Buffalo Sabres vs. Minnesota WildJan 4, 2018
| Goals | 1 | 2 | 3 | T | Shots | 1 | 2 | 3 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BUF | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | BUF | 10 | 12 | 9 | 31 | |
| MIN | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | MIN | 8 | 9 | 10 | 27 |
- BUF 48MIN 52
- BUF 1.94MIN 3.07
- PP goals
- BUF 0MIN 1
- Hits
- BUF 20MIN 9
- Blocks
- BUF 13MIN 8
- PIM
- BUF 27MIN 16
- BUF 52%MIN 48%
Fantasy takeaways
Generated from the play-by-play, shifts and season context. No opinions, just what changed.
Minnesota Wild rout Buffalo Sabres 6–2
Minnesota Wild beat Buffalo Sabres 6–2 at home. Nino Niederreiter (MIN) led the scoring with 3G 0A. New look for MIN: Parise–Coyle–Eriksson Ek skated 9:14 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (31.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.
- PointsNino Niederreiter had a hat trick (3 points) on 4 shots in 12:03.Niederreiter
- PointsMikko Koivu had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 11:23.Koivu
- PointsMikael Granlund had 3 assists (3 points) in 12:46.Granlund
- PointsCharlie Coyle had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 15:41.Coyle
- New lineNew look for MIN: Parise–Coyle–Eriksson Ek skated 9:14 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (31.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.PariseCoyleEriksson Ek
- UsageRasmus Ristolainen (BUF) played 5:43, −21:04 down on his 26:47 season average over 72 games.Ristolainen
- LuckMIN scored 6 goals on 3.07 expected goals (52 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
- UsageMikko Koivu (MIN) played 11:23, −7:11 down on his 18:34 season average over 81 games.Koivu
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 MIN: 100 attempts, 58 on goal, 8 goals, 5.01 expected goals; best chance Nino Niederreiter at 0.47 xG.
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- BUF
- Goal
- Shot on goal
- Missed
- Blocked
Showing 100 of 100 attempts · MIN 52 · BUF 48
Game flow
Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.
Cumulative shot attempts
Game flow, BUF at MIN: expected goals 3.07 to 1.94 (MIN led the chances), shot attempts 52 to 48, 8 goals.
- MIN
- BUF
- Goal
- Power play (shaded)
- MIN 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, MIN 37%.
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 MIN: 39 players over 60:00; most ice Devan Dubnyk (60:00) for MIN and Robin Lehner (40:00) for BUF, 8 goals.
- 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).
| Stat | BUF | MIN |
|---|---|---|
| 50 | 47 | |
| 1.83 | 2.36 | |
| 1.73 | 2.28 | |
| 8 | 8 | |
| 2 | 2 | |
| 4 | 7 | |
| +0.016 | −0.016 | |
| 26% | 37% |
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
- 9:1233% CF
- L2Girgensons – Reinhart – Eichel8:0763% CF
- 7:0055% CF
- L4Pominville – Pouliot – Rodrigues5:1777% CF
- 8:1550% CF
- 5:1444% CF
- D3Scandella – Ristolainen4:58100% CF
- 3:22100% CF
- PP2Pominville – Bogosian – Kane – Beaulieu – Rodrigues2:2167% CF
- 2:34
- PK2FPouliot – Girgensons1:34
- 3:01
- 2:02
Minnesota Wild
- L1Parise – Coyle – Eriksson Ek9:1432% CF
- 9:0347% CF
- 8:4236% CF
- L4Koivu – Granlund – Niederreiter8:0560% CF
- 15:5841% CF
- 14:5752% CF
- 14:5459% CF
- 3:3688% CF
- PP2Suter – Spurgeon – Coyle – Granlund – Niederreiter1:29100% CF
- 1:52
- 1:10
- 2:44
- 1:56
Scoring summary
Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.
1st period
- 1:09BUF: Okposo, Bogosian, O'Reilly, Kane, RistolainenMIN: Koivu, Suter, Spurgeon, Granlund, NiederreiterBUF 0 – 1 MIN
- 2:15BUF 0 – 2 MIN
- 13:53BUF 0 – 3 MIN
2nd period
- 4:02BUF: Falk, Scandella, Girgensons, Reinhart, EichelMIN: Koivu, Granlund, Niederreiter, Brodin, DumbaBUF 0 – 4 MIN
- 13:07BUF: Pominville, Pouliot, Bogosian, Beaulieu, RodriguesMIN: Koivu, Granlund, Niederreiter, Brodin, DumbaBUF 0 – 5 MIN
- 19:15BUF: Falk, Girgensons, McCabe, Reinhart, EichelMIN: Parise, Coyle, Brodin, Dumba, Eriksson EkBUF 0 – 6 MIN
3rd period
- 1:54BUF 1 – 6 MIN
- 18:59BUF 2 – 6 MIN
Box score
Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.
