Buffalo Sabres vs. Florida PanthersApr 7, 2018

FinalSaturday, Apr 7, 2018· BB&T Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
BUF	0	0	3	3		BUF	10	10	21	41
FLA	3	0	1	4		FLA	12	11	4	27

: BUF 69FLA 52
: BUF 2.53FLA 3.80
PP goals: BUF 0FLA 1
Hits: BUF 11FLA 6
Blocks: BUF 12FLA 20
PIM: BUF 6FLA 6
: BUF 50%FLA 50%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Florida Panthers edge Buffalo Sabres 4–3

Florida Panthers beat Buffalo Sabres 4–3 at home. Vincent Trocheck (FLA) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for FLA: Sceviour–Trocheck–Huberdeau skated 11:32 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (37.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Colton Sceviour had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 17:38.Sceviour
Points
Vincent Trocheck had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 23:17.Trocheck
New line
New look for FLA: Sceviour–Trocheck–Huberdeau skated 11:32 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (37.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Sceviour Trocheck Huberdeau
Goalie
James Reimer (FLA) faced 41 shots and stopped 38 (.927), +10 against a season average of 31.2; the win.Reimer
New line
New look for BUF: Okposo–O'Reilly–Nylander skated 6:37 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Okposo O'Reilly Nylander
New line
New look for FLA: McGinn–Vatrano–Borgstrom skated 9:05 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (33.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.McGinn Vatrano Borgstrom
New line
New look for BUF: Wilson–Reinhart–Eichel skated 5:32 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (41.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Wilson Reinhart Eichel
New line
New look for FLA: Dadonov–Bjugstad–McCann skated 7:42 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (60% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Dadonov Bjugstad McCann

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)FLA attacks right (top on phones) →

FLA
BUF
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 121 of 121 attempts · FLA 52 · BUF 69

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

FLA
BUF
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

FLA 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 44% of the game, FLA 28%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

FLA

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	FLA
	74	48
	2.64	1.51
	2.59	1.47
	6	5
	7	5
	34	19
	−0.042	+0.042
	44%	28%

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 – Rodrigues – Mittelstadt
11:5568% CF
L2Okposo – O'Reilly – Nylander
6:3767% CF
L3Wilson – Reinhart – Eichel
5:3242% CF
L4Nolan – Larsson – Baptiste
5:2657% CF
D1Gorges – Beaulieu
12:3546% CF
D2Ristolainen – Guhle
12:1764% CF
D3Scandella – Nelson
9:4070% CF

PP1Okposo – O'Reilly – Ristolainen – Reinhart – Eichel
1:42100% CF
PP2Pominville – Scandella – Baptiste – Rodrigues – Mittelstadt
0:47
PK1FLarsson – Baptiste
1:33
PK2FWilson – Eichel
0:18
PK1DScandella – Ristolainen
2:13
PK2DGorges – Nelson
0:17

Current BUF line combinations →

Florida Panthers

L1Sceviour – Trocheck – Huberdeau
11:3238% CF
L2McGinn – Vatrano – Borgstrom
9:0533% CF
L3Vrbata – Haley – Mamin
8:0247% CF
L4Dadonov – Bjugstad – McCann
7:4260% CF
D1Yandle – Ekblad
18:0039% CF
D2Petrovic – Weegar
15:2044% CF
D3Pysyk – Matheson
14:4139% CF

PP1Yandle – McGinn – Dadonov – Trocheck – Huberdeau
2:46100% CF
PP2McGinn – Bjugstad – Matheson – Vatrano – Borgstrom
1:18100% CF
PK1FSceviour – Haley
0:58
PK2FTrocheck – McCann
0:22
PK1DPysyk – Matheson
2:14
PK2DYandle – Ekblad
1:34

Current FLA line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

3:04
FLAJonathan HuberdeauPP (Vincent Trocheck, Aaron Ekblad)tip-in0.15 xG
BUF: Scandella, O'Reilly, WilsonFLA: Yandle, Dadonov, Trocheck, Huberdeau, Ekblad
BUF 0 – 1 FLA
10:59
FLAColton Sceviour (Frank Vatrano)deflected0.20 xG
BUF: Nolan, Larsson, Wilson, Guhle, NelsonFLA: Sceviour, Pysyk, Weegar, Vatrano, Borgstrom
BUF 0 – 2 FLA
13:39
FLANick Bjugstad (Evgenii Dadonov, Jared McCann)wrist0.05 xG
BUF: Nolan, Larsson, Baptiste, Guhle, NelsonFLA: Dadonov, Petrovic, Bjugstad, Weegar, McCann
BUF 0 – 3 FLA

