Buffalo Sabres vs. Calgary FlamesJan 22, 2018

Final / OTMonday, Jan 22, 2018· Scotiabank Saddledome

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
BUF	1	0	0	1	2		BUF	12	8	11	2	33
CGY	1	0	0	0	1		CGY	13	12	8	0	33

: BUF 63CGY 62
: BUF 2.95CGY 1.72
PP goals: BUF 0CGY 1
Hits: BUF 14CGY 18
Blocks: BUF 19CGY 16
PIM: BUF 11CGY 11
: BUF 51%CGY 49%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Buffalo Sabres edge Calgary Flames 2–1 (OT)

Buffalo Sabres beat Calgary Flames 2–1 in overtime at CGY. Jack Eichel (BUF) led the scoring with 1G 0A. CGY's first power-play unit (Giordano, Backlund, Gaudreau, Monahan and Tkachuk) scored 1 power-play goal on 10 attempts in 3:44 together.

PP1
CGY's first power-play unit (Giordano, Backlund, Gaudreau, Monahan and Tkachuk) scored 1 power-play goal on 10 attempts in 3:44 together.Giordano Backlund Gaudreau Monahan Tkachuk
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Nathan Beaulieu (BUF) played 1:15, −14:57 down on his 16:12 season average over 58 games.Beaulieu
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Rasmus Ristolainen (BUF) played 32:26, +6:01 up on his 26:25 season average over 72 games.Ristolainen
New line
New look for BUF: Nolan–Baptiste–Rodrigues skated 8:04 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (42.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Nolan Baptiste Rodrigues
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Evander Kane (BUF) played 13:33, −6:06 down on his 19:39 season average over 77 games.Kane
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Jake McCabe (BUF) played 25:20, +5:57 up on his 19:23 season average over 52 games.McCabe
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Jack Eichel (BUF) played 23:16, +3:10 up on his 20:06 season average over 66 games.Eichel
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Kyle Okposo (BUF) played 21:51, +4:53 up on his 16:58 season average over 75 games.Okposo

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)CGY attacks right (top on phones) →

CGY
BUF
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 125 of 125 attempts · CGY 62 · BUF 63

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

CGY
BUF
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

CGY 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 34% of the game, CGY 30%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

CGY

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	CGY
	55	59
	2.42	1.44
	2.30	1.39
	8	7
	5	6
	19	18
	+0.026	−0.026
	34%	30%

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 – Eichel
13:1861% CF
L2O'Reilly – Wilson – Reinhart
9:2954% CF
L3Pominville – Kane – Larsson
8:2232% CF
L4Nolan – Baptiste – Rodrigues
8:0443% CF
D1Scandella – Ristolainen
13:5539% CF
D2McCabe – Nelson
10:1855% CF

PP1Okposo – O'Reilly – Ristolainen – Reinhart – Eichel
3:0390% CF
PP2Pominville – Scandella – Kane – McCabe – Rodrigues
1:19100% CF
PK1FLarsson – Girgensons
2:27
PK2FO'Reilly – Wilson
1:18
PK1DScandella – Ristolainen
2:53
PK2DFalk – McCabe
0:27

Current BUF line combinations →

Calgary Flames

L1Brouwer – Backlund – Tkachuk
14:2058% CF
L2Ferland – Gaudreau – Monahan
11:4354% CF
L3Jankowski – Hathaway – Bennett
9:2553% CF
L4Stajan – Hrivik – Lazar
5:4657% CF
D1Hamonic – Brodie
17:1641% CF
D2Giordano – Hamilton
14:4364% CF
D3Stone – Kulak
12:5944% CF

PP1Giordano – Backlund – Gaudreau – Monahan – Tkachuk
3:44100% CF
PP2Brodie – Ferland – Hamilton – Jankowski – Bennett
1:0550% CF
PK1FStajan – Bennett
1:40
PK2FBrouwer – Backlund
1:16
PK1DGiordano – Hamonic
3:08
PK2DStone – Brodie
0:33

