Buffalo Sabres vs. Edmonton OilersDec 8, 2019

Final / OTSunday, Dec 8, 2019· Rogers Place

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
BUF	2	0	0	1	3		BUF	11	4	6	1	22
EDM	0	2	0	0	2		EDM	10	12	6	0	28

: BUF 53EDM 44
: BUF 2.59EDM 2.84
PP goals: BUF 0EDM 1
Hits: BUF 17EDM 13
Blocks: BUF 9EDM 15
PIM: BUF 6EDM 6
: BUF 37%EDM 63%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Buffalo Sabres edge Edmonton Oilers 3–2 (OT)

Buffalo Sabres beat Edmonton Oilers 3–2 in overtime at EDM. Joakim Nygard (EDM) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for BUF: Vesey–Sheary–Rodrigues skated 4:06 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (55.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Joakim Nygard had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 8:27.Nygard
Points
Darnell Nurse had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 21:54.Nurse
New line
New look for BUF: Vesey–Sheary–Rodrigues skated 4:06 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (55.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Vesey Sheary Rodrigues
New line
New look for EDM: Chiasson–Nygard–Haas skated 6:45 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (14.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Chiasson Nygard Haas
New line
New look for EDM: Neal–Nugent-Hopkins–Khaira skated 9:02 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (63.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Neal Nugent-Hopkins Khaira
Usage
Rasmus Asplund (BUF) played 14:10, +3:27 up on his 10:43 season average over 28 games.Asplund
Usage
Conor Sheary (BUF) played 9:21, −3:49 down on his 13:10 season average over 62 games.Sheary
Usage
Oscar Klefbom (EDM) played 21:20, −4:08 down on his 25:28 season average over 61 games.Klefbom

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 97 of 97 attempts · EDM 44 · BUF 53

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 38% of the game, EDM 36%.

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
	54	40
	2.36	2.15
	2.10	2.03
	12	11
	5	5
	22	25
	−0.087	+0.087
	38%	36%

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

L1Reinhart – Olofsson – Eichel
13:4461% CF
L2Okposo – Larsson – Girgensons
9:2364% CF
L3Johansson – Skinner – Asplund
6:5350% CF
L4Vesey – Sheary – Rodrigues
4:0656% CF
D1Ristolainen – Montour
14:5961% CF
D2Bogosian – Miller
12:3043% CF
D3Scandella – Jokiharju
11:2171% CF

PP1Skinner – Ristolainen – Reinhart – Olofsson – Eichel
4:1267% CF
PP2Okposo – Johansson – Miller – Sheary – Eichel
1:40100% CF
PK1FLarsson – Girgensons
2:24
PK2FVesey – Asplund
2:17
PK1DScandella – Ristolainen
1:47
PK2DMontour – Jokiharju
1:07

Current BUF line combinations →

Edmonton Oilers

L1Kassian – Draisaitl – McDavid
15:4632% CF
L2Sheahan – Archibald – Granlund
9:0947% CF
L3Neal – Nugent-Hopkins – Khaira
9:0264% CF
L4Chiasson – Nygard – Haas
6:4514% CF
D1Nurse – Bear
16:5637% CF
D2Russell – Larsson
13:3422% CF
D3Klefbom – Persson
13:2756% CF

PP1Chiasson – Nugent-Hopkins – Klefbom – Draisaitl – McDavid
3:5475% CF
PP2Neal – Nurse – Draisaitl – McDavid – Bear
1:30
PK1FNugent-Hopkins – Khaira
3:10
PK2FSheahan – Archibald
2:50
PK1DRussell – Larsson
4:10
PK2DNurse – Bear
1:50

Current EDM 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
Jack Eichel C	L1	0	1	1	0	1	0.07	0	0	0	22:01	—	—	64	44
Sam Reinhart C	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.22	0	0	0	20:53	—	—	62	45
Victor Olofsson L	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.10	0	0	0	20:14	—	—	64	46
Johan Larsson L	L2	1	0	1	+2	1	0.05	2	0	0	14:58	—	—	71	88
Kyle Okposo R	L2	1	0	1	+1	1	0.11	3	0	0	13:40	—	—	64	82
Zemgus Girgensons C	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.19	3	0	0	13:18	—	—	67	71
Jeff Skinner L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	0	0	0	16:41	—	—	40	19
Marcus Johansson L	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.21	1	0	0	15:11	—	—	56	59
Rasmus Asplund C	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.07	0	0	0	14:10	—	—	50	54
Jimmy Vesey L	L4	0	1	1	+1	2	0.55	0	1	0	13:06	—	—	57	65
Conor Sheary L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.28	0	0	0	9:21	—	—	55	48
Evan Rodrigues C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.06	0	0	0	8:09	—	—	39	37
Rasmus Ristolainen D	D1	0	0	0	0	5	0.18	3	1	0	25:25	—	—	59	44
Brandon Montour D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0.17	0	1	2	21:26	—	—	56	47
Colin Miller D	D2	1	0	1	0	1	0.22	2	2	0	17:59	—	—	47	27
Zach Bogosian D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	2	4	17:55	—	—	50	72
Henri Jokiharju D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	17:00	—	—	71	50
Marco Scandella D	D3	0	1	1	+2	1	0.06	1	1	0	15:46	—	—	65	61

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Linus Ullmark(start)	W	28	26	2	.929	2.84	61:13

Edmonton Oilers

EDM skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Connor McDavid C	L1	0	0	0	-2	4	0.66	1	1	2	25:23	—	—	37	40
Leon Draisaitl C	L1	0	0	0	-2	3	0.41	0	3	0	24:59	—	—	35	40
Zack Kassian R	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	17:22	—	—	33	38
Riley Sheahan C	L2	1	0	1	0	4	0.48	0	0	0	13:23	—	—	45	57
Josh Archibald R	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.25	3	2	0	13:07	—	—	41	46
Markus Granlund C	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	2	11:24	—	—	47	47
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	0	0	0	19:07	—	—	69	53
James Neal L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.12	1	0	0	14:30	—	—	67	55
Jujhar Khaira L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.18	1	0	0	13:56	—	—	67	50
Alex Chiasson R	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.21	0	0	0	11:08	—	—	40	76
Joakim Nygard L	L4	1	1	2	+1	1	0.10	0	0	0	8:27	—	—	33	76
Gaetan Haas C	L4	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	7:58	—	—	14	58
Darnell Nurse D	D1	0	2	2	+1	4	0.14	0	0	0	21:54	—	—	43	41
Ethan Bear D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	3	1	0	21:04	—	—	36	28
Adam Larsson D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.18	1	3	0	19:46	—	—	33	51
Kris Russell D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	0	2	0	18:44	—	—	21	57
Oscar Klefbom D	D3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.02	1	1	0	21:20	—	—	57	57
Joel Persson D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.04	0	1	2	14:13	—	—	64	66

EDM goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Mike Smith(start)	O	22	19	3	.864	2.59	61:07

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. Edmonton OilersDec 8, 2019

Fantasy takeaways

Buffalo Sabres edge Edmonton Oilers 3–2 (OT)

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

Buffalo Sabres

Edmonton Oilers

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

OT period

Box score

Buffalo Sabres

Edmonton Oilers