Buffalo Sabres vs. Arizona CoyotesJan 29, 2022

FinalSaturday, Jan 29, 2022· Gila River Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
BUF	2	1	0	3		BUF	12	18	5	35
ARI	0	0	1	1		ARI	9	5	14	28

: BUF 52ARI 56
: BUF 3.91ARI 3.81
PP goals: BUF 1ARI 1
Hits: BUF 16ARI 20
Blocks: BUF 13ARI 10
PIM: BUF 6ARI 8
: BUF 49%ARI 51%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Buffalo Sabres beat Arizona Coyotes 3–1

Buffalo Sabres beat Arizona Coyotes 3–1 at ARI. Alex Tuch (BUF) led the scoring with 1G 1A. ARI's first power-play unit (Ladd, Kessel, Boyd, Gostisbehere and Keller) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 2:28 together.

Points
Alex Tuch had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 7 shots in 21:12.Tuch
Points
Peyton Krebs had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 19:18.Krebs
PP1
ARI's first power-play unit (Ladd, Kessel, Boyd, Gostisbehere and Keller) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 2:28 together.Ladd Kessel Boyd Gostisbehere Keller
New line
New look for BUF: Okposo–Eakin–Bjork skated 6:25 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (53.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Okposo Eakin Bjork
Usage
Will Butcher (BUF) played 0:53, −16:02 down on his 16:55 season average over 36 games.Butcher
New line
New look for BUF: Tuch–Thompson–Krebs skated 5:45 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (55.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Tuch Thompson Krebs
Luck
ARI scored 1 goal on 3.81 expected goals (56 attempts), well short of its chances.
Goalie
Karel Vejmelka (ARI) faced 35 shots and stopped 32 (.914), +3 against a season average of 32.1; the loss.Vejmelka

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 108 of 108 attempts · ARI 56 · BUF 52

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 40% of the game, ARI 36%.

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
	46	43
	3.00	2.38
	2.78	2.25
	12	10
	6	2
	25	14
	−0.010	+0.010
	40%	36%

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 – Eakin – Bjork
6:2554% CF
L2Tuch – Thompson – Krebs
5:4556% CF
L3Skinner – Mittelstadt – Cozens
3:5125% CF
D1Fitzgerald – Samuelsson
14:5048% CF
D2Jokiharju – Bryson
13:5552% CF
D3Pysyk – Hagg
12:3248% CF

PP1Skinner – Tuch – Thompson – Jokiharju – Krebs
2:39100% CF
PP2Eakin – Bjork – Mittelstadt – Bryson – Cozens
0:520% CF
PK1FOkposo – Eakin
0:53
PK2FTuch – Thompson
0:38
PK1DFitzgerald – Jokiharju
1:39
PK2DPysyk – Hagg
1:14

Current BUF line combinations →

Arizona Coyotes

L1Ladd – Kessel – Dzingel
5:5113% CF
L2Boyd – Schmaltz – Keller
5:1456% CF
L3Eriksson – Galchenyuk – Crouse
4:4163% CF
L4Nash – Roussel – Fischer
2:3833% CF
D1Gostisbehere – Capobianco
15:0250% CF
D2Chychrun – Lyubushkin
12:4336% CF
D3Stralman – Moser
9:4755% CF

PP1Ladd – Kessel – Boyd – Gostisbehere – Keller
2:28100% CF
PP2Schmaltz – Fischer – Crouse – Chychrun – Moser
0:36100% CF
PK1FNash – Keller
1:20
PK2FLadd – Fischer
0:41
PK1DStralman – Moser
2:14
PK2DChychrun – Lyubushkin
1:12

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
Kyle Okposo R	L1	1	0	1	0	3	0.32	1	1	0	15:43	—	—	55	59
Anders Bjork L	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.40	2	0	2	15:37	—	—	54	48
Cody Eakin C	L1	0	1	1	0	2	0.12	0	1	0	14:03	—	—	55	56
Alex Tuch R	L2	1	1	2	+2	7	1.07	2	1	0	21:12	—	—	59	67
Peyton Krebs C	L2	1	1	2	+2	3	0.24	0	0	0	19:18	—	—	36	40
Tage Thompson C	L2	0	1	1	+1	3	0.39	0	1	0	15:49	—	—	54	60
Jeff Skinner L	L3	0	0	0	0	4	0.37	1	0	0	20:13	—	—	56	58
Casey Mittelstadt C	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	16:13	—	—	29	34
Dylan Cozens C	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.42	2	1	0	15:18	—	—	33	44
Mattias Samuelsson D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.19	0	1	4	20:04	—	—	48	49
Casey Fitzgerald D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.19	0	3	0	19:39	—	—	52	53
Henri Jokiharju D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.12	0	0	0	22:48	—	—	54	51
Jacob Bryson D	D2	0	1	1	+2	0	0.00	2	1	0	18:41	—	—	54	49
Robert Hagg D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	4	1	0	17:00	—	—	52	72
Mark Pysyk D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	0	2	0	16:18	—	—	48	67
Mark Jankowski L	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	14:08	—	—	71	90
John Hayden C	—	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	2	0	0	11:50	—	—	67	61
Will Butcher D	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	0:53	—	—	0	0

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Craig Anderson(start)	W	28	27	1	.964	3.81	60:00

Arizona Coyotes

ARI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Phil Kessel R	L1	0	1	1	-1	2	0.39	0	1	0	16:37	—	—	30	34
Andrew Ladd L	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	1	0	14:12	—	—	39	46
Ryan Dzingel C	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.22	1	0	2	13:33	—	—	25	38
Clayton Keller R	L2	0	1	1	-1	1	0.18	0	0	0	21:54	—	—	48	24
Nick Schmaltz C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.12	1	0	0	16:45	—	—	48	36
Travis Boyd C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.24	0	0	0	15:01	—	—	67	47
Lawson Crouse L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.22	4	0	2	14:33	—	—	50	44
Alex Galchenyuk C	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.52	3	0	0	13:42	—	—	52	49
Loui Eriksson L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	12:53	—	—	61	66
Christian Fischer R	L4	0	0	0	-1	5	0.87	2	1	0	14:58	—	—	52	34
Antoine Roussel L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	1	0	0	12:54	—	—	56	81
Riley Nash C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.05	2	0	0	11:44	—	—	56	67
Shayne Gostisbehere D	D1	1	0	1	0	3	0.30	0	0	2	24:15	—	—	52	60
Kyle Capobianco D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	1	3	0	19:43	—	—	47	57
Jakob Chychrun D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.22	0	0	0	22:03	—	—	42	17
Ilya Lyubushkin D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	1	0	16:59	—	—	38	24
Anton Stralman D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.14	2	2	0	18:14	—	—	54	49
J.J. Moser D	D3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.23	0	1	2	16:07	—	—	54	34

ARI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Karel Vejmelka(start)	L	35	32	3	.914	3.91	56:20

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 CoyotesJan 29, 2022

Fantasy takeaways

Buffalo Sabres beat Arizona Coyotes 3–1

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