Buffalo Sabres vs. Seattle KrakenOct 25, 2022

FinalTuesday, Oct 25, 2022· Climate Pledge Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
BUF	0	1	0	1		BUF	5	5	6	16
SEA	2	2	1	5		SEA	11	8	5	24

: BUF 41SEA 41
: BUF 1.53SEA 3.46
PP goals: BUF 0SEA 2
Hits: BUF 12SEA 15
Blocks: BUF 7SEA 17
PIM: BUF 6SEA 8
: BUF 67%SEA 33%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Seattle Kraken rout Buffalo Sabres 5–1

Seattle Kraken beat Buffalo Sabres 5–1 at home. Daniel Sprong (SEA) led the scoring with 1G 2A. SEA's first power-play unit (Eberle, Schwartz, Burakovsky, McCann and Dunn) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 3:25 together.

Points
Daniel Sprong had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 4 shots in 10:03.Sprong
Points
Brandon Tanev had 2 assists (2 points) in 15:48.Tanev
Points
Vince Dunn had 2 assists (2 points) in 20:18.Dunn
PP1
SEA's first power-play unit (Eberle, Schwartz, Burakovsky, McCann and Dunn) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 3:25 together.Eberle Schwartz Burakovsky McCann Dunn
New line
New look for SEA: Sprong–Tanev–Geekie skated 5:55 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (60% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Sprong Tanev Geekie
Usage
Jamie Oleksiak (SEA) played 23:28, +4:16 up on his 19:12 season average over 74 games.Oleksiak
Luck
SEA scored 5 goals on 3.46 expected goals (41 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
Usage
Vince Dunn (SEA) played 20:18, −3:25 down on his 23:43 season average over 80 games.Dunn

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 82 of 82 attempts · SEA 41 · 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 25% of the game, SEA 38%.

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
	36	41
	1.13	3.34
	1.11	2.93
	6	16
	1	1
	16	17
	+0.135	−0.135
	25%	38%

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

L1Olofsson – Asplund – Mittelstadt
9:4036% CF
L2Hinostroza – Cozens – Peterka
9:2956% CF
L3Skinner – Tuch – Thompson
9:0042% CF
L4Okposo – Girgensons – Quinn
7:3867% CF
D1Bryson – Power
9:1744% CF
D2Fitzgerald – Pilut
9:1738% CF
D3Dahlin – Lyubushkin
7:4960% CF

PP1Skinner – Tuch – Thompson – Mittelstadt – Dahlin
4:4889% CF
PP2Okposo – Olofsson – Cozens – Quinn – Power
2:03100% CF
PK1FAsplund – Cozens
1:31
PK2FTuch – Mittelstadt
1:21
PK1DBryson – Lyubushkin
3:01
PK2DFitzgerald – Pilut
1:01

Current BUF line combinations →

Seattle Kraken

L1Eberle – Schwartz – Beniers
10:0658% CF
L2Bjorkstrand – Burakovsky – Wennberg
9:4455% CF
L3Gourde – McCann – Kuhlman
7:5640% CF
L4Sprong – Tanev – Geekie
5:5560% CF
D1Soucy – Borgen
12:2167% CF
D2Schultz – Oleksiak
12:1329% CF
D3Larsson – Dunn
11:1562% CF

PP1Eberle – Schwartz – Burakovsky – McCann – Dunn
3:25100% CF
PP2Schultz – Bjorkstrand – Wennberg – Sprong – Beniers
1:13100% CF
PK1FWennberg – Tanev
3:01
PK2FGourde – Kuhlman
2:33
PK1DLarsson – Oleksiak
2:24
PK2DSoucy – Borgen
1:21

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
Casey Mittelstadt C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.10	1	0	0	18:40	—	—	33	29
Victor Olofsson L	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.32	0	0	0	15:36	—	—	31	30
Rasmus Asplund C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	0	0	12:42	—	—	33	33
Dylan Cozens C	L2	1	0	1	-1	3	0.13	0	0	0	15:51	—	—	57	30
JJ Peterka R	L2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.04	1	0	0	13:43	—	—	50	24
Vinnie Hinostroza C	L2	0	1	1	-1	1	0.09	0	1	0	13:00	—	—	57	28
Tage Thompson C	L3	0	0	0	0	4	0.38	0	0	2	19:10	—	—	44	17
Alex Tuch R	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.15	0	1	0	17:52	—	—	40	19
Jeff Skinner L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.11	1	0	0	17:28	—	—	43	31
Jack Quinn R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	13:57	—	—	57	10
Kyle Okposo R	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.15	1	0	2	13:05	—	—	63	0
Zemgus Girgensons C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	11:15	—	—	57	0
Owen Power D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	2	0	24:04	—	—	51	30
Jacob Bryson D	D1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	1	0	0	17:46	—	—	42	32
Lawrence Pilut D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	14:50	—	—	30	10
Casey Fitzgerald D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	1	0	13:51	—	—	33	13
Rasmus Dahlin D	D3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.04	3	1	2	26:07	—	—	68	52
Ilya Lyubushkin D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	16:14	—	—	33	21

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Eric Comrie(start)	L	24	19	5	.792	3.46	59:56

Seattle Kraken

SEA skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jaden Schwartz L	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.53	0	1	0	17:18	—	—	56	70
Jordan Eberle R	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	0	0	0	16:06	—	—	57	74
Matty Beniers C	L1	1	0	1	0	2	0.32	1	0	0	15:56	—	—	50	69
Alexander Wennberg C	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.43	1	1	0	18:51	—	—	58	80
Oliver Bjorkstrand R	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.04	0	2	0	15:28	—	—	54	74
Andre Burakovsky L	L2	0	1	1	-1	2	0.56	0	0	0	14:28	—	—	61	84
Yanni Gourde C	L3	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	16:14	—	—	42	54
Karson Kuhlman C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.16	1	0	0	14:49	—	—	27	49
Jared McCann L	L3	1	0	1	0	1	0.12	0	0	0	14:06	—	—	43	22
Brandon Tanev L	L4	0	2	2	+3	0	0.00	1	2	0	15:48	—	—	47	74
Daniel Sprong R	L4	1	2	3	+3	4	0.42	1	1	2	10:03	—	—	67	99
Morgan Geekie C	L4	1	0	1	+3	2	0.31	1	0	2	7:26	—	—	55	93
Will Borgen D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0.07	1	0	2	18:57	—	—	64	65
Carson Soucy D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	3	0	0	18:44	—	—	68	66
Jamie Oleksiak D	D2	1	0	1	0	2	0.41	2	5	0	23:28	—	—	33	66
Justin Schultz D	D2	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	1	3	0	15:00	—	—	27	70
Vince Dunn D	D3	0	2	2	+2	0	0.05	1	1	0	20:18	—	—	58	83
Adam Larsson D	D3	0	0	0	+2	0	0.00	1	1	2	19:24	—	—	62	90

SEA goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Martin Jones(start)	W	16	15	1	.938	1.53	59:36

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 KrakenOct 25, 2022

Fantasy takeaways

Seattle Kraken rout Buffalo Sabres 5–1

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