Buffalo Sabres vs. Boston BruinsDec 21, 2024

FinalSaturday, Dec 21, 2024· TD Garden

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
BUF	0	1	0	1		BUF	8	9	3	20
BOS	1	0	2	3		BOS	6	5	8	19

: BUF 55BOS 53
: BUF 1.70BOS 2.26
PP goals: BUF 1BOS 1
Hits: BUF 22BOS 28
Blocks: BUF 20BOS 15
PIM: BUF 6BOS 6
: BUF 40%BOS 60%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Boston Bruins beat Buffalo Sabres 3–1

Boston Bruins beat Buffalo Sabres 3–1 at home. David Pastrnak (BOS) led the scoring with 0G 2A. BUF's first power-play unit (Zucker, Tuch, Thompson, Byram and Peterka) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 4:12 together.

Points
David Pastrnak had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 19:51.Pastrnak
PP1
BUF's first power-play unit (Zucker, Tuch, Thompson, Byram and Peterka) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 4:12 together.Zucker Tuch Thompson Byram Peterka
New line
New look for BUF: Krebs–Cozens–Peterka skated 9:54 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (56.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Krebs Cozens Peterka
New line
New look for BUF: Lafferty–Kulich–Benson skated 9:50 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (55.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Lafferty Kulich Benson
New line
New look for BOS: Frederic–Brazeau–Wahlstrom skated 8:14 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (30% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Frederic Brazeau Wahlstrom
New line
New look for BUF: Aube-Kubel–Malenstyn–McLeod skated 8:48 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (53.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Aube-Kubel Malenstyn McLeod
Usage
Mason Lohrei (BOS) played 16:12, −3:23 down on his 19:35 season average over 76 games.Lohrei
Usage
Henri Jokiharju (BUF) played 13:19, −4:35 down on his 17:54 season average over 59 games.Jokiharju

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 108 of 108 attempts · BOS 53 · BUF 55

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 28% of the game, BOS 37%.

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
	53	48
	1.30	1.34
	1.27	1.23
	8	6
	1	1
	25	32
	−0.057	+0.057
	28%	37%

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

L1Krebs – Cozens – Peterka
9:5456% CF
L2Lafferty – Kulich – Benson
9:5056% CF
L3Zucker – Tuch – Thompson
9:1967% CF
L4Aube-Kubel – Malenstyn – McLeod
8:4853% CF
D1Samuelsson – Power
15:5360% CF
D2Clifton – Bryson
11:2653% CF
D3Jokiharju – Byram
10:3931% CF

PP1Zucker – Tuch – Thompson – Byram – Peterka
4:12100% CF
PP2Krebs – Cozens – Power – Kulich – Benson
0:37100% CF
PK1FTuch – McLeod
2:03
PK2FLafferty – Malenstyn
1:15
PK1DClifton – Samuelsson
3:43
PK2DByram – Power
1:26

Current BUF line combinations →

Boston Bruins

L1Pastrnak – Zacha – Geekie
11:0464% CF
L2Marchand – Coyle – Lindholm
9:0956% CF
L3Kastelic – Koepke – Beecher
8:3120% CF
L4Frederic – Brazeau – Wahlstrom
8:1430% CF
D1Oesterle – Carlo
13:4036% CF
D2Peeke – Lohrei
12:0544% CF
D3Zadorov – McAvoy
11:1838% CF

PP1Marchand – Lindholm – Pastrnak – Zacha – McAvoy
3:5580% CF
PP2Coyle – Brazeau – Geekie – Wahlstrom – Lohrei
1:08100% CF
PK1FLindholm – Zacha
1:01
PK2FMarchand – Frederic
0:57
PK1DMcAvoy – Peeke
2:30
PK2DZadorov – Carlo
2:20

