Sat, Jan 4, 2025·T-Mobile Arena, Paradise
Buffalo Sabres 1, Vegas Golden Knights 3
Expected result
Based on shot quality alone, Vegas Golden Knights win this game 64% of the time.
55%
9%
28%
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.
| Zucker–Thompson–Cozens | Aube-Kubel–Malenstyn–McLeod | Tuch–Peterka–Kulich | Krebs–Peterka–Benson | Tuch–Quinn–Kulich | Krebs–Quinn–Benson | Dahlin–Byram | Samuelsson–Power | Clifton–Gilbert | Byram–Power | Clifton–Dahlin | Gilbert–Power | Samuelsson–Byram | Samuelsson–Dahlin | Dahlin–Power | Clifton–Power | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Karlsson–Hertl–Dorofeyev | 2:040.20–0.00 | 2:210.05–0.00 | 1:120.03–0.00 | 1:030.03–0.00 | 2:070.01–0.00 | 1:170.02–0.00 | 2:280.08–0.00 | 4:130.76–0.00 | 1:520.00–0.00 | 1:310.06–0.00 | 0:380.13–0.00 | 0:510.00–0.00 | ||||
| Stone–Pearson–Eichel | 5:240.47–0.17 | 1:390.05–0.00 | 1:210.09–0.12 | 1:170.00–0.00 | 0:520.00–0.05 | 5:560.59–0.18 | 2:500.26–0.01 | 0:440.00–0.00 | 0:560.00–0.05 | 0:560.00–0.11 | ||||||
| Kolesar–Howden–Laczynski | 2:290.07–0.16 | 0:510.00–0.00 | 1:020.06–0.01 | 2:120.57–0.02 | 0:500.10–0.00 | 0:310.01–0.00 | 3:510.58–0.17 | 1:240.10–0.02 | 1:180.00–0.00 | 0:370.06–0.01 | 1:220.07–0.00 | 0:360.00–0.00 | ||||
| Rondbjerg–Schwindt–Holtz | 1:330.00–0.06 | 2:220.00–0.01 | 0:530.00–0.04 | 0:340.00–0.14 | 1:240.00–0.16 | 2:320.05–0.07 | 1:010.00–0.00 | 0:340.00–0.00 | ||||||||
| Stone–Hertl–Eichel | 0:550.04–0.08 | |||||||||||||||
| Pietrangelo–Hanifin | 8:440.67–0.31 | 1:090.11–0.00 | 1:490.02–0.16 | 1:130.13–0.02 | 1:550.00–0.00 | 8:380.43–0.46 | 4:250.62–0.10 | 1:470.08–0.00 | 1:130.13–0.00 | 1:020.00–0.11 | ||||||
| McNabb–Theodore | 2:180.07–0.02 | 2:010.00–0.01 | 2:560.07–0.05 | 0:430.00–0.00 | 1:500.12–0.00 | 1:250.06–0.00 | 3:220.01–0.01 | 5:050.56–0.01 | 1:220.00–0.00 | 1:050.04–0.01 | 1:430.07–0.02 | |||||
| Hague–Whitecloud | 1:160.00–0.08 | 4:280.00–0.00 | 2:360.47–0.14 | 0:360.00–0.00 | 1:300.02–0.05 | 3:010.54–0.22 | 3:130.03–0.08 | 3:380.00–0.07 | 0:430.00–0.00 | 0:530.00–0.05 |
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
 Alex PietrangeloVGK | 27 | 25:37 | 0:57 | 2:13 | 4 | 6 |
 Rasmus DahlinBUF | 30 | 25:28 | 0:51 | 2:15 | 1 | 6 |
 Bowen ByramBUF | 32 | 24:16 | 0:46 | 1:26 | 1 | 5 |
 Owen PowerBUF | 31 | 23:44 | 0:46 | 1:24 | 3 | 2 |
 Noah HanifinVGK | 26 | 23:16 | 0:54 | 1:33 | 4 | 3 |
 Jason ZuckerBUF | 25 | 21:44 | 0:52 | 2:15 | 7 | 4 |
 Jack EichelVGK | 22 | 21:08 | 0:58 | 1:41 | 4 | 5 |
 Tage ThompsonBUF | 26 | 20:42 | 0:48 | 2:03 | 7 | 5 |
 William KarlssonVGK | 21 | 20:24 | 0:58 | 1:34 | 1 | 2 |
 Brayden McNabbVGK | 23 | 20:15 | 0:53 | 1:52 | 1 | 3 |
 Tomas HertlVGK | 19 | 20:08 | 1:04 | 1:43 | 1 | 2 |
 Mattias SamuelssonBUF | 27 | 19:55 | 0:44 | 1:36 | 0 | 2 |
 Dylan CozensBUF | 25 | 19:25 | 0:47 | 1:34 | 4 | 5 |
 Mark StoneVGK | 21 | 18:35 | 0:53 | 1:35 | 4 | 4 |
 Shea TheodoreVGK | 24 | 18:16 | 0:46 | 1:27 | 1 | 4 |
 Pavel DorofeyevVGK | 18 | 18:11 | 1:01 | 1:34 | 2 | 3 |
 JJ PeterkaBUF | 22 | 17:31 | 0:48 | 1:34 | 5 | 3 |
 Alex TuchBUF | 25 | 16:56 | 0:41 | 1:00 | 2 | 3 |
 Nicolas HagueVGK | 19 | 16:03 | 0:51 | 1:16 | 1 | 1 |
 Tanner PearsonVGK | 19 | 15:43 | 0:50 | 1:27 | 3 | 2 |
 Jack QuinnBUF | 19 | 15:04 | 0:48 | 2:08 | 4 | 1 |
 Jiri KulichBUF | 22 | 14:37 | 0:40 | 1:05 | 1 | 3 |
 Brett HowdenVGK | 16 | 13:49 | 0:52 | 1:29 | 3 | 1 |
 Zach WhitecloudVGK | 16 | 13:39 | 0:51 | 1:14 | 1 | 1 |
 Keegan KolesarVGK | 16 | 13:06 | 0:49 | 1:25 | 3 | 1 |
 Connor CliftonBUF | 19 | 13:01 | 0:41 | 1:02 | 0 | 3 |
 Peyton KrebsBUF | 18 | 12:55 | 0:43 | 1:11 | 0 | 1 |
 Zach BensonBUF | 18 | 12:24 | 0:41 | 1:09 | 2 | 2 |
 Ryan McLeodBUF | 16 | 11:17 | 0:42 | 1:02 | 0 | 3 |
 Tanner LaczynskiVGK | 15 | 11:08 | 0:45 | 1:16 | 3 | 1 |
 Nicolas Aube-KubelBUF | 13 | 10:26 | 0:48 | 1:14 | 0 | 0 |
 Alexander HoltzVGK | 15 | 10:20 | 0:41 | 1:18 | 0 | 0 |
 Beck MalenstynBUF | 14 | 10:16 | 0:44 | 1:06 | 0 | 1 |
 Dennis GilbertBUF | 14 | 8:38 | 0:37 | 0:54 | 1 | 1 |
 Cole SchwindtVGK | 13 | 8:24 | 0:39 | 1:05 | 0 | 0 |
 Jonas RondbjergVGK | 13 | 7:45 | 0:36 | 1:16 | 0 | 1 |