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Sat, Feb 3, 2018·KeyBank Center, Buffalo

St. Louis Blues 1, Buffalo Sabres 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Buffalo Sabres win this game 53% of the time.

BUF winsSTL wins

Who was on the ice

Model-based

Line matchups and every shift of the game.

Line matchups

BUF forward lines and defence pairs (rows) against STL'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.

Schenn–Tarasenko–SchwartzSteen–Stastny–SobotkaBerglund–Barbashev–ThompsonBerglund–Jaskin–BarbashevThorburn–Brodziak–JaskinThorburn–Berglund–BarbashevThorburn–Brodziak–BarbashevBrodziak–Berglund–JaskinGunnarsson–PietrangeloBouwmeester–ParaykoEdmundson–DunnPietrangelo–EdmundsonParayko–Dunn
Okposo–Kane–Eichel3:260.05–0.101:230.19–0.012:020.08–0.321:220.00–0.011:210.03–0.220:310.00–0.136:050.03–0.322:290.03–0.192:160.28–0.030:540.02–0.00
O'Reilly–Wilson–Reinhart5:040.12–0.264:360.02–0.100:300.00–0.000:440.00–0.023:200.20–0.035:060.04–0.192:150.02–0.00
Pominville–Girgensons–Rodrigues0:580.00–0.002:280.04–0.021:510.00–0.130:300.00–0.100:380.00–0.001:170.01–0.000:460.00–0.032:360.01–0.122:040.07–0.113:450.00–0.04
Pouliot–Josefson–Nolan2:230.00–0.002:230.06–0.012:240.00–0.001:300.00–0.021:110.00–0.01
Scandella–Ristolainen10:030.15–0.600:580.00–0.060:440.00–0.110:440.03–0.098:260.23–0.153:020.04–0.511:060.00–0.001:160.02–0.00
Beaulieu–Nelson3:080.02–0.033:000.02–0.051:250.00–0.020:370.00–0.000:370.00–0.000:460.00–0.030:440.00–0.021:580.00–0.064:000.03–0.044:330.05–0.03
McCabe–Antipin0:560.03–0.006:090.29–0.070:490.00–0.100:510.00–0.130:310.00–0.132:360.00–0.274:520.07–0.192:310.27–0.040:310.00–0.00
Scandella–McCabe0:470.00–0.010:340.00–0.000:470.00–0.01
McCabe–Ristolainen1:130.00–0.000:500.00–0.00
Ristolainen–Nelson0:410.00–0.001:060.00–0.00
Ristolainen–Antipin0:480.00–0.04
Scandella–Nelson0:340.00–0.000:360.00–0.00
Shift chart

Every shift, one row per player.

P1P2P3EndKane FEichel FOkposo FWilson FReinhart FO'Reilly FGirgensons FPominville FRodrigues FNolan FPouliot FJosefson FScandella DRistolainen DAntipin DMcCabe DNelson DBeaulieu DLehner GSchenn FSchwartz FTarasenko FSteen FStastny FSobotka FBerglund FThompson FBarbashev FBrodziak FThorburn FJaskin FGunnarsson DPietrangelo DEdmundson DDunn DBouwmeester DParayko DHutton G
BUFSTLFull-height lines are goals; short ticks at the top are shots. Hover to see who was on the ice.

Shift totals

Rasmus RistolainenBUF2427:231:082:2634
Alex PietrangeloSTL2325:431:072:1453
Jack EichelBUF2023:281:103:0652
Marco ScandellaBUF2621:500:501:5126
Ryan O'ReillyBUF2321:470:572:2677
Kyle OkposoBUF2121:161:013:0671
Colton ParaykoSTL2321:120:551:3325
Alexander SteenSTL2320:120:531:3523
Evander KaneBUF2219:540:541:3752
Jay BouwmeesterSTL2319:440:511:4533
Sam ReinhartBUF1819:321:052:4552
Brayden SchennSTL2319:020:502:1961
Jake McCabeBUF2419:000:481:4434
Joel EdmundsonSTL2218:300:501:2503
Carl GunnarssonSTL2018:230:552:0643
Jaden SchwartzSTL2117:340:502:1962
Paul StastnySTL2217:100:471:2821
Vladimir SobotkaSTL2216:320:451:2820
Vladimir TarasenkoSTL2016:150:492:1961
Casey NelsonBUF1916:100:511:2720
Patrik BerglundSTL1915:340:491:4723
Vince DunnSTL1915:190:481:2520
Nathan BeaulieuBUF1714:580:531:3120
Evan RodriguesBUF1814:490:491:3134
Victor AntipinBUF2014:040:421:1324
Ivan BarbashevSTL1413:480:591:3212
Scott WilsonBUF1713:170:471:3132
Jason PominvilleBUF1613:090:491:1731
Kyle BrodziakSTL1712:300:441:1416
Zemgus GirgensonsBUF1511:560:481:3023
Dmitrij JaskinSTL1410:580:471:1423
Benoit PouliotBUF1410:030:431:1502
Jacob JosefsonBUF139:180:431:1500
Jordan NolanBUF128:000:400:5500
Tage ThompsonSTL87:540:592:1311
Chris ThorburnSTL85:400:431:3203