Buffalo Sabres vs. Los Angeles KingsOct 14, 2017

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
BUF	1	0	1	2		BUF	10	7	8	25
LAK	0	1	3	4		LAK	10	11	9	30

: BUF 48LAK 61
: BUF 2.60LAK 3.56
PP goals: BUF 0LAK 3
Hits: BUF 25LAK 27
Blocks: BUF 15LAK 12
PIM: BUF 6LAK 6
: BUF 56%LAK 44%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Los Angeles Kings beat Buffalo Sabres 4–2

Los Angeles Kings beat Buffalo Sabres 4–2 at home. Jack Eichel (BUF) led the scoring with 1G 1A. LAK's first power-play unit (Carter, Brown, Kopitar, Martinez and Doughty) scored 2 power-play goals on 6 attempts in 2:04 together.

Points
Drew Doughty had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 25:39.Doughty
Points
Jack Eichel had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 20:45.Eichel
Points
Tyler Toffoli had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 14:05.Toffoli
Points
Jason Pominville had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 18:11.Pominville
Points
Jeff Carter had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 17:27.Carter
PP1
LAK's first power-play unit (Carter, Brown, Kopitar, Martinez and Doughty) scored 2 power-play goals on 6 attempts in 2:04 together.Carter Brown Kopitar Martinez Doughty
Usage
Matt Moulson (BUF) played 19:45, +10:11 up on his 9:34 season average over 13 games.Moulson
New line
New look for BUF: Pouliot–Josefson–Nolan skated 7:32 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (36.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Pouliot Josefson Nolan

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)LAK attacks right (top on phones) →

LAK
BUF
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 109 of 109 attempts · LAK 61 · BUF 48

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

LAK
BUF
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

LAK 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, LAK 32%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

LAK

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	LAK
	43	62
	2.03	2.41
	1.97	2.32
	10	12
	4	10
	24	12
	+0.025	−0.025
	31%	32%

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

L1Pominville – Girgensons – Eichel
11:0331% CF
L2Pouliot – Josefson – Nolan
7:3236% CF
L3Moulson – O'Reilly – Kane
7:0938% CF
L4Larsson – Griffith – Reinhart
5:5356% CF
D1Scandella – Ristolainen
19:4645% CF
D2Beaulieu – Tennyson
13:3944% CF
D3Gorges – McCabe
11:2137% CF

PP1Pominville – Kane – Beaulieu – Griffith – Tennyson
2:54100% CF
PP2Moulson – O'Reilly – Ristolainen – Reinhart – Eichel
2:5288% CF
PK1FPouliot – Josefson
1:39
PK2FLarsson – Girgensons
0:49
PK1DGorges – McCabe
1:16
PK2DScandella – Ristolainen
0:31

Current BUF line combinations →

Los Angeles Kings

L1Brown – Kopitar – Iafallo
16:3357% CF
L2Lewis – Andreoff – Shore
11:0265% CF
L3Carter – Toffoli – Pearson
11:0167% CF
L4Dowd – Brodzinski – Kempe
8:1747% CF
D1Doughty – Forbort
18:0049% CF
D2Muzzin – Martinez
15:4173% CF
D3Folin – Fantenberg
11:0847% CF

PP1Carter – Brown – Kopitar – Martinez – Doughty
2:04100% CF
PP2Muzzin – Toffoli – Pearson – Iafallo – Fantenberg
0:29100% CF
PK1FCarter – Pearson
2:04
PK2FLewis – Shore
1:48
PK1DDoughty – Forbort
2:53
PK2DMuzzin – Martinez
1:57

Current LAK 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	1	1	2	+1	4	0.45	0	0	2	20:45	—	—	38	36
Jason Pominville R	L1	0	2	2	+1	1	0.10	0	0	0	18:11	—	—	36	36
Zemgus Girgensons C	L1	1	0	1	+1	1	0.12	1	0	0	16:17	—	—	33	27
Benoit Pouliot L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	1	0	10:43	—	—	35	19
Jacob Josefson C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	2	2	0	10:38	—	—	35	17
Jordan Nolan C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	10:11	—	—	36	25
Evander Kane L	L3	0	1	1	0	3	0.19	4	1	2	19:45	—	—	45	41
Matt Moulson L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.22	2	1	0	19:45	—	—	36	30
Ryan O'Reilly C	L3	0	0	0	-1	4	0.57	1	0	0	18:28	—	—	48	52
Sam Reinhart C	L4	0	0	0	-1	4	0.30	0	0	0	14:18	—	—	63	94
Seth Griffith C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.36	0	0	0	11:23	—	—	58	95
Johan Larsson L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.13	2	1	0	11:02	—	—	44	83
Rasmus Ristolainen D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	6	1	0	28:12	—	—	44	61
Marco Scandella D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.09	1	2	0	22:01	—	—	46	61
Nathan Beaulieu D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	19:18	—	—	41	23
Matt Tennyson D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	0	1	0	18:00	—	—	43	24
Jake McCabe D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	3	0	16:16	—	—	33	51
Josh Gorges D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	3	2	2	13:14	—	—	35	74

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Robin Lehner(start)	L	29	26	3	.897	2.86	59:00

Los Angeles Kings

LAK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Anze Kopitar C	L1	0	1	1	-1	0	0.11	2	0	0	21:12	—	—	57	38
Dustin Brown R	L1	1	0	1	-1	4	0.41	3	1	0	20:46	—	—	57	38
Alex Iafallo L	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.10	0	0	2	18:29	—	—	57	37
Nicholas Shore C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.31	1	0	0	13:45	—	—	67	83
Trevor Lewis C	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.32	3	0	0	13:24	—	—	67	83
Andy Andreoff C	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.25	4	0	2	11:49	—	—	65	79
Jeff Carter C	L3	0	2	2	0	2	0.27	0	0	0	17:27	—	—	65	62
Tanner Pearson L	L3	1	0	1	+1	3	0.73	1	0	0	16:01	—	—	69	61
Tyler Toffoli C	L3	1	1	2	0	3	0.31	1	0	0	14:05	—	—	64	58
Nic Dowd C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	9:11	—	—	47	16
Jonny Brodzinski C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	0	0	0	9:10	—	—	47	19
Adrian Kempe R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	1	2	0	8:38	—	—	47	16
Drew Doughty D	D1	1	1	2	-1	2	0.08	2	2	0	25:39	—	—	50	41
Derek Forbort D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.02	3	2	0	21:18	—	—	49	42
Alec Martinez D	D2	0	1	1	0	2	0.17	1	2	0	23:28	—	—	75	79
Jake Muzzin D	D2	0	1	1	0	3	0.32	1	2	2	21:02	—	—	75	76
Oscar Fantenberg D	D3	0	1	1	0	1	0.13	1	0	0	15:44	—	—	56	54
Christian Folin D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	3	1	0	12:52	—	—	50	43

LAK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jonathan Quick(start)	W	25	23	2	.920	2.60	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. Los Angeles KingsOct 14, 2017

Fantasy takeaways

Los Angeles Kings beat Buffalo Sabres 4–2

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

Buffalo Sabres

Los Angeles Kings

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Buffalo Sabres

Los Angeles Kings