Tue, Dec 5, 2017·Pepsi Center, Denver
Buffalo Sabres 4, Colorado Avalanche 2
Three stars
Expected result
Based on shot quality alone, Buffalo Sabres win this game 59% of the time.
32%
9%
52%
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.
| Pominville–Kane–Eichel | Nolan–Larsson–Reinhart | Okposo–Wilson–Rodrigues | Pouliot–O'Reilly–Fasching | Pouliot–Wilson–Rodrigues | Pouliot–Okposo–O'Reilly | Scandella–Ristolainen | Bogosian–McCabe | Falk–Antipin | Bogosian–Ristolainen | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Compher–MacKinnon–Rantanen | 3:130.04–0.06 | 0:340.02–0.00 | 2:080.09–0.01 | 5:370.05–0.00 | 1:290.10–0.06 | |||||
| Comeau–Soderberg–Nieto | 2:170.05–0.04 | 1:050.05–0.00 | 1:130.00–0.24 | 0:410.05–0.00 | 2:010.00–0.23 | 2:330.05–0.05 | ||||
| Yakupov–Kerfoot–Jost | 1:560.00–0.06 | 0:360.00–0.04 | 1:310.08–0.18 | 1:030.00–0.00 | 0:530.00–0.06 | |||||
| Wilson–Grimaldi–Andrighetto | 2:000.00–0.03 | 1:250.02–0.03 | 0:440.00–0.00 | |||||||
| Wilson–Yakupov–Jost | 0:300.00–0.00 | 1:080.00–0.00 | ||||||||
| Grimaldi–MacKinnon–Rantanen | 0:350.00–0.05 | |||||||||
| Wilson–Andrighetto–Jost | 0:390.04–0.00 | 0:470.04–0.00 | ||||||||
| Johnson–Girard | 4:060.03–0.12 | 0:560.00–0.00 | 3:200.10–0.08 | 2:420.10–0.04 | 0:520.06–0.00 | |||||
| Barrie–Girard | 0:490.00–0.47 | 0:410.00–0.00 | 0:390.00–0.00 | 1:210.03–0.05 | 0:450.04–0.00 | 3:110.04–0.57 | 1:420.00–0.37 | 0:330.03–0.00 | ||
| Barrie–Zadorov | 0:530.00–0.03 | 1:020.05–0.00 | 2:590.00–0.11 | 3:130.03–0.21 | 2:110.05–0.05 | |||||
| Siemens–Lindholm | 1:200.00–0.00 | 1:300.00–0.06 | 0:400.00–0.19 | 0:450.02–0.00 | 1:420.00–0.19 | 1:270.00–0.06 | ||||
| Johnson–Zadorov | 1:530.00–0.17 | 0:540.00–0.27 | 0:420.00–0.00 | 2:070.05–0.27 | 0:500.00–0.06 | |||||
| Johnson–Lindholm | 0:590.23–0.03 | 1:080.23–0.00 | ||||||||
| Johnson–Barrie | 0:380.01–0.00 | 0:560.00–0.00 | 0:430.01–0.00 | 0:510.00–0.00 | ||||||
| Zadorov–Lindholm | 0:370.02–0.00 | 0:300.00–0.00 | 0:330.00–0.00 | |||||||
| Barrie–Siemens | 0:420.00–0.01 | 0:350.00–0.01 |
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 | 29 | 30:42 | 1:04 | 2:17 | 0 | 7 |
 Tyson BarrieCOL | 29 | 27:24 | 0:57 | 1:59 | 9 | 3 |
 Erik JohnsonCOL | 31 | 24:35 | 0:48 | 2:19 | 8 | 2 |
 Mikko RantanenCOL | 25 | 23:01 | 0:55 | 1:45 | 9 | 2 |
 Marco ScandellaBUF | 27 | 22:25 | 0:50 | 2:12 | 0 | 8 |
 Nathan MacKinnonCOL | 24 | 21:48 | 0:55 | 1:53 | 9 | 2 |
 J.T. CompherCOL | 25 | 21:18 | 0:51 | 1:45 | 11 | 2 |
 Ryan O'ReillyBUF | 25 | 19:24 | 0:47 | 1:45 | 4 | 8 |
 Jake McCabeBUF | 26 | 19:21 | 0:45 | 2:18 | 0 | 5 |
 Samuel GirardCOL | 24 | 18:52 | 0:47 | 1:42 | 8 | 1 |
 Alexander KerfootCOL | 19 | 18:47 | 0:59 | 1:53 | 7 | 0 |
 Zach BogosianBUF | 25 | 18:40 | 0:45 | 1:33 | 0 | 5 |
 Evander KaneBUF | 23 | 17:22 | 0:45 | 1:37 | 1 | 2 |
 Jack EichelBUF | 24 | 17:12 | 0:43 | 1:37 | 0 | 4 |
 Benoit PouliotBUF | 24 | 16:49 | 0:42 | 1:45 | 3 | 9 |
 Nikita ZadorovCOL | 24 | 16:48 | 0:42 | 1:52 | 3 | 3 |
 Carl SoderbergCOL | 22 | 16:18 | 0:44 | 1:33 | 1 | 3 |
 Sven AndrighettoCOL | 19 | 15:45 | 0:50 | 1:21 | 1 | 0 |
 Kyle OkposoBUF | 19 | 15:35 | 0:49 | 1:51 | 3 | 2 |
 Tyson JostCOL | 22 | 15:32 | 0:42 | 1:12 | 5 | 1 |
 Jason PominvilleBUF | 17 | 15:06 | 0:53 | 1:51 | 0 | 2 |
 Evan RodriguesBUF | 20 | 14:33 | 0:44 | 1:36 | 1 | 3 |
 Scott WilsonBUF | 17 | 14:19 | 0:51 | 1:42 | 3 | 3 |
 Justin FalkBUF | 18 | 13:25 | 0:45 | 1:20 | 4 | 0 |
 Johan LarssonBUF | 20 | 13:12 | 0:40 | 1:29 | 0 | 4 |
 Anton LindholmCOL | 21 | 12:54 | 0:37 | 1:57 | 0 | 3 |
 Colin WilsonCOL | 15 | 11:47 | 0:47 | 1:21 | 1 | 1 |
 Matt NietoCOL | 18 | 11:44 | 0:39 | 1:26 | 3 | 2 |
 Blake ComeauCOL | 18 | 11:29 | 0:38 | 1:27 | 2 | 3 |
 Hudson FaschingBUF | 14 | 11:01 | 0:47 | 1:32 | 4 | 2 |
 Victor AntipinBUF | 14 | 10:57 | 0:47 | 1:17 | 4 | 0 |
 Nail YakupovCOL | 13 | 9:59 | 0:46 | 1:08 | 3 | 1 |
 Sam ReinhartBUF | 14 | 9:09 | 0:39 | 1:04 | 0 | 1 |
 Rocco GrimaldiCOL | 14 | 8:59 | 0:39 | 1:21 | 2 | 1 |
 Jordan NolanBUF | 10 | 7:28 | 0:45 | 1:07 | 0 | 0 |
 Duncan SiemensCOL | 11 | 6:58 | 0:38 | 1:57 | 0 | 1 |