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Wed, Dec 13, 2023·Ball Arena, Denver

Buffalo Sabres 1, Colorado Avalanche 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Colorado Avalanche win this game 53% of the time.

COL winsBUF wins

Who was on the ice

Model-based

Line matchups and every shift of the game.

Line matchups

COL 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–Robinson–KrebsTuch–Mittelstadt–PeterkaThompson–Cozens–BensonOlofsson–Jost–CozensTuch–Thompson–BensonSkinner–Mittelstadt–PeterkaOkposo–Jost–KrebsOlofsson–Jost–RobinsonTuch–Mittelstadt–BensonThompson–Peterka–BensonSkinner–Tuch–MittelstadtTuch–Mittelstadt–CozensJokiharju–DahlinSamuelsson–PowerJohnson–CliftonClifton–PowerJohnson–SamuelssonJokiharju–Power
MacKinnon–Nichushkin–Rantanen1:420.23–0.000:540.17–0.062:150.07–0.091:170.00–0.122:310.11–0.000:340.00–0.000:510.00–0.030:560.10–0.000:300.00–0.011:360.09–0.035:530.59–0.147:290.33–0.090:400.00–0.00
Wood–Colton–O'Connor3:050.07–0.011:060.00–0.001:150.00–0.060:330.00–0.001:000.02–0.001:080.00–0.541:020.00–0.113:270.00–0.622:130.02–0.002:090.07–0.060:470.00–0.000:340.00–0.00
Tatar–Johansen–Drouin1:500.01–0.030:550.00–0.112:150.08–0.180:340.00–0.000:320.00–0.001:330.13–0.003:310.13–0.292:250.07–0.152:220.00–0.030:540.01–0.00
Cogliano–Olofsson–Meyers1:040.00–0.000:340.00–0.000:450.00–0.141:000.10–0.001:000.13–0.000:350.00–0.000:480.13–0.141:030.00–0.002:420.14–0.000:340.00–0.00
Johnson–Malinski0:530.08–0.000:530.01–0.002:490.08–0.180:310.00–0.000:430.00–0.000:370.08–0.001:280.13–0.000:470.00–0.002:240.13–0.183:460.08–0.152:580.26–0.002:040.01–0.00
Manson–Byram2:220.00–0.012:350.00–0.000:550.00–0.060:360.00–0.120:390.00–0.001:240.40–0.000:340.00–0.000:370.00–0.115:010.40–0.231:020.00–0.003:470.14–0.06
Toews–Makar1:120.07–0.000:530.17–0.061:060.06–0.070:430.00–0.001:530.11–0.000:320.00–0.000:550.10–0.000:450.05–0.002:340.32–0.005:410.29–0.070:310.00–0.06
Makar–Byram0:340.00–0.001:030.02–0.000:330.00–0.032:590.02–0.08
Toews–Byram0:340.16–0.001:060.00–0.021:540.28–0.020:310.04–0.000:380.00–0.00
Manson–Toews0:350.00–0.000:550.00–0.140:430.00–0.001:450.00–0.140:460.00–0.00
Johnson–Manson0:490.07–0.500:400.00–0.00
Byram–Malinski0:560.00–0.110:310.00–0.001:330.01–0.11
Johnson–Byram0:360.00–0.03
Johnson–Toews1:090.00–0.001:020.00–0.00
Toews–Malinski0:390.00–0.000:390.00–0.00
Shift chart

Every shift, one row per player.

P1P2P3EndColton FO'Connor FWood FMacKinnon FRantanen FNichushkin FJohansen FDrouin FTatar FMeyers FOlofsson FCogliano FByram DManson DToews DMakar DJohnson DMalinski DProsvetov GMittelstadt FSkinner FPeterka FBenson FThompson FTuch FKrebs FOkposo FRobinson FJost FCozens FOlofsson FJohnson DClifton DJokiharju DDahlin DSamuelsson DPower DLuukkonen G
COLBUFFull-height lines are goals; short ticks at the top are shots. Hover to see who was on the ice.

Shift totals

Owen PowerBUF2824:010:511:5966
Bowen ByramCOL2522:520:551:4237
Devon ToewsCOL2722:520:511:2946
Valeri NichushkinCOL2622:300:521:3264
Rasmus DahlinBUF3122:210:432:0164
Nathan MacKinnonCOL2320:530:541:3863
Mattias SamuelssonBUF2820:510:451:1069
Mikko RantanenCOL2420:370:521:3064
Henri JokiharjuBUF2919:500:411:1473
Casey MittelstadtBUF2319:340:512:2576
Josh MansonCOL2519:230:471:22110
Alex TuchBUF2219:010:521:5774
Jack JohnsonCOL2318:570:491:2007
Cale MakarCOL1917:210:551:3660
Sam MalinskiCOL2116:250:471:0905
Tage ThompsonBUF2116:200:472:0063
JJ PeterkaBUF2315:580:421:4454
Dylan CozensBUF2215:540:431:1374
Zach BensonBUF2015:340:471:3161
Peyton KrebsBUF2015:150:461:2345
Logan O'ConnorCOL2315:060:391:0219
Eric RobinsonBUF1914:550:471:2325
Connor CliftonBUF2214:540:411:1114
Miles WoodCOL2014:450:441:1807
Kyle OkposoBUF2014:230:431:2744
Erik JohnsonBUF2014:050:421:2123
Ryan JohansenCOL1814:000:471:0914
Jonathan DrouinCOL1714:000:491:1633
Tyson JostBUF1813:500:461:1455
Tomas TatarCOL1713:150:471:0913
Ross ColtonCOL2012:330:381:1117
Victor OlofssonBUF1612:290:471:1443
Fredrik OlofssonCOL1610:480:411:1612
Andrew CoglianoCOL1910:060:320:4715
Ben MeyersCOL149:370:411:1611
Jeff SkinnerBUF117:570:432:0333