Buffalo Sabres vs. Anaheim DucksJan 23, 2024

FinalTuesday, Jan 23, 2024· Honda Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
BUF	0	0	2	2		BUF	9	6	15	30
ANA	1	2	1	4		ANA	8	19	9	36

: BUF 66ANA 58
: BUF 3.17ANA 3.93
PP goals: BUF 0ANA 1
Hits: BUF 27ANA 26
Blocks: BUF 10ANA 16
PIM: BUF 30ANA 38
: BUF 49%ANA 51%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Anaheim Ducks beat Buffalo Sabres 4–2

Anaheim Ducks beat Buffalo Sabres 4–2 at home. Jakob Silfverberg (ANA) led the scoring with 2G 0A. New look for BUF: Skinner–Tuch–Thompson skated 10:47 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (46.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Jakob Silfverberg had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 16:46.Silfverberg
Points
Jordan Greenway had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 17:30.Greenway
Points
Cam Fowler had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 27:38.Fowler
New line
New look for BUF: Skinner–Tuch–Thompson skated 10:47 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (46.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Skinner Tuch Thompson
Usage
Olen Zellweger (ANA) played 13:42, −5:48 down on his 19:30 season average over 25 games.Zellweger
New line
New look for ANA: Carrick–McGinn–Groulx skated 6:30 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (29.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Carrick McGinn Groulx
New line
New look for ANA: Strome–Vatrano–Leason skated 7:36 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (55.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Strome Vatrano Leason
New line
New look for BUF: Greenway–Cozens–Quinn skated 4:23 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (22.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Greenway Cozens Quinn

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 124 of 124 attempts · ANA 58 · BUF 66

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 33% of the game, ANA 31%.

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
	58	50
	2.21	3.27
	2.16	3.12
	13	14
	4	6
	18	14
	+0.008	−0.008
	33%	31%

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

L1Skinner – Tuch – Thompson
10:4746% CF
L2Okposo – Girgensons – Krebs
9:3783% CF
L3Greenway – Cozens – Quinn
4:2322% CF
L4Mittelstadt – Peterka – Benson
3:5525% CF
D1Samuelsson – Dahlin
12:4165% CF
D2Jokiharju – Power
10:5630% CF
D3Clifton – Johnson
8:5756% CF

PP1Skinner – Tuch – Thompson – Dahlin – Cozens
1:22100% CF
PP2Okposo – Mittelstadt – Quinn – Peterka – Power
0:44100% CF
PK1FGreenway – Cozens
2:14
PK2FTuch – Quinn
1:10
PK1DClifton – Samuelsson
2:12
PK2DDahlin – Power
1:31

Current BUF line combinations →

Anaheim Ducks

L1Henrique – Terry – Carlsson
11:3560% CF
L2Silfverberg – Lundeström – McTavish
11:3350% CF
L3Strome – Vatrano – Leason
7:3656% CF
L4Carrick – McGinn – Groulx
6:3029% CF
D1Fowler – LaCombe
19:5250% CF
D2Gudas – Vaakanainen
12:0459% CF
D3Lyubushkin – Zellweger
10:3832% CF

PP1Henrique – Silfverberg – Fowler – Strome – Vatrano
2:1183% CF
PP2Carrick – Terry – McTavish – Zellweger – Carlsson
1:12100% CF
PK1FHenrique – Vatrano
1:00
PK2FCarrick – McGinn
0:36
PK1DGudas – Vaakanainen
0:59
PK2DLyubushkin – LaCombe
0:36

