Minnesota Wild vs. Buffalo SabresFeb 5, 2019

Final / SOTuesday, Feb 5, 2019· KeyBank Center

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	SO	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
MIN	0	3	1	0	0	4		MIN	10	19	13	3	45
BUF	1	2	1	0	1	5		BUF	11	11	12	5	39

: MIN 70BUF 54
: MIN 3.52BUF 2.15
PP goals: MIN 0BUF 2
Hits: MIN 14BUF 20
Blocks: MIN 9BUF 12
PIM: MIN 4BUF 6
: MIN 48%BUF 52%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Buffalo Sabres edge Minnesota Wild 5–4 (SO)

Buffalo Sabres beat Minnesota Wild 5–4 in a shootout at home. Jared Spurgeon (MIN) led the scoring with 2G 0A. BUF's first power-play unit (Skinner, Reinhart, Eichel, Mittelstadt and Dahlin) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 2:23 together.

Points
Jared Spurgeon had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 27:30.Spurgeon
Points
Charlie Coyle had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 18:31.Coyle
Points
Sam Reinhart had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 17:54.Reinhart
Points
Jack Eichel had 2 assists (2 points) on 9 shots in 25:57.Eichel
Points
Luke Kunin had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 18:28.Kunin
Points
Ryan Suter had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 30:10.Suter
PP1
BUF's first power-play unit (Skinner, Reinhart, Eichel, Mittelstadt and Dahlin) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 2:23 together.Skinner Reinhart Eichel Mittelstadt Dahlin
Goalie
Linus Ullmark (BUF) faced 45 shots and stopped 41 (.911), +14 against a season average of 31.0; the win.Ullmark

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

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

BUF
MIN
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 124 of 124 attempts · BUF 54 · MIN 70

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

BUF
MIN
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: MIN 36% 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

MIN

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	MIN	BUF
	65	47
	2.56	1.65
	2.41	1.60
	7	8
	6	2
	18	26
	−0.016	+0.016
	36%	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.

Minnesota Wild

L1Staal – Zucker – Granlund
14:1459% CF
L2Parise – Coyle – Kunin
10:5071% CF
L3Foligno – Rask – Greenway
9:3256% CF
L4Hendricks – Koivu – Rau
0:00
D1Suter – Spurgeon
18:4754% CF
D2Pateryn – Brodin
18:0159% CF
D3Bitetto – Hunt
8:5257% CF

PP1Staal – Suter – Zucker – Granlund – Hunt
2:5767% CF
PP2Parise – Spurgeon – Rask – Greenway – Kunin
2:32100% CF
PK1FFoligno – Kunin
0:50
PK2FKoivu – Parise
0:23
PK1DSuter – Spurgeon
2:21
PK2DPateryn – Brodin
0:22

Current MIN line combinations →

Buffalo Sabres

L1Okposo – Sheary – Eichel
10:2254% CF
L2Reinhart – Rodrigues – Smith
8:1337% CF
L3Pominville – Skinner – Mittelstadt
7:5443% CF
L4Sobotka – Girgensons – Thompson
7:5044% CF
D1Ristolainen – Dahlin
18:4035% CF
D2Scandella – McCabe
14:4250% CF
D3Bogosian – Pilut
10:4841% CF

PP1Skinner – Reinhart – Eichel – Mittelstadt – Dahlin
2:23100% CF
PP2Okposo – Ristolainen – Sheary – Eichel – Rodrigues
0:20100% CF
PK1FSobotka – Girgensons
3:10
PK2FEichel – Rodrigues
1:44
PK1DBogosian – McCabe
4:04
PK2DScandella – Ristolainen
1:48

Current BUF line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

Decided in the shootout: MIN 4 – 5 BUF.

