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Buffalo Sabres vs. Dallas StarsJan 23, 2023

Final / OT· American Airlines Center
Goals123OTTShots123OTT
BUF10113BUF896225
DAL10102DAL14710031
BUF 53DAL 49
BUF 2.51DAL 3.85
PP goals
BUF 0DAL 1
Hits
BUF 13DAL 26
Blocks
BUF 12DAL 15
PIM
BUF 2DAL 6
BUF 38%DAL 62%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Buffalo Sabres edge Dallas Stars 3–2 (OT)

Buffalo Sabres beat Dallas Stars 3–2 in overtime at DAL. Joe Pavelski (DAL) led the scoring with 0G 2A. New look for DAL: Hintz–Gurianov–Marchment skated 6:56 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (40% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

  1. Points
    Joe Pavelski had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 18:48.Pavelski
  2. Points
    Tage Thompson had 2 assists (2 points) in 21:12.Thompson
  3. New line
    New look for DAL: Hintz–Gurianov–Marchment skated 6:56 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (40% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.HintzGurianovMarchment
  4. Luck
    DAL scored 2 goals on 3.84 expected goals (49 attempts), well short of its chances.
  5. Usage
    Jeff Skinner (BUF) played 20:51, +3:30 up on his 17:21 season average over 78 games.Skinner
  6. Usage
    Dylan Cozens (BUF) played 12:40, −3:53 down on his 16:33 season average over 80 games.Cozens
  7. Usage
    Joel Hanley (DAL) played 15:04, +3:34 up on his 11:30 season average over 25 games.Hanley
  8. Usage
    JJ Peterka (BUF) played 10:41, −3:00 down on his 13:41 season average over 76 games.Peterka

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 DAL: 102 attempts, 56 on goal, 5 goals, 6.36 expected goals; best chance Mason Marchment at 0.41 xG.

Strength
Period
Team
← BUF attacks left (bottom on phones)DAL attacks right (top on phones) →
  • DAL
  • BUF
  • Goal
  • Shot on goal
  • Missed
  • Blocked

Showing 102 of 102 attempts · DAL 49 · BUF 53

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

Game flow, BUF at DAL: expected goals 3.85 to 2.51 (DAL led the chances), shot attempts 49 to 53, 5 goals.

0.01.02.03.04.01st2nd3rdOTDALBUFBDORPnet xGcumulative expected goals · 60:56
  • DAL
  • BUF
  • Goal
  • Power play (shaded)
Pressure Index
DALBUFcontrol2nd3rdOTBenn · 1st 1:48Dahlin · 1st 11:29Olofsson · 3rd 1:44Robertson · 3rd 5:58Power · OT 0:56
  • 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 39% of the game, DAL 30%.

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 DAL: 38 players over 60:56; most ice Jake Oettinger (60:56) for DAL and Craig Anderson (60:56) for BUF, 5 goals.

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
StatBUFDAL
5652
2.423.56
2.353.21
618
55
2022
−0.096+0.096
39%30%

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 →

Dallas Stars

Current DAL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

  1. 1:48
    BUF 0 – 1 DAL
  2. 11:29
    BUF 1 – 1 DAL

OT period

  1. 0:56
    BUF 3 – 2 DAL

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
Tage Thompson CL1022+200.0001221:12——5545
Jeff Skinner LL1011+110.1800020:51——5545
Alex Tuch RL1011+120.2300019:46——5238
Kyle Okposo RL2000-120.1630015:15——5854
Peyton Krebs CL2000-100.0010014:33——5950
Zemgus Girgensons CL2000-110.1630013:14——5950
Casey Mittelstadt CL3011+110.0200017:05——6871
Victor Olofsson LL3101+230.2810016:58——6974
Tyson Jost CL3000+120.4510013:32——7376
Dylan Cozens CL4000000.0000012:40——2310
Jack Quinn RL4000010.0000011:14——259
JJ Peterka RL4000020.1200010:41——219
Rasmus Dahlin DD1101+240.2725024:24——6045
Mattias Samuelsson DD1000+110.0202022:24——5437
Owen Power DD2101+130.4501022:51——4836
Henri Jokiharju DD2000010.0102019:26——4636
Ilya Lyubushkin DD3000-100.1420013:28——4845
Jacob Bryson DD3000010.0301012:49——5042
BUF goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Craig Anderson(start)W31292.9353.8560:56

Dallas Stars

DAL skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Ty Dellandrea CL1000000.0050015:31——5059
Wyatt Johnston CL1000010.1400015:00——5059
Jamie Benn LL1101050.7811014:28——5060
Jason Robertson LL2101-110.2102218:55——4137
Joe Pavelski CL2022020.1401018:48——3937
Tyler Seguin CL2000-110.0420014:42——4256
Radek Faksa CL3000-140.1621014:37——5575
Luke Glendening CL3000-100.0101012:47——5575
Joel Kiviranta LL3000-140.9410011:56——5272
Roope Hintz CL4011010.1910214:38——4655
Mason Marchment LL4000030.6800012:34——5076
Denis Gurianov RL4000030.2710012:00——5070
Miro Heiskanen DD1000-120.0411025:59——4966
Colin Miller DD1000020.0640019:12——6275
Jani Hakanpää DD2000-100.0762022:08——4356
Esa Lindell DD2000-100.0021019:31——5461
Ryan Suter DD3000020.0504218:58——4149
Joel Hanley DD3000000.0501015:04——4640
DAL goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Jake Oettinger(start)O25223.8802.5160:56