Buffalo Sabres vs. Detroit Red WingsNov 17, 2017

FinalFriday, Nov 17, 2017· Little Caesars Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
BUF	0	0	1	1		BUF	6	4	10	20
DET	0	1	2	3		DET	8	13	12	33

: BUF 37DET 57
: BUF 1.54DET 3.66
PP goals: BUF 0DET 0
Hits: BUF 15DET 12
Blocks: BUF 6DET 11
PIM: BUF 10DET 4
: BUF 53%DET 47%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Detroit Red Wings beat Buffalo Sabres 3–1

Detroit Red Wings beat Buffalo Sabres 3–1 at home. Justin Abdelkader (DET) led the scoring with 0G 2A. New look for BUF: Nolan–Girgensons–Criscuolo skated 4:51 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (28.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Justin Abdelkader had 2 assists (2 points) in 17:21.Abdelkader
New line
New look for BUF: Nolan–Girgensons–Criscuolo skated 4:51 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (28.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Nolan Girgensons Criscuolo
New line
New look for BUF: Pominville–Larsson–Griffith skated 7:24 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (41.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Pominville Larsson Griffith
Usage
Victor Antipin (BUF) played 19:00, +3:48 up on his 15:12 season average over 46 games.Antipin
Usage
Andreas Athanasiou (DET) played 18:43, +3:27 up on his 15:16 season average over 70 games.Athanasiou
Usage
Scott Wilson (DET) played 6:16, −6:02 down on his 12:18 season average over 68 games.Wilson
Usage
Nick Jensen (DET) played 11:01, −5:18 down on his 16:19 season average over 80 games.Jensen
Usage
Josh Gorges (BUF) played 19:19, +4:31 up on his 14:48 season average over 33 games.Gorges

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)DET attacks right (top on phones) →

DET
BUF
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 94 of 94 attempts · DET 57 · BUF 37

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

DET
BUF
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

DET 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 11% of the game, DET 47%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

DET

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	DET
	36	47
	1.07	2.38
	1.04	2.34
	4	16
	2	6
	16	17
	−0.012	+0.012
	11%	47%

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

L1Pouliot – Okposo – O'Reilly
12:2047% CF
L2Kane – Reinhart – Eichel
10:4939% CF
L3Pominville – Larsson – Griffith
7:2442% CF
L4Nolan – Girgensons – Criscuolo
4:5129% CF
D1Beaulieu – McCabe
12:4956% CF
D2Gorges – Antipin
11:2350% CF
D3Falk – Scandella
9:2745% CF

PP1Scandella – O'Reilly – Kane – Reinhart – Eichel
1:41
PP2Pominville – Pouliot – Beaulieu – McCabe – Reinhart
1:08100% CF
PK1FPouliot – Larsson
2:15
PK2FO'Reilly – Girgensons
1:44
PK1DGorges – McCabe
4:49
PK2DFalk – Scandella
3:32

Current BUF line combinations →

Detroit Red Wings

L1Nielsen – Helm – Glendening
8:1585% CF
L2Zetterberg – Nyquist – Mantha
7:2133% CF
L3Tatar – Athanasiou – Larkin
4:2243% CF
D1Daley – Ericsson
14:2268% CF
D2Green – Ouellet
10:1354% CF
D3Kronwall – Jensen
6:35100% CF

PP1Nielsen – Green – Athanasiou – Mantha – Larkin
5:0283% CF
PP2Zetterberg – Kronwall – Abdelkader – Nyquist – Tatar
3:2183% CF
PK1FGlendening – Larkin
2:03
PK2FNielsen – Helm
0:39
PK1DDaley – Ericsson
1:12
PK2DLashoff – Ouellet
1:03

Current DET line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

19:05
DETLuke Glendening (Darren Helm)backhand0.04 xG
BUF: Pouliot, Okposo, O'Reilly, Beaulieu, McCabeDET: Daley, Nielsen, Ericsson, Helm, Glendening
BUF 0 – 1 DET

