Minnesota Wild vs. Buffalo SabresNov 19, 2019

FinalTuesday, Nov 19, 2019· KeyBank Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
MIN	2	1	1	4		MIN	12	11	3	26
BUF	0	0	1	1		BUF	10	10	11	31

: MIN 37BUF 53
: MIN 3.26BUF 2.33
PP goals: MIN 1BUF 0
Hits: MIN 7BUF 8
Blocks: MIN 11BUF 3
PIM: MIN 6BUF 12
: MIN 56%BUF 44%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Minnesota Wild beat Buffalo Sabres 4–1

Minnesota Wild beat Buffalo Sabres 4–1 at BUF. Zach Parise (MIN) led the scoring with 2G 0A. Curtis Lazar (BUF) played 4:31, −7:31 down on his 12:02 season average over 37 games.

Points
Zach Parise had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 18:19.Parise
Points
Jason Zucker had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 17:17.Zucker
Usage
Curtis Lazar (BUF) played 4:31, −7:31 down on his 12:02 season average over 37 games.Lazar
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Rasmus Asplund (BUF) played 17:53, +7:18 up on his 10:35 season average over 28 games.Asplund
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Ryan Suter (MIN) played 28:42, +4:07 up on his 24:35 season average over 68 games.Suter
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Carson Soucy (MIN) played 10:42, −5:01 down on his 15:43 season average over 54 games.Soucy
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Mathew Dumba (MIN) played 18:09, −4:25 down on his 22:34 season average over 68 games.Dumba
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Evan Rodrigues (BUF) played 14:57, +3:45 up on his 11:12 season average over 44 games.Rodrigues

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 90 of 90 attempts · BUF 53 · MIN 37

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 29% of the game, BUF 31%.

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
	29	46
	1.81	1.60
	1.74	1.56
	8	4
	0	0
	10	7
	+0.054	−0.054
	29%	31%

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

L1Greenway – Eriksson Ek – Kunin
10:0123% CF
L2Staal – Zuccarello – Zucker
7:4557% CF
L3Koivu – Parise – Fiala
6:5944% CF
L4Rask – Hartman – Donato
5:5538% CF
D1Suter – Spurgeon
13:2826% CF
D2Brodin – Dumba
11:2745% CF
D3Hunt – Soucy
4:4333% CF

PP1Koivu – Suter – Parise – Spurgeon – Zucker
6:29100% CF
PP2Staal – Zuccarello – Hunt – Dumba – Fiala
4:4283% CF
PK1FEriksson Ek – Kunin
1:31
PK2FParise – Hartman
0:51
PK1DSuter – Spurgeon
1:29
PK2DBrodin – Dumba
0:54

Current MIN line combinations →

Buffalo Sabres

L1Reinhart – Olofsson – Eichel
10:3462% CF
L2Skinner – Sheary – Rodrigues
8:4680% CF
L3Vesey – Lazar – Mittelstadt
3:0357% CF
D1Montour – Dahlin
9:5862% CF
D2McCabe – Ristolainen
9:5075% CF
D3Miller – Jokiharju
8:0060% CF

PP1Ristolainen – Reinhart – Olofsson – Eichel – Dahlin
2:58100% CF
PP2Skinner – Miller – Sheary – Rodrigues – Mittelstadt
0:27
PK1FGirgensons – Asplund
7:33
PK2FVesey – Rodrigues
2:10
PK1DMcCabe – Ristolainen
5:49
PK2DGilmour – Jokiharju
1:43

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.

Minnesota Wild

MIN skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Luke Kunin C	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.43	0	0	0	15:52	—	—	22	49
Joel Eriksson Ek C	L1	0	1	1	0	1	0.01	1	0	0	15:50	—	—	26	55
Jordan Greenway L	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.08	0	2	0	13:52	—	—	22	49
Eric Staal C	L2	0	1	1	+2	2	0.35	1	1	0	17:20	—	—	50	78
Jason Zucker L	L2	1	1	2	+2	2	0.94	0	0	0	17:17	—	—	54	80
Mats Zuccarello R	L2	0	1	1	+1	4	0.27	0	0	0	14:54	—	—	50	77
Zach Parise L	L3	2	0	2	+1	4	0.59	0	2	2	18:19	—	—	47	50
Mikko Koivu C	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.07	0	0	2	16:26	—	—	44	18
Kevin Fiala L	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.03	1	0	0	14:38	—	—	53	63
Ryan Hartman R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	2	0	0	11:40	—	—	39	16
Victor Rask C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	0	0	0	9:48	—	—	50	36
Ryan Donato C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	7:59	—	—	50	30
Ryan Suter D	D1	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	0	2	0	28:42	—	—	28	34
Jared Spurgeon D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.07	0	1	2	24:42	—	—	30	36
Jonas Brodin D	D2	1	0	1	+2	2	0.16	1	0	0	22:07	—	—	48	74
Mathew Dumba D	D2	0	0	0	+2	3	0.16	0	2	0	18:09	—	—	46	74
Brad Hunt D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.03	0	1	0	15:43	—	—	31	24
Carson Soucy D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	10:42	—	—	50	26

MIN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Alex Stalock(start)	W	31	30	1	.968	2.33	60:00

Buffalo Sabres

BUF skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jack Eichel C	L1	0	1	1	0	4	0.30	0	1	4	21:58	—	—	60	41
Sam Reinhart C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	0	0	0	21:39	—	—	60	35
Victor Olofsson L	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.32	0	0	0	17:39	—	—	54	34
Evan Rodrigues C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.11	0	0	0	14:57	—	—	80	56
Jeff Skinner L	L2	0	0	0	-2	3	0.09	0	0	0	14:00	—	—	82	62
Conor Sheary L	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.17	0	0	0	13:28	—	—	82	62
Jimmy Vesey L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.36	1	0	0	11:29	—	—	67	46
Casey Mittelstadt C	L3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	0	0	0	10:35	—	—	50	42
Curtis Lazar C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.06	0	0	0	4:31	—	—	50	45
Rasmus Dahlin D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.11	1	0	0	22:37	—	—	58	35
Brandon Montour D	D1	1	0	1	0	6	0.51	2	0	2	17:48	—	—	62	36
Rasmus Ristolainen D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.03	0	0	2	25:28	—	—	67	68
Jake McCabe D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.04	1	0	2	19:43	—	—	67	59
Henri Jokiharju D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.05	0	1	2	15:42	—	—	59	57
Colin Miller D	D3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.11	0	1	0	14:10	—	—	53	31
Rasmus Asplund C	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	17:53	—	—	39	55
Zemgus Girgensons C	—	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	1	0	0	15:22	—	—	50	61
John Gilmour D	—	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	1	0	0	11:03	—	—	56	69

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Linus Ullmark(start)	L	25	22	3	.880	2.35	57:54

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 SabresNov 19, 2019

Fantasy takeaways

Minnesota Wild beat Buffalo Sabres 4–1

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