Buffalo Sabres vs. Florida PanthersFeb 27, 2024

FinalTuesday, Feb 27, 2024· Amerant Bank Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
BUF	1	0	1	2		BUF	9	8	13	30
FLA	2	0	1	3		FLA	11	18	8	37

: BUF 61FLA 63
: BUF 2.07FLA 3.39
PP goals: BUF 1FLA 2
Hits: BUF 21FLA 41
Blocks: BUF 14FLA 11
PIM: BUF 12FLA 12
: BUF 39%FLA 61%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Florida Panthers edge Buffalo Sabres 3–2

Florida Panthers beat Buffalo Sabres 3–2 at home. Brandon Montour (FLA) led the scoring with 1G 2A. FLA's first power-play unit (Verhaeghe, Barkov, Reinhart, Montour and Tkachuk) scored 2 power-play goals on 12 attempts in 4:33 together.

Points
Brandon Montour had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 5 shots in 21:00.Montour
Points
Matthew Tkachuk had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 7 shots in 22:01.Tkachuk
PP1
FLA's first power-play unit (Verhaeghe, Barkov, Reinhart, Montour and Tkachuk) scored 2 power-play goals on 12 attempts in 4:33 together.Verhaeghe Barkov Reinhart Montour Tkachuk
Usage
Erik Johnson (BUF) played 3:31, −11:07 down on his 14:38 season average over 66 games.Johnson
Goalie
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen (BUF) faced 37 shots and stopped 34 (.919), +10 against a season average of 27.2; the loss.Luukkonen
Usage
Rasmus Dahlin (BUF) played 30:49, +5:28 up on his 25:21 season average over 80 games.Dahlin
Usage
Matthew Tkachuk (FLA) played 22:01, +3:25 up on his 18:36 season average over 79 games.Tkachuk
Usage
Carter Verhaeghe (FLA) played 14:57, −3:03 down on his 18:00 season average over 75 games.Verhaeghe

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 63 · BUF 61

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 41%.

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
	56	55
	1.85	2.28
	1.83	2.21
	7	11
	2	2
	16	11
	−0.108	+0.108
	27%	41%

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
10:1463% CF
L2Krebs – Peterka – Benson
7:5953% CF
L3Greenway – Mittelstadt – Cozens
7:4546% CF
L4Okposo – Girgensons – Robinson
6:1864% CF
D1Jokiharju – Dahlin
12:2767% CF
D2Clifton – Bryson
6:5629% CF
D3Johnson – Power
2:3943% CF

PP1Skinner – Tuch – Thompson – Dahlin – Cozens
3:15100% CF
PP2Okposo – Greenway – Mittelstadt – Dahlin – Peterka
1:17100% CF
PK1FTuch – Cozens
2:21
PK2FGirgensons – Benson
0:33
PK1DBryson – Dahlin
3:13
PK2DClifton – Power
1:23

Current BUF line combinations →

Florida Panthers

L1Cousins – Bennett – Tkachuk
12:3456% CF
L2Verhaeghe – Barkov – Reinhart
8:2458% CF
L3Stenlund – Lomberg – Gadjovich
7:2933% CF
L4Rodrigues – Luostarinen – Lundell
5:3923% CF
D1Ekblad – Forsling
13:5536% CF
D2Montour – Mikkola
12:5354% CF
D3Ekman-Larsson – Kulikov
11:4248% CF

PP1Verhaeghe – Barkov – Reinhart – Montour – Tkachuk
4:3380% CF
PP2Ekman-Larsson – Ekblad – Bennett – Rodrigues – Lundell
1:31100% CF
PK1FStenlund – Luostarinen
2:47
PK2FBarkov – Lundell
1:10
PK1DEkblad – Forsling
3:59
PK2DEkman-Larsson – Kulikov
1:00

Current FLA line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

9:25
BUFDylan CozensPP (Jordan Greenway, Owen Power)slap0.11 xG
BUF: Okposo, Greenway, Krebs, Cozens, PowerFLA: Barkov, Ekblad, Reinhart, Forsling
BUF 1 – 0 FLA
12:54
FLASam Bennett (Nick Cousins, Brandon Montour)snap0.14 xG
BUF: Johnson, Krebs, Peterka, Power, BensonFLA: Cousins, Bennett, Montour, Mikkola, Tkachuk
BUF 1 – 1 FLA
15:36
FLAMatthew TkachukPP (Carter Verhaeghe, Brandon Montour)wrist0.02 xG
BUF: Johnson, Greenway, Dahlin, CozensFLA: Verhaeghe, Barkov, Reinhart, Montour, Tkachuk
BUF 1 – 2 FLA

