Buffalo Sabres vs. Vancouver CanucksMar 20, 2022

Final / OTSunday, Mar 20, 2022· Rogers Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
BUF	1	1	0	1	3		BUF	13	10	5	1	29
VAN	0	2	0	0	2		VAN	13	7	12	0	32

: BUF 50VAN 46
: BUF 2.87VAN 2.87
PP goals: BUF 0VAN 1
Hits: BUF 14VAN 24
Blocks: BUF 7VAN 11
PIM: BUF 8VAN 4
: BUF 45%VAN 55%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Buffalo Sabres edge Vancouver Canucks 3–2 (OT)

Buffalo Sabres beat Vancouver Canucks 3–2 in overtime at VAN. Casey Mittelstadt (BUF) led the scoring with 1G 1A. VAN's first power-play unit (Miller, Horvat, Boeser, Pettersson and Hughes) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 3:53 together.

Points
Casey Mittelstadt had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 13:50.Mittelstadt
Points
J.T. Miller had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 22:05.Miller
Points
Rasmus Dahlin had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 22:50.Dahlin
PP1
VAN's first power-play unit (Miller, Horvat, Boeser, Pettersson and Hughes) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 3:53 together.Miller Horvat Boeser Pettersson Hughes
New line
New look for VAN: Horvat–Boeser–Pettersson skated 12:06 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Horvat Boeser Pettersson
Usage
Colin Miller (BUF) played 14:59, −4:06 down on his 19:05 season average over 37 games.Miller
Usage
Victor Olofsson (BUF) played 12:15, −3:11 down on his 15:26 season average over 71 games.Olofsson
Usage
Vasily Podkolzin (VAN) played 8:48, −4:03 down on his 12:51 season average over 78 games.Podkolzin

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 96 of 96 attempts · VAN 46 · BUF 50

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 32% of the game, VAN 33%.

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
	48	38
	2.40	2.09
	2.19	2.00
	11	8
	2	4
	17	4
	−0.080	+0.080
	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

L1Hinostroza – Krebs – Cozens
9:4682% CF
L2Olofsson – Asplund – Mittelstadt
9:0458% CF
L3Okposo – Eakin – Girgensons
8:5133% CF
L4Skinner – Tuch – Thompson
8:2071% CF
D1Jokiharju – Dahlin
14:2164% CF
D2Miller – Butcher
13:2559% CF
D3Bryson – Samuelsson
13:0644% CF

PP1Skinner – Tuch – Thompson – Dahlin – Krebs
2:03100% CF
PP2Okposo – Olofsson – Mittelstadt – Jokiharju – Cozens
0:31
PK1FOkposo – Eakin
1:32
PK2FTuch – Thompson
1:11
PK1DJokiharju – Samuelsson
1:17
PK2DButcher – Bryson
0:38

Current BUF line combinations →

Vancouver Canucks

L1Horvat – Boeser – Pettersson
12:0650% CF
L2Miller – Pearson – Garland
11:5744% CF
L3Motte – Lammikko – Highmore
10:4538% CF
L4Chiasson – Petan – Podkolzin
6:5975% CF
D1Myers – Ekman-Larsson
17:0548% CF
D2Schenn – Hughes
15:0053% CF
D3Hunt – Juulsen
12:0535% CF

PP1Miller – Horvat – Boeser – Pettersson – Hughes
3:5380% CF
PP2Ekman-Larsson – Hunt – Pearson – Petan – Garland
0:38
PK1FHorvat – Pettersson
1:44
PK2FMiller – Motte
0:55
PK1DSchenn – Hughes
1:18
PK2DMyers – Ekman-Larsson
0:31

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
Peyton Krebs C	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	2	0	0	15:12	—	—	69	59
Vinnie Hinostroza C	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	12:58	—	—	82	64
Dylan Cozens C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.19	1	0	2	12:57	—	—	83	55
Casey Mittelstadt C	L2	1	1	2	+1	3	0.39	0	2	0	13:50	—	—	48	51
Rasmus Asplund C	L2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.14	0	0	0	12:49	—	—	39	58
Victor Olofsson L	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.18	1	0	0	12:15	—	—	53	70
Kyle Okposo R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	0	0	16:56	—	—	35	24
Cody Eakin C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	0	0	0	15:48	—	—	33	28
Zemgus Girgensons C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.11	3	0	0	12:42	—	—	31	19
Alex Tuch R	L4	0	1	1	+1	3	0.30	0	0	0	18:53	—	—	52	54
Tage Thompson C	L4	0	1	1	+1	5	0.68	0	0	0	18:27	—	—	59	64
Jeff Skinner L	L4	1	0	1	+1	5	0.58	0	0	2	15:03	—	—	77	72
Henri Jokiharju D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.02	5	0	0	24:03	—	—	61	53
Rasmus Dahlin D	D1	1	1	2	+1	2	0.18	1	1	2	22:50	—	—	61	56
Will Butcher D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	16:05	—	—	55	48
Colin Miller D	D2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.04	0	0	0	14:59	—	—	61	63
Mattias Samuelsson D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	1	2	20:09	—	—	52	70
Jacob Bryson D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	1	3	0	19:41	—	—	41	33

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Craig Anderson(start)	W	32	30	2	.938	2.87	60:48

Vancouver Canucks

VAN skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Bo Horvat C	L1	1	0	1	-1	4	0.49	3	3	0	21:09	—	—	46	55
Elias Pettersson C	L1	0	0	0	0	4	0.34	2	0	0	21:02	—	—	44	39
Brock Boeser R	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.60	3	0	0	17:35	—	—	48	56
J.T. Miller C	L2	1	1	2	0	2	0.42	1	0	0	22:05	—	—	38	42
Conor Garland R	L2	0	1	1	+1	3	0.31	0	0	2	17:30	—	—	38	43
Tanner Pearson L	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.04	2	0	0	13:45	—	—	40	54
Tyler Motte C	L3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	3	1	0	14:12	—	—	35	28
Juho Lammikko C	L3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.05	1	2	0	13:10	—	—	33	27
Matthew Highmore C	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.09	0	1	0	13:03	—	—	38	29
Nic Petan C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	0	0	0	9:21	—	—	78	73
Vasily Podkolzin R	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.22	1	0	0	8:48	—	—	75	71
Alex Chiasson R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	7:57	—	—	67	65
Tyler Myers D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	3	0	0	21:39	—	—	50	62
Oliver Ekman-Larsson D	D1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.01	0	2	0	21:28	—	—	45	54
Quinn Hughes D	D2	0	1	1	0	1	0.04	0	1	0	26:13	—	—	48	67
Luke Schenn D	D2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.13	3	0	0	18:03	—	—	53	69
Brad Hunt D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.02	1	1	2	15:44	—	—	36	16
Noah Juulsen D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	0	0	0	13:44	—	—	35	13

VAN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Thatcher Demko(start)	O	29	26	3	.897	2.87	60:44

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 CanucksMar 20, 2022

Fantasy takeaways

Buffalo Sabres edge Vancouver Canucks 3–2 (OT)

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

OT period

Box score

Buffalo Sabres

Vancouver Canucks