Buffalo Sabres vs. Minnesota WildFeb 17, 2024

Final / OTSaturday, Feb 17, 2024· Xcel Energy Center

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
BUF	0	0	2	1	3		BUF	12	3	12	1	28
MIN	0	0	2	0	2		MIN	12	10	10	0	32

: BUF 48MIN 55
: BUF 2.75MIN 3.31
PP goals: BUF 0MIN 1
Hits: BUF 18MIN 21
Blocks: BUF 10MIN 8
PIM: BUF 8MIN 6
: BUF 50%MIN 50%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Buffalo Sabres edge Minnesota Wild 3–2 (OT)

Buffalo Sabres beat Minnesota Wild 3–2 in overtime at MIN. Henri Jokiharju (BUF) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for BUF: Greenway–Mittelstadt–Cozens skated 10:56 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (60% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Henri Jokiharju had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 22:57.Jokiharju
Points
Tage Thompson had 2 assists (2 points) on 5 shots in 19:57.Thompson
New line
New look for BUF: Greenway–Mittelstadt–Cozens skated 10:56 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (60% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Greenway Mittelstadt Cozens
New line
New look for BUF: Krebs–Peterka–Benson skated 8:36 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (47.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Krebs Peterka Benson
New line
New look for BUF: Okposo–Girgensons–Robinson skated 7:10 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (60% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Okposo Girgensons Robinson
New line
New look for MIN: Gaudreau–Duhaime–Dewar skated 4:53 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (41.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Gaudreau Duhaime Dewar
New line
New look for MIN: Hartman–Lettieri–Lucchini skated 6:17 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (41.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Hartman Lettieri Lucchini
Usage
Henri Jokiharju (BUF) played 22:57, +4:01 up on his 18:56 season average over 73 games.Jokiharju

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)MIN attacks right (top on phones) →

MIN
BUF
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 103 of 103 attempts · MIN 55 · BUF 48

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

MIN
BUF
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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 46%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

MIN

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	MIN
	37	52
	1.52	3.05
	1.46	2.87
	6	8
	7	8
	11	13
	−0.005	+0.005
	26%	46%

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

L1Greenway – Mittelstadt – Cozens
10:5660% CF
L2Skinner – Tuch – Thompson
10:5130% CF
L3Krebs – Peterka – Benson
8:3647% CF
L4Okposo – Girgensons – Robinson
7:1060% CF
D1Jokiharju – Dahlin
14:3474% CF
D2Clifton – Bryson
10:3620% CF
D3Johnson – Johnson
6:0671% CF

PP1Skinner – Tuch – Thompson – Dahlin – Cozens
2:00100% CF
PP2Okposo – Greenway – Mittelstadt – Dahlin – Peterka
1:45100% CF
PK1FGreenway – Cozens
2:20
PK2FTuch – Benson
1:34
PK1DBryson – Dahlin
2:13
PK2DJohnson – Jokiharju
1:47

Current BUF line combinations →

Minnesota Wild

L1Eriksson Ek – Kaprizov – Boldy
10:5065% CF
L2Johansson – Zuccarello – Rossi
9:0377% CF
L3Hartman – Lettieri – Lucchini
6:1742% CF
L4Gaudreau – Duhaime – Dewar
4:5342% CF
D1Bogosian – Brodin
16:3754% CF
D2Middleton – Faber
14:0461% CF
D3Merrill – Chisholm
9:2425% CF

PP1Zuccarello – Eriksson Ek – Kaprizov – Boldy – Faber
3:3067% CF
PP2Johansson – Hartman – Gaudreau – Chisholm – Rossi
1:47100% CF
PK1FEriksson Ek – Duhaime
2:16
PK2FGaudreau – Dewar
1:24
PK1DBrodin – Faber
2:32
PK2DBogosian – Middleton
0:37

Current MIN line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

3rd period

0:39
BUFCasey Mittelstadt (Henri Jokiharju)wrist0.10 xG
BUF: Greenway, Mittelstadt, Jokiharju, Dahlin, CozensMIN: Middleton, Eriksson Ek, Kaprizov, Boldy, Faber
BUF 1 – 0 MIN
4:02
MINJoel Eriksson Ek (Kirill Kaprizov)wrist0.30 xG
BUF: Clifton, Bryson, Krebs, Peterka, BensonMIN: Bogosian, Brodin, Eriksson Ek, Kaprizov, Boldy
BUF 1 – 1 MIN
11:21
MINDeclan ChisholmPP (Marcus Johansson, Marco Rossi)wrist0.04 xG
BUF: Johnson, Tuch, Dahlin, CozensMIN: Johansson, Brodin, Hartman, Chisholm, Rossi
BUF 1 – 2 MIN
19:23
BUFDylan Cozens (Jordan Greenway, Tage Thompson)wrist0.64 xG
BUF: Tuch, Greenway, Thompson, Mittelstadt, Dahlin, CozensMIN: Zuccarello, Brodin, Eriksson Ek, Kaprizov, Faber
BUF 2 – 2 MIN

