Thu, Dec 31, 2015·First Niagara Center, Buffalo
New York Islanders 2, Buffalo Sabres 1
Expected result
Based on shot quality alone, Buffalo Sabres win this game 62% of the time.
53%
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9%
29%
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.
| Nielsen–Okposo–Kulemin | Bailey–Tavares–Lee | Grabovski–Nelson–Strome | Clutterbuck–Martin–Cizikas | Hamonic–Leddy | Boychuk–de Haan | Zidlicky–Hickey | Zidlicky–de Haan | Hickey–Hamonic | Zidlicky–Leddy | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gionta–Girgensons–Eichel | 5:070.21–0.15 | 2:210.04–0.07 | 1:020.00–0.00 | 4:320.06–0.06 | 1:220.00–0.07 | 3:590.18–0.08 | ||||
| McGinn–O'Reilly–Reinhart | 7:540.11–0.34 | 4:280.07–0.15 | 3:300.04–0.26 | 0:540.00–0.00 | ||||||
| Moulson–Kane–Larsson | 4:230.02–0.49 | 3:310.16–0.03 | 4:100.01–0.00 | 2:240.01–0.49 | 1:530.00–0.02 | 0:540.16–0.02 | ||||
| Legwand–Foligno–Deslauriers | 2:190.04–0.19 | 1:570.02–0.06 | 1:180.02–0.09 | 0:500.03–0.09 | ||||||
| O'Reilly–Kane–Reinhart | 0:310.00–0.09 | 0:390.03–0.00 | 1:080.00–0.09 | 0:390.03–0.00 | ||||||
| Gionta–Kane–Girgensons | 0:340.00–0.01 | |||||||||
| Legwand–McGinn–Deslauriers | 0:380.00–0.02 | 0:390.00–0.02 | ||||||||
| Bogosian–McCabe | 3:310.11–0.03 | 8:320.10–0.38 | 1:160.03–0.02 | 3:110.02–0.01 | 7:430.08–0.23 | 6:150.05–0.22 | 3:450.14–0.00 | 0:320.02–0.01 | 0:300.00–0.00 | 0:590.00–0.01 |
| Gorges–Ristolainen | 7:220.12–0.70 | 1:430.25–0.00 | 3:080.16–0.02 | 6:120.04–0.06 | 3:450.01–0.67 | 3:290.07–0.10 | 0:570.16–0.00 | |||
| Franson–Weber | 2:540.04–0.03 | 2:440.01–0.11 | 2:510.04–0.00 | 2:070.02–0.04 | 3:130.04–0.11 | |||||
| Weber–Bogosian | 0:380.02–0.00 | 0:440.00–0.00 |
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
 Rasmus RistolainenBUF | 28 | 25:47 | 0:55 | 1:50 | 10 | 6 |
 Zach BogosianBUF | 26 | 24:06 | 0:56 | 2:02 | 2 | 5 |
 Travis HamonicNYI | 24 | 23:40 | 0:59 | 2:00 | 2 | 5 |
 Nick LeddyNYI | 22 | 22:30 | 1:01 | 2:00 | 3 | 3 |
 Ryan O'ReillyBUF | 23 | 22:14 | 0:58 | 1:47 | 3 | 8 |
 Jake McCabeBUF | 26 | 22:11 | 0:51 | 2:02 | 2 | 5 |
 Calvin de HaanNYI | 21 | 21:18 | 1:01 | 1:33 | 2 | 5 |
 Evander KaneBUF | 23 | 20:20 | 0:53 | 1:31 | 4 | 3 |
 Jack EichelBUF | 18 | 20:17 | 1:08 | 3:24 | 6 | 3 |
 Johnny BoychukNYI | 19 | 18:41 | 0:59 | 1:33 | 2 | 5 |
 Frans NielsenNYI | 25 | 18:19 | 0:44 | 1:18 | 6 | 7 |
 John TavaresNYI | 21 | 18:19 | 0:52 | 1:15 | 5 | 0 |
 Josh BaileyNYI | 21 | 18:05 | 0:52 | 1:43 | 6 | 0 |
 Jamie McGinnBUF | 18 | 17:36 | 0:59 | 1:43 | 3 | 5 |
 Nikolay KuleminNYI | 25 | 17:36 | 0:42 | 1:21 | 5 | 7 |
 Zemgus GirgensonsBUF | 19 | 17:30 | 0:55 | 1:51 | 4 | 3 |
 Brian GiontaBUF | 21 | 17:19 | 0:49 | 1:31 | 4 | 3 |
 Sam ReinhartBUF | 19 | 17:17 | 0:55 | 1:36 | 3 | 6 |
 Anders LeeNYI | 22 | 17:10 | 0:47 | 1:15 | 7 | 0 |
 Josh GorgesBUF | 25 | 16:56 | 0:41 | 1:36 | 7 | 6 |
 Thomas HickeyNYI | 20 | 16:36 | 0:50 | 1:17 | 2 | 1 |
 Kyle OkposoNYI | 21 | 16:18 | 0:47 | 1:22 | 6 | 5 |
 Marek ZidlickyNYI | 17 | 15:15 | 0:54 | 1:17 | 4 | 0 |
 Johan LarssonBUF | 16 | 13:36 | 0:51 | 1:13 | 3 | 3 |
 Ryan StromeNYI | 18 | 12:42 | 0:42 | 1:10 | 3 | 1 |
 Casey CizikasNYI | 18 | 12:39 | 0:42 | 1:33 | 1 | 5 |
 Cody FransonBUF | 19 | 12:34 | 0:40 | 1:20 | 2 | 3 |
 Matt MoulsonBUF | 16 | 12:01 | 0:45 | 1:16 | 4 | 2 |
 Mike WeberBUF | 17 | 11:55 | 0:42 | 1:43 | 1 | 4 |
 Brock NelsonNYI | 17 | 11:55 | 0:42 | 1:13 | 3 | 2 |
 Cal ClutterbuckNYI | 20 | 11:37 | 0:35 | 1:33 | 1 | 4 |
 Mikhail GrabovskiNYI | 16 | 11:01 | 0:41 | 1:20 | 2 | 1 |
 David LegwandBUF | 13 | 9:18 | 0:43 | 1:43 | 1 | 3 |
 Marcus FolignoBUF | 15 | 9:11 | 0:37 | 1:01 | 1 | 0 |
 Matt MartinNYI | 15 | 8:59 | 0:36 | 0:51 | 1 | 1 |
 Nicolas DeslauriersBUF | 13 | 8:49 | 0:41 | 1:20 | 1 | 0 |