Sun, Dec 3, 2023·KeyBank Center, Buffalo
Nashville Predators 2, Buffalo Sabres 1
Expected result
Based on shot quality alone, Nashville Predators win this game 53% of the time.
38%
9%
45%
BUF winsNSH wins
Who was on the ice
Model-basedLine matchups and every shift of the game.
BUF forward lines and defence pairs (rows) against NSH'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.
| Nyquist–O'Reilly–Forsberg | Sissons–Trenin–Smith | Sherwood–Parssinen–Evangelista | Jankowski–McCarron–Tomasino | McCarron–Trenin–Smith | Jankowski–McCarron–Parssinen | McDonagh–Josi | Lauzon–Fabbro | Schenn–Stastney | Fabbro–Stastney | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skinner–Tuch–Mittelstadt | 8:150.83–0.71 | 1:190.06–0.00 | 1:110.16–0.00 | 4:020.33–0.10 | 5:080.48–1.01 | 1:360.10–0.40 | 0:300.15–0.00 | |||
| Cozens–Peterka–Benson | 0:400.18–0.00 | 5:200.73–0.10 | 1:590.05–0.12 | 1:150.00–0.00 | 3:340.63–0.00 | 4:040.29–0.15 | 2:120.15–0.07 | |||
| Okposo–Krebs–Rosen | 1:170.00–0.00 | 2:420.03–0.03 | 0:440.00–0.00 | 1:170.04–0.12 | 1:270.00–0.00 | 2:300.00–0.00 | ||||
| Olofsson–Jost–Biro | 1:060.00–0.06 | 3:130.09–0.24 | 2:440.09–0.20 | 0:340.35–0.00 | 1:440.09–0.10 | |||||
| Olofsson–Biro–Rosen | 0:500.00–0.00 | 2:120.00–0.04 | 1:000.00–0.00 | 0:450.00–0.02 | 1:230.00–0.01 | |||||
| Okposo–Skinner–Mittelstadt | 2:300.00–0.21 | 2:030.00–0.19 | 0:300.00–0.00 | |||||||
| Skinner–Mittelstadt–Peterka | 0:360.00–0.00 | 0:490.00–0.00 | ||||||||
| Okposo–Jost–Krebs | 0:470.00–0.09 | 0:300.00–0.00 | ||||||||
| Jokiharju–Dahlin | 3:520.40–0.07 | 2:520.71–0.02 | 0:430.00–0.00 | 0:490.00–0.09 | 0:360.01–0.00 | 3:190.43–0.07 | 4:100.59–0.11 | 2:470.11–0.02 | ||
| Jokiharju–Power | 0:310.00–0.40 | 2:130.11–0.03 | 3:490.09–0.18 | 2:130.11–0.07 | 2:170.00–0.03 | 3:090.09–0.50 | ||||
| Samuelsson–Dahlin | 4:450.49–0.24 | 0:370.00–0.00 | 1:420.20–0.00 | 4:160.29–0.03 | 2:260.34–0.22 | |||||
| Clifton–Johnson | 0:350.01–0.02 | 2:410.00–0.05 | 3:130.00–0.15 | 0:460.00–0.18 | 2:440.01–0.12 | 1:040.00–0.21 | 3:450.00–0.08 | |||
| Samuelsson–Power | 1:050.12–0.00 | 1:050.32–0.00 | 1:430.09–0.00 | 0:530.00–0.01 | 0:550.26–0.00 | 2:140.20–0.00 | 2:020.08–0.00 | |||
| Dahlin–Johnson | 0:440.00–0.00 | 0:370.00–0.00 | 1:050.00–0.12 | 0:530.00–0.00 | 0:420.10–0.00 | |||||
| Johnson–Power | 0:410.00–0.00 | 0:410.00–0.08 | 0:580.03–0.00 | 0:340.00–0.08 | ||||||
| Samuelsson–Johnson | 0:430.00–0.08 | 0:410.00–0.06 | 0:420.05–0.00 | |||||||
| Clifton–Samuelsson | 0:460.00–0.00 | 0:410.00–0.03 | 1:050.00–0.00 | |||||||
| Dahlin–Power | 0:440.00–0.17 |
Every shift, one row per player.
