Buffalo Sabres vs. Carolina HurricanesMar 16, 2019
| Goals | 1 | 2 | 3 | T | Shots | 1 | 2 | 3 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BUF | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | BUF | 7 | 13 | 17 | 37 | |
| CAR | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | CAR | 11 | 12 | 6 | 29 |
- BUF 69CAR 52
- BUF 2.88CAR 2.78
- PP goals
- BUF 0CAR 0
- Hits
- BUF 22CAR 32
- Blocks
- BUF 11CAR 15
- PIM
- BUF 7CAR 9
- BUF 50%CAR 50%
Fantasy takeaways
Generated from the play-by-play, shifts and season context. No opinions, just what changed.
Carolina Hurricanes beat Buffalo Sabres 4–2
Carolina Hurricanes beat Buffalo Sabres 4–2 at home. Jeff Skinner (BUF) led the scoring with 1G 0A. New look for BUF: Okposo–Larsson–Girgensons skated 10:43 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (55.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.
- New lineNew look for BUF: Okposo–Larsson–Girgensons skated 10:43 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (55.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.OkposoLarssonGirgensons
- GoalieCurtis McElhinney (CAR) faced 37 shots and stopped 35 (.946), +8 against a season average of 29.3; the win.McElhinney
- New lineNew look for BUF: Pominville–Thompson–Mittelstadt skated 8:21 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (41.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.PominvilleThompsonMittelstadt
- UsageJordan Staal (CAR) played 14:16, −4:06 down on his 18:22 season average over 49 games.Staal
- UsageCasey Nelson (BUF) played 11:06, −4:26 down on his 15:32 season average over 37 games.Nelson
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 CAR: 121 attempts, 66 on goal, 6 goals, 5.66 expected goals; best chance Conor Sheary at 0.41 xG.
- CAR
- BUF
- Goal
- Shot on goal
- Missed
- Blocked
Showing 121 of 121 attempts · CAR 52 · BUF 69
Game flow
Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.
Cumulative shot attempts
Game flow, BUF at CAR: expected goals 2.78 to 2.88 (BUF led the chances), shot attempts 52 to 69, 6 goals.
- CAR
- BUF
- Goal
- Power play (shaded)
- CAR 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 40% of the game, CAR 25%.
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 CAR: 38 players over 60:00; most ice Curtis McElhinney (59:51) for CAR and Linus Ullmark (59:14) for BUF, 6 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 | CAR |
|---|---|---|
| 76 | 55 | |
| 3.18 | 2.84 | |
| 3.11 | 2.68 | |
| 14 | 14 | |
| 0 | 5 | |
| 19 | 7 | |
| +0.006 | −0.006 | |
| 40% | 25% |
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
- 13:3559% CF
- L2Okposo – Larsson – Girgensons10:4356% CF
- 9:3376% CF
- L4Pominville – Thompson – Mittelstadt8:2142% CF
- D1Bogosian – Ristolainen18:0344% CF
- 16:0564% CF
- 8:2454% CF
- PP1Skinner – Reinhart – Eichel – Mittelstadt – Dahlin2:45100% CF
- PP2Okposo – Ristolainen – Sheary – Montour – Rodrigues1:090% CF
- PK1FLarsson – Girgensons1:14
- 0:46
- PK1DHunwick – Ristolainen0:54
- 0:25
Carolina Hurricanes
- L1Williams – Niederreiter – Aho14:2936% CF
- L2Staal – Teravainen – Svechnikov9:4640% CF
- 8:5640% CF
- 8:2943% CF
- 18:2342% CF
- 17:1736% CF
- D3van Riemsdyk – Fleury13:1433% CF
- PP1Williams – Faulk – Niederreiter – Teravainen – Aho0:54100% CF
- PP2Staal – Ferland – Hamilton – Slavin – Svechnikov0:48
- 2:04
- PK2FTeravainen – Aho1:03
- 2:14
- PK2DFaulk – van Riemsdyk0:52
Scoring summary
Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.
