Buffalo Sabres vs. Dallas StarsApr 9, 2024

FinalTuesday, Apr 9, 2024· American Airlines Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
BUF	2	0	0	2		BUF	5	7	9	21
DAL	1	2	0	3		DAL	7	11	6	24

: BUF 53DAL 50
: BUF 1.47DAL 3.20
PP goals: BUF 0DAL 0
Hits: BUF 24DAL 23
Blocks: BUF 8DAL 20
PIM: BUF 4DAL 16
: BUF 45%DAL 55%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Dallas Stars edge Buffalo Sabres 3–2

Dallas Stars beat Buffalo Sabres 3–2 at home. Thomas Harley (DAL) led the scoring with 0G 2A. New look for BUF: Girgensons–Jost–Rousek skated 4:37 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (16.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Thomas Harley had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 21:51.Harley
New line
New look for BUF: Girgensons–Jost–Rousek skated 4:37 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (16.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Girgensons Jost Rousek
Usage
Jason Robertson (DAL) played 14:45, −3:37 down on his 18:22 season average over 81 games.Robertson
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JJ Peterka (BUF) played 22:24, +6:05 up on his 16:19 season average over 81 games.Peterka
Usage
Nils Lundkvist (DAL) played 9:30, −4:42 down on his 14:12 season average over 58 games.Lundkvist
Usage
Tage Thompson (BUF) played 21:50, +3:46 up on his 18:04 season average over 70 games.Thompson
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Jordan Greenway (BUF) played 14:17, −3:01 down on his 17:18 season average over 66 games.Greenway
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Miro Heiskanen (DAL) played 21:21, −3:14 down on his 24:35 season average over 70 games.Heiskanen

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 103 of 103 attempts · DAL 50 · BUF 53

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 26% of the game, DAL 48%.

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
	54	50
	1.34	2.35
	1.30	2.32
	5	7
	4	10
	11	16
	−0.020	+0.020
	26%	48%

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
14:0461% CF
L2Cozens – Quinn – Benson
6:0070% CF
L3Skinner – Greenway – Krebs
5:1321% CF
L4Girgensons – Jost – Rousek
4:3717% CF
D1Dahlin – Power
15:1348% CF
D2Jokiharju – Byram
13:5452% CF
D3Clifton – Bryson
11:1447% CF

PP1Tuch – Thompson – Dahlin – Peterka – Benson
3:33100% CF
PP2Skinner – Byram – Cozens – Quinn – Power
2:08100% CF
PK1FGreenway – Cozens
1:51
PK2FTuch – Benson
0:40
PK1DJokiharju – Dahlin
1:41
PK2DClifton – Power
1:32

Current BUF line combinations →

Dallas Stars

L1Benn – Stankoven – Johnston
11:0836% CF
L2Duchene – Seguin – Marchment
11:0152% CF
L3Pavelski – Hintz – Robertson
10:2155% CF
L4Smith – Faksa – Steel
7:2060% CF
D1Tanev – Lindell
8:1247% CF
D2Heiskanen – Harley
7:5642% CF
D3Suter – Lundkvist
4:5063% CF

PP1Duchene – Seguin – Marchment – Heiskanen – Johnston
1:57100% CF
PP2Pavelski – Benn – Hintz – Robertson – Heiskanen
1:19100% CF
PK1FFaksa – Steel
2:45
PK2FSeguin – Hintz
1:47
PK1DTanev – Lindell
2:53
PK2DSuter – Harley
2:30

Current DAL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

4:09
BUFAlex Tuch (Henri Jokiharju, Bowen Byram)deflected0.16 xG
BUF: Tuch, Thompson, Jokiharju, Byram, PeterkaDAL: Duchene, Seguin, Robertson, Heiskanen, Harley
BUF 1 – 0 DAL
6:15
DALJason Robertson (Roope Hintz)tip-in0.09 xG
BUF: Girgensons, Jost, Jokiharju, Byram, RousekDAL: Pavelski, Hintz, Robertson, Heiskanen, Lundkvist
BUF 1 – 1 DAL
9:38
BUFRasmus Dahlin (Owen Power, Peyton Krebs)wrist0.01 xG
BUF: Skinner, Greenway, Dahlin, Krebs, PowerDAL: Benn, Heiskanen, Harley, Stankoven, Johnston
BUF 2 – 1 DAL

