Buffalo Sabres vs. Tampa Bay LightningApr 6, 2018
| Goals | 1 | 2 | 3 | T | Shots | 1 | 2 | 3 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BUF | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | BUF | 9 | 16 | 7 | 32 | |
| TBL | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | TBL | 13 | 5 | 16 | 34 |
- BUF 52TBL 55
- BUF 1.62TBL 2.57
- PP goals
- BUF 2TBL 0
- Hits
- BUF 28TBL 20
- Blocks
- BUF 11TBL 11
- PIM
- BUF 6TBL 10
- BUF 48%TBL 52%
Fantasy takeaways
Generated from the play-by-play, shifts and season context. No opinions, just what changed.
Tampa Bay Lightning beat Buffalo Sabres 7–5
Tampa Bay Lightning beat Buffalo Sabres 7–5 at home. Yanni Gourde (TBL) led the scoring with 1G 2A. BUF's first power-play unit (Okposo, O'Reilly, Ristolainen, Reinhart and Eichel) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 5:50 together.
- PointsYanni Gourde had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 13:26.Gourde
- PointsAlex Killorn had 3 assists (3 points) on 5 shots in 16:47.Killorn
- PointsAnthony Cirelli had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 13:33.Cirelli
- PointsNikita Kucherov had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 16:28.Kucherov
- PointsBrendan Guhle had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 19:15.Guhle
- PointsEvan Rodrigues had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 14:17.Rodrigues
- PP1BUF's first power-play unit (Okposo, O'Reilly, Ristolainen, Reinhart and Eichel) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 5:50 together.OkposoO'ReillyRistolainenReinhartEichel
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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.
Shot map, BUF at TBL: 107 attempts, 66 on goal, 12 goals, 4.19 expected goals; best chance Victor Hedman at 0.43 xG.
- TBL
- BUF
- Goal
- Shot on goal
- Missed
- Blocked
Showing 107 of 107 attempts · TBL 55 · BUF 52
Game flow
Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.
Cumulative shot attempts
Game flow, BUF at TBL: expected goals 2.57 to 1.62 (TBL led the chances), shot attempts 55 to 52, 12 goals.
- TBL
- BUF
- Goal
- Power play (shaded)
- TBL 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 22% of the game, TBL 42%.
Shift chart
Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.
Shifts
Shift chart, BUF at TBL: 38 players over 60:00; most ice Andrei Vasilevskiy (59:27) for TBL and Chad Johnson (57:54) for BUF, 12 goals.
- 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).
| Stat | BUF | TBL |
|---|---|---|
| 41 | 53 | |
| 0.93 | 2.13 | |
| 0.91 | 2.10 | |
| 6 | 10 | |
| 1 | 4 | |
| 8 | 14 | |
| +0.020 | −0.020 | |
| 22% | 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
- 10:2533% CF
- 8:2647% CF
- L3Pominville – Rodrigues – Mittelstadt6:5063% CF
- 4:5025% CF
- D1Ristolainen – Guhle14:4155% CF
- 13:5016% CF
- 9:2950% CF
- PP1Okposo – O'Reilly – Ristolainen – Reinhart – Eichel5:50100% CF
- PP2Pominville – Scandella – Baptiste – Rodrigues – Mittelstadt2:36100% CF
- 1:50
- 1:16
- PK1DFalk – Ristolainen2:12
- 0:51
Tampa Bay Lightning
- 9:1353% CF
- 9:1175% CF
- 8:0053% CF
- 7:3163% CF
- 13:5452% CF
- 12:3448% CF
- 6:3175% CF
- 3:58100% CF
- 1:430% CF
- 2:30
- 2:02
- 5:16
- 2:26
Scoring summary
Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.
1st period
- 0:30BUF 0 – 1 TBL
- 2:57BUF: Pominville, Scandella, Baptiste, Rodrigues, MittelstadtTBL: Coburn, Girardi, Palat, PointBUF 1 – 1 TBL
- 4:35BUF 1 – 2 TBL
- 6:32BUF 2 – 2 TBL
- 9:40BUF 2 – 3 TBL
2nd period
- 1:04BUF 2 – 4 TBL
- 8:59BUF: Pominville, Ristolainen, Guhle, Rodrigues, MittelstadtTBL: Girardi, Johnson, Hedman, Conacher, MillerBUF 3 – 4 TBL
- 15:58BUF 4 – 4 TBL
- 18:45BUF 5 – 4 TBL
3rd period
- 6:15BUF 5 – 5 TBL
- 7:02BUF 5 – 6 TBL
- 18:34BUF 5 – 7 TBL
Box score
Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.
