Buffalo Sabres vs. New York IslandersNov 30, 2024

FinalSaturday, Nov 30, 2024· UBS Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
BUF	0	0	0	0		BUF	9	7	13	29
NYI	0	2	1	3		NYI	6	8	6	20

: BUF 64NYI 45
: BUF 1.96NYI 2.30
PP goals: BUF 0NYI 1
Hits: BUF 16NYI 30
Blocks: BUF 13NYI 16
PIM: BUF 6NYI 4
: BUF 43%NYI 57%

Fantasy takeaways

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

New York Islanders beat Buffalo Sabres 3–0

New York Islanders beat Buffalo Sabres 3–0 at home. Simon Holmstrom (NYI) led the scoring with 2G 0A. NYI's first power-play unit (Palmieri, Lee, Nelson, Horvat and Cholowski) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 2:42 together.

Points
Simon Holmstrom had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 18:55.Holmstrom
Points
Anders Lee had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 18:38.Lee
PP1
NYI's first power-play unit (Palmieri, Lee, Nelson, Horvat and Cholowski) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 2:42 together.Palmieri Lee Nelson Horvat Cholowski
Luck
BUF scored 0 goals on 1.96 expected goals (64 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for NYI: Cizikas–Wahlstrom–MacLean skated 6:06 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (28.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Cizikas Wahlstrom MacLean
Usage
Dennis Cholowski (NYI) played 9:41, −3:29 down on his 13:10 season average over 38 games.Cholowski
Usage
Noah Dobson (NYI) played 17:53, −5:28 down on his 23:21 season average over 70 games.Dobson
Usage
Jacob Bryson (BUF) played 9:49, −4:40 down on his 14:29 season average over 47 games.Bryson

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 109 of 109 attempts · NYI 45 · BUF 64

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 26% of the game, NYI 37%.

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
	62	40
	1.50	1.57
	1.47	1.54
	7	4
	1	5
	20	16
	−0.059	+0.059
	26%	37%

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

L1Aube-Kubel – Malenstyn – Krebs
7:3489% CF
L2Tuch – Thompson – Peterka
6:2246% CF
L3Cozens – Kulich – Benson
3:19100% CF
L4Zucker – McLeod – Quinn
3:0225% CF
D1Dahlin – Byram
14:2548% CF
D2Jokiharju – Power
10:5552% CF
D3Clifton – Bryson
7:0386% CF

PP1Zucker – Thompson – Dahlin – Cozens – Peterka
1:530% CF
PP2Tuch – Quinn – Power – Kulich – Benson
1:26100% CF
PK1FTuch – McLeod
1:27
PK2FKrebs – Cozens
0:47
PK1DClifton – Power
2:26
PK2DBryson – Byram
0:44

Current BUF line combinations →

New York Islanders

L1Lee – Horvat – Holmstrom
12:2759% CF
L2Palmieri – Nelson – Tsyplakov
11:1540% CF
L3Cizikas – Wahlstrom – MacLean
6:0629% CF
D1Pulock – Romanov
13:2248% CF
D2Dobson – George
10:4029% CF
D3Mayfield – Hutton
7:1450% CF

PP1Palmieri – Lee – Nelson – Horvat – Cholowski
2:4288% CF
PP2Pulock – Wahlstrom – Dobson – Holmstrom – Tsyplakov
1:240% CF
PK1FPalmieri – Nelson
1:37
PK2FCizikas – Holmstrom
0:41
PK1DPulock – Romanov
1:55
PK2DMayfield – Hutton
0:00

Current NYI line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

7:23
NYIAnders LeePP (Kyle Palmieri, Dennis Cholowski)tip-in0.13 xG
BUF: Clifton, Tuch, McLeod, PowerNYI: Palmieri, Lee, Nelson, Horvat, Cholowski
BUF 0 – 1 NYI
9:28
NYISimon Holmstrom (Anders Lee)snap0.10 xG
BUF: Tuch, Thompson, Jokiharju, Peterka, PowerNYI: Lee, Horvat, Pulock, Romanov, Holmstrom
BUF 0 – 2 NYI

3rd period

19:52
NYISimon HolmstromENwrist0.29 xG
BUF: Zucker, Tuch, Thompson, Dahlin, Cozens, PeterkaNYI: Lee, Horvat, Pulock, Romanov, Holmstrom
BUF 0 – 3 NYI

