Buffalo Sabres vs. Philadelphia FlyersDec 19, 2019

FinalThursday, Dec 19, 2019· Wells Fargo Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
BUF	0	0	1	1		BUF	5	4	8	17
PHI	3	3	0	6		PHI	14	11	4	29

: BUF 28PHI 52
: BUF 0.91PHI 3.17
PP goals: BUF 1PHI 3
Hits: BUF 29PHI 9
Blocks: BUF 11PHI 7
PIM: BUF 10PHI 6
: BUF 39%PHI 61%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Philadelphia Flyers rout Buffalo Sabres 6–1

Philadelphia Flyers beat Buffalo Sabres 6–1 at home. Travis Konecny (PHI) led the scoring with 0G 3A. PHI's first power-play unit (Giroux, van Riemsdyk, Couturier, Konecny and Provorov) scored 2 power-play goals on 5 attempts in 3:28 together.

Points
Travis Konecny had 3 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 13:41.Konecny
Points
James van Riemsdyk had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 17:45.van Riemsdyk
Points
Matt Niskanen had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 22:00.Niskanen
Points
Kevin Hayes had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 15:48.Hayes
Points
Sean Couturier had 2 assists (2 points) in 17:06.Couturier
PP1
PHI's first power-play unit (Giroux, van Riemsdyk, Couturier, Konecny and Provorov) scored 2 power-play goals on 5 attempts in 3:28 together.Giroux van Riemsdyk Couturier Konecny Provorov
New line
New look for BUF: Johansson–Reinhart–Olofsson skated 15:04 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (56.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Johansson Reinhart Olofsson
New line
New look for PHI: Pitlick–Andreoff–Vorobyev skated 10:49 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (53.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Pitlick Andreoff Vorobyev

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 80 of 80 attempts · PHI 52 · BUF 28

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 14% of the game, PHI 50%.

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
	30	49
	1.00	3.08
	0.99	2.86
	5	8
	2	2
	13	17
	−0.086	+0.086
	14%	50%

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

L1Johansson – Reinhart – Olofsson
15:0456% CF
L2Skinner – Sheary – Rodrigues
4:2017% CF
L3Okposo – Girgensons – Vesey
1:5925% CF
D1Scandella – Jokiharju
13:5940% CF
D2McCabe – Ristolainen
9:0471% CF
D3Miller – Dahlin
7:2221% CF

PP1Johansson – Ristolainen – Reinhart – Olofsson – Dahlin
1:550% CF
PP2Okposo – Larsson – Skinner – Miller – Montour
0:59100% CF
PK1FVesey – Asplund
1:45
PK2FGirgensons – Rodrigues
0:58
PK1DMcCabe – Ristolainen
2:50
PK2DScandella – Jokiharju
2:43

Current BUF line combinations →

Philadelphia Flyers

L1Voracek – Kase – Frost
10:5756% CF
L2Pitlick – Andreoff – Vorobyev
10:4954% CF
L3Giroux – Couturier – Konecny
9:5950% CF
L4van Riemsdyk – Hayes – Aube-Kubel
9:0476% CF
D1Gostisbehere – Myers
15:5257% CF
D2Niskanen – Provorov
15:2967% CF
D3Braun – Sanheim
14:3458% CF

PP1Giroux – van Riemsdyk – Couturier – Konecny – Provorov
3:28100% CF
PP2Niskanen – Voracek – Hayes – Gostisbehere – Frost
2:30100% CF
PK1FGiroux – Couturier
1:25
PK2FHayes – Aube-Kubel
1:14
PK1DNiskanen – Provorov
2:20
PK2DBraun – Sanheim
1:14

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
Marcus Johansson L	L1	0	1	1	-1	1	0.14	1	0	0	18:26	—	—	56	44
Victor Olofsson L	L1	1	0	1	-1	1	0.07	0	0	0	18:09	—	—	56	40
Sam Reinhart C	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.09	1	0	0	17:36	—	—	56	40
Jeff Skinner L	L2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.15	0	0	0	15:53	—	—	35	21
Conor Sheary L	L2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.13	0	1	0	12:04	—	—	25	20
Evan Rodrigues C	L2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.06	0	1	0	11:52	—	—	22	12
Jimmy Vesey L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	18:09	—	—	29	13
Zemgus Girgensons C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	17:59	—	—	47	40
Kyle Okposo R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	4	0	0	16:52	—	—	35	31
Marco Scandella D	D1	0	0	0	-3	1	0.08	5	2	0	18:56	—	—	33	15
Henri Jokiharju D	D1	0	0	0	-3	2	0.03	1	0	0	18:38	—	—	41	15
Jake McCabe D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	2	0	21:30	—	—	44	42
Rasmus Ristolainen D	D2	0	0	0	0	3	0.06	4	0	2	20:40	—	—	53	38
Rasmus Dahlin D	D3	0	1	1	0	0	0.01	1	2	4	17:46	—	—	33	30
Colin Miller D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.02	5	2	2	17:44	—	—	27	24
Brandon Montour D	—	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	2	0	2	13:43	—	—	33	13
Rasmus Asplund C	—	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	1	0	0	12:06	—	—	39	25
Johan Larsson L	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	5:59	—	—	50	0

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Carter Hutton(start)	L	29	23	6	.793	3.17	60:00

Philadelphia Flyers

PHI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Morgan Frost C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.18	0	0	2	16:02	—	—	50	62
Jakub Voracek R	L1	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	0	0	2	15:14	—	—	50	71
David Kase R	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	12:44	—	—	50	80
Tyler Pitlick C	L2	1	0	1	+2	5	0.44	0	1	0	14:52	—	—	62	78
Mikhail Vorobyev C	L2	1	0	1	+1	1	0.02	0	0	0	13:55	—	—	63	52
Andy Andreoff C	L2	0	0	0	+2	1	0.05	1	0	0	12:27	—	—	56	55
Sean Couturier C	L3	0	2	2	0	0	0.10	0	1	0	17:06	—	—	47	77
Claude Giroux R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.07	1	0	0	15:57	—	—	54	82
Travis Konecny R	L3	0	3	3	+1	2	0.27	1	0	2	13:41	—	—	54	80
James van Riemsdyk L	L4	2	0	2	+2	4	1.07	0	0	0	17:45	—	—	81	85
Kevin Hayes R	L4	0	2	2	+1	3	0.23	0	1	0	15:48	—	—	74	82
Nicolas Aube-Kubel R	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.16	1	1	0	13:26	—	—	74	66
Shayne Gostisbehere D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.12	0	1	0	19:33	—	—	58	65
Philippe Myers D	D1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.07	1	1	0	16:36	—	—	59	60
Ivan Provorov D	D2	1	0	1	+1	1	0.05	1	0	0	23:53	—	—	67	84
Matt Niskanen D	D2	1	1	2	+1	3	0.12	2	1	0	22:00	—	—	68	84
Travis Sanheim D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.03	1	0	0	17:59	—	—	60	75
Justin Braun D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.18	0	0	0	16:53	—	—	60	73

PHI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Carter Hart(start)	W	17	16	1	.941	0.91	59:56

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 FlyersDec 19, 2019

Fantasy takeaways

Philadelphia Flyers rout Buffalo Sabres 6–1

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