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
JJ Peterka R	L1	1	0	1	-1	4	0.32	0	0	0	17:39	—	—	57	65
Dylan Cozens C	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.06	3	0	0	14:34	—	—	43	18
Peyton Krebs C	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.14	3	0	0	13:47	—	—	43	17
Zach Benson L	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.16	0	1	0	14:22	—	—	50	27
Sam Lafferty C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	3	0	2	13:32	—	—	48	51
Jiri Kulich C	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.06	0	1	0	12:24	—	—	50	20
Alex Tuch R	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.16	0	2	0	19:10	—	—	63	69
Jason Zucker L	L3	0	1	1	-1	1	0.06	2	0	0	18:09	—	—	64	93
Tage Thompson C	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.15	1	2	0	17:27	—	—	65	79
Ryan McLeod C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	0	0	0	14:06	—	—	46	73
Beck Malenstyn L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.24	4	3	2	13:45	—	—	45	72
Nicolas Aube-Kubel R	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.15	2	0	0	11:31	—	—	55	97
Owen Power D	D1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.05	0	2	2	24:15	—	—	53	41
Mattias Samuelsson D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	1	2	0	22:31	—	—	58	72
Connor Clifton D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.04	2	4	0	17:35	—	—	53	61
Jacob Bryson D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.05	0	1	0	13:56	—	—	57	79
Bowen Byram D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.05	1	2	0	22:58	—	—	48	73
Henri Jokiharju D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	13:19	—	—	40	39

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
James Reimer(start)	L	18	16	2	.889	1.61	59:00

Boston Bruins

BOS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
David Pastrnak R	L1	0	2	2	+1	3	0.09	0	0	0	19:51	—	—	65	27
Pavel Zacha C	L1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.05	1	0	0	19:45	—	—	65	77
Morgan Geekie C	L1	1	0	1	0	2	0.20	4	0	0	16:35	—	—	68	53
Brad Marchand L	L2	1	0	1	+1	1	0.73	3	0	0	18:43	—	—	58	37
Elias Lindholm C	L2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.17	1	1	2	17:15	—	—	58	37
Charlie Coyle C	L2	1	0	1	+1	3	0.73	1	1	2	16:48	—	—	63	80
John Beecher C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.07	3	3	0	12:32	—	—	29	18
Mark Kastelic C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	3	1	0	12:03	—	—	30	17
Cole Koepke L	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	3	0	0	11:34	—	—	40	73
Trent Frederic C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	1	0	13:02	—	—	33	22
Justin Brazeau R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	1	0	0	12:26	—	—	38	27
Oliver Wahlstrom R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	2	9:48	—	—	32	16
Brandon Carlo D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	1	0	0	20:43	—	—	47	74
Jordan Oesterle D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	0	2	0	18:29	—	—	42	27
Andrew Peeke D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	1	2	0	16:28	—	—	47	37
Mason Lohrei D	D2	0	1	1	0	1	0.05	0	1	0	16:12	—	—	49	30
Charlie McAvoy D	D3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	2	0	24:40	—	—	52	10
Nikita Zadorov D	D3	0	1	1	+2	0	0.01	3	0	0	17:51	—	—	50	70

BOS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Joonas Korpisalo(start)	W	20	19	1	.950	1.70	60:00

Goal anatomy

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

Charlie Coyle (BOS) 1st 8:15 · assists Nikita Zadorov · Point shot · 12.6 mph shot.

Charlie Coyle · 1st 8:15 · BOS

Play: point-shot
Passes: 1
Shot: 12.6 mph
Distance: 69 ft

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JJ Peterka · 2nd 18:23 · BUF PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Entry: pass
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 1
Shot: 30.1 mph
Distance: 34 ft
Entry to goal: 8.3 s

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Morgan Geekie · 3rd 18:15 · BOS PP

Play: rush
Entry: pass
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 86.2 mph
Distance: 36 ft
Entry to goal: 3.3 s
Type: one-timer

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Brad Marchand · 3rd 19:08 · BOS EN

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 70.6 mph
Distance: 31 ft
Entry to goal: 2.2 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.

Buffalo Sabres vs. Boston BruinsDec 21, 2024

Fantasy takeaways

Boston Bruins beat Buffalo Sabres 3–1

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

Goal anatomy

Charlie Coyle · 1st 8:15 · BOS

JJ Peterka · 2nd 18:23 · BUF PP

Morgan Geekie · 3rd 18:15 · BOS PP

Brad Marchand · 3rd 19:08 · BOS EN