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Tue, Mar 11, 2014·First Niagara Center, Buffalo

Nashville Predators 4, Buffalo Sabres 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Buffalo Sabres win this game 52% of the time.

BUF winsNSH wins

Who was on the ice

Model-based

Line matchups and every shift of the game.

Line matchups

BUF forward lines and defence pairs (rows) against NSH'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.

Nystrom–Wilson–SmithHornqvist–Bourque–SissonsCullen–Fisher–SpalingClune–Wilson–SmithFisher–Stalberg–SpalingGaustad–Wilson–SmithGaustad–Nystrom–CluneGaustad–Clune–StalbergStalberg–Bourque–SissonsCullen–Fisher–SmithClune–Hornqvist–SissonsFisher–Clune–StalbergGaustad–Stalberg–BourqueWeber–JosiDel Zotto–EllisEkholm–Jones
Stafford–Ennis–Conacher3:380.05–0.021:020.00–0.181:020.03–0.000:500.09–0.002:040.00–0.000:580.06–0.050:390.00–0.005:530.03–0.068:090.22–0.530:550.02–0.00
D'Agostini–Hodgson–Foligno1:290.00–0.001:090.00–0.003:580.03–0.010:450.00–0.020:440.00–0.010:480.00–0.031:050.00–0.029:100.05–0.102:150.00–0.010:340.00–0.02
Leino–Deslauriers–Flynn1:450.02–0.073:100.03–0.000:520.01–0.000:490.00–0.001:020.00–0.091:320.03–0.058:130.07–0.12
Konopka–Ellis–Scott1:570.00–0.100:380.00–0.000:480.00–0.002:120.07–0.10
Hodgson–Foligno–Flynn0:330.00–0.00
Weber–Myers3:440.01–0.051:070.00–0.002:200.03–0.002:240.09–0.101:220.00–0.020:510.00–0.060:450.00–0.000:330.00–0.0311:180.07–0.132:580.11–0.001:560.01–0.13
Tallinder–McBain3:190.09–0.082:040.03–0.000:320.00–0.001:580.06–0.051:020.07–0.000:340.00–0.000:500.00–0.092:510.05–0.125:330.13–0.326:230.09–0.10
Ehrhoff–Ruhwedel0:410.00–0.003:450.03–0.192:590.03–0.011:550.00–0.000:380.00–0.030:550.00–0.003:150.06–0.005:270.00–0.225:160.03–0.03
Ehrhoff–Myers0:520.02–0.00
Ehrhoff–McBain0:480.00–0.04
Shift chart

Every shift, one row per player.

P1P2P3EndStafford FEnnis FConacher FFoligno FHodgson FD'Agostini FLeino FDeslauriers FFlynn FKonopka FScott FEllis FWeber DMyers DRuhwedel DEhrhoff DMcBain DTallinder DEnroth GSmith FNystrom FWilson FFisher FSpaling FCullen FGaustad FHornqvist FBourque FSissons FClune FStalberg FWeber DJosi DEllis DDel Zotto DJones DEkholm DHutton G
BUFNSHFull-height lines are goals; short ticks at the top are shots. Hover to see who was on the ice.

Shift totals

Shea WeberNSH2826:150:563:2327
Roman JosiNSH2725:520:573:0927
Tyler EnnisBUF2424:171:013:1280
Christian EhrhoffBUF2223:411:053:1862
Tyler MyersBUF2523:230:561:5663
Drew StaffordBUF2623:000:533:1281
Mike FisherNSH2220:380:561:4436
Cory ConacherBUF2319:470:522:1440
Cody HodgsonBUF2319:290:511:5263
Jamie McBainBUF2319:130:501:3812
Craig SmithNSH2219:090:521:2621
Mike WeberBUF2118:180:521:5623
Seth JonesNSH2317:460:461:4543
Chad RuhwedelBUF2117:150:491:1843
Matt D'AgostiniBUF2117:100:491:1643
Michael Del ZottoNSH2116:550:481:3622
Ryan EllisNSH2116:450:481:3622
Eric NystromNSH2216:390:451:2934
Colin WilsonNSH2016:310:501:2521
Mattias EkholmNSH2316:270:431:2443
Marcus FolignoBUF2016:210:491:2234
Nick SpalingNSH2116:110:461:2525
Henrik TallinderBUF2016:010:481:3623
Nicolas DeslauriersBUF2015:590:481:2043
Ville LeinoBUF2015:080:451:2043
Brian FlynnBUF1814:070:471:2012
Colton SissonsNSH2113:250:381:0642
Gabriel BourqueNSH2213:160:361:2552
Patric HornqvistNSH2113:090:381:0032
Rich CluneNSH1612:540:481:1910
Matt CullenNSH1410:570:471:2005
Paul GaustadNSH1410:390:461:1223
Viktor StalbergNSH139:570:461:3210
Zenon KonopkaBUF146:580:301:1655
Matt EllisBUF85:330:421:1620
John ScottBUF53:230:411:1010