Buffalo Sabres vs. Vegas Golden KnightsOct 17, 2017
| Goals | 1 | 2 | 3 | OT | T | Shots | 1 | 2 | 3 | OT | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BUF | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | BUF | 8 | 7 | 19 | 0 | 34 | |
| VGK | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | VGK | 9 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 31 |
- BUF 70VGK 61
- BUF 3.94VGK 4.42
- PP goals
- BUF 2VGK 1
- Hits
- BUF 16VGK 15
- Blocks
- BUF 18VGK 17
- PIM
- BUF 8VGK 10
- BUF 52%VGK 48%
Fantasy takeaways
Generated from the play-by-play, shifts and season context. No opinions, just what changed.
Vegas Golden Knights edge Buffalo Sabres 5–4 (OT)
Vegas Golden Knights beat Buffalo Sabres 5–4 in overtime at home. Evander Kane (BUF) led the scoring with 1G 2A. BUF's first power-play unit (Moulson, O'Reilly, Kane, Beaulieu and Tennyson) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 3:54 together.
- PointsEvander Kane had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 5 shots in 24:55.Kane
- PointsDavid Perron had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 20:04.Perron
- PointsRyan O'Reilly had two goals (2 points) on 5 shots in 26:58.O'Reilly
- PointsReilly Smith had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 19:29.Smith
- PointsJack Eichel had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 23:43.Eichel
- PointsJames Neal had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 17:55.Neal
- PointsJason Pominville had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 17:21.Pominville
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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.
Shot map, BUF at VGK: 131 attempts, 65 on goal, 9 goals, 8.36 expected goals; best chance Colin Miller at 0.39 xG.
- VGK
- BUF
- Goal
- Shot on goal
- Missed
- Blocked
Showing 131 of 131 attempts · VGK 61 · BUF 70
Game flow
Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.
Cumulative shot attempts
Game flow, BUF at VGK: expected goals 4.42 to 3.94 (VGK led the chances), shot attempts 61 to 70, 9 goals.
- VGK
- BUF
- Goal
- Power play (shaded)
- VGK 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 37% of the game, VGK 30%.
Shift chart
Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.
Shifts
Shift chart, BUF at VGK: 38 players over 63:52; most ice Malcolm Subban (63:52) for VGK and Chad Johnson (60:27) for BUF, 9 goals.
- 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).
| Stat | BUF | VGK |
|---|---|---|
| 54 | 37 | |
| 2.67 | 2.80 | |
| 2.57 | 2.76 | |
| 5 | 7 | |
| 1 | 2 | |
| 12 | 23 | |
| +0.013 | −0.013 | |
| 37% | 30% |
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
- 10:4362% CF
- L2Pominville – Kane – Eichel9:4668% CF
- 5:0875% CF
- D1Scandella – Ristolainen15:1069% CF
- 10:3855% CF
- 10:3163% CF
- 3:54100% CF
- PP2Pominville – Okposo – Ristolainen – Reinhart – Eichel1:55100% CF
- 2:01
- PK2FO'Reilly – Girgensons1:47
- PK1DScandella – Ristolainen3:55
- 3:25
Vegas Golden Knights
- 11:4927% CF
- 8:5741% CF
- 7:0660% CF
- L4Leipsic – Tuch – Shipachyov5:5750% CF
- 14:5531% CF
- 10:2669% CF
- 10:2235% CF
- 5:2792% CF
- 3:19100% CF
- 2:32
- 1:32
- 2:29
- 1:19
Scoring summary
Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.
1st period
- 6:24BUF 1 – 0 VGK
- 14:15BUF: Pominville, Kane, Tennyson, Ristolainen, EichelVGK: Sbisa, Smith, Lindberg, Karlsson, SchmidtBUF 1 – 1 VGK
2nd period
- 6:40BUF 1 – 2 VGK
- 18:37BUF 1 – 3 VGK
3rd period
- 3:50BUF 1 – 4 VGK
- 10:00BUF 2 – 4 VGK
- 18:02BUF: Pominville, Okposo, Larsson, Ristolainen, Reinhart, EichelVGK: Sbisa, Schmidt, Bellemare, NosekBUF 3 – 4 VGK
- 19:51BUF 4 – 4 VGK
OT period
- 3:52BUF 4 – 5 VGK
Box score
Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.
