Buffalo Sabres vs. Florida PanthersFeb 24, 2023

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
BUF	0	2	1	3		BUF	14	9	10	33
FLA	0	0	1	1		FLA	11	15	24	50

: BUF 52FLA 85
: BUF 3.49FLA 5.18
PP goals: BUF 1FLA 0
Hits: BUF 24FLA 22
Blocks: BUF 13FLA 8
PIM: BUF 10FLA 10
: BUF 59%FLA 41%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Buffalo Sabres beat Florida Panthers 3–1

Buffalo Sabres beat Florida Panthers 3–1 at FLA. Tage Thompson (BUF) led the scoring with 0G 3A. Craig Anderson (BUF) faced 50 shots and stopped 49 (.980), +18 against a season average of 31.7; the win.

Points
Tage Thompson had 3 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 18:27.Thompson
Points
Jeff Skinner had two goals (2 points) on 6 shots in 16:51.Skinner
Goalie
Craig Anderson (BUF) faced 50 shots and stopped 49 (.980), +18 against a season average of 31.7; the win.Anderson
Luck
FLA scored 1 goal on 5.18 expected goals (85 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for FLA: Duclair–Reinhart–Lundell skated 6:16 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (53.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Duclair Reinhart Lundell
Usage
Carter Verhaeghe (FLA) played 21:44, +4:17 up on his 17:27 season average over 80 games.Verhaeghe
Usage
Henri Jokiharju (BUF) played 17:19, −3:46 down on his 21:05 season average over 59 games.Jokiharju
Usage
Owen Power (BUF) played 20:23, −3:28 down on his 23:51 season average over 78 games.Power

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 137 of 137 attempts · FLA 85 · BUF 52

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 23% of the game, FLA 43%.

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
	49	68
	2.01	3.74
	1.99	3.58
	8	19
	4	4
	13	13
	+0.077	−0.076
	23%	43%

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

L1Skinner – Tuch – Thompson
9:5750% CF
L2Mittelstadt – Krebs – Quinn
9:2846% CF
L3Okposo – Girgensons – Jost
8:4433% CF
L4Olofsson – Cozens – Peterka
8:1950% CF
D1Samuelsson – Dahlin
17:2739% CF
D2Jokiharju – Power
12:3350% CF
D3Clague – Lyubushkin
9:0738% CF

PP1Skinner – Tuch – Olofsson – Thompson – Dahlin
1:39100% CF
PP2Okposo – Mittelstadt – Cozens – Peterka – Power
0:3550% CF
PK1FGirgensons – Tuch
2:18
PK2FOkposo – Krebs
1:42
PK1DSamuelsson – Lyubushkin
3:14
PK2DDahlin – Power
0:44

Current BUF line combinations →

Florida Panthers

L1Staal – Cousins – Lomberg
10:2175% CF
L2Verhaeghe – Tkachuk – Luostarinen
6:2033% CF
L3Duclair – Reinhart – Lundell
6:1653% CF
L4Dalpe – White – Denisenko
3:5375% CF
D1Staal – Montour
15:2238% CF
D2Ekblad – Forsling
13:5161% CF
D3Gudas – Mahura
12:0267% CF

PP1Verhaeghe – Ekblad – Reinhart – Montour – Tkachuk
4:1180% CF
PP2Duclair – Forsling – Tkachuk – Luostarinen – Lundell
1:33
PK1FStaal – Luostarinen
0:54
PK2FReinhart – Lundell
0:52
PK1DEkblad – Forsling
1:13
PK2DStaal – Gudas
1:08

Current FLA line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

3:51
BUFJeff Skinner (Tage Thompson, Henri Jokiharju)wrist0.04 xG
BUF: Skinner, Tuch, Thompson, Jokiharju, PowerFLA: Verhaeghe, Ekblad, Forsling, Tkachuk, Luostarinen
BUF 1 – 0 FLA
8:44
BUFAlex TuchPP (Owen Power, Tage Thompson)wrist0.11 xG
BUF: Skinner, Tuch, Olofsson, Thompson, PowerFLA: Staal, Ekblad, Forsling, Luostarinen
BUF 2 – 0 FLA