1st period
- 2:18BUF 1 – 0 CAR
- 13:52BUF 1 – 1 CAR
2nd period
- 1:07BUF: Bogosian, Skinner, Ristolainen, Reinhart, EichelCAR: Hamilton, Teravainen, Slavin, Aho, SvechnikovBUF 1 – 2 CAR
- 17:09BUF: Pominville, Hunwick, Nelson, Thompson, MittelstadtCAR: Williams, Faulk, Niederreiter, van Riemsdyk, AhoBUF 1 – 3 CAR
3rd period
- 15:46BUF: Pominville, Montour, Thompson, Mittelstadt, DahlinCAR: Staal, Ferland, Hamilton, Teravainen, SlavinBUF 1 – 4 CAR
- 18:59BUF 2 – 4 CAR
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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Eichel C | L1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:24 | — | — | 58 | 39 |
| Sam Reinhart C | L1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 0.16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19:59 | — | — | 54 | 38 |
| Jeff Skinner L | L1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0.31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:18 | — | — | 60 | 47 |
| Johan Larsson L | L2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 0.08 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 15:32 | — | — | 50 | 43 |
| Zemgus Girgensons C | L2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 0.22 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15:03 | — | — | 46 | 40 |
| Kyle Okposo R | L2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0.10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13:19 | — | — | 57 | 48 |
| Evan Rodrigues C | L3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 5 | 0.21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14:54 | — | — | 69 | 67 |
| Conor Sheary L | L3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0.60 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14:15 | — | — | 73 | 64 |
| Alex Nylander L | L3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11:19 | — | — | 78 | 79 |
| Casey Mittelstadt C | L4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 0.22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:32 | — | — | 47 | 64 |
| Jason Pominville R | L4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:33 | — | — | 48 | 58 |
| Tage Thompson C | L4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 0.28 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11:01 | — | — | 40 | 57 |
| Rasmus Ristolainen D | D1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.02 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 25:34 | — | — | 49 | 38 |
| Zach Bogosian D | D1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0.11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 20:57 | — | — | 45 | 33 |
| Brandon Montour D | D2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0.10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 23:48 | — | — | 71 | 69 |
| Rasmus Dahlin D | D2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.08 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 22:13 | — | — | 63 | 63 |
| Matt Hunwick D | D3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13:59 | — | — | 63 | 60 |
| Casey Nelson D | D3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 0.01 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 11:06 | — | — | 44 | 42 |
| Goalie | Dec | SA | SV | GA | TOI | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linus Ullmark(start) | L | 29 | 25 | 4 | .862 | 2.78 | 59:14 |
Carolina Hurricanes
| Skater | Line | G | A | P | +/- | Hits | Blk | PIM | PP | SH | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sebastian Aho C | L1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 0.03 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 21:37 | — | — | 41 | 34 |
| Nino Niederreiter R | L1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 0.28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18:26 | — | — | 37 | 25 |
| Justin Williams R | L1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 0.21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 18:10 | — | — | 37 | 20 |
| Teuvo Teravainen C | L2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 0.21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:26 | — | — | 44 | 60 |
| Jordan Staal C | L2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 0.26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14:16 | — | — | 39 | 56 |
| Andrei Svechnikov R | L2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 0.30 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 13:41 | — | — | 46 | 59 |
| Lucas Wallmark C | L3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0.24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14:47 | — | — | 47 | 55 |
| Jordan Martinook L | L3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 0.23 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 13:16 | — | — | 45 | 55 |
| Micheal Ferland L | L3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 11:49 | — | — | 41 | 55 |
| Brock McGinn L | L4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13:47 | — | — | 52 | 68 |
| Warren Foegele L | L4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 0.40 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12:12 | — | — | 38 | 56 |
| Greg McKegg C | L4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9:29 | — | — | 41 | 62 |
| Jaccob Slavin D | D1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 0.08 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 23:02 | — | — | 42 | 44 |
| Dougie Hamilton D | D1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 0.04 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 20:24 | — | — | 48 | 48 |
| Justin Faulk D | D2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0.11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 22:17 | — | — | 38 | 41 |
| Brett Pesce D | D2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0.16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 22:06 | — | — | 43 | 54 |
| Trevor van Riemsdyk D | D3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 16:03 | — | — | 38 | 37 |
| Haydn Fleury D | D3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 0.03 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 15:21 | — | — | 46 | 59 |
| Goalie | Dec | SA | SV | GA | TOI | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Curtis McElhinney(start) | W | 37 | 35 | 2 | .946 | 2.88 | 59:51 |