BUFNSHFull-height lines are goals; short ticks at the top are shots. Hover to see who was on the ice.
Shift totals
 Rasmus DahlinBUF | 28 | 27:45 | 0:59 | 2:37 | 3 | 3 |
 Roman JosiNSH | 26 | 24:04 | 0:56 | 1:36 | 4 | 2 |
 Henri JokiharjuBUF | 25 | 22:51 | 0:55 | 2:34 | 4 | 3 |
 Casey MittelstadtBUF | 21 | 22:29 | 1:04 | 2:22 | 3 | 5 |
 Ryan McDonaghNSH | 26 | 22:20 | 0:52 | 2:04 | 5 | 2 |
 Jeff SkinnerBUF | 21 | 21:17 | 1:01 | 1:33 | 3 | 4 |
 Owen PowerBUF | 27 | 21:06 | 0:47 | 1:44 | 1 | 6 |
 Mattias SamuelssonBUF | 25 | 20:24 | 0:49 | 1:49 | 0 | 10 |
 Jeremy LauzonNSH | 24 | 19:57 | 0:50 | 1:37 | 1 | 3 |
 Ryan O'ReillyNSH | 21 | 18:45 | 0:54 | 1:31 | 6 | 0 |
 Dante FabbroNSH | 22 | 18:44 | 0:51 | 1:17 | 1 | 4 |
 Gustav NyquistNSH | 21 | 18:01 | 0:51 | 1:28 | 6 | 1 |
 Spencer StastneyNSH | 22 | 17:29 | 0:48 | 1:25 | 3 | 7 |
 JJ PeterkaBUF | 21 | 17:24 | 0:50 | 1:50 | 3 | 1 |
 Filip ForsbergNSH | 21 | 16:45 | 0:48 | 1:28 | 7 | 1 |
 Dylan CozensBUF | 20 | 16:23 | 0:49 | 2:00 | 3 | 0 |
 Colton SissonsNSH | 19 | 16:23 | 0:52 | 1:37 | 2 | 5 |
 Alex TuchBUF | 19 | 16:19 | 0:52 | 1:32 | 1 | 5 |
 Luke SchennNSH | 20 | 15:52 | 0:48 | 1:18 | 1 | 6 |
 Ryan JohnsonBUF | 21 | 15:23 | 0:44 | 1:15 | 5 | 3 |
 Zach BensonBUF | 21 | 15:17 | 0:44 | 1:29 | 2 | 1 |
 Yakov TreninNSH | 18 | 15:15 | 0:51 | 1:23 | 1 | 4 |
 Juuso ParssinenNSH | 20 | 15:14 | 0:46 | 1:10 | 6 | 1 |
 Cole SmithNSH | 18 | 15:10 | 0:51 | 1:18 | 1 | 5 |
 Kyle OkposoBUF | 20 | 14:18 | 0:43 | 1:18 | 5 | 5 |
 Michael McCarronNSH | 20 | 14:11 | 0:43 | 1:10 | 1 | 5 |
 Kiefer SherwoodNSH | 18 | 13:43 | 0:46 | 1:21 | 6 | 1 |
 Connor CliftonBUF | 17 | 12:59 | 0:46 | 1:28 | 4 | 4 |
 Mark JankowskiNSH | 19 | 12:35 | 0:40 | 1:16 | 1 | 4 |
 Luke EvangelistaNSH | 16 | 11:59 | 0:45 | 1:12 | 6 | 1 |
 Victor OlofssonBUF | 14 | 11:36 | 0:50 | 1:12 | 3 | 3 |
 Philip TomasinoNSH | 17 | 11:33 | 0:41 | 1:20 | 2 | 4 |
 Peyton KrebsBUF | 18 | 11:29 | 0:38 | 1:11 | 3 | 3 |
 Brandon BiroBUF | 15 | 10:56 | 0:44 | 1:15 | 4 | 4 |
 Isak RosenBUF | 12 | 10:19 | 0:52 | 1:26 | 3 | 4 |
 Tyson JostBUF | 14 | 10:03 | 0:43 | 1:09 | 5 | 1 |