Buffalo Sabres vs. Edmonton OilersJan 23, 2018

FinalTuesday, Jan 23, 2018· Rogers Place

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
BUF	1	4	0	5		BUF	15	12	7	34
EDM	0	0	0	0		EDM	8	13	12	33

: BUF 48EDM 70
: BUF 2.23EDM 2.16
PP goals: BUF 3EDM 0
Hits: BUF 23EDM 43
Blocks: BUF 20EDM 8
PIM: BUF 4EDM 8
: BUF 42%EDM 58%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Buffalo Sabres rout Edmonton Oilers 5–0

Buffalo Sabres beat Edmonton Oilers 5–0 at EDM. Jack Eichel (BUF) led the scoring with 1G 3A. BUF's first power-play unit (Okposo, O'Reilly, Ristolainen, Reinhart and Eichel) scored 3 power-play goals on 6 attempts in 2:07 together.

Points
Jack Eichel had a goal and 3 assists (4 points) on 5 shots in 15:21.Eichel
Points
Sam Reinhart had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 14:36.Reinhart
PP1
BUF's first power-play unit (Okposo, O'Reilly, Ristolainen, Reinhart and Eichel) scored 3 power-play goals on 6 attempts in 2:07 together.Okposo O'Reilly Ristolainen Reinhart Eichel
Points
Ryan O'Reilly had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 15:06.O'Reilly
Points
Kyle Okposo had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 15:12.Okposo
Points
Rasmus Ristolainen had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 24:26.Ristolainen
Luck
BUF scored 5 goals on 2.23 expected goals (48 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
Usage
Ryan O'Reilly (BUF) played 15:06, −5:47 down on his 20:53 season average over 80 games.O'Reilly

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)EDM attacks right (top on phones) →

EDM
BUF
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 118 of 118 attempts · EDM 70 · BUF 48

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

EDM
BUF
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

EDM 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 26% of the game, EDM 40%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

EDM

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	EDM
	48	74
	1.92	2.00
	1.89	1.98
	10	13
	5	4
	31	24
	−0.063	+0.063
	26%	40%

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 – Kane – Larsson
13:0833% CF
L2O'Reilly – Wilson – Reinhart
11:4252% CF
L3Okposo – Girgensons – Eichel
10:4932% CF
L4Pouliot – Nolan – Rodrigues
10:4131% CF
D1Scandella – Ristolainen
17:5733% CF
D2McCabe – Antipin
17:1336% CF
D3Falk – Nelson
12:2739% CF

PP1Okposo – O'Reilly – Ristolainen – Reinhart – Eichel
2:07100% CF
PP2Okposo – Scandella – Kane – McCabe – Rodrigues
1:01
PK1FKane – Larsson
1:18
PK2FWilson – Girgensons
0:53
PK1DFalk – Ristolainen
1:37

Current BUF line combinations →

Edmonton Oilers

L1Lucic – Draisaitl – Puljujarvi
10:4158% CF
L2Letestu – Kassian – Pakarinen
7:2246% CF
L3Maroon – McDavid – Caggiula
6:5353% CF
L4Strome – Khaira – Slepyshev
6:2687% CF
D1Klefbom – Benning
16:5262% CF
D2Larsson – Nurse
16:0748% CF
D3Sekera – Russell
12:1577% CF

PP1Lucic – Letestu – Nurse – Draisaitl – McDavid
2:08100% CF
PP2Maroon – Strome – Klefbom – Puljujarvi – Caggiula
1:10100% CF
PK1FLetestu – Kassian
1:25
PK2FPakarinen – Draisaitl
0:57
PK1DRussell – Klefbom
2:12
PK2DLarsson – Nurse
1:42

Current EDM line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

14:56
BUFSam ReinhartPP (Rasmus Ristolainen, Jack Eichel)tip-in0.11 xG
BUF: Okposo, O'Reilly, Ristolainen, Reinhart, EichelEDM: Russell, Letestu, Kassian, Klefbom
BUF 1 – 0 EDM

