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Buffalo Sabres vs. Detroit Red WingsFeb 22, 2018

Final / OT· Little Caesars Arena
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BUF
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Goals123OTTShots123OTT
BUF11013BUF14102430
DET01102DET10168337
BUF 47DET 70
BUF 2.07DET 3.60
PP goals
BUF 1DET 0
Hits
BUF 23DET 13
Blocks
BUF 23DET 8
PIM
BUF 6DET 6
BUF 44%DET 56%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Buffalo Sabres edge Detroit Red Wings 3–2 (OT)

Buffalo Sabres beat Detroit Red Wings 3–2 in overtime at DET. Rasmus Ristolainen (BUF) led the scoring with 1G 1A. Robin Lehner (BUF) faced 37 shots and stopped 35 (.946), +8 against a season average of 29.4; the win.

  1. Points
    Rasmus Ristolainen had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 28:00.Ristolainen
  2. Points
    Johan Larsson had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 18:22.Larsson
  3. Goalie
    Robin Lehner (BUF) faced 37 shots and stopped 35 (.946), +8 against a season average of 29.4; the win.Lehner
  4. Usage
    Marco Scandella (BUF) played 28:28, +5:13 up on his 23:15 season average over 81 games.Scandella
  5. Usage
    Johan Larsson (BUF) played 18:22, +4:18 up on his 14:04 season average over 79 games.Larsson
  6. Luck
    DET scored 2 goals on 3.60 expected goals (70 attempts), well short of its chances.
  7. Usage
    Sam Reinhart (BUF) played 20:56, +3:53 up on his 17:03 season average over 81 games.Reinhart
  8. Usage
    Frans Nielsen (DET) played 18:57, +3:10 up on his 15:47 season average over 78 games.Nielsen

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.

Shot map, BUF at DET: 117 attempts, 67 on goal, 5 goals, 5.67 expected goals; best chance Anthony Mantha at 0.76 xG.

Strength
Period
Team
← BUF attacks left (bottom on phones)DET attacks right (top on phones) →
  • DET
  • BUF
  • Goal
  • Shot on goal
  • Missed
  • Blocked

Showing 117 of 117 attempts · DET 70 · BUF 47

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

Game flow, BUF at DET: expected goals 3.60 to 2.07 (DET led the chances), shot attempts 70 to 47, 5 goals.

0.01.02.03.04.01st2nd3rdOTDETBUFREKASnet xGcumulative expected goals · 64:59
  • DET
  • BUF
  • Goal
  • Power play (shaded)
Pressure Index
DETBUFcontrol2nd3rdOTRistolainen · 1st 3:39Ericsson · 2nd 3:42Kane · 2nd 13:09Abdelkader · 3rd 18:35Scandella · OT 4:59
  • 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 22% of the game, DET 41%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

Shift chart, BUF at DET: 38 players over 64:59; most ice Jimmy Howard (63:55) for DET and Robin Lehner (64:34) for BUF, 5 goals.

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
StatBUFDET
4259
1.152.05
1.112.04
102
71
1712
−0.057+0.057
22%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

Current BUF line combinations →

Detroit Red Wings

Current DET line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

  1. 3:39
    BUFRasmus Ristolainen (Nathan Beaulieu, Johan Larsson)wrist0.00 xG
    BUF: Pominville, Larsson, Wilson, Beaulieu, RistolainenDET: Daley, Ericsson, Booth, Glendening, Bertuzzi
    BUF 1 – 0 DET

2nd period

  1. 3:42
    DETJonathan Ericssonwrist0.02 xG
    BUF: Pominville, Gorges, Wilson, Rodrigues, AntipinDET: Daley, Nielsen, Ericsson, Helm, Glendening
    BUF 1 – 1 DET
  2. 13:09
    BUFEvander KanePP (Jason Pominville, Rasmus Ristolainen)wrap-around0.14 xG
    BUF: Pominville, Pouliot, Scandella, Kane, AntipinDET: Daley, Ericsson, Abdelkader, Glendening
    BUF 2 – 1 DET

3rd period

  1. 18:35
    DETJustin Abdelkader (Frans Nielsen, Henrik Zetterberg)wrist0.06 xG
    BUF: Scandella, O'Reilly, Girgensons, RistolainenDET: Zetterberg, Kronwall, Nielsen, Abdelkader, Bertuzzi, Larkin
    BUF 2 – 2 DET

OT period

  1. 4:59
    BUFMarco Scandella (Johan Larsson, Sam Reinhart)snap0.14 xG
    BUF: Scandella, Larsson, ReinhartDET: Kronwall, Tatar, Larkin
    BUF 3 – 2 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
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Ryan O'Reilly CL1000040.2701022:21——4661
Sam Reinhart CL1011+140.5101020:56——4768
Evander Kane LL1101030.4320020:06——4768
Johan Larsson LL2022+220.0122218:22——5024
Scott Wilson CL2000010.1230015:39——4517
Jason Pominville RL2011020.0500015:25——4825
Benoit Pouliot LL3000010.1320013:50——2927
Jacob Josefson CL3000000.0002011:09——215
Nick Baptiste RL3000000.001028:15——3610
Evan Rodrigues CL4000-110.0910015:27——3140
Kyle Okposo RL4000000.0010013:36——238
Zemgus Girgensons CL4000020.0122012:32——4372
Marco Scandella DD1101+110.1504028:28——3228
Casey Nelson DD1000020.1233219:44——4368
Rasmus Ristolainen DD2112+130.1334028:00——5029
Nathan Beaulieu DD2011+130.0421017:22——4736
Victor Antipin DD3000-100.0011015:42——4142
Josh Gorges DD3000-110.0102013:01——3325
BUF goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Robin Lehner(start)W37352.9463.6064:34

Detroit Red Wings

DET skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Henrik Zetterberg CL1011020.2700021:50——7084
Gustav Nyquist RL1000040.3740020:17——7185
Anthony Mantha RL1000010.7600018:20——6885
Frans Nielsen CL2011+130.2300018:57——5945
Darren Helm CL2000+130.2510018:14——5644
Justin Abdelkader LL2101020.2300015:54——5028
Dylan Larkin CL3000-100.0720220:04——7063
Tomas Tatar LL3000-120.2800018:04——6858
Andreas Athanasiou CL3000030.2500016:12——7164
Danny DeKeyser DD1000020.0802024:19——7484
Nick Jensen DD1000040.1401021:32——7284
Trevor Daley DD2000010.0900022:01——4223
Jonathan Ericsson DD2101050.2721017:10——5049
Niklas Kronwall DD3000-120.1202220:38——4852
Xavier Ouellet DD3000020.0410013:23——6474
Tyler Bertuzzi L—000-110.1410011:35——3538
Luke Glendening C—000000.002229:57——2915
David Booth L—000-100.000002:01——1461
DET goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Jimmy Howard(start)O30273.9002.0763:55