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Thu, Jan 4, 2018·Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul

Buffalo Sabres 2, Minnesota Wild 6

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Minnesota Wild win this game 61% of the time.

MIN winsBUF wins

Who was on the ice

Model-based

Line matchups and every shift of the game.

Line matchups

MIN 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.

Josefson–Nolan–LarssonGirgensons–Reinhart–EichelOkposo–O'Reilly–KanePominville–Pouliot–RodriguesPominville–Kane–EichelO'Reilly–Girgensons–ReinhartPouliot–Okposo–RodriguesPouliot–Josefson–LarssonKane–Reinhart–EichelPominville–Kane–RodriguesBogosian–BeaulieuBogosian–McCabeFalk–BeaulieuScandella–RistolainenFalk–ScandellaScandella–BeaulieuFalk–McCabeScandella–McCabeFalk–Bogosian
Parise–Coyle–Eriksson Ek1:160.02–0.002:150.41–0.212:330.00–0.320:490.00–0.020:490.00–0.031:160.00–0.011:320.02–0.111:080.00–0.050:300.02–0.001:460.39–0.201:210.00–0.21
Staal–Ennis–Zucker1:260.02–0.002:290.23–0.292:390.12–0.002:010.07–0.080:360.01–0.003:040.02–0.130:430.09–0.001:390.00–0.241:250.05–0.001:030.03–0.00
Cullen–Winnik–Foligno2:510.00–0.141:180.00–0.012:110.01–0.061:010.06–0.003:210.01–0.191:130.06–0.001:270.06–0.011:170.00–0.010:340.00–0.00
Koivu–Granlund–Niederreiter1:510.01–0.002:040.13–0.081:580.12–0.010:570.15–0.000:310.00–0.021:050.07–0.080:560.00–0.021:520.00–0.011:260.13–0.000:310.15–0.011:010.01–0.000:310.00–0.00
Staal–Zucker–Coyle0:480.02–0.000:480.02–0.00
Koivu–Ennis–Niederreiter0:440.00–0.000:450.00–0.00
Ennis–Coyle–Eriksson Ek1:000.02–0.001:010.02–0.00
Brodin–Dumba1:530.01–0.005:210.54–0.341:490.00–0.131:100.07–0.012:250.17–0.281:070.05–0.001:500.08–0.091:360.00–0.130:510.00–0.013:080.00–0.262:570.18–0.022:160.17–0.262:050.40–0.000:540.00–0.00
Suter–Spurgeon2:000.02–0.001:230.02–0.074:400.21–0.022:510.02–0.121:050.03–0.100:360.20–0.002:370.01–0.004:360.21–0.152:320.11–0.111:030.00–0.011:080.01–0.000:550.05–0.010:310.00–0.03
Prosser–Olofsson4:550.02–0.140:430.22–0.000:310.03–0.001:160.00–0.270:300.00–0.000:440.00–0.001:550.05–0.001:490.02–0.030:460.11–0.003:490.02–0.191:580.09–0.001:510.06–0.000:470.00–0.000:390.00–0.030:520.22–0.002:090.03–0.211:200.11–0.00
Shift chart

Every shift, one row per player.

P1P2P3EndStaal FZucker FEnnis FKoivu FNiederreiter FGranlund FCoyle FParise FEriksson Ek FFoligno FCullen FWinnik FDumba DBrodin DSuter DSpurgeon DOlofsson DProsser DDubnyk GEichel FReinhart FGirgensons FKane FO'Reilly FOkposo FPominville FPouliot FRodrigues FJosefson FNolan FLarsson FScandella DRistolainen DBogosian DMcCabe DFalk DBeaulieu DLehner GJohnson G
MINBUFFull-height lines are goals; short ticks at the top are shots. Hover to see who was on the ice.

Shift totals

Zach BogosianBUF3225:320:481:4152
Marco ScandellaBUF3124:060:471:3340
Jonas BrodinMIN2422:260:562:1403
Mathew DumbaMIN2322:040:582:1003
Ryan SuterMIN2321:340:562:0113
Jared SpurgeonMIN2221:210:582:2413
Jake McCabeBUF2920:380:431:2544
Nathan BeaulieuBUF2520:240:491:5332
Justin FalkBUF2619:550:461:3315
Jack EichelBUF2018:410:562:1140
Eric StaalMIN2017:530:541:5113
Evander KaneBUF1817:450:591:2930
Zach PariseMIN1917:300:552:0232
Nate ProsserMIN2016:560:511:4911
Jason ZuckerMIN2116:430:481:4623
Sam ReinhartBUF1816:170:541:4721
Gustav OlofssonMIN2016:090:481:3211
Ryan O'ReillyBUF1715:560:561:5641
Kyle OkposoBUF1815:450:531:3050
Charlie CoyleMIN2015:410:471:2721
Joel Eriksson EkMIN1815:070:501:3131
Johan LarssonBUF1815:000:501:1943
Tyler EnnisMIN1614:440:551:2812
Matt CullenMIN1614:300:541:4411
Jacob JosefsonBUF1714:070:501:2543
Zemgus GirgensonsBUF1913:570:441:2711
Jason PominvilleBUF1613:570:521:2210
Daniel WinnikMIN1713:550:491:1401
Evan RodriguesBUF1713:130:471:3000
Mikael GranlundMIN1912:460:401:1804
Benoit PouliotBUF1612:180:461:3010
Nino NiederreiterMIN1712:030:431:1402
Mikko KoivuMIN1611:230:431:1404
Marcus FolignoMIN1311:150:521:1801
Jordan NolanBUF139:460:451:2130
Rasmus RistolainenBUF65:430:571:0920