Buffalo Sabres vs. Philadelphia FlyersJan 18, 2021

FinalMonday, Jan 18, 2021· Wells Fargo Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
BUF	1	3	2	6		BUF	11	15	11	37
PHI	0	0	1	1		PHI	4	11	7	22

: BUF 58PHI 53
: BUF 2.83PHI 1.73
PP goals: BUF 2PHI 0
Hits: BUF 28PHI 24
Blocks: BUF 17PHI 12
PIM: BUF 2PHI 8
: BUF 56%PHI 44%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Buffalo Sabres rout Philadelphia Flyers 6–1

Buffalo Sabres beat Philadelphia Flyers 6–1 at PHI. Jack Eichel (BUF) led the scoring with 0G 3A. BUF's first power-play unit (Hall, Reinhart, Olofsson, Eichel and Dahlin) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 3:03 together.

Points
Jack Eichel had 3 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 18:36.Eichel
Points
Taylor Hall had 3 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 18:20.Hall
Points
Curtis Lazar had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 12:17.Lazar
Points
Sam Reinhart had two goals (2 points) on 6 shots in 18:38.Reinhart
PP1
BUF's first power-play unit (Hall, Reinhart, Olofsson, Eichel and Dahlin) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 3:03 together.Hall Reinhart Olofsson Eichel Dahlin
Luck
BUF scored 6 goals on 2.83 expected goals (58 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
New line
New look for BUF: Eakin–Rieder–Thompson skated 10:22 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (25% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Eakin Rieder Thompson
New line
New look for BUF: Staal–Olofsson–Cozens skated 9:58 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (31.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Staal Olofsson Cozens

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 111 of 111 attempts · PHI 53 · BUF 58

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 38% of the game, PHI 19%.

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
	59	61
	2.70	2.03
	2.65	1.98
	11	6
	5	1
	14	8
	+0.078	−0.078
	38%	19%

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

L1Hall – Reinhart – Eichel
13:4654% CF
L2Sheahan – Skinner – Lazar
11:0660% CF
L3Eakin – Rieder – Thompson
10:2225% CF
L4Staal – Olofsson – Cozens
9:5831% CF
D1McCabe – Ristolainen
15:5743% CF
D2Miller – Jokiharju
15:4431% CF
D3Montour – Dahlin
15:3668% CF

PP1Hall – Reinhart – Olofsson – Eichel – Dahlin
3:03100% CF
PP2Staal – Skinner – Miller – Thompson – Cozens
2:00
PK1FEakin – Rieder
1:03
PK2FSheahan – Lazar
0:57
PK1DMcCabe – Ristolainen
1:01
PK2DMiller – Jokiharju
0:48

Current BUF line combinations →

Philadelphia Flyers

L1Laughton – Raffl – Aube-Kubel
11:1650% CF
L2Giroux – Hayes – Farabee
8:2654% CF
L3van Riemsdyk – Voracek – Patrick
8:1158% CF
L4Lindblom – Konecny – Frost
6:3760% CF
D1Braun – Provorov
13:2250% CF
D2Sanheim – Myers
11:3160% CF
D3Gustafsson – Hagg
10:3948% CF

PP1Giroux – Hayes – Konecny – Provorov – Frost
0:49100% CF
PP2van Riemsdyk – Voracek – Gustafsson – Patrick – Farabee
0:44
PK1FHayes – Laughton
1:33
PK2FRaffl – Lindblom
1:18
PK1DBraun – Provorov
2:09
PK2DHagg – Sanheim
0:51

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
Sam Reinhart C	L1	2	0	2	0	6	0.43	0	1	0	18:38	—	—	61	65
Jack Eichel C	L1	0	3	3	0	3	0.30	0	3	0	18:36	—	—	59	67
Taylor Hall L	L1	0	3	3	0	2	0.14	0	2	0	18:20	—	—	59	62
Jeff Skinner L	L2	0	0	0	+2	5	0.71	1	0	0	16:10	—	—	67	64
Riley Sheahan C	L2	0	1	1	+2	1	0.02	2	1	0	13:12	—	—	65	60
Curtis Lazar C	L2	2	0	2	+2	2	0.07	4	0	0	12:17	—	—	64	47
Cody Eakin C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	1	0	0	13:47	—	—	27	55
Tage Thompson C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.16	1	0	0	13:26	—	—	24	39
Tobias Rieder L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.21	0	1	0	12:49	—	—	29	56
Victor Olofsson L	L4	1	0	1	+1	3	0.43	0	0	0	15:48	—	—	29	45
Eric Staal C	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	15:27	—	—	41	57
Dylan Cozens C	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	14:29	—	—	37	40
Rasmus Ristolainen D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.04	8	0	0	20:43	—	—	41	42
Jake McCabe D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	3	2	0	18:54	—	—	50	57
Colin Miller D	D2	0	0	0	+2	0	0.03	4	1	0	18:40	—	—	29	28
Henri Jokiharju D	D2	1	0	1	+2	2	0.09	1	3	0	18:08	—	—	33	49
Rasmus Dahlin D	D3	0	0	0	+1	3	0.09	1	0	0	19:56	—	—	66	76
Brandon Montour D	D3	0	1	1	0	5	0.06	2	3	2	18:40	—	—	63	68

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Carter Hutton(start)	W	22	21	1	.955	1.73	60:00

Philadelphia Flyers

PHI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Scott Laughton C	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.17	4	1	0	14:36	—	—	50	54
Michael Raffl L	L1	0	1	1	-1	0	0.11	3	2	0	14:06	—	—	50	54
Nicolas Aube-Kubel R	L1	1	0	1	-1	1	0.37	1	1	4	11:56	—	—	50	54
Kevin Hayes R	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.04	2	0	0	19:00	—	—	55	37
Claude Giroux R	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	16:30	—	—	55	37
Joel Farabee L	L2	0	0	0	-2	4	0.19	0	0	0	14:30	—	—	55	44
Nolan Patrick C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	15:01	—	—	44	42
James van Riemsdyk L	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.21	0	0	0	14:46	—	—	48	42
Jakub Voracek R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	0	1	0	14:09	—	—	50	29
Travis Konecny R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.23	0	0	0	15:26	—	—	52	36
Oskar Lindblom L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	14:03	—	—	52	27
Morgan Frost C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	12:10	—	—	55	27
Ivan Provorov D	D1	0	0	0	+1	3	0.07	3	0	0	24:56	—	—	45	48
Justin Braun D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	2	2	0	21:35	—	—	57	61
Travis Sanheim D	D2	0	1	1	-1	3	0.14	0	0	0	19:35	—	—	58	43
Philippe Myers D	D2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.05	2	1	2	18:12	—	—	52	32
Erik Gustafsson D	D3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.02	0	2	0	18:04	—	—	43	20
Robert Hagg D	D3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.04	4	1	0	16:23	—	—	55	38

PHI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Brian Elliott	—	15	13	2	.867	1.01	31:51
Carter Hart(start)	L	22	18	4	.818	1.82	28:09

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 FlyersJan 18, 2021

Fantasy takeaways

Buffalo Sabres rout Philadelphia Flyers 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