BOS 4 @ BUF 6 · Apr 23, 2021

Fri, Apr 23, 2021·KeyBank Center, Buffalo

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Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Buffalo Sabres win this game 56% of the time.

48%

10%

34%

BUF winsBOS wins

Who was on the ice

Model-based

Line matchups and every shift of the game.

Line matchups

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.

	Krejci–Smith–Hall	Marchand–Coyle–Pastrnak	Kuraly–Ritchie–DeBrusk	Wagner–Blidh–Lazar	Wagner–Kuraly–Blidh	Lazar–Ritchie–DeBrusk	Grzelcyk–McAvoy	Miller–Reilly	Kampfer–Lauzon	Kampfer–Grzelcyk	Reilly–McAvoy	Kampfer–Reilly	Lauzon–McAvoy
Bjork–Cozens–Ruotsalainen	1:200.00–0.34	3:570.13–0.00	0:320.00–0.31	3:040.01–0.03	0:310.03–0.00		4:330.14–0.02	1:510.11–0.04	3:290.03–0.37		1:040.00–0.28
Asplund–Thompson–Mittelstadt	2:000.02–0.00	4:560.17–0.38	2:010.21–0.16		1:290.00–0.00		4:430.09–0.34	2:580.00–0.22	2:570.23–0.01
Skinner–Reinhart–Olofsson	3:030.12–0.08	1:420.00–0.13	2:160.03–0.21			2:170.03–0.02	2:580.08–0.00	5:270.22–0.34	0:390.00–0.02	0:540.00–0.03
Sheahan–Rieder–Caggiula	3:530.09–0.19	1:580.17–0.10	0:360.00–0.00	0:540.13–0.00			1:050.17–0.10	2:490.11–0.10	2:050.00–0.00	0:350.00–0.01			0:550.02–0.00
Sheahan–Skinner–Olofsson									0:420.00–0.09
Jokiharju–Dahlin	5:040.23–0.16	7:240.65–0.38	0:580.00–0.00	2:410.13–0.15	1:070.03–0.01	0:570.02–0.00	8:230.41–0.22	5:040.11–0.25	3:280.34–0.10	0:460.00–0.01
Ristolainen–Samuelsson	4:030.10–0.03	2:290.02–0.17	3:200.24–0.18	1:440.01–0.00	1:230.08–0.00	1:100.01–0.02	3:150.01–0.25	5:390.30–0.11	4:020.26–0.03	0:530.00–0.03	0:480.00–0.00	0:330.00–0.00
Borgen–Bryson	3:520.04–0.50	3:000.00–0.07	2:320.00–0.47	0:380.00–0.00		0:550.03–0.00	3:550.08–0.02	3:130.03–0.32	3:460.00–0.38		0:370.00–0.28		0:510.00–0.06

Shift chart

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


Rasmus DahlinBUF	22	24:19	1:06	2:14	2	2
Charlie McAvoyBOS	28	24:07	0:52	1:54	2	5
Henri JokiharjuBUF	23	23:01	1:00	2:12	1	1
Mike ReillyBOS	27	21:21	0:47	1:29	1	7
Matt GrzelcykBOS	28	21:12	0:45	1:45	1	5
Rasmus RistolainenBUF	21	20:22	0:58	1:28	2	2
Taylor HallBOS	21	19:24	0:55	1:41	2	1
Mattias SamuelssonBUF	20	19:09	0:57	1:23	1	2
Brad MarchandBOS	23	19:09	0:50	1:10	3	4
David KrejciBOS	21	19:05	0:55	1:54	2	2
Kevan MillerBOS	25	19:02	0:46	1:13	1	7
Craig SmithBOS	21	17:56	0:51	1:41	2	2
Casey MittelstadtBUF	21	17:46	0:51	1:30	3	4
Rasmus AsplundBUF	21	17:28	0:50	1:25	2	3
Steven KampferBOS	24	16:53	0:42	1:04	2	2
Charlie CoyleBOS	20	16:48	0:50	1:21	3	4
David PastrnakBOS	20	16:24	0:49	1:14	3	0
Sam ReinhartBUF	22	16:14	0:44	1:30	8	1
Jeff SkinnerBUF	20	16:12	0:49	1:18	4	1
Victor OlofssonBUF	22	16:12	0:44	1:22	8	1
Jacob BrysonBUF	17	15:50	0:56	1:30	0	0
Will BorgenBUF	16	15:14	0:57	1:30	1	0
Dylan CozensBUF	21	15:05	0:43	1:22	3	1
Jeremy LauzonBOS	21	14:51	0:42	1:33	2	4
Tage ThompsonBUF	18	14:21	0:48	1:19	1	3
Anders BjorkBUF	19	14:15	0:45	1:12	3	1
Sean KuralyBOS	18	14:11	0:47	1:14	1	4
Arttu RuotsalainenBUF	20	14:09	0:42	1:13	3	0
Riley SheahanBUF	17	13:30	0:48	1:52	0	4
Jake DeBruskBOS	17	12:54	0:46	1:31	1	1
Nick RitchieBOS	15	12:04	0:48	1:14	0	1
Drake CaggiulaBUF	15	11:48	0:47	1:19	0	3
Tobias RiederBUF	14	11:31	0:49	1:25	0	4
Anton BlidhBOS	14	10:42	0:46	1:05	0	1
Chris WagnerBOS	14	10:35	0:45	1:12	0	2
Curtis LazarBOS	13	10:23	0:48	1:12	1	2

Boston Bruins 4, Buffalo Sabres 6

Who was on the ice

Shift totals