Sat, Feb 8, 2025·Bridgestone Arena, Nashville
Buffalo Sabres 4, Nashville Predators 6
Expected result
Based on shot quality alone, Buffalo Sabres win this game 52% of the time.
38%
10%
8%
44%
NSH winsBUF wins
Who was on the ice
Model-basedLine matchups and every shift of the game.
NSH 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–Tuch–McLeod | Thompson–Peterka–Kulich | Krebs–Cozens–Quinn | Lafferty–Krebs–Benson | Lafferty–McLeod–Benson | Krebs–Cozens–Benson | Zucker–Thompson–McLeod | Tuch–Peterka–Kulich | Dahlin–Byram | Jokiharju–Power | Clifton–Bryson | Byram–Power | Gilbert–Power | Gilbert–Dahlin | Jokiharju–Dahlin | Clifton–Power | Dahlin–Power | Bryson–Power | Clifton–Byram | Jokiharju–Byram | Gilbert–Bryson | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| McCarron–Smith–Wiesblatt | 2:450.00–0.04 | 3:140.17–0.06 | 0:490.00–0.13 | 0:510.00–0.01 | 3:140.00–0.21 | 2:140.07–0.00 | 0:470.00–0.01 | 0:310.00–0.00 | 0:450.00–0.00 | 0:410.00–0.00 | |||||||||||
| O'Reilly–Marchessault–Forsberg | 1:360.08–0.16 | 3:430.34–0.19 | 0:560.01–0.08 | 0:320.03–0.00 | 2:110.08–0.12 | 1:200.06–0.00 | 0:570.00–0.12 | 1:220.10–0.00 | 0:500.09–0.00 | 0:360.00–0.19 | |||||||||||
| Stamkos–Nyquist–Sissons | 0:350.07–0.00 | 1:470.00–0.00 | 1:060.09–0.00 | 0:310.00–0.00 | 0:400.00–0.03 | 2:210.30–0.03 | 1:060.00–0.00 | 0:590.00–0.00 | |||||||||||||
| Sissons–Novak–Kemell | 1:150.05–0.02 | 0:350.00–0.02 | 1:240.06–0.07 | 1:140.00–0.02 | 0:300.00–0.00 | 0:310.00–0.00 | 0:460.05–0.07 | ||||||||||||||
| Stamkos–Nyquist–Svechkov | 0:490.00–0.00 | 1:010.00–0.18 | 0:340.00–0.18 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stamkos–Marchessault–Forsberg | 0:510.00–0.02 | 0:440.00–0.04 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Sissons–Smith–Wiesblatt | 0:420.02–0.00 | 0:420.00–0.02 | 0:400.02–0.00 | 0:400.00–0.02 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nyquist–Sissons–Novak | 1:230.00–0.00 | 0:430.00–0.00 | 0:400.00–0.00 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Nyquist–O'Reilly–Svechkov | 0:470.00–0.00 | 0:470.00–0.00 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Skjei–Blankenburg | 1:150.00–0.06 | 5:510.13–0.28 | 1:360.06–0.00 | 0:380.00–0.00 | 3:400.00–0.25 | 0:580.03–0.00 | 1:040.09–0.00 | 0:450.03–0.00 | 0:510.02–0.00 | 1:010.00–0.00 | 0:360.00–0.19 | 0:470.00–0.02 | 0:340.00–0.00 | ||||||||
| Schenn–Josi | 5:150.05–0.07 | 0:380.25–0.00 | 1:120.09–0.11 | 1:150.00–0.00 | 1:000.00–0.03 | 3:280.09–0.19 | 2:300.10–0.00 | 0:400.00–0.00 | 1:380.05–0.02 | 1:060.00–0.06 | 0:510.00–0.00 | ||||||||||
| Gravel–Barron | 0:420.07–0.00 | 5:260.01–0.16 | 1:260.02–0.01 | 2:110.00–0.13 | 0:570.00–0.00 | 1:130.00–0.01 | 0:380.08–0.00 | 1:000.03–0.00 | 0:400.00–0.00 | ||||||||||||
| Schenn–Gravel | 0:570.00–0.00 | 0:350.00–0.00 | 1:190.00–0.12 | 0:380.00–0.02 | 1:310.00–0.00 | 0:390.00–0.00 | 0:380.00–0.02 | ||||||||||||||
| Skjei–Barron | 1:210.00–0.13 | 0:460.21–0.00 | 0:440.00–0.00 | 0:570.00–0.21 | |||||||||||||||||
| Josi–Barron | 1:210.00–0.16 | 1:010.00–0.18 | 0:550.00–0.12 | 0:450.00–0.04 | 0:350.00–0.18 | ||||||||||||||||
| Josi–Blankenburg | 0:370.00–0.00 | 0:530.00–0.00 | 0:320.08–0.00 | 0:550.00–0.04 | 0:320.00–0.00 | ||||||||||||||||
| Josi–Skjei | 0:450.23–0.00 | 0:310.00–0.03 | 0:380.09–0.00 | 0:310.00–0.18 | |||||||||||||||||
| Gravel–Skjei |
Every shift, one row per player.
