Buffalo Sabres vs. Florida PanthersFeb 19, 2019

FinalTuesday, Feb 19, 2019· BB&T Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
BUF	0	1	1	2		BUF	6	12	16	34
FLA	0	0	4	4		FLA	12	12	17	41

: BUF 59FLA 65
: BUF 2.65FLA 3.97
PP goals: BUF 1FLA 0
Hits: BUF 41FLA 30
Blocks: BUF 16FLA 15
PIM: BUF 8FLA 8
: BUF 45%FLA 55%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Florida Panthers beat Buffalo Sabres 4–2

Florida Panthers beat Buffalo Sabres 4–2 at home. Jonathan Huberdeau (FLA) led the scoring with 2G 1A. BUF's first power-play unit (Skinner, Reinhart, Eichel, Mittelstadt and Dahlin) scored 1 power-play goal on 11 attempts in 4:49 together.

Points
Jonathan Huberdeau had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 6 shots in 16:44.Huberdeau
Points
Aleksander Barkov had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 4 shots in 22:37.Barkov
Points
Frank Vatrano had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 15:26.Vatrano
PP1
BUF's first power-play unit (Skinner, Reinhart, Eichel, Mittelstadt and Dahlin) scored 1 power-play goal on 11 attempts in 4:49 together.Skinner Reinhart Eichel Mittelstadt Dahlin
Usage
Mike Matheson (FLA) played 6:09, −16:23 down on his 22:32 season average over 74 games.Matheson
Goalie
Linus Ullmark (BUF) faced 41 shots and stopped 37 (.902), +10 against a season average of 31.0; the loss.Ullmark
New line
New look for BUF: Sobotka–Larsson–Girgensons skated 9:46 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (28.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Sobotka Larsson Girgensons
Goalie
James Reimer (FLA) faced 34 shots and stopped 32 (.941), +8 against a season average of 25.8; the win.Reimer

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 124 of 124 attempts · FLA 65 · BUF 59

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 27% of the game, FLA 45%.

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
	52	60
	1.45	3.16
	1.42	3.12
	7	18
	0	8
	32	34
	−0.019	+0.019
	27%	45%

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 – Skinner – Eichel
10:1543% CF
L2Sobotka – Larsson – Girgensons
9:4629% CF
L3Sheary – Reinhart – Mittelstadt
9:1859% CF
L4Rodrigues – Thompson – Smith
7:1560% CF
D1McCabe – Ristolainen
13:3454% CF
D2Bogosian – Dahlin
12:0446% CF
D3Beaulieu – Pilut
9:5426% CF

PP1Skinner – Reinhart – Eichel – Mittelstadt – Dahlin
4:49100% CF
PP2Pominville – Bogosian – Ristolainen – Rodrigues – Dahlin
1:05
PK1FEichel – Rodrigues
2:04
PK2FLarsson – Girgensons
1:06
PK1DBogosian – McCabe
1:50
PK2DBeaulieu – Ristolainen
1:33

Current BUF line combinations →

Florida Panthers

L1Huberdeau – Barkov – Vatrano
10:5070% CF
L2Dadonov – Hoffman – Trocheck
7:3750% CF
L3Brassard – Malgin – Borgstrom
5:5050% CF
L4Brouwer – Sheahan – Hawryluk
4:3878% CF
D1Brown – McCoshen
10:2267% CF
D2Yandle – Pysyk
7:4450% CF
D3Matheson – Ekblad
4:1375% CF

PP1Yandle – Dadonov – Hoffman – Huberdeau – Barkov
5:3483% CF
PP2Brassard – Trocheck – Ekblad – Vatrano – Borgstrom
1:5567% CF
PK1FBrouwer – Barkov
2:50
PK2FSheahan – Trocheck
0:37
PK1DPysyk – Ekblad
3:33
PK2DBrown – McCoshen
0:16

Current FLA line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

5:14
BUFJack EichelPP (Sam Reinhart, Jeff Skinner)wrist0.50 xG
BUF: Skinner, Reinhart, Eichel, Mittelstadt, DahlinFLA: Brouwer, Brown, Barkov, Ekblad
BUF 1 – 0 FLA

