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Thu, Jan 15, 2015·First Niagara Center, Buffalo

Minnesota Wild 7, Buffalo Sabres 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Minnesota Wild win this game 82% of the time.

BUF winsMIN 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 MIN'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.

Koivu–Pominville–PariseCooke–Brodziak–FontaineCarter–Coyle–NiederreiterVanek–Haula–ZuckerVanek–Coyle–NiederreiterBrodin–FolinSpurgeon–DumbaBlum–ProsserSpurgeon–ProsserBrodin–DumbaBlum–FolinProsser–BrodinSpurgeon–BrodinProsser–FolinProsser–DumbaBlum–Brodin
Moulson–Ennis–Girgensons2:430.04–0.211:590.15–0.003:160.02–0.022:080.17–0.603:190.05–0.032:520.14–0.221:070.02–0.000:580.16–0.571:490.00–0.090:510.00–0.000:410.00–0.00
Stafford–Mitchell–Flynn5:510.04–0.020:410.03–0.000:520.02–0.061:080.00–0.023:350.03–0.021:550.02–0.080:580.02–0.001:170.01–0.001:080.00–0.00
Stewart–Hodgson–Varone0:470.00–1.204:020.27–0.100:400.00–0.000:510.00–0.112:040.17–0.070:370.00–0.001:280.00–0.11
Ellis–Kaleta–Deslauriers0:430.00–0.001:220.00–0.050:320.00–0.000:400.00–0.481:000.00–0.050:370.00–0.000:360.00–0.000:380.00–0.000:300.00–0.00
Stewart–Hodgson–Deslauriers1:120.05–0.000:530.00–0.020:540.00–0.041:380.05–0.00
Ellis–Kaleta–Varone0:470.00–0.000:480.00–0.101:070.00–0.050:420.00–0.00
Moulson–Stewart–Girgensons0:570.00–0.070:350.00–0.01
Ellis–Kaleta–Flynn0:570.28–0.001:100.28–0.00
Ristolainen–Zadorov1:420.00–0.193:420.25–0.074:370.28–0.082:360.17–0.550:570.00–0.103:250.20–0.172:180.00–0.192:460.05–0.061:210.16–0.592:240.00–0.090:430.28–0.001:360.00–0.000:570.02–0.00
Gorges–Myers5:410.08–0.051:450.00–0.001:040.00–0.002:250.00–0.124:570.00–0.021:570.04–0.050:520.02–0.001:560.01–0.110:340.00–0.000:380.00–0.000:440.00–0.00
Meszaros–Weber2:250.00–0.004:080.25–0.082:390.04–0.071:280.00–0.103:170.05–0.051:450.12–0.061:330.02–0.001:150.00–0.100:530.00–0.001:180.00–0.00
Shift chart

Every shift, one row per player.

P1P2P3EndMoulson FGirgensons FEnnis FMitchell FStafford FFlynn FHodgson FStewart FVarone FKaleta FDeslauriers FEllis FZadorov DRistolainen DGorges DMyers DWeber DMeszaros DEnroth GVanek FPominville FHaula FZucker FKoivu FParise FFontaine FBrodziak FCooke FCoyle FCarter FNiederreiter FFolin DBrodin DProsser DSpurgeon DDumba DBlum DDubnyk G
BUFMINFull-height lines are goals; short ticks at the top are shots. Hover to see who was on the ice.

Shift totals

Jonas BrodinMIN3127:530:541:4746
Jared SpurgeonMIN2922:590:481:5192
Nikita ZadorovBUF2822:560:491:5345
Rasmus RistolainenBUF2821:580:471:5356
Christian FolinMIN2221:090:582:1523
Josh GorgesBUF2920:170:421:2915
Zemgus GirgensonsBUF2620:160:471:3625
Tyler MyersBUF2820:100:431:2715
Mike WeberBUF3019:450:401:2728
Mikko KoivuMIN2518:330:451:2783
Tyler EnnisBUF2218:180:501:3024
Jason PominvilleMIN2217:590:491:2761
Matt MoulsonBUF2217:560:491:2614
Zach PariseMIN2317:400:461:2780
Nate ProsserMIN2417:020:431:2906
Thomas VanekMIN2116:380:481:2720
Mathew DumbaMIN2516:110:391:14121
Chris StewartBUF2116:080:461:5343
Brian FlynnBUF2315:550:421:1617
Torrey MitchellBUF2315:540:411:2705
Andrej MeszarosBUF2515:130:371:1325
Kyle BrodziakMIN2014:210:431:1243
Matt CookeMIN2114:170:411:0644
Erik HaulaMIN2013:570:421:0531
Drew StaffordBUF2113:260:381:0504
Justin FontaineMIN1813:020:431:1142
Charlie CoyleMIN1713:000:461:1043
Jason ZuckerMIN1913:000:411:1030
Ryan CarterMIN1612:460:481:1752
Nino NiederreiterMIN1611:520:451:0832
Patrick KaletaBUF1811:440:391:1515
Jonathon BlumMIN1611:440:441:3422
Cody HodgsonBUF1811:240:381:2032
Matt EllisBUF1610:200:391:1525
Phil VaroneBUF179:250:331:2012
Nicolas DeslauriersBUF118:240:461:0611