Buffalo Sabres vs. Vancouver CanucksOct 22, 2022

FinalSaturday, Oct 22, 2022· Rogers Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
BUF	2	0	3	5		BUF	10	7	10	27
VAN	0	1	0	1		VAN	12	10	8	30

: BUF 55VAN 61
: BUF 4.25VAN 3.28
PP goals: BUF 1VAN 1
Hits: BUF 17VAN 40
Blocks: BUF 18VAN 14
PIM: BUF 8VAN 2
: BUF 45%VAN 55%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Buffalo Sabres rout Vancouver Canucks 5–1

Buffalo Sabres beat Vancouver Canucks 5–1 at VAN. Victor Olofsson (BUF) led the scoring with 2G 1A. Mattias Samuelsson (BUF) played 9:47, −12:37 down on his 22:24 season average over 54 games.

Points
Victor Olofsson had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 2 shots in 14:49.Olofsson
Points
Rasmus Dahlin had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 22:59.Dahlin
Points
Casey Mittelstadt had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 14:32.Mittelstadt
Points
Rasmus Asplund had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 14:55.Asplund
Usage
Mattias Samuelsson (BUF) played 9:47, −12:37 down on his 22:24 season average over 54 games.Samuelsson
Usage
Jacob Bryson (BUF) played 22:15, +7:48 up on his 14:27 season average over 58 games.Bryson
Luck
VAN scored 1 goal on 3.28 expected goals (61 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for BUF: Okposo–Girgensons–Quinn skated 7:58 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (31.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Okposo Girgensons Quinn

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 116 of 116 attempts · VAN 61 · BUF 55

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 20% of the game, VAN 43%.

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
	60	59
	3.75	2.89
	3.52	2.76
	19	8
	5	0
	19	23
	−0.028	+0.029
	20%	43%

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 – Cozens – Peterka
11:2448% CF
L2Skinner – Tuch – Thompson
10:2978% CF
L3Olofsson – Asplund – Mittelstadt
9:0532% CF
L4Okposo – Girgensons – Quinn
7:5831% CF
D1Lyubushkin – Power
7:3325% CF
D2Fitzgerald – Bryson
7:1991% CF
D3Samuelsson – Dahlin
6:4247% CF

PP1Skinner – Tuch – Thompson – Mittelstadt – Dahlin
0:24100% CF
PK1FTuch – Mittelstadt
2:14
PK2FAsplund – Cozens
1:58
PK1DBryson – Dahlin
3:35
PK2DFitzgerald – Power
1:02

Current BUF line combinations →

Vancouver Canucks

L1Pettersson – Podkolzin – Kuzmenko
12:3157% CF
L2Miller – Garland – Mikheyev
11:3068% CF
L3Lazar – Joshua – Aman
9:1325% CF
L4Pearson – Horvat – Boeser
8:1147% CF
D1Schenn – Burroughs
17:5443% CF
D2Myers – Ekman-Larsson
15:1757% CF
D3Juulsen – Rathbone
9:1439% CF

PP1Ekman-Larsson – Miller – Horvat – Pettersson – Kuzmenko
4:3183% CF
PP2Pearson – Boeser – Garland – Rathbone – Mikheyev
2:33100% CF
PK1FHorvat – Pettersson
0:24
PK1DEkman-Larsson – Juulsen
0:24

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
Dylan Cozens C	L1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.18	0	0	0	17:08	—	—	52	56
Vinnie Hinostroza C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.33	0	1	0	16:03	—	—	50	51
JJ Peterka R	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.22	0	0	2	13:18	—	—	44	50
Tage Thompson C	L2	0	1	1	0	1	0.14	0	0	2	15:42	—	—	72	79
Alex Tuch R	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.38	0	0	0	15:15	—	—	76	81
Jeff Skinner L	L2	0	1	1	+1	3	0.59	0	1	0	14:22	—	—	71	80
Rasmus Asplund C	L3	0	2	2	+2	1	0.12	2	0	0	14:55	—	—	38	47
Victor Olofsson L	L3	2	1	3	+3	2	0.33	0	1	0	14:49	—	—	41	48
Casey Mittelstadt C	L3	0	2	2	+1	1	0.23	0	0	0	14:32	—	—	32	38
Kyle Okposo R	L4	0	1	1	+1	5	0.32	0	0	0	13:00	—	—	39	48
Zemgus Girgensons C	L4	1	0	1	+1	1	0.96	1	4	0	12:07	—	—	33	46
Jack Quinn R	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.12	0	1	0	11:12	—	—	45	48
Owen Power D	D1	0	0	0	+2	0	0.00	0	2	0	25:27	—	—	46	47
Ilya Lyubushkin D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.03	3	3	2	20:37	—	—	39	43
Jacob Bryson D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	3	0	22:15	—	—	63	61
Casey Fitzgerald D	D2	0	0	0	+1	3	0.22	1	0	0	18:45	—	—	58	58
Rasmus Dahlin D	D3	1	1	2	+2	2	0.05	5	2	2	22:59	—	—	54	74
Mattias Samuelsson D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	4	0	0	9:47	—	—	50	62

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Craig Anderson(start)	W	30	29	1	.967	3.28	60:00

Vancouver Canucks

VAN skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Elias Pettersson C	L1	0	0	0	-3	4	0.33	2	1	0	20:02	—	—	53	55
Andrei Kuzmenko L	L1	0	0	0	-2	3	0.40	0	1	0	18:30	—	—	58	61
Vasily Podkolzin R	L1	0	0	0	-2	3	0.29	1	1	0	15:59	—	—	58	56
J.T. Miller C	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.18	3	0	0	20:59	—	—	63	40
Ilya Mikheyev R	L2	0	1	1	0	1	0.28	1	0	0	18:05	—	—	62	50
Conor Garland R	L2	1	0	1	-1	4	0.39	0	1	0	16:44	—	—	67	47
Curtis Lazar C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	6	1	0	13:22	—	—	19	12
Dakota Joshua C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	7	1	0	11:55	—	—	17	7
Nils Aman C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	11:12	—	—	27	31
Bo Horvat C	L4	0	0	0	-2	2	0.17	0	1	0	15:43	—	—	46	38
Brock Boeser R	L4	0	0	0	0	4	0.43	0	0	0	12:55	—	—	50	50
Tanner Pearson L	L4	0	1	1	-1	0	0.29	3	0	0	11:32	—	—	42	41
Kyle Burroughs D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.05	7	3	0	21:25	—	—	46	42
Luke Schenn D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	3	1	0	19:14	—	—	46	45
Oliver Ekman-Larsson D	D2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.03	3	1	0	21:52	—	—	56	49
Tyler Myers D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.15	2	1	2	21:06	—	—	55	56
Jack Rathbone D	D3	0	0	0	-3	2	0.26	0	0	0	17:55	—	—	44	26
Noah Juulsen D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	1	0	0	11:18	—	—	46	33

VAN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Thatcher Demko(start)	L	26	22	4	.846	3.29	59:48

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 CanucksOct 22, 2022

Fantasy takeaways

Buffalo Sabres rout Vancouver Canucks 5–1

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