Dallas Stars vs. Buffalo SabresOct 22, 2024

FinalTuesday, Oct 22, 2024· KeyBank Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
DAL	0	0	2	2		DAL	8	11	11	30
BUF	0	2	2	4		BUF	10	11	4	25

: DAL 73BUF 55
: DAL 3.32BUF 4.94
PP goals: DAL 0BUF 0
Hits: DAL 20BUF 17
Blocks: DAL 16BUF 27
PIM: DAL 2BUF 6
: DAL 61%BUF 39%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Buffalo Sabres beat Dallas Stars 4–2

Buffalo Sabres beat Dallas Stars 4–2 at home. Owen Power (BUF) led the scoring with 0G 3A. New look for DAL: Blackwell–Steel–Bourque skated 4:24 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (44.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Owen Power had 3 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 21:16.Power
Points
Alex Tuch had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 18:08.Tuch
Points
Tage Thompson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 16:48.Thompson
Points
Evgenii Dadonov had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 14:08.Dadonov
New line
New look for DAL: Blackwell–Steel–Bourque skated 4:24 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (44.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Blackwell Steel Bourque
Usage
Esa Lindell (DAL) played 15:39, −6:37 down on his 22:16 season average over 79 games.Lindell
Usage
Peyton Krebs (BUF) played 10:06, −3:53 down on his 13:59 season average over 80 games.Krebs
Usage
Jordan Greenway (BUF) played 19:27, +4:31 up on his 14:56 season average over 33 games.Greenway

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 128 of 128 attempts · BUF 55 · DAL 73

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 38% of the game, BUF 30%.

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
	66	54
	2.57	2.70
	2.41	2.55
	16	10
	5	4
	25	25
	+0.044	−0.044
	38%	30%

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

L1Duchene – Seguin – Marchment
9:0745% CF
L2Hintz – Robertson – Stankoven
7:2550% CF
L3Benn – Dadonov – Johnston
5:4944% CF
L4Blackwell – Steel – Bourque
4:2444% CF
D1Dumba – Heiskanen
12:1955% CF
D2Lyubushkin – Harley
8:5450% CF
D3Lindell – Lundkvist
7:3255% CF

PP1Duchene – Hintz – Marchment – Heiskanen – Johnston
2:56100% CF
PP2Benn – Seguin – Robertson – Harley – Stankoven
2:250% CF
PK1FBlackwell – Steel
0:59
PK2FHintz – Johnston
0:39
PK1DLyubushkin – Harley
1:16
PK2DDumba – Heiskanen
0:43

Current DAL line combinations →

Buffalo Sabres

L1Zucker – Greenway – McLeod
10:3941% CF
L2Tuch – Thompson – Peterka
9:5659% CF
L3Cozens – Quinn – Kulich
8:3135% CF
L4Lafferty – Malenstyn – Krebs
5:1927% CF
D1Jokiharju – Dahlin
12:1352% CF
D2Clifton – Samuelsson
11:0941% CF
D3Byram – Power
10:0833% CF

PP1Zucker – Thompson – Dahlin – Cozens – Peterka
1:31100% CF
PP2Tuch – Krebs – Quinn – Power – Kulich
0:29100% CF
PK1FGreenway – Cozens
2:03
PK2FTuch – McLeod
1:53
PK1DJokiharju – Byram
2:57
PK2DClifton – Samuelsson
1:48

Current BUF line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

12:21
BUFPeyton Krebs (Beck Malenstyn, Owen Power)other0.65 xG
DAL: Hintz, Robertson, Lundkvist, Lyubushkin, StankovenBUF: Tuch, Malenstyn, Krebs, Byram, Power
DAL 0 – 1 BUF
13:44
BUFRyan McLeod (Jason Zucker, Owen Power)wrist0.17 xG
DAL: Blackwell, Steel, Heiskanen, Harley, BourqueBUF: Zucker, Greenway, McLeod, Byram, Power
DAL 0 – 2 BUF

