Dallas Stars vs. Buffalo SabresMar 12, 2019

FinalTuesday, Mar 12, 2019· KeyBank Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
DAL	0	2	0	2		DAL	10	10	7	27
BUF	0	0	0	0		BUF	13	11	11	35

: DAL 37BUF 61
: DAL 1.80BUF 2.54
PP goals: DAL 1BUF 0
Hits: DAL 18BUF 24
Blocks: DAL 16BUF 4
PIM: DAL 6BUF 6
: DAL 56%BUF 44%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Dallas Stars beat Buffalo Sabres 2–0

Dallas Stars beat Buffalo Sabres 2–0 at BUF. Roope Hintz (DAL) led the scoring with 2G 0A. DAL's first power-play unit (Radulov, Benn, Seguin, Klingberg and Hintz) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 2:39 together.

Points
Roope Hintz had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 16:50.Hintz
PP1
DAL's first power-play unit (Radulov, Benn, Seguin, Klingberg and Hintz) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 2:39 together.Radulov Benn Seguin Klingberg Hintz
New line
New look for BUF: Sheary–Rodrigues–Nylander skated 9:29 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (73.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Sheary Rodrigues Nylander
New line
New look for BUF: Okposo–Larsson–Wilson skated 8:16 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (70% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Okposo Larsson Wilson
Luck
BUF scored 0 goals on 2.54 expected goals (61 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Zach Bogosian (BUF) played 13:32, −8:13 down on his 21:45 season average over 64 games.Bogosian
Goalie
Ben Bishop (DAL) faced 35 shots and stopped 35 (.1000), +6 against a season average of 28.8; the win.Bishop
New line
New look for BUF: Pominville–Skinner–Mittelstadt skated 6:06 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (57.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Pominville Skinner Mittelstadt

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

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

BUF
DAL
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 98 of 98 attempts · BUF 61 · DAL 37

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

BUF
DAL
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: DAL 22% of the game, BUF 32%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

BUF

DAL

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	DAL	BUF
	32	53
	1.39	2.14
	1.36	2.06
	5	11
	1	1
	6	10
	+0.081	−0.081
	22%	32%

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.

Dallas Stars

L1Comeau – Faksa – Janmark
9:2650% CF
L2Radulov – Benn – Seguin
8:2127% CF
L3Dickinson – Nichushkin – Hintz
3:52100% CF
L4Spezza – Cogliano – L'Esperance
2:140% CF
D1Polak – Heiskanen
11:5422% CF
D2Klingberg – Lindell
11:0832% CF
D3Lovejoy – Oleksiak
9:2533% CF

PP1Radulov – Benn – Seguin – Klingberg – Hintz
2:39100% CF
PP2Spezza – Faksa – Lindell – Heiskanen – L'Esperance
0:53100% CF
PK1FComeau – Faksa
2:10
PK2FCogliano – Janmark
0:59
PK1DLovejoy – Lindell
3:26
PK2DPolak – Heiskanen
1:37

Current DAL line combinations →

Buffalo Sabres

L1Sheary – Rodrigues – Nylander
9:2974% CF
L2Okposo – Larsson – Wilson
8:1670% CF
L3Sobotka – Reinhart – Thompson
7:4663% CF
L4Pominville – Skinner – Mittelstadt
6:0657% CF
D1Hunwick – Ristolainen
12:0195% CF
D2Scandella – Montour
10:4950% CF
D3Bogosian – Dahlin
10:3338% CF

PP1Skinner – Ristolainen – Reinhart – Rodrigues – Dahlin
3:28100% CF
PP2Okposo – Skinner – Montour – Nylander – Mittelstadt
1:0050% CF
PK1FLarsson – Wilson
1:36
PK2FSobotka – Rodrigues
0:55
PK1DHunwick – Bogosian
1:21
PK2DScandella – Ristolainen
0:58