3rd period

9:41
FLABrandon MontourPP (Matthew Tkachuk, Sam Reinhart)snap0.10 xG
BUF: Clifton, Greenway, PowerFLA: Verhaeghe, Barkov, Reinhart, Montour, Tkachuk
BUF 1 – 3 FLA
12:44
BUFTage Thompson (Rasmus Dahlin, Alex Tuch)deflected0.14 xG
BUF: Skinner, Tuch, Thompson, Dahlin, PowerFLA: Barkov, Ekblad, Reinhart, Forsling, Rodrigues
BUF 2 – 3 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
Alex Tuch R	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.09	1	1	0	21:08	—	—	56	65
Jeff Skinner L	L1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.27	1	0	0	19:54	—	—	61	82
Tage Thompson C	L1	1	0	1	+1	7	0.62	2	1	0	18:52	—	—	67	83
JJ Peterka R	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.08	0	0	0	12:39	—	—	43	13
Peyton Krebs C	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.12	1	0	0	12:21	—	—	44	19
Zach Benson L	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	4	11:27	—	—	50	16
Casey Mittelstadt C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.06	0	0	0	20:00	—	—	38	38
Dylan Cozens C	L3	1	0	1	0	4	0.25	3	0	0	19:24	—	—	47	36
Jordan Greenway L	L3	0	1	1	0	1	0.12	2	0	4	14:03	—	—	35	30
Zemgus Girgensons C	L4	0	0	0	0	4	0.11	3	1	0	10:38	—	—	44	57
Kyle Okposo R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.14	1	0	0	10:21	—	—	67	93
Eric Robinson L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	9:06	—	—	46	58
Rasmus Dahlin D	D1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.05	1	1	0	30:49	—	—	79	79
Henri Jokiharju D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.02	1	2	0	23:32	—	—	47	40
Connor Clifton D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	0	2	2	15:31	—	—	43	36
Jacob Bryson D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	1	2	2	14:35	—	—	44	34
Owen Power D	D3	0	1	1	0	1	0.03	2	2	0	23:35	—	—	49	42
Erik Johnson D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.06	2	1	0	3:31	—	—	38	31

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen(start)	L	37	34	3	.919	3.39	59:40

Florida Panthers

FLA skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Matthew Tkachuk L	L1	1	1	2	+1	7	0.48	2	1	2	22:01	—	—	61	66
Sam Bennett C	L1	1	0	1	+1	3	0.31	7	0	0	16:53	—	—	59	67
Nick Cousins C	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.12	2	2	2	13:27	—	—	56	62
Aleksander Barkov C	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.19	3	1	0	19:36	—	—	50	33
Sam Reinhart C	L2	0	1	1	-1	2	0.63	0	0	0	19:00	—	—	52	35
Carter Verhaeghe C	L2	0	1	1	0	1	0.16	3	0	0	14:57	—	—	58	40
Kevin Stenlund C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.29	2	0	0	13:37	—	—	57	88
Ryan Lomberg L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	0	0	10:04	—	—	31	53
Jonah Gadjovich L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	5	0	0	8:15	—	—	46	78
Anton Lundell C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	0	0	12:59	—	—	32	54
Eetu Luostarinen C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	12:57	—	—	37	61
Evan Rodrigues C	L4	0	0	0	-1	3	0.50	0	0	0	11:10	—	—	36	57
Aaron Ekblad D	D1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.27	1	2	0	21:29	—	—	36	37
Gustav Forsling D	D1	0	0	0	-1	4	0.06	2	1	0	20:53	—	—	40	25
Brandon Montour D	D2	1	2	3	+1	5	0.30	0	0	2	21:00	—	—	59	72
Niko Mikkola D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.03	3	2	2	19:04	—	—	55	72
Dmitry Kulikov D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	3	1	4	16:40	—	—	48	43
Oliver Ekman-Larsson D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	2	0	0	16:35	—	—	59	59

FLA goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Sergei Bobrovsky(start)	W	30	28	2	.933	2.07	59:38

Goal anatomy

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

Dylan Cozens (BUF PP) 1st 9:25 · assists Jordan Greenway, Owen Power · Cycle · 72.0 mph shot.

Dylan Cozens · 1st 9:25 · BUF PP

Play: cycle
Passes: 4 (royal road)
Shot: 72.0 mph
Distance: 40 ft
Type: one-timer

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Sam Bennett · 1st 12:54 · FLA

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 4-on-2
Passes: 2
Shot: 45.6 mph
Distance: 17 ft
Entry to goal: 2.7 s

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Matthew Tkachuk · 1st 15:36 · FLA PP

Play: cycle
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 44.7 mph
Distance: 35 ft

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Brandon Montour · 3rd 9:41 · FLA PP

Play: cycle
Passes: 4 (royal road)
Shot: 84.8 mph
Distance: 35 ft
Type: one-timer

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Tage Thompson · 3rd 12:44 · BUF

Play: deflection
Passes: 2
Shot: 8.6 mph
Distance: 6 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.