Buffalo Sabres
| Skater | Line | G | A | P | +/- | Hits | Blk | PIM | PP | SH | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johan Larsson L | L1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0.17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15:00 | — | — | 33 | 61 |
| Jacob Josefson C | L1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 14:07 | — | — | 36 | 79 |
| Jordan Nolan C | L1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 9:46 | — | — | 25 | 62 |
| Jack Eichel C | L2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 5 | 0.37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:41 | — | — | 53 | 47 |
| Sam Reinhart C | L2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 0.24 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:17 | — | — | 57 | 52 |
| Zemgus Girgensons C | L2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0.10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 13:57 | — | — | 62 | 46 |
| Evander Kane L | L3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0.28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17:45 | — | — | 48 | 42 |
| Ryan O'Reilly C | L3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:56 | — | — | 56 | 44 |
| Kyle Okposo R | L3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0.07 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15:45 | — | — | 42 | 18 |
| Jason Pominville R | L4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.06 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:57 | — | — | 68 | 59 |
| Evan Rodrigues C | L4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0.01 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13:13 | — | — | 55 | 24 |
| Benoit Pouliot L | L4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0.13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12:18 | — | — | 50 | 31 |
| Zach Bogosian D | D1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 0.14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 25:32 | — | — | 49 | 53 |
| Jake McCabe D | D1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0.03 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 20:38 | — | — | 50 | 40 |
| Nathan Beaulieu D | D2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0.01 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 20:24 | — | — | 45 | 45 |
| Justin Falk D | D2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0.00 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 19:55 | — | — | 41 | 30 |
| Marco Scandella D | D3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0.04 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 24:06 | — | — | 63 | 41 |
| Rasmus Ristolainen D | D3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 0.14 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 5:43 | — | — | 89 | 65 |
| Goalie | Dec | SA | SV | GA | TOI | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robin Lehner(start) | L | 17 | 11 | 6 | .647 | 2.27 | 40:00 |
| Chad Johnson | — | 10 | 10 | 0 | .1000 | 0.81 | 20:00 |
Minnesota Wild
| Skater | Line | G | A | P | +/- | Hits | Blk | PIM | PP | SH | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zach Parise L | L1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0.19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:30 | — | — | 32 | 52 |
| Charlie Coyle C | L1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 0.53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:41 | — | — | 48 | 58 |
| Joel Eriksson Ek C | L1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 0.03 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 15:07 | — | — | 36 | 47 |
| Eric Staal C | L2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 0.26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:53 | — | — | 52 | 53 |
| Jason Zucker L | L2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 0.01 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:43 | — | — | 48 | 47 |
| Tyler Ennis R | L2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 0.61 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:44 | — | — | 58 | 61 |
| Matt Cullen C | L3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 0.11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14:30 | — | — | 44 | 54 |
| Daniel Winnik L | L3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 0.07 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:55 | — | — | 39 | 44 |
| Marcus Foligno L | L3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 11:15 | — | — | 50 | 46 |
| Mikael Granlund C | L4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | +3 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:46 | — | — | 60 | 67 |
| Nino Niederreiter R | L4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | +3 | 4 | 1.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:03 | — | — | 64 | 68 |
| Mikko Koivu C | L4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 2 | 0.09 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:23 | — | — | 64 | 76 |
| Jonas Brodin D | D1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 0.01 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22:26 | — | — | 41 | 48 |
| Mathew Dumba D | D1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | 0.14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 22:04 | — | — | 41 | 48 |
| Ryan Suter D | D2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:34 | — | — | 52 | 65 |
| Jared Spurgeon D | D2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.01 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 21:21 | — | — | 47 | 58 |
| Nate Prosser D | D3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 0.02 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 16:56 | — | — | 52 | 58 |
| Gustav Olofsson D | D3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 16:09 | — | — | 59 | 70 |
| Goalie | Dec | SA | SV | GA | TOI | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Devan Dubnyk(start) | W | 31 | 29 | 2 | .935 | 1.94 | 60:00 |