Buffalo Sabres vs. Detroit Red WingsApr 7, 2024

FinalSunday, Apr 7, 2024· Little Caesars Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
BUF	1	0	0	1		BUF	10	11	17	38
DET	3	0	0	3		DET	10	7	7	24

: BUF 82DET 49
: BUF 2.90DET 4.10
PP goals: BUF 1DET 1
Hits: BUF 29DET 28
Blocks: BUF 9DET 27
PIM: BUF 18DET 18
: BUF 50%DET 50%

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. Lucas Raymond (DET) led the scoring with 1G 1A. BUF's first power-play unit (Tuch, Thompson, Dahlin, Peterka and Benson) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 1:23 together.

Points
Lucas Raymond had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 21:14.Raymond
PP1
BUF's first power-play unit (Tuch, Thompson, Dahlin, Peterka and Benson) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 1:23 together.Tuch Thompson Dahlin Peterka Benson
PP1
DET's first power-play unit (Perron, Kane, Gostisbehere, Larkin and Raymond) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 2:08 together.Perron Kane Gostisbehere Larkin Raymond
New line
New look for DET: Copp–Compher–Fischer skated 13:41 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (14.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Copp Compher Fischer
Goalie
Alex Lyon (DET) faced 38 shots and stopped 37 (.974), +8 against a season average of 30.1; the win.Lyon
Luck
BUF scored 1 goal on 2.90 expected goals (82 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for BUF: Jost–Robinson–Rousek skated 7:55 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Jost Robinson Rousek
Usage
Joseph Veleno (DET) played 6:59, −7:04 down on his 14:03 season average over 79 games.Veleno

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 131 of 131 attempts · DET 49 · BUF 82

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 37% of the game, DET 24%.

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
	80	44
	2.94	1.68
	2.75	1.61
	12	8
	2	8
	14	11
	−0.005	+0.005
	37%	24%

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
14:3380% CF
L2Skinner – Greenway – Krebs
10:5863% CF
L3Jost – Robinson – Rousek
7:5567% CF
L4Cozens – Quinn – Benson
6:4842% CF
D1Dahlin – Power
14:5162% CF
D2Jokiharju – Byram
10:4331% CF
D3Clifton – Bryson
6:4087% CF

PP1Tuch – Thompson – Dahlin – Peterka – Benson
1:2383% CF
PP2Skinner – Jokiharju – Cozens – Quinn – Power
1:01
PK1FGreenway – Thompson
1:20
PK2FTuch – Benson
0:39
PK1DJokiharju – Power
1:12
PK2DDahlin – Byram
0:39

Current BUF line combinations →

Detroit Red Wings

L1Copp – Compher – Fischer
13:4114% CF
L2Perron – Larkin – Raymond
13:0354% CF
L3Kane – Czarnik – DeBrincat
11:2442% CF
L4Fabbri – Sprong – Veleno
5:0244% CF
D1Chiarot – Seider
18:3115% CF
D2Petry – Edvinsson
13:0657% CF
D3Maatta – Gostisbehere
12:5136% CF

PP1Perron – Kane – Gostisbehere – Larkin – Raymond
2:08100% CF
PP2Chiarot – Copp – Compher – Fischer – Seider
0:14
PK1FCopp – Compher
1:33
PK2FLarkin – Raymond
0:49
PK1DChiarot – Seider
1:48
PK2DPetry – Edvinsson
0:34

