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Sat, Dec 19, 2015·First Niagara Center, Buffalo

Chicago Blackhawks 3, Buffalo Sabres 2 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Buffalo Sabres win this game 55% 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.

Anisimov–Kane–PanarinHossa–Toews–TeravainenDesjardins–Garbutt–DanaultBickell–Shaw–RasmussenKeith–van RiemsdykSeabrook–HjalmarssonRozsival–ScuderiKeith–SeabrookRozsival–Hjalmarsson
McGinn–O'Reilly–Reinhart2:180.03–0.349:330.16–0.402:310.05–0.009:150.69–0.680:590.08–0.000:460.00–0.00
Gionta–Larsson–Girgensons9:350.25–0.090:420.00–0.001:140.00–0.026:490.22–0.090:430.00–0.004:080.03–0.02
Ennis–Kane–Eichel0:360.00–0.000:540.01–0.004:510.05–0.123:450.01–0.074:490.05–0.044:300.02–0.071:390.09–0.09
Legwand–Moulson–Deslauriers3:110.07–0.072:450.00–0.001:500.01–0.001:110.05–0.004:040.02–0.04
Gorges–Ristolainen9:500.18–0.411:150.02–0.051:470.05–0.052:440.02–0.187:100.15–0.073:500.02–0.425:220.19–0.191:050.00–0.03
Bogosian–McCabe3:240.07–0.067:390.06–0.262:170.05–0.002:420.01–0.085:020.07–0.068:250.66–0.263:430.02–0.02
Franson–Weber2:290.02–0.155:110.06–0.163:420.00–0.024:420.05–0.073:350.00–0.153:340.03–0.130:450.00–0.000:350.00–0.03
McCabe–Ristolainen0:480.03–0.000:530.03–0.00
Gorges–Bogosian0:340.08–0.000:430.00–0.00
Shift chart

Every shift, one row per player.

P1P2P3OTEndGionta FLarsson FGirgensons FO'Reilly FMcGinn FReinhart FKane FEichel FEnnis FLegwand FDeslauriers FMoulson FGorges DRistolainen DMcCabe DBogosian DWeber DFranson DJohnson GAnisimov FPanarin FKane FToews FTeravainen FHossa FDanault FGarbutt FDesjardins FRasmussen FBickell FShaw FKeith DHjalmarsson Dvan Riemsdyk DSeabrook DRozsival DScuderi DCrawford G
BUFCHIFull-height lines are goals; short ticks at the top are shots. Hover to see who was on the ice.

Shift totals

Duncan KeithCHI3429:220:523:2016
Rasmus RistolainenBUF3326:170:482:3942
Brent SeabrookCHI3025:420:512:4733
Trevor van RiemsdykCHI3323:170:422:1013
Josh GorgesBUF3422:340:401:2232
Ryan O'ReillyBUF2522:330:542:2454
Patrick KaneCHI2122:161:042:4723
Jonathan ToewsCHI2521:320:521:5933
Niklas HjalmarssonCHI3021:300:431:3435
Artemi PanarinCHI2121:021:002:4720
Jake McCabeBUF2421:000:532:0812
Zach BogosianBUF2520:460:502:1433
Evander KaneBUF2319:350:512:1072
Artem AnisimovCHI2419:150:482:2423
Jack EichelBUF2218:550:522:1073
Sam ReinhartBUF2017:340:531:1253
Jamie McGinnBUF2117:060:491:2663
Marian HossaCHI2316:500:441:1542
Brian GiontaBUF2116:420:481:2222
Mike WeberBUF2216:210:451:3053
Cody FransonBUF2316:030:421:1262
Teuvo TeravainenCHI2015:300:471:1032
Zemgus GirgensonsBUF2415:140:380:5912
Johan LarssonBUF2115:090:431:1112
Tyler EnnisBUF2214:590:411:1763
Michal RozsivalCHI2014:550:451:2811
Rob ScuderiCHI2014:130:431:2811
Andrew DesjardinsCHI2013:310:412:1714
Ryan GarbuttCHI2113:130:381:3125
David LegwandBUF1712:530:452:3334
Andrew ShawCHI2011:250:340:5523
Phillip DanaultCHI2011:200:341:3125
Dennis RasmussenCHI1411:060:481:1120
Bryan BickellCHI1410:540:471:1420
Nicolas DeslauriersBUF1610:150:381:1232
Matt MoulsonBUF1510:040:401:1032