Buffalo Sabres vs. Arizona CoyotesNov 2, 2017

FinalThursday, Nov 2, 2017· Gila River Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
BUF	1	2	2	5		BUF	13	12	6	31
ARI	1	0	3	4		ARI	10	6	13	29

: BUF 55ARI 65
: BUF 3.90ARI 2.83
PP goals: BUF 0ARI 0
Hits: BUF 19ARI 26
Blocks: BUF 18ARI 13
PIM: BUF 4ARI 4
: BUF 51%ARI 49%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Buffalo Sabres edge Arizona Coyotes 5–4

Buffalo Sabres beat Arizona Coyotes 5–4 at ARI. Benoit Pouliot (BUF) led the scoring with 2G 1A. New look for ARI: Domi–Dvorak–Fischer skated 10:24 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (40% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Benoit Pouliot had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 3 shots in 17:04.Pouliot
Points
Ryan O'Reilly had 3 assists (3 points) in 20:13.O'Reilly
Points
Christian Dvorak had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 17:08.Dvorak
Points
Kyle Okposo had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 16:14.Okposo
Points
Jason Demers had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 24:14.Demers
New line
New look for ARI: Domi–Dvorak–Fischer skated 10:24 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (40% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Domi Dvorak Fischer
New line
New look for BUF: Griffith–Girgensons–Reinhart skated 11:17 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Griffith Girgensons Reinhart
New line
New look for ARI: Richardson–Rinaldo–Duclair skated 8:25 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (46.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Richardson Rinaldo Duclair

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)ARI attacks right (top on phones) →

ARI
BUF
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 120 of 120 attempts · ARI 65 · BUF 55

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

ARI
BUF
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

ARI 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 29% of the game, ARI 31%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

ARI

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	ARI
	61	58
	4.40	2.44
	4.14	2.37
	16	17
	6	7
	10	8
	+0.032	−0.032
	29%	31%

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

L1Pouliot – Okposo – O'Reilly
11:5642% CF
L2Griffith – Girgensons – Reinhart
11:1750% CF
L3Pominville – Kane – Eichel
11:1152% CF
L4Moulson – Nolan – Larsson
5:5078% CF
D1Scandella – Ristolainen
19:0052% CF
D2Tennyson – McCabe
14:5252% CF
D3Falk – Antipin
11:0044% CF

PP1Okposo – O'Reilly – Ristolainen – Reinhart – Eichel
0:58
PP2Pominville – Moulson – Scandella – Kane – Tennyson
0:45100% CF
PK1FPouliot – Larsson
0:46
PK2FKane – Eichel
0:24
PK1DScandella – Ristolainen
1:30
PK2DFalk – McCabe
1:02

Current BUF line combinations →

Arizona Coyotes

L1Stepan – Perlini – Keller
11:2740% CF
L2Domi – Dvorak – Fischer
10:2440% CF
L3Rieder – Cousins – Martinook
10:1462% CF
L4Richardson – Rinaldo – Duclair
8:2546% CF
D1Demers – Ekman-Larsson
16:5149% CF
D2Schenn – Connauton
9:5538% CF
D3Goligoski – Mermis
7:5622% CF

PP1Stepan – Ekman-Larsson – Duclair – Perlini – Keller
1:08100% CF
PP2Goligoski – Demers – Domi – Dvorak – Fischer
1:0480% CF
PK1FRieder – Dvorak
1:00
PK2FRichardson – Martinook
0:43
PK1DGoligoski – Schenn
1:27
PK2DDemers – Ekman-Larsson
1:03

Current ARI 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
Ryan O'Reilly C	L1	0	3	3	+2	0	0.01	2	0	0	20:13	—	—	42	57
Benoit Pouliot L	L1	2	1	3	+2	3	0.59	3	0	0	17:04	—	—	50	48
Kyle Okposo R	L1	1	1	2	+2	1	0.10	3	1	0	16:14	—	—	42	34
Zemgus Girgensons C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	0	0	0	15:19	—	—	48	66
Seth Griffith C	L2	1	0	1	0	1	0.29	1	0	0	14:25	—	—	52	69
Sam Reinhart C	L2	0	1	1	0	2	0.92	0	0	0	14:05	—	—	50	66
Jack Eichel C	L3	0	1	1	-1	3	0.21	0	0	0	17:38	—	—	53	82
Evander Kane L	L3	1	0	1	-1	6	1.46	0	0	0	17:26	—	—	53	82
Jason Pominville R	L3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.00	0	3	0	13:44	—	—	52	75
Johan Larsson L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	11:57	—	—	82	54
Jordan Nolan C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	2	1	0	9:29	—	—	64	52
Matt Moulson L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.04	0	3	0	8:56	—	—	58	24
Marco Scandella D	D1	0	1	1	0	1	0.02	1	4	0	27:00	—	—	51	50
Rasmus Ristolainen D	D1	0	1	1	+1	5	0.12	2	1	0	24:24	—	—	53	50
Jake McCabe D	D2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.03	1	2	0	21:15	—	—	52	72
Matt Tennyson D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.04	2	0	2	17:20	—	—	53	72
Justin Falk D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	2	2	0	15:32	—	—	50	72
Victor Antipin D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	0	1	2	13:59	—	—	48	72

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Robin Lehner(start)	W	29	25	4	.862	2.83	60:00

Arizona Coyotes

ARI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Clayton Keller R	L1	0	0	0	0	4	0.27	1	2	0	21:05	—	—	52	35
Derek Stepan C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.24	0	0	0	19:31	—	—	48	34
Brendan Perlini L	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.18	1	0	0	15:35	—	—	40	27
Max Domi C	L2	0	1	1	-1	2	0.55	0	0	0	18:02	—	—	50	70
Christian Dvorak C	L2	1	1	2	-1	3	0.34	3	1	2	17:08	—	—	37	43
Christian Fischer R	L2	0	0	0	-2	3	0.34	0	0	0	13:45	—	—	39	64
Tobias Rieder L	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.13	1	2	0	14:57	—	—	60	27
Nick Cousins C	L3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.12	1	0	0	13:52	—	—	64	23
Jordan Martinook L	L3	0	1	1	0	1	0.05	1	0	0	12:39	—	—	57	30
Brad Richardson R	L4	0	1	1	0	1	0.08	1	0	0	12:26	—	—	35	28
Anthony Duclair L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	10:49	—	—	40	24
Zac Rinaldo C	L4	1	0	1	+1	2	0.20	4	1	0	10:49	—	—	53	32
Oliver Ekman-Larsson D	D1	1	0	1	+2	3	0.15	6	2	0	24:55	—	—	51	40
Jason Demers D	D1	0	2	2	+1	3	0.06	0	0	0	24:14	—	—	55	48
Luke Schenn D	D2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.01	4	1	0	19:47	—	—	39	28
Kevin Connauton D	D2	0	1	1	-1	1	0.04	1	0	2	14:10	—	—	53	34
Alex Goligoski D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.06	2	2	0	24:50	—	—	46	25
Dakota Mermis D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	0	2	0	10:07	—	—	36	40

ARI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Antti Raanta(start)	L	31	26	5	.839	3.90	56:57

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. Arizona CoyotesNov 2, 2017

Fantasy takeaways

Buffalo Sabres edge Arizona Coyotes 5–4

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

Buffalo Sabres

Arizona Coyotes

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Buffalo Sabres

Arizona Coyotes