Buffalo Sabres vs. Seattle KrakenNov 4, 2021

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
BUF	0	2	0	2		BUF	6	5	10	21
SEA	1	1	3	5		SEA	14	16	8	38

: BUF 41SEA 57
: BUF 1.14SEA 3.90
PP goals: BUF 1SEA 0
Hits: BUF 16SEA 20
Blocks: BUF 7SEA 13
PIM: BUF 19SEA 17
: BUF 59%SEA 41%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Seattle Kraken beat Buffalo Sabres 5–2

Seattle Kraken beat Buffalo Sabres 5–2 at home. Jordan Eberle (SEA) led the scoring with 3G 0A. Dustin Tokarski (BUF) faced 37 shots and stopped 33 (.892), +6 against a season average of 31.0; the loss.

Points
Jordan Eberle had a hat trick (3 points) on 4 shots in 15:04.Eberle
Points
Jaden Schwartz had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 19:37.Schwartz
Points
Alexander Wennberg had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 19:42.Wennberg
Goalie
Dustin Tokarski (BUF) faced 37 shots and stopped 33 (.892), +6 against a season average of 31.0; the loss.Tokarski
Usage
Rasmus Asplund (BUF) played 19:19, +5:06 up on his 14:13 season average over 79 games.Asplund
Usage
Drake Caggiula (BUF) played 20:09, +5:50 up on his 14:19 season average over 17 games.Caggiula
Usage
John Hayden (BUF) played 4:49, −6:09 down on his 10:58 season average over 54 games.Hayden
Usage
Will Butcher (BUF) played 22:25, +6:06 up on his 16:19 season average over 36 games.Butcher

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)SEA attacks right (top on phones) →

SEA
BUF
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 98 of 98 attempts · SEA 57 · BUF 41

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

SEA
BUF
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

SEA 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 13% of the game, SEA 60%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

SEA

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	SEA
	37	44
	1.09	2.39
	1.07	2.32
	5	7
	6	4
	12	11
	+0.062	−0.062
	13%	60%

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

L1Skinner – Asplund – Thompson
12:2633% CF
L2Hinostroza – Caggiula – Cozens
11:0146% CF
L3Okposo – Eakin – Girgensons
5:5750% CF
L4Hayden – Bjork – Ruotsalainen
4:3056% CF
D1Butcher – Dahlin
15:5929% CF
D2Pysyk – Hagg
9:3653% CF
D3Miller – Bryson
9:3065% CF

PP1Skinner – Butcher – Asplund – Thompson – Dahlin
3:2040% CF
PP2Okposo – Miller – Girgensons – Bryson – Cozens
1:40100% CF
PK1FOkposo – Girgensons
2:01
PK2FHinostroza – Caggiula
1:39
PK1DMiller – Bryson
4:37
PK2DPysyk – Hagg
3:01

Current BUF line combinations →

Seattle Kraken

L1Schwartz – Donskoi – Wennberg
7:3543% CF
L2Jarnkrok – Gourde – Tanev
7:1673% CF
L3Sheahan – McCormick – Bastian
4:3033% CF
L4Eberle – Donato – Geekie
3:54100% CF
D1Fleury – Dunn
11:4642% CF
D2Larsson – Lauzon
10:2350% CF
D3Giordano – Oleksiak
7:5062% CF

PP1Giordano – Eberle – Jarnkrok – Gourde – Donato
4:39100% CF
PP2Schwartz – Donskoi – Wennberg – Dunn – Geekie
3:21100% CF
PK1FGourde – Tanev
2:40
PK2FSheahan – Donskoi
2:07
PK1DLarsson – Oleksiak
2:23
PK2DFleury – Lauzon
0:11

Current SEA 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
Jeff Skinner L	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	0	0	2	20:11	—	—	36	28
Tage Thompson C	L1	1	0	1	-1	1	0.14	0	2	2	19:21	—	—	39	27
Rasmus Asplund C	L1	0	1	1	-1	2	0.04	0	1	0	19:19	—	—	33	26
Drake Caggiula L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	1	0	20:09	—	—	42	12
Vinnie Hinostroza C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	2	18:23	—	—	47	13
Dylan Cozens C	L2	0	1	1	0	3	0.07	0	0	0	15:59	—	—	53	22
Kyle Okposo R	L3	1	0	1	-3	3	0.15	0	0	2	14:42	—	—	64	49
Zemgus Girgensons C	L3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	1	0	0	13:12	—	—	55	48
Cody Eakin C	L3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.30	0	0	2	9:25	—	—	39	40
Anders Bjork L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	7:43	—	—	58	29
Arttu Ruotsalainen C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	0	0	6:43	—	—	50	22
John Hayden C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.06	1	0	7	4:49	—	—	55	30
Rasmus Dahlin D	D1	0	1	1	-2	1	0.04	3	0	2	24:52	—	—	32	24
Will Butcher D	D1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.11	2	0	0	22:25	—	—	31	23
Mark Pysyk D	D2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.00	1	0	0	15:09	—	—	53	15
Robert Hagg D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.06	1	2	0	14:29	—	—	53	25
Colin Miller D	D3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.09	2	0	0	22:24	—	—	65	51
Jacob Bryson D	D3	0	1	1	0	1	0.03	1	1	0	20:12	—	—	63	49

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Dustin Tokarski(start)	L	37	33	4	.892	3.17	58:33

Seattle Kraken

SEA skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Alexander Wennberg C	L1	0	2	2	+5	1	0.05	0	0	2	19:42	—	—	62	67
Jaden Schwartz L	L1	1	2	3	+4	2	1.01	0	1	2	19:37	—	—	56	63
Joonas Donskoi R	L1	0	0	0	+2	4	0.39	0	0	0	18:57	—	—	39	54
Yanni Gourde C	L2	0	0	0	0	4	0.24	0	0	2	21:19	—	—	64	89
Calle Jarnkrok C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.16	1	0	0	16:43	—	—	67	82
Brandon Tanev L	L2	0	0	0	-1	4	0.42	5	0	0	16:08	—	—	67	71
Riley Sheahan C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	0	1	0	10:38	—	—	33	52
Nathan Bastian R	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.25	2	1	0	8:09	—	—	33	55
Max McCormick L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	2	5:27	—	—	33	72
Jordan Eberle R	L4	3	0	3	+3	4	0.47	0	0	0	15:04	—	—	93	96
Morgan Geekie C	L4	1	0	1	+1	3	0.26	0	0	2	13:57	—	—	38	76
Ryan Donato C	L4	0	0	0	0	4	0.23	1	0	0	12:18	—	—	47	88
Vince Dunn D	D1	0	1	1	+3	1	0.04	2	4	0	19:42	—	—	59	86
Haydn Fleury D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	2	0	15:48	—	—	41	67
Adam Larsson D	D2	0	0	0	+2	2	0.07	2	1	0	24:40	—	—	60	51
Jeremy Lauzon D	D2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.01	2	0	2	16:39	—	—	44	41
Mark Giordano D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.11	0	2	0	18:00	—	—	62	80
Jamie Oleksiak D	D3	0	1	1	0	2	0.19	4	1	5	17:23	—	—	59	71

SEA goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Philipp Grubauer(start)	W	21	19	2	.905	1.14	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. Seattle KrakenNov 4, 2021

Fantasy takeaways

Seattle Kraken beat Buffalo Sabres 5–2

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

Buffalo Sabres

Seattle Kraken

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Buffalo Sabres

Seattle Kraken