Sat, Feb 25, 2017·Pepsi Center, Denver
Buffalo Sabres 3, Colorado Avalanche 5
Expected result
Based on shot quality alone, Buffalo Sabres win this game 61% of the time.
30%
9%
53%
COL winsBUF wins
Who was on the ice
Model-basedLine matchups and every shift of the game.
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.
| Kane–Reinhart–Eichel | Okposo–O'Reilly–Bailey | Gionta–Foligno–Girgensons | Moulson–Ennis–Rodrigues | Foligno–Girgensons–Bailey | Gionta–Kane–Girgensons | Okposo–Bailey–Eichel | Okposo–O'Reilly–Rodrigues | McCabe–Ristolainen | Bogosian–Kulikov | Franson–Bogosian | Gorges–Kulikov | Gorges–Franson | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duchene–Nieto–Rantanen | 0:560.08–0.00 | 7:150.35–0.52 | 0:370.06–0.06 | 5:050.39–0.01 | 2:000.21–0.06 | 1:180.06–0.16 | 1:310.00–0.06 | ||||||
| Comeau–Landeskog–MacKinnon | 6:220.64–0.16 | 0:550.00–0.01 | 0:500.01–0.10 | 0:310.05–0.05 | 2:570.43–0.07 | 1:120.01–0.00 | 2:090.07–0.26 | 1:240.15–0.00 | 1:170.00–0.00 | ||||
| Iginla–Mitchell–Colborne | 1:260.00–0.07 | 4:050.05–0.04 | 1:060.02–0.03 | 2:540.00–0.04 | 0:330.03–0.00 | 2:300.02–0.07 | 0:420.00–0.00 | ||||||
| Bourque–Grigorenko–Martinsen | 1:180.08–0.00 | 3:230.10–0.07 | 2:260.01–0.00 | 0:350.02–0.00 | 2:190.08–0.07 | ||||||||
| Mitchell–Comeau–Nieto | 0:410.00–0.03 | 0:470.00–0.03 | |||||||||||
| Landeskog–MacKinnon–Rantanen | 0:340.05–0.16 | 0:510.00–0.00 | 0:340.05–0.16 | ||||||||||
| Tyutin–Barrie | 3:050.13–0.16 | 4:430.10–0.16 | 1:040.00–0.04 | 1:100.10–0.02 | 0:430.00–0.10 | 5:160.14–0.01 | 2:140.02–0.04 | 3:170.25–0.42 | 0:420.00–0.02 | ||||
| Beauchemin–Barberio | 3:210.54–0.00 | 1:320.00–0.35 | 2:330.00–0.01 | 4:110.43–0.04 | 1:080.08–0.00 | 0:320.01–0.00 | 1:410.12–0.29 | 2:240.00–0.06 | |||||
| Johnson–Wiercioch | 1:370.00–0.07 | 0:520.22–0.01 | 1:560.05–0.00 | 2:380.00–0.09 | 0:340.00–0.05 | 2:460.24–0.06 | 1:290.00–0.00 | 1:530.03–0.08 | 2:030.00–0.07 | 0:490.00–0.00 | |||
| Barberio–Barrie | 1:400.08–0.00 | 1:100.09–0.06 | 2:090.17–0.06 | 0:510.00–0.00 | |||||||||
| Beauchemin–Tyutin | 1:040.00–0.00 | 0:350.00–0.00 | 0:560.00–0.00 | ||||||||||
| Beauchemin–Wiercioch | |||||||||||||
| Beauchemin–Johnson | 0:340.05–0.16 | 0:410.00–0.03 | 1:210.05–0.18 | ||||||||||
| Johnson–Barberio |
Every shift, one row per player.
COLBUFFull-height lines are goals; short ticks at the top are shots. Hover to see who was on the ice.
