Thu, Jan 16, 2020·American Airlines Center, Dallas
Buffalo Sabres 4, Dallas Stars 1
Expected result
Based on shot quality alone, Buffalo Sabres win this game 75% of the time.
18%
8%
66%
DAL winsBUF wins
Who was on the ice
Model-basedLine matchups and every shift of the game.
DAL 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.
| Girgensons–Reinhart–Eichel | Okposo–Larsson–Girgensons | Vesey–Reinhart–Eichel | Okposo–Larsson–Asplund | Frolik–Johansson–Sheary | Frolik–Johansson–Lazar | Vesey–Lazar–Asplund | Sheary–Reinhart–Eichel | Okposo–Larsson–Sheary | Okposo–Johansson–Sheary | Johansson–Vesey–Lazar | Ristolainen–Montour | Jokiharju–Dahlin | Jokiharju–Pilut | Ristolainen–Pilut | McCabe–Montour | Bogosian–McCabe | Bogosian–Dahlin | Bogosian–Pilut | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Radulov–Benn–Seguin | 0:320.14–0.00 | 1:340.00–0.01 | 1:580.00–0.00 | 1:560.26–0.00 | 1:030.00–0.14 | 0:500.06–0.05 | 0:420.00–0.00 | 2:160.18–0.06 | 0:530.04–0.01 | 1:470.00–0.00 | 0:470.03–0.03 | 1:520.00–0.00 | 1:510.24–0.00 | 0:560.00–0.15 | 0:570.03–0.00 | ||||
| Comeau–Cogliano–Dickinson | 4:350.08–0.38 | 1:000.05–0.00 | 2:040.23–0.15 | 1:130.00–0.00 | 4:040.28–0.36 | 1:460.00–0.00 | 0:490.00–0.03 | 2:160.03–0.00 | 0:590.00–0.15 | ||||||||||
| Perry–Dowling–Gurianov | 1:110.00–0.00 | 1:000.00–0.00 | 1:020.11–0.00 | 1:070.00–0.08 | 0:390.00–0.01 | 0:400.09–0.00 | 0:460.00–0.00 | 0:420.11–0.00 | 1:360.09–0.00 | 1:050.04–0.00 | 1:200.00–0.07 | 1:350.00–0.02 | |||||||
| Pavelski–Hintz–Kiviranta | 0:450.04–0.00 | 0:450.00–0.00 | 2:090.18–0.20 | 0:390.00–0.15 | 2:530.22–0.00 | 1:380.10–0.08 | 0:340.00–0.00 | 1:120.00–0.15 | 0:440.10–0.20 | ||||||||||
| Klingberg–Lindell | 4:360.03–0.18 | 1:070.12–0.00 | 2:150.19–0.00 | 0:500.05–0.00 | 0:420.06–0.21 | 0:450.03–0.02 | 5:000.33–0.17 | 1:220.00–0.06 | 1:090.00–0.03 | 2:270.08–0.00 | 1:140.01–0.00 | 0:320.00–0.20 | |||||||
| Sekera–Polak | 1:480.13–0.00 | 1:060.15–0.00 | 1:100.00–0.01 | 0:460.04–0.00 | 0:420.00–0.00 | 1:270.09–0.02 | 1:070.17–0.00 | 0:550.00–0.00 | 1:530.00–0.00 | 1:010.13–0.00 | 1:170.00–0.01 | 0:460.03–0.00 | |||||||
| Oleksiak–Heiskanen | 1:310.19–0.21 | 0:300.24–0.00 | 0:350.00–0.00 | 1:150.06–0.05 | 1:240.23–0.26 | 0:430.00–0.01 | 0:330.00–0.00 | 0:350.00–0.00 | 1:150.00–0.15 | ||||||||||
| Klingberg–Oleksiak | 2:150.04–0.00 | 0:390.04–0.00 | 0:380.00–0.00 | 1:420.04–0.00 | 0:420.00–0.10 | 1:190.00–0.00 | |||||||||||||
| Sekera–Oleksiak | 0:420.00–0.00 | 0:300.00–0.00 | 0:380.00–0.07 | 1:120.00–0.14 | 1:170.00–0.00 | 0:500.00–0.07 | 0:560.00–0.15 | ||||||||||||
| Polak–Lindell | 0:360.00–0.00 | 0:310.00–0.00 | 0:370.00–0.15 | 0:510.09–0.00 | 0:360.00–0.00 | 0:470.00–0.15 | |||||||||||||
| Sekera–Lindell | 1:050.00–0.00 | 0:340.00–0.00 | 1:280.04–0.08 | ||||||||||||||||
| Lindell–Heiskanen | 0:400.00–0.00 | 0:570.00–0.00 | 0:470.00–0.00 |
Every shift, one row per player.
