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Fri, Apr 3, 2015·First Niagara Center, Buffalo

Chicago Blackhawks 4, Buffalo Sabres 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Buffalo Sabres win this game 65% of the time.

BUF winsCHI 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 CHI'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.

Hossa–Versteeg–ToewsRichards–Vermette–SharpBickell–Shaw–SaadDesjardins–Kruger–TeravainenBickell–Shaw–TeravainenHossa–Toews–SaadOduya–HjalmarssonKeith–RundbladTimonen–SeabrookKeith–HjalmarssonOduya–Seabrook
Gionta–Ennis–Larsson5:020.00–0.071:290.00–0.031:510.02–0.033:420.11–0.021:030.00–0.001:010.00–0.127:240.02–0.053:410.02–0.122:400.10–0.070:550.00–0.030:390.00–0.12
Foligno–Deslauriers–Grigorenko2:250.00–0.153:050.40–0.032:350.26–0.050:400.01–0.002:160.00–0.204:190.33–0.023:190.40–0.03
Hodgson–Dalpe–Varone0:530.06–0.011:540.18–0.072:060.15–0.021:510.14–0.012:220.22–0.021:050.02–0.190:330.00–0.00
Ellis–Kaleta–Schaller1:360.00–0.180:550.00–0.001:570.09–0.001:270.00–0.001:430.11–0.022:310.14–0.18
Strachan–Bogosian6:360.04–0.202:260.00–0.021:500.00–0.003:230.11–0.070:540.00–0.006:360.02–0.214:180.13–0.003:470.00–0.070:500.00–0.000:410.00–0.00
Meszaros–Ristolainen1:400.02–0.053:180.38–0.041:300.14–0.034:100.10–0.043:410.00–0.063:370.19–0.154:550.50–0.07
Benoit–Zadorov2:360.18–0.253:450.29–0.070:430.01–0.002:560.18–0.064:080.30–0.021:090.00–0.35
Bogosian–Zadorov0:470.00–0.000:470.00–0.00
Meszaros–Zadorov0:380.04–0.000:470.18–0.00
Shift chart

Every shift, one row per player.

P1P2P3EndGionta FLarsson FEnnis FGrigorenko FDeslauriers FFoligno FVarone FHodgson FDalpe FKaleta FEllis FSchaller FStrachan DBogosian DMeszaros DRistolainen DBenoit DZadorov DLindback GToews FVersteeg FHossa FSharp FVermette FRichards FBickell FSaad FShaw FKruger FTeravainen FDesjardins FSeabrook DTimonen DHjalmarsson DOduya DKeith DRundblad DDarling G
BUFCHIFull-height lines are goals; short ticks at the top are shots. Hover to see who was on the ice.

Shift totals

Zach BogosianBUF3128:440:562:3147
Duncan KeithCHI3224:510:471:2696
Brian GiontaBUF2824:430:532:2044
Tyler EnnisBUF2324:131:032:4722
Tyson StrachanBUF2623:310:541:4016
Johan LarssonBUF2122:221:042:2022
Niklas HjalmarssonCHI3121:480:421:5035
Rasmus RistolainenBUF2821:230:462:1065
Brent SeabrookCHI3019:420:391:0224
Johnny OduyaCHI2919:420:411:1543
Marian HossaCHI2719:250:431:1182
Jonathan ToewsCHI2319:000:501:1363
Marcus FolignoBUF2518:500:451:2147
Brandon SaadCHI2617:500:411:2184
Andrej MeszarosBUF2417:130:431:3454
Andrew ShawCHI2316:240:431:2182
Brad RichardsCHI2115:550:451:1811
David RundbladCHI2115:350:451:1551
Antoine VermetteCHI2015:190:461:2812
Patrick SharpCHI2115:090:431:1022
Kris VersteegCHI1814:550:501:1832
Mikhail GrigorenkoBUF2013:560:421:0846
Nicolas DeslauriersBUF1713:460:491:1342
Nikita ZadorovBUF1713:270:471:4133
Kimmo TimonenCHI2012:330:381:0213
Andrew DesjardinsCHI1812:310:421:0634
Andre BenoitBUF1612:010:451:4014
Phil VaroneBUF1511:550:481:1132
Teuvo TeravainenCHI1711:250:401:0333
Marcus KrugerCHI1710:430:380:5534
Matt EllisBUF1710:370:371:2726
Bryan BickellCHI1410:140:441:0351
Cody HodgsonBUF159:570:401:1112
Patrick KaletaBUF169:270:351:2725
Tim SchallerBUF139:030:421:2725
Zac DalpeBUF127:400:381:1113