3rd period

5:50
BUFRyan O'Reilly (Kyle Okposo, Victor Antipin)wrist0.12 xG
BUF: Pominville, Okposo, Scandella, O'Reilly, AntipinDET: Jensen, Ouellet, Athanasiou, Mantha, Larkin
BUF 1 – 1 DET
8:36
DETTomas Tatar (Justin Abdelkader, Andreas Athanasiou)snap0.03 xG
BUF: Pominville, Gorges, Larsson, Griffith, AntipinDET: Green, Abdelkader, Tatar, Ouellet, Athanasiou
BUF 1 – 2 DET
15:54
DETDylan Larkin (Xavier Ouellet, Justin Abdelkader)wrist0.01 xG
BUF: Kane, Beaulieu, Reinhart, Eichel, AntipinDET: Green, Abdelkader, Tatar, Ouellet, Larkin
BUF 1 – 3 DET

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
Ryan O'Reilly C	L1	1	0	1	0	2	0.15	0	0	0	22:11	—	—	48	33
Benoit Pouliot L	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.17	1	0	0	17:48	—	—	47	22
Kyle Okposo R	L1	0	1	1	0	1	0.07	0	0	0	17:33	—	—	55	33
Evander Kane L	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.21	1	0	2	19:42	—	—	38	22
Jack Eichel C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	0	0	0	18:45	—	—	38	19
Sam Reinhart C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.06	0	0	0	15:33	—	—	40	17
Johan Larsson L	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	2	0	0	14:50	—	—	41	43
Jason Pominville R	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.22	1	0	0	11:12	—	—	61	78
Seth Griffith C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.10	0	0	2	10:24	—	—	47	64
Zemgus Girgensons C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	0	0	11:03	—	—	22	8
Kyle Criscuolo C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	2	0	0	6:56	—	—	38	14
Jordan Nolan C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.27	0	0	4	6:43	—	—	30	8
Jake McCabe D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.04	1	1	0	20:56	—	—	48	21
Nathan Beaulieu D	D1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.06	0	1	2	17:44	—	—	52	35
Josh Gorges D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	2	3	0	19:19	—	—	41	23
Victor Antipin D	D2	0	1	1	-1	1	0.02	2	0	0	19:00	—	—	43	41
Marco Scandella D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.09	0	1	0	24:02	—	—	35	31
Justin Falk D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	2	0	0	16:19	—	—	39	31

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Robin Lehner(start)	L	33	30	3	.909	3.66	60:00

Detroit Red Wings

DET skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Frans Nielsen C	L1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.14	1	0	0	15:59	—	—	80	92
Luke Glendening C	L1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.46	3	0	0	13:30	—	—	75	92
Darren Helm C	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.13	1	0	2	13:26	—	—	74	91
Henrik Zetterberg C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.08	1	0	0	21:23	—	—	38	59
Gustav Nyquist R	L2	0	0	0	0	6	0.82	0	1	0	20:07	—	—	37	59
Anthony Mantha R	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.74	0	1	0	18:02	—	—	38	52
Dylan Larkin C	L3	1	0	1	0	6	0.55	0	1	0	21:57	—	—	55	58
Andreas Athanasiou C	L3	0	1	1	0	1	0.10	0	0	0	18:43	—	—	53	43
Tomas Tatar L	L3	1	0	1	+2	3	0.27	1	1	0	18:25	—	—	65	81
Trevor Daley D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	2	2	20:37	—	—	59	66
Jonathan Ericsson D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.01	1	0	0	18:48	—	—	67	83
Mike Green D	D2	0	0	0	+2	1	0.06	0	3	0	23:51	—	—	46	66
Xavier Ouellet D	D2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.02	0	1	0	16:01	—	—	45	59
Niklas Kronwall D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	0	0	0	16:56	—	—	62	79
Nick Jensen D	D3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.06	1	0	0	11:01	—	—	67	58
Justin Abdelkader L	—	0	2	2	+2	0	0.22	1	0	0	17:21	—	—	80	90
Scott Wilson C	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	6:16	—	—	60	27
Brian Lashoff D	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	4:02	—	—	33	64

DET goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jimmy Howard(start)	W	20	19	1	.950	1.54	59:35

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.