Fri, Apr 8, 2016·First Niagara Center, Buffalo
Columbus Blue Jackets 4, Buffalo Sabres 1
Expected result
Based on shot quality alone, Buffalo Sabres win this game 74% of the time.
66%
8%
18%
BUF winsCBJ wins
Who was on the ice
Model-basedLine matchups and every shift of the game.
BUF forward lines and defence pairs (rows) against CBJ'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.
| Saad–Bjorkstrand–Wennberg | Dubinsky–Calvert–Atkinson | Hartnell–Foligno–Jenner | Foligno–Jenner–Anderson | Hartnell–Campbell–Karlsson | Campbell–Karlsson–Anderson | Campbell–Calvert–Karlsson | Hartnell–Dubinsky–Atkinson | Murray–Jones | Savard–Kukan | Falk–Prout | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gionta–Foligno–Larsson | 1:360.01–0.04 | 2:030.02–0.07 | 2:300.02–0.19 | 1:390.00–0.16 | 0:440.00–0.01 | 1:090.00–0.09 | 1:020.00–0.00 | 3:070.04–0.21 | 5:350.02–0.16 | 2:520.00–0.25 | |
| Deslauriers–Reinhart–Eichel | 6:040.65–0.34 | 0:590.04–0.00 | 0:440.02–0.00 | 0:450.05–0.03 | 0:440.00–0.00 | 2:490.06–0.00 | 4:140.02–0.07 | 2:490.68–0.29 | |||
| O'Reilly–Schneider–Girgensons | 0:490.02–0.05 | 3:590.17–0.03 | 0:520.00–0.00 | 1:030.00–0.00 | 0:330.17–0.04 | 5:120.16–0.03 | 1:140.03–0.00 | 0:570.17–0.04 | |||
| Moulson–Reinhart–Eichel | 1:210.07–0.00 | 0:590.00–0.02 | 1:550.07–0.02 | ||||||||
| Legwand–Moulson–Rodrigues | 0:430.00–0.00 | 1:040.05–0.00 | 0:480.02–0.00 | 0:520.00–0.00 | 0:430.05–0.00 | ||||||
| O'Reilly–Girgensons–Rodrigues | 0:390.08–0.00 | 1:110.06–0.00 | 1:140.12–0.00 | 0:410.06–0.00 | |||||||
| Legwand–O'Reilly–Rodrigues | 0:450.02–0.00 | 0:450.04–0.00 | 0:450.02–0.00 | 0:580.09–0.00 | |||||||
| O'Reilly–Girgensons–Eichel | 0:310.00–0.00 | 0:310.00–0.00 | 0:400.00–0.05 | ||||||||
| Schneider–Reinhart–Eichel | 0:430.18–0.00 | ||||||||||
| Gorges–Ristolainen | 1:490.23–0.02 | 4:580.23–0.03 | 2:160.05–0.00 | 2:050.00–0.19 | 1:190.00–0.00 | 0:330.17–0.04 | 5:390.17–0.03 | 3:360.09–0.03 | 4:540.45–0.22 | ||
| Colaiacovo–Pysyk | 3:280.10–0.03 | 0:420.00–0.04 | 1:020.30–0.00 | 2:300.06–0.07 | 1:090.00–0.00 | 5:150.34–0.00 | 4:150.23–0.10 | 1:230.04–0.06 | |||
| Pysyk–McCabe | 1:330.02–0.06 | 1:530.05–0.05 | 1:000.00–0.17 | 1:030.00–0.00 | 0:320.04–0.00 | 0:440.00–0.09 | 4:170.02–0.19 | 2:360.09–0.14 | 0:310.00–0.07 | ||
| McCabe–Ristolainen | 1:030.02–0.00 | 1:200.02–0.00 | 0:530.00–0.00 | 1:070.04–0.02 | 1:300.00–0.00 | 0:440.00–0.00 | |||||
| Gorges–McCabe | 0:580.03–0.00 | 0:350.00–0.01 | 1:170.09–0.00 | 1:140.00–0.01 | 0:460.00–0.01 | ||||||
| Colaiacovo–Ristolainen | 1:520.62–0.25 | 0:440.00–0.00 | 0:360.00–0.00 | 1:370.67–0.25 | |||||||
| Bogosian–McCabe | 0:340.00–0.03 | 0:590.04–0.00 | 0:550.00–0.02 | 0:470.04–0.00 | 0:320.00–0.03 | 1:220.00–0.02 | |||||
| Colaiacovo–McCabe | 0:540.01–0.15 | 0:450.05–0.03 | 0:400.01–0.00 | 1:150.05–0.15 | |||||||
| Gorges–Pysyk | 1:080.00–0.03 | 0:490.00–0.00 | 0:430.00–0.04 |
Every shift, one row per player.
