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Ice Lab

Sat, Oct 20, 2018·STAPLES Center, Los Angeles

Buffalo Sabres 5, Los Angeles Kings 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Buffalo Sabres win this game 78% of the time.

LAK winsBUF wins

Who was on the ice

Model-based

Line matchups and every shift of the game.

Line matchups

LAK 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.

Pominville–Skinner–EichelBerglund–Larsson–GirgensonsOkposo–Rodrigues–MittelstadtSobotka–Sheary–ReinhartMcCabe–RistolainenNelson–DahlinBogosian–ScandellaScandella–NelsonRistolainen–Dahlin
Kovalchuk–Carter–Rempal0:530.00–0.001:510.00–0.024:330.17–0.092:170.25–0.082:580.09–0.004:240.08–0.111:250.20–0.060:340.00–0.05
Kopitar–Toffoli–Iafallo6:130.29–0.171:050.00–0.030:590.00–0.001:230.00–0.104:510.07–0.101:290.03–0.052:340.07–0.101:100.12–0.00
Lewis–Pearson–Kempe0:550.00–0.003:350.19–0.051:450.00–0.001:080.01–0.141:290.00–0.000:560.07–0.00
Thompson–Clifford–Wagner0:310.00–0.122:340.01–0.001:060.00–0.001:380.01–0.001:150.00–0.001:450.00–0.12
Lewis–Kempe–Wagner0:330.02–0.670:540.00–0.001:120.02–0.670:320.00–0.00
Kovalchuk–Thompson–Wagner0:520.00–0.000:300.00–0.00
Kopitar–Lewis–Iafallo0:440.00–0.010:300.00–0.000:340.00–0.01
Thompson–Clifford–Pearson1:020.00–0.000:450.00–0.00
Phaneuf–Martinez2:170.02–0.031:510.01–0.002:460.00–0.081:420.00–0.072:160.01–0.004:500.00–0.231:500.00–0.05
Doughty–Forbort4:110.12–0.890:510.01–0.001:340.08–0.061:380.00–0.113:560.07–0.762:480.10–0.091:330.05–0.20
Muzzin–Martinez2:220.00–0.001:580.00–0.041:230.10–0.041:440.02–0.002:160.00–0.080:480.00–0.000:350.00–0.00
Muzzin–Doughty1:310.05–0.010:510.00–0.000:380.07–0.003:000.00–0.001:280.02–0.010:310.07–0.00
Muzzin–Fantenberg0:550.03–0.121:240.00–0.001:000.00–0.000:440.18–0.001:090.05–0.000:450.00–0.001:270.13–0.12
Phaneuf–Fantenberg0:450.00–0.000:430.00–0.060:300.00–0.000:530.07–0.010:490.04–0.060:460.00–0.000:370.07–0.011:000.00–0.00
Forbort–Fantenberg0:440.09–0.001:030.02–0.000:440.09–0.000:320.01–0.001:080.00–0.00
Doughty–Fantenberg0:530.00–0.030:470.00–0.030:460.00–0.05
Phaneuf–Doughty0:460.00–0.000:340.00–0.00
Martinez–Forbort0:330.00–0.00
Shift chart

Every shift, one row per player.

P1P2P3EndClifford FThompson FPearson FKopitar FKempe FLewis FCarter FToffoli FKovalchuk FWagner FIafallo FRempal FMuzzin DMartinez DDoughty DForbort DFantenberg DPhaneuf DQuick GBerglund FLarsson FGirgensons FEichel FPominville FMittelstadt FSkinner FOkposo FReinhart FSheary FRodrigues FSobotka FMcCabe DRistolainen DDahlin DBogosian DScandella DNelson DUllmark G
LAKBUFFull-height lines are goals; short ticks at the top are shots. Hover to see who was on the ice.

Shift totals

Drew DoughtyLAK2926:520:561:4082
Rasmus RistolainenBUF3126:170:511:3128
Anze KopitarLAK2523:450:572:1974
Ilya KovalchukLAK2622:340:522:10102
Alec MartinezLAK2722:250:501:3741
Jake McCabeBUF3121:570:421:1329
Jeff CarterLAK2421:310:542:0782
Casey NelsonBUF2320:490:542:2932
Alex IafalloLAK2120:390:593:1653
Jake MuzzinLAK2719:210:431:4721
Tyler ToffoliLAK2318:300:481:3453
Rasmus DahlinBUF2218:220:501:2135
Johan LarssonBUF2317:230:451:2206
Zemgus GirgensonsBUF2417:210:431:0805
Marco ScandellaBUF2616:290:381:1831
Evan RodriguesBUF2316:090:421:1527
Jack EichelBUF2116:000:461:3172
Dion PhaneufLAK1915:320:491:3942
Jeff SkinnerBUF2315:310:401:1560
Vladimir SobotkaBUF2115:080:431:2724
Zach BogosianBUF2214:580:411:1020
Adrian KempeLAK2514:390:351:1010
Oscar FantenbergLAK2014:080:421:2611
Sheldon RempalLAK1814:060:471:1352
Jason PominvilleBUF2014:030:421:3271
Trevor LewisLAK2313:440:361:3911
Conor ShearyBUF1913:280:431:2723
Tanner PearsonLAK2313:240:351:0620
Patrik BerglundBUF1913:200:421:2002
Derek ForbortLAK2213:130:361:1313
Sam ReinhartBUF1913:060:411:0821
Casey MittelstadtBUF1812:200:411:0335
Austin WagnerLAK1610:480:411:3621
Kyle OkposoBUF1610:120:381:0725
Nate ThompsonLAK158:490:351:2612
Kyle CliffordLAK106:410:401:2601