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Sat, Dec 27, 2014·First Niagara Center, Buffalo

New York Islanders 3, Buffalo Sabres 4 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Buffalo Sabres win this game 54% of the time.

BUF winsNYI 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 NYI'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.

Nielsen–Grabovski–KuleminOkposo–Bailey–TavaresClutterbuck–Martin–CizikasLee–Nelson–StromeHamonic–de HaanVisnovsky–HickeyBoychuk–Leddy
Stafford–Deslauriers–Flynn4:170.03–0.084:410.08–0.131:390.00–0.023:300.01–0.033:210.15–0.164:560.05–0.05
Moulson–Ennis–Girgensons3:040.16–0.112:150.10–0.163:080.10–0.070:500.00–0.003:240.00–0.133:470.13–0.043:190.23–0.19
McCormick–Kaleta–Larsson1:120.00–0.001:500.01–0.063:530.30–0.121:150.00–0.001:580.12–0.003:580.04–0.062:280.15–0.12
Stewart–Hodgson–Grigorenko1:540.05–0.060:410.00–0.004:180.07–0.064:190.07–0.171:570.05–0.001:390.00–0.04
Meszaros–Weber2:460.03–0.061:110.00–0.053:320.02–0.021:180.00–0.022:290.00–0.083:390.02–0.053:450.03–0.02
Meszaros–Zadorov3:420.14–0.070:380.00–0.001:230.15–0.120:450.00–0.031:570.00–0.012:200.00–0.023:040.30–0.30
Gorges–Benoit0:320.00–0.042:310.07–0.100:480.10–0.002:170.00–0.002:230.00–0.041:420.05–0.082:230.12–0.02
Gorges–Ristolainen0:390.00–0.003:230.40–0.030:360.00–0.001:010.05–0.002:190.05–0.023:000.50–0.020:380.00–0.00
Benoit–Zadorov1:500.12–0.030:510.01–0.121:420.00–0.000:510.02–0.031:560.03–0.033:320.12–0.17
Weber–Zadorov1:190.04–0.041:340.12–0.072:050.26–0.091:170.04–0.04
Gorges–Meszaros0:350.00–0.140:330.00–0.001:100.00–0.001:030.00–0.15
Benoit–Weber0:510.01–0.000:420.00–0.070:520.01–0.00
Shift chart

Every shift, one row per player.

P1P2P3OTEndStafford FDeslauriers FFlynn FGirgensons FEnnis FMoulson FGrigorenko FHodgson FStewart FMcCormick FLarsson FKaleta FGorges DRistolainen DZadorov DBenoit DMeszaros DWeber DEnroth GBailey FOkposo FTavares FNielsen FGrabovski FKulemin FStrome FLee FNelson FClutterbuck FMartin FCizikas FHamonic Dde Haan DLeddy DBoychuk DVisnovsky DHickey DPoulin G
BUFNYIFull-height lines are goals; short ticks at the top are shots. Hover to see who was on the ice.

Shift totals

Nikita ZadorovBUF3226:260:501:4542
Josh GorgesBUF3926:210:411:2018
Andrej MeszarosBUF2524:070:581:4522
Travis HamonicNYI2622:490:531:5533
Johnny BoychukNYI2622:200:521:4343
Calvin de HaanNYI2621:510:501:4733
Mike WeberBUF3221:430:412:0624
Nick LeddyNYI2621:160:491:5033
John TavaresNYI2421:150:531:5070
Andre BenoitBUF3021:140:421:1926
Thomas HickeyNYI2521:110:512:0711
Drew StaffordBUF2520:040:481:5461
Lubomir VisnovskyNYI2219:520:542:0710
Zemgus GirgensonsBUF2518:580:461:2244
Tyler EnnisBUF2318:340:481:3242
Brian FlynnBUF2518:220:441:3144
Kyle OkposoNYI2318:080:471:5051
Nicolas DeslauriersBUF2217:510:491:3322
Frans NielsenNYI2617:470:411:2906
Matt MoulsonBUF2216:340:451:1842
Brock NelsonNYI2216:230:451:5064
Nikolay KuleminNYI2115:190:441:2914
Ryan StromeNYI2115:120:431:5254
Mikhail GrabovskiNYI1914:520:471:2912
Chris StewartBUF2214:510:411:1443
Cal ClutterbuckNYI2013:570:421:1820
Josh BaileyNYI2113:140:381:0040
Casey CizikasNYI2013:120:401:0120
Cody McCormickBUF1912:540:411:0903
Matt MartinNYI1712:510:451:1320
Cody HodgsonBUF1812:410:421:0552
Mikhail GrigorenkoBUF1612:360:471:1333
Patrick KaletaBUF1611:070:421:0900
Johan LarssonBUF139:230:431:1502
Anders LeeNYI148:310:371:0642
Rasmus RistolainenBUF118:140:451:0302