Box score

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

Minnesota Wild

MIN skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Mikael Granlund C	L1	0	1	1	+2	5	0.55	0	0	0	23:32	—	—	61	62
Eric Staal C	L1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.14	1	0	0	21:12	—	—	58	54
Jason Zucker L	L1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.23	2	0	0	20:39	—	—	55	61
Zach Parise L	L2	1	0	1	+2	10	0.99	0	0	0	22:00	—	—	59	63
Charlie Coyle C	L2	1	1	2	+3	4	0.45	2	1	0	18:31	—	—	66	83
Luke Kunin C	L2	0	2	2	+1	2	0.08	0	0	0	18:28	—	—	65	71
Jordan Greenway L	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.15	0	0	0	17:14	—	—	57	41
Victor Rask C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	1	2	0	16:11	—	—	48	34
Marcus Foligno L	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.07	5	0	0	15:58	—	—	54	44
Matt Hendricks C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	2	5:56	—	—	57	63
Kyle Rau C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.13	1	0	0	5:53	—	—	70	81
Mikko Koivu C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	2	0	3:00	—	—	33	43
Ryan Suter D	D1	0	2	2	+3	2	0.12	1	1	0	30:10	—	—	61	65
Jared Spurgeon D	D1	2	0	2	+3	3	0.24	1	0	0	27:30	—	—	54	48
Jonas Brodin D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.24	0	3	2	23:50	—	—	60	67
Greg Pateryn D	D2	0	1	1	-1	2	0.09	0	0	0	18:49	—	—	59	73
Brad Hunt D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.01	0	0	0	14:08	—	—	61	34
Anthony Bitetto D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.00	0	0	0	10:05	—	—	50	24

MIN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Devan Dubnyk(start)	O	39	35	4	.897	2.15	64:11

Buffalo Sabres

BUF skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jack Eichel C	L1	0	2	2	0	9	0.49	1	0	0	25:57	—	—	44	45
Conor Sheary L	L1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.02	0	0	0	16:00	—	—	54	72
Kyle Okposo R	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	13:03	—	—	44	42
Sam Reinhart C	L2	1	1	2	0	3	0.60	0	2	2	17:54	—	—	42	47
Evan Rodrigues C	L2	1	0	1	-1	2	0.14	1	0	0	15:20	—	—	32	24
C.J. Smith L	L2	1	0	1	-1	3	0.11	0	1	0	9:44	—	—	33	25
Jeff Skinner L	L3	0	0	0	0	5	0.06	0	0	0	18:04	—	—	44	28
Casey Mittelstadt C	L3	0	1	1	0	3	0.39	2	1	0	16:10	—	—	46	73
Jason Pominville R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	0	0	12:12	—	—	44	23
Vladimir Sobotka C	L4	0	0	0	-2	1	0.01	0	0	0	17:40	—	—	41	28
Zemgus Girgensons C	L4	0	0	0	-2	1	0.02	2	0	0	15:07	—	—	44	34
Tage Thompson C	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.07	2	0	2	9:17	—	—	36	17
Rasmus Dahlin D	D1	1	0	1	0	3	0.14	0	2	2	25:01	—	—	39	49
Rasmus Ristolainen D	D1	0	1	1	-1	1	0.04	3	1	0	24:29	—	—	35	27
Jake McCabe D	D2	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	4	0	0	22:55	—	—	50	65
Marco Scandella D	D2	0	0	0	+2	2	0.02	2	1	0	18:18	—	—	46	45
Zach Bogosian D	D3	0	0	0	-3	0	0.00	1	1	0	20:12	—	—	42	26
Lawrence Pilut D	D3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.01	0	3	0	11:37	—	—	39	27

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Linus Ullmark(start)	W	45	41	4	.911	3.52	65:00

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.

Minnesota Wild vs. Buffalo SabresFeb 5, 2019

Fantasy takeaways

Buffalo Sabres edge Minnesota Wild 5–4 (SO)

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

Minnesota Wild

Buffalo Sabres

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Minnesota Wild

Buffalo Sabres