Buffalo Sabres vs. Edmonton OilersMar 21, 2024

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
BUF	2	1	0	3		BUF	13	11	5	29
EDM	1	2	5	8		EDM	16	8	15	39

: BUF 54EDM 74
: BUF 2.62EDM 5.82
PP goals: BUF 0EDM 1
Hits: BUF 28EDM 32
Blocks: BUF 20EDM 17
PIM: BUF 4EDM 6
: BUF 40%EDM 60%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Edmonton Oilers rout Buffalo Sabres 8–3

Edmonton Oilers beat Buffalo Sabres 8–3 at home. Connor McDavid (EDM) led the scoring with 0G 4A. EDM's first power-play unit (Hyman, Nugent-Hopkins, Draisaitl, McDavid and Bouchard) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 2:18 together.

Points
Connor McDavid had 4 assists (4 points) in 19:41.McDavid
Points
Mattias Ekholm had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 5 shots in 21:49.Ekholm
Points
Leon Draisaitl had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 18:57.Draisaitl
Points
JJ Peterka had two goals (2 points) on 5 shots in 19:15.Peterka
Points
Zach Hyman had two goals (2 points) on 8 shots in 17:30.Hyman
Points
Connor Brown had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 13:09.Brown
Points
Evan Bouchard had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 23:53.Bouchard
PP1
EDM's first power-play unit (Hyman, Nugent-Hopkins, Draisaitl, McDavid and Bouchard) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 2:18 together.Hyman Nugent-Hopkins Draisaitl McDavid Bouchard

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 128 of 128 attempts · EDM 74 · BUF 54

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 21% of the game, EDM 50%.

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	80
	1.79	6.27
	1.69	5.59
	7	23
	7	8
	17	19
	−0.059	+0.060
	21%	50%

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

L1Greenway – Cozens – Benson
11:2441% CF
L2Tuch – Thompson – Peterka
11:0468% CF
L3Olofsson – Jost – Rousek
5:5657% CF
L4Skinner – Girgensons – Krebs
5:0720% CF
D1Jokiharju – Power
14:1027% CF
D2Dahlin – Byram
11:5242% CF
D3Clifton – Bryson
10:4830% CF

PP1Tuch – Greenway – Thompson – Dahlin – Peterka
4:3591% CF
PP2Skinner – Byram – Cozens – Power – Benson
1:17100% CF
PK1FGreenway – Cozens
1:29
PK2FTuch – Benson
0:47
PK1DClifton – Power
1:07
PK2DJokiharju – Dahlin
0:47

Current BUF line combinations →

Edmonton Oilers

L1Perry – Henrique – Nugent-Hopkins
9:4270% CF
L2Carrick – Brown – Janmark
7:3340% CF
L3Kane – Hyman – McDavid
7:1335% CF
L4Draisaitl – Foegele – McLeod
6:5167% CF
D1Ekholm – Bouchard
17:1170% CF
D2Nurse – Stecher
13:4050% CF
D3Ceci – Kulak
13:3167% CF

PP1Hyman – Nugent-Hopkins – Draisaitl – McDavid – Bouchard
2:18100% CF
PP2Perry – Henrique – Kane – Nurse – Stecher
0:120% CF
PK1FBrown – Janmark
2:08
PK2FHenrique – Nugent-Hopkins
1:46
PK1DKulak – Nurse
3:03
PK2DEkholm – Ceci
1:14

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
Jordan Greenway L	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.11	2	4	0	22:38	—	—	40	20
Dylan Cozens C	L1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.19	2	0	0	20:42	—	—	37	9
Zach Benson L	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.17	0	0	0	19:39	—	—	37	12
Alex Tuch R	L2	0	1	1	-1	4	0.44	3	1	0	22:42	—	—	53	50
JJ Peterka R	L2	2	0	2	-1	5	0.72	0	0	2	19:15	—	—	55	48
Tage Thompson C	L2	0	1	1	-1	5	0.34	1	0	0	19:09	—	—	57	53
Victor Olofsson L	L3	1	0	1	-1	1	0.13	1	1	0	10:21	—	—	25	11
Tyson Jost C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	8:54	—	—	33	31
Lukas Rousek R	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.05	0	0	0	7:54	—	—	55	43
Jeff Skinner L	L4	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	0	1	0	11:21	—	—	14	2
Peyton Krebs C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	5	0	0	10:50	—	—	14	4
Zemgus Girgensons C	L4	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	0	1	0	9:06	—	—	14	3
Owen Power D	D1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.03	1	0	0	25:38	—	—	34	13
Henri Jokiharju D	D1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	3	1	0	17:19	—	—	32	16
Rasmus Dahlin D	D2	0	0	0	-1	5	0.30	3	2	0	22:42	—	—	47	36
Bowen Byram D	D2	0	1	1	-1	0	0.01	3	8	0	22:01	—	—	39	26
Connor Clifton D	D3	0	1	1	-1	1	0.06	3	1	2	15:20	—	—	38	28
Jacob Bryson D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.05	0	0	0	12:21	—	—	30	20

