Buffalo Sabres vs. Philadelphia FlyersFeb 26, 2019

FinalTuesday, Feb 26, 2019· Wells Fargo Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
BUF	1	1	0	2		BUF	6	16	14	36
PHI	2	1	2	5		PHI	19	11	15	45

: BUF 62PHI 70
: BUF 1.83PHI 2.73
PP goals: BUF 1PHI 0
Hits: BUF 20PHI 25
Blocks: BUF 16PHI 17
PIM: BUF 10PHI 10
: BUF 40%PHI 60%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Philadelphia Flyers beat Buffalo Sabres 5–2

Philadelphia Flyers beat Buffalo Sabres 5–2 at home. Claude Giroux (PHI) led the scoring with 1G 1A. BUF's first power-play unit (Skinner, Ristolainen, Reinhart, Eichel and Dahlin) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 2:24 together.

Points
Claude Giroux had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 17:59.Giroux
PP1
BUF's first power-play unit (Skinner, Ristolainen, Reinhart, Eichel and Dahlin) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 2:24 together.Skinner Ristolainen Reinhart Eichel Dahlin
New line
New look for BUF: Okposo–Larsson–Girgensons skated 10:45 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (33.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Okposo Larsson Girgensons
New line
New look for PHI: van Riemsdyk–Laughton–Hartman skated 10:10 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.van Riemsdyk Laughton Hartman
Goalie
Carter Hutton (BUF) faced 44 shots and stopped 40 (.909), +13 against a season average of 30.8; the loss.Hutton
Goalie
Brian Elliott (PHI) faced 36 shots and stopped 34 (.944), +8 against a season average of 28.5; the win.Elliott
Luck
PHI scored 5 goals on 2.73 expected goals (70 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
Usage
Andrew MacDonald (PHI) played 8:55, −7:38 down on his 16:33 season average over 46 games.MacDonald

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 132 of 132 attempts · PHI 70 · BUF 62

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 28% of the game, PHI 32%.

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
	61	76
	1.78	2.22
	1.76	2.13
	6	18
	4	5
	20	16
	−0.048	+0.048
	28%	32%

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 – Larsson – Girgensons
10:4533% CF
L2Skinner – Reinhart – Eichel
10:4227% CF
L3Sheary – Rodrigues – Mittelstadt
7:3557% CF
L4Pominville – Sobotka – Wilson
3:5983% CF
D1Bogosian – Dahlin
15:3040% CF
D2McCabe – Ristolainen
9:5132% CF
D3Scandella – Montour
7:4335% CF

PP1Skinner – Ristolainen – Reinhart – Eichel – Dahlin
2:2475% CF
PP2Pominville – Okposo – Montour – Rodrigues – Mittelstadt
1:01100% CF
PK1FSobotka – Rodrigues
2:01
PK2FLarsson – Girgensons
0:48
PK1DBogosian – McCabe
1:00
PK2DScandella – Ristolainen
0:56

Current BUF line combinations →

Philadelphia Flyers

L1van Riemsdyk – Laughton – Hartman
10:1050% CF
L2Voracek – Couturier – Lindblom
9:2578% CF
L3Giroux – Konecny – Patrick
6:1647% CF
D1Sanheim – Provorov
15:0571% CF
D2Gudas – Hagg
11:3346% CF
D3Gostisbehere – Myers
11:3047% CF

PP1Giroux – van Riemsdyk – Voracek – Couturier – Gostisbehere
2:00100% CF
PP2Sanheim – Lindblom – Konecny – Provorov – Patrick
1:4150% CF
PK1FGiroux – Couturier
1:22
PK2FLaughton – Lindblom
1:07
PK1DGudas – Provorov
2:08
PK2DMacDonald – Hagg
1:52

Current PHI 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	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	2	1	0	16:04	—	—	46	55
Kyle Okposo R	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	1	0	0	15:01	—	—	46	51
Johan Larsson L	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.13	1	0	2	13:38	—	—	37	33
Jack Eichel C	L2	1	0	1	-1	6	0.19	0	2	0	22:16	—	—	33	45
Sam Reinhart C	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	1	0	19:44	—	—	36	42
Jeff Skinner L	L2	0	1	1	0	4	0.37	0	0	0	15:52	—	—	27	45
Evan Rodrigues C	L3	0	1	1	-2	3	0.14	0	0	0	17:55	—	—	52	41
Casey Mittelstadt C	L3	1	0	1	-2	3	0.26	0	0	0	14:07	—	—	57	55
Conor Sheary L	L3	0	1	1	-2	3	0.21	0	0	0	13:13	—	—	56	45
Jason Pominville R	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.02	0	0	0	9:56	—	—	44	40
Scott Wilson C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	1	0	8:38	—	—	58	56
Vladimir Sobotka C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	7:40	—	—	46	17
Rasmus Dahlin D	D1	0	1	1	-2	4	0.19	2	1	0	24:33	—	—	42	46
Zach Bogosian D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0.02	1	1	4	22:27	—	—	46	41
Rasmus Ristolainen D	D2	0	0	0	-3	1	0.01	2	2	2	21:09	—	—	43	33
Jake McCabe D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.06	2	1	2	17:46	—	—	40	57
Brandon Montour D	D3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.11	3	2	0	18:11	—	—	60	57
Marco Scandella D	D3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	2	3	0	13:59	—	—	35	32

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Carter Hutton(start)	L	44	40	4	.909	2.17	59:51

Philadelphia Flyers

PHI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
James van Riemsdyk L	L1	1	0	1	0	5	0.30	0	0	0	16:04	—	—	49	43
Scott Laughton C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	2	15:17	—	—	52	34
Ryan Hartman R	L1	0	0	0	0	4	0.07	4	2	4	14:12	—	—	55	44
Sean Couturier C	L2	0	1	1	+2	2	0.16	0	2	0	21:39	—	—	69	84
Jakub Voracek R	L2	1	0	1	+2	7	0.26	0	0	0	18:44	—	—	73	79
Oskar Lindblom L	L2	1	0	1	+1	5	0.44	4	0	0	17:57	—	—	76	89
Claude Giroux R	L3	1	1	2	+2	2	0.57	0	1	0	17:59	—	—	38	45
Nolan Patrick C	L3	0	1	1	+2	1	0.02	2	0	2	16:06	—	—	34	43
Travis Konecny R	L3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.04	0	0	0	12:34	—	—	48	43
Ivan Provorov D	D1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.06	2	0	0	22:48	—	—	67	73
Travis Sanheim D	D1	1	0	1	+2	1	0.13	0	2	0	21:13	—	—	66	73
Radko Gudas D	D2	0	1	1	+1	3	0.03	4	2	0	18:07	—	—	48	61
Robert Hagg D	D2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.07	2	3	0	15:50	—	—	43	58
Shayne Gostisbehere D	D3	0	0	0	+1	4	0.06	1	1	0	15:43	—	—	58	20
Philippe Myers D	D3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.00	4	0	0	15:24	—	—	44	17
Michael Raffl L	—	0	1	1	+1	1	0.20	0	0	2	13:18	—	—	52	49
Corban Knight C	—	0	0	0	0	3	0.33	0	0	0	9:41	—	—	72	60
Andrew MacDonald D	—	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	3	0	8:55	—	—	47	59

PHI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Brian Elliott(start)	W	36	34	2	.944	1.83	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.

Buffalo Sabres vs. Philadelphia FlyersFeb 26, 2019

Fantasy takeaways

Philadelphia Flyers beat Buffalo Sabres 5–2

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

Buffalo Sabres

Philadelphia Flyers

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Buffalo Sabres

Philadelphia Flyers