Wed, Feb 26, 2020·Pepsi Center, Denver
Buffalo Sabres 2, Colorado Avalanche 3
Expected result
Based on shot quality alone, Colorado Avalanche win this game 72% of the time.
66%
8%
20%
COL winsBUF wins
Who was on the ice
Model-basedLine matchups and every shift of the game.
COL 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.
| Reinhart–Olofsson–Eichel | Okposo–Larsson–Girgensons | Simmonds–Johansson–Skinner | Frolik–Vesey–Lazar | Simmonds–Johansson–Vesey | Okposo–Larsson–Olofsson | Skinner–Reinhart–Eichel | Miller–Dahlin | Ristolainen–Montour | McCabe–Jokiharju | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Landeskog–MacKinnon–Nichushkin | 0:370.09–0.00 | 7:230.23–0.03 | 1:150.13–0.00 | 2:030.08–0.02 | 0:310.00–0.00 | 7:380.43–0.01 | 5:120.35–0.04 | |||
| Donskoi–Compher–Jost | 4:570.15–0.29 | 0:440.02–0.00 | 1:070.05–0.00 | 1:140.00–0.01 | 0:480.09–0.00 | 0:340.12–0.00 | 4:560.16–0.23 | 3:030.11–0.00 | 1:300.03–0.07 | |
| Namestnikov–Bellemare–Kaut | 1:400.08–0.00 | 0:460.00–0.06 | 2:110.01–0.00 | 1:080.00–0.11 | 4:350.10–0.07 | 1:150.00–0.01 | 1:050.00–0.10 | |||
| Nieto–Kamenev–O'Connor | 0:490.05–0.04 | 2:070.16–0.00 | 1:290.06–0.00 | 1:330.16–0.03 | ||||||
| Nieto–Bellemare–Kaut | 1:070.02–0.02 | 0:500.00–0.02 | 1:000.02–0.00 | |||||||
| Donskoi–Namestnikov–Bellemare | 0:450.04–0.00 | 0:450.04–0.00 | ||||||||
| Namestnikov–MacKinnon–O'Connor | 0:400.00–0.20 | 1:030.01–0.20 | ||||||||
| Cole–Zadorov | 2:080.16–0.03 | 0:590.19–0.14 | 3:580.20–0.04 | 2:450.00–0.03 | 1:040.09–0.00 | 0:530.19–0.00 | 4:280.25–0.02 | 4:270.32–0.01 | 4:280.28–0.44 | |
| Graves–Makar | 3:460.17–0.15 | 3:560.08–0.03 | 1:300.13–0.00 | 2:170.24–0.00 | 0:340.12–0.00 | 3:590.09–0.17 | 4:360.19–0.00 | 4:210.35–0.02 | ||
| Johnson–Girard | 4:210.08–0.09 | 3:380.02–0.21 | 0:450.04–0.00 | 0:490.00–0.10 | 0:300.00–0.00 | 5:300.13–0.01 | 3:370.08–0.01 | 2:310.00–0.38 | ||
| Girard–Makar | 0:430.00–0.19 | 1:430.00–0.02 | 1:080.00–0.19 | 1:010.00–0.02 | 1:160.00–0.02 | |||||
| Johnson–Graves | 1:210.05–0.09 | 1:210.05–0.09 | 0:300.01–0.00 |
Every shift, one row per player.
COLBUFFull-height lines are goals; short ticks at the top are shots. Hover to see who was on the ice.
Shift totals
 Rasmus RistolainenBUF | 25 | 24:13 | 0:58 | 1:55 | 4 | 6 |
 Rasmus DahlinBUF | 21 | 23:47 | 1:08 | 2:07 | 2 | 2 |
 Cale MakarCOL | 20 | 22:35 | 1:08 | 2:07 | 5 | 3 |
 Gabriel LandeskogCOL | 22 | 22:26 | 1:01 | 2:02 | 7 | 2 |
 Nathan MacKinnonCOL | 24 | 22:22 | 0:56 | 2:02 | 7 | 2 |
 J.T. CompherCOL | 24 | 21:18 | 0:53 | 2:27 | 5 | 6 |
 Jack EichelBUF | 22 | 19:42 | 0:54 | 2:07 | 3 | 4 |
 Sam ReinhartBUF | 21 | 19:37 | 0:56 | 2:07 | 4 | 1 |
 Colin MillerBUF | 21 | 19:37 | 0:56 | 1:55 | 2 | 2 |
 Victor OlofssonBUF | 22 | 19:01 | 0:52 | 1:47 | 4 | 2 |
 Ryan GravesCOL | 23 | 18:58 | 0:49 | 1:32 | 5 | 3 |
 Brandon MontourBUF | 21 | 18:47 | 0:54 | 1:55 | 4 | 3 |
 Nikita ZadorovCOL | 23 | 18:41 | 0:49 | 1:34 | 0 | 4 |
 Ian ColeCOL | 23 | 18:41 | 0:49 | 1:34 | 0 | 5 |
 Erik JohnsonCOL | 24 | 18:36 | 0:47 | 2:09 | 4 | 4 |
 Samuel GirardCOL | 21 | 18:28 | 0:53 | 1:52 | 3 | 2 |
 Tyson JostCOL | 20 | 17:42 | 0:53 | 1:48 | 5 | 5 |
 Jake McCabeBUF | 22 | 17:11 | 0:47 | 1:43 | 2 | 7 |
 Valeri NichushkinCOL | 21 | 16:59 | 0:49 | 1:15 | 6 | 3 |
 Johan LarssonBUF | 22 | 16:45 | 0:46 | 1:55 | 3 | 5 |
 Kyle OkposoBUF | 19 | 15:40 | 0:49 | 1:47 | 2 | 3 |
 Pierre-Edouard BellemareCOL | 23 | 15:34 | 0:41 | 1:27 | 2 | 3 |
 Henri JokiharjuBUF | 21 | 15:00 | 0:43 | 1:22 | 2 | 4 |
 Zemgus GirgensonsBUF | 20 | 14:50 | 0:45 | 1:34 | 2 | 4 |
 Joonas DonskoiCOL | 20 | 14:15 | 0:43 | 1:22 | 4 | 4 |
 Marcus JohanssonBUF | 18 | 14:11 | 0:47 | 1:37 | 3 | 2 |
 Jeff SkinnerBUF | 16 | 13:07 | 0:49 | 1:43 | 4 | 1 |
 Wayne SimmondsBUF | 16 | 12:53 | 0:48 | 1:27 | 3 | 1 |
 Vladislav NamestnikovCOL | 16 | 12:17 | 0:46 | 1:06 | 1 | 0 |
 Curtis LazarBUF | 18 | 12:10 | 0:41 | 1:08 | 4 | 6 |
 Matt NietoCOL | 19 | 11:33 | 0:36 | 1:01 | 1 | 4 |
 Martin KautCOL | 17 | 11:13 | 0:40 | 1:06 | 1 | 1 |
 Michael FrolikBUF | 16 | 10:48 | 0:41 | 1:15 | 3 | 5 |
 Jimmy VeseyBUF | 13 | 9:39 | 0:45 | 1:15 | 2 | 3 |
 Logan O'ConnorCOL | 13 | 8:33 | 0:39 | 1:14 | 2 | 0 |
 Vladislav KamenevCOL | 10 | 5:52 | 0:35 | 1:08 | 0 | 0 |