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Ice Lab

Sat, Nov 17, 2018·Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul

Buffalo Sabres 3, Minnesota Wild 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Buffalo Sabres win this game 55% of the time.

MIN winsBUF wins

Who was on the ice

Model-based

Line matchups and every shift of the game.

Line matchups

MIN 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–Sheary–MittelstadtSkinner–Reinhart–EichelBerglund–Larsson–GirgensonsPominville–Sobotka–ThompsonPominville–Skinner–EichelSobotka–Reinhart–ThompsonSobotka–Okposo–ThompsonBogosian–DahlinMcCabe–RistolainenScandella–NelsonBogosian–NelsonBogosian–McCabe
Staal–Zucker–Granlund4:120.22–0.102:380.06–0.003:490.00–0.421:560.04–0.160:390.00–0.000:590.00–0.008:400.42–0.193:280.07–0.522:390.05–0.030:330.00–0.00
Koivu–Parise–Niederreiter1:370.00–0.004:260.25–0.242:030.16–0.020:370.16–0.002:330.04–0.081:350.00–0.023:460.13–0.276:360.45–0.05
Foligno–Coyle–Greenway3:000.23–0.022:050.01–0.010:470.00–0.033:030.07–0.043:150.07–0.094:130.12–0.002:060.00–0.020:460.12–0.00
Hendricks–Fehr–Brown3:330.13–0.010:540.00–0.001:310.00–0.000:500.06–0.101:350.11–0.003:070.06–0.091:430.00–0.000:480.20–0.00
Suter–Dumba4:290.30–0.032:100.22–0.055:570.16–0.732:120.18–0.150:380.00–0.012:360.00–0.047:280.32–0.305:110.17–0.616:290.43–0.150:310.13–0.00
Spurgeon–Brodin3:110.07–0.086:500.21–0.231:300.01–0.042:580.04–0.625:020.11–0.656:010.18–0.304:480.07–0.02
Pateryn–Seeler3:230.00–0.071:510.00–0.012:540.02–0.140:550.06–0.101:340.07–0.000:440.07–0.084:070.18–0.095:150.09–0.211:550.00–0.00
Suter–Brodin1:030.12–0.000:420.13–0.000:410.12–0.00
Shift chart

Every shift, one row per player.

P1P2P3EndCoyle FFoligno FGreenway FKoivu FParise FNiederreiter FStaal FZucker FGranlund FHendricks FFehr FBrown FSuter DDumba DBrodin DSpurgeon DPateryn DSeeler DDubnyk GBerglund FLarsson FGirgensons FEichel FSkinner FReinhart FOkposo FMittelstadt FSheary FSobotka FPominville FThompson FMcCabe DRistolainen DScandella DNelson DBogosian DDahlin DUllmark G
MINBUFFull-height lines are goals; short ticks at the top are shots. Hover to see who was on the ice.

Shift totals

Ryan SuterMIN2625:300:591:5944
Mathew DumbaMIN2625:100:581:5964
Zach BogosianBUF2622:290:521:4825
Rasmus RistolainenBUF2921:300:441:2952
Eric StaalMIN1920:301:051:4142
Jared SpurgeonMIN2120:290:591:3544
Mikael GranlundMIN2020:251:011:5042
Jake McCabeBUF2419:510:501:3652
Jonas BrodinMIN2219:370:541:3025
Jason ZuckerMIN1819:241:051:5742
Jack EichelBUF2319:140:501:4671
Rasmus DahlinBUF2219:140:521:4932
Casey NelsonBUF2118:550:541:3952
Marco ScandellaBUF2318:240:481:2954
Sam ReinhartBUF2217:580:491:4162
Zach PariseMIN2117:360:501:3344
Jeff SkinnerBUF2117:100:491:4161
Nino NiederreiterMIN1816:050:541:3344
Mikko KoivuMIN1915:530:501:3344
Charlie CoyleMIN2015:380:471:3610
Vladimir SobotkaBUF1815:290:521:4232
Kyle OkposoBUF1714:580:531:3160
Greg PaterynMIN1714:290:511:4013
Nick SeelerMIN1713:510:491:1714
Johan LarssonBUF2113:350:391:1006
Casey MittelstadtBUF1713:310:481:2870
Patrik BerglundBUF1713:020:461:3901
Zemgus GirgensonsBUF1812:590:431:3704
Tage ThompsonBUF1512:420:511:3630
Marcus FolignoMIN1912:400:401:2403
Conor ShearyBUF1712:360:441:2880
Jordan GreenwayMIN1711:510:421:2601
Jason PominvilleBUF1511:370:461:1632
Eric FehrMIN1410:090:441:1504
JT BrownMIN1210:020:501:2602
Matt HendricksMIN1210:000:501:3903