Buffalo Sabres vs. Vancouver CanucksJan 25, 2018

FinalThursday, Jan 25, 2018· Rogers Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
BUF	1	1	2	4		BUF	12	8	6	26
VAN	0	0	0	0		VAN	9	9	12	30

: BUF 45VAN 54
: BUF 1.59VAN 1.66
PP goals: BUF 1VAN 0
Hits: BUF 17VAN 15
Blocks: BUF 15VAN 9
PIM: BUF 6VAN 6
: BUF 59%VAN 41%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Buffalo Sabres rout Vancouver Canucks 4–0

Buffalo Sabres beat Vancouver Canucks 4–0 at VAN. Johan Larsson (BUF) led the scoring with 1G 0A. BUF scored 4 goals on 1.59 expected goals (45 attempts), finishing well above its chances.

Luck
BUF scored 4 goals on 1.59 expected goals (45 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
New line
New look for BUF: Pouliot–Baptiste–Rodrigues skated 6:32 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (18.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Pouliot Baptiste Rodrigues
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Casey Nelson (BUF) played 12:23, −6:34 down on his 18:57 season average over 36 games.Nelson
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Evan Rodrigues (BUF) played 10:07, −3:54 down on his 14:01 season average over 47 games.Rodrigues
Luck
VAN scored 0 goals on 1.66 expected goals (54 attempts), well short of its chances.
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Benoit Pouliot (BUF) played 10:06, −3:38 down on his 13:44 season average over 73 games.Pouliot
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Scott Wilson (BUF) played 15:21, +3:11 up on his 12:10 season average over 68 games.Wilson
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Sam Gagner (VAN) played 11:14, −3:56 down on his 15:10 season average over 73 games.Gagner

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)VAN attacks right (top on phones) →

VAN
BUF
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 99 of 99 attempts · VAN 54 · BUF 45

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

VAN
BUF
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

VAN 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 34% of the game, VAN 27%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

VAN

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	VAN
	46	48
	1.17	1.05
	1.16	1.03
	4	8
	2	2
	11	2
	+0.055	−0.055
	34%	27%

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

L1Okposo – Girgensons – Eichel
11:0844% CF
L2O'Reilly – Wilson – Reinhart
11:0765% CF
L3Pominville – Kane – Larsson
10:3159% CF
L4Pouliot – Baptiste – Rodrigues
6:3218% CF
D1Scandella – Ristolainen
17:5446% CF
D2McCabe – Antipin
15:1655% CF
D3Falk – Nelson
11:1133% CF

PP1Okposo – O'Reilly – Ristolainen – Reinhart – Eichel
2:3650% CF
PP2Pominville – Scandella – Kane – McCabe – Rodrigues
1:38100% CF
PK1FWilson – Girgensons
1:41
PK2FKane – Larsson
0:32
PK1DFalk – McCabe
1:29
PK2DScandella – Ristolainen
1:18

Current BUF line combinations →

Vancouver Canucks

L1Baertschi – Horvat – Boeser
4:3075% CF
L2Eriksson – Sutter – Granlund
2:54100% CF
L3Sedin – Sedin – Virtanen
2:4850% CF
L4Vanek – Gagner – Dowd
0:00
D1Edler – Stecher
15:4043% CF
D2Biega – Hutton
10:0367% CF
D3Del Zotto – Tanev
8:3157% CF

PP1Vanek – Eriksson – Gagner – Del Zotto – Baertschi
1:50100% CF
PP2Sedin – Sedin – Edler – Horvat – Boeser
0:59100% CF
PK1FSutter – Granlund
2:27
PK2FEriksson – Dowd
1:19
PK1DEdler – Tanev
1:58
PK2DDel Zotto – Stecher
1:25

Current VAN 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
Kyle Okposo R	L1	1	0	1	0	1	0.17	1	1	0	17:57	—	—	47	37
Jack Eichel C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.05	0	0	0	16:43	—	—	41	28
Zemgus Girgensons C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	2	15:46	—	—	47	33
Ryan O'Reilly C	L2	0	0	0	+1	5	0.13	0	1	0	17:45	—	—	61	72
Sam Reinhart C	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.16	1	2	0	16:31	—	—	63	69
Scott Wilson C	L2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.11	2	1	0	15:21	—	—	64	71
Evander Kane L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.41	1	0	2	17:42	—	—	59	76
Johan Larsson L	L3	1	0	1	+1	4	0.39	0	1	0	15:34	—	—	55	63
Jason Pominville R	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.05	1	0	0	13:53	—	—	52	59
Evan Rodrigues C	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.00	0	2	0	10:07	—	—	31	38
Benoit Pouliot L	L4	0	1	1	+2	0	0.00	0	1	0	10:06	—	—	21	26
Nick Baptiste R	L4	1	0	1	+1	1	0.05	1	1	0	9:18	—	—	13	22
Rasmus Ristolainen D	D1	0	1	1	+2	0	0.00	1	1	0	26:12	—	—	48	64
Marco Scandella D	D1	0	1	1	+2	2	0.03	3	1	0	24:21	—	—	44	73
Jake McCabe D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.03	1	0	0	22:15	—	—	56	52
Victor Antipin D	D2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	2	2	18:09	—	—	56	54
Justin Falk D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	14:31	—	—	38	27
Casey Nelson D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	12:23	—	—	39	33

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Robin Lehner(start)	W	30	30	0	.1000	1.66	59:26

Vancouver Canucks

VAN skaters
Skater	Line	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Bo Horvat C	L1	-2	2	0.10	1	0	0	20:40	—	—	57	45
Brock Boeser R	L1	-1	4	0.30	0	0	0	19:28	—	—	70	62
Sven Baertschi L	L1	0	1	0.18	0	1	0	15:43	—	—	59	60
Brandon Sutter C	L2	0	2	0.03	2	0	0	15:48	—	—	33	33
Markus Granlund C	L2	0	2	0.13	0	1	0	15:40	—	—	41	45
Loui Eriksson L	L2	-1	2	0.15	0	1	0	15:13	—	—	44	48
Daniel Sedin L	L3	-2	2	0.26	0	0	0	17:12	—	—	59	76
Henrik Sedin C	L3	-2	1	0.00	0	0	0	16:13	—	—	61	77
Jake Virtanen R	L3	-1	0	0.00	2	0	0	9:13	—	—	36	7
Thomas Vanek L	L4	-2	1	0.13	0	0	2	14:19	—	—	41	31
Sam Gagner C	L4	0	2	0.05	3	0	0	11:14	—	—	55	24
Nic Dowd C	L4	0	0	0.00	0	2	0	8:30	—	—	11	0
Alexander Edler D	D1	-2	0	0.08	0	2	2	23:21	—	—	44	48
Troy Stecher D	D1	-1	0	0.00	2	0	0	20:34	—	—	46	55
Alex Biega D	D2	0	5	0.13	2	1	2	18:13	—	—	59	51
Ben Hutton D	D2	-1	2	0.06	0	0	0	14:50	—	—	57	25
Michael Del Zotto D	D3	0	2	0.04	3	1	0	21:23	—	—	56	64
Chris Tanev D	D3	-1	2	0.01	0	0	0	16:58	—	—	44	29

VAN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jacob Markstrom(start)	L	25	22	3	.880	1.34	58:35

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. Vancouver CanucksJan 25, 2018

Fantasy takeaways

Buffalo Sabres rout Vancouver Canucks 4–0

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

Buffalo Sabres

Vancouver Canucks

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Buffalo Sabres

Vancouver Canucks