Buffalo Sabres vs. Dallas StarsFeb 27, 2022

FinalSunday, Feb 27, 2022· American Airlines Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
BUF	0	1	1	2		BUF	6	11	23	40
DAL	1	2	1	4		DAL	18	8	5	31

: BUF 73DAL 45
: BUF 2.88DAL 3.56
PP goals: BUF 0DAL 1
Hits: BUF 15DAL 15
Blocks: BUF 5DAL 18
PIM: BUF 6DAL 2
: BUF 43%DAL 57%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Dallas Stars beat Buffalo Sabres 4–2

Dallas Stars beat Buffalo Sabres 4–2 at home. Michael Raffl (DAL) led the scoring with 2G 0A. Jake Oettinger (DAL) faced 40 shots and stopped 38 (.950), +12 against a season average of 28.3; the win.

Points
Michael Raffl had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 16:30.Raffl
Goalie
Jake Oettinger (DAL) faced 40 shots and stopped 38 (.950), +12 against a season average of 28.3; the win.Oettinger
New line
New look for DAL: Radulov–Tufte–Peterson skated 4:46 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (20% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Radulov Tufte Peterson
Usage
Miro Heiskanen (DAL) played 20:59, −3:58 down on his 24:57 season average over 69 games.Heiskanen
Usage
Ryan Suter (DAL) played 19:10, −4:32 down on his 23:42 season average over 81 games.Suter
Usage
Jacob Peterson (DAL) played 6:56, −4:12 down on his 11:08 season average over 64 games.Peterson
Shots
Tage Thompson (BUF) led everyone with 8 shot on goals, scoring once.Thompson
Cats
Jani Hakanpää (DAL) blocked 5 shots in 19:07.Hakanpää

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 118 of 118 attempts · DAL 45 · BUF 73

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 29% of the game, DAL 35%.

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
	65	50
	2.35	3.93
	2.28	3.72
	12	23
	7	4
	23	18
	−0.050	+0.050
	29%	35%

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

L1Olofsson – Mittelstadt – Krebs
11:2442% CF
L2Eakin – Hayden – Bjork
10:4963% CF
L3Okposo – Asplund – Cozens
10:4356% CF
L4Skinner – Tuch – Thompson
10:4273% CF
D1Fitzgerald – Dahlin
10:5748% CF
D2Bryson – Samuelsson
10:2650% CF
D3Pysyk – Hagg
9:2167% CF

PP1Okposo – Olofsson – Mittelstadt – Dahlin – Cozens
1:19100% CF
PP2Skinner – Tuch – Thompson – Dahlin – Krebs
0:41
PK1FOkposo – Eakin
2:47
PK2FTuch – Thompson
1:35
PK1DPysyk – Hagg
3:08
PK2DSamuelsson – Dahlin
1:47

Current BUF line combinations →

Dallas Stars

L1Pavelski – Hintz – Robertson
14:0254% CF
L2Glendening – Faksa – Raffl
10:3324% CF
L3Benn – Seguin – Gurianov
9:3153% CF
L4Radulov – Tufte – Peterson
4:4620% CF
D1Suter – Heiskanen
14:5250% CF
D2Hakanpää – Lindell
14:1331% CF
D3Klingberg – Harley
13:5747% CF

PP1Pavelski – Klingberg – Hintz – Robertson – Heiskanen
2:5733% CF
PP2Suter – Benn – Seguin – Lindell – Gurianov
2:3950% CF
PK1FGlendening – Raffl
1:28
PK2FFaksa – Hintz
0:32
PK1DHakanpää – Lindell
1:28
PK2DSuter – Heiskanen
0:32

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
Casey Mittelstadt C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.15	0	0	0	14:59	—	—	50	35
Victor Olofsson L	L1	0	0	0	0	4	0.26	0	0	0	14:07	—	—	45	35
Peyton Krebs C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.14	0	0	0	13:58	—	—	41	29
Cody Eakin C	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.40	0	0	0	16:17	—	—	60	33
Anders Bjork L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	0	1	0	12:56	—	—	61	29
John Hayden C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	5	0	0	12:00	—	—	57	23
Kyle Okposo R	L3	0	0	0	0	5	0.17	0	0	0	18:49	—	—	55	33
Dylan Cozens C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.22	0	0	0	15:21	—	—	55	34
Rasmus Asplund C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	12:51	—	—	50	10
Alex Tuch R	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.05	0	0	0	16:58	—	—	74	63
Tage Thompson C	L4	1	0	1	-2	8	0.56	1	0	2	16:41	—	—	63	50
Jeff Skinner L	L4	0	1	1	-1	3	0.29	0	0	2	14:37	—	—	72	63
Rasmus Dahlin D	D1	0	0	0	0	4	0.26	0	1	0	26:13	—	—	51	32
Casey Fitzgerald D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.03	4	0	2	19:07	—	—	53	48
Jacob Bryson D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	2	0	20:32	—	—	50	19
Mattias Samuelsson D	D2	0	1	1	-1	2	0.21	2	1	0	20:10	—	—	60	47
Mark Pysyk D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	16:05	—	—	64	37
Robert Hagg D	D3	0	1	1	-1	3	0.03	1	0	0	14:12	—	—	68	34

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Craig Anderson(start)	L	31	27	4	.871	3.56	58:12

Dallas Stars

DAL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Joe Pavelski C	L1	0	1	1	-1	6	0.24	0	0	0	19:53	—	—	58	73
Jason Robertson L	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.30	0	1	0	19:08	—	—	58	75
Roope Hintz C	L1	1	0	1	-1	4	0.53	3	1	0	18:58	—	—	55	75
Michael Raffl L	L2	2	0	2	+2	3	0.31	0	1	0	16:30	—	—	36	46
Radek Faksa C	L2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.25	2	0	0	15:31	—	—	32	41
Luke Glendening C	L2	0	0	0	+1	3	0.38	4	0	0	15:11	—	—	29	37
Tyler Seguin C	L3	0	1	1	+1	4	0.25	2	0	0	19:21	—	—	53	82
Jamie Benn L	L3	0	1	1	0	3	0.78	0	0	0	15:48	—	—	44	85
Denis Gurianov R	L3	1	0	1	0	1	0.14	0	0	0	14:46	—	—	62	79
Alexander Radulov R	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	11:58	—	—	23	61
Jacob Peterson C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	2	6:56	—	—	13	29
Riley Tufte L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.18	0	1	0	5:24	—	—	18	39
Miro Heiskanen D	D1	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	20:59	—	—	50	60
Ryan Suter D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	1	0	19:10	—	—	56	67
Esa Lindell D	D2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	1	4	0	23:31	—	—	29	53
Jani Hakanpää D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.01	3	5	0	19:07	—	—	32	59
John Klingberg D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.09	0	1	0	20:10	—	—	48	67
Thomas Harley D	D3	0	1	1	0	2	0.08	0	3	0	15:54	—	—	47	66

DAL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jake Oettinger(start)	W	40	38	2	.950	2.88	59:45

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 StarsFeb 27, 2022

Fantasy takeaways

Dallas Stars beat Buffalo Sabres 4–2

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