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Ice Lab

Sat, Mar 28, 2015·Pepsi Center, Denver

Buffalo Sabres 3, Colorado Avalanche 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Buffalo Sabres win this game 51% of the time.

COL winsBUF wins

Who was on the ice

Model-based

Line matchups and every shift of the game.

Line matchups

COL forward lines and defence pairs (rows) against BUF'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.

Gionta–Moulson–LarssonKaleta–Deslauriers–VaroneDalpe–Foligno–GrigorenkoEllis–Hodgson–SchallerBenoit–BogosianStrachan–WeberMeszaros–RistolainenWeber–RistolainenStrachan–Meszaros
Tanguay–O'Reilly–Landeskog3:450.25–0.162:470.04–0.002:060.01–0.472:550.00–0.153:170.09–0.412:520.02–0.002:300.00–0.252:380.02–0.091:450.17–0.05
Iginla–Mitchell–Duchene4:450.05–0.412:340.09–0.022:190.24–0.062:170.03–0.106:480.22–0.421:410.05–0.021:140.00–0.231:460.02–0.000:560.18–0.00
Caron–Hishon–Hamilton1:450.00–0.000:540.01–0.002:300.19–0.051:340.13–0.001:260.00–0.051:180.01–0.000:390.00–0.00
McLeod–Cliche–Everberg0:490.23–0.001:310.04–0.000:360.00–0.000:460.00–0.151:160.24–0.001:310.03–0.021:090.00–0.02
McLeod–Cliche–Hishon0:410.02–0.000:550.01–0.140:320.02–0.001:230.03–0.000:320.02–0.00
Stuart–Holden5:050.35–0.193:280.12–0.041:490.06–0.142:320.00–0.113:580.41–0.143:090.05–0.073:010.03–0.192:340.02–0.100:580.02–0.05
Hejda–Redmond3:070.04–0.003:520.09–0.002:310.07–0.001:530.00–0.255:050.09–0.153:520.05–0.100:480.02–0.001:540.00–0.000:440.03–0.00
Guenin–Barrie1:320.00–0.370:340.00–0.002:460.08–0.102:010.00–0.132:010.07–0.303:120.00–0.211:260.01–0.12
Hejda–Barrie0:370.02–0.000:330.18–0.140:440.02–0.010:500.00–0.150:320.02–0.00
Hejda–Holden0:410.00–0.001:000.03–0.000:390.00–0.00
Stuart–Barrie0:300.00–0.000:350.14–0.00
Guenin–Redmond0:440.01–0.000:350.00–0.351:140.01–0.22
Holden–Barrie0:410.00–0.00
Stuart–Redmond0:360.00–0.050:350.00–0.05
Shift chart

Every shift, one row per player.

P1P2P3EndTanguay FO'Reilly FLandeskog FMitchell FDuchene FIginla FCliche FEverberg FMcLeod FHamilton FCaron FHishon FHolden DStuart DBarrie DGuenin DHejda DRedmond DVarlamov GGionta FLarsson FMoulson FDalpe FGrigorenko FFoligno FKaleta FVarone FDeslauriers FHodgson FEllis FSchaller FBogosian DBenoit DWeber DRistolainen DStrachan DMeszaros DLindback GHackett G
COLBUFFull-height lines are goals; short ticks at the top are shots. Hover to see who was on the ice.

Shift totals

Rasmus RistolainenBUF2524:020:582:2061
Jan HejdaCOL2523:220:561:2816
Zach BogosianBUF2823:040:491:4372
Nick HoldenCOL2722:310:501:4031
Brad StuartCOL2922:140:461:3614
Mike WeberBUF2321:070:552:3522
Andre BenoitBUF2920:010:411:1642
Brian GiontaBUF2319:410:511:4774
Gabriel LandeskogCOL2319:320:511:2926
Ryan O'ReillyCOL2419:290:491:3116
Matt MoulsonBUF2219:260:531:4083
Zach RedmondCOL2019:180:581:5716
Johan LarssonBUF2219:100:521:3663
Alex TanguayCOL2518:430:451:2924
Tyson BarrieCOL2318:420:491:2825
Jarome IginlaCOL2018:300:561:5735
John MitchellCOL2218:200:501:2735
Matt DucheneCOL2017:350:531:3134
Andrej MeszarosBUF2417:330:441:4230
Marcus FolignoBUF2217:140:471:4122
Mikhail GrigorenkoBUF2115:130:431:1140
Cody HodgsonBUF1914:380:461:1110
Tyson StrachanBUF2214:320:401:1202
Phil VaroneBUF1814:140:471:2431
Marc-Andre ClicheCOL2013:330:411:0724
Nate GueninCOL2213:260:370:5527
Patrick KaletaBUF1813:190:441:1822
Cody McLeodCOL2013:170:401:1723
Nicolas DeslauriersBUF1712:380:451:1831
Matt EllisBUF1811:470:391:1120
Tim SchallerBUF1610:310:391:1110
Joey HishonCOL1410:250:451:2810
Zac DalpeBUF169:590:371:0130
Jordan CaronCOL107:570:481:2800
Dennis EverbergCOL137:410:351:0223
Freddie HamiltonCOL117:250:401:0900