Ottawa Senators vs. Buffalo SabresNov 5, 2024

FinalTuesday, Nov 5, 2024· KeyBank Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
OTT	0	1	0	1		OTT	13	12	13	38
BUF	1	1	3	5		BUF	10	13	11	34

: OTT 67BUF 57
: OTT 3.79BUF 3.75
PP goals: OTT 0BUF 2
Hits: OTT 35BUF 37
Blocks: OTT 11BUF 11
PIM: OTT 21BUF 21
: OTT 56%BUF 44%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Buffalo Sabres rout Ottawa Senators 5–1

Buffalo Sabres beat Ottawa Senators 5–1 at home. JJ Peterka (BUF) led the scoring with 2G 1A. BUF's first power-play unit (Zucker, Thompson, Dahlin, Cozens and Peterka) scored 2 power-play goals on 8 attempts in 3:47 together.

Points
JJ Peterka had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 6 shots in 15:57.Peterka
Points
Bowen Byram had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 22:31.Byram
Points
Tage Thompson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 11 shots in 16:21.Thompson
Points
Rasmus Dahlin had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 22:33.Dahlin
Points
Ryan McLeod had 2 assists (2 points) in 14:43.McLeod
PP1
BUF's first power-play unit (Zucker, Thompson, Dahlin, Cozens and Peterka) scored 2 power-play goals on 8 attempts in 3:47 together.Zucker Thompson Dahlin Cozens Peterka
Luck
OTT scored 1 goal on 3.79 expected goals (67 attempts), well short of its chances.
Goalie
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen (BUF) faced 38 shots and stopped 37 (.974), +11 against a season average of 27.1; the win.Luukkonen

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 124 of 124 attempts · BUF 57 · OTT 67

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 34% of the game, BUF 29%.

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
	66	55
	3.35	3.61
	2.97	3.36
	11	12
	10	5
	16	10
	+0.067	−0.067
	34%	29%

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

L1Cousins – Gaudette – MacEwen
8:3361% CF
L2Tkachuk – Greig – Stützle
7:0044% CF
L3Giroux – Norris – Batherson
6:4826% CF
L4Amadio – Gregor – Ostapchuk
5:5664% CF
D1Jensen – Chabot
14:0074% CF
D2Hamonic – Sanderson
13:0541% CF
D3Bernard-Docker – Kleven
12:5643% CF

PP1Giroux – Amadio – Chabot – Gaudette – Greig
2:44100% CF
PP2Norris – Batherson – Tkachuk – Sanderson – Stützle
2:30100% CF
PK1FGiroux – Norris
3:14
PK2FAmadio – Gregor
0:49
PK1DJensen – Chabot
2:48
PK2DHamonic – Sanderson
1:38

Current OTT line combinations →

Buffalo Sabres

L1Lafferty – Malenstyn – Krebs
10:0926% CF
L2Zucker – Greenway – McLeod
10:0767% CF
L3Tuch – Thompson – Peterka
7:0873% CF
L4Cozens – Quinn – Benson
6:2821% CF
D1Bryson – Power
12:3457% CF
D2Dahlin – Byram
12:0450% CF
D3Clifton – Gilbert
10:2145% CF

PP1Zucker – Thompson – Dahlin – Cozens – Peterka
3:4789% CF
PP2Tuch – Byram – Quinn – Power – Benson
1:200% CF
PK1FTuch – Greenway
2:32
PK2FMalenstyn – McLeod
0:34
PK1DClifton – Power
2:05
PK2DDahlin – Byram
1:58

