NSH 2 @ BUF 1 · Feb 22, 2015

Sun, Feb 22, 2015·First Niagara Center, Buffalo

Away

Nashville Predators

Final

Shootout

Home

Buffalo Sabres

Three stars

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Nashville Predators win this game 84% of the time.

78%

BUF winsNSH 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 NSH'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.

	Ribeiro–Neal–Forsberg	Cullen–Fisher–Smith	Gaustad–Nystrom–Bourque	Santorelli–Wilson–Beck	Cullen–Santorelli–Beck	Weber–Josi	Franson–Ekholm	Bitetto–Jones	Ekholm–Jones	Franson–Jones
Stewart–Ennis–Girgensons	2:380.00–0.14	2:090.17–0.03	0:440.04–0.00	0:400.12–0.03	1:150.03–0.23	2:370.03–0.23	1:050.17–0.00	1:310.16–0.06	0:580.00–0.00
Gionta–Moulson–Mitchell	3:000.00–0.11	2:540.12–0.03		0:470.10–0.06		2:190.00–0.00	1:430.10–0.05	1:460.00–0.08	0:550.12–0.01	0:490.00–0.02
Foligno–Deslauriers–Flynn	1:010.00–0.11	0:580.00–0.11	2:180.00–0.00	2:210.11–0.02		3:030.00–0.07	1:290.11–0.00	2:070.00–0.22
Ellis–Hodgson–Larsson	0:520.00–0.05	1:030.01–0.11		1:220.00–0.03		1:530.01–0.18	1:110.00–0.02	0:400.00–0.01
Stewart–Ennis–Larsson			1:390.00–0.00			1:280.00–0.00	1:090.00–0.00
Gionta–Moulson–Flynn			0:430.00–0.00			0:300.00–0.00	0:430.00–0.00
Benoit–Bogosian	4:560.00–0.48	3:290.12–0.17	0:540.00–0.00	0:380.10–0.10	0:460.00–0.02	3:250.00–0.07	2:340.10–0.12	2:400.00–0.33	1:190.12–0.12	1:210.00–0.12
Meszaros–Pysyk	2:430.00–0.09	2:110.01–0.02	2:080.04–0.02	2:460.15–0.06	0:490.03–0.30	6:310.04–0.40	1:330.02–0.02	3:000.16–0.11	1:000.00–0.00
McCabe–Ristolainen	1:140.04–0.02	1:070.17–0.09	3:390.00–0.00	1:250.08–0.00		2:210.00–0.10	3:440.25–0.02	1:190.00–0.00
Meszaros–Ristolainen	0:500.00–0.00					1:170.00–0.00
Bogosian–Ristolainen				0:380.00–0.06

Shift chart

Every shift, one row per player.

BUFNSHFull-height lines are goals; short ticks at the top are shots. Hover to see who was on the ice.

Shift totals


Roman JosiNSH	36	31:15	0:52	1:50	9	6
Shea WeberNSH	36	30:18	0:51	1:50	7	6
Zach BogosianBUF	30	28:07	0:56	1:59	4	6
Andre BenoitBUF	31	27:25	0:53	1:54	1	7
Andrej MeszarosBUF	34	25:14	0:45	1:33	4	6
Mike RibeiroNSH	24	23:48	1:00	1:38	9	0
Rasmus RistolainenBUF	30	23:01	0:46	1:22	1	9
Seth JonesNSH	25	21:29	0:52	1:38	8	0
Filip ForsbergNSH	23	20:57	0:55	1:38	9	0
Brian GiontaBUF	29	20:46	0:43	1:27	2	11
James NealNSH	23	20:32	0:54	1:21	8	0
Tyler EnnisBUF	25	19:24	0:47	1:32	4	3
Cody FransonNSH	30	19:22	0:39	1:24	6	2
Chris StewartBUF	24	19:11	0:48	1:37	3	4
Brian FlynnBUF	24	18:56	0:47	1:24	2	5
Zemgus GirgensonsBUF	26	18:52	0:44	1:14	4	5
Mike FisherNSH	27	18:40	0:41	1:26	6	4
Mattias EkholmNSH	25	18:16	0:44	1:32	3	2
Torrey MitchellBUF	24	17:51	0:45	1:09	2	9
Craig SmithNSH	24	17:22	0:43	2:14	7	3
Mark PysykBUF	23	16:51	0:44	1:41	2	3
Colin WilsonNSH	18	16:36	0:55	1:35	6	2
Marcus FolignoBUF	21	14:32	0:42	1:11	3	5
Matt MoulsonBUF	19	14:30	0:46	1:24	1	5
Nicolas DeslauriersBUF	17	12:03	0:43	1:11	2	4
Mike SantorelliNSH	20	11:54	0:36	1:17	4	2
Matt CullenNSH	24	11:50	0:30	1:02	5	3
Eric NystromNSH	17	11:24	0:40	1:09	0	7
Taylor BeckNSH	16	11:00	0:41	1:17	2	2
Paul GaustadNSH	17	10:19	0:36	0:52	0	7
Jake McCabeBUF	15	10:00	0:40	1:16	0	4
Gabriel BourqueNSH	14	9:52	0:42	1:09	0	3
Anthony BitettoNSH	12	9:20	0:47	1:38	3	0
Johan LarssonBUF	15	9:16	0:37	1:06	2	2
Cody HodgsonBUF	9	4:48	0:32	1:12	1	2
Matt EllisBUF	10	4:39	0:28	0:50	1	1

Nashville Predators 2, Buffalo Sabres 1 (SO)

Who was on the ice

Shift totals