Buffalo Sabres vs. Arizona CoyotesDec 16, 2023

FinalSaturday, Dec 16, 2023· Mullett Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
BUF	0	0	0	0		BUF	9	11	8	28
ARI	0	1	1	2		ARI	9	7	6	22

: BUF 62ARI 59
: BUF 2.73ARI 4.52
PP goals: BUF 0ARI 0
Hits: BUF 16ARI 23
Blocks: BUF 20ARI 19
PIM: BUF 6ARI 4
: BUF 45%ARI 55%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Arizona Coyotes beat Buffalo Sabres 2–0

Arizona Coyotes beat Buffalo Sabres 2–0 at home. Clayton Keller (ARI) led the scoring with 1G 0A. BUF scored 0 goals on 2.73 expected goals (62 attempts), well short of its chances.

Luck
BUF scored 0 goals on 2.73 expected goals (62 attempts), well short of its chances.
Luck
ARI scored 2 goals on 4.52 expected goals (59 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Logan Cooley (ARI) played 10:58, −4:55 down on his 15:53 season average over 81 games.Cooley
Usage
Peyton Krebs (BUF) played 16:44, +4:17 up on his 12:27 season average over 79 games.Krebs
Usage
Zach Benson (BUF) played 18:43, +4:16 up on his 14:27 season average over 70 games.Benson
Usage
Henri Jokiharju (BUF) played 14:56, −4:06 down on his 19:02 season average over 73 games.Jokiharju
Usage
JJ Peterka (BUF) played 20:31, +4:11 up on his 16:20 season average over 81 games.Peterka
Usage
Connor Clifton (BUF) played 13:06, −3:30 down on his 16:36 season average over 78 games.Clifton

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 121 of 121 attempts · ARI 59 · BUF 62

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 31% of the game, ARI 43%.

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
	59	58
	2.46	3.14
	2.29	2.98
	12	14
	2	2
	20	13
	−0.019	+0.019
	31%	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

L1Tuch – Thompson – Benson
12:0650% CF
L2Mittelstadt – Cozens – Peterka
11:4047% CF
L3Okposo – Robinson – Krebs
6:3258% CF
D1Samuelsson – Dahlin
6:2731% CF
D2Jokiharju – Power
5:3250% CF
D3Johnson – Johnson
2:1686% CF

PP1Tuch – Thompson – Dahlin – Peterka – Benson
1:24100% CF
PP2Okposo – Olofsson – Mittelstadt – Cozens – Power
0:32100% CF
PK1FTuch – Jost
0:50
PK2FThompson – Benson
0:42
PK1DClifton – Dahlin
1:01
PK2DJohnson – Power
0:50

Current BUF line combinations →

Arizona Coyotes

L1Kerfoot – Schmaltz – Keller
11:4777% CF
L2Bjugstad – Crouse – Maccelli
11:2752% CF
L3Zucker – Carcone – McBain
9:1930% CF
L4O'Brien – Sanford – Cooley
7:4135% CF
D1Dumba – Moser
15:2156% CF
D2Stecher – Välimäki
14:3862% CF
D3Dermott – Kesselring
13:1535% CF

PP1Zucker – Bjugstad – Crouse – Välimäki – Maccelli
2:08100% CF
PP2Kerfoot – Schmaltz – Keller – Moser – Cooley
1:35
PK1FKerfoot – Crouse
1:04
PK2FBjugstad – McBain
0:40
PK1DDumba – Moser
1:18
PK2DDermott – Kesselring
0:40

Current ARI line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

15:12
ARIClayton Keller (Alexander Kerfoot)wrist0.20 xG
BUF: Tuch, Thompson, Dahlin, Johnson, BensonARI: Kerfoot, Schmaltz, Keller, Stecher, Välimäki
BUF 0 – 1 ARI

3rd period

9:36
ARILiam O'Brien (Logan Cooley)backhand0.10 xG
BUF: Tuch, Robinson, Samuelsson, Krebs, JohnsonARI: O'Brien, Sanford, Stecher, Välimäki, Cooley
BUF 0 – 2 ARI