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
Adam Gaudette R	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.46	1	0	2	16:09	—	—	62	53
Zack MacEwen R	L1	0	0	0	0	4	0.33	5	0	2	13:19	—	—	62	52
Nick Cousins C	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.16	1	0	0	12:56	—	—	67	54
Ridly Greig C	L2	1	0	1	-1	3	0.97	2	1	0	17:10	—	—	44	65
Tim Stützle C	L2	0	1	1	-1	2	0.07	1	0	0	17:09	—	—	58	74
Brady Tkachuk L	L2	0	1	1	-1	0	0.00	6	1	11	14:48	—	—	57	75
Josh Norris C	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.22	1	0	0	17:04	—	—	40	22
Claude Giroux R	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.36	1	0	0	16:08	—	—	32	14
Drake Batherson R	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.12	3	0	2	15:01	—	—	48	25
Michael Amadio R	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.25	1	0	4	14:38	—	—	67	53
Noah Gregor L	L4	0	0	0	0	4	0.46	3	0	0	14:04	—	—	60	60
Zack Ostapchuk C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.14	1	1	0	10:03	—	—	63	63
Thomas Chabot D	D1	0	0	0	0	6	0.13	0	1	0	25:27	—	—	67	69
Nick Jensen D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	5	0	0	19:39	—	—	76	78
Jake Sanderson D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.05	0	2	0	22:12	—	—	40	14
Travis Hamonic D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.02	3	1	0	16:47	—	—	41	15
Tyler Kleven D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.00	1	3	0	16:53	—	—	53	60
Jacob Bernard-Docker D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.02	0	1	0	13:24	—	—	44	49

OTT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Linus Ullmark(start)	L	34	29	5	.853	3.75	60:00

Buffalo Sabres

BUF skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Beck Malenstyn L	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	5	1	0	14:35	—	—	23	13
Sam Lafferty C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.32	2	0	2	14:16	—	—	24	30
Peyton Krebs C	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.14	3	0	0	12:30	—	—	25	14
Jason Zucker L	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.46	1	0	0	16:10	—	—	55	30
Jordan Greenway L	L2	0	1	1	+2	1	0.01	4	0	5	15:28	—	—	58	74
Ryan McLeod C	L2	0	2	2	+2	0	0.00	3	0	0	14:43	—	—	59	74
Tage Thompson C	L3	1	1	2	+1	11	1.46	1	0	0	16:21	—	—	65	81
JJ Peterka R	L3	2	1	3	+1	6	0.55	0	0	2	15:57	—	—	68	84
Alex Tuch R	L3	0	1	1	+1	3	0.31	1	0	0	15:20	—	—	71	87
Dylan Cozens C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.13	5	2	0	15:45	—	—	21	29
Jack Quinn R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	0	1	0	13:44	—	—	35	52
Zach Benson L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	6	10:14	—	—	27	34
Owen Power D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	1	0	22:39	—	—	44	75
Jacob Bryson D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.08	1	2	2	18:52	—	—	54	86
Rasmus Dahlin D	D2	0	2	2	+1	4	0.11	2	1	0	22:33	—	—	44	35
Bowen Byram D	D2	2	0	2	+1	2	0.09	1	0	0	22:31	—	—	42	30
Connor Clifton D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	3	0	17:56	—	—	45	42
Dennis Gilbert D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	4	12:26	—	—	44	35

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen(start)	W	38	37	1	.974	3.79	60:00

Goal anatomy

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

JJ Peterka (BUF PP) 1st 6:37 · assists Jason Zucker · Off the faceoff · 8.6 mph shot.

JJ Peterka · 1st 6:37 · BUF PP

Play: faceoff
Passes: 0
Shot: 8.6 mph
Distance: 6 ft

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Bowen Byram · 2nd 0:17 · BUF

Play: turnover-forecheck
Entry: pass
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 49.9 mph
Distance: 23 ft
Entry to goal: 8.1 s
Type: one-timer

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Bowen Byram · 3rd 0:21 · BUF

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 1
Shot: 15.3 mph
Distance: 55 ft

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Tage Thompson · 3rd 0:37 · BUF

Play: deflection
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 0
Shot: 5.6 mph
Distance: 3 ft
Entry to goal: 4.4 s
Type: rebound

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Ridly Greig · 2nd 7:31 · OTT

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: pass
Odd man: 3-on-1
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 8.1 mph
Distance: 7 ft
Entry to goal: 3.2 s

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JJ Peterka · 3rd 12:08 · BUF PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 63.8 mph
Distance: 25 ft
Entry to goal: 8.3 s
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.

Ottawa Senators vs. Buffalo SabresNov 5, 2024

Fantasy takeaways

Buffalo Sabres rout Ottawa Senators 5–1

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

Goal anatomy

JJ Peterka · 1st 6:37 · BUF PP

Bowen Byram · 2nd 0:17 · BUF

Bowen Byram · 3rd 0:21 · BUF

Tage Thompson · 3rd 0:37 · BUF

Ridly Greig · 2nd 7:31 · OTT

JJ Peterka · 3rd 12:08 · BUF PP