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Buffalo Sabres vs. Detroit Red WingsJan 12, 2020

Final· Little Caesars Arena
Goals123TShots123T
BUF3025BUF1231227
DET0101DET611522
BUF 41DET 39
BUF 2.77DET 2.36
PP goals
BUF 2DET 0
Hits
BUF 17DET 34
Blocks
BUF 9DET 10
PIM
BUF 6DET 8
BUF 43%DET 57%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Buffalo Sabres rout Detroit Red Wings 5–1

Buffalo Sabres beat Detroit Red Wings 5–1 at DET. Evan Rodrigues (BUF) led the scoring with 2G 0A. BUF's first power-play unit (Johansson, Ristolainen, Reinhart, Eichel and Dahlin) scored 1 power-play goal on 13 attempts in 4:23 together.

  1. Points
    Evan Rodrigues had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 14:31.Rodrigues
  2. Points
    Curtis Lazar had 2 assists (2 points) in 10:31.Lazar
  3. PP1
    BUF's first power-play unit (Johansson, Ristolainen, Reinhart, Eichel and Dahlin) scored 1 power-play goal on 13 attempts in 4:23 together.JohanssonRistolainenReinhartEichelDahlin
  4. New line
    New look for BUF: Girgensons–Reinhart–Eichel skated 10:00 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.GirgensonsReinhartEichel
  5. New line
    New look for BUF: Okposo–Larsson–Wilson skated 8:50 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (63.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.OkposoLarssonWilson
  6. Luck
    BUF scored 5 goals on 2.77 expected goals (41 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
  7. Usage
    Evan Rodrigues (BUF) played 14:31, +3:18 up on his 11:13 season average over 44 games.Rodrigues
  8. Usage
    Scott Wilson (BUF) played 15:01, +4:04 up on his 10:57 season average over 5 games.Wilson

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: 80 attempts, 49 on goal, 6 goals, 5.13 expected goals; best chance Evan Rodrigues at 0.36 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 80 of 80 attempts · DET 39 · BUF 41

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 2.36 to 2.77 (BUF led the chances), shot attempts 39 to 41, 6 goals.

0.01.02.03.01st2nd3rdDETBUFRRGBBRnet xGcumulative expected goals · 60:00
  • DET
  • BUF
  • Goal
  • Power play (shaded)
Pressure Index
DETBUFcontrol2nd3rdRodrigues · 1st 2:39Rodrigues · 1st 5:00Girgensons · 1st 12:43Bowey · 2nd 11:56Bogosian · 3rd 2:35Ristolainen · 3rd 3:40
  • 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 33% 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 60:00; most ice Jimmy Howard (60:00) for DET and Linus Ullmark (59:49) for BUF, 6 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
2941
1.452.22
1.422.06
612
14
1617
−0.050+0.050
33%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. 2:39
    BUF 1 – 0 DET
  2. 5:00
    BUF 2 – 0 DET
  3. 12:43
    BUF 3 – 0 DET

2nd period

  1. 11:56
    BUF 3 – 1 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
Jack Eichel CL1011040.4610021:13——5857
Sam Reinhart CL1000000.0500020:51——5555
Zemgus Girgensons CL1101+120.1220013:47——578
Johan Larsson LL2000+110.0312015:41——5350
Scott Wilson CL2000020.0810015:01——5341
Kyle Okposo RL2000-120.1711014:35——4240
Marcus Johansson LL3000010.1000017:27——3128
Michael Frolik RL3011+120.1611015:22——3527
Conor Sheary LL3011+100.0000014:29——4474
Rasmus Dahlin DD1011020.2521018:42——1444
Brandon Montour DD1011000.0101217:54——2418
Henri Jokiharju DD2011+110.0001015:50——4049
Jake McCabe DD2000+110.0410015:30——5346
Lawrence Pilut DD3000020.0121017:06——6145
Zach Bogosian DD3101+110.1010414:49——3324
Rasmus Ristolainen D—101+120.3221020:00——5344
Evan Rodrigues C—202+140.8510014:31——2538
Curtis Lazar C—022+100.0010010:31——2518
BUF goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Linus Ullmark(start)W22211.9552.3659:49

Detroit Red Wings

DET skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Dylan Larkin CL1011020.2811020:25——6749
Tyler Bertuzzi LL1000000.0000017:39——5545
Robby Fabbri CL1011010.1110016:26——6750
Luke Glendening CL2000010.3223017:12——5857
Darren Helm CL2000010.0010016:12——5051
Frans Nielsen CL2000010.3810015:30——4646
Justin Abdelkader LL3000-210.0430012:52——6351
Givani Smith RL3000-120.2880011:41——5675
Christoffer Ehn CL3000-120.1001010:18——6779
Valtteri Filppula CL4000-110.0600216:38——5077
Filip Zadina RL4000-220.3200011:59——4677
Adam Erne LL4000000.0730010:05——85100
Patrik Nemeth DD1000010.0632022:39——6041
Mike Green DD1000010.0560419:37——6345
Alex Biega DD2000030.1531016:29——6587
Brian Lashoff DD2000010.0210016:01——5781
Filip Hronek DD3000-200.0010023:31——4754
Madison Bowey DD3101-120.1302218:47——5063
DET goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Jimmy Howard(start)L27225.8152.7760:00