Buffalo Sabres vs. Philadelphia FlyersJan 19, 2021

FinalTuesday, Jan 19, 2021· Wells Fargo Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
BUF	0	0	0	0		BUF	11	13	16	40
PHI	0	1	2	3		PHI	11	9	10	30

: BUF 67PHI 48
: BUF 3.00PHI 2.38
PP goals: BUF 0PHI 0
Hits: BUF 18PHI 37
Blocks: BUF 7PHI 16
PIM: BUF 4PHI 6
: BUF 48%PHI 52%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Philadelphia Flyers beat Buffalo Sabres 3–0

Philadelphia Flyers beat Buffalo Sabres 3–0 at home. Kevin Hayes (PHI) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for PHI: Lindblom–Konecny–Patrick skated 10:51 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (45.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Kevin Hayes had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 18:05.Hayes
New line
New look for PHI: Lindblom–Konecny–Patrick skated 10:51 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (45.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Lindblom Konecny Patrick
Usage
Philippe Myers (PHI) played 6:04, −13:06 down on his 19:10 season average over 43 games.Myers
Goalie
Brian Elliott (PHI) faced 40 shots and stopped 40 (.1000), +15 against a season average of 24.6; the win.Elliott
Luck
BUF scored 0 goals on 3.00 expected goals (67 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for PHI: Voracek–Hayes–Farabee skated 8:46 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (38.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Voracek Hayes Farabee
New line
New look for BUF: Eakin–Rieder–Asplund skated 7:03 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (64.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Eakin Rieder Asplund
New line
New look for PHI: Giroux–van Riemsdyk–Frost skated 6:56 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (72.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Giroux van Riemsdyk Frost

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 115 of 115 attempts · PHI 48 · BUF 67

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 32% of the game, PHI 20%.

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
	67	47
	2.66	2.03
	2.47	1.96
	13	6
	6	4
	16	13
	−0.034	+0.034
	32%	20%

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
14:4567% CF
L2Sheahan – Skinner – Lazar
7:1833% CF
L3Staal – Olofsson – Cozens
7:0642% CF
L4Eakin – Rieder – Asplund
7:0364% CF
D1Montour – Jokiharju
11:2859% CF
D2Miller – Dahlin
11:0157% CF
D3McCabe – Ristolainen
10:4758% CF

PP1Hall – Reinhart – Olofsson – Eichel – Dahlin
3:0775% CF
PP2Staal – Skinner – Miller – Dahlin – Cozens
1:04100% CF
PK1FEakin – Rieder
1:53
PK2FSheahan – Lazar
1:45
PK1DMcCabe – Ristolainen
1:19
PK2DMontour – Jokiharju
0:53

Current BUF line combinations →

Philadelphia Flyers

L1Lindblom – Konecny – Patrick
10:5145% CF
L2Voracek – Hayes – Farabee
8:4638% CF
L3Laughton – Raffl – Aube-Kubel
8:4523% CF
L4Giroux – van Riemsdyk – Frost
6:5673% CF
D1Sanheim – Provorov
14:4641% CF
D2Braun – Hagg
9:5447% CF
D3Gustafsson – Myers
3:5044% CF

PP1Voracek – Hayes – Gustafsson – Konecny – Farabee
2:04100% CF
PP2Giroux – van Riemsdyk – Provorov – Patrick – Frost
1:28100% CF
PK1FHayes – Raffl
1:13
PK2FLindblom – Farabee
0:45
PK1DHagg – Sanheim
1:04
PK2DBraun – Provorov
0:49

Current PHI line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

17:51
PHITravis Konecny (Oskar Lindblom, Nolan Patrick)backhand0.15 xG
BUF: Sheahan, Skinner, McCabe, Ristolainen, LazarPHI: Braun, Lindblom, Konecny, Provorov, Patrick
BUF 0 – 1 PHI

