Buffalo Sabres vs. Dallas StarsJan 16, 2020

FinalThursday, Jan 16, 2020· American Airlines Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
BUF	1	1	2	4		BUF	8	5	9	22
DAL	0	1	0	1		DAL	8	16	5	29

: BUF 47DAL 59
: BUF 3.52DAL 2.81
PP goals: BUF 0DAL 0
Hits: BUF 16DAL 28
Blocks: BUF 14DAL 14
PIM: BUF 8DAL 4
: BUF 48%DAL 52%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Buffalo Sabres beat Dallas Stars 4–1

Buffalo Sabres beat Dallas Stars 4–1 at DAL. Kyle Okposo (BUF) led the scoring with 0G 2A. Miro Heiskanen (DAL) played 12:06, −11:49 down on his 23:55 season average over 67 games.

Points
Kyle Okposo had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 15:54.Okposo
Usage
Miro Heiskanen (DAL) played 12:06, −11:49 down on his 23:55 season average over 67 games.Heiskanen
New line
New look for BUF: Okposo–Larsson–Asplund skated 4:40 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (12.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Okposo Larsson Asplund
Usage
Rasmus Dahlin (BUF) played 13:17, −6:07 down on his 19:24 season average over 58 games.Dahlin
New line
New look for DAL: Perry–Dowling–Gurianov skated 8:15 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (45.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Perry Dowling Gurianov
Usage
Zemgus Girgensons (BUF) played 18:36, +4:53 up on his 13:43 season average over 68 games.Girgensons
Luck
DAL scored 1 goal on 2.81 expected goals (59 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Jamie Benn (DAL) played 20:44, +4:22 up on his 16:22 season average over 68 games.Benn

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)DAL attacks right (top on phones) →

DAL
BUF
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 106 of 106 attempts · DAL 59 · BUF 47

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

DAL
BUF
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

DAL 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 17% of the game, DAL 42%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

DAL

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	DAL
	46	58
	1.76	2.74
	1.63	2.65
	8	10
	4	0
	22	20
	−0.034	+0.035
	17%	42%

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

L1Girgensons – Reinhart – Eichel
7:1246% CF
L2Okposo – Larsson – Asplund
4:4013% CF
L3Frolik – Johansson – Sheary
3:5643% CF
D1Ristolainen – Montour
11:5436% CF
D2Jokiharju – Dahlin
6:0246% CF
D3Bogosian – McCabe
4:3745% CF

PP1Johansson – Ristolainen – Reinhart – Eichel – Dahlin
1:53
PP2Okposo – Vesey – Sheary – Montour – Jokiharju
0:47
PK1FFrolik – Lazar
3:04
PK2FLarsson – Girgensons
2:30
PK1DRistolainen – Montour
1:20
PK2DBogosian – Pilut
1:13

Current BUF line combinations →

Dallas Stars

L1Radulov – Benn – Seguin
12:0060% CF
L2Comeau – Cogliano – Dickinson
11:1753% CF
L3Perry – Dowling – Gurianov
8:1545% CF
L4Pavelski – Hintz – Kiviranta
8:1359% CF
D1Klingberg – Lindell
13:1150% CF
D2Sekera – Polak
9:0067% CF
D3Oleksiak – Heiskanen
5:2167% CF

PP1Pavelski – Radulov – Benn – Seguin – Klingberg
3:3740% CF
PP2Perry – Dowling – Klingberg – Hintz – Gurianov
1:56100% CF
PK1FComeau – Dickinson
1:29
PK2FPavelski – Hintz
0:31
PK1DSekera – Polak
1:06
PK2DOleksiak – Heiskanen
0:29

Current DAL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

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
Jack Eichel C	L1	0	1	1	+2	0	0.01	0	2	2	21:32	—	—	48	50
Zemgus Girgensons C	L1	1	0	1	+1	1	1.01	1	1	0	18:36	—	—	32	13
Sam Reinhart C	L1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.17	0	0	0	17:03	—	—	44	42
Johan Larsson L	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	19:32	—	—	29	7
Kyle Okposo R	L2	0	2	2	+1	1	0.75	0	0	0	15:54	—	—	38	14
Rasmus Asplund C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.07	1	0	0	10:46	—	—	21	12
Michael Frolik R	L3	1	0	1	+1	5	0.71	0	0	0	15:12	—	—	54	59
Marcus Johansson L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.11	1	0	0	14:46	—	—	63	59
Conor Sheary L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.17	0	0	0	11:58	—	—	52	49
Rasmus Ristolainen D	D1	0	1	1	+2	3	0.05	3	0	2	24:47	—	—	32	14
Brandon Montour D	D1	0	0	0	+2	1	0.02	0	3	0	22:16	—	—	44	30
Henri Jokiharju D	D2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.01	2	2	0	16:17	—	—	48	37
Rasmus Dahlin D	D2	1	0	1	+2	3	0.06	0	1	2	13:17	—	—	58	57
Zach Bogosian D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	3	0	0	14:08	—	—	54	54
Jake McCabe D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.10	1	1	0	12:40	—	—	47	56
Lawrence Pilut D	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	4	2	16:33	—	—	19	37
Curtis Lazar C	—	0	1	1	+2	1	0.18	0	0	0	13:51	—	—	58	62
Jimmy Vesey L	—	1	0	1	+2	1	0.09	2	0	0	12:59	—	—	42	35

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Linus Ullmark(start)	W	29	28	1	.966	2.81	59:53

Dallas Stars

DAL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jamie Benn L	L1	1	0	1	-1	1	0.20	5	1	0	20:44	—	—	55	58
Tyler Seguin C	L1	0	1	1	-2	5	0.35	1	1	0	19:57	—	—	55	58
Alexander Radulov R	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.06	1	1	0	19:53	—	—	61	64
Blake Comeau L	L2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.06	1	0	0	15:44	—	—	47	58
Andrew Cogliano C	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.19	1	0	0	14:52	—	—	61	73
Jason Dickinson C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.12	0	0	0	14:43	—	—	53	68
Corey Perry R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.12	1	0	0	13:13	—	—	54	72
Justin Dowling C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.05	0	0	0	11:55	—	—	46	67
Denis Gurianov R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	1	1	0	11:50	—	—	50	77
Joe Pavelski C	L4	0	0	0	-2	0	0.10	0	2	0	17:28	—	—	59	59
Roope Hintz C	L4	0	0	0	0	5	0.37	3	0	0	13:23	—	—	58	52
Joel Kiviranta L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.26	1	0	2	9:51	—	—	61	57
Esa Lindell D	D1	0	0	0	-2	3	0.09	4	2	2	25:57	—	—	50	53
John Klingberg D	D1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.23	0	1	0	24:54	—	—	57	57
Andrej Sekera D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.06	1	2	0	19:56	—	—	43	63
Roman Polak D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.28	5	0	0	14:37	—	—	62	74
Jamie Oleksiak D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	2	1	0	17:18	—	—	55	52
Miro Heiskanen D	D3	0	1	1	0	2	0.16	1	2	0	12:06	—	—	74	79

DAL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Ben Bishop(start)	L	20	18	2	.900	1.52	57:39

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.

Buffalo Sabres vs. Dallas StarsJan 16, 2020

Fantasy takeaways

Buffalo Sabres beat Dallas Stars 4–1

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

Buffalo Sabres

Dallas Stars

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Buffalo Sabres

Dallas Stars