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Ice Lab

Wed, Jan 20, 2016·Pepsi Center, Denver

Buffalo Sabres 1, Colorado Avalanche 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Buffalo Sabres win this game 56% 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–Foligno–LarssonO'Reilly–Kane–ReinhartMcGinn–O'Reilly–KaneLegwand–Moulson–SchallerMcGinn–Varone–EichelMoulson–McGinn–EichelGionta–Kane–LarssonO'Reilly–Kane–VaroneBogosian–RistolainenGorges–PysykFranson–WeberBogosian–Pysyk
Tanguay–Duchene–MacKinnon4:300.03–0.032:040.00–0.031:420.16–0.091:470.38–0.010:430.00–0.004:410.37–0.136:150.17–0.040:370.00–0.000:350.05–0.00
Comeau–Soderberg–Landeskog2:160.05–0.091:460.01–0.182:440.00–0.002:060.04–0.070:500.04–0.000:380.00–0.006:380.06–0.163:100.02–0.142:070.04–0.02
Mitchell–McLeod–Skille2:050.00–0.001:000.07–0.010:520.03–0.101:350.15–0.101:000.02–0.084:240.08–0.01
Iginla–Grigorenko–Martinsen0:560.00–0.001:370.00–0.041:180.00–0.020:580.08–0.09
Iginla–Duchene–MacKinnon0:480.05–0.261:110.00–0.001:280.05–0.260:390.00–0.00
Beauchemin–Zadorov1:530.03–0.024:170.01–0.223:250.00–0.001:310.02–0.070:490.26–0.009:470.28–0.163:190.06–0.112:380.05–0.110:370.21–0.00
Holden–Barrie3:470.08–0.261:290.06–0.010:330.00–0.090:460.03–0.101:090.10–0.001:260.12–0.051:000.13–0.006:000.23–0.533:260.13–0.084:120.17–0.02
Redmond–Bigras5:060.05–0.130:480.00–0.020:450.11–0.002:280.00–0.002:420.11–0.116:230.04–0.133:370.00–0.00
Beauchemin–Holden0:570.05–0.001:170.00–0.020:340.05–0.00
Shift chart

Every shift, one row per player.

P1P2P3EndComeau FSoderberg FLandeskog FDuchene FMacKinnon FTanguay FMitchell FMcLeod FIginla FGrigorenko FMartinsen FSkille FZadorov DBeauchemin DBigras DRedmond DHolden DBarrie DVarlamov GKane FMcGinn FO'Reilly FLarsson FGionta FFoligno FEichel FReinhart FVarone FMoulson FSchaller FLegwand FBogosian DRistolainen DGorges DPysyk DWeber DFranson DLehner G
COLBUFFull-height lines are goals; short ticks at the top are shots. Hover to see who was on the ice.

Shift totals

Rasmus RistolainenBUF3128:170:552:0435
Francois BeaucheminCOL2725:460:572:0836
Zach BogosianBUF3224:180:461:2246
Nick HoldenCOL2323:291:012:2243
Matt DucheneCOL2523:110:561:3173
Evander KaneBUF2622:050:511:2926
Ryan O'ReillyBUF2721:540:491:5436
Nathan MacKinnonCOL2521:460:522:0872
Carl SoderbergCOL2620:330:471:2224
Tyson BarrieCOL2320:260:531:5643
Nikita ZadorovCOL2519:170:461:2925
Brian GiontaBUF2519:150:461:1912
Blake ComeauCOL2519:120:461:2215
Mark PysykBUF2719:000:421:0617
Alex TanguayCOL2418:580:471:2662
Gabriel LandeskogCOL2418:510:471:3624
Josh GorgesBUF2817:520:381:0515
Jack EichelBUF2017:210:521:5741
Mike WeberBUF2216:220:451:1803
Jamie McGinnBUF2015:380:471:5476
Johan LarssonBUF2015:370:471:1902
Marcus FolignoBUF2115:220:441:1802
Chris BigrasCOL1614:380:552:0721
Zach RedmondCOL1514:070:562:0721
John MitchellCOL2112:030:341:1313
Sam ReinhartBUF1411:430:501:5421
Cody FransonBUF1911:420:371:2101
Cody McLeodCOL2011:200:341:3513
Jarome IginlaCOL1610:590:411:1480
David LegwandBUF1610:570:411:1823
Phil VaroneBUF159:550:401:1121
Jack SkilleCOL168:510:330:5412
Tim SchallerBUF138:320:391:0022
Matt MoulsonBUF128:270:420:5431
Andreas MartinsenCOL106:500:411:1141
Mikhail GrigorenkoCOL116:460:371:0231