:48
PK1DSamuelsson – Dahlin
3:55
PK2DJokiharju – Power
3:01

Current BUF line combinations →

Boston Bruins

L1Foligno – Lazar – Nosek
9:5643% CF
L2Smith – Coyle – Frederic
9:2127% CF
L3Haula – Hall – Pastrnak
9:2031% CF
L4Bergeron – Marchand – DeBrusk
8:2555% CF
D1Grzelcyk – Carlo
12:3127% CF
D2Forbort – Clifton
11:3356% CF
D3Lindholm – McAvoy
9:5850% CF

PP1Bergeron – Marchand – Hall – Pastrnak – McAvoy
4:4588% CF
PP2Smith – Haula – Coyle – Lindholm – DeBrusk
3:0080% CF
PK1FLazar – Nosek
2:19
PK2FCoyle – Frederic
1:03
PK1DForbort – McAvoy
2:23
PK2DLindholm – Carlo
1:29

Current BOS line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

6:16
BOSPatrice Bergeronwrist0.20 xG
BUF: Hinostroza, Bjork, Thompson, Fitzgerald, BrysonBOS: Bergeron, Marchand, Lindholm, DeBrusk, McAvoy
BUF 0 – 1 BOS
12:29
BOSPatrice Bergeron (Jake DeBrusk, Brad Marchand)wrist0.15 xG
BUF: Tuch, Mittelstadt, Samuelsson, Dahlin, KrebsBOS: Bergeron, Marchand, Grzelcyk, Clifton, DeBrusk
BUF 0 – 2 BOS

3rd period

2:11
BOSDavid PastrnakPP (Taylor Hall, Brad Marchand)backhand0.12 xG
BUF: Hinostroza, Asplund, Jokiharju, PowerBOS: Bergeron, Marchand, Hall, Pastrnak, McAvoy
BUF 0 – 3 BOS
4:16
BOSTaylor HallPP (David Pastrnak, Patrice Bergeron)wrist0.05 xG
BUF: Girgensons, Jokiharju, Cozens, PowerBOS: Bergeron, Marchand, Hall, Pastrnak, McAvoy
BUF 0 – 4 BOS
17:47
BOSPatrice Bergeron (Charlie McAvoy, Hampus Lindholm)snap0.27 xG
BUF: Skinner, Olofsson, Thompson, Jokiharju, BrysonBOS: Bergeron, Marchand, Lindholm, DeBrusk, McAvoy
BUF 0 – 5 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	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Vinnie Hinostroza C	L1	-1	1	0.15	0	0	0	15:37	—	—	42	34
Zemgus Girgensons C	L1	0	3	0.25	3	0	0	15:32	—	—	53	55
Anders Bjork L	L1	-1	0	0.02	0	0	0	11:31	—	—	37	34
Tage Thompson C	L2	-2	1	0.04	1	0	0	17:59	—	—	59	26
Jeff Skinner L	L2	-1	5	0.31	0	0	2	14:09	—	—	69	46
Victor Olofsson L	L2	-1	2	0.16	0	0	0	13:48	—	—	73	53
Dylan Cozens C	L3	0	2	0.27	0	0	0	18:38	—	—	75	68
Rasmus Asplund C	L3	0	4	0.03	1	0	0	11:31	—	—	75	74
John Hayden C	L3	0	1	0.25	5	0	0	9:56	—	—	69	69
Alex Tuch R	L4	-1	2	0.43	1	0	0	16:17	—	—	67	71
Casey Mittelstadt C	L4	-1	4	0.22	0	0	0	15:47	—	—	65	73
Peyton Krebs C	L4	-1	0	0.00	2	0	2	11:48	—	—	50	48
Rasmus Dahlin D	D1	-1	3	0.13	1	2	0	24:43	—	—	52	58
Mattias Samuelsson D	D1	-1	2	0.08	2	1	0	21:23	—	—	63	59
Owen Power D	D2	0	2	0.13	0	0	0	21:39	—	—	70	71
Henri Jokiharju D	D2	-1	4	0.09	1	1	2	18:45	—	—	78	64
Jacob Bryson D	D3	-2	0	0.00	0	0	0	15:15	—	—	41	22
Casey Fitzgerald D	D3	-1	1	0.01	4	0	2	14:54	—	—	48	23

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Dustin Tokarski(start)	L	32	27	5	.844	3.70	60:00

Boston Bruins

BOS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Curtis Lazar C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.11	4	1	0	13:43	—	—	38	48
Tomas Nosek L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	2	1	2	13:15	—	—	44	36
Nick Foligno L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	0	0	0	12:05	—	—	38	41
Charlie Coyle C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.35	0	0	0	18:29	—	—	21	32
Craig Smith C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.38	1	0	0	14:01	—	—	23	22
Trent Frederic C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.21	0	2	2	12:32	—	—	29	45
David Pastrnak R	L3	1	1	2	0	4	0.45	0	0	0	16:49	—	—	29	22
Taylor Hall L	L3	1	1	2	0	5	0.40	1	0	2	16:33	—	—	29	22
Erik Haula L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.18	2	0	0	15:50	—	—	33	21
Brad Marchand L	L4	0	2	2	+3	1	0.14	1	0	2	15:55	—	—	56	68
Patrice Bergeron C	L4	3	1	4	+3	4	0.99	0	0	0	15:43	—	—	52	70
Jake DeBrusk L	L4	0	1	1	+3	2	0.26	2	0	0	15:13	—	—	54	67
Brandon Carlo D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.01	1	6	0	19:55	—	—	25	22
Matt Grzelcyk D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	0	0	0	17:59	—	—	32	43
Derek Forbort D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.05	1	2	0	17:14	—	—	56	50
Connor Clifton D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	3	0	0	15:57	—	—	55	66
Hampus Lindholm D	D3	0	1	1	+2	1	0.04	1	1	0	20:31	—	—	41	58
Charlie McAvoy D	D3	0	1	1	+2	1	0.03	0	4	0	20:22	—	—	45	65

BOS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Linus Ullmark(start)	W	37	37	0	.1000	2.58	59:54

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.