Thu, Dec 16, 2021·Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul
Buffalo Sabres 3, Minnesota Wild 2 (SO)
Expected result
Based on shot quality alone, Buffalo Sabres win this game 54% of the time.
37%
9%
8%
46%
MIN winsBUF wins
Who was on the ice
Model-basedLine matchups and every shift of the game.
MIN 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.
| Okposo–Murray–Cozens | Skinner–Olofsson–Thompson | Jankowski–Girgensons–Hayden | Eakin–Hinostroza–Asplund | Okposo–Eakin–Asplund | Eakin–Girgensons–Hinostroza | Hinostroza–Murray–Cozens | Jokiharju–Dahlin | Miller–Bryson | Pysyk–Butcher | Pysyk–Dahlin | Butcher–Dahlin | Miller–Butcher | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zuccarello–Hartman–Kaprizov | 1:200.00–0.00 | 1:580.12–0.00 | 3:080.03–0.04 | 4:010.31–0.18 | 0:420.03–0.00 | 2:570.13–0.00 | 6:060.10–0.21 | 2:290.18–0.04 | |||||
| Foligno–Greenway–Eriksson Ek | 3:050.18–0.03 | 3:190.48–0.07 | 1:530.06–0.00 | 0:350.00–0.00 | 4:040.41–0.11 | 1:290.00–0.00 | 3:280.10–0.05 | ||||||
| Bjugstad–Duhaime–Sturm | 4:300.02–0.13 | 1:180.07–0.07 | 1:170.00–0.02 | 1:530.11–0.06 | 4:000.00–0.09 | 2:000.11–0.02 | 1:470.02–0.22 | 0:590.07–0.07 | |||||
| Rask–Gaudreau–Fiala | 1:530.00–0.23 | 3:140.01–0.51 | 2:520.01–0.07 | 2:120.01–0.27 | 2:150.00–0.07 | 2:500.01–0.47 | 0:540.00–0.00 | ||||||
| Hartman–Gaudreau–Fiala | 0:320.00–0.03 | 0:410.12–0.00 | 0:410.12–0.00 | 0:350.00–0.01 | |||||||||
| Brodin–Dumba | 5:420.08–0.48 | 3:270.43–0.10 | 4:070.00–0.11 | 1:570.14–0.05 | 1:200.03–0.00 | 7:480.42–0.40 | 4:280.07–0.05 | 3:020.04–0.29 | 0:450.00–0.00 | 0:540.00–0.00 | |||
| Kulikov–Merrill | 3:340.02–0.04 | 2:290.20–0.15 | 2:430.02–0.13 | 2:490.14–0.15 | 1:590.00–0.06 | 5:140.21–0.28 | 4:040.02–0.28 | 0:550.07–0.07 | |||||
| Goligoski–Spurgeon | 1:500.16–0.03 | 3:120.08–0.41 | 2:050.00–0.00 | 0:570.02–0.05 | 2:170.28–0.00 | 3:060.00–0.03 | 3:120.10–0.46 | 0:350.00–0.00 | |||||
| Goligoski–Dumba | 1:350.00–0.02 | 0:320.06–0.00 | 1:330.00–0.00 | 0:440.00–0.02 | |||||||||
| Kulikov–Brodin | 0:540.00–0.00 | 0:360.15–0.00 | 1:440.32–0.00 | ||||||||||
| Goligoski–Merrill | 0:370.03–0.00 | 0:580.00–0.03 | 0:470.03–0.00 | 0:490.00–0.03 | |||||||||
| Merrill–Dumba | 0:370.00–0.00 | 0:550.00–0.00 |
Every shift, one row per player.
MINBUFFull-height lines are goals; short ticks at the top are shots. Hover to see who was on the ice.
Shift totals
 Mathew DumbaMIN | 25 | 27:09 | 1:05 | 1:53 | 3 | 3 |
 Rasmus DahlinBUF | 31 | 25:45 | 0:50 | 1:41 | 6 | 2 |
 Jonas BrodinMIN | 26 | 24:41 | 0:57 | 1:30 | 2 | 2 |
 Henri JokiharjuBUF | 27 | 21:54 | 0:49 | 1:36 | 5 | 3 |
 Kyle OkposoBUF | 25 | 21:39 | 0:52 | 1:27 | 4 | 6 |
 Mark PysykBUF | 27 | 20:58 | 0:47 | 1:24 | 2 | 5 |
 Ryan HartmanMIN | 21 | 20:11 | 0:58 | 1:58 | 5 | 1 |
 Dmitry KulikovMIN | 23 | 19:42 | 0:51 | 1:34 | 0 | 3 |
 Mats ZuccarelloMIN | 20 | 19:24 | 0:58 | 2:12 | 4 | 1 |
 Joel Eriksson EkMIN | 22 | 19:05 | 0:52 | 1:50 | 1 | 3 |
 Jacob BrysonBUF | 27 | 18:47 | 0:42 | 1:06 | 1 | 4 |
 Colin MillerBUF | 24 | 18:38 | 0:47 | 1:44 | 2 | 2 |
 Kirill KaprizovMIN | 19 | 18:33 | 0:59 | 1:58 | 3 | 1 |
 Will ButcherBUF | 23 | 18:11 | 0:47 | 1:30 | 0 | 2 |
 Jon MerrillMIN | 19 | 18:08 | 0:57 | 1:34 | 0 | 3 |
 Victor OlofssonBUF | 21 | 18:08 | 0:52 | 1:24 | 4 | 0 |
 Alex GoligoskiMIN | 21 | 17:55 | 0:51 | 2:19 | 1 | 1 |
 Dylan CozensBUF | 24 | 17:54 | 0:45 | 1:15 | 7 | 2 |
 Tage ThompsonBUF | 22 | 17:19 | 0:47 | 1:14 | 4 | 1 |
 Brett MurrayBUF | 22 | 16:30 | 0:45 | 1:15 | 5 | 5 |
 Kevin FialaMIN | 19 | 16:20 | 0:52 | 1:35 | 2 | 0 |
 Jeff SkinnerBUF | 18 | 16:15 | 0:54 | 1:24 | 4 | 0 |
 Marcus FolignoMIN | 24 | 15:58 | 0:40 | 1:23 | 1 | 3 |
 Cody EakinBUF | 21 | 15:32 | 0:44 | 1:22 | 3 | 3 |
 Jared SpurgeonMIN | 17 | 14:36 | 0:52 | 1:46 | 2 | 0 |
 Jordan GreenwayMIN | 21 | 14:34 | 0:42 | 1:23 | 3 | 2 |
 Rasmus AsplundBUF | 20 | 14:27 | 0:43 | 1:04 | 1 | 5 |
 Vinnie HinostrozaBUF | 20 | 13:46 | 0:41 | 1:22 | 3 | 4 |
 Brandon DuhaimeMIN | 17 | 13:26 | 0:47 | 1:15 | 0 | 4 |
 Nick BjugstadMIN | 17 | 13:25 | 0:47 | 1:18 | 0 | 5 |
 Frederick GaudreauMIN | 17 | 13:18 | 0:47 | 1:13 | 1 | 0 |
 Zemgus GirgensonsBUF | 20 | 13:18 | 0:40 | 1:16 | 3 | 2 |
 Nico SturmMIN | 19 | 13:16 | 0:42 | 1:05 | 0 | 5 |
 Mark JankowskiBUF | 18 | 11:40 | 0:39 | 1:24 | 3 | 3 |
 Victor RaskMIN | 17 | 11:19 | 0:40 | 1:17 | 1 | 0 |
 John HaydenBUF | 18 | 10:55 | 0:36 | 1:00 | 3 | 1 |