Buffalo Sabres vs. Anaheim DucksOct 28, 2021

Final / OTThursday, Oct 28, 2021· Honda Center

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
BUF	1	2	0	1	4		BUF	12	14	1	2	29
ANA	0	2	1	0	3		ANA	17	10	10	0	37

: BUF 53ANA 56
: BUF 2.66ANA 3.06
PP goals: BUF 1ANA 0
Hits: BUF 13ANA 23
Blocks: BUF 9ANA 11
PIM: BUF 2ANA 4
: BUF 36%ANA 64%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Buffalo Sabres edge Anaheim Ducks 4–3 (OT)

Buffalo Sabres beat Anaheim Ducks 4–3 in overtime at ANA. Rasmus Asplund (BUF) led the scoring with 2G 0A. New look for ANA: Getzlaf–Terry–Steel skated 7:54 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (33.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Rasmus Asplund had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 17:55.Asplund
Points
Rasmus Dahlin had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 23:10.Dahlin
Points
Victor Olofsson had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 19:31.Olofsson
New line
New look for ANA: Getzlaf–Terry–Steel skated 7:54 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (33.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Getzlaf Terry Steel
Goalie
Craig Anderson (BUF) faced 37 shots and stopped 34 (.919), +7 against a season average of 30.5; the win.Anderson
New line
New look for ANA: Deslauriers–Comtois–Groulx skated 7:23 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (46.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Deslauriers Comtois Groulx
Usage
Victor Olofsson (BUF) played 19:31, +4:12 up on his 15:19 season average over 71 games.Olofsson
Usage
Zemgus Girgensons (BUF) played 18:35, +3:52 up on his 14:43 season average over 55 games.Girgensons

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 109 of 109 attempts · ANA 56 · BUF 53

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 28% of the game, ANA 39%.

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
	54	62
	2.26	3.22
	2.21	2.97
	5	18
	5	6
	29	14
	−0.117	+0.117
	28%	39%

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 – Caggiula
14:3063% CF
L2Olofsson – Asplund – Thompson
14:2335% CF
L3Hayden – Bjork – Ruotsalainen
11:0838% CF
L4Skinner – Hinostroza – Cozens
8:3238% CF
D1Miller – Bryson
18:4243% CF
D2Butcher – Dahlin
18:0554% CF
D3Pysyk – Hagg
17:3643% CF

PP1Butcher – Olofsson – Asplund – Thompson – Dahlin
0:440% CF
PK1FOkposo – Girgensons
0:12
PK1DButcher – Dahlin
0:12

Current BUF line combinations →

Anaheim Ducks

L1Henrique – Rakell – Zegras
8:0359% CF
L2Getzlaf – Terry – Steel
7:5433% CF
L3Deslauriers – Comtois – Groulx
7:2347% CF
L4Silfverberg – Milano – Lundeström
6:1711% CF
D1Fowler – Manson
19:5663% CF
D2Lindholm – Drysdale
19:2657% CF
D3Shattenkirk – Benoit
12:5247% CF

PP1Shattenkirk – Silfverberg – Fowler – Manson – Lundeström
0:12
PK1FGetzlaf – Silfverberg
0:23
PK2FLundeström – Groulx
0:03
PK1DShattenkirk – Lindholm
0:29
PK2DFowler – Manson
0:03

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
Zemgus Girgensons C	L1	1	0	1	+1	3	0.21	1	1	0	18:35	—	—	55	41
Kyle Okposo R	L1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.11	1	1	0	18:03	—	—	63	50
Drake Caggiula L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	1	0	0	15:40	—	—	65	50
Tage Thompson C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.19	2	0	0	20:02	—	—	37	33
Victor Olofsson L	L2	0	2	2	0	2	0.24	0	0	0	19:31	—	—	47	47
Rasmus Asplund C	L2	2	0	2	0	4	0.31	0	0	2	17:55	—	—	33	33
Arttu Ruotsalainen C	L3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.18	1	0	0	15:25	—	—	56	41
Anders Bjork L	L3	0	1	1	0	2	0.13	0	0	0	15:22	—	—	54	45
John Hayden C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	0	0	13:10	—	—	40	29
Vinnie Hinostroza C	L4	0	1	1	0	0	0.02	1	0	0	13:03	—	—	42	42
Jeff Skinner L	L4	0	0	0	0	5	0.34	0	0	0	11:06	—	—	40	39
Dylan Cozens C	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.31	1	1	0	10:00	—	—	40	47
Jacob Bryson D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	1	1	0	21:42	—	—	41	43
Colin Miller D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.13	1	0	0	20:24	—	—	46	53
Rasmus Dahlin D	D2	0	2	2	-2	1	0.18	1	1	0	23:10	—	—	54	38
Will Butcher D	D2	0	0	0	-2	2	0.01	0	1	0	20:16	—	—	55	38
Robert Hagg D	D3	0	0	0	+2	1	0.03	0	2	0	18:36	—	—	45	42
Mark Pysyk D	D3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.23	0	1	0	18:26	—	—	40	35

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Craig Anderson(start)	W	37	34	3	.919	3.06	64:16

Anaheim Ducks

ANA skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Trevor Zegras C	L1	0	0	0	-2	3	0.27	0	0	0	19:57	—	—	64	67
Adam Henrique C	L1	1	0	1	+1	5	0.60	1	0	0	18:02	—	—	66	68
Rickard Rakell R	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.34	2	0	0	13:31	—	—	61	55
Ryan Getzlaf C	L2	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	18:07	—	—	46	48
Troy Terry R	L2	1	0	1	-1	2	0.26	0	0	0	17:26	—	—	54	56
Sam Steel C	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	16:37	—	—	36	38
Nicolas Deslauriers L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	2	1	2	11:12	—	—	50	61
Maxime Comtois L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	8:36	—	—	44	56
Bo Groulx C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.17	1	1	0	8:08	—	—	44	53
Jakob Silfverberg R	L4	0	1	1	+2	3	0.16	0	1	0	18:41	—	—	54	66
Isac Lundeström C	L4	0	1	1	+2	1	0.19	3	0	0	17:33	—	—	44	48
Sonny Milano L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	4	1	0	17:18	—	—	48	57
Cam Fowler D	D1	0	1	1	+1	4	0.32	0	1	0	23:21	—	—	62	70
Josh Manson D	D1	0	0	0	0	5	0.33	1	0	2	20:35	—	—	63	75
Hampus Lindholm D	D2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.02	1	0	0	25:43	—	—	51	52
Jamie Drysdale D	D2	0	0	0	-3	4	0.23	0	1	0	23:10	—	—	51	53
Kevin Shattenkirk D	D3	0	1	1	+3	1	0.00	1	3	0	17:52	—	—	43	46
Simon Benoit D	D3	1	0	1	+2	1	0.08	3	1	0	14:05	—	—	38	40

ANA goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Anthony Stolarz(start)	O	29	25	4	.862	2.66	64:16

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 28, 2021

Fantasy takeaways

Buffalo Sabres edge Anaheim Ducks 4–3 (OT)

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

OT period

Box score

Buffalo Sabres

Anaheim Ducks