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	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Tage Thompson C	L1	-1	2	0.31	1	0	0	21:44	—	—	44	45
Alex Tuch R	L1	-2	2	0.27	1	2	0	21:17	—	—	52	52
Zach Benson L	L1	-1	4	0.45	1	3	2	18:43	—	—	44	48
JJ Peterka R	L2	0	3	0.38	0	0	0	20:31	—	—	37	46
Casey Mittelstadt C	L2	0	2	0.28	0	0	2	19:32	—	—	40	52
Dylan Cozens C	L2	0	0	0.16	0	0	0	16:55	—	—	50	73
Peyton Krebs C	L3	-1	3	0.15	0	0	0	16:44	—	—	63	28
Kyle Okposo R	L3	0	0	0.12	2	0	0	13:05	—	—	59	32
Eric Robinson L	L3	-1	0	0.10	0	1	0	11:19	—	—	67	25
Rasmus Dahlin D	D1	-1	4	0.13	5	3	0	25:35	—	—	42	32
Mattias Samuelsson D	D1	-1	0	0.00	1	3	2	17:26	—	—	41	43
Owen Power D	D2	0	1	0.01	0	1	0	21:00	—	—	51	55
Henri Jokiharju D	D2	0	2	0.07	2	0	0	14:56	—	—	60	45
Erik Johnson D	D3	0	0	0.03	2	2	0	13:19	—	—	61	44
Ryan Johnson D	D3	-2	2	0.21	1	3	0	11:58	—	—	58	45
Connor Clifton D	—	0	1	0.01	0	1	0	13:06	—	—	45	54
Victor Olofsson L	—	0	2	0.02	0	1	0	11:07	—	—	56	41
Tyson Jost C	—	0	0	0.04	0	0	0	10:28	—	—	44	26

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen(start)	L	22	20	2	.909	2.82	56:49

Arizona Coyotes

ARI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Alexander Kerfoot C	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.20	2	1	0	19:53	—	—	76	73
Nick Schmaltz C	L1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.42	0	0	0	17:50	—	—	67	67
Clayton Keller R	L1	1	0	1	+1	5	0.61	2	0	0	17:14	—	—	75	75
Matias Maccelli L	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.59	0	1	0	18:48	—	—	54	44
Lawson Crouse L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.22	3	0	0	18:00	—	—	52	47
Nick Bjugstad C	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.94	1	0	0	17:48	—	—	57	50
Jason Zucker L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.62	1	0	0	15:19	—	—	35	36
Michael Carcone L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.24	2	0	0	13:29	—	—	31	32
Jack McBain C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	12:53	—	—	27	31
Logan Cooley C	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.08	0	0	0	10:58	—	—	35	73
Liam O'Brien C	L4	1	0	1	+1	3	0.33	2	0	0	9:58	—	—	43	74
Zachary Sanford L	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	3	0	8:57	—	—	35	73
J.J. Moser D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	0	1	0	22:11	—	—	60	60
Mathew Dumba D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.05	4	3	2	21:53	—	—	52	53
Troy Stecher D	D2	0	0	0	+2	0	0.14	1	3	2	20:15	—	—	60	67
Juuso Välimäki D	D2	0	0	0	+2	1	0.02	0	1	0	19:19	—	—	57	57
Travis Dermott D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	2	0	16:54	—	—	33	46
Michael Kesselring D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	2	3	0	15:55	—	—	41	51

ARI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Karel Vejmelka(start)	W	28	28	0	.1000	2.73	60:00

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Clayton Keller (ARI) 2nd 15:12 · assists Alexander Kerfoot · Cycle · 44.3 mph shot.

Clayton Keller · 2nd 15:12 · ARI

Play: cycle
Passes: 1
Shot: 44.3 mph
Distance: 13 ft

Watch on NHL.com → · Tracking-derived via NHL EDGE

Liam O'Brien · 3rd 9:36 · ARI

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 1
Shot: 35.9 mph
Distance: 15 ft
Entry to goal: 2.0 s

Watch on NHL.com → · Tracking-derived via NHL EDGE

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.