OT period

1:29
BUFHenri Jokiharju (Alex Tuch, Tage Thompson)snap0.15 xG
BUF: Tuch, Jokiharju, PeterkaMIN: Boldy, Rossi, Faber
BUF 3 – 2 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

BUF skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jordan Greenway L	L1	0	1	1	+2	2	0.13	0	1	0	19:56	—	—	50	43
Dylan Cozens C	L1	1	0	1	+2	2	0.73	0	0	0	18:05	—	—	60	51
Casey Mittelstadt C	L1	1	0	1	+2	2	0.17	0	0	2	17:56	—	—	45	36
Alex Tuch R	L2	0	1	1	+2	3	0.25	0	2	0	20:57	—	—	23	7
Tage Thompson C	L2	0	2	2	+1	5	0.20	2	0	0	19:57	—	—	30	8
Jeff Skinner L	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.17	0	0	0	14:49	—	—	30	8
Zach Benson L	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	14:19	—	—	39	37
JJ Peterka R	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.23	0	0	0	14:00	—	—	43	41
Peyton Krebs C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.07	1	0	0	12:05	—	—	53	44
Kyle Okposo R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	0	0	12:18	—	—	58	70
Zemgus Girgensons C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.33	2	1	0	10:07	—	—	43	62
Eric Robinson L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	1	0	0	7:44	—	—	60	85
Rasmus Dahlin D	D1	0	0	0	+2	2	0.03	3	2	0	30:47	—	—	68	69
Henri Jokiharju D	D1	1	1	2	+2	2	0.17	0	0	0	22:57	—	—	55	38
Connor Clifton D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.17	2	2	6	18:31	—	—	24	23
Jacob Bryson D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	0	0	18:30	—	—	21	15
Erik Johnson D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	5	2	0	14:30	—	—	41	65
Ryan Johnson D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	10:57	—	—	50	46

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen(start)	W	32	30	2	.938	3.31	59:47

Minnesota Wild

MIN skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Joel Eriksson Ek C	L1	1	0	1	-1	3	0.45	2	1	0	20:59	—	—	73	90
Kirill Kaprizov L	L1	0	1	1	-1	4	0.53	1	1	0	20:12	—	—	76	90
Matt Boldy L	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.22	2	1	2	18:26	—	—	73	89
Mats Zuccarello R	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.25	1	0	0	17:28	—	—	80	76
Marco Rossi C	L2	0	1	1	-1	2	0.16	2	0	0	16:59	—	—	83	88
Marcus Johansson L	L2	0	1	1	0	1	0.27	0	0	0	16:05	—	—	71	75
Ryan Hartman R	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.22	1	0	0	15:13	—	—	37	33
Vinni Lettieri C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	2	2	11:21	—	—	31	38
Jake Lucchini C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	1	0	0	11:11	—	—	38	47
Frederick Gaudreau C	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.37	0	1	0	12:12	—	—	41	46
Brandon Duhaime L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.19	0	0	0	11:43	—	—	38	30
Connor Dewar C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	0	0	11:09	—	—	38	51
Jonas Brodin D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.02	1	0	0	24:13	—	—	54	62
Zach Bogosian D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.11	4	0	0	20:17	—	—	61	69
Brock Faber D	D2	0	0	0	-3	1	0.04	1	1	0	26:28	—	—	67	66
Jake Middleton D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.36	3	1	2	17:35	—	—	67	67
Declan Chisholm D	D3	1	0	1	0	1	0.04	1	0	0	14:46	—	—	33	59
Jon Merrill D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	12:10	—	—	36	68

MIN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Filip Gustavsson(start)	O	28	25	3	.893	2.75	61:29

Goal anatomy

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

Joel Eriksson Ek (MIN) 3rd 4:02 · assists Kirill Kaprizov · Rush · carried in · 12.3 mph shot · 3.2 s from entry to goal.

Joel Eriksson Ek · 3rd 4:02 · MIN

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 12.3 mph
Distance: 12 ft
Entry to goal: 3.2 s

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Dylan Cozens · 3rd 19:23 · BUF

Play: rebound
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 4.4 mph
Distance: 4 ft
Type: rebound

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Declan Chisholm · 3rd 11:21 · MIN PP

Play: faceoff
Passes: 1
Shot: 68.2 mph
Distance: 57 ft

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Henri Jokiharju · OT 1:29 · BUF

Play: cycle
Passes: 2
Shot: 59.4 mph
Distance: 25 ft
Type: one-timer

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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.