Buffalo Sabres vs. Florida PanthersApr 13, 2024

Final / OTSaturday, Apr 13, 2024· Amerant Bank Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
BUF	2	0	0	0	2		BUF	8	14	6	1	29
FLA	2	0	0	1	3		FLA	13	11	16	2	42

: BUF 38FLA 87
: BUF 2.14FLA 4.36
PP goals: BUF 1FLA 0
Hits: BUF 17FLA 26
Blocks: BUF 25FLA 6
PIM: BUF 19FLA 4
: BUF 36%FLA 64%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Florida Panthers edge Buffalo Sabres 3–2 (OT)

Florida Panthers beat Buffalo Sabres 3–2 in overtime at home. Jack Quinn (BUF) led the scoring with 1G 0A. Oliver Ekman-Larsson (FLA) played 3:04, −15:31 down on his 18:35 season average over 79 games.

Usage
Oliver Ekman-Larsson (FLA) played 3:04, −15:31 down on his 18:35 season average over 79 games.Ekman-Larsson
Goalie
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen (BUF) faced 42 shots and stopped 39 (.929), +15 against a season average of 27.2; the overtime loss.Luukkonen
Usage
Henri Jokiharju (BUF) played 23:50, +4:55 up on his 18:55 season average over 73 games.Jokiharju
Usage
Owen Power (BUF) played 27:14, +4:22 up on his 22:52 season average over 75 games.Power
Usage
Gustav Forsling (FLA) played 28:43, +6:40 up on his 22:03 season average over 78 games.Forsling
Usage
Nick Cousins (FLA) played 16:00, +3:52 up on his 12:08 season average over 68 games.Cousins
Usage
Matthew Tkachuk (FLA) played 22:08, +3:32 up on his 18:36 season average over 79 games.Tkachuk
Usage
Kevin Stenlund (FLA) played 9:26, −3:13 down on his 12:39 season average over 80 games.Stenlund

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 125 of 125 attempts · FLA 87 · BUF 38

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 15% of the game, FLA 62%.

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
	32	79
	1.09	3.30
	1.07	3.15
	2	20
	1	7
	22	22
	−0.101	+0.101
	15%	62%

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

L1Tuch – Thompson – Peterka
14:5043% CF
L2Cozens – Quinn – Benson
8:5327% CF
L3Skinner – Greenway – Krebs
8:3420% CF
L4Girgensons – Jost – Rousek
6:420% CF
D1Jokiharju – Dahlin
12:5636% CF
D2Byram – Power
11:4931% CF
D3Clifton – Bryson
10:2729% CF

PP1Tuch – Thompson – Dahlin – Peterka – Benson
2:0175% CF
PP2Skinner – Byram – Cozens – Quinn – Power
1:40100% CF
PK1FGreenway – Cozens
2:50
PK2FTuch – Benson
1:18
PK1DJokiharju – Dahlin
1:25
PK2DByram – Power
1:17

Current BUF line combinations →

Florida Panthers

L1Cousins – Bennett – Tkachuk
13:1182% CF
L2Tarasenko – Barkov – Reinhart
11:4261% CF
L3Rodrigues – Luostarinen – Lundell
10:0574% CF
L4Okposo – Stenlund – Lorentz
6:4070% CF
D1Montour – Forsling
9:0838% CF
D2Kulikov – Balinskis
6:1975% CF
D3Ekman-Larsson – Mikkola
0:00

PP1Tarasenko – Barkov – Reinhart – Montour – Tkachuk
5:53100% CF
PP2Bennett – Forsling – Rodrigues – Luostarinen – Lundell
1:2875% CF
PK1FStenlund – Luostarinen
1:35
PK2FLorentz – Lundell
1:19
PK1DMontour – Forsling
1:07
PK2DKulikov – Balinskis
0:52

Current FLA line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

2:59
BUFTyson Jost (Rasmus Dahlin, Henri Jokiharju)tip-in0.05 xG
BUF: Skinner, Jost, Jokiharju, Dahlin, RousekFLA: Ekman-Larsson, Reinhart, Forsling, Stenlund, Lorentz
BUF 1 – 0 FLA
5:02
FLAAnton Lundell (Matthew Tkachuk, Nick Cousins)backhand0.06 xG
BUF: Clifton, Bryson, Cozens, Quinn, BensonFLA: Ekman-Larsson, Cousins, Forsling, Tkachuk, Lundell
BUF 1 – 1 FLA
8:11
FLAKevin StenlundSHwrist0.44 xG
BUF: Tuch, Thompson, Dahlin, Peterka, BensonFLA: Kulikov, Forsling, Stenlund, Luostarinen
BUF 1 – 2 FLA
9:48
BUFJack QuinnPP (Bowen Byram, Owen Power)wrist0.56 xG
BUF: Skinner, Byram, Cozens, Quinn, PowerFLA: Montour, Stenlund, Mikkola, Luostarinen
BUF 2 – 2 FLA