DALBUFFull-height lines are goals; short ticks at the top are shots. Hover to see who was on the ice.
Shift totals
 Esa LindellDAL | 34 | 25:57 | 0:46 | 2:19 | 4 | 3 |
 John KlingbergDAL | 25 | 24:54 | 1:00 | 2:42 | 3 | 1 |
 Rasmus RistolainenBUF | 28 | 24:47 | 0:53 | 1:29 | 5 | 5 |
 Brandon MontourBUF | 26 | 22:16 | 0:51 | 1:24 | 2 | 4 |
 Jack EichelBUF | 26 | 21:32 | 0:50 | 1:36 | 4 | 2 |
 Jamie BennDAL | 24 | 20:44 | 0:52 | 1:40 | 7 | 3 |
 Tyler SeguinDAL | 24 | 19:57 | 0:50 | 1:53 | 8 | 2 |
 Andrej SekeraDAL | 23 | 19:56 | 0:52 | 1:53 | 3 | 3 |
 Alexander RadulovDAL | 21 | 19:53 | 0:57 | 1:53 | 6 | 0 |
 Johan LarssonBUF | 26 | 19:32 | 0:45 | 1:16 | 1 | 4 |
 Zemgus GirgensonsBUF | 27 | 18:36 | 0:41 | 1:04 | 4 | 2 |
 Joe PavelskiDAL | 20 | 17:28 | 0:52 | 1:39 | 4 | 2 |
 Jamie OleksiakDAL | 25 | 17:18 | 0:42 | 1:38 | 7 | 2 |
 Sam ReinhartBUF | 23 | 17:03 | 0:44 | 1:10 | 5 | 3 |
 Lawrence PilutBUF | 22 | 16:33 | 0:45 | 1:35 | 0 | 8 |
 Henri JokiharjuBUF | 22 | 16:17 | 0:44 | 1:15 | 2 | 2 |
 Kyle OkposoBUF | 21 | 15:54 | 0:45 | 1:16 | 0 | 5 |
 Blake ComeauDAL | 21 | 15:44 | 0:45 | 1:42 | 1 | 3 |
 Michael FrolikBUF | 23 | 15:12 | 0:40 | 1:04 | 3 | 4 |
 Andrew CoglianoDAL | 21 | 14:52 | 0:42 | 1:36 | 1 | 0 |
 Marcus JohanssonBUF | 20 | 14:46 | 0:44 | 1:38 | 3 | 3 |
 Jason DickinsonDAL | 22 | 14:43 | 0:40 | 1:10 | 1 | 1 |
 Roman PolakDAL | 20 | 14:37 | 0:44 | 1:08 | 2 | 3 |
 Zach BogosianBUF | 20 | 14:08 | 0:42 | 1:33 | 1 | 8 |
 Curtis LazarBUF | 22 | 13:51 | 0:38 | 1:07 | 1 | 7 |
 Roope HintzDAL | 21 | 13:23 | 0:38 | 1:03 | 4 | 2 |
 Rasmus DahlinBUF | 18 | 13:17 | 0:44 | 1:20 | 4 | 1 |
 Corey PerryDAL | 17 | 13:13 | 0:47 | 1:17 | 2 | 1 |
 Jimmy VeseyBUF | 16 | 12:59 | 0:49 | 1:38 | 0 | 3 |
 Jake McCabeBUF | 20 | 12:40 | 0:38 | 1:03 | 0 | 6 |
 Miro HeiskanenDAL | 15 | 12:06 | 0:48 | 1:38 | 5 | 1 |
 Conor ShearyBUF | 15 | 11:58 | 0:48 | 1:13 | 2 | 0 |
 Justin DowlingDAL | 17 | 11:55 | 0:42 | 0:58 | 2 | 1 |
 Denis GurianovDAL | 18 | 11:50 | 0:39 | 1:02 | 1 | 1 |
 Rasmus AsplundBUF | 13 | 10:46 | 0:50 | 1:16 | 1 | 4 |
 Joel KivirantaDAL | 15 | 9:51 | 0:39 | 1:09 | 1 | 1 |