Buffalo Sabres vs. Anaheim DucksOct 21, 2018

FinalSunday, Oct 21, 2018· Honda Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
BUF	0	2	2	4		BUF	14	17	14	45
ANA	1	1	0	2		ANA	8	10	10	28

: BUF 71ANA 43
: BUF 4.58ANA 2.58
PP goals: BUF 2ANA 0
Hits: BUF 15ANA 12
Blocks: BUF 7ANA 11
PIM: BUF 9ANA 13
: BUF 47%ANA 53%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Buffalo Sabres beat Anaheim Ducks 4–2

Buffalo Sabres beat Anaheim Ducks 4–2 at ANA. Kyle Okposo (BUF) led the scoring with 1G 1A. Ryan Miller (ANA) faced 44 shots and stopped 41 (.932), +15 against a season average of 28.9; the loss.

Points
Kyle Okposo had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 11:09.Okposo
Points
Brandon Montour had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 22:13.Montour
Points
Sam Reinhart had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 14:56.Reinhart
Goalie
Ryan Miller (ANA) faced 44 shots and stopped 41 (.932), +15 against a season average of 28.9; the loss.Miller
Usage
Jason Pominville (BUF) played 20:33, +8:12 up on his 12:21 season average over 72 games.Pominville
Usage
Zach Bogosian (BUF) played 15:04, −6:40 down on his 21:44 season average over 64 games.Bogosian
New line
New look for ANA: Henrique–Comtois–Sherwood skated 6:33 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (28.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Henrique Comtois Sherwood
Usage
Evan Rodrigues (BUF) played 11:59, −3:54 down on his 15:53 season average over 73 games.Rodrigues

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 114 of 114 attempts · ANA 43 · BUF 71

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 50% of the game, ANA 22%.

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
	61	40
	3.13	2.31
	2.98	2.25
	13	6
	2	1
	18	10
	−0.037	+0.037
	50%	22%

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 – Skinner – Eichel
14:1664% CF
L2Sobotka – Sheary – Reinhart
11:3265% CF
L3Berglund – Larsson – Girgensons
9:0147% CF
L4Okposo – Rodrigues – Mittelstadt
8:4857% CF
D1McCabe – Ristolainen
15:1263% CF
D2Bogosian – Scandella
12:0358% CF
D3Nelson – Dahlin
10:3944% CF

PP1Pominville – Skinner – Eichel – Mittelstadt – Dahlin
5:3392% CF
PP2Okposo – Ristolainen – Sheary – Reinhart – Rodrigues
2:07100% CF
PK1FLarsson – Girgensons
3:10
PK2FSobotka – Rodrigues
0:34
PK1DMcCabe – Ristolainen
2:27
PK2DBogosian – Scandella
1:17

Current BUF line combinations →

Anaheim Ducks

L1Rakell – Steel – Lundeström
7:4322% CF
L2Getzlaf – Street – Aberg
7:2664% CF
L3Kesler – Cogliano – Gibbons
7:1950% CF
L4Henrique – Comtois – Sherwood
6:3329% CF
D1Fowler – Manson
18:0629% CF
D2Lindholm – Montour
15:2568% CF
D3Sustr – Pettersson
11:2523% CF

PP1Getzlaf – Kesler – Henrique – Fowler – Rakell
2:34100% CF
PP2Henrique – Lindholm – Aberg – Montour – Comtois
1:03100% CF
PK1FKesler – Street
1:58
PK2FGibbons – Lundeström
0:53
PK1DLindholm – Montour
2:45
PK2DFowler – Manson
2:45

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
Jack Eichel C	L1	0	1	1	+1	5	0.53	0	0	0	21:26	—	—	61	63
Jeff Skinner L	L1	1	0	1	+1	6	0.68	0	0	0	20:33	—	—	65	64
Jason Pominville R	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.15	1	0	0	20:33	—	—	63	63
Conor Sheary L	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.33	1	0	2	15:14	—	—	67	66
Sam Reinhart C	L2	0	2	2	0	3	0.37	0	1	0	14:56	—	—	68	63
Vladimir Sobotka C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	0	0	0	14:12	—	—	63	64
Zemgus Girgensons C	L3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.18	1	0	0	13:55	—	—	50	42
Johan Larsson L	L3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.14	0	1	0	13:51	—	—	47	28
Patrik Berglund C	L3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.68	0	0	0	10:37	—	—	50	42
Casey Mittelstadt C	L4	0	0	0	-2	3	0.28	0	0	0	14:44	—	—	65	55
Evan Rodrigues C	L4	0	1	1	-2	2	0.06	0	0	0	11:59	—	—	53	29
Kyle Okposo R	L4	1	1	2	-2	2	0.33	0	0	0	11:09	—	—	61	49
Rasmus Ristolainen D	D1	1	0	1	-1	5	0.45	5	0	0	24:07	—	—	62	64
Jake McCabe D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	3	2	0	21:10	—	—	63	58
Marco Scandella D	D2	0	0	0	+1	3	0.11	1	0	0	18:19	—	—	66	65
Zach Bogosian D	D2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.02	0	2	5	15:04	—	—	63	63
Rasmus Dahlin D	D3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.08	3	0	2	20:12	—	—	50	34
Casey Nelson D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.12	0	1	0	14:22	—	—	58	47

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Carter Hutton(start)	W	28	26	2	.929	2.58	59:37

Anaheim Ducks

ANA skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Rickard Rakell R	L1	0	1	1	0	5	0.23	0	1	0	15:38	—	—	33	50
Isac Lundeström C	L1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.12	1	1	0	15:33	—	—	22	35
Sam Steel C	L1	1	0	1	+2	2	0.20	0	0	2	14:28	—	—	33	49
Ryan Getzlaf C	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.08	1	0	4	18:42	—	—	60	67
Ben Street C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	1	0	0	15:05	—	—	57	54
Pontus Aberg L	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.53	1	0	0	14:21	—	—	60	66
Ryan Kesler C	L3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.26	0	0	5	16:49	—	—	42	41
Brian Gibbons C	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.33	1	2	0	14:20	—	—	38	42
Andrew Cogliano C	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.08	0	0	0	13:03	—	—	45	46
Adam Henrique C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.09	0	0	0	15:03	—	—	20	26
Maxime Comtois L	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.26	3	0	0	11:53	—	—	35	29
Kiefer Sherwood L	L4	1	0	1	+1	2	0.11	0	0	0	11:31	—	—	40	35
Cam Fowler D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.06	0	0	0	23:45	—	—	28	19
Josh Manson D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	23:08	—	—	29	20
Hampus Lindholm D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	1	1	0	23:01	—	—	68	65
Brandon Montour D	D2	0	2	2	0	2	0.23	0	1	0	22:13	—	—	66	65
Marcus Pettersson D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	12:45	—	—	23	32
Andrej Sustr D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	4	2	12:19	—	—	21	30

ANA goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Ryan Miller(start)	L	44	41	3	.932	3.92	58:43

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 21, 2018

Fantasy takeaways

Buffalo Sabres beat Anaheim Ducks 4–2

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