BUF 3 @ MIN 2 · Feb 17, 2024

Sat, Feb 17, 2024·Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul

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Buffalo Sabres

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Minnesota Wild

Three stars

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Minnesota Wild win this game 53% of the time.

43%

10%

39%

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.

	Greenway–Mittelstadt–Cozens	Skinner–Tuch–Thompson	Krebs–Peterka–Benson	Okposo–Girgensons–Robinson	Jokiharju–Dahlin	Clifton–Bryson	Johnson–Johnson	Dahlin–Johnson	Clifton–Johnson	Johnson–Bryson	Johnson–Clifton	Clifton–Jokiharju	Jokiharju–Bryson
Eriksson Ek–Kaprizov–Boldy	3:400.18–0.05	2:540.06–0.02	1:360.35–0.03	1:100.06–0.00	3:450.05–0.07	3:250.34–0.03	0:580.00–0.00				0:410.00–0.00		0:450.13–0.00
Johansson–Zuccarello–Rossi	2:340.00–0.06	2:540.52–0.00	2:530.05–0.09		2:490.00–0.06	4:150.49–0.09	1:070.08–0.00
Hartman–Lettieri–Lucchini	2:010.00–0.08	1:360.10–0.00	1:200.03–0.17		3:520.03–0.10	0:450.00–0.17	0:370.00–0.00
Gaudreau–Duhaime–Dewar		1:500.12–0.08	0:300.01–0.00	1:140.00–0.03	1:490.00–0.04		0:520.00–0.02		1:030.09–0.02
Lettieri–Dewar–Lucchini	0:350.00–0.00			1:540.00–0.07	0:460.00–0.01						0:320.00–0.00
Hartman–Gaudreau–Duhaime		0:330.00–0.00	0:340.00–0.02	0:470.00–0.32			1:310.00–0.32
Zuccarello–Eriksson Ek–Kaprizov						0:330.08–0.00
Bogosian–Brodin	4:180.00–0.15	4:130.22–0.08	2:200.29–0.03	2:350.06–0.32	5:200.00–0.19	4:200.51–0.03	1:230.00–0.32	0:550.00–0.00	0:560.09–0.02	1:050.03–0.05
Middleton–Faber	3:520.00–0.05	3:190.34–0.02	3:300.05–0.43	1:240.00–0.00	5:490.03–0.07	2:570.06–0.26	0:520.00–0.00	0:310.00–0.00	0:310.06–0.00	0:340.00–0.00	0:560.03–0.00	0:450.00–0.16
Merrill–Chisholm	1:400.00–0.00	2:000.08–0.00	2:020.00–0.03	2:260.00–0.03	2:240.00–0.02	1:400.00–0.00	3:010.08–0.02	0:370.00–0.00			0:330.00–0.00
Brodin–Faber

Shift chart

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


Rasmus DahlinBUF	31	30:47	1:00	2:06	4	6
Brock FaberMIN	29	26:28	0:55	2:08	3	3
Jonas BrodinMIN	25	24:13	0:58	1:53	3	5
Henri JokiharjuBUF	29	22:57	0:47	1:47	4	4
Joel Eriksson EkMIN	28	20:59	0:45	1:59	5	4
Alex TuchBUF	25	20:57	0:50	1:35	2	5
Zach BogosianMIN	23	20:42	0:54	1:51	2	3
Kirill KaprizovMIN	23	20:12	0:53	1:53	5	1
Tage ThompsonBUF	22	19:57	0:54	2:08	1	5
Jordan GreenwayBUF	22	19:56	0:54	1:31	4	5
Connor CliftonBUF	26	18:31	0:43	1:30	1	4
Jacob BrysonBUF	25	18:30	0:44	1:18	1	5
Matt BoldyMIN	21	18:26	0:53	1:55	4	1
Dylan CozensBUF	23	18:05	0:47	1:33	4	5
Jake MiddletonMIN	27	18:00	0:40	1:10	2	0
Casey MittelstadtBUF	21	17:56	0:51	1:45	3	5
Mats ZuccarelloMIN	18	17:28	0:58	1:42	5	1
Marco RossiMIN	19	16:59	0:54	1:33	3	0
Marcus JohanssonMIN	19	16:30	0:52	1:41	3	0
Ryan HartmanMIN	16	15:13	0:57	2:33	2	3
Jeff SkinnerBUF	18	14:49	0:49	1:49	2	2
Declan ChisholmMIN	18	14:46	0:49	1:28	2	2
Erik JohnsonBUF	19	14:30	0:46	1:30	1	5
Zach BensonBUF	18	14:19	0:48	1:21	1	2
JJ PeterkaBUF	17	14:00	0:49	1:17	1	2
Kyle OkposoBUF	16	12:18	0:46	1:06	2	2
Frederick GaudreauMIN	20	12:12	0:37	1:03	2	1
Jon MerrillMIN	14	12:10	0:52	1:24	2	1
Peyton KrebsBUF	16	12:05	0:45	1:32	1	2
Brandon DuhaimeMIN	20	11:43	0:35	1:03	2	4
Vinni LettieriMIN	13	11:21	0:52	2:03	2	2
Jake LucchiniMIN	12	11:11	0:56	1:56	1	2
Connor DewarMIN	18	11:09	0:37	1:07	1	1
Ryan JohnsonBUF	12	10:57	0:55	1:50	1	2
Zemgus GirgensonsBUF	13	10:07	0:47	1:10	1	2
Eric RobinsonBUF	10	7:44	0:46	1:02	1	2

Buffalo Sabres 3, Minnesota Wild 2 (OT)

Who was on the ice

Shift totals