Buffalo Sabres vs. Philadelphia FlyersJan 7, 2018

FinalSunday, Jan 7, 2018· Wells Fargo Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
BUF	0	1	0	1		BUF	12	11	8	31
PHI	0	2	2	4		PHI	5	18	6	29

: BUF 50PHI 53
: BUF 2.02PHI 4.41
PP goals: BUF 1PHI 1
Hits: BUF 25PHI 21
Blocks: BUF 11PHI 11
PIM: BUF 6PHI 8
: BUF 52%PHI 48%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Philadelphia Flyers beat Buffalo Sabres 4–1

Philadelphia Flyers beat Buffalo Sabres 4–1 at home. Sean Couturier (PHI) led the scoring with 2G 0A. BUF's first power-play unit (Okposo, O'Reilly, Ristolainen, Reinhart and Eichel) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 2:36 together.

Points
Sean Couturier had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 19:58.Couturier
Points
Jakub Voracek had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 19:28.Voracek
PP1
BUF's first power-play unit (Okposo, O'Reilly, Ristolainen, Reinhart and Eichel) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 2:36 together.Okposo O'Reilly Ristolainen Reinhart Eichel
PP1
PHI's first power-play unit (Giroux, Voracek, Simmonds, Couturier and Gostisbehere) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 2:43 together.Giroux Voracek Simmonds Couturier Gostisbehere
New line
New look for BUF: Kane–Reinhart–Eichel skated 13:21 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (48% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Kane Reinhart Eichel
New line
New look for BUF: Okposo–O'Reilly–Girgensons skated 10:22 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (76.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Okposo O'Reilly Girgensons
New line
New look for BUF: Pouliot–Josefson–Larsson skated 8:58 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (30.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Pouliot Josefson Larsson
Usage
Ryan O'Reilly (BUF) played 17:20, −3:32 down on his 20:52 season average over 80 games.O'Reilly

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)PHI attacks right (top on phones) →

PHI
BUF
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 103 of 103 attempts · PHI 53 · BUF 50

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

PHI
BUF
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

PHI 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, PHI 34%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

PHI

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	PHI
	48	50
	1.41	2.63
	1.41	2.56
	6	8
	6	6
	10	11
	+0.013	−0.013
	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

L1Kane – Reinhart – Eichel
13:2148% CF
L2Okposo – O'Reilly – Girgensons
10:2277% CF
L3Pouliot – Josefson – Larsson
8:5831% CF
L4Pominville – Wilson – Rodrigues
6:5829% CF
D1Scandella – Ristolainen
16:0236% CF
D2Gorges – Bogosian
13:1159% CF
D3Beaulieu – McCabe
12:3058% CF

PP1Okposo – O'Reilly – Ristolainen – Reinhart – Eichel
2:36100% CF
PP2Pominville – Scandella – Kane – McCabe – Rodrigues
1:47100% CF
PK1FJosefson – Girgensons
1:34
PK2FPouliot – Larsson
0:47
PK1DScandella – Ristolainen
2:21

Current BUF line combinations →

Philadelphia Flyers

L1Giroux – Couturier – Konecny
12:5644% CF
L2Filppula – Voracek – Raffl
10:3336% CF
L3Simmonds – Weal – Patrick
9:1188% CF
L4Lehtera – Laughton – Goulbourne
4:5140% CF
D1Gostisbehere – Provorov
15:2061% CF
D2MacDonald – Hagg
13:5259% CF
D3Manning – Gudas
13:3145% CF

PP1Giroux – Voracek – Simmonds – Couturier – Gostisbehere
2:43100% CF
PP2Lehtera – Manning – Weal – Provorov – Patrick
0:25
PK1FCouturier – Raffl
1:46
PK2FGiroux – Laughton
1:28
PK1DMacDonald – Provorov
2:15
PK2DGudas – Hagg
1:39

Current PHI line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

1:50
BUFRyan O'ReillyPP (Jack Eichel, Rasmus Ristolainen)snap0.05 xG
BUF: Okposo, O'Reilly, Ristolainen, Reinhart, EichelPHI: Gudas, Couturier, Raffl, Provorov
BUF 1 – 0 PHI
3:42
PHIShayne Gostisbehere (Scott Laughton, Jori Lehtera)snap0.07 xG
BUF: Pominville, Wilson, Beaulieu, McCabe, RodriguesPHI: Voracek, Lehtera, Laughton, Gostisbehere, Provorov
BUF 1 – 1 PHI
7:17
PHISean CouturierPP (Claude Giroux, Jakub Voracek)snap0.17 xG
BUF: Pouliot, Scandella, Larsson, RistolainenPHI: Giroux, Voracek, Simmonds, Couturier, Gostisbehere
BUF 1 – 2 PHI