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
Alex Tuch R	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.10	2	1	0	19:12	—	—	41	29
Tage Thompson C	L1	0	1	1	-1	2	0.27	4	0	0	18:57	—	—	44	23
Jeff Skinner L	L1	0	0	0	0	4	0.46	0	0	0	18:17	—	—	36	29
Peyton Krebs C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.41	2	2	14	14:47	—	—	77	63
Kyle Okposo R	L2	1	0	1	-1	2	0.21	0	0	10	13:10	—	—	74	59
Zemgus Girgensons C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	4	0	0	12:46	—	—	79	49
Jordan Greenway L	L3	1	1	2	0	3	0.16	0	0	0	17:30	—	—	39	8
Dylan Cozens C	L3	0	1	1	0	3	0.33	3	0	0	15:54	—	—	35	27
Jack Quinn R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.41	4	0	0	13:43	—	—	46	30
Casey Mittelstadt C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.26	0	1	0	14:00	—	—	56	59
JJ Peterka R	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.07	1	0	0	13:20	—	—	52	69
Zach Benson L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	8:54	—	—	39	51
Rasmus Dahlin D	D1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.08	1	1	0	27:11	—	—	64	58
Mattias Samuelsson D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	3	2	19:26	—	—	62	61
Owen Power D	D2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.25	0	2	0	23:24	—	—	41	27
Henri Jokiharju D	D2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.09	0	0	4	16:28	—	—	39	17
Connor Clifton D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	3	0	0	15:08	—	—	61	32
Ryan Johnson D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	1	0	0	14:11	—	—	56	29

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen(start)	L	35	32	3	.914	3.35	57:18

Anaheim Ducks

ANA skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Adam Henrique C	L1	1	0	1	+1	6	1.16	1	1	10	19:31	—	—	45	75
Leo Carlsson C	L1	0	0	0	0	5	0.43	0	0	0	19:12	—	—	48	79
Troy Terry R	L1	0	1	1	0	2	0.12	0	0	0	16:04	—	—	61	89
Isac Lundeström C	L2	0	0	0	+2	1	0.13	1	0	0	17:54	—	—	50	63
Jakob Silfverberg R	L2	2	0	2	+2	3	0.32	0	0	0	16:46	—	—	47	68
Mason McTavish C	L2	0	1	1	+2	2	0.28	2	1	14	16:45	—	—	46	59
Frank Vatrano R	L3	0	1	1	0	4	0.31	3	0	0	17:06	—	—	56	36
Ryan Strome C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	0	0	13:14	—	—	55	37
Brett Leason R	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	0	0	0	11:42	—	—	50	35
Sam Carrick C	L4	1	0	1	+1	3	0.26	2	0	10	12:20	—	—	29	33
Brock McGinn L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.15	6	1	0	9:16	—	—	41	49
Bo Groulx C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.06	2	1	0	9:03	—	—	35	45
Cam Fowler D	D1	0	2	2	+2	3	0.41	1	1	2	27:38	—	—	50	68
Jackson LaCombe D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.05	0	3	0	24:16	—	—	49	68
Radko Gudas D	D2	0	1	1	+2	0	0.01	3	2	2	19:06	—	—	64	82
Urho Vaakanainen D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.09	1	1	0	17:46	—	—	48	59
Ilya Lyubushkin D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	2	0	14:02	—	—	33	24
Olen Zellweger D	D3	0	1	1	0	2	0.12	1	3	0	13:42	—	—	32	18

ANA goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
John Gibson(start)	W	30	28	2	.933	3.17	59:58

Goal anatomy

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

Jakob Silfverberg (ANA) 1st 5:51 · assists Radko Gudas, Cam Fowler · Deflection · 34.2 mph shot.

Jakob Silfverberg · 1st 5:51 · ANA

Play: deflection
Passes: 0
Shot: 34.2 mph
Distance: 3 ft
Type: deflection

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Jakob Silfverberg · 2nd 4:30 · ANA

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: loose
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 33.4 mph
Distance: 12 ft
Entry to goal: 4.0 s
Type: one-timer

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Jordan Greenway · 3rd 14:41 · BUF

Play: deflection
Passes: 4
Shot: 46.9 mph
Distance: 5 ft
Type: deflection

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Kyle Okposo · 3rd 17:04 · BUF

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 57.1 mph
Distance: 24 ft

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Adam Henrique · 3rd 18:51 · ANA EN

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: pass
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 2
Shot: 63.3 mph
Distance: 64 ft
Entry to goal: 1.2 s

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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 DucksJan 23, 2024

Fantasy takeaways

Anaheim Ducks beat Buffalo Sabres 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

Goal anatomy

Jakob Silfverberg · 1st 5:51 · ANA

Jakob Silfverberg · 2nd 4:30 · ANA

Jordan Greenway · 3rd 14:41 · BUF

Kyle Okposo · 3rd 17:04 · BUF

Adam Henrique · 3rd 18:51 · ANA EN