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Wed, Mar 16, 2016·First Niagara Center, Buffalo

Montréal Canadiens 3, Buffalo Sabres 2 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Buffalo Sabres win this game 68% of the time.

BUF winsMTL 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 MTL'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.

Plekanec–Byron–EllerPacioretty–Galchenyuk–AndrighettoMitchell–Lessio–McCarronBrown–Danault–de la RoseBrown–Pacioretty–GalchenyukMitchell–Danault–de la RoseBartley–PaterynMarkov–EmelinMarkov–BarberioEmelin–BeaulieuPateryn–BeaulieuEmelin–Bartley
Girgensons–Reinhart–Eichel2:130.17–0.010:580.00–0.003:120.17–0.021:050.00–0.003:260.00–0.002:380.19–0.011:020.16–0.021:500.07–0.00
O'Reilly–Kane–Deslauriers2:540.09–0.001:120.02–0.001:490.01–0.000:490.00–0.000:410.00–0.000:500.00–0.001:390.10–0.002:320.03–0.000:520.02–0.001:060.00–0.00
Gionta–Foligno–Larsson1:300.16–0.044:380.14–0.091:090.00–0.012:400.02–0.041:570.14–0.061:110.00–0.020:560.03–0.00
Legwand–Moulson–O'Reilly0:340.01–0.031:030.02–0.000:470.00–0.000:470.00–0.001:050.00–0.020:380.02–0.00
O'Reilly–Kane–Eichel1:030.01–0.031:560.02–0.15
Kane–Deslauriers–Larsson0:510.02–0.00
Bogosian–McCabe2:260.06–0.025:030.21–0.042:370.02–0.000:470.00–0.002:300.02–0.002:140.01–0.002:000.23–0.023:050.03–0.001:220.02–0.000:370.00–0.00
Gorges–Ristolainen1:490.01–0.045:380.14–0.170:370.00–0.001:460.00–0.014:050.01–0.051:330.00–0.161:570.14–0.061:300.00–0.021:060.00–0.001:120.00–0.08
Colaiacovo–Pysyk1:520.07–0.000:420.02–0.022:200.09–0.111:490.08–0.111:100.04–0.321:540.04–0.021:040.01–0.000:530.07–0.000:430.03–0.00
Pysyk–McCabe1:380.10–0.030:350.00–0.000:560.00–0.031:240.10–0.00
McCabe–Ristolainen1:010.00–0.050:590.00–0.05
Shift chart

Every shift, one row per player.

P1P2P3OTEndGionta FLarsson FFoligno FKane FDeslauriers FO'Reilly FEichel FReinhart FGirgensons FLegwand FO'Reilly FMoulson FGorges DRistolainen DMcCabe DBogosian DPysyk DColaiacovo DLehner GGalchenyuk FAndrighetto FPacioretty FPlekanec FByron FEller FMcCarron FLessio FMitchell FBrown FDanault Fde la Rose FBarberio DMarkov DBeaulieu DEmelin DBartley DPateryn DScrivens G
BUFMTLFull-height lines are goals; short ticks at the top are shots. Hover to see who was on the ice.

Shift totals

Andrei MarkovMTL3230:550:581:5948
Rasmus RistolainenBUF3227:260:512:0747
Alexei EmelinMTL2827:150:582:2228
Jake McCabeBUF3024:490:501:3763
Jack EichelBUF2222:091:002:1242
Ryan O'ReillyBUF2822:020:472:0094
Max PaciorettyMTL2821:580:471:3054
Alex GalchenyukMTL2621:360:501:3953
Zach BogosianBUF2721:200:472:0171
Greg PaterynMTL2921:000:431:4148
Evander KaneBUF2620:140:471:4081
Josh GorgesBUF2520:070:481:4235
Tomas PlekanecMTL2720:060:452:2627
Nathan BeaulieuMTL2117:590:511:4134
Brian GiontaBUF2717:560:401:1733
Lars EllerMTL2417:410:441:3832
Sven AndrighettoMTL2217:290:481:3253
Paul ByronMTL2716:530:381:1435
Sam ReinhartBUF1916:490:531:3851
Victor BartleyMTL2016:450:501:4036
Zemgus GirgensonsBUF2016:320:501:3860
Mark PysykBUF2716:230:361:3952
Torrey MitchellMTL2115:440:451:3829
Johan LarssonBUF2214:050:381:0835
Marcus FolignoBUF2313:010:341:0421
Nicolas DeslauriersBUF1411:380:501:3732
Jacob de la RoseMTL1711:240:401:1007
David LegwandBUF1511:210:451:1255
Lucas LessioMTL1511:140:451:3824
Carlo ColaiacovoBUF2010:240:311:2241
Mike BrownMTL169:090:340:5805
Michael McCarronMTL128:580:451:0323
Phillip DanaultMTL158:370:340:5206
Mark BarberioMTL108:010:481:0502
Cal O'ReillyBUF96:370:441:0950
Matt MoulsonBUF96:230:431:1260