Sat, Oct 3, 2026·KeyBank Center, Buffalo
Chicago Blackhawks 3, Buffalo Sabres 4
Expected result
Based on shot quality alone, Buffalo Sabres win this game 74% of the time.
67%
19%
BUF winsCHI wins
Who was on the ice
Model-basedLine matchups and every shift of the game.
BUF forward lines and defence pairs (rows) against CHI'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.
| Kane–Nazar–Kantserov | Greenway–Smith–Greene | Teravainen–Bertuzzi–Frondell | Donato–Lardis–Moore | Greenway–Greene–Kantserov | Cole–Vlasic | Kaiser–Levshunov | Del Mastro–Korchinski | Kaiser–Del Mastro | Vlasic–Levshunov | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quinn–Ostlund–Benson | 6:200.74–0.25 | 4:520.31–0.45 | 0:380.26–0.00 | 4:210.27–0.52 | 4:190.45–0.13 | 1:270.46–0.00 | 1:110.10–0.00 | 0:390.07–0.00 | ||
| Thompson–Norris–Doan | 1:420.11–0.00 | 5:550.38–0.15 | 2:510.00–0.01 | 1:300.19–0.00 | 5:060.36–0.00 | 4:160.07–0.05 | 1:390.29–0.15 | 0:540.00–0.00 | ||
| McLeod–Krebs–Helenius | 1:030.10–0.00 | 3:140.43–0.11 | 1:110.12–0.26 | 1:170.11–0.18 | 2:370.10–0.00 | 1:540.44–0.08 | ||||
| Carrick–Malenstyn–Kulich | 2:060.00–0.31 | 2:220.01–0.00 | 1:540.00–0.00 | 0:550.00–0.00 | 1:300.13–0.21 | 0:410.00–0.10 | ||||
| Krebs–Kulich–Helenius | 0:530.03–0.00 | 1:570.09–0.04 | 1:020.00–0.00 | 1:220.12–0.00 | 0:390.00–0.00 | |||||
| Carrick–Malenstyn–McLeod | 0:420.00–0.03 | 0:300.00–0.07 | 0:420.00–0.03 | |||||||
| Samuelsson–Dahlin | 6:440.67–0.19 | 4:100.18–0.00 | 2:520.00–0.00 | 1:540.09–0.00 | 0:420.04–0.09 | 6:430.34–0.07 | 4:520.10–0.08 | 1:150.43–0.00 | 2:260.10–0.00 | 0:420.00–0.09 |
| Power–Zellweger | 3:020.21–0.08 | 2:170.18–0.03 | 4:250.51–0.11 | 0:500.12–0.08 | 2:590.19–0.03 | 4:460.12–0.13 | 3:010.57–0.08 | |||
| Crevier–Metsa | 1:000.11–0.00 | 2:520.15–0.57 | 0:340.00–0.00 | 1:290.51–0.00 | 1:110.00–0.43 | 2:050.42–0.00 | 3:100.42–0.15 | |||
| Crevier–Power | 1:410.29–0.00 | 0:440.00–0.04 | 2:070.29–0.00 | 1:060.00–0.12 | ||||||
| Samuelsson–Power | 0:300.00–0.00 | 1:090.00–0.00 | 0:340.00–0.18 | 1:070.00–0.00 | ||||||
| Dahlin–Crevier | 0:560.00–0.00 | 0:480.00–0.00 | 0:400.00–0.00 | |||||||
| Samuelsson–Crevier | 0:430.00–0.10 | 0:310.00–0.07 | 0:410.00–0.10 | |||||||
| Dahlin–Zellweger | 0:560.00–0.00 | 0:400.00–0.00 |
Every shift, one row per player.
BUFCHIFull-height lines are goals; short ticks at the top are shots. Hover to see who was on the ice.
