Buffalo Sabres vs. Detroit Red WingsNov 2, 2024

FinalSaturday, Nov 2, 2024· Little Caesars Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
BUF	1	0	0	1		BUF	12	7	13	32
DET	0	2	0	2		DET	7	9	7	23

: BUF 71DET 57
: BUF 3.29DET 2.09
PP goals: BUF 0DET 2
Hits: BUF 17DET 11
Blocks: BUF 18DET 16
PIM: BUF 8DET 4
: BUF 40%DET 60%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Detroit Red Wings edge Buffalo Sabres 2–1

Detroit Red Wings beat Buffalo Sabres 2–1 at home. Dylan Larkin (DET) led the scoring with 2G 0A. DET's first power-play unit (Kane, Larkin, DeBrincat, Seider and Raymond) scored 2 power-play goals on 6 attempts in 1:30 together.

Points
Dylan Larkin had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 16:01.Larkin
PP1
DET's first power-play unit (Kane, Larkin, DeBrincat, Seider and Raymond) scored 2 power-play goals on 6 attempts in 1:30 together.Kane Larkin DeBrincat Seider Raymond
New line
New look for DET: Copp–Compher–Raymond skated 11:22 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (32.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Copp Compher Raymond
Luck
BUF scored 1 goal on 3.29 expected goals (71 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for DET: Kane–Larkin–DeBrincat skated 11:06 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (52% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Kane Larkin DeBrincat
Usage
Alex DeBrincat (DET) played 13:55, −4:00 down on his 17:55 season average over 81 games.DeBrincat
Usage
Dylan Larkin (DET) played 16:01, −4:06 down on his 20:07 season average over 81 games.Larkin
Usage
Patrick Kane (DET) played 13:55, −4:07 down on his 18:02 season average over 71 games.Kane

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 128 of 128 attempts · DET 57 · BUF 71

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 41% of the game, DET 22%.

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
	71	58
	2.79	1.86
	2.62	1.82
	6	13
	4	2
	23	19
	−0.080	+0.080
	41%	22%

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

L1Zucker – Tuch – Thompson
7:4945% CF
L2Lafferty – Malenstyn – Krebs
7:4659% CF
L3Cozens – Quinn – Peterka
6:4267% CF
L4Greenway – McLeod – Kulich
5:3550% CF
D1Dahlin – Byram
17:1082% CF
D2Jokiharju – Power
13:0441% CF
D3Bryson – Samuelsson
8:036% CF

PP1Tuch – Krebs – Quinn – Power – Kulich
1:43100% CF
PP2Zucker – Thompson – Dahlin – Cozens – Peterka
1:30100% CF
PK1FGreenway – Cozens
1:16
PK2FTuch – McLeod
0:33
PK1DJokiharju – Byram
0:57
PK2DSamuelsson – Power
0:28

Current BUF line combinations →

Detroit Red Wings

L1Tarasenko – Berggren – Kasper
12:1652% CF
L2Copp – Compher – Raymond
11:2232% CF
L3Kane – Larkin – DeBrincat
11:0652% CF
L4Fischer – Rasmussen – Veleno
9:1250% CF
D1Seider – Edvinsson
15:2849% CF
D2Gustafsson – Johansson
15:0239% CF
D3Petry – Chiarot
14:3750% CF

PP1Kane – Larkin – DeBrincat – Seider – Raymond
1:3086% CF
PP2Tarasenko – Gustafsson – Compher – Berggren – Kasper
1:09100% CF
PK1FCopp – Compher
0:57
PK2FLarkin – Raymond
0:49
PK1DSeider – Edvinsson
2:36
PK2DPetry – Chiarot
0:58

Current DET line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

11:39
BUFAlex TuchSHsnap0.25 xG
BUF: Tuch, Jokiharju, McLeod, ByramDET: Kane, Larkin, DeBrincat, Seider, Raymond
BUF 1 – 0 DET