Current CGY line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

8:00
CGYMatthew TkachukPP (Johnny Gaudreau, Mark Giordano)tip-in0.10 xG
BUF: Scandella, Larsson, Girgensons, RistolainenCGY: Giordano, Backlund, Gaudreau, Monahan, Tkachuk
BUF 0 – 1 CGY
8:24
BUFScott Wilsonwrist0.13 xG
BUF: Falk, O'Reilly, Wilson, McCabe, ReinhartCGY: Hamonic, Brodie, Jankowski, Hathaway, Bennett
BUF 1 – 1 CGY

OT period

1:30
BUFJack Eichel (Rasmus Ristolainen, Ryan O'Reilly)slap0.05 xG
BUF: Okposo, O'Reilly, Ristolainen, EichelCGY: Giordano, Brouwer, Backlund, Stone
BUF 2 – 1 CGY

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	1	0	1	+1	7	0.55	0	0	0	23:16	—	—	60	66
Kyle Okposo R	L1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.59	0	1	2	21:51	—	—	54	62
Zemgus Girgensons C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	0	0	17:52	—	—	59	63
Ryan O'Reilly C	L2	0	1	1	+2	3	0.37	0	1	0	18:19	—	—	53	69
Scott Wilson C	L2	1	0	1	+1	3	0.15	2	0	0	14:50	—	—	43	63
Sam Reinhart C	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.22	0	1	0	14:45	—	—	53	72
Johan Larsson L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.10	0	2	0	13:50	—	—	33	65
Evander Kane L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.39	0	3	0	13:33	—	—	36	67
Jason Pominville R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	2	0	12:36	—	—	31	62
Evan Rodrigues C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	11:37	—	—	47	51
Jordan Nolan C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.15	1	0	0	10:00	—	—	53	58
Nick Baptiste R	L4	0	0	0	0	4	0.19	1	0	2	10:00	—	—	56	55
Rasmus Ristolainen D	D1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.15	3	1	0	32:26	—	—	36	44
Marco Scandella D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.01	0	2	0	24:52	—	—	48	63
Jake McCabe D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.04	2	2	2	25:20	—	—	64	84
Casey Nelson D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	16:21	—	—	48	52
Justin Falk D	—	0	0	0	+1	2	0.02	4	2	0	18:08	—	—	41	64
Nathan Beaulieu D	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	5	1:15	—	—	100	100

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Chad Johnson(start)	W	33	32	1	.970	1.72	61:30

Calgary Flames

CGY skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Mikael Backlund C	L1	0	0	0	-1	4	0.14	0	0	2	19:54	—	—	57	39
Matthew Tkachuk L	L1	1	0	1	0	6	0.41	0	0	0	19:21	—	—	61	41
Troy Brouwer R	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.05	4	1	0	18:36	—	—	54	38
Sean Monahan C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.18	0	0	0	18:43	—	—	59	40
Johnny Gaudreau L	L2	0	1	1	0	5	0.29	0	0	0	18:31	—	—	51	37
Micheal Ferland L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	2	1	0	14:54	—	—	57	32
Sam Bennett C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	14:26	—	—	46	34
Garnet Hathaway R	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.20	3	1	0	13:34	—	—	50	44
Mark Jankowski L	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	13:22	—	—	46	34
Matt Stajan C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	1	0	0	12:07	—	—	38	32
Marek Hrivik L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	1	0	9:17	—	—	29	28
Curtis Lazar C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	0	5	7:53	—	—	63	48
Travis Hamonic D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.04	1	1	0	22:52	—	—	44	34
TJ Brodie D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	3	0	20:56	—	—	39	27
Mark Giordano D	D2	0	1	1	-1	3	0.05	0	2	0	25:32	—	—	66	50
Dougie Hamilton D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	1	0	2	18:41	—	—	65	59
Michael Stone D	D3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.04	1	4	2	16:32	—	—	45	24
Brett Kulak D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.09	1	2	0	15:02	—	—	48	32

CGY goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Mike Smith(start)	O	33	31	2	.939	2.95	61:17

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.