3rd period

4:17
BUFTage Thompson (Owen Power, Alex Tuch)slap0.09 xG
DAL: Duchene, Dumba, Marchment, Heiskanen, JohnstonBUF: Clifton, Tuch, Thompson, Peterka, Power
DAL 0 – 3 BUF
15:24
DALThomas Harley (Matt Duchene, Evgenii Dadonov)wrist0.05 xG
DAL: Dadonov, Duchene, Seguin, Marchment, Harley, BourqueBUF: Zucker, Greenway, McLeod, Byram, Power
DAL 1 – 3 BUF
17:48
DALTyler Seguin (Evgenii Dadonov, Mavrik Bourque)wrist0.51 xG
DAL: Dadonov, Duchene, Seguin, Marchment, Harley, BourqueBUF: Tuch, Thompson, Samuelsson, Krebs, Power
DAL 2 – 3 BUF
19:49
BUFAlex TuchEN (Tage Thompson)wrist0.97 xG
DAL: Hintz, Marchment, Robertson, Heiskanen, Stankoven, JohnstonBUF: Tuch, Greenway, Thompson, Samuelsson, Dahlin
DAL 2 – 4 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
Mason Marchment L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.45	4	0	0	16:47	—	—	50	37
Tyler Seguin C	L1	1	0	1	+2	1	0.51	0	0	0	16:05	—	—	44	23
Matt Duchene C	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.23	1	0	0	15:57	—	—	46	37
Jason Robertson L	L2	0	0	0	-2	3	0.43	0	0	0	21:19	—	—	56	48
Roope Hintz C	L2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.04	2	2	0	19:25	—	—	54	36
Logan Stankoven C	L2	0	0	0	-2	3	0.43	0	1	0	18:19	—	—	63	47
Wyatt Johnston C	L3	0	0	0	-2	4	0.39	0	0	0	19:19	—	—	57	81
Jamie Benn L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	16:08	—	—	55	70
Evgenii Dadonov L	L3	0	2	2	+2	1	0.09	0	2	0	14:08	—	—	52	88
Sam Steel C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.13	4	1	0	12:56	—	—	65	55
Mavrik Bourque C	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.13	0	0	0	12:31	—	—	63	53
Colin Blackwell C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	1	0	0	11:22	—	—	50	38
Miro Heiskanen D	D1	0	0	0	-3	7	0.30	0	2	0	26:23	—	—	60	52
Mathew Dumba D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	2	1	0	17:10	—	—	56	40
Thomas Harley D	D2	1	0	1	+1	1	0.05	1	0	0	22:31	—	—	59	70
Ilya Lyubushkin D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	1	4	0	14:28	—	—	41	29
Esa Lindell D	D3	0	0	0	0	3	0.06	1	1	2	15:39	—	—	53	56
Nils Lundkvist D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	1	2	0	13:03	—	—	62	45

DAL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jake Oettinger(start)	L	24	21	3	.875	2.71	54:30

Buffalo Sabres

BUF skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jordan Greenway L	L1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.14	2	5	0	19:27	—	—	44	51
Ryan McLeod C	L1	1	0	1	0	1	0.17	1	2	0	18:35	—	—	36	42
Jason Zucker L	L1	0	1	1	0	2	0.83	0	0	0	16:32	—	—	36	38
Alex Tuch R	L2	1	1	2	+2	3	1.21	0	2	0	18:08	—	—	57	79
Tage Thompson C	L2	1	1	2	+1	3	0.29	0	0	0	16:48	—	—	68	76
JJ Peterka R	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.06	1	0	0	16:06	—	—	58	50
Dylan Cozens C	L3	0	0	0	0	4	0.99	1	0	0	17:15	—	—	36	20
Jiri Kulich C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.07	1	0	0	13:42	—	—	40	21
Jack Quinn R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	13:33	—	—	46	38
Peyton Krebs C	L4	1	0	1	0	1	0.65	0	0	2	10:06	—	—	31	78
Beck Malenstyn L	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.12	1	1	0	8:18	—	—	40	87
Sam Lafferty C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	7:21	—	—	23	28
Rasmus Dahlin D	D1	0	0	0	+1	5	0.24	1	2	2	23:39	—	—	58	49
Henri Jokiharju D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	2	0	19:42	—	—	48	35
Mattias Samuelsson D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	2	0	18:55	—	—	38	61
Connor Clifton D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	4	5	2	15:42	—	—	39	58
Owen Power D	D3	0	3	3	+1	1	0.01	0	4	0	21:16	—	—	44	57
Bowen Byram D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.15	0	0	0	18:55	—	—	36	47

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen(start)	W	30	28	2	.933	3.32	60:00

Goal anatomy

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

Peyton Krebs (BUF) 2nd 12:21 · assists Beck Malenstyn, Owen Power · Cycle · 6.2 mph shot.

Peyton Krebs · 2nd 12:21 · BUF

Play: cycle
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 6.2 mph
Distance: 10 ft

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Ryan McLeod · 2nd 13:44 · BUF

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 48.8 mph
Distance: 12 ft
Entry to goal: 2.5 s

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Tage Thompson · 3rd 4:17 · BUF

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 90.5 mph
Distance: 39 ft
Entry to goal: 4.2 s
Type: one-timer

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Thomas Harley · 3rd 15:24 · DAL

Play: deflection
Passes: 0
Shot: 25.9 mph
Distance: 17 ft
Type: deflection

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Tyler Seguin · 3rd 17:48 · DAL

Play: rebound
Passes: 1
Shot: 54.5 mph
Distance: 8 ft
Type: rebound

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Alex Tuch · 3rd 19:49 · BUF EN

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: pass
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 1
Shot: 25.6 mph
Distance: 2 ft
Entry to goal: 2.8 s

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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.