Shift totals
 Rasmus RistolainenBUF | 28 | 25:30 | 0:55 | 1:46 | 4 | 5 |
 Francois BeaucheminCOL | 27 | 22:49 | 0:51 | 1:20 | 2 | 3 |
 Fedor TyutinCOL | 28 | 22:12 | 0:48 | 1:23 | 0 | 7 |
 Jack EichelBUF | 22 | 22:11 | 1:01 | 2:38 | 6 | 1 |
 Evander KaneBUF | 24 | 22:04 | 0:55 | 2:38 | 5 | 0 |
 Tyson BarrieCOL | 29 | 21:47 | 0:45 | 1:23 | 2 | 5 |
 Sam ReinhartBUF | 21 | 19:56 | 0:57 | 2:38 | 6 | 1 |
 Zach BogosianBUF | 24 | 19:46 | 0:49 | 1:28 | 4 | 0 |
 Kyle OkposoBUF | 23 | 19:37 | 0:51 | 1:38 | 5 | 2 |
 Ryan O'ReillyBUF | 24 | 19:34 | 0:49 | 1:36 | 7 | 5 |
 Dmitry KulikovBUF | 26 | 18:47 | 0:43 | 1:28 | 4 | 2 |
 Matt NietoCOL | 23 | 18:38 | 0:49 | 1:21 | 3 | 4 |
 Mark BarberioCOL | 24 | 18:28 | 0:46 | 1:34 | 1 | 2 |
 Matt DucheneCOL | 25 | 18:10 | 0:44 | 1:23 | 3 | 6 |
 Nathan MacKinnonCOL | 26 | 17:54 | 0:41 | 1:15 | 3 | 5 |
 Gabriel LandeskogCOL | 25 | 17:38 | 0:42 | 1:15 | 3 | 6 |
 Erik JohnsonCOL | 26 | 17:35 | 0:41 | 1:20 | 5 | 3 |
 Cody FransonBUF | 24 | 17:32 | 0:44 | 1:42 | 2 | 3 |
 Jake McCabeBUF | 21 | 17:30 | 0:50 | 1:25 | 1 | 4 |
 Blake ComeauCOL | 24 | 17:28 | 0:44 | 1:20 | 2 | 3 |
 Mikko RantanenCOL | 19 | 17:13 | 0:54 | 1:53 | 2 | 2 |
 Patrick WierciochCOL | 22 | 15:52 | 0:43 | 1:34 | 2 | 2 |
 Zemgus GirgensonsBUF | 18 | 13:56 | 0:46 | 1:21 | 2 | 2 |
 John MitchellCOL | 18 | 13:30 | 0:45 | 1:20 | 4 | 1 |
 Justin BaileyBUF | 17 | 13:09 | 0:46 | 1:11 | 3 | 1 |
 Josh GorgesBUF | 19 | 13:06 | 0:41 | 1:18 | 1 | 6 |
 Jarome IginlaCOL | 19 | 13:03 | 0:41 | 1:04 | 5 | 1 |
 Brian GiontaBUF | 17 | 12:41 | 0:45 | 1:15 | 1 | 4 |
 Marcus FolignoBUF | 16 | 12:11 | 0:46 | 1:15 | 3 | 6 |
 Mikhail GrigorenkoCOL | 15 | 11:54 | 0:48 | 1:30 | 2 | 2 |
 Joe ColborneCOL | 16 | 11:27 | 0:43 | 1:16 | 4 | 1 |
 Tyler EnnisBUF | 13 | 10:00 | 0:46 | 1:14 | 0 | 2 |
 Matt MoulsonBUF | 12 | 9:20 | 0:47 | 1:11 | 0 | 2 |
 Evan RodriguesBUF | 13 | 8:46 | 0:40 | 1:19 | 1 | 3 |
 Andreas MartinsenCOL | 13 | 8:27 | 0:39 | 1:23 | 2 | 1 |
 Rene BourqueCOL | 10 | 7:49 | 0:47 | 1:30 | 2 | 1 |