Buffalo Sabres vs. Anaheim DucksOct 15, 2017

FinalSunday, Oct 15, 2017· Honda Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
BUF	1	1	1	3		BUF	13	11	7	31
ANA	0	1	0	1		ANA	7	10	9	26

: BUF 56ANA 57
: BUF 3.69ANA 2.29
PP goals: BUF 0ANA 0
Hits: BUF 17ANA 27
Blocks: BUF 15ANA 15
PIM: BUF 8ANA 6
: BUF 48%ANA 52%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Buffalo Sabres beat Anaheim Ducks 3–1

Buffalo Sabres beat Anaheim Ducks 3–1 at ANA. Johan Larsson (BUF) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for ANA: Vermette–Perry–Ritchie skated 11:33 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (43.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Johan Larsson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 15:53.Larsson
New line
New look for ANA: Vermette–Perry–Ritchie skated 11:33 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (43.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Vermette Perry Ritchie
New line
New look for BUF: O'Reilly–Girgensons–Reinhart skated 12:20 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (42.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.O'Reilly Girgensons Reinhart
Usage
Antoine Vermette (ANA) played 20:35, +6:57 up on his 13:38 season average over 63 games.Vermette
New line
New look for ANA: Grant–Wagner–Shaw skated 7:50 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Grant Wagner Shaw
New line
New look for BUF: Moulson–Josefson–Nolan skated 4:17 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Moulson Josefson Nolan
New line
New look for BUF: Pouliot–Larsson–Bailey skated 7:05 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (30% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Pouliot Larsson Bailey
Usage
Andrew Cogliano (ANA) played 21:07, +6:00 up on his 15:07 season average over 79 games.Cogliano

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)ANA attacks right (top on phones) →

ANA
BUF
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 113 of 113 attempts · ANA 57 · BUF 56

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

ANA
BUF
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

ANA 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 35% of the game, ANA 34%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

ANA

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	ANA
	49	53
	2.79	1.24
	2.77	1.20
	6	5
	5	4
	12	4
	−0.028	+0.028
	35%	34%

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

L1Pominville – Kane – Eichel
13:1852% CF
L2O'Reilly – Girgensons – Reinhart
12:2042% CF
L3Pouliot – Larsson – Bailey
7:0530% CF
L4Moulson – Josefson – Nolan
4:1750% CF
D1Scandella – Ristolainen
16:4452% CF
D2Beaulieu – Tennyson
12:3261% CF
D3Gorges – McCabe
10:4950% CF

PP1O'Reilly – Kane – Ristolainen – Reinhart – Eichel
3:1875% CF
PP2Pominville – Moulson – Tennyson – Girgensons – McCabe
1:07100% CF
PK1FPouliot – Larsson
1:47
PK2FO'Reilly – Girgensons
0:55
PK1DScandella – Ristolainen
2:29
PK2DGorges – McCabe
2:23

Current BUF line combinations →

Anaheim Ducks

L1Cogliano – Silfverberg – Rakell
14:1959% CF
L2Vermette – Perry – Ritchie
11:3343% CF
L3Grant – Wagner – Shaw
7:5050% CF
L4Boll – Kerdiles – Rasmussen
2:3425% CF
D1Fowler – Manson
14:4248% CF
D2Beauchemin – Montour
13:1444% CF
D3Bieksa – Megna
8:2969% CF

PP1Perry – Cogliano – Silfverberg – Fowler – Rakell
4:05100% CF
PP2Beauchemin – Vermette – Grant – Ritchie – Montour
1:54100% CF
PK1FCogliano – Silfverberg
1:18
PK2FGrant – Rasmussen
0:50
PK1DFowler – Manson
2:26
PK2DBieksa – Megna
1:38

Current ANA 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
Evander Kane L	L1	0	0	0	-1	4	1.02	1	0	6	21:15	—	—	42	83
Jack Eichel C	L1	0	0	0	0	3	1.21	0	0	0	20:38	—	—	47	89
Jason Pominville R	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.07	0	0	0	16:37	—	—	52	93
Ryan O'Reilly C	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.01	0	1	0	21:30	—	—	46	42
Zemgus Girgensons C	L2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.01	3	0	0	18:15	—	—	54	52
Sam Reinhart C	L2	1	0	1	0	3	0.22	0	0	0	17:30	—	—	50	49
Johan Larsson L	L3	1	1	2	+2	5	0.55	3	0	0	15:53	—	—	55	46
Benoit Pouliot L	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	1	0	12:59	—	—	47	37
Justin Bailey R	L3	1	0	1	+1	3	0.19	0	0	0	9:39	—	—	39	37
Matt Moulson L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	0	0	0	7:32	—	—	55	57
Jacob Josefson C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	7:18	—	—	40	41
Jordan Nolan C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	0	0	6:14	—	—	58	59
Rasmus Ristolainen D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.07	3	1	0	26:50	—	—	44	68
Marco Scandella D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.04	1	3	0	22:49	—	—	46	74
Matt Tennyson D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.10	0	0	0	18:19	—	—	56	83
Nathan Beaulieu D	D2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.02	3	3	0	15:06	—	—	54	79
Jake McCabe D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.05	2	4	0	19:34	—	—	39	45
Josh Gorges D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.07	1	1	2	14:09	—	—	44	45

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Chad Johnson(start)	W	26	25	1	.962	2.29	59:53

Anaheim Ducks

ANA skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Rickard Rakell R	L1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.04	3	0	2	25:34	—	—	55	30
Jakob Silfverberg R	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.02	0	0	0	23:13	—	—	61	35
Andrew Cogliano C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	0	0	0	21:07	—	—	57	33
Antoine Vermette C	L2	0	1	1	0	1	0.18	0	0	2	20:35	—	—	50	35
Nick Ritchie L	L2	0	0	0	-2	3	0.44	6	0	0	19:16	—	—	46	34
Corey Perry R	L2	0	0	0	-2	2	0.37	1	1	2	18:14	—	—	39	31
Derek Grant C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	13:08	—	—	57	47
Chris Wagner R	L3	1	0	1	0	3	0.42	3	1	0	13:00	—	—	50	43
Logan Shaw R	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.14	2	1	0	11:47	—	—	53	52
Dennis Rasmussen C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	3	0	0	4:00	—	—	50	7
Nicolas Kerdiles L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	3:57	—	—	40	7
Jared Boll R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	3:46	—	—	50	8
Cam Fowler D	D1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.18	0	1	0	27:26	—	—	53	20
Josh Manson D	D1	0	1	1	0	2	0.02	1	3	0	19:34	—	—	48	16
Francois Beauchemin D	D2	0	0	0	0	3	0.13	2	1	0	20:16	—	—	41	15
Brandon Montour D	D2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.13	0	0	0	19:58	—	—	46	16
Kevin Bieksa D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.13	2	2	0	15:40	—	—	71	91
Jaycob Megna D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	0	5	0	14:18	—	—	54	80

ANA goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
John Gibson(start)	L	30	28	2	.933	2.54	59:11

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. Anaheim DucksOct 15, 2017

Fantasy takeaways

Buffalo Sabres beat Anaheim Ducks 3–1

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

Buffalo Sabres

Anaheim Ducks

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Buffalo Sabres

Anaheim Ducks