2nd period

3:38
DALWyatt Johnston (Thomas Harley)backhand0.10 xG
BUF: Tuch, Thompson, Dahlin, Peterka, PowerDAL: Benn, Tanev, Harley, Stankoven, Johnston
BUF 2 – 2 DAL
7:08
DALJoe Pavelski (Chris Tanev, Thomas Harley)tip-in0.05 xG
BUF: Jokiharju, Byram, Cozens, Rousek, BensonDAL: Pavelski, Tanev, Hintz, Robertson, Harley
BUF 2 – 3 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
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
JJ Peterka R	L1	0	0	0	0	5	0.37	1	0	0	22:24	—	—	62	40
Alex Tuch R	L1	1	0	1	0	3	0.24	1	0	2	21:55	—	—	59	37
Tage Thompson C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	21:50	—	—	67	41
Dylan Cozens C	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.10	1	0	0	16:13	—	—	65	79
Jack Quinn R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.18	1	1	2	15:27	—	—	60	53
Zach Benson L	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	3	0	0	14:55	—	—	73	80
Jordan Greenway L	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.20	1	1	0	14:17	—	—	31	18
Jeff Skinner L	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.17	0	0	0	13:03	—	—	25	12
Peyton Krebs C	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.04	4	0	0	9:54	—	—	33	10
Zemgus Girgensons C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	10:56	—	—	44	39
Tyson Jost C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	2	0	0	10:36	—	—	42	37
Lukas Rousek R	L4	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	0	0	0	9:29	—	—	47	36
Owen Power D	D1	0	1	1	0	1	0.00	0	1	0	25:04	—	—	46	11
Rasmus Dahlin D	D1	1	0	1	0	3	0.07	3	1	0	24:49	—	—	53	12
Bowen Byram D	D2	0	1	1	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	19:58	—	—	61	57
Henri Jokiharju D	D2	0	1	1	-1	1	0.04	1	0	0	19:25	—	—	47	34
Connor Clifton D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	1	0	14:15	—	—	50	49
Jacob Bryson D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	2	0	13:28	—	—	55	66

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen(start)	L	24	21	3	.875	2.37	58:02

Dallas Stars

DAL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Wyatt Johnston C	L1	1	0	1	0	2	0.17	0	1	0	16:30	—	—	35	46
Jamie Benn L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.28	2	1	0	15:59	—	—	35	46
Logan Stankoven C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.07	0	0	0	13:49	—	—	36	47
Tyler Seguin C	L2	0	0	0	-1	4	0.25	4	0	0	17:08	—	—	52	60
Matt Duchene C	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.22	0	2	0	16:21	—	—	54	60
Mason Marchment L	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	0	0	0	15:03	—	—	50	71
Joe Pavelski C	L3	1	0	1	+2	3	0.32	2	1	0	14:53	—	—	54	79
Roope Hintz C	L3	0	1	1	+2	1	0.83	0	0	0	14:53	—	—	57	81
Jason Robertson L	L3	1	0	1	+1	3	0.38	3	0	0	14:45	—	—	54	65
Sam Steel C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	0	0	0	14:20	—	—	50	99
Radek Faksa C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.27	5	0	0	13:35	—	—	57	98
Craig Smith C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.16	1	0	4	10:34	—	—	62	95
Esa Lindell D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.10	0	6	0	22:34	—	—	40	58
Chris Tanev D	D1	0	1	1	+2	0	0.00	1	2	0	20:27	—	—	55	66
Thomas Harley D	D2	0	2	2	0	1	0.01	0	2	0	21:51	—	—	54	70
Miro Heiskanen D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.07	1	2	12	21:21	—	—	33	45
Ryan Suter D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	2	0	20:27	—	—	48	87
Nils Lundkvist D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	1	0	9:30	—	—	67	99

DAL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jake Oettinger(start)	W	21	19	2	.905	1.47	60:00

Goal anatomy

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

Alex Tuch (BUF) 1st 4:09 · assists Henri Jokiharju, Bowen Byram · Deflection · 42.3 mph shot.

Alex Tuch · 1st 4:09 · BUF

Play: deflection
Passes: 1
Shot: 42.3 mph
Distance: 10 ft
Type: deflection

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Jason Robertson · 1st 6:15 · DAL

Play: deflection
Passes: 1
Shot: 24.7 mph
Distance: 14 ft
Type: deflection

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Rasmus Dahlin · 1st 9:38 · BUF

Play: rush
Entry: pass
Odd man: No
Passes: 1
Shot: 32.3 mph
Distance: 41 ft
Entry to goal: 3.3 s

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Wyatt Johnston · 2nd 3:38 · DAL

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 35.1 mph
Distance: 18 ft

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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.