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Ice Lab

Sat, Oct 6, 2018·KeyBank Center, Buffalo

New York Rangers 1, Buffalo Sabres 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Buffalo Sabres win this game 60% of the time.

BUF winsNYR 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 NYR'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.

Kreider–Zibanejad–BuchnevichZuccarello–Hayes–VeseySpooner–Fast–ChytilSpooner–Fast–HowdenMcLeod–Howden–LettieriZuccarello–Vesey–ChytilFast–Zibanejad–BuchnevichMcLeod–Hayes–LettieriSpooner–Howden–LettieriZuccarello–Vesey–HowdenShattenkirk–SmithMcQuaid–SkjeiStaal–PionkShattenkirk–SkjeiSkjei–Pionk
Sheary–Reinhart–Eichel3:030.06–0.031:210.01–0.001:070.08–0.111:010.11–0.021:110.00–0.010:490.00–0.072:080.19–0.265:300.07–0.102:290.01–0.05
Okposo–Berglund–Skinner0:340.22–0.001:440.06–0.002:140.14–0.010:440.00–0.002:490.14–0.001:110.08–0.002:320.28–0.00
Pominville–Elie–Rodrigues1:350.00–0.111:000.01–0.010:530.00–0.001:090.00–0.210:390.00–0.000:500.08–0.003:310.00–0.101:150.01–0.070:420.00–0.16
Girgensons–Thompson–Mittelstadt1:230.01–0.000:330.13–0.000:560.00–0.000:490.01–0.082:480.13–0.270:570.01–0.000:590.03–0.00
Okposo–Skinner–Eichel0:550.00–0.090:400.00–0.03
Skinner–Thompson–Mittelstadt0:550.12–0.040:550.12–0.04
McCabe–Dahlin5:090.08–0.101:020.00–0.110:530.01–0.012:290.00–0.221:230.13–0.080:390.00–0.000:460.00–0.073:540.12–0.403:120.01–0.085:130.09–0.151:020.00–0.15
Scandella–Ristolainen6:300.30–0.220:390.08–0.000:370.00–0.001:150.00–0.122:510.08–0.285:540.08–0.132:310.22–0.01
Beaulieu–Nelson0:320.13–0.002:440.16–0.071:540.00–0.082:320.11–0.005:360.39–0.083:430.12–0.240:350.00–0.00
Scandella–McCabe0:550.02–0.00
McCabe–Nelson0:350.00–0.020:550.05–0.02
Shift chart

Every shift, one row per player.

P1P2P3EndEichel FReinhart FSheary FSkinner FBerglund FOkposo FGirgensons FMittelstadt FThompson FPominville FRodrigues FElie FScandella DRistolainen DMcCabe DDahlin DNelson DBeaulieu DHutton GKreider FBuchnevich FZibanejad FHayes FVesey FZuccarello FFast FSpooner FChytil FMcLeod FHowden FLettieri FMcQuaid DSkjei DStaal DPionk DShattenkirk DSmith DLundqvist G
BUFNYRFull-height lines are goals; short ticks at the top are shots. Hover to see who was on the ice.

Shift totals

Rasmus RistolainenBUF2826:570:582:4427
Jack EichelBUF2525:451:022:2335
Mika ZibanejadNYR2723:040:512:5674
Kevin ShattenkirkNYR2422:230:562:2451
Marco ScandellaBUF2821:580:472:0928
Jake McCabeBUF2521:210:511:1822
Brady SkjeiNYR2721:180:471:4634
Neal PionkNYR2321:160:552:5055
Sam ReinhartBUF2420:210:511:4244
Mats ZuccarelloNYR2219:420:541:4754
Conor ShearyBUF2418:500:471:4233
Jesper FastNYR2317:390:462:4554
Filip ChytilNYR1817:180:582:0572
Chris KreiderNYR2317:120:451:2073
Jimmy VeseyNYR2117:060:491:3143
Rasmus DahlinBUF2217:050:471:2934
Adam McQuaidNYR2516:410:401:3923
Brendan SmithNYR2016:310:502:1031
Patrik BerglundBUF2516:040:391:1936
Pavel BuchnevichNYR2015:190:461:0972
Ryan SpoonerNYR2014:490:442:0571
Kyle OkposoBUF1814:470:491:4952
Evan RodriguesBUF2614:290:330:58312
Marc StaalNYR2014:200:431:4235
Casey NelsonBUF1914:050:441:5422
Zemgus GirgensonsBUF2213:520:381:2507
Jeff SkinnerBUF1913:480:441:1851
Kevin HayesNYR1712:480:451:1434
Brett HowdenNYR1912:310:401:4320
Remi ElieBUF1911:470:371:0126
Nathan BeaulieuBUF1411:260:491:5423
Casey MittelstadtBUF1711:060:391:2233
Tage ThompsonBUF159:480:391:2521
Jason PominvilleBUF158:540:361:0524
Vinni LettieriNYR137:530:361:0710
Cody McLeodNYR85:230:401:0700