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Ice Lab

Sat, Mar 24, 2018·Madison Square Garden, New York

Buffalo Sabres 1, New York Rangers 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Buffalo Sabres win this game 61% of the time.

NYR winsBUF wins

Who was on the ice

Model-based

Line matchups and every shift of the game.

Line matchups

NYR 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.

Okposo–Girgensons–EichelPouliot–Baptiste–RodriguesPominville–Nolan–LarssonO'Reilly–Wilson–ReinhartNolan–Larsson–ReinhartOkposo–O'Reilly–WilsonPominville–Girgensons–EichelGorges–AntipinScandella–RistolainenGuhle–NelsonRistolainen–GuhleScandella–NelsonRistolainen–NelsonGorges–Nelson
Spooner–Namestnikov–Buchnevich0:440.00–0.006:540.03–0.312:360.04–0.160:350.02–0.296:290.11–0.361:250.01–0.122:480.03–0.291:160.03–0.00
Zuccarello–Hayes–Vesey7:550.47–0.060:410.00–0.012:100.11–0.263:220.13–0.122:270.10–0.002:430.21–0.011:390.15–0.261:160.16–0.00
Kreider–Fast–Zibanejad6:190.74–0.502:350.37–0.023:250.33–0.372:150.30–0.080:360.00–0.001:570.33–0.001:020.36–0.01
McLeod–Carey–Holland7:420.07–0.800:320.00–0.003:260.07–0.612:360.00–0.121:340.00–0.000:510.00–0.06
Staal–Pionk4:500.30–0.051:420.00–0.654:400.22–0.382:480.06–0.552:500.13–0.865:470.17–0.454:310.24–0.311:360.09–0.261:280.16–0.000:300.00–0.01
O'Gara–Skjei2:200.08–0.012:560.00–0.011:270.00–0.000:320.00–0.002:320.33–0.015:170.09–0.011:190.00–0.001:190.06–0.002:020.47–0.010:360.00–0.00
Sproul–Gilmour0:420.00–0.001:360.00–0.101:130.00–0.002:120.04–0.202:160.01–0.252:130.01–0.070:560.00–0.001:510.03–0.06
Sproul–Skjei1:150.13–0.002:450.01–0.161:110.37–0.072:210.00–0.192:160.15–0.000:450.36–0.00
O'Gara–Gilmour2:360.07–0.031:050.00–0.120:430.15–0.051:310.07–0.001:520.25–0.201:140.15–0.05
Shift chart

Every shift, one row per player.

P1P2P3EndHayes FVesey FZuccarello FFast FKreider FZibanejad FSpooner FBuchnevich FNamestnikov FMcLeod FHolland FCarey FStaal DPionk DO'Gara DGilmour DSproul DSkjei DGeorgiev GEichel FOkposo FGirgensons FWilson FReinhart FO'Reilly FNolan FLarsson FPominville FRodrigues FBaptiste FPouliot FScandella DRistolainen DNelson DGuhle DGorges DAntipin DLehner GUllmark G
NYRBUFFull-height lines are goals; short ticks at the top are shots. Hover to see who was on the ice.

Shift totals

Rasmus RistolainenBUF3025:340:512:0454
Neal PionkNYR3123:240:451:3547
Brady SkjeiNYR3022:580:461:4423
Marc StaalNYR2821:320:461:3617
Rob O'GaraNYR2619:560:461:2213
Casey NelsonBUF2719:400:441:4334
Jack EichelBUF2219:160:532:3641
Marco ScandellaBUF2618:450:431:3433
Kevin HayesNYR2518:370:451:2716
Brendan GuhleBUF2618:210:421:0744
Ryan SpoonerNYR2217:540:491:3715
Josh GorgesBUF2717:340:391:3242
Victor AntipinBUF2817:250:371:3241
Pavel BuchnevichNYR2117:030:491:2225
Kyle OkposoBUF2117:020:491:2841
Mats ZuccarelloNYR2216:350:451:2613
Sam ReinhartBUF2016:120:491:3052
Vladislav NamestnikovNYR2116:100:461:1724
Zemgus GirgensonsBUF2216:050:441:1332
Jimmy VeseyNYR2015:530:481:2712
Ryan O'ReillyBUF2215:530:431:2847
Mika ZibanejadNYR2515:390:381:1755
Johan LarssonBUF2315:230:401:1032
John GilmourNYR2114:360:421:1013
Ryan SproulNYR2414:250:361:0212
Jason PominvilleBUF2013:560:421:1240
Jesper FastNYR2113:510:401:0434
Evan RodriguesBUF2113:300:391:0933
Scott WilsonBUF2013:240:401:1532
Chris KreiderNYR2213:140:361:0463
Jordan NolanBUF2113:050:371:0540
Benoit PouliotBUF1812:470:431:2022
Nick BaptisteBUF1912:270:391:0632
Paul CareyNYR1811:480:391:0922
Peter HollandNYR1711:150:401:0922
Cody McLeodNYR1810:000:331:0922