Current BUF line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

7:29
DALRoope Hintz (Jason Dickinson, Blake Comeau)wrist0.10 xG
DAL: Polak, Lindell, Dickinson, Nichushkin, HintzBUF: Pominville, Bogosian, Sheary, Mittelstadt, Dahlin
DAL 1 – 0 BUF
13:12
DALRoope HintzPP (John Klingberg, Tyler Seguin)wrist0.04 xG
DAL: Radulov, Benn, Seguin, Klingberg, HintzBUF: Hunwick, Bogosian, Larsson, Wilson
DAL 2 – 0 BUF

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

Dallas Stars

DAL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Radek Faksa C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	1	1	0	16:46	—	—	44	41
Blake Comeau L	L1	0	1	1	0	4	0.29	0	0	0	16:12	—	—	50	45
Mattias Janmark C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.13	0	0	0	15:02	—	—	52	47
Alexander Radulov R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	1	2	18:54	—	—	18	12
Tyler Seguin C	L2	0	1	1	0	4	0.14	0	0	0	18:53	—	—	26	21
Jamie Benn L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	2	0	0	17:51	—	—	32	23
Roope Hintz C	L3	2	0	2	+1	4	0.22	3	1	0	16:50	—	—	38	48
Jason Dickinson C	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.12	1	0	0	14:00	—	—	54	51
Valeri Nichushkin R	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.13	1	0	0	10:24	—	—	60	59
Joel L'Esperance R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	2	0	2	12:17	—	—	29	40
Jason Spezza C	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.29	0	2	0	10:47	—	—	23	39
Andrew Cogliano C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	2	8:24	—	—	30	45
Roman Polak D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.03	2	4	0	20:50	—	—	36	37
Miro Heiskanen D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.06	0	0	0	20:25	—	—	37	37
Esa Lindell D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.07	0	4	0	26:18	—	—	38	38
John Klingberg D	D2	0	1	1	0	2	0.04	1	0	0	21:03	—	—	44	49
Ben Lovejoy D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	1	1	0	17:14	—	—	29	25
Jamie Oleksiak D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	2	0	11:50	—	—	42	68

DAL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Ben Bishop(start)	W	35	35	0	.1000	2.54	60:00

Buffalo Sabres

BUF skaters
Skater	Line	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Evan Rodrigues C	L1	0	5	0.53	0	0	0	19:39	—	—	77	71
Conor Sheary L	L1	-1	2	0.11	3	0	0	16:44	—	—	69	55
Alex Nylander L	L1	0	1	0.20	0	0	0	13:16	—	—	65	67
Kyle Okposo R	L2	0	1	0.07	0	0	0	14:14	—	—	71	58
Johan Larsson L	L2	0	1	0.01	1	0	0	12:59	—	—	62	60
Scott Wilson C	L2	0	1	0.03	3	0	0	10:52	—	—	67	65
Sam Reinhart C	L3	0	0	0.12	3	0	0	20:13	—	—	71	80
Vladimir Sobotka C	L3	0	0	0.00	1	0	2	13:25	—	—	53	64
Tage Thompson C	L3	0	4	0.33	3	0	0	13:19	—	—	63	56
Jeff Skinner L	L4	0	2	0.67	1	0	0	18:31	—	—	54	72
Casey Mittelstadt C	L4	-1	3	0.14	0	0	0	16:16	—	—	47	34
Jason Pominville R	L4	-1	1	0.00	0	0	0	10:21	—	—	35	29
Rasmus Ristolainen D	D1	0	6	0.18	2	0	0	23:02	—	—	96	97
Matt Hunwick D	D1	0	2	0.01	0	0	0	16:49	—	—	86	94
Brandon Montour D	D2	0	3	0.02	4	3	0	23:00	—	—	40	32
Marco Scandella D	D2	0	1	0.09	0	1	2	17:38	—	—	65	54
Rasmus Dahlin D	D3	-1	2	0.05	2	0	0	24:50	—	—	29	30
Zach Bogosian D	D3	-1	0	0.00	1	0	2	13:32	—	—	39	34

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Linus Ullmark(start)	L	27	25	2	.926	1.80	56:58

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.