Thu, Mar 18, 2021·KeyBank Center, Buffalo
Boston Bruins 4, Buffalo Sabres 1
Expected result
Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 67% of the time.
25%
8%
9%
58%
BUF winsBOS wins
Who was on the ice
Model-basedLine matchups and every shift of the game.
BUF forward lines and defence pairs (rows) against BOS'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.
| Bergeron–Marchand–Pastrnak | Krejci–Smith–DeBrusk | Coyle–Ritchie–Steen | McKegg–Frederic–Kuhlman | McKegg–Steen–Kuhlman | McKegg–DeBrusk–Kuhlman | Coyle–DeBrusk–Steen | Krejci–Marchand–Pastrnak | Krejci–Smith–Ritchie | Smith–Coyle–DeBrusk | Clifton–Zboril | Grzelcyk–McAvoy | Kampfer–Ahcan | McAvoy–Ahcan | Kampfer–Zboril | Zboril–McAvoy | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staal–Reinhart–Olofsson | 0:400.00–0.00 | 0:550.00–0.06 | 3:260.34–0.20 | 1:190.08–0.00 | 1:040.00–0.00 | 0:330.00–0.00 | 5:020.40–0.19 | 3:120.13–0.07 | 0:340.11–0.00 | 1:340.01–0.04 | 0:300.00–0.00 | |||||
| Okposo–Eakin–Rieder | 5:370.01–0.38 | 1:030.00–0.00 | 0:470.04–0.04 | 2:300.09–0.29 | 3:340.08–0.34 | 3:240.05–0.04 | ||||||||||
| Skinner–Lazar–Mittelstadt | 3:000.27–0.10 | 1:430.05–0.06 | 1:120.00–0.01 | 0:440.04–0.00 | 2:160.00–0.08 | 1:170.00–0.01 | 4:310.38–0.08 | |||||||||
| Sheahan–Hall–Thompson | 3:060.00–0.09 | 0:410.03–0.24 | 0:490.00–0.12 | 0:340.00–0.00 | 1:540.03–0.24 | 4:050.00–0.19 | ||||||||||
| Sheahan–Hall–Reinhart | 0:420.00–0.01 | 0:390.21–0.00 | 0:360.00–0.00 | 0:360.20–0.00 | 0:420.00–0.01 | |||||||||||
| Staal–Olofsson–Thompson | 1:110.03–0.00 | 0:570.01–0.00 | 0:300.03–0.00 | |||||||||||||
| Miller–Dahlin | 1:410.00–0.01 | 3:000.22–0.06 | 2:020.05–0.11 | 1:500.00–0.01 | 2:160.03–0.00 | 0:420.00–0.05 | 0:460.00–0.00 | 6:320.03–0.19 | 2:550.01–0.01 | 4:230.29–0.02 | 1:330.01–0.00 | 0:350.00–0.01 | ||||
| Irwin–Montour | 3:340.00–0.13 | 3:150.30–0.26 | 2:360.00–0.10 | 0:450.00–0.00 | 3:020.12–0.23 | 3:480.01–0.06 | 4:360.39–0.12 | 0:380.00–0.07 | 0:350.00–0.00 | |||||||
| Ristolainen–Bryson | 4:490.01–0.34 | 0:400.00–0.09 | 1:350.39–0.00 | 1:290.08–0.12 | 0:340.00–0.00 | 3:060.39–0.08 | 5:490.09–0.47 | 0:440.04–0.03 | 0:340.00–0.00 | |||||||
| Montour–Dahlin | 0:570.11–0.00 | |||||||||||||||
| Miller–Ristolainen | 0:440.04–0.00 | 0:440.04–0.00 | ||||||||||||||
| Montour–Bryson | 0:340.00–0.00 |
Every shift, one row per player.
BUFBOSFull-height lines are goals; short ticks at the top are shots. Hover to see who was on the ice.
