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Ice Lab

Thu, May 6, 2021·PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh

Buffalo Sabres 4, Pittsburgh Penguins 8

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Pittsburgh Penguins win this game 63% of the time.

PIT winsBUF wins

Who was on the ice

Model-based

Line matchups and every shift of the game.

Line matchups

PIT 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–Bjork–OlofssonAsplund–Thompson–MittelstadtSkinner–Cozens–RuotsalainenSheahan–Murray–CaggiulaSheahan–Bjork–CaggiulaMurray–Cozens–RuotsalainenRistolainen–SamuelssonJokiharju–DahlinMiller–Bryson
Crosby–Rust–Guentzel6:070.36–0.241:210.01–0.283:170.15–0.011:350.00–0.001:350.16–0.003:180.27–0.009:070.28–0.291:480.14–0.24
Malkin–Zucker–Kapanen0:460.00–0.002:480.21–0.083:120.28–0.004:240.09–0.480:460.13–0.008:250.42–0.491:570.27–0.001:220.06–0.07
Carter–Gaudreau–McCann5:290.23–0.062:510.51–0.001:230.02–0.041:400.00–0.023:380.27–0.023:390.40–0.013:340.16–0.07
Sceviour–Blueger–Aston-Reese1:150.00–0.053:560.35–0.020:570.08–0.001:380.01–0.030:330.00–0.001:250.02–0.012:340.20–0.084:210.23–0.07
Letang–Dumoulin5:530.36–0.014:190.24–0.283:390.15–0.053:310.00–0.021:420.19–0.005:420.30–0.0011:110.50–0.303:250.14–0.06
Pettersson–Marino5:100.16–0.104:570.66–0.031:570.17–0.002:340.00–0.400:330.00–0.005:390.33–0.405:010.51–0.023:320.22–0.09
Ceci–Friedman2:500.00–0.242:030.18–0.004:020.21–0.002:480.10–0.090:420.05–0.005:110.27–0.022:200.06–0.064:440.23–0.31
Ceci–Pettersson0:370.00–0.000:520.08–0.02
Letang–Pettersson0:480.05–0.080:310.05–0.00
Shift chart

Every shift, one row per player.

P1P2P3EndRust FGuentzel FCrosby FMalkin FZucker FKapanen FGaudreau FMcCann FCarter FSceviour FAston-Reese FBlueger FDumoulin DLetang DCeci DFriedman DPettersson DMarino DJarry GMittelstadt FThompson FAsplund FCozens FSkinner FRuotsalainen FMurray FReinhart FOlofsson FBjork FCaggiula FSheahan FJokiharju DDahlin DSamuelsson DRistolainen DMiller DBryson DHouser G
PITBUFFull-height lines are goals; short ticks at the top are shots. Hover to see who was on the ice.

Shift totals

Kris LetangPIT2224:461:082:3712
Rasmus DahlinBUF2324:051:032:5432
Brian DumoulinPIT2322:480:591:4512
Rasmus RistolainenBUF2221:360:592:0703
Mattias SamuelssonBUF2021:071:032:0703
John MarinoPIT2521:060:511:2925
Henri JokiharjuBUF2120:270:582:5422
Sam ReinhartBUF2019:450:591:5263
Anders BjorkBUF1919:151:012:4353
Victor OlofssonBUF2019:080:571:4463
Marcus PetterssonPIT2118:290:531:2123
Cody CeciPIT2117:440:511:5313
Sidney CrosbyPIT2117:170:491:1931
Jeff CarterPIT2317:160:451:2338
Bryan RustPIT2117:060:491:2141
Jake GuentzelPIT2116:590:491:1441
Casey MittelstadtBUF2115:580:461:0943
Jacob BrysonBUF1915:400:491:2301
Evgeni MalkinPIT2015:010:451:1830
Tage ThompsonBUF2015:000:451:3133
Jason ZuckerPIT2114:470:421:2430
Kasperi KapanenPIT2114:470:421:2430
Dylan CozensBUF1814:360:491:2210
Jared McCannPIT2014:130:431:3636
Rasmus AsplundBUF1914:030:441:3122
Arttu RuotsalainenBUF1713:410:481:2200
Mark FriedmanPIT1913:390:431:2912
Colin MillerBUF1713:380:481:2301
Frederick GaudreauPIT2013:340:411:1638
Riley SheahanBUF1713:280:481:2824
Zachary Aston-ReesePIT1913:170:421:3505
Drake CaggiulaBUF1713:090:461:0613
Jeff SkinnerBUF1812:530:431:2200
Teddy BluegerPIT1812:000:401:3702
Colton SceviourPIT1811:240:381:1502
Brett MurrayBUF1411:100:481:2013