Buffalo Sabres vs. Boston BruinsDec 7, 2023

FinalThursday, Dec 7, 2023· TD Garden

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
BUF	0	2	1	3		BUF	19	9	7	35
BOS	0	1	0	1		BOS	5	12	15	32

: BUF 53BOS 68
: BUF 2.46BOS 2.97
PP goals: BUF 0BOS 0
Hits: BUF 33BOS 34
Blocks: BUF 20BOS 11
PIM: BUF 2BOS 4
: BUF 50%BOS 50%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Buffalo Sabres beat Boston Bruins 3–1

Buffalo Sabres beat Boston Bruins 3–1 at BOS. JJ Peterka (BUF) led the scoring with 1G 0A. Charlie McAvoy (BOS) played 15:53, −9:05 down on his 24:58 season average over 73 games.

Usage
Charlie McAvoy (BOS) played 15:53, −9:05 down on his 24:58 season average over 73 games.McAvoy
Luck
BOS scored 1 goal on 2.97 expected goals (68 attempts), well short of its chances.
Goalie
Linus Ullmark (BOS) faced 35 shots and stopped 32 (.914), +5 against a season average of 30.2; the loss.Ullmark
New line
New look for BOS: Steen–Lauko–Beecher skated 6:59 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (30% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Steen Lauko Beecher
New line
New look for BUF: Okposo–Robinson–Krebs skated 9:29 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (64.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Okposo Robinson Krebs
Usage
Kevin Shattenkirk (BOS) played 22:01, +6:20 up on his 15:41 season average over 60 games.Shattenkirk
Usage
Mattias Samuelsson (BUF) played 25:57, +5:35 up on his 20:22 season average over 40 games.Samuelsson
Usage
Owen Power (BUF) played 28:27, +5:36 up on his 22:51 season average over 75 games.Power

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 121 of 121 attempts · BOS 68 · BUF 53

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 24%.

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
	59	50
	2.34	2.21
	2.17	2.06
	7	10
	11	1
	22	13
	+0.000	+0.000
	32%	24%

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 – Thompson – Mittelstadt
12:1950% CF
L2Cozens – Peterka – Benson
10:2367% CF
L3Okposo – Robinson – Krebs
9:2965% CF
L4Olofsson – Jost – Rosen
7:3640% CF
D1Samuelsson – Power
17:2347% CF
D2Jokiharju – Johnson
10:2259% CF
D3Johnson – Clifton
9:1463% CF

PP1Skinner – Thompson – Mittelstadt – Cozens – Power
3:1160% CF
PP2Okposo – Olofsson – Jokiharju – Peterka – Benson
1:38100% CF
PK1FJost – Robinson
1:04
PK1DJohnson – Samuelsson
1:04

Current BUF line combinations →

Boston Bruins

L1Marchand – Coyle – Heinen
8:2043% CF
L2van Riemsdyk – Frederic – Geekie
8:0850% CF
L3Pastrnak – Zacha – DeBrusk
7:2050% CF
L4Steen – Lauko – Beecher
6:5930% CF
D1Shattenkirk – Lohrei
12:0732% CF
D2Lindholm – Carlo
11:1654% CF
D3Grzelcyk – McAvoy
10:2343% CF

PP1Marchand – van Riemsdyk – Pastrnak – Zacha – McAvoy
0:52100% CF
PK1FCoyle – Beecher
1:01
PK2FHeinen – DeBrusk
0:44
PK1DLindholm – Carlo
2:52
PK2DGrzelcyk – McAvoy
1:04

Current BOS line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

1:18
BUFJJ Peterka (Dylan Cozens)wrist0.07 xG
BUF: Jokiharju, Cozens, Johnson, Peterka, BensonBOS: Grzelcyk, Pastrnak, Zacha, DeBrusk, McAvoy
BUF 1 – 0 BOS
16:57
BUFTage Thompson (Connor Clifton)snap0.13 xG
BUF: Johnson, Skinner, Clifton, Thompson, MittelstadtBOS: van Riemsdyk, Lindholm, Carlo, Frederic, Geekie
BUF 2 – 0 BOS
17:35
BOSBrad Marchand (Hampus Lindholm)wrist0.02 xG
BUF: Johnson, Skinner, Clifton, Thompson, MittelstadtBOS: Marchand, Coyle, Lindholm, Heinen, Carlo
BUF 2 – 1 BOS

