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Wed, Dec 31, 2014·First Niagara Center, Buffalo

Tampa Bay Lightning 5, Buffalo Sabres 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 78% of the time.

BUF winsTBL 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 TBL'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.

Filppula–Callahan–KillornStamkos–Paquette–DrouinJohnson–Palat–KucherovMorrow–Boyle–ConnollyMorrow–Boyle–PaquetteCarle–SustrHedman–SustrCarle–BarberioHedman–NesterovStralman–NesterovStralman–BarberioCarle–StralmanCarle–NesterovStralman–HedmanBarberio–HedmanCarle–Hedman
Stewart–Hodgson–Grigorenko5:360.09–0.132:440.04–0.001:110.02–0.031:150.00–0.003:590.00–0.091:160.00–0.001:300.09–0.021:080.00–0.032:030.04–0.001:040.00–0.030:520.00–0.00
Moulson–Ennis–Girgensons5:220.09–0.012:240.13–0.001:480.02–0.391:150.00–0.111:390.00–0.021:130.13–0.000:320.00–0.002:010.00–0.121:220.00–0.001:520.02–0.321:410.04–0.060:450.00–0.001:140.05–0.00
Stafford–Deslauriers–Flynn1:370.03–0.051:390.00–0.104:350.00–0.270:350.00–0.001:010.00–0.013:310.03–0.051:250.00–0.240:580.00–0.001:100.00–0.030:440.00–0.09
McCormick–Kaleta–Larsson2:010.00–0.010:580.00–0.191:360.00–0.011:040.00–0.011:250.00–0.001:330.00–0.010:360.00–0.19
McCormick–Stafford–Kaleta1:010.08–0.000:420.08–0.000:390.00–0.00
Hodgson–Ennis–Grigorenko0:310.00–0.060:310.00–0.06
Gorges–Pysyk1:290.01–0.007:290.11–0.114:000.00–0.091:520.00–0.093:260.08–0.023:410.00–0.001:480.03–0.091:080.00–0.000:560.00–0.061:540.00–0.001:170.01–0.061:190.00–0.09
Meszaros–Weber7:170.15–0.190:380.04–0.001:110.04–0.003:000.05–0.120:560.00–0.000:380.00–0.093:040.03–0.052:270.09–0.023:090.00–0.162:310.04–0.001:210.02–0.000:370.05–0.00
Strachan–Zadorov4:070.10–0.002:090.00–0.004:120.00–0.800:580.00–0.003:250.00–0.000:560.05–0.002:010.00–0.241:260.00–0.002:250.00–0.002:010.00–0.550:500.03–0.000:580.00–0.00
Pysyk–Zadorov0:480.00–0.02
Weber–Pysyk0:330.00–0.060:450.00–0.06
Shift chart

Every shift, one row per player.

P1P2P3EndStafford FDeslauriers FFlynn FGirgensons FMoulson FEnnis FHodgson FGrigorenko FStewart FMcCormick FKaleta FLarsson FPysyk DGorges DStrachan DZadorov DMeszaros DWeber DEnroth GJohnson FPalat FKucherov FCallahan FKillorn FFilppula FPaquette FDrouin FStamkos FMorrow FBoyle FConnolly FSustr DHedman DStralman DCarle DBarberio DNesterov DVasilevskiy G
BUFTBLFull-height lines are goals; short ticks at the top are shots. Hover to see who was on the ice.

Shift totals

Josh GorgesBUF2823:020:491:4543
Matt CarleTBL2622:280:522:0041
Victor HedmanTBL2621:420:501:1552
Anton StralmanTBL2521:010:502:0153
Nikita ZadorovBUF2420:420:521:3513
Andrej SustrTBL2520:050:481:1903
Tyson StrachanBUF2219:410:541:5105
Mark PysykBUF2318:340:481:4520
Zemgus GirgensonsBUF2318:270:481:1225
Tyler EnnisBUF2118:200:521:3522
Mike WeberBUF2218:190:501:4113
Andrej MeszarosBUF1918:070:571:4112
Ryan CallahanTBL1918:020:571:4752
Matt MoulsonBUF2017:570:541:4523
Valtteri FilppulaTBL1917:210:551:4462
Steven StamkosTBL1717:211:011:4021
Cedric PaquetteTBL2017:000:511:1515
Cody HodgsonBUF1916:520:531:1521
Alex KillornTBL2016:430:501:2662
Mikhail GrigorenkoBUF1816:420:561:2411
Chris StewartBUF1916:380:531:2121
Drew StaffordBUF2216:300:451:2233
Ondrej PalatTBL2116:130:461:2640
Tyler JohnsonTBL2116:110:461:2640
Nikita NesterovTBL1715:020:531:1421
Nikita KucherovTBL1914:510:471:2640
Brian FlynnBUF2014:420:441:1335
Mark BarberioTBL2114:300:411:1733
Jonathan DrouinTBL1414:081:011:4411
Brian BoyleTBL1812:570:431:0303
Cody McCormickBUF1912:060:381:1203
Brett ConnollyTBL1511:050:441:1921
Nicolas DeslauriersBUF1611:010:411:1323
Patrick KaletaBUF1910:320:331:1301
Brenden MorrowTBL149:460:421:0301
Johan LarssonBUF116:550:381:1201