Ottawa Senators vs. Buffalo SabresJan 28, 2020

FinalTuesday, Jan 28, 2020· KeyBank Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
OTT	1	1	3	5		OTT	13	18	8	39
BUF	1	1	0	2		BUF	8	7	15	30

: OTT 54BUF 49
: OTT 4.63BUF 1.83
PP goals: OTT 3BUF 1
Hits: OTT 30BUF 17
Blocks: OTT 11BUF 6
PIM: OTT 8BUF 8
: OTT 46%BUF 54%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Ottawa Senators beat Buffalo Sabres 5–2

Ottawa Senators beat Buffalo Sabres 5–2 at BUF. Tyler Ennis (OTT) led the scoring with 1G 1A. OTT's first power-play unit (Ennis, Pageau, Reilly, Batherson and Tkachuk) scored 2 power-play goals on 3 attempts in 2:31 together.

Points
Mike Reilly had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 15:59.Reilly
Points
Tyler Ennis had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 14:52.Ennis
Points
Drake Batherson had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 15:05.Batherson
PP1
OTT's first power-play unit (Ennis, Pageau, Reilly, Batherson and Tkachuk) scored 2 power-play goals on 3 attempts in 2:31 together.Ennis Pageau Reilly Batherson Tkachuk
PP1
BUF's first power-play unit (Johansson, Ristolainen, Reinhart, Eichel and Dahlin) scored 1 power-play goal on 9 attempts in 3:53 together.Johansson Ristolainen Reinhart Eichel Dahlin
New line
New look for BUF: Okposo–Vesey–Lazar skated 8:58 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (57.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Okposo Vesey Lazar
New line
New look for BUF: Frolik–Johansson–Skinner skated 7:22 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Frolik Johansson Skinner
New line
New look for OTT: Anisimov–Sabourin–Chlapik skated 5:08 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (83.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Anisimov Sabourin Chlapik

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

← OTT attacks left (bottom on phones)BUF attacks right (top on phones) →

BUF
OTT
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 103 of 103 attempts · BUF 49 · OTT 54

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

BUF
OTT
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

BUF pressure
OTT pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: OTT 38% of the game, BUF 33%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

BUF

OTT

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	OTT	BUF
	44	37
	1.91	1.22
	1.84	1.19
	6	5
	6	2
	8	8
	−0.024	+0.024
	38%	33%

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.

Ottawa Senators

L1Pageau – Brown – Tkachuk
10:0567% CF
L2Ennis – White – Batherson
8:5527% CF
L3Namestnikov – Tierney – Duclair
6:4143% CF
L4Anisimov – Sabourin – Chlapik
5:0883% CF
D1Hainsey – Chabot
16:1657% CF
D2Borowiecki – DeMelo
12:5654% CF
D3Reilly – Zaitsev
10:3055% CF

PP1Ennis – Pageau – Reilly – Batherson – Tkachuk
2:3175% CF
PP2Namestnikov – Brown – Duclair – White – Chabot
2:14100% CF
PK1FTierney – Brown
2:11
PK2FPageau – Namestnikov
1:23
PK1DBorowiecki – DeMelo
2:53
PK2DHainsey – Zaitsev
2:40

Current OTT line combinations →

Buffalo Sabres

L1Okposo – Vesey – Lazar
8:5857% CF
L2Girgensons – Reinhart – Eichel
8:0740% CF
L3Frolik – Johansson – Skinner
7:2250% CF
D1Montour – Dahlin
11:1960% CF
D2Ristolainen – Pilut
7:4031% CF
D3McCabe – Jokiharju
7:040% CF

PP1Johansson – Ristolainen – Reinhart – Eichel – Dahlin
3:53100% CF
PP2Okposo – Skinner – Miller – Sheary – Eichel
1:50100% CF
PK1FFrolik – Lazar
2:09
PK2FLarsson – Girgensons
1:54
PK1DMontour – Pilut
2:37
PK2DMcCabe – Jokiharju
1:04

Current BUF 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.