2nd period

0:17
BUFRyan O'Reilly (Scott Wilson, Sam Reinhart)wrist0.30 xG
BUF: Scandella, O'Reilly, Wilson, Ristolainen, ReinhartEDM: Lucic, Klefbom, Benning, Draisaitl, Puljujarvi
BUF 2 – 0 EDM
7:25
BUFZemgus Girgensons (Kyle Okposo, Jack Eichel)deflected0.12 xG
BUF: Okposo, Girgensons, McCabe, Eichel, AntipinEDM: Maroon, Larsson, Nurse, Draisaitl, McDavid
BUF 3 – 0 EDM
11:39
BUFJack EichelPP (Rasmus Ristolainen, Kyle Okposo)wrist0.04 xG
BUF: Okposo, O'Reilly, Ristolainen, Reinhart, EichelEDM: Sekera, Pakarinen, Larsson, McDavid
BUF 4 – 0 EDM
17:25
BUFRyan O'ReillyPP (Sam Reinhart, Jack Eichel)snap0.18 xG
BUF: Okposo, O'Reilly, Ristolainen, Reinhart, EichelEDM: Letestu, Larsson, Nurse, Caggiula
BUF 5 – 0 EDM

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
Johan Larsson L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	1	1	0	18:22	—	—	36	23
Evander Kane L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	2	1	0	17:24	—	—	35	24
Jason Pominville R	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	0	1	0	14:29	—	—	37	25
Ryan O'Reilly C	L2	2	0	2	+1	4	0.79	0	0	0	15:06	—	—	52	71
Scott Wilson C	L2	0	1	1	+1	5	0.30	4	0	0	14:46	—	—	54	65
Sam Reinhart C	L2	1	2	3	+1	2	0.12	0	0	0	14:36	—	—	56	71
Jack Eichel C	L3	1	3	4	+1	5	0.20	1	0	0	15:21	—	—	38	41
Kyle Okposo R	L3	0	2	2	+1	1	0.00	2	2	0	15:12	—	—	29	39
Zemgus Girgensons C	L3	1	0	1	+1	1	0.12	4	1	0	13:31	—	—	30	47
Jordan Nolan C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.07	2	1	0	13:26	—	—	35	48
Benoit Pouliot L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.12	0	1	0	13:14	—	—	36	47
Evan Rodrigues C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.25	0	2	0	12:16	—	—	33	49
Rasmus Ristolainen D	D1	0	2	2	+1	2	0.03	2	1	0	24:26	—	—	36	49
Marco Scandella D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.02	1	0	0	23:39	—	—	37	46
Jake McCabe D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	2	4	20:41	—	—	38	55
Victor Antipin D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.05	1	5	0	19:31	—	—	41	55
Justin Falk D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	15:38	—	—	39	42
Casey Nelson D	D3	0	0	0	0	3	0.04	1	1	0	14:22	—	—	48	42

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Robin Lehner(start)	W	33	33	0	.1000	2.16	60:00

Edmonton Oilers

EDM skaters
Skater	Line	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Leon Draisaitl C	L1	-2	3	0.17	1	1	0	17:33	—	—	55	49
Milan Lucic L	L1	-1	1	0.26	8	0	0	15:01	—	—	59	51
Jesse Puljujarvi R	L1	-1	1	0.06	0	0	0	14:23	—	—	55	51
Mark Letestu C	L2	0	2	0.26	1	1	0	13:36	—	—	40	33
Zack Kassian R	L2	0	1	0.04	3	0	2	12:37	—	—	50	41
Iiro Pakarinen R	L2	0	0	0.09	4	0	0	10:39	—	—	50	41
Connor McDavid C	L3	-1	3	0.04	1	0	0	19:49	—	—	66	44
Patrick Maroon L	L3	-1	1	0.11	5	0	0	19:01	—	—	60	37
Drake Caggiula L	L3	0	0	0.16	5	0	2	16:54	—	—	52	29
Ryan Strome C	L4	0	3	0.18	0	0	0	14:16	—	—	72	90
Anton Slepyshev L	L4	0	6	0.35	0	0	0	13:10	—	—	84	91
Jujhar Khaira L	L4	0	0	0.00	1	0	2	12:59	—	—	76	90
Oscar Klefbom D	D1	-1	4	0.07	2	2	0	23:38	—	—	61	41
Matt Benning D	D1	-1	3	0.11	2	1	0	19:48	—	—	61	40
Darnell Nurse D	D2	-1	3	0.15	3	1	0	21:20	—	—	48	51
Adam Larsson D	D2	-1	1	0.03	3	1	2	19:40	—	—	50	51
Kris Russell D	D3	0	0	0.02	2	1	0	17:36	—	—	71	66
Andrej Sekera D	D3	0	1	0.05	2	0	0	14:00	—	—	78	66

EDM goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Cam Talbot(start)	L	22	18	4	.818	1.44	31:32
Al Montoya	—	12	11	1	.917	0.79	28:21

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.