Buffalo Sabres vs. Los Angeles KingsOct 20, 2018

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
BUF	1	3	1	5		BUF	8	13	5	26
LAK	0	0	1	1		LAK	9	3	8	20

: BUF 44LAK 53
: BUF 3.54LAK 1.81
PP goals: BUF 0LAK 1
Hits: BUF 9LAK 20
Blocks: BUF 17LAK 10
PIM: BUF 15LAK 11
: BUF 39%LAK 61%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Buffalo Sabres rout Los Angeles Kings 5–1

Buffalo Sabres beat Los Angeles Kings 5–1 at LAK. Jeff Skinner (BUF) led the scoring with 3G 0A. LAK's first power-play unit (Kovalchuk, Carter, Kopitar, Doughty and Iafallo) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 3:32 together.

Points
Jeff Skinner had a hat trick (3 points) on 3 shots in 15:31.Skinner
Points
Jason Pominville had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 14:03.Pominville
Points
Jack Eichel had 3 assists (3 points) on 5 shots in 16:00.Eichel
PP1
LAK's first power-play unit (Kovalchuk, Carter, Kopitar, Doughty and Iafallo) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 3:32 together.Kovalchuk Carter Kopitar Doughty Iafallo
New line
New look for BUF: Pominville–Skinner–Eichel skated 10:37 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (57.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Pominville Skinner Eichel
New line
New look for BUF: Berglund–Larsson–Girgensons skated 10:36 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (62.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Berglund Larsson Girgensons
Usage
Zach Bogosian (BUF) played 14:58, −6:46 down on his 21:44 season average over 64 games.Bogosian
Usage
Derek Forbort (LAK) played 13:13, −7:37 down on his 20:50 season average over 80 games.Forbort

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 97 of 97 attempts · LAK 53 · BUF 44

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 29% of the game, LAK 30%.

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
	44	41
	2.22	1.26
	2.21	1.25
	6	5
	1	2
	11	12
	−0.073	+0.073
	29%	30%

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 – Skinner – Eichel
10:3757% CF
L2Berglund – Larsson – Girgensons
10:3663% CF
L3Okposo – Rodrigues – Mittelstadt
8:4350% CF
L4Sobotka – Sheary – Reinhart
8:2850% CF
D1McCabe – Ristolainen
15:4733% CF
D2Nelson – Dahlin
12:4965% CF
D3Bogosian – Scandella
9:5865% CF

PP1Pominville – Skinner – Eichel – Mittelstadt – Dahlin
1:01100% CF
PP2Okposo – Ristolainen – Sheary – Reinhart – Rodrigues
0:59100% CF
PK1FLarsson – Girgensons
3:04
PK2FSobotka – Rodrigues
1:24
PK1DBogosian – Nelson
1:45
PK2DMcCabe – Ristolainen
1:41

Current BUF line combinations →

Los Angeles Kings

L1Kovalchuk – Carter – Rempal
10:5255% CF
L2Kopitar – Toffoli – Iafallo
10:3544% CF
L3Lewis – Pearson – Kempe
5:4755% CF
L4Thompson – Clifford – Wagner
4:5133% CF
D1Phaneuf – Martinez
9:5731% CF
D2Doughty – Forbort
8:3235% CF
D3Muzzin – Fantenberg
4:2275% CF

PP1Kovalchuk – Carter – Kopitar – Doughty – Iafallo
3:32100% CF
PP2Phaneuf – Martinez – Toffoli – Pearson – Kempe
1:21100% CF
PK1FKopitar – Kempe
0:56
PK2FThompson – Lewis
0:33
PK1DMartinez – Fantenberg
0:55
PK2DDoughty – Forbort
0:52

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	0	3	3	+4	5	0.32	0	1	0	16:00	—	—	59	70
Jeff Skinner L	L1	3	0	3	+4	3	1.08	0	1	2	15:31	—	—	53	69
Jason Pominville R	L1	1	2	3	+3	3	0.10	0	0	0	14:03	—	—	52	67
Johan Larsson L	L2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	2	3	0	17:23	—	—	42	84
Zemgus Girgensons C	L2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.08	0	1	0	17:21	—	—	60	90
Patrik Berglund C	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.50	1	0	0	13:20	—	—	55	98
Evan Rodrigues C	L3	0	1	1	+1	3	0.17	0	1	0	16:09	—	—	55	67
Casey Mittelstadt C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	0	0	0	12:20	—	—	50	65
Kyle Okposo R	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.26	3	0	4	10:12	—	—	50	65
Vladimir Sobotka C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	15:08	—	—	50	39
Conor Sheary L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.60	0	0	0	13:28	—	—	53	34
Sam Reinhart C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.20	0	0	0	13:06	—	—	53	37
Rasmus Ristolainen D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.03	0	4	0	26:17	—	—	32	45
Jake McCabe D	D1	0	1	1	+2	0	0.00	0	0	2	21:57	—	—	43	60
Casey Nelson D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.09	1	2	0	20:49	—	—	53	55
Rasmus Dahlin D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.01	1	1	0	18:22	—	—	64	66
Marco Scandella D	D3	0	1	1	+2	1	0.01	0	1	2	16:29	—	—	48	68
Zach Bogosian D	D3	1	0	1	+3	2	0.02	0	1	5	14:58	—	—	64	75

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Linus Ullmark(start)	W	20	19	1	.950	1.81	60:00

Los Angeles Kings

LAK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Ilya Kovalchuk L	L1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.29	3	0	0	22:34	—	—	52	67
Jeff Carter C	L1	0	1	1	-2	2	0.23	0	0	0	21:31	—	—	52	67
Sheldon Rempal R	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	14:06	—	—	55	69
Anze Kopitar C	L2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.13	1	1	0	23:45	—	—	35	21
Alex Iafallo L	L2	0	1	1	-2	2	0.23	1	0	0	20:39	—	—	41	24
Tyler Toffoli C	L2	0	0	0	-2	3	0.18	0	1	0	18:30	—	—	50	28
Adrian Kempe R	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.07	1	0	0	14:39	—	—	60	50
Trevor Lewis C	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.28	2	0	0	13:44	—	—	44	31
Tanner Pearson L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	0	0	13:24	—	—	56	42
Austin Wagner L	L4	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	6	0	0	10:48	—	—	38	18
Nate Thompson C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	1	2	8:49	—	—	43	5
Kyle Clifford L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	5	6:41	—	—	33	0
Alec Martinez D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	1	3	0	22:25	—	—	32	36
Dion Phaneuf D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	0	1	2	15:32	—	—	38	54
Drew Doughty D	D2	1	0	1	-4	2	0.21	1	1	0	26:52	—	—	45	24
Derek Forbort D	D2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	0	1	0	13:13	—	—	46	25
Jake Muzzin D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.08	0	0	2	19:21	—	—	65	70
Oscar Fantenberg D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.06	1	0	0	14:08	—	—	65	38

LAK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jonathan Quick(start)	L	25	21	4	.840	2.20	55:19

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 20, 2018

Fantasy takeaways

Buffalo Sabres rout Los Angeles Kings 5–1

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