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Ice Lab

Tue, Mar 8, 2011·CONSOL Energy Center, Pittsburgh

Buffalo Sabres 1, Pittsburgh Penguins 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Pittsburgh Penguins win this game 52% of the time.

PIT winsBUF wins

Who was on the ice

Model-based

Line matchups and every shift of the game.

Line matchups

PIT forward lines and defence pairs (rows) against BUF's (columns) at 5-on-5. Darker cells shared more ice; the second number is xG for–against in that time. Click a cell to highlight it below.

Connolly–Stafford–EnnisNiedermayer–Parrish–McCormickGaustad–Mancari–GerbeBoyes–Pominville–AdamBoyes–Stafford–EnnisBoyes–Pominville–GerbeGaustad–Mancari–AdamParrish–Boyes–AdamMontador–SekeraButler–MyersLeopold–WeberSekera–Myers
Kunitz–Kennedy–Staal4:110.04–0.051:260.00–0.070:420.00–0.111:060.01–0.083:580.04–0.101:380.00–0.011:520.01–0.08
Kovalev–Neal–Letestu1:110.00–0.021:030.00–0.101:420.01–0.051:060.01–0.012:510.01–0.131:380.09–0.001:340.01–0.05
Cooke–Dupuis–Jeffrey1:050.00–0.190:480.00–0.000:370.00–0.001:020.00–0.041:520.12–0.001:190.00–0.231:080.13–0.000:360.00–0.00
Adams–Rupp–Talbot0:440.00–0.021:520.00–0.020:540.00–0.001:480.00–0.03
Cooke–Dupuis–Talbot1:390.08–0.05
Cooke–Dupuis–Staal0:320.00–0.00
Adams–Rupp–Staal0:320.00–0.061:030.00–0.06
Kovalev–Neal–Staal0:540.12–0.030:490.12–0.03
Dupuis–Neal–Jeffrey0:490.00–0.000:490.00–0.00
Cooke–Rupp–Talbot0:410.00–0.100:480.00–0.10
Niskanen–Letang3:370.04–0.052:420.00–0.021:260.00–0.161:360.00–0.141:530.02–0.069:470.13–0.292:310.07–0.061:290.00–0.08
Martin–Michalek1:330.00–0.021:290.00–0.190:480.00–0.001:150.04–0.051:190.01–0.001:220.04–0.004:240.09–0.210:590.02–0.050:360.00–0.00
Engelland–Lovejoy1:060.13–0.001:160.00–0.011:120.00–0.011:230.12–0.030:500.00–0.041:340.00–0.002:470.00–0.063:080.31–0.03
Michalek–Niskanen1:000.00–0.05
Engelland–Michalek0:320.00–0.041:190.08–0.04
Martin–Lovejoy0:470.07–0.000:340.01–0.00
Shift chart

Every shift, one row per player.

P1P2P3EndRupp FTalbot FAdams FLetestu FNeal FKovalev FKennedy FStaal FKunitz FDupuis FJeffrey FCooke FMichalek DMartin DNiskanen DLetang DEngelland DLovejoy DFleury GConnolly FStafford FEnnis FGaustad FMancari FGerbe FBoyes FPominville FAdam FMcCormick FParrish FNiedermayer FButler DMyers DMontador DSekera DLeopold DWeber DMiller G
PITBUFFull-height lines are goals; short ticks at the top are shots. Hover to see who was on the ice.

Shift totals

Kris LetangPIT2529:161:102:3162
Jordan StaalPIT2727:051:001:5573
Matt NiskanenPIT2424:011:001:5962
Paul MartinPIT2523:310:561:5485
Tyler MyersBUF3222:530:431:1965
Andrej SekeraBUF2722:400:501:4364
Jordan LeopoldBUF2721:170:471:3936
Drew StaffordBUF2620:360:482:0443
Tim ConnollyBUF2619:360:451:1844
Jason PominvilleBUF2619:330:451:2065
Steve MontadorBUF2318:430:491:4333
Chris ButlerBUF2818:350:401:1665
Zbynek MichalekPIT2418:260:461:5454
Alex KovalevPIT1617:281:062:0680
Brad BoyesBUF2216:560:461:3922
Tyler EnnisBUF2016:270:492:0432
Tyler KennedyPIT1916:190:521:2862
James NealPIT1916:130:511:1240
Chris KunitzPIT2115:560:461:2832
Mark LetestuPIT1815:310:522:1731
Paul GaustadBUF2514:540:361:1447
Mike WeberBUF2214:530:411:2617
Matt CookePIT1914:190:451:2046
Rob NiedermayerBUF1712:420:451:2845
Pascal DupuisPIT1612:380:471:2934
Max TalbotPIT1412:190:531:1622
Dustin JeffreyPIT1812:020:401:3144
Nathan GerbeBUF1711:270:401:0352
Ben LovejoyPIT1511:190:451:3433
Mark ParrishBUF1710:350:371:0942
Deryk EngellandPIT1610:180:391:0522
Craig AdamsPIT149:590:431:0803
Mark MancariBUF169:410:361:1432
Cody McCormickBUF148:410:371:2052
Mike RuppPIT107:280:451:0400
Luke AdamBUF137:220:341:0101