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen(start)	L	39	31	8	.795	5.82	59:27

Edmonton Oilers

EDM skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins C	L1	0	1	1	0	4	0.53	1	0	0	17:03	—	—	73	90
Corey Perry R	L1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.44	2	0	2	14:41	—	—	71	81
Adam Henrique C	L1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.30	0	0	0	14:08	—	—	73	84
Connor Brown R	L2	1	1	2	+1	1	0.17	0	1	0	13:09	—	—	40	65
Mattias Janmark C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.14	1	1	0	10:54	—	—	41	73
Sam Carrick C	L2	0	1	1	0	2	0.38	2	1	0	9:11	—	—	44	76
Connor McDavid C	L3	0	4	4	+2	0	0.00	4	0	0	19:41	—	—	56	73
Zach Hyman L	L3	2	0	2	+2	8	1.61	2	0	2	17:30	—	—	60	79
Evander Kane L	L3	0	0	0	+1	4	0.33	3	1	0	13:39	—	—	59	53
Leon Draisaitl C	L4	1	2	3	+3	3	0.38	0	1	0	18:57	—	—	71	95
Ryan McLeod C	L4	1	0	1	+1	2	0.22	0	0	0	14:48	—	—	70	76
Warren Foegele L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.11	2	0	0	13:06	—	—	76	85
Evan Bouchard D	D1	0	2	2	+3	3	0.37	0	3	0	23:53	—	—	69	82
Mattias Ekholm D	D1	2	1	3	+2	5	0.53	2	1	0	21:49	—	—	70	82
Darnell Nurse D	D2	1	0	1	+1	3	0.22	8	4	0	20:48	—	—	49	64
Troy Stecher D	D2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.01	2	2	0	15:04	—	—	52	51
Cody Ceci D	D3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	1	1	2	18:13	—	—	64	81
Brett Kulak D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	2	1	0	17:50	—	—	67	80

EDM goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Stuart Skinner(start)	W	29	26	3	.897	2.62	59:36

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

JJ Peterka (BUF) 1st 1:38 · assists Alex Tuch, Tage Thompson · Forecheck turnover · 52.4 mph shot.

JJ Peterka · 1st 1:38 · BUF

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 52.4 mph
Distance: 14 ft

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Victor Olofsson · 1st 16:34 · BUF

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 55.1 mph
Distance: 39 ft

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Leon Draisaitl · 1st 18:55 · EDM PP

Play: cycle
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 8.3 mph
Distance: 16 ft
Type: one-timer

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Mattias Ekholm · 2nd 4:26 · EDM

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 2
Shot: 56.6 mph
Distance: 31 ft
Entry to goal: 2.0 s

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JJ Peterka · 2nd 16:56 · BUF

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 18.0 mph
Distance: 16 ft
Type: one-timer

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Zach Hyman · 2nd 19:12 · EDM

Play: deflection
Passes: 0
Shot: 6.6 mph
Distance: 7 ft

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Darnell Nurse · 3rd 4:38 · EDM

Play: point-shot
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 58.8 mph
Distance: 59 ft

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Mattias Ekholm · 3rd 5:40 · EDM

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 68.8 mph
Distance: 30 ft
Entry to goal: 2.8 s

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Zach Hyman · 3rd 15:18 · EDM

Play: dump-and-chase
Entry: dump
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 62.2 mph
Distance: 26 ft
Entry to goal: 6.1 s

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Ryan McLeod · 3rd 16:58 · EDM

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 72.8 mph
Distance: 30 ft
Entry to goal: 2.1 s

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Connor Brown · 3rd 19:51 · EDM

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 36.8 mph
Distance: 8 ft
Type: rebound

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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 OilersMar 21, 2024

Fantasy takeaways

Edmonton Oilers rout Buffalo Sabres 8–3

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

3rd period

Box score

Buffalo Sabres

Edmonton Oilers

Goal anatomy

JJ Peterka · 1st 1:38 · BUF

Victor Olofsson · 1st 16:34 · BUF

Leon Draisaitl · 1st 18:55 · EDM PP

Mattias Ekholm · 2nd 4:26 · EDM

JJ Peterka · 2nd 16:56 · BUF

Zach Hyman · 2nd 19:12 · EDM

Darnell Nurse · 3rd 4:38 · EDM

Mattias Ekholm · 3rd 5:40 · EDM

Zach Hyman · 3rd 15:18 · EDM

Ryan McLeod · 3rd 16:58 · EDM

Connor Brown · 3rd 19:51 · EDM