Buffalo Sabres vs. Utah Hockey ClubMar 20, 2025

FinalThursday, Mar 20, 2025· Delta Center

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Utah MammothUTA

: BUF —UTA —
PP goals: BUF —UTA —
Hits: BUF 24UTA 18
Blocks: BUF 16UTA 9
PIM: BUF 10UTA 12
: BUF 52%UTA 48%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Utah Hockey Club beat Buffalo Sabres 5–2

Utah Hockey Club beat Buffalo Sabres 5–2 at home. Mikhail Sergachev (UTA) led the scoring with 2G 0A. BUF's first power-play unit (Zucker, Tuch, Thompson, Dahlin and Peterka) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 4:30 together.

Points
Mikhail Sergachev had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 24:07.Sergachev
PP1
BUF's first power-play unit (Zucker, Tuch, Thompson, Dahlin and Peterka) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 4:30 together.Zucker Tuch Thompson Dahlin Peterka
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New look for BUF: Zucker–Greenway–McLeod skated 6:27 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Zucker Greenway McLeod
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New look for UTA: Kerfoot–Stenlund–Maccelli skated 8:06 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (81.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Kerfoot Stenlund Maccelli
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New look for BUF: Tuch–Thompson–Peterka skated 6:00 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (47.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Tuch Thompson Peterka
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New look for UTA: Carcone–Hayton–Guenther skated 7:48 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (40.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Carcone Hayton Guenther
Usage
Ryan McLeod (BUF) played 20:12, +3:25 up on his 16:47 season average over 78 games.McLeod
Usage
Jack Quinn (BUF) played 9:50, −5:06 down on his 14:56 season average over 73 games.Quinn

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

UTA
BUF
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

UTA 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 21% of the game, UTA 33%.

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
Stat	BUF	UTA
	50	68
	2.48	3.38
	2.35	3.08
	7	13
	11	5
	13	16
	−0.008	+0.008
	21%	33%

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

L1Lafferty – Malenstyn – Kozak
8:4628% CF
L2Zucker – Greenway – McLeod
6:2750% CF
L3Tuch – Thompson – Peterka
6:0047% CF
L4Murray – Krebs – Quinn
4:4218% CF
D1Byram – Power
9:1833% CF
D2Clifton – Bryson
8:4930% CF
D3Samuelsson – Dahlin
7:3648% CF

PP1Zucker – Tuch – Thompson – Dahlin – Peterka
4:3075% CF
PP2Clifton – Lafferty – Malenstyn – Bryson – Krebs
0:19
PK1FGreenway – McLeod
1:42
PK2FTuch – Malenstyn
0:52
PK1DClifton – Samuelsson
2:43
PK2DBryson – Byram
1:08

Current BUF line combinations →

Utah Mammoth

L1Schmaltz – Keller – Cooley
11:3260% CF
L2Kerfoot – Stenlund – Maccelli
8:0682% CF
L3Crouse – McBain – Doan
7:4957% CF
L4Carcone – Hayton – Guenther
7:4841% CF
D1Marino – Sergachev
11:4152% CF
D2Maatta – Durzi
10:5268% CF
D3Cole – Kesselring
8:5867% CF

PP1Schmaltz – Keller – Sergachev – Guenther – Cooley
3:1071% CF
PP2Crouse – Carcone – Durzi – Hayton – McBain
1:11100% CF
PK1FKerfoot – Stenlund
2:16
PK2FHayton – McBain
2:09
PK1DMarino – Sergachev
1:59
PK2DMaatta – Durzi
1:11

Current UTA line combinations →

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
Tyson Kozak C	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0	4	2	13:33	—	—	37
Beck Malenstyn L	L1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	12:27	—	—	26
Sam Lafferty C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	2	12:19	—	—	29
Ryan McLeod C	L2	1	0	1	-1	3	0	0	0	20:12	—	—	50
Jason Zucker L	L2	0	1	1	-3	5	1	0	0	16:32	—	—	64
Jordan Greenway L	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	3	2	0	14:09	—	—	48
JJ Peterka R	L3	1	0	1	-3	6	0	1	0	21:01	—	—	50
Tage Thompson C	L3	0	1	1	-3	3	0	0	0	20:56	—	—	51
Alex Tuch R	L3	0	0	0	-2	2	2	0	0	18:33	—	—	52
Peyton Krebs C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	11:21	—	—	25
Jack Quinn R	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	9:50	—	—	21
Brett Murray L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	5:55	—	—	17
Bowen Byram D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	0	23:20	—	—	34
Owen Power D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	1	1	0	20:36	—	—	50
Jacob Bryson D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0	0	14:29	—	—	30
Connor Clifton D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	2	3	2	14:09	—	—	31
Rasmus Dahlin D	D3	0	0	0	-4	2	1	0	0	24:27	—	—	52
Mattias Samuelsson D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	1	2	0	17:52	—	—	48

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA		TOI
James Reimer(start)	L	30	27	3	.900	58:19

Utah Mammoth

UTA skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-		Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nick Schmaltz C	L1	0	1	1	+2	2	1	0	0	19:27	—	—	62
Logan Cooley C	L1	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	2	19:23	—	—	57
Clayton Keller R	L1	0	1	1	0	2	0	1	2	17:47	—	—	60
Alexander Kerfoot C	L2	0	0	0	+2	1	0	0	0	15:36	—	—	83
Kevin Stenlund C	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	1	1	2	14:03	—	—	80
Matias Maccelli L	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	10:46	—	—	83
Jack McBain C	L3	0	1	1	+2	1	4	0	0	14:26	—	—	58
Josh Doan R	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0	0	0	12:12	—	—	52
Lawson Crouse L	L3	0	0	0	+1	2	2	0	0	11:21	—	—	56
Dylan Guenther R	L4	1	0	1	+1	3	0	0	0	14:51	—	—	38
Barrett Hayton C	L4	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	0	14:11	—	—	37
Michael Carcone L	L4	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	10:47	—	—	41
Mikhail Sergachev D	D1	2	0	2	+4	3	1	1	0	24:07	—	—	47
John Marino D	D1	0	0	0	+4	1	0	0	0	21:37	—	—	53
Sean Durzi D	D2	0	0	0	-1	3	0	0	2	19:24	—	—	55
Olli Maatta D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	19:09	—	—	65
Ian Cole D	D3	0	0	0	+2	3	3	3	4	16:49	—	—	63
Michael Kesselring D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	13:50	—	—	64

UTA goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA		TOI
Karel Vejmelka(start)	W	27	25	2	.926	59:50

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Logan Cooley () · unassisted · Forecheck turnover · 18.6 mph shot.

Logan Cooley

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 1
Shot: 18.6 mph
Distance: 6 ft

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JJ Peterka

Play: cycle
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 50.6 mph
Distance: 27 ft
Type: one-timer

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Kevin Stenlund

Play: rush
Entry: loose
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 11.6 mph
Distance: 5 ft
Entry to goal: 3.3 s

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Mikhail Sergachev

Play: faceoff
Passes: 1
Shot: 68.6 mph
Distance: 59 ft

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Ryan McLeod

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 34.9 mph
Distance: 11 ft
Entry to goal: 2.2 s

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Dylan Guenther

Play: rush
Entry: pass
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 35.6 mph
Distance: 12 ft
Entry to goal: 4.5 s

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Mikhail Sergachev

Play: deflection
Entry: dump
Odd man: 4-on-0
Passes: 0
Shot: 22.0 mph
Distance: 65 ft
Entry to goal: 1.9 s
Type: deflection

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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.