3rd period

8:24
FLACarter Verhaeghe (Anthony Duclair, Eetu Luostarinen)wrist0.08 xG
BUF: Okposo, Girgensons, Jost, Jokiharju, PowerFLA: Duclair, Verhaeghe, Montour, Forsling, Luostarinen
BUF 2 – 1 FLA
10:36
BUFJeff Skinner (Tage Thompson)wrist0.03 xG
BUF: Skinner, Tuch, Thompson, Samuelsson, DahlinFLA: Ekblad, Reinhart, Forsling, Tkachuk, Lundell
BUF 3 – 1 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
Tage Thompson C	L1	0	3	3	+2	2	0.08	0	0	0	18:27	—	—	44	43
Jeff Skinner L	L1	2	0	2	+2	6	0.65	0	0	0	16:51	—	—	44	43
Alex Tuch R	L1	1	0	1	+2	5	0.29	0	2	0	16:41	—	—	47	54
Peyton Krebs C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	1	4	14:37	—	—	44	38
Jack Quinn R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.38	1	0	2	13:30	—	—	42	28
Casey Mittelstadt C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	1	0	0	13:29	—	—	42	33
Zemgus Girgensons C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.07	5	0	0	14:42	—	—	33	19
Kyle Okposo R	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.16	1	0	0	14:11	—	—	29	22
Tyson Jost C	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.22	1	0	0	12:27	—	—	35	35
Victor Olofsson L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	14:10	—	—	46	31
Dylan Cozens C	L4	0	0	0	0	4	0.17	0	1	0	13:17	—	—	43	25
JJ Peterka R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	0	0	11:32	—	—	44	27
Mattias Samuelsson D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.68	4	3	0	26:49	—	—	42	43
Rasmus Dahlin D	D1	0	0	0	+1	4	0.64	3	2	2	25:03	—	—	39	34
Owen Power D	D2	0	1	1	0	1	0.05	0	1	0	20:23	—	—	43	20
Henri Jokiharju D	D2	0	1	1	0	1	0.02	2	1	2	17:19	—	—	54	45
Ilya Lyubushkin D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	2	1	0	16:55	—	—	33	22
Kale Clague D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	11:37	—	—	38	39

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Craig Anderson(start)	W	50	49	1	.980	5.18	60:00

Florida Panthers

FLA skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Eric Staal C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.19	0	0	0	15:08	—	—	64	79
Ryan Lomberg L	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.43	1	0	0	13:38	—	—	69	74
Nick Cousins C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.17	2	1	0	12:45	—	—	64	69
Matthew Tkachuk L	L2	0	0	0	-2	6	1.10	0	0	6	23:53	—	—	62	67
Carter Verhaeghe C	L2	1	0	1	0	6	0.35	0	0	4	21:44	—	—	41	67
Eetu Luostarinen C	L2	0	1	1	0	2	0.44	0	0	0	16:24	—	—	36	57
Sam Reinhart C	L3	0	0	0	-1	4	0.42	1	0	0	23:11	—	—	65	64
Anton Lundell C	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.29	0	0	0	21:31	—	—	68	61
Anthony Duclair L	L3	0	1	1	+1	4	0.53	5	0	0	17:26	—	—	46	50
Colin White C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	2	0	0	6:55	—	—	50	32
Grigori Denisenko L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.23	0	0	0	6:38	—	—	56	68
Zac Dalpe C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	1	0	0	5:10	—	—	75	66
Brandon Montour D	D1	0	0	0	+1	5	0.39	0	2	0	26:36	—	—	47	62
Marc Staal D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.16	3	2	0	18:00	—	—	47	66
Aaron Ekblad D	D2	0	0	0	-2	7	0.33	1	1	0	21:16	—	—	62	65
Gustav Forsling D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.05	0	1	0	19:21	—	—	62	53
Radko Gudas D	D3	0	0	0	0	3	0.06	4	1	0	15:24	—	—	68	78
Josh Mahura D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	2	0	0	13:40	—	—	67	81

FLA goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Sergei Bobrovsky(start)	L	33	30	3	.909	2.52	56:59

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.