BUFCBJFull-height lines are goals; short ticks at the top are shots. Hover to see who was on the ice.
Shift totals
 Rasmus RistolainenBUF | 33 | 27:40 | 0:50 | 2:01 | 2 | 5 |
 Seth JonesCBJ | 26 | 24:58 | 0:58 | 1:35 | 4 | 6 |
 Mark PysykBUF | 30 | 24:14 | 0:48 | 1:30 | 5 | 3 |
 Ryan MurrayCBJ | 26 | 23:41 | 0:55 | 1:25 | 4 | 6 |
 Jack EichelBUF | 23 | 21:51 | 0:57 | 2:47 | 6 | 2 |
 Josh GorgesBUF | 31 | 21:34 | 0:42 | 1:11 | 1 | 4 |
 Ryan O'ReillyBUF | 24 | 20:34 | 0:51 | 2:01 | 6 | 3 |
 Jake McCabeBUF | 32 | 20:34 | 0:39 | 1:20 | 6 | 4 |
 Dean KukanCBJ | 23 | 19:58 | 0:52 | 1:21 | 2 | 2 |
 David SavardCBJ | 23 | 19:45 | 0:52 | 1:18 | 3 | 4 |
 Sam ReinhartBUF | 20 | 19:19 | 0:58 | 2:47 | 5 | 1 |
 Carlo ColaiacovoBUF | 26 | 18:48 | 0:43 | 1:27 | 5 | 1 |
 Johan LarssonBUF | 20 | 16:37 | 0:50 | 1:36 | 0 | 4 |
 Brian GiontaBUF | 20 | 16:33 | 0:50 | 1:30 | 0 | 4 |
 Zemgus GirgensonsBUF | 20 | 16:20 | 0:49 | 1:22 | 6 | 2 |
 Brandon DubinskyCBJ | 21 | 16:04 | 0:46 | 1:23 | 2 | 5 |
 Alexander WennbergCBJ | 21 | 16:03 | 0:46 | 1:24 | 2 | 3 |
 Matt CalvertCBJ | 22 | 15:58 | 0:44 | 1:23 | 1 | 1 |
 Dalton ProutCBJ | 24 | 15:37 | 0:39 | 1:36 | 1 | 5 |
 Cam AtkinsonCBJ | 21 | 15:26 | 0:44 | 1:23 | 2 | 4 |
 Justin FalkCBJ | 22 | 15:21 | 0:42 | 1:36 | 1 | 5 |
 Marcus FolignoBUF | 20 | 15:17 | 0:46 | 1:19 | 0 | 3 |
 Nick FolignoCBJ | 18 | 15:10 | 0:51 | 1:27 | 4 | 1 |
 Brandon SaadCBJ | 22 | 14:31 | 0:40 | 1:04 | 1 | 4 |
 Oliver BjorkstrandCBJ | 19 | 14:31 | 0:46 | 1:14 | 1 | 3 |
 Scott HartnellCBJ | 17 | 14:15 | 0:50 | 1:41 | 4 | 2 |
 Boone JennerCBJ | 17 | 13:57 | 0:49 | 1:27 | 4 | 1 |
 Gregory CampbellCBJ | 18 | 13:54 | 0:46 | 1:44 | 1 | 4 |
 William KarlssonCBJ | 16 | 13:22 | 0:50 | 1:41 | 1 | 3 |
 Cole SchneiderBUF | 16 | 12:54 | 0:48 | 1:22 | 1 | 1 |
 Nicolas DeslauriersBUF | 17 | 11:55 | 0:42 | 1:07 | 5 | 1 |
 Matt MoulsonBUF | 12 | 10:53 | 0:54 | 1:27 | 2 | 1 |
 Josh AndersonCBJ | 14 | 10:41 | 0:46 | 1:21 | 2 | 3 |
 Evan RodriguesBUF | 13 | 10:10 | 0:47 | 1:14 | 2 | 1 |
 David LegwandBUF | 13 | 8:56 | 0:41 | 1:09 | 2 | 3 |
 Zach BogosianBUF | 5 | 3:31 | 0:42 | 1:07 | 2 | 2 |