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	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Peyton Krebs C	L1	0	0	0.08	3	0	0	16:17	—	—	90	95
Nicolas Aube-Kubel R	L1	0	3	0.23	3	0	0	11:23	—	—	77	88
Beck Malenstyn L	L1	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	9:46	—	—	90	98
Alex Tuch R	L2	-2	2	0.16	1	5	2	20:20	—	—	59	50
Tage Thompson C	L2	-2	4	0.17	0	0	0	20:01	—	—	51	35
JJ Peterka R	L2	-2	1	0.18	2	1	0	19:48	—	—	47	34
Dylan Cozens C	L3	-1	3	0.17	0	0	0	17:23	—	—	73	63
Zach Benson L	L3	0	2	0.50	0	0	0	17:13	—	—	79	71
Jiri Kulich C	L3	0	2	0.05	1	0	0	12:39	—	—	68	55
Ryan McLeod C	L4	0	1	0.08	0	0	0	13:35	—	—	39	23
Jason Zucker L	L4	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	13:20	—	—	20	19
Jack Quinn R	L4	0	2	0.05	0	0	0	12:37	—	—	41	30
Rasmus Dahlin D	D1	-1	2	0.03	1	3	0	26:49	—	—	57	51
Bowen Byram D	D1	0	2	0.06	1	2	2	23:28	—	—	60	52
Owen Power D	D2	-1	4	0.09	0	0	0	24:38	—	—	58	38
Henri Jokiharju D	D2	-1	1	0.04	1	0	0	16:03	—	—	61	46
Connor Clifton D	D3	0	0	0.07	2	1	0	13:14	—	—	73	51
Jacob Bryson D	D3	0	0	0.00	0	1	2	9:49	—	—	78	99

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
James Reimer(start)	L	19	17	2	.895	2.01	57:17

New York Islanders

NYI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Bo Horvat C	L1	0	0	0	+2	4	0.71	0	0	2	21:38	—	—	56	72
Simon Holmstrom R	L1	2	0	2	+2	2	0.46	0	1	0	18:55	—	—	58	75
Anders Lee L	L1	1	1	2	+2	2	0.34	4	1	0	18:38	—	—	60	77
Brock Nelson C	L2	0	0	0	0	6	0.42	2	1	0	21:23	—	—	29	42
Kyle Palmieri C	L2	0	1	1	0	1	0.09	0	0	0	20:18	—	—	38	48
Maxim Tsyplakov R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.15	3	0	0	16:36	—	—	38	48
Casey Cizikas C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	16:19	—	—	23	20
Kyle MacLean C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	2	1	0	13:39	—	—	26	27
Oliver Wahlstrom R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.06	0	2	0	10:46	—	—	24	33
Ryan Pulock D	D1	0	0	0	+2	0	0.00	5	2	0	21:31	—	—	50	59
Alexander Romanov D	D1	0	0	0	+2	2	0.04	4	2	0	21:27	—	—	42	66
Noah Dobson D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	0	1	2	17:53	—	—	39	43
Isaiah George D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	1	0	13:07	—	—	44	40
Scott Mayfield D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	3	0	20:44	—	—	32	50
Grant Hutton D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	13:15	—	—	41	61
Matt Martin L	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	7	1	0	10:34	—	—	8	2
Dennis Cholowski D	—	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	9:41	—	—	8	2
Hudson Fasching R	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	9:36	—	—	10	2

NYI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Ilya Sorokin(start)	W	29	29	0	.1000	1.96	60:00

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Anders Lee (NYI PP) 2nd 7:23 · assists Kyle Palmieri, Dennis Cholowski · Deflection · 31.4 mph shot.

Anders Lee · 2nd 7:23 · NYI PP

Play: deflection
Passes: 5
Shot: 31.4 mph
Distance: 4 ft
Type: one-timer

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Simon Holmstrom · 2nd 9:28 · NYI

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 40.6 mph
Distance: 22 ft
Entry to goal: 2.4 s
Type: one-timer

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Simon Holmstrom · 3rd 19:52 · NYI EN

Play: cycle
Passes: 0
Shot: 3.8 mph
Distance: 22 ft

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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.