Buffalo Sabres vs. Arizona CoyotesDec 17, 2022

FinalSaturday, Dec 17, 2022· Mullett Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
BUF	1	1	3	5		BUF	13	12	18	43
ARI	1	1	0	2		ARI	7	15	9	31

: BUF 65ARI 54
: BUF 5.31ARI 2.56
PP goals: BUF 2ARI 1
Hits: BUF 17ARI 28
Blocks: BUF 13ARI 14
PIM: BUF 10ARI 10
: BUF 47%ARI 53%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Buffalo Sabres beat Arizona Coyotes 5–2

Buffalo Sabres beat Arizona Coyotes 5–2 at ARI. Jeff Skinner (BUF) led the scoring with 2G 1A. BUF's first power-play unit (Skinner, Tuch, Thompson, Dahlin and Cozens) scored 2 power-play goals on 12 attempts in 5:34 together.

Points
Jeff Skinner had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 8 shots in 17:57.Skinner
Points
Tage Thompson had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 6 shots in 19:55.Thompson
Points
Alex Tuch had 3 assists (3 points) on 5 shots in 17:14.Tuch
Points
Rasmus Dahlin had 2 assists (2 points) on 5 shots in 29:15.Dahlin
PP1
BUF's first power-play unit (Skinner, Tuch, Thompson, Dahlin and Cozens) scored 2 power-play goals on 12 attempts in 5:34 together.Skinner Tuch Thompson Dahlin Cozens
PP1
ARI's first power-play unit (Bjugstad, Gostisbehere, Ritchie, Schmaltz and Chychrun) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 4:30 together.Bjugstad Gostisbehere Ritchie Schmaltz Chychrun
Goalie
Connor Ingram (ARI) faced 41 shots and stopped 38 (.927), +5 against a season average of 35.6; the loss.Ingram
Usage
Juuso Välimäki (ARI) played 10:38, −7:38 down on his 18:16 season average over 77 games.Välimäki

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 119 of 119 attempts · ARI 54 · BUF 65

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 43% of the game, ARI 18%.

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
	44	40
	2.39	1.34
	2.24	1.29
	5	11
	7	5
	22	12
	+0.038	−0.038
	43%	18%

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 – Krebs
10:2161% CF
L2Skinner – Tuch – Thompson
9:1567% CF
L3Olofsson – Jost – Mittelstadt
8:1043% CF
L4Cozens – Quinn – Peterka
6:0440% CF
D1Clague – Dahlin
9:5370% CF
D2Samuelsson – Pilut
4:3650% CF
D3Fitzgerald – Davies
2:5344% CF

PP1Skinner – Tuch – Thompson – Dahlin – Cozens
5:34100% CF
PP2Olofsson – Mittelstadt – Dahlin – Quinn – Peterka
1:25100% CF
PK1FJost – Quinn
3:20
PK2FOkposo – Girgensons
1:31
PK1DFitzgerald – Samuelsson
5:14
PK2DDahlin – Pilut
1:01

Current BUF line combinations →

Arizona Coyotes

L1Boyd – Schmaltz – Keller
12:5947% CF
L2Bjugstad – Crouse – Maccelli
9:2958% CF
L3Ritchie – Fischer – Hayton
3:1850% CF
D1Gostisbehere – Chychrun
14:5858% CF
D2Brown – Moser
7:5829% CF
D3Nemeth – Stecher
6:5953% CF

PP1Bjugstad – Gostisbehere – Ritchie – Schmaltz – Chychrun
4:3078% CF
PP2Boyd – Crouse – Keller – Maccelli – Moser
3:0886% CF
PK1FFischer – McBain
2:27
PK2FBjugstad – Crouse
1:25
PK1DBrown – Moser
4:03
PK2DNemeth – Stecher
2:55

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	+1	4	0.98	2	0	2	14:58	—	—	59	42
Zemgus Girgensons C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	2	1	0	13:57	—	—	61	44
Peyton Krebs C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.16	4	0	0	13:12	—	—	62	42
Tage Thompson C	L2	1	2	3	+2	6	0.88	0	0	0	19:55	—	—	63	90
Jeff Skinner L	L2	2	1	3	+2	8	0.84	0	1	0	17:57	—	—	57	84
Alex Tuch R	L2	0	3	3	+2	5	0.42	1	0	0	17:14	—	—	67	97
Tyson Jost C	L3	1	0	1	+1	3	0.63	1	0	0	13:54	—	—	38	48
Casey Mittelstadt C	L3	0	0	0	+1	3	0.24	0	0	0	13:41	—	—	46	53
Victor Olofsson L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.15	0	0	0	13:09	—	—	41	53
Jack Quinn R	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.33	0	0	0	14:10	—	—	39	48
Dylan Cozens C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.37	1	0	0	13:42	—	—	46	73
JJ Peterka R	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	10:30	—	—	42	58
Rasmus Dahlin D	D1	0	2	2	+3	5	0.24	1	1	2	29:15	—	—	62	77
Kale Clague D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.03	0	3	4	20:34	—	—	56	66
Mattias Samuelsson D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.01	3	3	0	28:30	—	—	53	62
Lawrence Pilut D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	9:34	—	—	57	63
Casey Fitzgerald D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	2	0	16:48	—	—	50	52
Jeremy Davies D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	0	1	2	8:33	—	—	40	52

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Craig Anderson(start)	W	31	29	2	.935	2.56	59:39

Arizona Coyotes

ARI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Clayton Keller R	L1	0	0	0	-1	4	0.21	0	0	0	22:41	—	—	37	28
Nick Schmaltz C	L1	0	1	1	-1	1	0.10	0	0	0	20:25	—	—	47	39
Travis Boyd C	L1	0	0	0	-2	4	0.69	0	0	0	18:58	—	—	39	28
Nick Bjugstad C	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.27	5	1	2	19:31	—	—	48	45
Lawson Crouse L	L2	0	0	0	-2	3	0.21	3	0	2	19:08	—	—	50	40
Matias Maccelli L	L2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.09	1	0	0	15:12	—	—	50	49
Christian Fischer R	L3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.07	2	1	0	16:04	—	—	48	31
Barrett Hayton C	L3	1	0	1	-1	5	0.33	0	0	0	14:38	—	—	47	35
Nick Ritchie L	L3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	0	0	12:47	—	—	56	38
Shayne Gostisbehere D	D1	1	0	1	-1	3	0.26	1	1	0	22:57	—	—	58	65
Jakob Chychrun D	D1	0	1	1	-1	2	0.17	1	2	0	22:36	—	—	58	65
J.J. Moser D	D2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.04	0	3	0	19:08	—	—	33	24
Joshua Brown D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	2	0	0	14:40	—	—	27	18
Troy Stecher D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.03	2	1	0	13:50	—	—	52	35
Patrik Nemeth D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	2	0	12:56	—	—	50	28
Jack McBain C	—	0	0	0	0	2	0.07	5	1	2	13:00	—	—	48	38
Juuso Välimäki D	—	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	1	1	0	10:38	—	—	48	27
Jan Jenik C	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	4	3:59	—	—	50	49

ARI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Connor Ingram(start)	L	41	38	3	.927	3.99	58:59

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 CoyotesDec 17, 2022

Fantasy takeaways

Buffalo Sabres beat Arizona Coyotes 5–2

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