Buffalo Sabres vs. New York IslandersOct 7, 2017

FinalSaturday, Oct 7, 2017· Barclays Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
BUF	0	2	1	3		BUF	11	11	7	29
NYI	1	3	2	6		NYI	9	14	10	33

: BUF 52NYI 54
: BUF 3.69NYI 4.40
PP goals: BUF 0NYI 0
Hits: BUF 23NYI 25
Blocks: BUF 11NYI 11
PIM: BUF 8NYI 10
: BUF 47%NYI 53%

Fantasy takeaways

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

New York Islanders beat Buffalo Sabres 6–3

New York Islanders beat Buffalo Sabres 6–3 at home. Evander Kane (BUF) led the scoring with 2G 1A. New look for BUF: Larsson–Griffith–Reinhart skated 5:48 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (44.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Casey Cizikas had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 5 shots in 13:39.Cizikas
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Evander Kane had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 8 shots in 20:05.Kane
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John Tavares had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 4 shots in 19:50.Tavares
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Jack Eichel had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 21:02.Eichel
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Josh Bailey had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 16:00.Bailey
New line
New look for BUF: Larsson–Griffith–Reinhart skated 5:48 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (44.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Larsson Griffith Reinhart
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New look for BUF: Moulson–Pouliot–Josefson skated 4:35 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Moulson Pouliot Josefson
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New look for BUF: Okposo–O'Reilly–Girgensons skated 4:32 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (25% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Okposo O'Reilly Girgensons

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)NYI attacks right (top on phones) →

NYI
BUF
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 106 of 106 attempts · NYI 54 · BUF 52

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

NYI
BUF
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

NYI 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 28% of the game, NYI 43%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

NYI

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	NYI
	38	49
	1.43	3.51
	1.39	3.40
	8	16
	1	2
	14	18
	−0.012	+0.012
	28%	43%

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

L1Pominville – Kane – Eichel
11:0047% CF
L2Larsson – Griffith – Reinhart
5:4844% CF
L3Moulson – Pouliot – Josefson
4:3567% CF
L4Okposo – O'Reilly – Girgensons
4:3225% CF
D1Beaulieu – Ristolainen
13:1946% CF
D2Scandella – Tennyson
13:0141% CF
D3McCabe – Antipin
11:2850% CF

PP1Okposo – O'Reilly – Ristolainen – Reinhart – Eichel
4:2078% CF
PP2Pominville – Moulson – Kane – Tennyson – Antipin
1:51
PK1FPouliot – Josefson
2:30
PK2FLarsson – Girgensons
1:31
PK1DBeaulieu – Ristolainen
2:41
PK2DScandella – McCabe
1:20

Current BUF line combinations →

New York Islanders

L1Eberle – Tavares – Lee
8:5180% CF
L2Ladd – Bailey – Barzal
8:5054% CF
L3Chimera – Kulemin – Nelson
7:2750% CF
L4Cizikas – Ho-Sang – Beauvillier
4:4456% CF
D1Boychuk – Leddy
14:0552% CF
D2Hickey – Mayfield
13:1370% CF
D3de Haan – Pelech
11:0933% CF

PP1Eberle – Tavares – Leddy – Lee – Barzal
2:1760% CF
PP2Boychuk – Ladd – Bailey – Nelson – Ho-Sang
2:1333% CF
PK1FKulemin – Tavares
2:49
PK2FLadd – Cizikas
2:31
PK1Dde Haan – Pelech
3:18
PK2DBoychuk – Hickey
2:25

Current NYI 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
Jack Eichel C	L1	1	1	2	-1	3	0.51	1	0	2	21:02	—	—	44	64
Evander Kane L	L1	2	1	3	+2	8	0.99	0	2	0	20:05	—	—	54	59
Jason Pominville R	L1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.06	0	0	0	15:06	—	—	61	66
Sam Reinhart C	L2	0	0	0	-5	1	0.51	0	0	0	15:29	—	—	55	35
Johan Larsson L	L2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	4	1	0	14:19	—	—	47	22
Seth Griffith C	L2	0	0	0	-3	0	0.00	0	0	0	11:57	—	—	46	17
Benoit Pouliot L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	0	0	14:03	—	—	30	25
Jacob Josefson C	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.22	4	1	0	12:49	—	—	55	45
Matt Moulson L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.13	0	1	0	10:40	—	—	47	28
Ryan O'Reilly C	L4	0	1	1	-1	2	0.38	1	0	0	19:09	—	—	20	8
Kyle Okposo R	L4	0	0	0	-3	3	0.39	0	0	2	18:12	—	—	27	19
Zemgus Girgensons C	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.20	1	0	0	9:44	—	—	38	15
Rasmus Ristolainen D	D1	0	1	1	0	2	0.15	0	3	2	24:27	—	—	45	31
Nathan Beaulieu D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	2	0	0	20:36	—	—	53	29
Marco Scandella D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	3	1	0	18:51	—	—	30	15
Matt Tennyson D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.07	3	2	0	16:47	—	—	43	24
Jake McCabe D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	0	0	2	17:19	—	—	43	44
Victor Antipin D	D3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	0	0	0	15:24	—	—	45	27

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Chad Johnson	—	16	15	1	.938	1.39	31:01
Robin Lehner(start)	L	16	12	4	.750	2.46	27:00

New York Islanders

NYI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
John Tavares C	L1	2	1	3	+3	4	0.35	0	0	0	19:50	—	—	55	72
Anders Lee L	L1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	0	0	15:23	—	—	67	72
Jordan Eberle R	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.17	0	0	0	14:31	—	—	69	86
Andrew Ladd L	L2	0	1	1	-1	3	0.30	2	0	0	17:02	—	—	56	55
Josh Bailey R	L2	1	1	2	+1	1	0.26	1	0	0	16:00	—	—	55	76
Mathew Barzal C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.15	1	1	2	15:40	—	—	47	37
Nikolay Kulemin L	L3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.16	1	2	0	14:44	—	—	47	39
Brock Nelson C	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	1.21	1	0	0	14:27	—	—	67	84
Jason Chimera L	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.09	3	0	2	12:46	—	—	53	72
Casey Cizikas C	L4	2	1	3	+1	5	1.00	5	0	0	13:39	—	—	53	59
Anthony Beauvillier R	L4	1	0	1	0	3	0.40	1	1	0	12:18	—	—	58	79
Joshua Ho-Sang R	L4	0	1	1	-1	1	0.00	0	0	0	11:08	—	—	53	63
Johnny Boychuk D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	2	3	2	22:59	—	—	54	68
Nick Leddy D	D1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.02	0	0	0	19:57	—	—	58	69
Thomas Hickey D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.07	0	0	0	20:02	—	—	71	79
Scott Mayfield D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.13	1	1	4	16:26	—	—	66	79
Calvin de Haan D	D3	0	0	0	+3	1	0.08	1	2	0	18:26	—	—	40	41
Adam Pelech D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	4	1	0	16:42	—	—	33	38

NYI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jaroslav Halak(start)	W	29	26	3	.897	3.69	60:00

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. New York IslandersOct 7, 2017

Fantasy takeaways

New York Islanders beat Buffalo Sabres 6–3

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

Buffalo Sabres

New York Islanders

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Buffalo Sabres

New York Islanders