Shift totals
 Charlie McAvoyBOS | 28 | 23:07 | 0:50 | 1:57 | 2 | 7 |
 Rasmus DahlinBUF | 22 | 22:17 | 1:01 | 1:59 | 4 | 2 |
 Brandon MontourBUF | 25 | 21:16 | 0:51 | 1:32 | 4 | 3 |
 Matt GrzelcykBOS | 24 | 21:02 | 0:53 | 2:07 | 3 | 6 |
 David PastrnakBOS | 20 | 20:57 | 1:03 | 1:54 | 4 | 2 |
 Colin MillerBUF | 20 | 20:14 | 1:01 | 1:53 | 4 | 2 |
 Patrice BergeronBOS | 24 | 20:13 | 0:51 | 1:54 | 4 | 5 |
 Brad MarchandBOS | 23 | 19:38 | 0:51 | 1:54 | 4 | 5 |
 Jake DeBruskBOS | 27 | 19:20 | 0:43 | 1:21 | 3 | 3 |
 Matt IrwinBUF | 22 | 19:03 | 0:52 | 1:27 | 1 | 7 |
 Rasmus RistolainenBUF | 24 | 18:42 | 0:47 | 1:29 | 3 | 5 |
 Jakub ZborilBOS | 22 | 18:04 | 0:49 | 1:16 | 0 | 1 |
 Jack AhcanBOS | 25 | 17:55 | 0:43 | 1:16 | 4 | 4 |
 Charlie CoyleBOS | 22 | 17:50 | 0:49 | 1:35 | 0 | 4 |
 Sam ReinhartBUF | 20 | 16:52 | 0:51 | 1:59 | 3 | 1 |
 Nick RitchieBOS | 20 | 16:49 | 0:50 | 1:29 | 3 | 2 |
 David KrejciBOS | 21 | 16:49 | 0:48 | 1:30 | 3 | 0 |
 Curtis LazarBUF | 23 | 16:39 | 0:43 | 1:20 | 1 | 6 |
 Jacob BrysonBUF | 25 | 16:19 | 0:39 | 1:29 | 3 | 4 |
 Steven KampferBOS | 22 | 16:08 | 0:44 | 1:23 | 3 | 4 |
 Connor CliftonBOS | 21 | 16:04 | 0:46 | 1:22 | 0 | 2 |
 Eric StaalBUF | 21 | 15:57 | 0:46 | 1:16 | 4 | 0 |
 Riley SheahanBUF | 25 | 15:35 | 0:37 | 1:26 | 5 | 5 |
 Tobias RiederBUF | 21 | 15:16 | 0:44 | 1:06 | 2 | 5 |
 Victor OlofssonBUF | 20 | 15:15 | 0:46 | 1:59 | 3 | 0 |
 Cody EakinBUF | 23 | 14:13 | 0:37 | 1:06 | 4 | 3 |
 Oskar SteenBOS | 23 | 14:00 | 0:37 | 1:13 | 0 | 3 |
 Jeff SkinnerBUF | 16 | 13:49 | 0:52 | 1:27 | 2 | 2 |
 Craig SmithBOS | 21 | 13:33 | 0:39 | 1:01 | 4 | 0 |
 Taylor HallBUF | 19 | 13:20 | 0:42 | 1:37 | 9 | 1 |
 Casey MittelstadtBUF | 15 | 12:59 | 0:52 | 1:37 | 2 | 1 |
 Kyle OkposoBUF | 19 | 11:51 | 0:37 | 1:05 | 3 | 3 |
 Tage ThompsonBUF | 17 | 10:58 | 0:39 | 1:26 | 8 | 1 |
 Karson KuhlmanBOS | 15 | 10:55 | 0:44 | 1:19 | 0 | 5 |
 Greg McKeggBOS | 17 | 10:20 | 0:36 | 1:12 | 0 | 6 |
 Trent FredericBOS | 6 | 5:28 | 0:55 | 1:45 | 0 | 4 |