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Buffalo Sabres vs. Edmonton OilersJan 14, 2019

Final· Rogers Place
Goals123TShots123T
BUF2002BUF15141443
EDM3227EDM810725
BUF 72EDM 37
BUF 4.09EDM 2.98
PP goals
BUF 0EDM 1
Hits
BUF 26EDM 25
Blocks
BUF 6EDM 15
PIM
BUF 2EDM 8
BUF 44%EDM 56%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Edmonton Oilers rout Buffalo Sabres 7–2

Edmonton Oilers beat Buffalo Sabres 7–2 at home. Zack Kassian (EDM) led the scoring with 2G 0A. EDM scored 7 goals on 2.98 expected goals (37 attempts), finishing well above its chances.

  1. Points
    Milan Lucic had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 13:07.Lucic
  2. Points
    Zack Kassian had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 16:27.Kassian
  3. Points
    Connor McDavid had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 17:03.McDavid
  4. Points
    Ryan Nugent-Hopkins had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 18:20.Nugent-Hopkins
  5. Points
    Tobias Rieder had 2 assists (2 points) in 12:27.Rieder
  6. Luck
    EDM scored 7 goals on 2.98 expected goals (37 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
  7. Goalie
    Mikko Koskinen (EDM) faced 43 shots and stopped 41 (.953), +15 against a season average of 28.2; the win.Koskinen
  8. New line
    New look for BUF: Sheary–Thompson–Mittelstadt skated 11:36 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (52.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.ShearyThompsonMittelstadt

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 EDM: 109 attempts, 68 on goal, 9 goals, 7.07 expected goals; best chance Kyle Okposo at 0.71 xG.

Strength
Period
Team
← BUF attacks left (bottom on phones)EDM attacks right (top on phones) →
  • EDM
  • BUF
  • Goal
  • Shot on goal
  • Missed
  • Blocked

Showing 109 of 109 attempts · EDM 37 · BUF 72

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

Game flow, BUF at EDM: expected goals 2.98 to 4.09 (BUF led the chances), shot attempts 37 to 72, 9 goals.

0.01.02.03.04.05.01st2nd3rdEDMBUFMKNKRMLLDnet xGcumulative expected goals · 60:00
  • EDM
  • BUF
  • Goal
  • Power play (shaded)
Pressure Index
EDMBUFcontrol2nd3rdMittelstadt · 1st 1:00Kassian · 1st 2:33Nugent-Hopkins · 1st 3:23Kassian · 1st 4:28Rodrigues · 1st 8:57McDavid · 2nd 0:24Lucic · 2nd 4:49Lucic · 3rd 3:50Draisaitl · 3rd 5:16
  • 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 43% of the game, EDM 15%.

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 EDM: 39 players over 60:00; most ice Mikko Koskinen (60:00) for EDM and Linus Ullmark (35:08) for BUF, 9 goals.

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
StatBUFEDM
7442
4.613.04
4.502.95
108
75
2928
−0.054+0.054
43%15%

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

Current BUF line combinations →

Edmonton Oilers

Current EDM line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

  1. 0:24
    BUF 2 – 4 EDM
  2. 4:49
    BUF 2 – 5 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
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Jeff Skinner LL1000-271.0100018:33——7569
Jack Eichel CL1000-230.2800017:42——7772
Sam Reinhart CL1000-230.3940017:05——7469
Tage Thompson CL2000-120.2620016:15——5540
Conor Sheary LL2011-110.0610015:49——5666
Casey Mittelstadt CL2101-120.0820014:39——5240
Evan Rodrigues CL3101010.1300013:34——5229
Jason Pominville RL3000020.1410013:07——5329
Vladimir Sobotka CL3011010.0112012:50——5028
Kyle Okposo RL4000-120.9110015:12——6880
Johan Larsson LL4000-110.1621014:05——7185
Zemgus Girgensons CL4000-100.0020012:48——7569
Nathan Beaulieu DD1000-250.0921016:43——6972
Marco Scandella DD1000-230.0800015:20——7477
Rasmus Ristolainen DD2011-120.0731022:42——7180
Jake McCabe DD2000-200.0340020:33——6769
Rasmus Dahlin DD3011060.4010222:46——5644
Zach Bogosian DD3000-120.0201019:56——5129
BUF goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Linus Ullmark—13112.8461.4235:08
Carter Hutton(start)L1275.5831.5524:49

Edmonton Oilers

EDM skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Leon Draisaitl CL1101030.5512021:33——3133
Connor McDavid CL1112030.4411017:03——3837
Alex Chiasson RL1000+100.0400015:45——3946
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins CL2112+220.0500218:20——3963
Zack Kassian RL2202+440.8810016:27——3260
Milan Lucic LL2202+220.2620013:07——4362
Jujhar Khaira LL3000030.2333212:07——3823
Jesse Puljujarvi RL3000000.0600011:37——6131
Ryan Spooner CL3000000.000009:32——4324
Kyle Brodziak CL4011+200.0010013:03——2225
Tobias Rieder LL4022+200.0000012:27——3544
Ty Rattie RL4000-100.0020011:17——1910
Adam Larsson DD1011+210.1031024:17——4052
Caleb Jones DD1011+130.2021022:04——3448
Kris Russell DD2000+100.0022020:59——2432
Darnell Nurse DD2011+210.0532020:46——3440
Brandon Manning DD3000+100.0022016:50——4317
Matt Benning DD3000+130.1021414:46——4717
EDM goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Mikko Koskinen(start)W43412.9534.0960:00