Fri, Dec 15, 2023·T-Mobile Arena, Paradise
Buffalo Sabres 5, Vegas Golden Knights 2
Expected result
Based on shot quality alone, Vegas Golden Knights win this game 86% of the time.
80%
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VGK winsBUF wins
Who was on the ice
Model-basedLine matchups and every shift of the game.
VGK 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.
| Tuch–Thompson–Benson | Mittelstadt–Cozens–Peterka | Okposo–Robinson–Krebs | Olofsson–Jost–Murray | Olofsson–Jost–Robinson | Samuelsson–Dahlin | Jokiharju–Power | Clifton–Johnson | Samuelsson–Power | Johnson–Power | Clifton–Power | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stone–Barbashev–Eichel | 4:250.08–0.57 | 3:290.19–0.35 | 1:360.00–0.00 | 6:220.00–0.25 | 2:210.00–0.07 | 0:490.15–0.28 | 0:300.20–0.00 | ||||
| Karlsson–Amadio–Cotter | 2:400.36–0.25 | 0:460.23–0.00 | 3:260.82–0.00 | 1:060.00–0.00 | 4:030.71–0.03 | 3:040.75–0.02 | 1:030.01–0.00 | 1:050.00–0.22 | |||
| Carrier–Kolesar–Roy | 3:270.33–0.00 | 2:010.00–0.06 | 1:140.08–0.00 | 1:260.00–0.00 | 2:110.09–0.00 | 2:390.09–0.00 | 3:410.07–0.01 | 0:310.16–0.00 | |||
| Marchessault–Stephenson–Howden | 1:110.18–0.00 | 3:460.08–0.16 | 2:270.15–0.00 | 2:190.08–0.06 | 3:100.22–0.00 | 1:380.15–0.10 | |||||
| Hague–Whitecloud | 4:310.63–0.20 | 9:230.37–0.24 | 1:060.51–0.00 | 1:080.00–0.00 | 4:520.63–0.03 | 7:431.22–0.10 | 4:140.00–0.10 | 0:330.00–0.06 | 0:520.00–0.12 | ||
| Pietrangelo–McNabb | 7:170.50–0.43 | 2:450.19–0.34 | 0:380.01–0.00 | 1:220.00–0.02 | 8:330.15–0.24 | 0:510.05–0.06 | 1:260.23–0.28 | 0:320.00–0.22 | |||
| Hutton–Pachal | 0:580.00–0.21 | 6:530.48–0.11 | 1:170.00–0.00 | 0:580.00–0.00 | 2:280.25–0.07 | 5:010.20–0.00 | 3:200.10–0.16 | ||||
| Pietrangelo–Hutton | 0:400.00–0.00 | 1:500.12–0.00 | 1:110.00–0.00 | 0:530.12–0.00 | 1:030.20–0.00 |
Every shift, one row per player.
VGKBUFFull-height lines are goals; short ticks at the top are shots. Hover to see who was on the ice.
Shift totals
 Mattias SamuelssonBUF | 33 | 26:18 | 0:48 | 1:51 | 3 | 4 |
 Rasmus DahlinBUF | 32 | 23:51 | 0:45 | 1:37 | 4 | 5 |
 Alex PietrangeloVGK | 25 | 23:32 | 0:56 | 2:08 | 5 | 4 |
 Nicolas HagueVGK | 24 | 21:45 | 0:54 | 1:38 | 3 | 3 |
 Owen PowerBUF | 25 | 21:43 | 0:52 | 1:46 | 0 | 7 |
 Zach WhitecloudVGK | 24 | 21:22 | 0:53 | 1:40 | 3 | 3 |
 Mark StoneVGK | 21 | 20:08 | 0:58 | 1:55 | 8 | 1 |
 Jack EichelVGK | 21 | 19:54 | 0:57 | 1:39 | 8 | 2 |
 Tage ThompsonBUF | 25 | 19:23 | 0:47 | 1:44 | 5 | 3 |
 Ben HuttonVGK | 22 | 19:15 | 0:53 | 1:41 | 5 | 0 |
 Alex TuchBUF | 24 | 18:47 | 0:47 | 1:10 | 5 | 3 |
 Henri JokiharjuBUF | 22 | 18:43 | 0:51 | 1:43 | 0 | 4 |
 JJ PeterkaBUF | 20 | 18:25 | 0:55 | 1:55 | 3 | 3 |
 William KarlssonVGK | 20 | 17:54 | 0:54 | 1:20 | 4 | 3 |
 Zach BensonBUF | 21 | 17:38 | 0:50 | 1:19 | 4 | 2 |
 Jonathan MarchessaultVGK | 18 | 16:39 | 0:56 | 1:21 | 5 | 0 |
 Casey MittelstadtBUF | 21 | 16:38 | 0:48 | 1:16 | 3 | 2 |
 Peyton KrebsBUF | 22 | 15:58 | 0:44 | 1:27 | 0 | 7 |
 Connor CliftonBUF | 23 | 15:54 | 0:41 | 1:50 | 1 | 2 |
 Ivan BarbashevVGK | 18 | 15:25 | 0:51 | 1:37 | 5 | 1 |
 Eric RobinsonBUF | 20 | 15:21 | 0:46 | 1:29 | 0 | 4 |
 Dylan CozensBUF | 20 | 15:16 | 0:46 | 1:09 | 2 | 2 |
 Michael AmadioVGK | 18 | 14:56 | 0:50 | 1:19 | 3 | 2 |
 Kyle OkposoBUF | 17 | 14:29 | 0:51 | 1:47 | 0 | 3 |
 Brayden McNabbVGK | 20 | 14:22 | 0:43 | 1:19 | 2 | 4 |
 Nicolas RoyVGK | 20 | 14:17 | 0:43 | 1:25 | 2 | 2 |
 Chandler StephensonVGK | 15 | 13:52 | 0:55 | 1:19 | 3 | 2 |
 Paul CotterVGK | 16 | 13:48 | 0:52 | 1:17 | 2 | 2 |
 Brett HowdenVGK | 15 | 13:31 | 0:54 | 1:22 | 3 | 0 |
 Brayden PachalVGK | 16 | 13:11 | 0:49 | 1:19 | 2 | 0 |
 William CarrierVGK | 17 | 12:30 | 0:44 | 1:14 | 2 | 2 |
 Keegan KolesarVGK | 18 | 12:26 | 0:41 | 1:19 | 2 | 2 |
 Ryan JohnsonBUF | 17 | 11:42 | 0:41 | 1:16 | 2 | 1 |
 Tyson JostBUF | 17 | 11:32 | 0:41 | 0:59 | 0 | 4 |
 Victor OlofssonBUF | 10 | 6:43 | 0:40 | 1:10 | 0 | 0 |
 Brett MurrayBUF | 8 | 5:09 | 0:39 | 0:52 | 0 | 0 |