3rd period

15:30
BUFJason Pominville (Evan Rodrigues, Casey Mittelstadt)slap0.12 xG
BUF: Pominville, Gorges, Beaulieu, Rodrigues, MittelstadtFLA: Vrbata, Yandle, Ekblad, Vatrano, Borgstrom
BUF 1 – 3 FLA
15:51
BUFSam Reinhart (Brendan Guhle)snap0.19 xG
BUF: O'Reilly, Ristolainen, Reinhart, Eichel, GuhleFLA: Sceviour, Pysyk, Trocheck, Huberdeau, Matheson
BUF 2 – 3 FLA
18:37
FLAVincent TrocheckEN (Colton Sceviour)tip-in0.96 xG
BUF: Okposo, O'Reilly, Ristolainen, Reinhart, Eichel, GuhleFLA: Yandle, Sceviour, Trocheck, Ekblad, McCann
BUF 2 – 4 FLA
19:43
BUFRyan O'Reilly (Jack Eichel)wrist0.02 xG
BUF: Okposo, O'Reilly, Ristolainen, Reinhart, Eichel, MittelstadtFLA: Yandle, Sceviour, Trocheck, Ekblad
BUF 3 – 4 FLA

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
Jason Pominville R	L1	1	0	1	+1	3	0.28	1	1	0	16:27	—	—	74	93
Evan Rodrigues C	L1	0	1	1	+1	4	0.16	0	1	0	15:16	—	—	72	93
Casey Mittelstadt C	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.15	0	0	0	15:13	—	—	67	85
Ryan O'Reilly C	L2	1	0	1	0	4	0.18	0	0	0	24:06	—	—	63	63
Alex Nylander L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.26	0	0	0	15:44	—	—	59	57
Kyle Okposo R	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.10	0	0	0	15:22	—	—	65	52
Jack Eichel C	L3	0	1	1	0	4	0.14	0	0	0	19:52	—	—	53	52
Sam Reinhart C	L3	1	0	1	0	4	0.42	0	2	0	18:57	—	—	52	70
Scott Wilson C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	0	0	2	13:54	—	—	53	37
Johan Larsson L	L4	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	2	1	0	10:50	—	—	50	27
Nick Baptiste R	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.06	1	0	0	8:48	—	—	57	40
Jordan Nolan C	L4	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	0	0	0	7:19	—	—	50	27
Nathan Beaulieu D	D1	0	0	0	+1	4	0.31	0	0	0	15:56	—	—	55	72
Josh Gorges D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.05	2	3	2	15:12	—	—	44	58
Rasmus Ristolainen D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	0	2	0	24:15	—	—	65	77
Brendan Guhle D	D2	0	1	1	-2	4	0.26	1	0	2	19:59	—	—	63	55
Marco Scandella D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	3	1	0	20:27	—	—	61	55
Casey Nelson D	D3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.05	1	1	0	18:12	—	—	71	65

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Adam Wilcox	L	14	14	0	.1000	1.46	38:39
Chad Johnson(start)	—	12	9	3	.750	1.38	20:00

Florida Panthers

FLA skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Vincent Trocheck C	L1	1	1	2	0	2	1.15	0	1	0	23:17	—	—	38	43
Jonathan Huberdeau L	L1	1	0	1	-1	4	0.68	1	2	0	19:03	—	—	35	35
Colton Sceviour C	L1	1	1	2	+1	2	0.29	0	0	0	17:38	—	—	39	49
Frank Vatrano R	L2	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	15:17	—	—	33	48
Henrik Borgstrom C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	14:18	—	—	29	34
Jamie McGinn L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	14:08	—	—	20	12
Micheal Haley L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	12:01	—	—	35	26
Radim Vrbata R	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.22	0	1	2	11:10	—	—	37	25
Maxim Mamin C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	1	0	9:18	—	—	39	27
Jared McCann L	L4	0	1	1	+2	2	0.06	0	0	0	14:25	—	—	50	42
Evgenii Dadonov L	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.05	0	0	0	14:03	—	—	52	58
Nick Bjugstad C	L4	1	0	1	+1	3	0.62	1	1	4	13:34	—	—	48	45
Aaron Ekblad D	D1	0	1	1	0	2	0.09	1	2	0	23:34	—	—	37	31
Keith Yandle D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.10	0	2	0	23:30	—	—	39	37
MacKenzie Weegar D	D2	0	0	0	+2	1	0.05	0	3	0	16:15	—	—	45	48
Alexander Petrovic D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	16:03	—	—	42	39
Mike Matheson D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.36	0	5	0	20:27	—	—	33	25
Mark Pysyk D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.11	2	1	0	17:35	—	—	42	42

FLA goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
James Reimer(start)	W	41	38	3	.927	2.53	59:57

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.