3rd period

3:07
FLAJonathan Huberdeau (Frank Vatrano, Aleksander Barkov)backhand0.16 xG
BUF: Pominville, Skinner, McCabe, Ristolainen, EichelFLA: Pysyk, Huberdeau, McCoshen, Barkov, Vatrano
BUF 1 – 1 FLA
3:50
FLAJayce Hawryluk (Vincent Trocheck, Evgenii Dadonov)deflected0.06 xG
BUF: Beaulieu, Sheary, Reinhart, Mittelstadt, PilutFLA: Dadonov, Pysyk, Trocheck, Ekblad, Hawryluk
BUF 1 – 2 FLA
5:42
FLAAleksander Barkov (Jonathan Huberdeau, Frank Vatrano)tip-in0.04 xG
BUF: Pominville, Bogosian, Skinner, Eichel, DahlinFLA: Yandle, Huberdeau, Barkov, Ekblad, Vatrano
BUF 1 – 3 FLA
16:45
FLAJonathan Huberdeau (Aleksander Barkov)backhand0.10 xG
BUF: Pominville, Skinner, Ristolainen, Eichel, DahlinFLA: Yandle, Huberdeau, Barkov, Ekblad, Vatrano
BUF 1 – 4 FLA
19:52
BUFVladimir Sobotka (Zemgus Girgensons, Johan Larsson)wrist0.11 xG
BUF: Sobotka, Bogosian, Larsson, Beaulieu, GirgensonsFLA: Brassard, Hoffman, Sheahan, Brown, McCoshen
BUF 2 – 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
Jack Eichel C	L1	1	0	1	-3	4	0.89	2	1	2	20:29	—	—	34	13
Jeff Skinner L	L1	0	1	1	-3	2	0.12	1	0	0	17:46	—	—	45	18
Jason Pominville R	L1	0	0	0	-3	1	0.04	1	0	0	15:04	—	—	44	20
Johan Larsson L	L2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	7	0	0	14:54	—	—	27	15
Zemgus Girgensons C	L2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	3	2	0	14:31	—	—	28	14
Vladimir Sobotka C	L2	1	0	1	+1	1	0.11	2	0	2	13:06	—	—	28	14
Sam Reinhart C	L3	0	1	1	-1	2	0.06	2	2	0	16:48	—	—	56	46
Casey Mittelstadt C	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.36	0	0	0	15:54	—	—	59	48
Conor Sheary L	L3	0	0	0	-1	5	0.23	1	1	0	10:45	—	—	58	46
Evan Rodrigues C	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.14	1	0	0	16:25	—	—	59	65
Tage Thompson C	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.10	3	0	0	11:19	—	—	60	59
C.J. Smith L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.17	2	0	0	7:51	—	—	54	56
Rasmus Ristolainen D	D1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.06	6	0	2	21:15	—	—	53	43
Jake McCabe D	D1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.17	5	5	0	19:44	—	—	50	53
Zach Bogosian D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	2	0	22:14	—	—	50	49
Rasmus Dahlin D	D2	0	0	0	-2	3	0.20	4	1	2	21:48	—	—	46	37
Nathan Beaulieu D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	0	1	0	17:18	—	—	42	16
Lawrence Pilut D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	14:54	—	—	27	6

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Linus Ullmark(start)	L	41	37	4	.902	3.97	59:55

Florida Panthers

FLA skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Aleksander Barkov C	L1	1	2	3	+3	4	0.30	0	2	0	22:37	—	—	61	74
Jonathan Huberdeau L	L1	2	1	3	+3	6	0.49	0	0	0	16:44	—	—	70	85
Frank Vatrano R	L1	0	2	2	+3	2	0.34	4	3	2	15:26	—	—	59	75
Vincent Trocheck C	L2	0	1	1	+1	5	0.63	2	1	2	17:45	—	—	44	64
Mike Hoffman C	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.33	0	0	0	17:35	—	—	48	60
Evgenii Dadonov L	L2	0	1	1	+1	3	0.35	0	0	0	16:09	—	—	52	74
Derick Brassard C	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.18	2	0	0	15:09	—	—	46	46
Denis Malgin C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	0	0	13:32	—	—	31	27
Henrik Borgstrom C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.36	1	0	0	10:46	—	—	44	72
Riley Sheahan C	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.20	1	1	0	13:18	—	—	63	66
Troy Brouwer R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	6	0	0	13:11	—	—	56	79
Jayce Hawryluk R	L4	1	0	1	+1	3	0.55	3	0	0	8:14	—	—	63	84
Ian McCoshen D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.06	2	1	0	18:43	—	—	58	65
Joshua Brown D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.11	2	2	2	15:55	—	—	64	76
Keith Yandle D	D2	0	0	0	+2	3	0.03	0	1	2	24:36	—	—	58	69
Mark Pysyk D	D2	0	0	0	+2	0	0.00	3	3	0	22:07	—	—	47	59
Aaron Ekblad D	D3	0	0	0	+3	0	0.02	3	1	0	25:25	—	—	46	73
Mike Matheson D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	0	0	6:09	—	—	60	68

FLA goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
James Reimer(start)	W	34	32	2	.941	2.65	60:00

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.