2nd period

7:49
DETDylan LarkinPP (Patrick Kane)snap0.14 xG
BUF: Greenway, Samuelsson, Byram, CozensDET: Kane, Larkin, DeBrincat, Seider, Raymond
BUF 1 – 1 DET
14:38
DETDylan LarkinPP (Alex DeBrincat, Lucas Raymond)snap0.17 xG
BUF: Greenway, Samuelsson, Byram, CozensDET: Kane, Larkin, DeBrincat, Seider, Raymond
BUF 1 – 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
Skater	Line	G	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Alex Tuch R	L1	1	1	+1	5	0.44	0	3	0	21:58	—	—	50	71
Tage Thompson C	L1	0	0	0	2	0.21	1	1	0	20:45	—	—	57	65
Jason Zucker L	L1	0	0	0	3	0.53	2	0	0	17:17	—	—	53	78
Peyton Krebs C	L2	0	0	0	0	0.06	1	1	0	12:55	—	—	56	65
Beck Malenstyn L	L2	0	0	0	2	0.28	2	0	2	10:06	—	—	55	63
Sam Lafferty C	L2	0	0	0	1	0.14	1	1	0	9:31	—	—	63	87
JJ Peterka R	L3	0	0	0	4	0.62	2	0	0	19:16	—	—	57	48
Jack Quinn R	L3	0	0	0	2	0.14	0	0	2	16:10	—	—	59	40
Dylan Cozens C	L3	0	0	0	3	0.17	4	1	0	15:47	—	—	57	57
Jiri Kulich C	L4	0	0	0	1	0.19	0	0	0	14:28	—	—	55	53
Jordan Greenway L	L4	0	0	0	2	0.08	0	1	2	12:41	—	—	52	60
Ryan McLeod C	L4	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	1	0	12:11	—	—	50	47
Rasmus Dahlin D	D1	0	0	0	4	0.22	1	1	0	27:33	—	—	79	73
Bowen Byram D	D1	0	0	+1	1	0.04	2	0	0	24:24	—	—	78	69
Owen Power D	D2	0	0	0	1	0.05	0	3	2	21:04	—	—	45	59
Henri Jokiharju D	D2	0	0	+1	0	0.08	1	2	0	16:16	—	—	43	54
Mattias Samuelsson D	D3	0	0	0	1	0.04	0	1	0	13:54	—	—	36	44
Jacob Bryson D	D3	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	2	0	13:34	—	—	27	48

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen(start)	L	23	21	2	.913	2.09	57:20

Detroit Red Wings

DET skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Marco Kasper C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.07	1	0	0	16:25	—	—	52	63
Jonatan Berggren R	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.15	1	0	0	15:28	—	—	52	48
Vladimir Tarasenko R	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	2	0	15:11	—	—	48	39
J.T. Compher L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	19:10	—	—	30	10
Lucas Raymond L	L2	0	1	1	-1	1	0.07	1	2	0	18:45	—	—	31	20
Andrew Copp C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.04	0	0	0	16:10	—	—	30	10
Dylan Larkin C	L3	2	0	2	-1	4	0.62	0	0	0	16:01	—	—	50	34
Patrick Kane R	L3	0	1	1	-1	2	0.18	0	0	2	13:55	—	—	54	47
Alex DeBrincat R	L3	0	1	1	-1	1	0.14	0	0	0	13:55	—	—	56	48
Christian Fischer R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.09	0	1	0	11:25	—	—	50	50
Michael Rasmussen C	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.43	2	0	0	11:16	—	—	46	48
Joseph Veleno C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	2	0	0	10:52	—	—	48	48
Moritz Seider D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.10	0	0	0	23:27	—	—	49	34
Simon Edvinsson D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	1	3	0	20:39	—	—	45	33
Erik Gustafsson D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	0	0	0	18:31	—	—	40	24
Albert Johansson D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	0	2	0	16:07	—	—	39	25
Ben Chiarot D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	3	3	2	21:32	—	—	45	48
Jeff Petry D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	2	0	17:11	—	—	50	50

DET goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Cam Talbot(start)	W	32	31	1	.969	3.29	60:00

Goal anatomy

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

Alex Tuch (BUF SH) 1st 11:39 · unassisted · Odd-man rush · carried in · 1-on-0 at the blue line · 76.3 mph shot · 1.7 s from entry to goal.

Alex Tuch · 1st 11:39 · BUF SH

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 0
Shot: 76.3 mph
Distance: 32 ft
Entry to goal: 1.7 s

Watch on NHL.com → · Tracking-derived via NHL EDGE

Dylan Larkin · 2nd 7:49 · DET PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 38.7 mph
Distance: 15 ft

Watch on NHL.com → · Tracking-derived via NHL EDGE

Dylan Larkin · 2nd 14:38 · DET PP

Play: cycle
Passes: 4 (royal road)
Shot: 33.9 mph
Distance: 9 ft

Watch on NHL.com → · Tracking-derived via NHL EDGE

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.