Buffalo Sabres vs. Philadelphia FlyersApr 11, 2021

FinalSunday, Apr 11, 2021· Wells Fargo Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
BUF	0	2	3	5		BUF	8	12	11	31
PHI	2	0	1	3		PHI	15	12	16	43

: BUF 53PHI 73
: BUF 2.41PHI 3.50
PP goals: BUF 0PHI 1
Hits: BUF 21PHI 17
Blocks: BUF 12PHI 15
PIM: BUF 4PHI 8
: BUF 45%PHI 55%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Buffalo Sabres beat Philadelphia Flyers 5–3

Buffalo Sabres beat Philadelphia Flyers 5–3 at PHI. Joel Farabee (PHI) led the scoring with 1G 1A. Linus Ullmark (BUF) faced 43 shots and stopped 40 (.930), +13 against a season average of 29.6; the win.

Points
Jeff Skinner had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 16:24.Skinner
Points
Joel Farabee had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 14:37.Farabee
Points
Shayne Gostisbehere had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 20:10.Gostisbehere
Points
Jacob Bryson had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 19:00.Bryson
Goalie
Linus Ullmark (BUF) faced 43 shots and stopped 40 (.930), +13 against a season average of 29.6; the win.Ullmark
Luck
BUF scored 5 goals on 2.41 expected goals (53 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
New line
New look for BUF: Eakin–Sheahan–Rieder skated 9:02 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (39.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Eakin Sheahan Rieder
New line
New look for BUF: Okposo–Cozens–Ruotsalainen skated 10:19 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (58.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Okposo Cozens Ruotsalainen

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 126 of 126 attempts · PHI 73 · BUF 53

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 24% of the game, PHI 46%.

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	73
	2.36	3.55
	2.29	3.45
	12	8
	8	6
	18	17
	+0.000	+0.000
	24%	46%

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

L1Skinner – Reinhart – Olofsson
12:3035% CF
L2Asplund – Thompson – Mittelstadt
11:2552% CF
L3Okposo – Cozens – Ruotsalainen
10:1958% CF
L4Eakin – Sheahan – Rieder
9:0239% CF
D1Jokiharju – Dahlin
18:3857% CF
D2Ristolainen – Bryson
15:5935% CF
D3Irwin – Miller
9:2842% CF

PP1Ristolainen – Reinhart – Olofsson – Mittelstadt – Dahlin
2:57100% CF
PP2Okposo – Skinner – Miller – Thompson – Cozens
2:05100% CF
PK1FOkposo – Eakin
0:43
PK2FSheahan – Rieder
0:33
PK1DMiller – Ristolainen
0:43
PK2DIrwin – Bryson
0:33

Current BUF line combinations →

Philadelphia Flyers

L1Giroux – Voracek – Konecny
11:5653% CF
L2van Riemsdyk – Couturier – Farabee
10:4857% CF
L3Hayes – Laughton – Patrick
10:0452% CF
L4Aube-Kubel – Lindblom – Laczynski
6:0045% CF
D1Gostisbehere – Myers
13:1245% CF
D2Braun – Provorov
12:3652% CF
D3Hagg – Sanheim
11:4852% CF

PP1Giroux – van Riemsdyk – Voracek – Gostisbehere – Konecny
1:27100% CF
PP2Hayes – Couturier – Provorov – Patrick – Farabee
0:32100% CF
PK1FLaughton – Lindblom
2:03
PK2FCouturier – Farabee
1:38
PK1DBraun – Provorov
3:32
PK2DHagg – Sanheim
2:22

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	1	0	1	+2	2	0.06	0	0	0	18:47	—	—	31	40
Victor Olofsson L	L1	0	1	1	+2	3	0.17	0	0	0	18:15	—	—	34	41
Jeff Skinner L	L1	1	1	2	+2	3	0.49	1	0	0	16:24	—	—	34	44
Tage Thompson C	L2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.27	1	0	0	16:15	—	—	50	62
Casey Mittelstadt C	L2	1	0	1	+2	3	0.74	0	0	0	16:12	—	—	50	59
Rasmus Asplund C	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.08	0	0	0	12:49	—	—	52	59
Kyle Okposo R	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.03	1	2	0	17:12	—	—	55	40
Dylan Cozens C	L3	0	1	1	0	2	0.17	1	0	0	15:00	—	—	56	35
Arttu Ruotsalainen C	L3	1	0	1	0	1	0.08	1	0	2	12:59	—	—	57	35
Riley Sheahan C	L4	0	1	1	0	2	0.14	0	1	0	13:07	—	—	40	19
Cody Eakin C	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.03	3	0	0	11:08	—	—	38	19
Tobias Rieder L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	10:16	—	—	39	19
Rasmus Dahlin D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.02	2	2	0	24:54	—	—	57	39
Henri Jokiharju D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.02	1	0	0	21:11	—	—	58	39
Rasmus Ristolainen D	D2	0	0	0	+2	1	0.06	6	1	0	24:46	—	—	35	44
Jacob Bryson D	D2	0	2	2	+2	2	0.03	0	0	0	19:00	—	—	36	40
Colin Miller D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	1	3	2	15:12	—	—	44	43
Matt Irwin D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	3	2	0	12:51	—	—	38	33

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Linus Ullmark(start)	W	43	40	3	.930	3.50	59:43

Philadelphia Flyers

PHI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Travis Konecny R	L1	0	0	0	-2	3	0.07	1	1	0	18:15	—	—	54	33
Jakub Voracek R	L1	0	0	0	-2	3	0.23	0	0	0	17:35	—	—	58	37
Claude Giroux R	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.07	0	0	2	17:19	—	—	57	34
Sean Couturier C	L2	0	1	1	-2	5	0.41	1	0	0	18:52	—	—	61	84
James van Riemsdyk L	L2	0	0	0	-2	2	0.24	1	0	0	15:46	—	—	62	85
Joel Farabee L	L2	1	1	2	-2	4	0.35	0	1	0	14:37	—	—	54	76
Scott Laughton C	L3	0	0	0	-1	4	0.44	1	1	0	15:04	—	—	54	63
Kevin Hayes R	L3	0	0	0	-1	4	0.28	0	0	0	14:43	—	—	48	56
Nolan Patrick C	L3	0	1	1	0	2	0.21	1	0	0	11:33	—	—	57	69
Oskar Lindblom L	L4	1	0	1	+1	1	0.12	1	1	0	12:16	—	—	55	81
Tanner Laczynski C	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.11	1	0	0	9:34	—	—	50	63
Nicolas Aube-Kubel R	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.38	1	0	2	8:33	—	—	53	78
Shayne Gostisbehere D	D1	1	1	2	0	3	0.12	0	2	0	20:10	—	—	55	56
Philippe Myers D	D1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.00	2	3	2	18:51	—	—	50	56
Ivan Provorov D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.18	1	2	0	23:56	—	—	58	67
Justin Braun D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.18	0	1	0	18:59	—	—	56	74
Travis Sanheim D	D3	0	0	0	-3	4	0.08	0	0	0	20:32	—	—	60	58
Robert Hagg D	D3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.03	6	3	2	15:52	—	—	55	58

PHI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Carter Hart(start)	L	30	26	4	.867	2.01	59:09

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 FlyersApr 11, 2021

Fantasy takeaways

Buffalo Sabres beat Philadelphia Flyers 5–3

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