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Ice Lab

Sat, Dec 17, 2011·CONSOL Energy Center, Pittsburgh

Buffalo Sabres 3, Pittsburgh Penguins 8

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Pittsburgh Penguins win this game 83% 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.

Roy–Stafford–EnnisPominville–Vanek–SzczechuraGaustad–Adam–KassianRoy–Pominville–VanekSzczechura–Adam–KassianStuart–McCormick–EllisGaustad–Ellis–StaffordGaustad–McCormick–EllisRoy–Adam–KassianGaustad–Ellis–KassianLeopold–EhrhoffRegehr–SekeraGragnani–WeberLeopold–SekeraLeopold–WeberEhrhoff–Gragnani
Kunitz–Malkin–Neal3:220.28–0.091:560.13–0.000:440.00–0.001:270.53–0.003:300.53–0.003:160.30–0.150:460.00–0.01
Sullivan–Asham–Vitale0:500.00–0.021:270.00–0.010:560.00–0.002:580.07–0.03
Cooke–Dupuis–Kennedy0:530.02–0.002:020.21–0.031:460.08–0.030:560.15–0.00
Adams–Williams–Tangradi0:550.00–0.021:260.16–0.001:460.04–0.020:450.00–0.04
Cooke–Williams–Kennedy0:570.00–0.030:500.00–0.000:390.00–0.000:570.00–0.03
Williams–Kennedy–Tangradi0:320.00–0.000:350.00–0.00
Sullivan–Asham–Kennedy0:350.00–0.001:040.04–0.00
Asham–Cooke–Vitale1:040.00–0.000:460.00–0.00
Sullivan–Kunitz–Malkin0:360.06–0.000:400.06–0.00
Dupuis–Neal–Tangradi0:440.03–0.00
Engelland–Despres5:450.63–0.331:380.00–0.001:010.00–0.021:140.53–0.001:370.04–0.030:520.00–0.003:430.49–0.054:440.46–0.134:040.29–0.160:560.00–0.03
Picard–Sneep0:420.00–0.040:330.00–0.012:080.18–0.001:210.00–0.001:590.20–0.001:040.00–0.000:530.06–0.000:470.00–0.003:540.08–0.003:390.02–0.103:240.34–0.010:310.00–0.000:430.03–0.00
Orpik–Niskanen3:350.13–0.002:330.06–0.031:460.06–0.000:420.00–0.004:450.12–0.134:280.02–0.070:520.00–0.00
Orpik–Engelland1:040.00–0.000:590.00–0.00
Orpik–Sneep0:500.02–0.000:400.02–0.00
Picard–Niskanen0:310.00–0.000:370.00–0.00
Shift chart

Every shift, one row per player.

P1P2P3EndKunitz FNeal FMalkin FDupuis FCooke FKennedy FSullivan FAsham FVitale FWilliams FTangradi FAdams FEngelland DDespres DNiskanen DOrpik DPicard DSneep DFleury GRoy FStafford FEnnis FGaustad FKassian FAdam FSzczechura FVanek FPominville FEllis FMcCormick FStuart FRegehr DSekera DEhrhoff DLeopold DWeber DGragnani DMiller GEnroth G
PITBUFFull-height lines are goals; short ticks at the top are shots. Hover to see who was on the ice.

Shift totals

Andrej SekeraBUF2924:420:511:5435
Jordan LeopoldBUF2922:290:471:4625
Matt NiskanenPIT2021:201:041:5651
Jason PominvilleBUF2621:090:491:43110
Robyn RegehrBUF2920:580:431:3215
Derek RoyBUF2620:430:481:4413
Christian EhrhoffBUF2420:350:511:1713
Deryk EngellandPIT2420:160:511:3623
Simon DespresPIT2620:070:461:3141
James NealPIT2319:270:511:3281
Brooks OrpikPIT2119:080:551:4252
Paul GaustadBUF2419:070:481:0516
Chris KunitzPIT2218:470:511:3281
Evgeni MalkinPIT2218:430:511:3771
Alexandre PicardPIT2318:390:491:3222
Drew StaffordBUF2218:040:491:3221
Mike WeberBUF2416:470:421:2714
Carl SneepPIT2016:190:491:2221
Steve SullivanPIT2116:140:461:1750
Thomas VanekBUF1916:140:511:4314
Matt CookePIT2016:020:481:3724
Luke AdamBUF2315:500:411:0311
Tyler KennedyPIT2015:430:471:3841
Marc-Andre GragnaniBUF2114:580:431:5512
Pascal DupuisPIT2314:440:381:0711
Arron AshamPIT2214:390:401:2020
Eric TangradiPIT1714:220:511:5642
Zack KassianBUF1813:560:461:0621
Jason WilliamsPIT1813:250:451:2030
Paul SzczechuraBUF1812:440:421:1521
Matt EllisBUF1712:290:441:1623
Joe VitalePIT1611:510:441:3025
Tyler EnnisBUF119:280:521:0910
Cody McCormickBUF138:140:381:0823
Craig AdamsPIT76:140:531:3701
Colin StuartBUF53:120:380:5511