Buffalo Sabres vs. New York IslandersDec 14, 2019

Final / OTSaturday, Dec 14, 2019· NYCB Live/Nassau Coliseum

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
BUF	0	1	1	0	2		BUF	10	10	13	2	35
NYI	1	0	1	1	3		NYI	9	7	8	2	26

: BUF 65NYI 40
: BUF 2.03NYI 2.19
PP goals: BUF 1NYI 0
Hits: BUF 17NYI 29
Blocks: BUF 7NYI 19
PIM: BUF 8NYI 8
: BUF 27%NYI 73%

Fantasy takeaways

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

New York Islanders edge Buffalo Sabres 3–2 (OT)

New York Islanders beat Buffalo Sabres 3–2 in overtime at home. Anthony Beauvillier (NYI) led the scoring with 1G 2A. BUF's first power-play unit (Johansson, Reinhart, Olofsson, Eichel and Dahlin) scored 1 power-play goal on 12 attempts in 5:07 together.

Points
Anthony Beauvillier had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 6 shots in 17:48.Beauvillier
Points
Jack Eichel had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 7 shots in 23:58.Eichel
Points
Brock Nelson had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 19:53.Nelson
PP1
BUF's first power-play unit (Johansson, Reinhart, Olofsson, Eichel and Dahlin) scored 1 power-play goal on 12 attempts in 5:07 together.Johansson Reinhart Olofsson Eichel Dahlin
Usage
Michael Dal Colle (NYI) played 3:35, −8:22 down on his 11:57 season average over 52 games.Dal Colle
Usage
Victor Olofsson (BUF) played 24:25, +6:09 up on his 18:16 season average over 53 games.Olofsson
New line
New look for BUF: Skinner–Sheary–Rodrigues skated 4:03 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Skinner Sheary Rodrigues
New line
New look for NYI: Eberle–Nelson–Beauvillier skated 5:57 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (62.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Eberle Nelson Beauvillier

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 105 of 105 attempts · NYI 40 · BUF 65

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 31% of the game, NYI 38%.

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
	55	37
	0.97	1.78
	0.95	1.76
	1	10
	5	0
	24	13
	−0.143	+0.143
	31%	38%

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
14:4067% CF
L2Okposo – Larsson – Girgensons
9:4665% CF
L3Johansson – Vesey – Asplund
5:5342% CF
L4Skinner – Sheary – Rodrigues
4:0367% CF
D1McCabe – Ristolainen
14:3865% CF
D2Montour – Dahlin
13:2368% CF
D3Scandella – Jokiharju
12:0842% CF

PP1Johansson – Reinhart – Olofsson – Eichel – Dahlin
5:07100% CF
PK1FVesey – Asplund
2:18
PK2FLarsson – Girgensons
1:53
PK1DMcCabe – Ristolainen
2:28
PK2DScandella – Jokiharju
1:57

Current BUF line combinations →

New York Islanders

L1Clutterbuck – Martin – Cizikas
8:2630% CF
L2Bailey – Johnston – Barzal
8:1042% CF
L3Eberle – Nelson – Beauvillier
5:5763% CF
L4Brassard – Lee – Dal Colle
0:00
D1Pelech – Pulock
13:1941% CF
D2Mayfield – Toews
12:1150% CF
D3Boychuk – Dobson
10:4550% CF

PP1Bailey – Eberle – Lee – Toews – Barzal
3:19100% CF
PP2Brassard – Nelson – Pulock – Beauvillier – Dobson
1:34100% CF
PK1FClutterbuck – Cizikas
4:29
PK2FNelson – Beauvillier
0:38
PK1DMayfield – Pelech
2:55
PK2DBoychuk – Pulock
0:00

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
Victor Olofsson L	L1	1	0	1	0	4	0.24	1	2	0	24:25	—	—	69	43
Jack Eichel C	L1	1	1	2	-1	7	0.25	0	0	0	23:58	—	—	69	53
Sam Reinhart C	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.48	0	0	0	22:43	—	—	67	39
Johan Larsson L	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	0	0	0	14:41	—	—	63	19
Zemgus Girgensons C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	2	0	0	13:34	—	—	67	38
Kyle Okposo R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	1	0	0	11:46	—	—	65	31
Marcus Johansson L	L3	0	1	1	0	1	0.14	2	0	2	19:38	—	—	46	44
Jimmy Vesey L	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.22	0	0	0	14:11	—	—	39	28
Rasmus Asplund C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.05	1	0	0	12:10	—	—	43	37
Jeff Skinner L	L4	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	0	1	0	11:29	—	—	53	32
Conor Sheary L	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.07	0	0	0	9:14	—	—	62	43
Evan Rodrigues C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	0	0	2	7:05	—	—	60	19
Rasmus Ristolainen D	D1	0	1	1	-1	0	0.01	1	0	2	21:07	—	—	67	52
Jake McCabe D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	1	1	0	20:02	—	—	59	40
Rasmus Dahlin D	D2	0	1	1	-1	6	0.43	6	0	0	24:02	—	—	70	57
Brandon Montour D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	0	1	0	18:20	—	—	71	45
Henri Jokiharju D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	1	2	0	18:43	—	—	53	32
Marco Scandella D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	1	0	2	16:18	—	—	42	23

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Linus Ullmark(start)	O	26	23	3	.885	2.19	62:50

New York Islanders

NYI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Cal Clutterbuck R	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.19	4	2	0	15:44	—	—	21	67
Casey Cizikas C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	2	0	15:09	—	—	31	82
Matt Martin L	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	1	0	12:35	—	—	21	63
Mathew Barzal C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.16	1	1	2	23:41	—	—	32	63
Josh Bailey R	L2	0	0	0	0	4	0.14	0	0	4	19:29	—	—	33	50
Ross Johnston L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	9:05	—	—	39	64
Brock Nelson C	L3	0	2	2	+3	1	0.13	0	0	2	19:53	—	—	54	73
Anthony Beauvillier R	L3	1	2	3	+3	6	0.51	3	1	0	17:48	—	—	61	78
Jordan Eberle R	L3	1	0	1	+1	3	0.41	1	0	0	16:49	—	—	50	72
Anders Lee L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.18	4	2	0	17:28	—	—	36	47
Derick Brassard C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.13	1	1	0	14:30	—	—	46	39
Michael Dal Colle L	L4	1	0	1	+1	1	0.05	1	0	0	3:35	—	—	80	98
Ryan Pulock D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	2	0	21:42	—	—	37	78
Adam Pelech D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	1	0	21:07	—	—	32	80
Devon Toews D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.22	1	1	0	21:28	—	—	41	59
Scott Mayfield D	D2	0	0	0	0	3	0.04	1	2	0	20:21	—	—	41	63
Johnny Boychuk D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.04	1	2	0	17:19	—	—	45	55
Noah Dobson D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	1	0	16:08	—	—	47	58

NYI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Semyon Varlamov(start)	W	35	33	2	.943	2.03	63:04

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 IslandersDec 14, 2019

Fantasy takeaways

New York Islanders edge Buffalo Sabres 3–2 (OT)

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

OT period

Box score

Buffalo Sabres

New York Islanders