Ottawa Senators

OTT skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Connor Brown R	L1	0	0	0	+2	2	0.86	2	0	2	20:20	—	—	70	92
Brady Tkachuk L	L1	0	1	1	0	8	0.64	1	0	0	19:08	—	—	74	94
Jean-Gabriel Pageau C	L1	1	0	1	+1	3	0.22	1	0	0	17:01	—	—	65	90
Colin White C	L2	0	0	0	-1	4	0.41	1	0	0	17:45	—	—	41	57
Drake Batherson R	L2	0	2	2	-1	1	0.01	4	0	0	15:05	—	—	33	46
Tyler Ennis R	L2	1	1	2	-1	3	0.23	1	0	0	14:52	—	—	29	50
Chris Tierney C	L3	0	0	0	+2	0	0.07	0	0	0	15:36	—	—	53	36
Anthony Duclair L	L3	0	0	0	0	9	0.72	1	0	0	15:12	—	—	50	42
Vladislav Namestnikov C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.85	1	0	0	14:31	—	—	33	23
Artem Anisimov C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	11:15	—	—	56	62
Filip Chlapik C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	1	0	10:00	—	—	67	49
Scott Sabourin R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	5	0	2	7:14	—	—	70	86
Thomas Chabot D	D1	0	1	1	-1	2	0.06	1	1	0	23:18	—	—	52	57
Ron Hainsey D	D1	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	2	2	0	22:16	—	—	54	50
Dylan DeMelo D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.03	1	0	0	19:09	—	—	53	63
Mark Borowiecki D	D2	1	0	1	+1	1	0.18	1	4	0	17:51	—	—	53	85
Nikita Zaitsev D	D3	1	0	1	+1	1	0.18	4	1	2	17:01	—	—	61	70
Mike Reilly D	D3	1	1	2	0	2	0.10	0	1	2	15:59	—	—	54	56

OTT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Craig Anderson(start)	W	30	28	2	.933	1.83	60:00

Buffalo Sabres

BUF skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jimmy Vesey L	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	1	0	0	15:06	—	—	65	85
Kyle Okposo R	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.26	1	0	2	15:04	—	—	37	55
Curtis Lazar C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	3	0	0	14:29	—	—	69	82
Jack Eichel C	L2	1	0	1	-1	3	0.14	1	0	0	23:11	—	—	38	18
Sam Reinhart C	L2	1	0	1	-1	5	0.19	0	0	0	19:52	—	—	44	18
Zemgus Girgensons C	L2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.07	1	0	0	11:57	—	—	40	19
Marcus Johansson L	L3	0	0	0	-2	5	0.41	0	0	0	18:58	—	—	42	66
Jeff Skinner L	L3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.03	0	0	2	18:33	—	—	62	76
Michael Frolik R	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.26	0	1	2	13:55	—	—	44	62
Brandon Montour D	D1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.01	0	0	0	22:15	—	—	73	61
Rasmus Dahlin D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	3	1	2	21:10	—	—	42	38
Rasmus Ristolainen D	D2	0	0	0	-2	2	0.26	4	0	0	20:15	—	—	50	33
Lawrence Pilut D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	2	0	16:51	—	—	29	27
Jake McCabe D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	13:48	—	—	53	50
Henri Jokiharju D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	12:25	—	—	7	2
Johan Larsson L	—	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	0	0	0	14:36	—	—	32	20
Colin Miller D	—	0	0	0	0	2	0.07	1	1	0	12:22	—	—	62	89
Conor Sheary L	—	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	0	0	12:11	—	—	38	25

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Linus Ullmark(start)	L	33	30	3	.909	2.37	50:28
Carter Hutton	—	4	4	0	.1000	0.25	7:13

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.

Ottawa Senators vs. Buffalo SabresJan 28, 2020

Fantasy takeaways

Ottawa Senators beat Buffalo Sabres 5–2

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

Ottawa Senators

Buffalo Sabres

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Ottawa Senators

Buffalo Sabres