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Ice Lab

Sat, Jan 28, 2023·Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul

Buffalo Sabres 2, Minnesota Wild 3 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Minnesota Wild win this game 76% of the time.

MIN winsBUF wins

Who was on the ice

Model-based

Line matchups and every shift of the game.

Line matchups

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–Girgensons–KrebsTuch–Thompson–PeterkaSkinner–Olofsson–MittelstadtSkinner–Tuch–ThompsonAsplund–Jost–QuinnOlofsson–Mittelstadt–PeterkaOlofsson–Jost–MittelstadtAsplund–Quinn–PeterkaTuch–Thompson–QuinnOkposo–Girgensons–JostJokiharju–PowerClague–DahlinBryson–LyubushkinDahlin–LyubushkinBryson–PowerJokiharju–LyubushkinClague–Power
Zuccarello–Kaprizov–Steel9:010.00–0.111:040.00–0.111:580.07–0.027:160.07–0.043:410.00–0.001:120.21–0.080:300.00–0.110:550.12–0.00
Hartman–Greenway–Eriksson Ek4:060.01–0.221:180.00–0.003:250.35–0.090:400.00–0.005:210.29–0.112:240.06–0.200:500.00–0.100:360.00–0.00
Foligno–Gaudreau–Boldy0:320.00–0.000:370.19–0.003:410.19–0.210:340.00–0.000:480.00–0.002:140.01–0.072:110.32–0.122:530.05–0.133:210.01–0.07
Reaves–Duhaime–Dewar0:330.00–0.151:170.00–0.021:570.00–0.201:370.05–0.131:150.05–0.053:280.05–0.201:080.01–0.140:370.00–0.000:320.00–0.00
Brodin–Dumba4:000.00–0.003:410.19–0.233:480.19–0.291:010.06–0.133:220.00–0.260:410.00–0.071:020.05–0.000:340.05–0.005:580.36–0.187:220.17–0.362:580.22–0.211:030.00–0.060:470.12–0.000:320.00–0.00
Spurgeon–Middleton0:390.00–0.114:150.17–0.102:320.01–0.102:340.18–0.091:460.07–0.000:400.00–0.000:420.07–0.006:260.33–0.153:240.08–0.132:550.16–0.081:130.10–0.110:450.01–0.00
Merrill–Addison5:310.00–0.110:370.00–0.052:060.00–0.033:510.00–0.043:540.00–0.050:450.00–0.11
Spurgeon–Brodin1:200.01–0.001:100.00–0.000:300.01–0.00
Shift chart

Every shift, one row per player.

P1P2P3OTEndSteel FZuccarello FKaprizov FEriksson Ek FGreenway FHartman FGaudreau FBoldy FFoligno FDuhaime FDewar FReaves FAddison DMerrill DMiddleton DSpurgeon DDumba DBrodin DFleury GKrebs FOkposo FGirgensons FSkinner FThompson FTuch FJost FMittelstadt FOlofsson FQuinn FAsplund FPeterka FDahlin DClague DJokiharju DPower DLyubushkin DBryson DLuukkonen G
MINBUFFull-height lines are goals; short ticks at the top are shots. Hover to see who was on the ice.

Shift totals

Owen PowerBUF2827:561:002:2116
Jonas BrodinMIN2526:161:032:4550
Rasmus DahlinBUF3225:560:491:5147
Jared SpurgeonMIN3225:280:481:3614
Henri JokiharjuBUF2824:520:532:0505
Kirill KaprizovMIN2123:351:072:2470
Alex TuchBUF2422:400:571:4641
Mathew DumbaMIN2522:370:541:3860
Mats ZuccarelloMIN1921:281:082:0560
Sam SteelMIN1921:081:072:0130
Tage ThompsonBUF2220:580:571:5460
Matt BoldyMIN1819:361:052:3471
Ryan HartmanMIN2318:500:491:3321
Jake MiddletonMIN2718:300:411:3413
Joel Eriksson EkMIN2218:270:501:5723
Kale ClagueBUF2317:540:471:2735
Victor OlofssonBUF1717:191:011:5112
Casey MittelstadtBUF1717:021:002:0412
Frederick GaudreauMIN1816:470:561:2052
Peyton KrebsBUF2216:250:451:1318
Marcus FolignoMIN1716:000:561:4141
Kyle OkposoBUF2215:390:431:3117
Jeff SkinnerBUF1815:220:511:4432
JJ PeterkaBUF1715:000:531:1452
Zemgus GirgensonsBUF2014:580:451:1603
Ilya LyubushkinBUF2214:540:411:0623
Calen AddisonMIN1814:330:491:4161
Jordan GreenwayMIN1712:530:451:2311
Jacob BrysonBUF2012:140:371:0121
Tyson JostBUF1311:210:522:0401
Jack QuinnBUF1211:100:561:2232
Jon MerrillMIN1510:450:431:2530
Brandon DuhaimeMIN129:100:461:0622
Connor DewarMIN138:510:411:3213
Ryan ReavesMIN128:390:431:2822
Rasmus AsplundBUF87:090:541:2122