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Ice Lab

Tue, Mar 29, 2016·CONSOL Energy Center, Pittsburgh

Buffalo Sabres 4, Pittsburgh Penguins 5 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Pittsburgh Penguins win this game 65% of the time.

PIT winsBUF wins

Who was on the ice

Model-based

Line matchups and every shift of the game.

Line matchups

PIT 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–LarssonDeslauriers–Girgensons–FaschingDeslauriers–Reinhart–EichelO'Reilly–Reinhart–EichelLegwand–Moulson–O'ReillyO'Reilly–Girgensons–FaschingFoligno–Reinhart–EichelGionta–O'Reilly–LarssonGorges–RistolainenBogosian–McCabePysyk–NelsonPysyk–RistolainenGorges–Nelson
Kunitz–Crosby–Hornqvist2:180.06–0.182:060.38–0.000:590.01–0.002:580.10–0.122:120.00–0.088:160.32–0.263:150.25–0.121:230.05–0.000:580.06–0.00
Kessel–Bonino–Hagelin4:220.00–0.002:190.00–0.010:370.00–0.000:440.00–0.012:190.07–0.002:590.17–0.173:590.00–0.080:310.00–0.00
Cullen–Rust–Kuhnhackl0:570.00–0.001:100.08–0.031:230.01–0.002:010.00–0.010:360.00–0.000:550.02–0.053:210.00–0.052:570.08–0.012:570.16–0.03
Fehr–Bennett–Sheary0:380.20–0.000:530.00–0.001:180.00–0.000:380.03–0.001:260.03–0.002:070.20–0.000:320.05–0.00
Cullen–Fehr–Kuhnhackl1:120.02–0.001:130.02–0.00
Daley–Letang2:140.08–0.040:470.15–0.002:030.11–0.033:310.10–0.121:580.00–0.070:510.00–0.004:580.10–0.115:140.34–0.123:250.08–0.03
Cole–Schultz3:110.00–0.023:050.00–0.010:350.04–0.000:430.17–0.160:340.00–0.000:360.00–0.012:400.13–0.023:030.18–0.173:480.05–0.010:330.00–0.00
Lovejoy–Pouliot2:330.00–0.001:050.00–0.001:520.00–0.000:410.03–0.003:010.03–0.003:150.00–0.001:560.13–0.09
Letang–Pouliot1:090.00–0.131:430.23–0.000:480.21–0.000:390.00–0.004:020.22–0.131:140.27–0.00
Daley–Lovejoy0:330.00–0.000:530.00–0.011:260.00–0.01
Lovejoy–Cole0:550.02–0.051:000.00–0.050:450.02–0.00
Letang–Lovejoy0:450.03–0.01
Shift chart

Every shift, one row per player.

P1P2P3OTEndCullen FRust FKuhnhackl FKunitz FHornqvist FCrosby FBonino FHagelin FKessel FFehr FBennett FSheary FLovejoy DPouliot DDaley DLetang DSchultz DCole DMurray GGionta FLarsson FFoligno FEichel FReinhart FO'Reilly FDeslauriers FFasching FGirgensons FLegwand FO'Reilly FMoulson FGorges DRistolainen DMcCabe DBogosian DPysyk DNelson DJohnson G
PITBUFFull-height lines are goals; short ticks at the top are shots. Hover to see who was on the ice.

Shift totals

Kris LetangPIT3635:140:592:0984
Rasmus RistolainenBUF3929:100:451:3358
Trevor DaleyPIT3324:420:451:2365
Zach BogosianBUF3124:260:472:2266
Sidney CrosbyPIT2823:150:501:5092
Josh GorgesBUF3321:590:401:3527
Ryan O'ReillyBUF3021:370:431:18710
Jack EichelBUF2520:520:501:1474
Sam ReinhartBUF2419:330:492:1264
Patric HornqvistPIT2319:260:511:3682
Brian GiontaBUF2419:240:491:2806
Jake McCabeBUF2619:210:451:2556
Johan LarssonBUF2419:150:481:4406
Nick BoninoPIT2918:400:391:1243
Chris KunitzPIT2618:230:421:1772
Derrick PouliotPIT2518:060:431:4653
Matt CullenPIT3017:530:361:0836
Phil KesselPIT2516:550:411:4951
Marcus FolignoBUF2216:220:451:2517
Ian ColePIT2416:020:401:1932
Ben LovejoyPIT2416:000:401:4025
Carl HagelinPIT2515:350:371:3245
Justin SchultzPIT1714:560:532:1631
Tom KuhnhacklPIT2214:130:391:2032
Casey NelsonBUF2414:050:351:3721
Mark PysykBUF2213:300:371:4622
Nicolas DeslauriersBUF1713:150:471:4530
Zemgus GirgensonsBUF1912:310:401:3051
Hudson FaschingBUF1711:470:421:4011
Bryan RustPIT1911:300:361:0831
Matt MoulsonBUF1711:030:391:0642
Beau BennettPIT1510:320:421:1422
Eric FehrPIT1710:100:361:3205
David LegwandBUF149:510:421:3313
Cal O'ReillyBUF148:590:391:0050
Conor ShearyPIT115:580:331:0201