Buffalo Sabres vs. Nashville PredatorsJan 13, 2022

FinalThursday, Jan 13, 2022· Bridgestone Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
BUF	1	1	2	4		BUF	11	5	5	21
NSH	0	1	0	1		NSH	9	13	8	30

: BUF 45NSH 52
: BUF 2.55NSH 2.90
PP goals: BUF 1NSH 1
Hits: BUF 21NSH 45
Blocks: BUF 11NSH 13
PIM: BUF 8NSH 8
: BUF 44%NSH 56%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Buffalo Sabres beat Nashville Predators 4–1

Buffalo Sabres beat Nashville Predators 4–1 at NSH. Jeff Skinner (BUF) led the scoring with 2G 0A. BUF's first power-play unit (Okposo, Skinner, Tuch, Dahlin and Cozens) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 4:09 together.

Points
Jeff Skinner had two goals (2 points) on 5 shots in 18:14.Skinner
Points
Kyle Okposo had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 16:00.Okposo
PP1
BUF's first power-play unit (Okposo, Skinner, Tuch, Dahlin and Cozens) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 4:09 together.Okposo Skinner Tuch Dahlin Cozens
PP1
NSH's first power-play unit (Josi, Duchene, Johansen, Granlund and Tolvanen) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 4:26 together.Josi Duchene Johansen Granlund Tolvanen
New line
New look for BUF: Skinner–Tuch–Cozens skated 11:11 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (57.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Skinner Tuch Cozens
New line
New look for BUF: Jankowski–Olofsson–Asplund skated 7:45 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (75% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Jankowski Olofsson Asplund
New line
New look for BUF: Okposo–Girgensons–Hinostroza skated 6:50 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (20% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Okposo Girgensons Hinostroza
Luck
NSH scored 1 goal on 2.90 expected goals (52 attempts), well short of its chances.

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)NSH attacks right (top on phones) →

NSH
BUF
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 97 of 97 attempts · NSH 52 · BUF 45

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

NSH
BUF
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

NSH 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 24% of the game, NSH 45%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

NSH

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	NSH
	37	50
	0.96	2.12
	0.92	2.05
	6	8
	8	1
	24	10
	−0.052	+0.052
	24%	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

L1Skinner – Tuch – Cozens
11:1157% CF
L2Jankowski – Olofsson – Asplund
7:4575% CF
L3Eakin – Hayden – Bjork
6:5536% CF
L4Okposo – Girgensons – Hinostroza
6:5020% CF
D1Jokiharju – Dahlin
13:5042% CF
D2Miller – Bryson
8:4530% CF
D3Pysyk – Hagg
6:5936% CF

PP1Okposo – Skinner – Tuch – Dahlin – Cozens
4:09100% CF
PP2Miller – Girgensons – Olofsson – Asplund – Dahlin
3:01100% CF
PK1FJankowski – Girgensons
2:12
PK2FEakin – Hayden
2:11
PK1DJokiharju – Dahlin
3:43
PK2DPysyk – Hagg
2:15

Current BUF line combinations →

Nashville Predators

L1Sissons – Luff – Jeannot
10:5746% CF
L2Johansen – Cousins – Kunin
9:3487% CF
L3Duchene – Granlund – Tolvanen
9:0845% CF
L4McCarron – Tomasino – Smith
5:4870% CF
D1Josi – Fabbro
15:0460% CF
D2Ekholm – Benning
9:2347% CF
D3Carrier – Myers
7:3773% CF

PP1Josi – Duchene – Johansen – Granlund – Tolvanen
4:2683% CF
PP2Ekholm – Cousins – Carrier – Kunin – Tomasino
1:5950% CF
PK1FSissons – Jeannot
2:37
PK2FGranlund – Kunin
1:57
PK1DEkholm – Carrier
4:07
PK2DBenning – Fabbro
1:52

Current NSH line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

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	2	0.14	2	1	0	19:34	—	—	57	62
Dylan Cozens C	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.16	1	0	0	18:21	—	—	50	49
Jeff Skinner L	L1	2	0	2	+1	5	0.96	0	0	4	18:14	—	—	50	47
Mark Jankowski L	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.09	0	0	0	15:50	—	—	54	30
Victor Olofsson L	L2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.01	0	0	0	13:51	—	—	62	43
Rasmus Asplund C	L2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	13:21	—	—	70	67
John Hayden C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	12:44	—	—	40	11
Cody Eakin C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	2	0	2	11:37	—	—	38	9
Anders Bjork L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	8:58	—	—	35	9
Zemgus Girgensons C	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.06	1	0	0	16:19	—	—	21	14
Kyle Okposo R	L4	0	2	2	+1	3	0.22	0	0	0	16:00	—	—	20	13
Vinnie Hinostroza C	L4	1	0	1	+1	1	0.31	0	3	0	12:38	—	—	20	8
Rasmus Dahlin D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0.08	5	2	0	25:18	—	—	42	32
Henri Jokiharju D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	1	0	0	19:38	—	—	42	32
Colin Miller D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.03	3	1	0	19:00	—	—	45	40
Jacob Bryson D	D2	0	0	0	+2	0	0.00	0	0	0	18:18	—	—	38	48
Mark Pysyk D	D3	0	1	1	+2	1	0.43	2	2	0	17:09	—	—	41	22
Robert Hagg D	D3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.02	3	1	0	16:28	—	—	48	15

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Aaron Dell(start)	W	30	29	1	.967	2.90	59:57

Nashville Predators

NSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Tanner Jeannot L	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.22	6	0	2	19:15	—	—	39	62
Colton Sissons C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	3	2	2	18:26	—	—	38	53
Matt Luff R	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	13:13	—	—	38	68
Ryan Johansen C	L2	0	1	1	-2	2	0.20	0	0	0	16:46	—	—	87	78
Luke Kunin C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.19	8	0	0	15:41	—	—	76	81
Nick Cousins C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.38	1	0	0	13:34	—	—	76	78
Mikael Granlund C	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.21	1	1	0	21:02	—	—	48	59
Matt Duchene C	L3	1	0	1	-1	4	0.79	0	0	0	17:44	—	—	54	59
Eeli Tolvanen R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	5	0	0	15:13	—	—	43	51
Philip Tomasino R	L4	0	0	0	-1	4	0.14	1	0	0	11:03	—	—	67	84
Michael McCarron C	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.16	4	1	2	9:41	—	—	64	73
Cole Smith R	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.03	4	0	0	7:06	—	—	77	80
Roman Josi D	D1	0	1	1	-2	6	0.26	1	3	0	26:48	—	—	57	70
Dante Fabbro D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0.07	2	3	0	20:28	—	—	57	77
Mattias Ekholm D	D2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.02	1	1	0	22:39	—	—	48	56
Matt Benning D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	1	0	2	15:18	—	—	50	48
Alexandre Carrier D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.12	2	2	0	18:31	—	—	65	96
Philippe Myers D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	4	0	0	11:50	—	—	75	82

NSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Juuse Saros(start)	L	20	17	3	.850	1.83	58:06

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.

Buffalo Sabres vs. Nashville PredatorsJan 13, 2022

Fantasy takeaways

Buffalo Sabres beat Nashville Predators 4–1

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

Buffalo Sabres

Nashville Predators

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Buffalo Sabres

Nashville Predators