Buffalo Sabres vs. New York IslandersFeb 22, 2021

FinalMonday, Feb 22, 2021· Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
BUF	1	0	1	2		BUF	12	7	17	36
NYI	0	1	2	3		NYI	3	8	12	23

: BUF 59NYI 48
: BUF 2.82NYI 2.67
PP goals: BUF 1NYI 1
Hits: BUF 14NYI 21
Blocks: BUF 9NYI 11
PIM: BUF 4NYI 6
: BUF 46%NYI 54%

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

New York Islanders beat Buffalo Sabres 3–2 at home. Anders Lee (NYI) led the scoring with 1G 0A. BUF's first power-play unit (Hall, Reinhart, Olofsson, Eichel and Dahlin) scored 1 power-play goal on 10 attempts in 4:04 together.

PP1
BUF's first power-play unit (Hall, Reinhart, Olofsson, Eichel and Dahlin) scored 1 power-play goal on 10 attempts in 4:04 together.Hall Reinhart Olofsson Eichel Dahlin
Usage
Tobias Rieder (BUF) played 3:42, −8:45 down on his 12:27 season average over 43 games.Rieder
Goalie
Semyon Varlamov (NYI) faced 36 shots and stopped 34 (.944), +8 against a season average of 28.3; the win.Varlamov
Usage
Victor Olofsson (BUF) played 22:46, +5:28 up on his 17:18 season average over 55 games.Olofsson
New line
New look for NYI: Pageau–Czarnik–Wahlstrom skated 7:36 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Pageau Czarnik Wahlstrom
Usage
Casey Mittelstadt (BUF) played 12:38, −3:20 down on his 15:58 season average over 40 games.Mittelstadt
Usage
Henri Jokiharju (BUF) played 15:17, −3:10 down on his 18:27 season average over 45 games.Jokiharju
Usage
Matt Martin (NYI) played 8:03, −3:05 down on his 11:08 season average over 53 games.Martin

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 107 of 107 attempts · NYI 48 · 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 24% of the game, NYI 25%.

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
	48	52
	1.93	3.04
	1.88	2.88
	6	13
	4	4
	10	10
	−0.004	+0.004
	24%	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

L1Reinhart – Olofsson – Eichel
14:4130% CF
L2Staal – Hall – Cozens
11:4661% CF
L3Sheahan – Lazar – Mittelstadt
6:0671% CF
L4Okposo – Eakin – Rieder
2:3867% CF
D1Irwin – Montour
14:5736% CF
D2Miller – Dahlin
14:3956% CF
D3Davidson – Jokiharju
10:1665% CF

PP1Hall – Reinhart – Olofsson – Eichel – Dahlin
4:0491% CF
PP2Staal – Okposo – Miller – Mittelstadt – Cozens
1:08100% CF
PK1FOkposo – Lazar
1:15
PK2FEakin – Eichel
0:28
PK1DIrwin – Montour
2:24
PK2DDavidson – Jokiharju
1:09

Current BUF line combinations →

New York Islanders

L1Eberle – Lee – Barzal
11:5938% CF
L2Bailey – Nelson – Beauvillier
11:4978% CF
L3Pageau – Czarnik – Wahlstrom
7:3650% CF
L4Clutterbuck – Martin – Cizikas
6:1173% CF
D1Pelech – Pulock
14:5970% CF
D2Leddy – Mayfield
13:1236% CF
D3Greene – Dobson
10:4350% CF

PP1Eberle – Lee – Pulock – Barzal – Dobson
2:2667% CF
PP2Bailey – Leddy – Nelson – Pageau – Wahlstrom
0:26100% CF
PK1FPageau – Beauvillier
1:57
PK2FClutterbuck – Cizikas
1:46
PK1DPelech – Pulock
2:40
PK2DGreene – Mayfield
0:51

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	0	0	0	3	0.24	1	0	0	22:57	—	—	27	29
Victor Olofsson L	L1	0	1	1	0	5	0.54	0	0	0	22:46	—	—	33	37
Sam Reinhart C	L1	1	0	1	0	3	0.32	1	0	2	22:37	—	—	26	29
Taylor Hall L	L2	0	0	0	-1	6	0.56	0	0	0	19:01	—	—	61	62
Eric Staal C	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.17	0	0	0	16:53	—	—	61	56
Dylan Cozens C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	0	1	0	15:47	—	—	60	58
Casey Mittelstadt C	L3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.08	1	0	0	12:38	—	—	53	41
Curtis Lazar C	L3	1	0	1	0	1	0.12	4	1	0	11:52	—	—	44	29
Riley Sheahan C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	2	11:07	—	—	53	30
Kyle Okposo R	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.14	1	0	0	13:10	—	—	47	33
Cody Eakin C	L4	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	0	0	0	11:18	—	—	44	23
Tobias Rieder L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.10	0	0	0	3:42	—	—	63	81
Matt Irwin D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	2	0	21:03	—	—	40	38
Brandon Montour D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	20:40	—	—	35	31
Rasmus Dahlin D	D2	0	1	1	-1	3	0.28	1	1	0	23:40	—	—	48	32
Colin Miller D	D2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.18	2	1	0	19:01	—	—	54	31
Henri Jokiharju D	D3	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	0	2	0	15:17	—	—	57	54
Brandon Davidson D	D3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.06	2	1	0	14:25	—	—	57	44

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Linus Ullmark(start)	L	23	20	3	.870	2.67	58:23

New York Islanders

NYI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Anders Lee L	L1	1	0	1	+1	4	0.29	1	0	2	18:12	—	—	39	47
Mathew Barzal C	L1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.18	0	0	2	18:05	—	—	36	50
Jordan Eberle R	L1	0	1	1	0	2	0.15	0	0	0	17:23	—	—	32	42
Brock Nelson C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.22	1	0	0	18:16	—	—	74	74
Josh Bailey R	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	1	0	0	17:13	—	—	74	76
Anthony Beauvillier R	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.40	2	0	0	17:10	—	—	63	70
Jean-Gabriel Pageau C	L3	1	0	1	0	2	0.24	2	0	0	18:02	—	—	47	62
Oliver Wahlstrom R	L3	0	1	1	0	2	0.29	1	2	0	9:59	—	—	46	60
Austin Czarnik C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.05	0	0	0	9:11	—	—	44	62
Cal Clutterbuck R	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	4	0	0	12:54	—	—	56	58
Casey Cizikas C	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.04	1	0	0	11:02	—	—	59	70
Matt Martin L	L4	1	0	1	+1	3	0.46	2	1	0	8:03	—	—	63	61
Ryan Pulock D	D1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.03	2	2	0	25:07	—	—	71	77
Adam Pelech D	D1	0	0	0	+2	2	0.06	0	1	0	23:37	—	—	65	73
Nick Leddy D	D2	0	1	1	-1	1	0.09	1	1	0	19:03	—	—	42	56
Scott Mayfield D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	1	1	2	17:39	—	—	37	40
Andy Greene D	D3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.08	1	2	0	17:28	—	—	48	44
Noah Dobson D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	1	1	0	16:52	—	—	50	54

NYI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Semyon Varlamov(start)	W	36	34	2	.944	2.82	59:41

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 IslandersFeb 22, 2021

Fantasy takeaways

New York Islanders edge Buffalo Sabres 3–2

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