Sun, Feb 8, 2015·First Niagara Center, Buffalo
New York Islanders 3, Buffalo Sabres 2
Three stars
Expected result
Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 85% of the time.
9%
79%
BUF winsNYI wins
Who was on the ice
Model-basedLine matchups and every shift of the game.
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.
| Bailey–Tavares–Lee | Kulemin–Nelson–Zolnierczyk | Nielsen–Grabovski–Strome | McDonald–Martin–Cizikas | McDonald–Martin–Tavares | Boychuk–Leddy | Strait–Hamonic | Visnovsky–Hickey | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stewart–Ennis–Girgensons | 2:540.02–0.16 | 1:360.00–0.03 | 1:120.00–0.09 | 3:340.00–0.36 | 2:470.00–0.16 | 6:010.02–0.65 | 2:240.00–0.10 | |
| Gionta–Moulson–Mitchell | 0:490.04–0.00 | 2:270.01–0.19 | 4:460.22–0.19 | 0:500.00–0.16 | 0:360.00–0.00 | 4:440.04–0.27 | 4:060.23–0.19 | 2:300.00–0.09 |
| Stafford–Foligno–Flynn | 3:060.13–0.02 | 2:070.49–0.05 | 2:560.02–0.01 | 0:350.00–0.08 | 2:430.00–0.01 | 1:400.02–0.02 | 4:500.63–0.08 | |
| Ellis–Kaleta–Deslauriers | 2:030.00–0.06 | 1:340.03–0.00 | 1:290.00–0.04 | 0:390.00–0.00 | 3:090.03–0.04 | 1:470.00–0.00 | 0:430.00–0.00 | |
| Moulson–Mitchell–Ennis | 0:460.14–0.08 | 0:420.14–0.08 | ||||||
| Ristolainen–Zadorov | 2:070.15–0.02 | 2:520.50–0.08 | 4:420.12–0.17 | 1:450.00–0.21 | 0:420.00–0.08 | 3:420.14–0.15 | 6:090.13–0.33 | 3:520.50–0.13 |
| Strachan–Weber | 2:240.02–0.08 | 2:190.03–0.02 | 2:210.01–0.09 | 4:370.02–0.17 | 6:310.03–0.18 | 3:540.04–0.17 | 3:110.00–0.02 | |
| Gorges–Myers | 4:320.19–0.23 | 2:330.00–0.19 | 1:380.10–0.00 | 2:020.00–0.14 | 0:360.00–0.00 | 4:440.04–0.22 | 4:100.12–0.43 | 3:150.12–0.09 |
| Myers–Zadorov | 0:510.00–0.00 | 0:330.00–0.00 | 0:570.00–0.04 | 0:550.00–0.00 | ||||
| Gorges–Strachan | 1:130.00–0.03 | 0:420.00–0.02 | 0:470.00–0.00 | |||||
| Gorges–Ristolainen | 0:360.00–0.00 |
Every shift, one row per player.
BUFNYIFull-height lines are goals; short ticks at the top are shots. Hover to see who was on the ice.
Shift totals
 Travis HamonicNYI | 25 | 23:26 | 0:56 | 1:45 | 1 | 0 |
 Nikita ZadorovBUF | 23 | 21:30 | 0:56 | 1:38 | 3 | 3 |
 Rasmus RistolainenBUF | 27 | 21:14 | 0:47 | 1:13 | 3 | 3 |
 Johnny BoychukNYI | 24 | 20:59 | 0:52 | 1:39 | 2 | 1 |
 Brian StraitNYI | 23 | 20:36 | 0:54 | 1:27 | 2 | 0 |
 Nick LeddyNYI | 25 | 20:25 | 0:49 | 1:26 | 2 | 0 |
 Tyson StrachanBUF | 25 | 19:39 | 0:47 | 1:39 | 0 | 3 |
 John TavaresNYI | 19 | 19:30 | 1:02 | 1:29 | 5 | 0 |
 Tyler MyersBUF | 27 | 19:26 | 0:43 | 1:35 | 0 | 4 |
 Tyler EnnisBUF | 20 | 18:49 | 0:56 | 1:48 | 3 | 3 |
 Josh GorgesBUF | 26 | 18:44 | 0:43 | 1:38 | 0 | 6 |
 Zemgus GirgensonsBUF | 23 | 18:28 | 0:48 | 1:22 | 2 | 3 |
 Chris StewartBUF | 20 | 18:10 | 0:55 | 1:20 | 3 | 0 |
 Thomas HickeyNYI | 23 | 18:02 | 0:47 | 1:11 | 1 | 4 |
 Matt MoulsonBUF | 21 | 17:38 | 0:50 | 1:11 | 2 | 4 |
 Ryan StromeNYI | 22 | 17:20 | 0:47 | 1:56 | 3 | 1 |
 Lubomir VisnovskyNYI | 19 | 17:09 | 0:54 | 1:50 | 1 | 2 |
 Brian FlynnBUF | 22 | 16:47 | 0:46 | 1:16 | 1 | 0 |
 Frans NielsenNYI | 24 | 16:46 | 0:42 | 1:14 | 1 | 2 |
 Mike WeberBUF | 23 | 16:34 | 0:43 | 1:39 | 0 | 1 |
 Brian GiontaBUF | 20 | 16:21 | 0:49 | 1:23 | 1 | 3 |
 Drew StaffordBUF | 21 | 16:16 | 0:46 | 1:30 | 3 | 2 |
 Torrey MitchellBUF | 20 | 15:27 | 0:46 | 1:07 | 1 | 4 |
 Marcus FolignoBUF | 22 | 15:21 | 0:42 | 1:16 | 2 | 2 |
 Matt MartinNYI | 17 | 14:23 | 0:51 | 1:10 | 1 | 1 |
 Nikolay KuleminNYI | 20 | 14:15 | 0:43 | 1:15 | 2 | 2 |
 Brock NelsonNYI | 21 | 13:55 | 0:40 | 1:01 | 3 | 2 |
 Anders LeeNYI | 17 | 13:49 | 0:49 | 1:23 | 4 | 0 |
 Josh BaileyNYI | 18 | 13:44 | 0:46 | 1:13 | 5 | 0 |
 Mikhail GrabovskiNYI | 18 | 12:32 | 0:42 | 1:06 | 1 | 1 |
 Casey CizikasNYI | 19 | 12:22 | 0:39 | 1:07 | 2 | 1 |
 Harry ZolnierczykNYI | 17 | 11:57 | 0:42 | 1:06 | 2 | 1 |
 Colin McDonaldNYI | 16 | 10:50 | 0:41 | 1:16 | 3 | 1 |
 Matt EllisBUF | 13 | 8:52 | 0:41 | 1:12 | 0 | 1 |
 Nicolas DeslauriersBUF | 11 | 8:38 | 0:47 | 1:07 | 0 | 0 |
 Patrick KaletaBUF | 11 | 7:41 | 0:42 | 1:03 | 0 | 1 |