OT period

3:58
FLASam Reinhart (Aleksander Barkov)wrist0.14 xG
BUF: Dahlin, Cozens, PeterkaFLA: Barkov, Reinhart, Tkachuk
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	0	0	-1	5	0.23	2	2	2	22:39	—	—	43	42
JJ Peterka R	L1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.12	0	0	0	21:29	—	—	35	36
Tage Thompson C	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.17	0	0	0	20:19	—	—	36	40
Dylan Cozens C	L2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	0	1	0	17:35	—	—	33	27
Jack Quinn R	L2	1	0	1	-1	7	0.95	0	2	0	15:37	—	—	32	27
Zach Benson L	L2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	0	0	0	13:25	—	—	27	22
Jordan Greenway L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	2	2	0	17:17	—	—	22	19
Jeff Skinner L	L3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.20	2	0	0	12:13	—	—	31	23
Peyton Krebs C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	1	0	2	10:49	—	—	17	16
Zemgus Girgensons C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	10:50	—	—	0	0
Lukas Rousek R	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	1	0	9:14	—	—	8	9
Tyson Jost C	L4	1	0	1	+1	1	0.05	1	0	0	8:55	—	—	8	9
Henri Jokiharju D	D1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.03	2	3	0	23:50	—	—	26	20
Rasmus Dahlin D	D1	0	1	1	-1	3	0.25	4	5	0	23:38	—	—	34	30
Owen Power D	D2	0	1	1	0	1	0.03	1	5	0	27:14	—	—	24	19
Bowen Byram D	D2	0	1	1	0	1	0.03	1	4	0	22:22	—	—	23	22
Jacob Bryson D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	14:24	—	—	47	38
Connor Clifton D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.05	1	0	15	13:15	—	—	27	20

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen(start)	O	42	39	3	.929	4.36	63:36

Florida Panthers

FLA skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Matthew Tkachuk L	L1	0	1	1	+2	7	0.73	1	0	0	22:08	—	—	82	80
Sam Bennett C	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.46	1	0	0	17:46	—	—	81	82
Nick Cousins C	L1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.26	1	2	2	16:00	—	—	81	83
Aleksander Barkov C	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.02	1	0	0	22:13	—	—	61	78
Sam Reinhart C	L2	1	0	1	0	4	0.44	1	0	0	21:29	—	—	54	67
Vladimir Tarasenko R	L2	0	0	0	0	4	0.33	2	0	0	18:55	—	—	62	76
Anton Lundell C	L3	1	0	1	+1	3	0.42	2	0	0	16:12	—	—	70	69
Evan Rodrigues C	L3	0	0	0	0	4	0.37	1	0	0	15:14	—	—	75	76
Eetu Luostarinen C	L3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	0	0	15:07	—	—	74	68
Kevin Stenlund C	L4	1	0	1	0	2	0.79	0	2	0	9:26	—	—	67	70
Steven Lorentz C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	3	0	0	9:02	—	—	62	67
Kyle Okposo R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	1	0	0	8:35	—	—	71	72
Gustav Forsling D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.03	1	1	0	28:43	—	—	64	62
Brandon Montour D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.22	3	0	0	27:42	—	—	56	73
Dmitry Kulikov D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.05	2	1	0	20:43	—	—	74	68
Uvis Balinskis D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.07	2	0	0	16:21	—	—	86	79
Niko Mikkola D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	2	0	2	21:12	—	—	84	89
Oliver Ekman-Larsson D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	0	0	0	3:04	—	—	71	56

FLA goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Sergei Bobrovsky(start)	W	29	27	2	.931	2.14	63:58

Goal anatomy

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

Tyson Jost (BUF) 1st 2:59 · assists Rasmus Dahlin, Henri Jokiharju · Deflection · 54.8 mph shot.

Tyson Jost · 1st 2:59 · BUF

Play: deflection
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 54.8 mph
Distance: 13 ft
Type: deflection

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Anton Lundell · 1st 5:02 · FLA

Play: cycle
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 40.1 mph
Distance: 16 ft

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Kevin Stenlund · 1st 8:11 · FLA SH

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: loose
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 0
Shot: 22.3 mph
Distance: 8 ft
Entry to goal: 3.0 s

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Jack Quinn · 1st 9:48 · BUF PP

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 31.0 mph
Distance: 3 ft
Type: rebound

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Sam Reinhart · OT 3:58 · FLA

Play: turnover-forecheck
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 1
Shot: 64.5 mph
Distance: 28 ft
Entry to goal: 6.8 s

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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.