Buffalo Sabres vs. Philadelphia FlyersMar 9, 2021

Final / SOTuesday, Mar 9, 2021· Wells Fargo Center

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	SO	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
BUF	3	1	0	0	0	4		BUF	8	6	4	2	20
PHI	1	2	1	0	1	5		PHI	9	12	9	3	33

: BUF 37PHI 72
: BUF 2.10PHI 2.95
PP goals: BUF 0PHI 1
Hits: BUF 28PHI 23
Blocks: BUF 24PHI 11
PIM: BUF 8PHI 4
: BUF 43%PHI 57%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Philadelphia Flyers edge Buffalo Sabres 5–4 (SO)

Philadelphia Flyers beat Buffalo Sabres 5–4 in a shootout at home. Sam Reinhart (BUF) led the scoring with 2G 0A. New look for BUF: Hall–Reinhart–Cozens skated 11:35 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (37.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Sam Reinhart had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 20:33.Reinhart
Points
Joel Farabee had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 18:48.Farabee
Points
Sean Couturier had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 21:29.Couturier
Points
Taylor Hall had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 20:15.Hall
New line
New look for BUF: Hall–Reinhart–Cozens skated 11:35 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (37.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Hall Reinhart Cozens
New line
New look for BUF: Staal–Sheahan–Olofsson skated 9:28 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Staal Sheahan Olofsson
New line
New look for PHI: Giroux–Voracek–Lindblom skated 12:22 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (58.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Giroux Voracek Lindblom
Usage
Jakub Voracek (PHI) played 22:17, +5:28 up on his 16:49 season average over 52 games.Voracek

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 109 of 109 attempts · PHI 72 · BUF 37

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 12% of the game, PHI 37%.

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
	35	70
	1.93	2.86
	1.89	2.71
	13	14
	0	2
	12	8
	−0.046	+0.046
	12%	37%

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 – Cozens
11:3538% CF
L2Staal – Sheahan – Olofsson
9:2850% CF
L3Skinner – Lazar – Mittelstadt
9:2244% CF
L4Okposo – Eakin – Rieder
7:4214% CF
D1Montour – Bryson
16:3833% CF
D2Irwin – Ristolainen
14:3232% CF
D3Jokiharju – Dahlin
13:3927% CF

PP1Hall – Ristolainen – Reinhart – Olofsson – Dahlin
3:4083% CF
PP2Staal – Skinner – Montour – Mittelstadt – Bryson
0:14
PK1FSheahan – Lazar
3:52
PK2FEakin – Rieder
1:52
PK1DMontour – Bryson
2:14
PK2DIrwin – Ristolainen
2:07

Current BUF line combinations →

Philadelphia Flyers

L1van Riemsdyk – Couturier – Farabee
13:0975% CF
L2Giroux – Voracek – Lindblom
12:2258% CF
L3Hayes – Laughton – Konecny
5:5163% CF
D1Braun – Sanheim
13:3963% CF
D2Provorov – Myers
8:5463% CF
D3Gostisbehere – Gustafsson
7:2783% CF

PP1van Riemsdyk – Hayes – Couturier – Gostisbehere – Konecny
3:45100% CF
PP2Giroux – Voracek – Gustafsson – Provorov – Patrick
3:05100% CF
PK1FLaughton – Lindblom
2:29
PK2FCouturier – Farabee
1:17
PK1DBraun – Provorov
2:27
PK2DSanheim – Myers
0:00

Current PHI line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

Decided in the shootout: BUF 4 – 5 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
Sam Reinhart C	L1	2	0	2	0	2	0.23	1	1	0	20:33	—	—	35	48
Taylor Hall L	L1	0	2	2	0	4	0.67	0	0	0	20:15	—	—	33	47
Dylan Cozens C	L1	0	1	1	0	0	0.01	0	1	0	14:10	—	—	33	52
Victor Olofsson L	L2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.28	0	0	0	17:17	—	—	42	34
Riley Sheahan C	L2	1	0	1	0	1	0.02	0	0	0	15:36	—	—	41	30
Eric Staal C	L2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.18	2	0	0	13:24	—	—	54	57
Curtis Lazar C	L3	0	1	1	0	0	0.11	0	0	0	18:05	—	—	43	56
Casey Mittelstadt C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	2	0	14:44	—	—	46	91
Jeff Skinner L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.22	1	0	2	13:40	—	—	35	88
Tobias Rieder L	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.05	1	3	0	12:24	—	—	23	22
Cody Eakin C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.15	1	2	2	11:53	—	—	13	12
Kyle Okposo R	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	2	0	0	10:32	—	—	21	21
Brandon Montour D	D1	1	0	1	-1	1	0.02	4	4	2	22:57	—	—	39	42
Jacob Bryson D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	1	4	0	22:04	—	—	33	31
Rasmus Ristolainen D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.05	4	0	2	23:51	—	—	29	35
Matt Irwin D	D2	0	0	0	+2	0	0.00	3	3	0	18:39	—	—	39	44
Rasmus Dahlin D	D3	0	1	1	0	1	0.05	6	2	0	20:19	—	—	28	62
Henri Jokiharju D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	2	0	17:29	—	—	21	31

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jonas Johansson(start)	O	33	29	4	.879	2.95	65:00

Philadelphia Flyers

PHI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Sean Couturier C	L1	0	2	2	0	2	0.33	0	0	0	21:29	—	—	71	65
James van Riemsdyk L	L1	1	0	1	0	2	0.31	3	0	0	19:58	—	—	80	70
Joel Farabee L	L1	0	2	2	0	2	0.15	1	0	0	18:48	—	—	76	67
Jakub Voracek R	L2	0	1	1	-1	5	0.50	0	0	2	22:17	—	—	57	60
Claude Giroux R	L2	1	0	1	0	3	0.26	0	1	0	19:44	—	—	63	64
Oskar Lindblom L	L2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.17	3	3	0	17:52	—	—	53	49
Scott Laughton C	L3	0	1	1	0	3	0.20	5	2	0	16:20	—	—	61	38
Kevin Hayes R	L3	1	0	1	-1	2	0.14	0	0	2	15:41	—	—	65	62
Travis Konecny R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	0	0	0	13:57	—	—	67	65
Travis Sanheim D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0.18	0	1	0	23:22	—	—	69	58
Justin Braun D	D1	0	1	1	-1	0	0.00	1	1	0	18:10	—	—	64	50
Ivan Provorov D	D2	0	1	1	-1	1	0.05	3	2	0	25:39	—	—	60	59
Philippe Myers D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	0	1	0	11:52	—	—	65	63
Shayne Gostisbehere D	D3	1	0	1	0	2	0.08	0	0	0	19:47	—	—	68	67
Erik Gustafsson D	D3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.06	0	0	0	13:43	—	—	86	84
Nolan Patrick C	—	0	0	0	+1	2	0.17	1	0	0	12:53	—	—	81	74
Nicolas Aube-Kubel R	—	0	0	0	0	1	0.12	4	0	0	11:13	—	—	78	41
Robert Hagg D	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.11	2	0	0	8:28	—	—	67	54

PHI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Brian Elliott	W	12	11	1	.917	1.52	44:47
Carter Hart(start)	—	8	5	3	.625	0.57	20:00

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 FlyersMar 9, 2021

Fantasy takeaways

Philadelphia Flyers edge Buffalo Sabres 5–4 (SO)

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