Sat, Mar 10, 2018·KeyBank Center, Buffalo
Vegas Golden Knights 2, Buffalo Sabres 1 (SO)
Three stars
Expected result
Based on shot quality alone, Buffalo Sabres win this game 54% of the time.
43%
11%
8%
38%
BUF winsVGK wins
Who was on the ice
Model-basedLine matchups and every shift of the game.
BUF forward lines and defence pairs (rows) against VGK'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.
| Eakin–Carpenter–Tuch | Reaves–Bellemare–Nosek | Perron–Karlsson–Marchessault | Tatar–Karlsson–Marchessault | Perron–Haula–Hyka | Tatar–Haula–Hyka | Eakin–Hyka–Tuch | McNabb–Schmidt | Engelland–Theodore | Miller–Hunt | Miller–Theodore | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| O'Reilly–Wilson–Reinhart | 2:130.02–0.03 | 3:550.03–0.01 | 3:200.30–0.08 | 3:150.01–0.02 | 1:070.00–0.00 | 0:510.00–0.00 | 11:050.19–0.13 | 1:510.00–0.10 | 1:460.14–0.01 | ||
| Pominville–Larsson–Girgensons | 1:500.03–0.00 | 2:070.17–0.00 | 0:520.03–0.00 | 1:310.07–0.00 | 2:140.06–0.01 | 1:370.12–0.03 | 3:070.12–0.00 | 5:480.17–0.04 | 1:530.09–0.00 | ||
| Josefson–Nolan–Baptiste | 1:560.05–0.10 | 1:020.19–0.01 | 0:350.00–0.00 | 1:270.03–0.09 | 0:470.06–0.00 | 0:390.09–0.15 | 1:350.09–0.04 | 4:060.14–0.17 | |||
| Pouliot–O'Regan–Bailey | 2:520.29–0.08 | 1:260.00–0.03 | 0:540.00–0.08 | 0:410.00–0.04 | 4:260.29–0.13 | 1:010.00–0.03 | |||||
| Josefson–Nolan–Bailey | 0:360.00–0.08 | 0:580.04–0.08 | |||||||||
| Scandella–Ristolainen | 3:020.03–0.20 | 1:400.03–0.03 | 5:290.50–0.06 | 3:270.01–0.02 | 1:120.00–0.00 | 2:150.00–0.17 | 9:090.40–0.12 | 3:160.09–0.17 | 5:360.16–0.29 | ||
| Guhle–Nelson | 2:320.31–0.00 | 2:370.09–0.04 | 1:270.03–0.08 | 2:160.05–0.00 | 1:530.03–0.01 | 1:560.12–0.03 | 5:160.13–0.01 | 5:240.44–0.13 | 3:040.06–0.03 | ||
| Gorges–Beaulieu | 4:280.05–0.14 | 3:010.00–0.00 | 1:540.04–0.09 | 0:400.02–0.00 | 2:060.02–0.15 | 6:480.14–0.40 | 2:390.06–0.15 | ||||
| Beaulieu–Nelson | 1:050.08–0.00 | 0:330.06–0.00 | 1:040.00–0.04 | 0:350.08–0.00 | |||||||
| Ristolainen–Nelson | 0:300.00–0.00 | 0:370.00–0.00 | |||||||||
| Gorges–Scandella | 0:400.00–0.08 | 0:350.00–0.08 |
Every shift, one row per player.
BUFVGKFull-height lines are goals; short ticks at the top are shots. Hover to see who was on the ice.
Shift totals
 Rasmus RistolainenBUF | 32 | 29:20 | 0:55 | 2:08 | 5 | 5 |
 Marco ScandellaBUF | 32 | 26:01 | 0:49 | 2:11 | 3 | 7 |
 Ryan O'ReillyBUF | 31 | 25:36 | 0:50 | 1:31 | 9 | 7 |
 Nate SchmidtVGK | 31 | 25:02 | 0:48 | 1:41 | 6 | 8 |
 Sam ReinhartBUF | 27 | 23:47 | 0:53 | 1:42 | 9 | 5 |
 Shea TheodoreVGK | 23 | 22:31 | 0:59 | 1:46 | 2 | 3 |
 Scott WilsonBUF | 27 | 22:23 | 0:50 | 2:02 | 8 | 2 |
 Deryk EngellandVGK | 25 | 21:38 | 0:52 | 1:43 | 1 | 4 |
 William KarlssonVGK | 24 | 21:19 | 0:53 | 1:54 | 5 | 1 |
 Brayden McNabbVGK | 26 | 21:05 | 0:49 | 1:43 | 4 | 6 |
 David PerronVGK | 24 | 20:57 | 0:52 | 1:37 | 2 | 2 |
 Casey NelsonBUF | 24 | 20:03 | 0:50 | 1:30 | 2 | 3 |
 Jonathan MarchessaultVGK | 22 | 19:34 | 0:53 | 1:49 | 4 | 1 |
 Colin MillerVGK | 26 | 17:59 | 0:42 | 1:40 | 4 | 2 |
 Brendan GuhleBUF | 26 | 17:50 | 0:41 | 1:17 | 3 | 3 |
 Alex TuchVGK | 17 | 17:36 | 1:02 | 2:10 | 3 | 2 |
 Johan LarssonBUF | 26 | 17:13 | 0:40 | 1:15 | 2 | 5 |
 Erik HaulaVGK | 20 | 16:56 | 0:51 | 1:18 | 3 | 3 |
 Zemgus GirgensonsBUF | 23 | 16:51 | 0:44 | 1:18 | 2 | 2 |
 Tomas TatarVGK | 17 | 16:17 | 0:57 | 1:27 | 2 | 3 |
 Jason PominvilleBUF | 21 | 15:56 | 0:46 | 1:51 | 3 | 1 |
 Brad HuntVGK | 21 | 15:18 | 0:44 | 1:40 | 3 | 1 |
 Cody EakinVGK | 17 | 15:17 | 0:54 | 1:21 | 1 | 2 |
 Ryan CarpenterVGK | 17 | 15:03 | 0:53 | 1:36 | 1 | 4 |
 Josh GorgesBUF | 18 | 14:46 | 0:49 | 1:28 | 1 | 1 |
 Nathan BeaulieuBUF | 16 | 14:35 | 0:55 | 1:37 | 1 | 1 |
 Jacob JosefsonBUF | 18 | 13:09 | 0:44 | 1:05 | 0 | 2 |
 Nick BaptisteBUF | 16 | 12:56 | 0:49 | 1:15 | 0 | 3 |
 Tomas HykaVGK | 15 | 12:44 | 0:51 | 1:59 | 2 | 3 |
 Benoit PouliotBUF | 14 | 12:14 | 0:52 | 1:42 | 1 | 2 |
 Pierre-Edouard BellemareVGK | 14 | 11:04 | 0:47 | 1:04 | 1 | 3 |
 Tomas NosekVGK | 13 | 10:35 | 0:49 | 1:11 | 1 | 3 |
 Danny O'ReganBUF | 12 | 10:19 | 0:52 | 1:11 | 1 | 2 |
 Ryan ReavesVGK | 11 | 10:05 | 0:55 | 1:14 | 1 | 1 |
 Jordan NolanBUF | 14 | 9:22 | 0:40 | 1:03 | 0 | 0 |
 Justin BaileyBUF | 12 | 8:39 | 0:43 | 0:55 | 0 | 0 |