NSHBUFFull-height lines are goals; short ticks at the top are shots. Hover to see who was on the ice.
Shift totals
 Roman JosiNSH | 28 | 25:37 | 0:55 | 1:35 | 5 | 2 |
 Rasmus DahlinBUF | 29 | 24:02 | 0:50 | 1:57 | 9 | 6 |
 Bowen ByramBUF | 31 | 23:20 | 0:45 | 1:54 | 5 | 7 |
 Owen PowerBUF | 29 | 23:02 | 0:48 | 1:39 | 4 | 2 |
 Brady SkjeiNSH | 27 | 22:26 | 0:50 | 2:16 | 1 | 4 |
 Ryan McLeodBUF | 29 | 21:09 | 0:44 | 1:57 | 2 | 5 |
 Jason ZuckerBUF | 23 | 19:27 | 0:51 | 2:08 | 3 | 4 |
 JJ PeterkaBUF | 22 | 19:07 | 0:52 | 2:01 | 5 | 1 |
 Tage ThompsonBUF | 23 | 18:59 | 0:50 | 1:53 | 4 | 0 |
 Peyton KrebsBUF | 26 | 18:56 | 0:44 | 1:19 | 4 | 2 |
 Jonathan MarchessaultNSH | 27 | 18:10 | 0:40 | 1:35 | 5 | 1 |
 Filip ForsbergNSH | 27 | 18:08 | 0:40 | 2:17 | 6 | 1 |
 Nick BlankenburgNSH | 27 | 18:08 | 0:40 | 1:18 | 3 | 5 |
 Luke SchennNSH | 27 | 17:53 | 0:40 | 1:06 | 1 | 1 |
 Colton SissonsNSH | 24 | 17:50 | 0:45 | 2:05 | 2 | 4 |
 Alex TuchBUF | 25 | 17:50 | 0:43 | 1:45 | 2 | 6 |
 Gustav NyquistNSH | 21 | 17:21 | 0:50 | 1:15 | 4 | 3 |
 Ryan O'ReillyNSH | 24 | 17:12 | 0:43 | 1:42 | 5 | 2 |
 Kevin GravelNSH | 24 | 17:01 | 0:43 | 1:38 | 0 | 2 |
 Cole SmithNSH | 25 | 16:47 | 0:40 | 1:29 | 1 | 4 |
 Justin BarronNSH | 19 | 16:26 | 0:52 | 2:24 | 1 | 1 |
 Michael McCarronNSH | 25 | 16:16 | 0:39 | 1:10 | 2 | 4 |
 Steven StamkosNSH | 21 | 16:03 | 0:46 | 1:23 | 6 | 1 |
 Dylan CozensBUF | 20 | 15:58 | 0:48 | 1:35 | 6 | 1 |
 Jack QuinnBUF | 17 | 15:21 | 0:54 | 3:23 | 5 | 1 |
 Jiri KulichBUF | 22 | 15:01 | 0:41 | 1:07 | 3 | 1 |
 Ozzy WiesblattNSH | 18 | 13:06 | 0:44 | 1:24 | 2 | 3 |
 Henri JokiharjuBUF | 20 | 13:00 | 0:39 | 1:15 | 2 | 1 |
 Jacob BrysonBUF | 18 | 11:56 | 0:40 | 0:57 | 0 | 3 |
 Zach BensonBUF | 18 | 11:44 | 0:39 | 1:05 | 1 | 4 |
 Connor CliftonBUF | 16 | 11:05 | 0:42 | 1:22 | 0 | 3 |
 Tommy NovakNSH | 16 | 10:41 | 0:40 | 1:09 | 1 | 2 |
 Sam LaffertyBUF | 14 | 9:05 | 0:39 | 1:05 | 1 | 2 |
 Joakim KemellNSH | 10 | 8:57 | 0:54 | 1:46 | 0 | 0 |
 Dennis GilbertBUF | 12 | 8:28 | 0:42 | 1:53 | 1 | 0 |
 Fedor SvechkovNSH | 6 | 6:45 | 1:08 | 2:00 | 2 | 1 |