Buffalo Sabres
| Skater | Line | G | A | P | +/- | Hits | Blk | PIM | PP | SH | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Eichel C | L1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 4 | 0.40 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 21:39 | — | — | 40 | 42 |
| Kyle Okposo R | L1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 2 | 0.16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:40 | — | — | 33 | 17 |
| Scott Wilson C | L1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 0.02 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 17:27 | — | — | 36 | 16 |
| Ryan O'Reilly C | L2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -4 | 2 | 0.05 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 19:36 | — | — | 36 | 20 |
| Sam Reinhart C | L2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 1 | 0.09 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:43 | — | — | 42 | 23 |
| Alex Nylander L | L2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 1 | 0.06 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:29 | — | — | 50 | 30 |
| Jason Pominville R | L3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 0.07 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:10 | — | — | 63 | 39 |
| Evan Rodrigues C | L3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:17 | — | — | 60 | 58 |
| Casey Mittelstadt C | L3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 0.12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:32 | — | — | 71 | 67 |
| Johan Larsson L | L4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.02 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15:43 | — | — | 41 | 20 |
| Nick Baptiste R | L4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 0.11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11:21 | — | — | 31 | 28 |
| Jordan Nolan C | L4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 0.06 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8:58 | — | — | 32 | 19 |
| Rasmus Ristolainen D | D1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 4 | 0.15 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 26:52 | — | — | 55 | 41 |
| Brendan Guhle D | D1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 1 | 0.06 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 19:15 | — | — | 54 | 40 |
| Marco Scandella D | D2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 1 | 0.09 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 20:27 | — | — | 28 | 33 |
| Casey Nelson D | D2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 19:30 | — | — | 15 | 3 |
| Justin Falk D | D3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 14:26 | — | — | 47 | 29 |
| Nathan Beaulieu D | D3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 0.02 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11:01 | — | — | 52 | 31 |
| Goalie | Dec | SA | SV | GA | TOI | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chad Johnson(start) | L | 33 | 27 | 6 | .818 | 2.14 | 57:54 |
Tampa Bay Lightning
| Skater | Line | G | A | P | +/- | Hits | Blk | PIM | PP | SH | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brayden Point C | L1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 0.28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:17 | — | — | 55 | 75 |
| Nikita Kucherov R | L1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 0.13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:28 | — | — | 53 | 69 |
| Ondrej Palat L | L1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 0.15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15:40 | — | — | 50 | 51 |
| Alex Killorn L | L2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | +5 | 5 | 0.35 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 16:47 | — | — | 64 | 69 |
| Anthony Cirelli C | L2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | +4 | 3 | 0.28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:33 | — | — | 73 | 80 |
| Yanni Gourde C | L2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | +5 | 3 | 0.22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13:26 | — | — | 69 | 74 |
| Ryan Callahan R | L3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0.03 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12:31 | — | — | 48 | 60 |
| Cedric Paquette C | L3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0.09 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:20 | — | — | 50 | 69 |
| Chris Kunitz L | L3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0.13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10:27 | — | — | 58 | 70 |
| J.T. Miller C | L4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 18:08 | — | — | 41 | 61 |
| Tyler Johnson C | L4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0.06 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17:25 | — | — | 50 | 76 |
| Cory Conacher C | L4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0.08 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 12:37 | — | — | 46 | 41 |
| Ryan McDonagh D | D1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 0.02 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 22:25 | — | — | 56 | 84 |
| Anton Stralman D | D1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 0.03 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21:49 | — | — | 53 | 83 |
| Victor Hedman D | D2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 3 | 0.54 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 26:11 | — | — | 50 | 65 |
| Dan Girardi D | D2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 0.04 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 19:54 | — | — | 52 | 58 |
| Mikhail Sergachev D | D3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.09 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12:39 | — | — | 65 | 55 |
| Braydon Coburn D | D3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0.06 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11:16 | — | — | 74 | 80 |
| Goalie | Dec | SA | SV | GA | TOI | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrei Vasilevskiy(start) | W | 32 | 27 | 5 | .844 | 1.62 | 59:27 |