Current DET line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

0:53
DETLucas Raymondsnap0.02 xG
BUF: Jokiharju, Cozens, Quinn, Power, BensonDET: Petry, Perron, Larkin, Raymond, Edvinsson
BUF 0 – 1 DET
4:24
DETPatrick Kane (Jeff Petry)wrist0.19 xG
BUF: Greenway, Jokiharju, Krebs, Byram, BensonDET: Petry, Kane, Maatta, Czarnik, DeBrincat
BUF 0 – 2 DET
7:37
DETDylan LarkinPP (Lucas Raymond, David Perron)snap0.22 xG
BUF: Clifton, Greenway, Thompson, PowerDET: Perron, Kane, Gostisbehere, Larkin, Raymond
BUF 0 – 3 DET
13:16
BUFTage ThompsonPP (Zach Benson, Alex Tuch)slap0.11 xG
BUF: Tuch, Thompson, Dahlin, Peterka, BensonDET: Chiarot, Copp, Compher, Seider
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
JJ Peterka R	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.32	0	0	0	22:47	—	—	79	86
Tage Thompson C	L1	1	0	1	0	4	0.49	0	0	0	22:12	—	—	78	70
Alex Tuch R	L1	0	1	1	0	5	0.61	0	0	0	22:07	—	—	74	84
Jordan Greenway L	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.12	3	1	4	18:49	—	—	68	55
Jeff Skinner L	L2	0	0	0	0	4	0.32	2	0	0	15:36	—	—	57	47
Peyton Krebs C	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.13	4	0	0	15:18	—	—	57	50
Lukas Rousek R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	10:00	—	—	60	51
Tyson Jost C	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.33	1	1	0	9:55	—	—	72	100
Eric Robinson L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	0	0	9:29	—	—	59	82
Dylan Cozens C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	3	0	5	13:01	—	—	40	42
Zach Benson L	L4	0	1	1	-2	1	0.11	0	0	0	11:45	—	—	43	31
Jack Quinn R	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	10:38	—	—	44	44
Rasmus Dahlin D	D1	0	0	0	0	4	0.19	4	1	0	28:41	—	—	71	70
Owen Power D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.05	1	2	0	23:10	—	—	54	64
Henri Jokiharju D	D2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.07	2	0	2	22:05	—	—	58	49
Bowen Byram D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	2	0	5	20:42	—	—	52	33
Connor Clifton D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	4	4	2	15:11	—	—	68	70
Jacob Bryson D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	1	0	0	9:16	—	—	83	91

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen(start)	L	24	21	3	.875	2.29	56:56

Detroit Red Wings

DET skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
J.T. Compher L	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.52	1	0	0	20:41	—	—	19	19
Andrew Copp C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.09	0	2	0	19:58	—	—	14	13
Christian Fischer R	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.47	2	0	2	17:13	—	—	13	14
Lucas Raymond L	L2	1	1	2	+1	5	0.23	1	0	0	21:14	—	—	48	42
Dylan Larkin C	L2	1	0	1	+1	3	1.21	0	2	0	20:53	—	—	52	43
David Perron L	L2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.15	1	1	0	17:34	—	—	54	47
Patrick Kane R	L3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.36	0	0	0	16:18	—	—	38	47
Alex DeBrincat R	L3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.16	1	1	0	14:25	—	—	38	52
Austin Czarnik C	L3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.02	2	1	2	12:21	—	—	40	42
Joseph Veleno C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	5	6:59	—	—	29	43
Robby Fabbri C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	6:13	—	—	54	48
Daniel Sprong R	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.26	1	0	0	5:46	—	—	58	44
Moritz Seider D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	6	10	0	27:07	—	—	14	12
Ben Chiarot D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.42	2	3	4	23:48	—	—	20	13
Simon Edvinsson D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.07	3	2	0	19:23	—	—	55	62
Jeff Petry D	D2	0	1	1	+2	2	0.01	3	1	5	15:02	—	—	57	70
Shayne Gostisbehere D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.06	1	3	0	16:35	—	—	42	33
Olli Maatta D	D3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.06	1	0	0	16:06	—	—	39	42

DET goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Alex Lyon(start)	W	38	37	1	.974	2.90	60:00

Goal anatomy

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

Lucas Raymond (DET) 1st 0:53 · unassisted · Rush · carried in · 69.2 mph shot · 1.7 s from entry to goal.

Lucas Raymond · 1st 0:53 · DET

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 1
Shot: 69.2 mph
Distance: 38 ft
Entry to goal: 1.7 s

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Patrick Kane · 1st 4:24 · DET

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 13.4 mph
Distance: 58 ft
Entry to goal: 3.2 s

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Dylan Larkin · 1st 7:37 · DET PP

Play: cycle
Passes: 5 (royal road)
Shot: 58.5 mph
Distance: 15 ft

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Tage Thompson · 1st 13:16 · BUF PP

Play: cycle
Passes: 3
Shot: 66.7 mph
Distance: 37 ft
Type: one-timer

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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.