Buffalo Sabres vs. New York IslandersMar 30, 2019

FinalSaturday, Mar 30, 2019· NYCB Live/Nassau Coliseum

away

home

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
BUF	0	0	1	1		BUF	8	12	12	32
NYI	1	2	2	5		NYI	16	12	10	38

: BUF 59NYI 67
: BUF 1.90NYI 3.89
PP goals: BUF 1NYI 0
Hits: BUF 26NYI 25
Blocks: BUF 16NYI 16
PIM: BUF 2NYI 4
: BUF 56%NYI 44%

Fantasy takeaways

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

New York Islanders rout Buffalo Sabres 5–1

New York Islanders beat Buffalo Sabres 5–1 at home. Anthony Beauvillier (NYI) led the scoring with 2G 0A. BUF's first power-play unit (Skinner, Reinhart, Olofsson, Eichel and Dahlin) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 1:33 together.

Points
Anthony Beauvillier had two goals (2 points) on 5 shots in 11:44.Beauvillier
PP1
BUF's first power-play unit (Skinner, Reinhart, Olofsson, Eichel and Dahlin) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 1:33 together.Skinner Reinhart Olofsson Eichel Dahlin
Goalie
Carter Hutton (BUF) faced 38 shots and stopped 33 (.868), +7 against a season average of 30.8; the loss.Hutton
Usage
Marco Scandella (BUF) played 9:51, −7:53 down on his 17:44 season average over 62 games.Scandella
New line
New look for BUF: Okposo–Wilson–Girgensons skated 5:24 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (42.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Okposo Wilson Girgensons
Usage
Adam Pelech (NYI) played 23:15, +4:41 up on his 18:34 season average over 77 games.Pelech
Usage
Casey Nelson (BUF) played 21:02, +5:47 up on his 15:15 season average over 37 games.Nelson
Usage
Lawrence Pilut (BUF) played 22:17, +5:01 up on his 17:16 season average over 32 games.Pilut

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 126 of 126 attempts · NYI 67 · BUF 59

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 21% of the game, NYI 41%.

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
	64	74
	1.95	3.91
	1.89	3.77
	11	17
	4	6
	32	19
	+0.061	−0.061
	21%	41%

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

L1Reinhart – Olofsson – Eichel
9:2045% CF
L2Pominville – Skinner – Mittelstadt
7:1036% CF
L3Okposo – Wilson – Girgensons
5:2443% CF
L4Larsson – Sheary – Nylander
3:0740% CF
D1Montour – Pilut
13:3443% CF
D2Borgen – Dahlin
12:5154% CF
D3Scandella – Nelson
7:4710% CF

PP1Skinner – Reinhart – Olofsson – Eichel – Dahlin
1:33100% CF
PP2Okposo – Sheary – Montour – Nylander – Mittelstadt
0:460% CF
PK1FLarsson – Girgensons
1:11
PK2FWilson – Eichel
0:49
PK1DMontour – Pilut
1:20
PK2DBorgen – Nelson
0:40

Current BUF line combinations →

New York Islanders

L1Eberle – Lee – Barzal
13:2045% CF
L2Bailey – Nelson – Dal Colle
12:0968% CF
L3Clutterbuck – Martin – Cizikas
10:5376% CF
L4Komarov – Kuhnhackl – Beauvillier
7:3252% CF
D1Pelech – Pulock
19:1367% CF
D2Boychuk – Leddy
17:4534% CF
D3Mayfield – Toews
13:5073% CF

PP1Bailey – Eberle – Lee – Nelson – Toews
1:16100% CF
PP2Clutterbuck – Leddy – Pulock – Barzal – Beauvillier
0:390% CF
PK1FClutterbuck – Martin
0:43
PK2FKomarov – Kuhnhackl
0:37
PK1DMayfield – Pelech
1:35
PK2DBoychuk – Pulock
0:37

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	0	1	1	-2	1	0.10	4	3	0	18:55	—	—	46	38
Victor Olofsson L	L1	1	0	1	-1	4	0.30	2	2	0	18:03	—	—	54	38
Sam Reinhart C	L1	0	0	0	-3	1	0.10	0	1	0	16:23	—	—	47	28
Jeff Skinner L	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.14	0	2	0	16:57	—	—	34	27
Casey Mittelstadt C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.15	2	0	0	14:57	—	—	42	31
Jason Pominville R	L2	0	0	0	-1	4	0.20	0	0	0	12:07	—	—	47	43
Kyle Okposo R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	0	0	14:16	—	—	33	34
Scott Wilson C	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.03	1	0	0	11:42	—	—	35	19
Zemgus Girgensons C	L3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	1	1	0	11:30	—	—	21	10
Johan Larsson L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.16	1	1	0	16:10	—	—	60	36
Alex Nylander L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	15:30	—	—	55	28
Conor Sheary L	L4	0	0	0	-2	3	0.33	1	0	0	13:42	—	—	57	36
Brandon Montour D	D1	0	0	0	-3	1	0.05	1	1	0	23:52	—	—	44	25
Lawrence Pilut D	D1	0	0	0	-2	4	0.05	1	1	0	22:17	—	—	58	48
Rasmus Dahlin D	D2	0	0	0	-1	6	0.21	2	0	2	22:19	—	—	57	51
Will Borgen D	D2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	6	2	0	18:27	—	—	49	26
Casey Nelson D	D3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.06	3	1	0	21:02	—	—	31	30
Marco Scandella D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	9:51	—	—	7	10

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Carter Hutton(start)	L	38	33	5	.868	3.89	60:00

New York Islanders

NYI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Mathew Barzal C	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.24	1	0	2	17:05	—	—	42	43
Anders Lee L	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.39	0	0	0	16:43	—	—	40	46
Jordan Eberle R	L1	1	0	1	+1	1	0.06	0	0	0	16:05	—	—	43	44
Brock Nelson C	L2	0	1	1	+1	3	0.28	0	0	0	17:41	—	—	65	77
Josh Bailey R	L2	0	1	1	+2	2	0.20	0	0	0	17:06	—	—	64	85
Michael Dal Colle L	L2	1	0	1	+1	3	0.41	0	0	0	15:00	—	—	56	75
Cal Clutterbuck R	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.08	3	0	0	16:39	—	—	70	89
Matt Martin L	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.17	3	0	0	14:41	—	—	75	84
Casey Cizikas C	L3	0	1	1	+1	5	0.33	6	0	2	13:21	—	—	73	86
Anthony Beauvillier R	L4	2	0	2	+2	5	1.05	1	0	0	11:44	—	—	47	67
Leo Komarov R	L4	0	1	1	+2	2	0.09	2	1	0	11:32	—	—	48	76
Tom Kuhnhackl R	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.15	1	3	0	11:00	—	—	52	63
Adam Pelech D	D1	0	1	1	+2	2	0.05	0	2	0	23:15	—	—	64	74
Ryan Pulock D	D1	1	0	1	+2	4	0.25	1	1	0	21:44	—	—	67	84
Nick Leddy D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.05	1	3	0	20:21	—	—	34	38
Johnny Boychuk D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	3	0	19:02	—	—	33	41
Scott Mayfield D	D3	0	0	0	+2	2	0.06	4	2	0	18:28	—	—	68	85
Devon Toews D	D3	0	1	1	+2	2	0.05	0	1	0	16:11	—	—	72	86

NYI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Robin Lehner(start)	W	32	31	1	.969	1.90	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 IslandersMar 30, 2019

Fantasy takeaways

New York Islanders rout Buffalo Sabres 5–1

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