3rd period

18:45
PHISean CouturierEN (Jakub Voracek, Michael Raffl)snap0.88 xG
BUF: Okposo, Kane, Girgensons, McCabe, Ristolainen, EichelPHI: Voracek, Gudas, Couturier, Raffl, Hagg
BUF 1 – 3 PHI
19:27
PHIIvan ProvorovEN (Wayne Simmonds, Andrew MacDonald)snap0.80 xG
BUF: Pominville, Okposo, O'Reilly, Kane, Ristolainen, EichelPHI: Filppula, MacDonald, Simmonds, Couturier, Provorov
BUF 1 – 4 PHI

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	-2	5	0.14	1	0	0	19:55	—	—	48	31
Evander Kane L	L1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.14	1	0	2	19:31	—	—	48	29
Sam Reinhart C	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.55	0	0	0	17:00	—	—	48	32
Ryan O'Reilly C	L2	1	0	1	-1	2	0.23	2	1	0	17:20	—	—	71	68
Kyle Okposo R	L2	0	0	0	-2	2	0.18	2	0	0	17:17	—	—	75	65
Zemgus Girgensons C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.07	1	2	0	14:18	—	—	80	70
Johan Larsson L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	1	0	13:18	—	—	38	21
Jacob Josefson C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	2	0	12:57	—	—	36	15
Benoit Pouliot L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	11:40	—	—	40	27
Evan Rodrigues C	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.12	2	0	0	13:48	—	—	40	28
Jason Pominville R	L4	0	0	0	-2	2	0.03	0	1	0	13:43	—	—	40	28
Scott Wilson C	L4	0	0	0	-1	3	0.15	3	0	2	8:41	—	—	33	28
Rasmus Ristolainen D	D1	0	1	1	-2	2	0.09	4	1	0	25:17	—	—	36	16
Marco Scandella D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.05	1	0	0	23:49	—	—	37	23
Zach Bogosian D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	16:57	—	—	54	46
Josh Gorges D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.11	1	0	2	14:43	—	—	58	56
Jake McCabe D	D3	0	0	0	-2	4	0.15	1	0	0	18:18	—	—	50	33
Nathan Beaulieu D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	2	2	0	16:27	—	—	61	51

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Robin Lehner(start)	L	27	25	2	.926	2.74	58:40

Philadelphia Flyers

PHI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Claude Giroux R	L1	0	1	1	0	1	0.11	1	0	0	21:10	—	—	43	58
Sean Couturier C	L1	2	0	2	+2	3	1.46	0	0	0	19:58	—	—	46	55
Travis Konecny R	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	2	0	15:07	—	—	50	51
Jakub Voracek R	L2	0	2	2	+2	1	0.18	0	0	2	19:28	—	—	32	64
Valtteri Filppula C	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.11	0	0	0	16:11	—	—	29	49
Michael Raffl L	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.12	1	0	0	15:23	—	—	39	56
Wayne Simmonds R	L3	0	1	1	+1	3	0.15	0	0	2	18:41	—	—	79	94
Jordan Weal C	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.45	1	0	0	13:57	—	—	71	94
Nolan Patrick C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	1	0	0	12:00	—	—	84	94
Scott Laughton C	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	2	0	0	10:51	—	—	44	54
Jori Lehtera C	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	8:51	—	—	47	50
Tyrell Goulbourne L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.14	0	1	0	5:45	—	—	46	35
Ivan Provorov D	D1	1	0	1	+2	5	1.04	1	0	0	22:42	—	—	57	56
Shayne Gostisbehere D	D1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.20	1	1	0	20:44	—	—	63	71
Andrew MacDonald D	D2	0	1	1	+1	3	0.14	0	1	2	19:50	—	—	54	65
Robert Hagg D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.20	3	3	2	18:14	—	—	52	73
Radko Gudas D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.01	4	2	0	18:48	—	—	39	59
Brandon Manning D	D3	0	0	0	0	3	0.05	5	1	0	15:57	—	—	46	67

PHI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Michal Neuvirth(start)	W	31	30	1	.968	2.02	60:00

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.