Skip to content
Ice Lab

Sat, Dec 20, 2014·First Niagara Center, Buffalo

Colorado Avalanche 5, Buffalo Sabres 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Colorado Avalanche win this game 66% of the time.

BUF winsCOL 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 COL'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.

Talbot–Duchene–MacKinnonBrière–O'Reilly–LandeskogIginla–Tanguay–MitchellBordeleau–McLeod–ClicheIginla–Tanguay–LandeskogHejda–JohnsonGuenin–BarrieStuart–RedmondRedmond–Barrie
Stafford–Ennis–Girgensons0:550.04–0.004:570.04–0.143:030.00–0.000:500.02–0.045:590.03–0.181:550.02–0.001:530.06–0.00
Gionta–Hodgson–Flynn2:240.02–0.061:450.00–0.032:140.16–0.160:460.00–0.001:530.00–0.002:380.00–0.222:510.18–0.01
Kaleta–Foligno–Deslauriers2:470.00–0.090:460.00–0.060:440.04–0.002:180.04–0.031:320.02–0.120:380.00–0.00
Stewart–Larsson–Grigorenko0:350.18–0.001:590.21–0.001:460.25–0.000:380.02–0.181:140.12–0.00
Stafford–Ennis–Grigorenko1:180.00–0.000:520.00–0.051:010.00–0.00
Stewart–Foligno–Larsson1:440.06–0.131:170.06–0.120:370.00–0.02
Stewart–Foligno–Grigorenko0:580.00–0.000:310.00–0.020:490.00–0.00
Stewart–Foligno–Deslauriers1:100.01–0.000:520.01–0.00
Foligno–Larsson–Grigorenko1:010.00–0.000:440.00–0.00
Meszaros–Zadorov3:260.14–0.050:530.00–0.024:060.31–0.191:210.14–0.023:170.26–0.002:290.02–0.254:110.30–0.02
Benoit–Ristolainen3:040.00–0.331:060.00–0.021:420.00–0.061:050.07–0.001:590.07–0.113:030.02–0.312:000.00–0.00
Gorges–Myers0:380.00–0.004:010.03–0.160:470.00–0.001:040.03–0.043:150.02–0.181:570.02–0.011:090.02–0.00
Gorges–Ristolainen3:590.06–0.120:580.00–0.000:460.00–0.004:350.00–0.051:130.06–0.120:550.00–0.00
Ristolainen–Zadorov1:230.01–0.000:530.01–0.000:550.00–0.00
Gorges–Meszaros1:000.10–0.001:060.10–0.00
Gorges–Benoit1:010.00–0.000:440.00–0.00
Shift chart

Every shift, one row per player.

P1P2P3EndStafford FGirgensons FEnnis FGionta FHodgson FFlynn FKaleta FDeslauriers FFoligno FLarsson FGrigorenko FStewart FGorges DMyers DMeszaros DZadorov DRistolainen DBenoit DEnroth GBrière FO'Reilly FLandeskog FMitchell FIginla FTanguay FDuchene FMacKinnon FTalbot FCliche FMcLeod FBordeleau FJohnson DHejda DStuart DRedmond DBarrie DGuenin DPickard G
BUFCOLFull-height lines are goals; short ticks at the top are shots. Hover to see who was on the ice.

Shift totals

Rasmus RistolainenBUF2527:011:053:2141
Erik JohnsonCOL2826:230:571:3226
Jan HejdaCOL2623:150:541:3506
Tyler EnnisBUF2121:561:033:1131
Drew StaffordBUF2220:590:571:4841
Zemgus GirgensonsBUF2420:280:512:0444
Josh GorgesBUF2620:220:471:1735
Nikita ZadorovBUF2319:140:501:3061
Brad StuartCOL2619:010:441:0634
Max TalbotCOL1919:001:001:3017
Brian FlynnBUF1818:351:022:0460
Brian GiontaBUF1818:311:021:5541
Tyson BarrieCOL2318:200:481:4705
Alex TanguayCOL1918:060:571:5314
Andrej MeszarosBUF2417:370:441:3641
Jarome IginlaCOL1817:060:571:4314
Chris StewartBUF1916:510:533:2150
Nate GueninCOL2516:440:401:3116
Zach RedmondCOL2116:170:471:2703
Ryan O'ReillyCOL1915:480:501:3305
Marcus FolignoBUF1815:220:511:2443
John MitchellCOL1815:160:511:3514
Gabriel LandeskogCOL1815:120:511:3304
Matt DucheneCOL1515:081:011:4103
Nicolas DeslauriersBUF1715:040:531:3632
Nathan MacKinnonCOL1514:460:591:2203
Cody HodgsonBUF1514:180:571:4040
Daniel BrièreCOL1614:180:541:3104
Andre BenoitBUF1813:540:462:2711
Tyler MyersBUF1613:100:491:1823
Mikhail GrigorenkoBUF1310:480:501:1511
Marc-Andre ClicheCOL1610:410:401:0714
Johan LarssonBUF1410:140:441:4031
Cody McLeodCOL169:530:371:0312
Patrick BordeleauCOL126:460:341:0311
Patrick KaletaBUF64:430:471:0311