Hockey Decoded

Shape of the Game

Season-to-date averages before puck drop, this game once it starts. Live depth timeline →

Depth

overall
This game
25MIN
37BUF
Shots
25|38
CF
26|42
xG
39|40
TOI
43|36
20 · top-heavy50 · league average80 · even

Goaltending

GSAx
This game · goalie in net only, so no empty-net goals or shootouts
+1.17MIN
−0.02BUF
Wild team +1.17
J. Wallstedt
25 SV · 3 GA · 4.17 xGA
+1.17
Sabres team −0.02
C. Ellis
18 SV · 2 GA · 1.98 xGA
−0.02

Rosters

Bars show each player's share of his team's total in this game. Depth is how evenly that total is spread across the lineup.

Wild
Away
25 Shot depth index
Biggest contributors · all four stats
Top 3: 45% of team output (an even split would be 17%)
M. Boldy
M. Boldy L
22%
of team output
SOG 35% CF 17% xG 28% TOI 8%
B. Brink
B. Brink R
12%
of team output
SOG 10% CF 15% xG 19% TOI 4%
Q. Hughes
Q. Hughes D
11%
of team output
SOG 5% CF 19% xG 11% TOI 10%
#PlayerPosShare TOISOGCFxG
Forwards 90% of team
12 M. Boldy L
35% 23:24 7 8 0.56
97 K. Kaprizov L
15% 24:58 3 6 0.10
49 M. Shabanov R
10% 17:30 2 3 0.28
22 D. Yurov R
10% 14:21 2 2 0.11
10 B. Brink R
10% 13:34 2 7 0.38
20 B. Coleman L
5% 17:44 1 2 0.16
17 M. Foligno L
5% 13:25 1 1 0.00
14 J. Eriksson Ek C
0% 20:26 0 1 0.11
47 M. McCarron C
0% 15:16 0 0 0.00
38 R. Hartman R
0% 13:40 0 2 0.00
13 Y. Trenin C
0% 13:04 0 0 0.00
71 N. Foligno L
0% 03:29 0 1 0.00
Defense 10% of team
43 Q. Hughes D
5% 29:30 1 9 0.21
25 J. Brodin D
5% 19:18 1 2 0.01
46 J. Spurgeon D
0% 21:49 0 2 0.04
3 O. Maatta D
0% 19:18 0 0 0.00
24 Z. Bogosian D
0% 14:12 0 0 0.00
48 D. Hunt D
0% 14:08 0 2 0.04
Goaliesnot part of skater depth
#GoaliePos SASVSV%GSAx
30 J. Wallstedt G 28 25 .893 +1.17
31 C. Pickard G DNP
Sabres
Home
38 Shot depth index
Biggest contributors · all four stats
Top 3: 41% of team output (an even split would be 17%)
T. Thompson
T. Thompson C
23%
of team output
SOG 32% CF 20% xG 33% TOI 7%
Z. Benson
Z. Benson L
10%
of team output
SOG 7% CF 8% xG 19% TOI 7%
O. Power
O. Power D
8%
of team output
SOG 7% CF 8% xG 8% TOI 9%
#PlayerPosShare TOISOGCFxG
Forwards 68% of team
72 T. Thompson C
32% 20:23 9 13 1.36
22 J. Quinn R
7% 21:45 2 6 0.12
6 Z. Benson L
7% 20:41 2 5 0.80
86 N. Ostlund C
7% 20:39 2 3 0.47
20 J.Kulich C
7% 13:56 2 3 0.32
19 P. Krebs C
4% 15:21 1 2 0.15
71 R. McLeod C
4% 14:15 1 2 0.14
9 J. Norris C
0% 16:44 0 3 0.23
94 K. Helenius C
0% 13:01 0 2 0.00
91 J. Doan R
0% 12:05 0 1 0.01
29 B. Malenstyn L
0% 08:28 0 1 0.05
15 J. Danforth R
0% 08:17 0 0 0.00
Defense 32% of team
26 R. Dahlin D
11% 29:15 3 7 0.06
25 O. Power D
7% 29:04 2 5 0.35
23 M. Samuelsson D
7% 22:41 2 4 0.04
46 L. Crevier D
7% 14:19 2 5 0.08
8 O. Zellweger D
0% 14:52 0 1 0.00
73 Z. Metsa D
0% 10:44 0 1 0.00
Goaliesnot part of skater depth
#GoaliePos SASVSV%GSAx
92 C. Ellis G 20 18 .900 -0.02
1 U. Luukkonen G DNP