Buffalo Sabres
| Skater | Line | G | A | P | +/- | Hits | Blk | PIM | PP | SH | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryan O'Reilly C | L1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 5 | 0.86 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 26:58 | — | — | 61 | 62 |
| Sam Reinhart C | L1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0.31 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19:09 | — | — | 55 | 50 |
| Kyle Okposo R | L1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 0.49 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16:56 | — | — | 60 | 56 |
| Evander Kane L | L2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0.57 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24:55 | — | — | 68 | 51 |
| Jack Eichel C | L2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 4 | 0.40 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 23:43 | — | — | 60 | 42 |
| Jason Pominville R | L2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.35 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 17:21 | — | — | 64 | 50 |
| Johan Larsson L | L3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0.05 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16:55 | — | — | 53 | 32 |
| Benoit Pouliot L | L3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.12 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10:41 | — | — | 67 | 72 |
| Justin Bailey R | L3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10:12 | — | — | 64 | 54 |
| Rasmus Ristolainen D | D1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 0.33 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 28:48 | — | — | 68 | 56 |
| Marco Scandella D | D1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.06 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 20:41 | — | — | 65 | 50 |
| Nathan Beaulieu D | D2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 20:18 | — | — | 52 | 42 |
| Matt Tennyson D | D2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 5 | 0.18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18:54 | — | — | 52 | 48 |
| Jake McCabe D | D3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0.11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17:22 | — | — | 52 | 40 |
| Josh Gorges D | D3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 14:24 | — | — | 63 | 53 |
| Matt Moulson L | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9:47 | — | — | 54 | 35 |
| Jordan Nolan C | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6:19 | — | — | 43 | 31 |
| Zemgus Girgensons C | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2:30 | — | — | — | — |
| Goalie | Dec | SA | SV | GA | TOI | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chad Johnson(start) | O | 31 | 26 | 5 | .839 | 4.42 | 60:27 |
Vegas Golden Knights
| Skater | Line | G | A | P | +/- | Hits | Blk | PIM | PP | SH | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cody Eakin C | L1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0.11 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 20:16 | — | — | 27 | 32 |
| David Perron L | L1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 0.50 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20:04 | — | — | 30 | 35 |
| James Neal L | L1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 0.15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17:55 | — | — | 26 | 31 |
| William Karlsson C | L2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 0.09 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:43 | — | — | 41 | 61 |
| Reilly Smith R | L2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0.50 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 19:29 | — | — | 41 | 61 |
| Oscar Lindberg L | L2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 0.12 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 13:33 | — | — | 36 | 58 |
| Pierre-Edouard Bellemare L | L3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:23 | — | — | 53 | 69 |
| Tomas Nosek L | L3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12:43 | — | — | 48 | 51 |
| William Carrier L | L3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.52 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8:46 | — | — | 58 | 62 |
| Alex Tuch R | L4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 0.61 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 14:24 | — | — | 54 | 61 |
| Brendan Leipsic L | L4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 0.32 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11:39 | — | — | 47 | 56 |
| Vadim Shipachyov C | L4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 0.29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:58 | — | — | 41 | 48 |
| Deryk Engelland D | D1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0.08 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 22:21 | — | — | 32 | 23 |
| Jon Merrill D | D1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 0.04 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19:40 | — | — | 34 | 20 |
| Colin Miller D | D2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 0.67 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18:09 | — | — | 63 | 86 |
| Brad Hunt D | D2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 0.19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 18:02 | — | — | 69 | 99 |
| Nate Schmidt D | D3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 0.04 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21:06 | — | — | 40 | 60 |
| Luca Sbisa D | D3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 21:04 | — | — | 35 | 56 |
| Goalie | Dec | SA | SV | GA | TOI | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Malcolm Subban(start) | W | 34 | 30 | 4 | .882 | 3.94 | 63:52 |