3rd period

13:43
PHIJakub Voracek (Kevin Hayes, Erik Gustafsson)wrist0.02 xG
BUF: Hall, Miller, Reinhart, Eichel, DahlinPHI: Braun, Voracek, Hayes, Gustafsson, Farabee
BUF 0 – 2 PHI
18:18
PHIKevin HayesENwrist0.42 xG
BUF: Hall, Reinhart, Montour, Olofsson, Eichel, DahlinPHI: Voracek, Hayes, Sanheim, Provorov, Farabee
BUF 0 – 3 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	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jack Eichel C	L1	-2	4	0.42	0	0	0	20:58	—	—	65	62
Sam Reinhart C	L1	-2	2	0.26	0	0	0	20:54	—	—	66	63
Taylor Hall L	L1	-2	6	0.72	3	0	0	20:38	—	—	69	63
Jeff Skinner L	L2	-1	5	0.36	0	1	2	14:33	—	—	46	55
Curtis Lazar C	L2	-1	2	0.10	1	0	0	14:09	—	—	41	44
Riley Sheahan C	L2	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	11:21	—	—	41	48
Victor Olofsson L	L3	-1	0	0.04	0	0	0	17:11	—	—	43	40
Eric Staal C	L3	0	5	0.21	1	0	0	15:59	—	—	50	42
Dylan Cozens C	L3	0	1	0.17	1	0	0	11:28	—	—	65	42
Cody Eakin C	L4	0	1	0.08	0	0	0	13:37	—	—	72	76
Tobias Rieder L	L4	0	3	0.14	2	3	0	12:30	—	—	73	75
Rasmus Asplund C	L4	0	2	0.23	0	0	0	7:20	—	—	64	74
Brandon Montour D	D1	-1	2	0.05	2	1	0	23:40	—	—	63	56
Henri Jokiharju D	D1	0	1	0.01	1	0	0	19:42	—	—	53	55
Colin Miller D	D2	-1	1	0.05	1	1	0	18:43	—	—	50	62
Rasmus Dahlin D	D2	-2	2	0.04	1	0	0	18:34	—	—	64	67
Rasmus Ristolainen D	D3	-1	3	0.11	3	0	2	18:51	—	—	63	49
Jake McCabe D	D3	-1	0	0.00	2	1	0	16:57	—	—	59	50

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Carter Hutton(start)	L	20	19	1	.950	1.44	39:53
Jonas Johansson	—	9	8	1	.889	0.52	19:02

Philadelphia Flyers

PHI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Travis Konecny R	L1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.31	6	1	0	15:41	—	—	42	45
Oskar Lindblom L	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.17	1	1	0	14:18	—	—	46	54
Nolan Patrick C	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.11	2	0	0	14:05	—	—	46	54
Kevin Hayes R	L2	1	1	2	+2	5	0.76	0	0	0	18:05	—	—	45	45
Jakub Voracek R	L2	1	0	1	+2	1	0.04	2	1	2	17:57	—	—	31	25
Joel Farabee L	L2	0	0	0	+2	2	0.08	1	0	0	16:14	—	—	36	30
Scott Laughton C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	3	2	0	14:54	—	—	15	28
Michael Raffl L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.13	2	1	2	14:22	—	—	28	33
Nicolas Aube-Kubel R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.07	5	0	0	12:15	—	—	43	52
Claude Giroux R	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.07	2	0	0	16:41	—	—	54	50
James van Riemsdyk L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.13	2	0	0	14:16	—	—	60	54
Morgan Frost C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.12	0	0	0	8:18	—	—	67	70
Ivan Provorov D	D1	0	0	0	+2	3	0.17	3	5	0	27:02	—	—	42	64
Travis Sanheim D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	4	1	0	25:13	—	—	36	53
Justin Braun D	D2	0	0	0	+2	5	0.12	0	1	0	20:37	—	—	44	35
Robert Hagg D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	2	18:08	—	—	45	36
Erik Gustafsson D	D3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.02	1	2	0	19:52	—	—	40	32
Philippe Myers D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	1	0	6:04	—	—	40	45

PHI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Brian Elliott(start)	W	40	40	0	.1000	3.00	59:58

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.