Thu, Mar 4, 2021·Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale
Buffalo Sabres 2, New York Islanders 5
Expected result
Based on shot quality alone, New York Islanders win this game 87% of the time.
82%
8%
NYI winsBUF wins
Who was on the ice
Model-basedLine matchups and every shift of the game.
NYI 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 | Sheahan–Skinner–Lazar | Staal–Okposo–Hall | Eakin–Rieder–Cozens | Staal–Reinhart–Olofsson | Hall–Eichel–Cozens | Okposo–Eakin–Rieder | Ristolainen–Dahlin | Montour–Bryson | Miller–Jokiharju | Miller–Bryson | Ristolainen–Jokiharju | Jokiharju–Bryson | Miller–Montour | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eberle–Lee–Barzal | 0:400.00–0.00 | 2:380.56–0.12 | 4:080.10–0.00 | 1:380.03–0.00 | 1:010.00–0.02 | 3:150.62–0.37 | 2:400.03–0.00 | 3:180.14–0.00 | 1:070.08–0.00 | 0:350.00–0.00 | ||||
| Bailey–Nelson–Beauvillier | 1:400.02–0.08 | 2:440.08–0.06 | 1:510.14–0.00 | 1:480.11–0.00 | 1:290.00–0.08 | 2:360.40–0.12 | 5:240.08–0.10 | 2:050.14–0.00 | 0:400.02–0.00 | |||||
| Pageau–Dal Colle–Wahlstrom | 1:010.00–0.00 | 1:170.00–0.05 | 3:330.11–0.20 | 0:510.00–0.06 | 0:560.00–0.00 | 1:390.12–0.00 | 4:120.12–0.22 | 2:240.00–0.09 | 3:090.00–0.01 | 0:330.11–0.00 | ||||
| Clutterbuck–Martin–Cizikas | 4:300.24–0.08 | 0:490.00–0.00 | 0:460.00–0.00 | 2:000.00–0.00 | 2:540.12–0.06 | 2:060.04–0.00 | 2:370.04–0.00 | 0:300.04–0.00 | ||||||
| Greene–Dobson | 0:540.00–0.05 | 3:290.49–0.19 | 1:260.00–0.00 | 3:510.11–0.20 | 1:000.11–0.08 | 1:330.12–0.00 | 8:470.96–0.48 | 1:470.00–0.05 | 2:450.00–0.00 | 0:320.08–0.00 | 0:360.11–0.00 | |||
| Leddy–Mayfield | 2:420.08–0.05 | 3:070.15–0.00 | 2:430.12–0.00 | 1:440.00–0.00 | 1:320.00–0.08 | 0:310.00–0.00 | 6:200.11–0.12 | 6:260.22–0.01 | 0:550.02–0.00 | |||||
| Pelech–Pulock | 6:590.36–0.11 | 1:410.09–0.00 | 0:510.00–0.00 | 2:140.00–0.00 | 3:460.18–0.31 | 3:010.04–0.03 | 2:520.23–0.00 | 0:410.02–0.00 | 0:340.00–0.00 | 1:050.04–0.00 | ||||
| Leddy–Pulock | 0:510.00–0.00 | 0:540.00–0.00 | ||||||||||||
| Greene–Pelech | 0:370.29–0.00 | |||||||||||||
| Greene–Mayfield | 0:430.00–0.00 |
Every shift, one row per player.
NYIBUFFull-height lines are goals; short ticks at the top are shots. Hover to see who was on the ice.
Shift totals
 Jacob BrysonBUF | 23 | 24:10 | 1:03 | 1:49 | 2 | 5 |
 Nick LeddyNYI | 23 | 22:58 | 1:00 | 2:26 | 5 | 2 |
 Brandon MontourBUF | 22 | 21:48 | 0:59 | 1:49 | 2 | 7 |
 Rasmus RistolainenBUF | 24 | 18:54 | 0:47 | 1:21 | 2 | 4 |
 Henri JokiharjuBUF | 23 | 18:52 | 0:49 | 1:41 | 1 | 3 |
 Jean-Gabriel PageauNYI | 20 | 18:45 | 0:56 | 1:57 | 5 | 1 |
 Rasmus DahlinBUF | 21 | 18:42 | 0:53 | 1:22 | 2 | 4 |
 Ryan PulockNYI | 20 | 18:37 | 0:56 | 1:29 | 2 | 1 |
 Colin MillerBUF | 21 | 18:31 | 0:53 | 1:58 | 1 | 3 |
 Noah DobsonNYI | 19 | 18:20 | 0:58 | 1:57 | 2 | 1 |
 Josh BaileyNYI | 20 | 18:18 | 0:55 | 1:43 | 4 | 2 |
 Andy GreeneNYI | 21 | 18:13 | 0:52 | 2:02 | 2 | 1 |
 Adam PelechNYI | 20 | 18:10 | 0:55 | 1:28 | 3 | 1 |
 Jack EichelBUF | 20 | 17:48 | 0:53 | 1:30 | 3 | 6 |
 Sam ReinhartBUF | 18 | 17:44 | 0:59 | 1:35 | 4 | 2 |
 Scott MayfieldNYI | 19 | 17:40 | 0:56 | 1:51 | 3 | 1 |
 Mathew BarzalNYI | 21 | 16:50 | 0:48 | 1:56 | 3 | 1 |
 Brock NelsonNYI | 21 | 16:50 | 0:48 | 1:43 | 5 | 2 |
 Victor OlofssonBUF | 18 | 16:30 | 0:55 | 1:24 | 4 | 1 |
 Jordan EberleNYI | 20 | 16:24 | 0:49 | 1:46 | 3 | 1 |
 Oliver WahlstromNYI | 21 | 16:15 | 0:46 | 1:57 | 4 | 1 |
 Anders LeeNYI | 19 | 15:39 | 0:49 | 1:47 | 2 | 1 |
 Dylan CozensBUF | 20 | 15:39 | 0:47 | 1:30 | 0 | 4 |
 Anthony BeauvillierNYI | 17 | 15:09 | 0:53 | 1:29 | 4 | 2 |
 Taylor HallBUF | 18 | 15:09 | 0:51 | 1:30 | 1 | 4 |
 Eric StaalBUF | 18 | 14:50 | 0:49 | 1:23 | 2 | 2 |
 Curtis LazarBUF | 20 | 14:25 | 0:43 | 1:49 | 1 | 5 |
 Cal ClutterbuckNYI | 19 | 13:41 | 0:43 | 1:06 | 4 | 0 |
 Riley SheahanBUF | 19 | 12:59 | 0:41 | 1:49 | 1 | 5 |
 Casey CizikasNYI | 19 | 12:29 | 0:39 | 1:00 | 4 | 0 |
 Michael Dal ColleNYI | 16 | 12:14 | 0:46 | 1:20 | 3 | 1 |
 Tobias RiederBUF | 16 | 11:56 | 0:45 | 1:24 | 0 | 2 |
 Cody EakinBUF | 17 | 11:56 | 0:42 | 1:22 | 0 | 3 |
 Kyle OkposoBUF | 15 | 11:48 | 0:47 | 1:53 | 1 | 1 |
 Matt MartinNYI | 16 | 11:30 | 0:43 | 1:06 | 3 | 0 |
 Jeff SkinnerBUF | 16 | 10:46 | 0:40 | 1:15 | 1 | 2 |