Buffalo Sabres vs. Winnipeg JetsDec 14, 2021

FinalTuesday, Dec 14, 2021· Canada Life Centre

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
BUF	1	2	1	4		BUF	7	12	8	27
WPG	1	1	0	2		WPG	14	13	9	36

: BUF 42WPG 70
: BUF 2.74WPG 3.99
PP goals: BUF 1WPG 0
Hits: BUF 17WPG 27
Blocks: BUF 11WPG 3
PIM: BUF 6WPG 4
: BUF 39%WPG 61%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Buffalo Sabres beat Winnipeg Jets 4–2

Buffalo Sabres beat Winnipeg Jets 4–2 at WPG. Rasmus Dahlin (BUF) led the scoring with 2G 0A. BUF's first power-play unit (Skinner, Olofsson, Thompson, Dahlin and Cozens) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 1:25 together.

Points
Rasmus Dahlin had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 23:10.Dahlin
Points
Pierre-Luc Dubois had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 19:03.Dubois
Points
Tage Thompson had 2 assists (2 points) on 5 shots in 13:13.Thompson
Points
Victor Olofsson had 2 assists (2 points) in 12:41.Olofsson
PP1
BUF's first power-play unit (Skinner, Olofsson, Thompson, Dahlin and Cozens) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 1:25 together.Skinner Olofsson Thompson Dahlin Cozens
New line
New look for WPG: Scheifele–Copp–Connor skated 13:35 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (65.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Scheifele Copp Connor
New line
New look for WPG: Stastny–Ehlers–Dubois skated 10:27 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (64.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Stastny Ehlers Dubois
Usage
Nathan Beaulieu (WPG) played 3:01, −8:05 down on his 11:06 season average over 23 games.Beaulieu

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)WPG attacks right (top on phones) →

WPG
BUF
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 112 of 112 attempts · WPG 70 · BUF 42

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

WPG
BUF
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

WPG 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 15% of the game, WPG 42%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

WPG

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	WPG
	44	65
	2.82	3.39
	2.56	3.07
	11	17
	6	4
	13	16
	−0.117	+0.117
	15%	42%

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

L1Okposo – Murray – Cozens
12:4915% CF
L2Eakin – Hinostroza – Bjork
11:1238% CF
L3Skinner – Olofsson – Thompson
9:5645% CF
L4Girgensons – Hayden – Asplund
8:4650% CF
D1Jokiharju – Dahlin
13:2938% CF
D2Hagg – Bryson
10:3836% CF
D3Pysyk – Butcher
9:2762% CF

PP1Skinner – Olofsson – Thompson – Dahlin – Cozens
1:2575% CF
PP2Okposo – Girgensons – Asplund – Murray – Bryson
0:39100% CF
PK1FHayden – Asplund
1:50
PK2FOkposo – Girgensons
1:18
PK1DPysyk – Jokiharju
3:35
PK2DBryson – Dahlin
1:06

Current BUF line combinations →

Winnipeg Jets

L1Scheifele – Copp – Connor
13:3565% CF
L2Stastny – Ehlers – Dubois
10:2765% CF
L3Lowry – Harkins – Vesalainen
7:0750% CF
D1Schmidt – Morrissey
16:4957% CF
D2Dillon – Pionk
15:3161% CF
D3DeMelo – Stanley
10:0650% CF

PP1Stastny – Lowry – Schmidt – Morrissey – Ehlers
2:52100% CF
PP2Scheifele – Copp – Connor – Dubois – Pionk
2:5280% CF
PK1FScheifele – Connor
0:42
PK2FToninato – Copp
0:36
PK1DDeMelo – Stanley
1:40
PK2DMorrissey – Pionk
0:35

Current WPG 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
Dylan Cozens C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	17:23	—	—	28	37
Kyle Okposo R	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.18	1	0	2	16:33	—	—	21	21
Brett Murray L	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	15:20	—	—	29	41
Cody Eakin C	L2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.01	2	0	2	14:52	—	—	38	44
Vinnie Hinostroza C	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.03	0	0	0	14:16	—	—	39	43
Anders Bjork L	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.22	0	1	0	14:06	—	—	39	43
Tage Thompson C	L3	0	2	2	0	5	0.39	0	0	0	13:13	—	—	44	46
Jeff Skinner L	L3	1	0	1	+1	4	0.71	0	0	0	12:47	—	—	46	45
Victor Olofsson L	L3	0	2	2	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	12:41	—	—	42	42
Rasmus Asplund C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.42	0	1	0	15:01	—	—	50	62
Zemgus Girgensons C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	2	1	0	14:50	—	—	50	53
John Hayden C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.13	3	1	0	14:40	—	—	47	54
Henri Jokiharju D	D1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.03	3	1	0	24:54	—	—	31	43
Rasmus Dahlin D	D1	2	0	2	+2	3	0.33	0	0	0	23:10	—	—	42	41
Jacob Bryson D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.07	3	2	0	22:03	—	—	33	42
Robert Hagg D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.04	1	0	2	11:30	—	—	36	43
Mark Pysyk D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.06	1	4	0	19:56	—	—	58	64
Will Butcher D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.07	0	0	0	16:45	—	—	55	66

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen(start)	W	36	34	2	.944	3.99	60:00

Winnipeg Jets

WPG skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Mark Scheifele C	L1	0	0	0	-2	4	0.61	2	0	0	25:19	—	—	63	54
Kyle Connor L	L1	0	0	0	-3	3	0.26	0	0	0	24:47	—	—	66	51
Andrew Copp C	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.38	1	0	0	21:42	—	—	65	64
Nikolaj Ehlers L	L2	1	0	1	+1	3	0.70	1	0	0	19:30	—	—	64	64
Pierre-Luc Dubois C	L2	1	1	2	+1	3	0.32	0	0	0	19:03	—	—	62	62
Paul Stastny C	L2	0	0	0	0	4	0.71	1	0	0	18:05	—	—	64	61
Adam Lowry C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	5	0	0	16:58	—	—	53	26
Jansen Harkins C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	2	0	0	13:27	—	—	40	22
Kristian Vesalainen L	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	2	10:30	—	—	36	14
Josh Morrissey D	D1	0	1	1	-2	0	0.26	4	0	0	22:43	—	—	62	55
Nate Schmidt D	D1	0	0	0	-2	3	0.20	0	0	2	21:40	—	—	52	42
Neal Pionk D	D2	0	0	0	+1	5	0.22	1	1	0	20:39	—	—	61	54
Brenden Dillon D	D2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.07	1	1	0	18:31	—	—	64	59
Dylan DeMelo D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.07	1	0	0	15:07	—	—	56	59
Logan Stanley D	D3	0	0	0	0	3	0.10	1	1	0	13:03	—	—	47	54
Evgeny Svechnikov L	—	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	1	0	0	8:40	—	—	50	33
Dominic Toninato C	—	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	4	0	0	6:12	—	—	38	36
Nathan Beaulieu D	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	3:01	—	—	100	100

WPG goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Connor Hellebuyck(start)	L	27	23	4	.852	2.74	58:26

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. Winnipeg JetsDec 14, 2021

Fantasy takeaways

Buffalo Sabres beat Winnipeg Jets 4–2

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

Buffalo Sabres

Winnipeg Jets

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Buffalo Sabres

Winnipeg Jets