3rd period

11:16
BUFVictor Olofssonwrist0.07 xG
BUF: Clifton, Olofsson, Jost, Robinson, SamuelssonBOS: Shattenkirk, van Riemsdyk, Frederic, Geekie, Lohrei
BUF 3 – 1 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	0	0.00	0	0	0	21:29	—	—	46	46
Tage Thompson C	L1	1	0	1	0	2	0.16	5	0	2	19:51	—	—	44	48
Jeff Skinner L	L1	0	0	0	0	5	0.77	0	0	0	19:04	—	—	50	50
Dylan Cozens C	L2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.02	3	1	0	17:22	—	—	58	61
JJ Peterka R	L2	1	0	1	+1	6	0.33	1	1	0	15:42	—	—	68	61
Zach Benson L	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.23	2	0	0	14:26	—	—	64	65
Peyton Krebs C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	2	1	0	14:04	—	—	63	64
Kyle Okposo R	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	1	1	0	13:57	—	—	68	77
Eric Robinson L	L3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.22	2	2	0	13:33	—	—	64	62
Victor Olofsson L	L4	1	0	1	+1	3	0.25	1	1	0	12:26	—	—	40	28
Tyson Jost C	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.02	3	0	0	11:30	—	—	50	41
Isak Rosen R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	9:40	—	—	36	26
Owen Power D	D1	0	0	0	0	5	0.15	1	2	0	28:27	—	—	47	46
Mattias Samuelsson D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.13	7	9	0	25:57	—	—	46	43
Henri Jokiharju D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	2	1	0	17:46	—	—	50	28
Ryan Johnson D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.07	0	0	0	14:02	—	—	70	64
Connor Clifton D	D3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.00	3	1	0	15:29	—	—	53	52
Erik Johnson D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	0	0	13:15	—	—	64	76

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Devon Levi(start)	W	32	31	1	.969	2.97	60:00

Boston Bruins

BOS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Charlie Coyle C	L1	0	0	0	+1	3	0.22	1	0	0	20:03	—	—	42	39
Brad Marchand L	L1	1	0	1	+1	4	0.38	2	0	4	19:48	—	—	46	52
Danton Heinen L	L1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.09	1	0	0	13:35	—	—	35	35
Morgan Geekie C	L2	0	0	0	-2	3	0.30	0	0	0	14:28	—	—	52	66
James van Riemsdyk L	L2	0	0	0	-2	3	0.26	0	0	0	12:56	—	—	59	67
Trent Frederic C	L2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.21	6	1	0	12:55	—	—	33	56
David Pastrnak R	L3	0	0	0	-1	9	0.55	1	0	0	20:04	—	—	61	51
Pavel Zacha C	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.31	2	0	0	17:55	—	—	50	42
Jake DeBrusk L	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.15	2	0	0	14:05	—	—	53	39
John Beecher C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	8	2	0	12:26	—	—	29	35
Jakub Lauko C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	1	0	10:55	—	—	25	37
Oskar Steen C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.11	5	1	0	8:59	—	—	43	68
Kevin Shattenkirk D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	0	2	0	22:01	—	—	52	68
Mason Lohrei D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	16:53	—	—	33	52
Hampus Lindholm D	D2	0	1	1	0	4	0.25	1	0	0	26:02	—	—	64	66
Brandon Carlo D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	18:59	—	—	44	28
Matt Grzelcyk D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	1	1	0	19:29	—	—	39	30
Charlie McAvoy D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.08	0	1	0	15:53	—	—	44	48

BOS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Linus Ullmark(start)	L	35	32	3	.914	2.46	56:34

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Brad Marchand (BOS) 2nd 17:35 · assists Hampus Lindholm · Cycle · 24.6 mph shot.

Brad Marchand · 2nd 17:35 · BOS

Play: cycle
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 24.6 mph
Distance: 31 ft

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Tage Thompson · 2nd 16:57 · BUF

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 53.8 mph
Distance: 30 ft
Type: one-timer

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Victor Olofsson · 3rd 11:16 · BUF

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 66.4 mph
Distance: 26 ft
Entry to goal: 2.0 s

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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.