Shift totals
 Rasmus DahlinBUF | 26 | 25:23 | 0:59 | 1:46 | 6 | 4 |
 Owen PowerBUF | 31 | 25:12 | 0:49 | 1:42 | 4 | 1 |
 Artyom LevshunovCHI | 24 | 24:40 | 1:02 | 2:41 | 3 | 1 |
 Mattias SamuelssonBUF | 26 | 24:11 | 0:56 | 1:47 | 3 | 4 |
 Wyatt KaiserCHI | 28 | 22:58 | 0:49 | 1:55 | 3 | 3 |
 Alex VlasicCHI | 28 | 22:33 | 0:48 | 1:23 | 2 | 7 |
 Ian ColeCHI | 27 | 20:37 | 0:46 | 1:18 | 1 | 8 |
 Frank NazarCHI | 26 | 19:58 | 0:46 | 1:29 | 4 | 6 |
 Tage ThompsonBUF | 25 | 19:41 | 0:47 | 1:29 | 9 | 3 |
 Zach BensonBUF | 26 | 19:33 | 0:45 | 1:31 | 5 | 0 |
 Jack QuinnBUF | 24 | 19:07 | 0:48 | 1:18 | 5 | 0 |
 Patrick KaneCHI | 22 | 19:01 | 0:52 | 1:48 | 4 | 2 |
 Roman KantserovCHI | 22 | 18:48 | 0:51 | 1:46 | 3 | 2 |
 Josh DoanBUF | 25 | 18:06 | 0:43 | 1:21 | 9 | 2 |
 Noah OstlundBUF | 23 | 17:23 | 0:45 | 1:13 | 4 | 0 |
 Louis CrevierBUF | 23 | 17:08 | 0:45 | 1:09 | 2 | 0 |
 Josh NorrisBUF | 24 | 16:32 | 0:41 | 1:12 | 8 | 2 |
 Tyler BertuzziCHI | 19 | 16:18 | 0:51 | 2:11 | 3 | 2 |
 Anton FrondellCHI | 23 | 16:06 | 0:42 | 1:13 | 3 | 3 |
 Jordan GreenwayCHI | 21 | 15:55 | 0:45 | 1:24 | 1 | 4 |
 Ryan GreeneCHI | 21 | 15:36 | 0:45 | 1:24 | 1 | 4 |
 Olen ZellwegerBUF | 21 | 15:31 | 0:44 | 1:29 | 4 | 3 |
 Cole SmithCHI | 22 | 15:09 | 0:41 | 1:24 | 1 | 4 |
 Ethan Del MastroCHI | 18 | 15:01 | 0:50 | 1:26 | 1 | 0 |
 Konsta HeleniusBUF | 20 | 14:39 | 0:44 | 1:12 | 1 | 2 |
 Teuvo TeravainenCHI | 22 | 14:22 | 0:39 | 1:22 | 3 | 5 |
 Peyton KrebsBUF | 18 | 13:42 | 0:46 | 1:04 | 0 | 3 |
 Jiri KulichBUF | 19 | 13:31 | 0:43 | 1:22 | 0 | 3 |
 Ryan McLeodBUF | 16 | 12:02 | 0:45 | 1:12 | 1 | 2 |
 Kevin KorchinskiCHI | 17 | 11:21 | 0:40 | 1:22 | 1 | 0 |
 Oliver MooreCHI | 15 | 9:30 | 0:38 | 1:17 | 1 | 5 |
 Ryan DonatoCHI | 16 | 9:25 | 0:35 | 1:02 | 1 | 4 |
 Beck MalenstynBUF | 15 | 8:31 | 0:34 | 0:53 | 0 | 3 |
 Zach MetsaBUF | 13 | 8:28 | 0:39 | 1:14 | 1 | 2 |
 Nick LardisCHI | 13 | 7:41 | 0:35 | 1:03 | 1 | 3 |
 Sam CarrickBUF | 13 | 7:20 | 0:34 | 0:49 | 0 | 2 |