Ostlund line
Benson – Ostlund – Quinn62.3%chance share xGF%
95 min · 9 GPGF–GA 6–1CF% 56OZ 93%
Top 60%Mid 27%
Buffalo Sabres
As deployed last game
Oct 21 vs PHI, from shift data: the most-used combinations at 5v5, not a projection.Forwards
Defence
PP1
DahlinThompsonQuinnOstlundBenson
4:41PK1
PowerSamuelssonBensonMcLeod
1:26PK2
ZellwegerNorrisMetsaMalenstyn
1:15Split up since the game before: Thompson–McLeod–Doan · Malenstyn–Krebs–Danforth · Norris–Helenius–Kulich
Line board
Forward lines with 27+ minutes together at 5v5. The big number is chance share (xGF%) shrunk toward the team’s 53.6% until a line has enough chances of its own; hover it for the raw value.Thompson line
Thompson – Krebs – Doan54.9%chance share xGF%
32 min · 8 GPGF–GA 2–1CF% 57OZ 69%
Top 76%
Thompson–Norris–Doan
Thompson – Norris – Doan58.7%chance share xGF%
31 min · 7 GPGF–GA 1–0CF% 55OZ 71%
Top 49%Mid 35%
Which lines are workingper 60 at 5v5
Every dot is a forward line with 27+ minutes; grey dots are the rest of the league. Lines are centred on the league’s median line.
Line stability
Top 4 lines’ share of line time41%League rank18th most stableLines used 5+ minutes21Games with shift data9 (1 left out)
Stable lines are a coach’s choice, not a grade. Games are left out when the NHL’s shift chart is missing or doesn’t match the box score.
Defence pairs
| Pair | Min | GP | xGF% | CF% | GF–GA | OZ% | vs top |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samuelsson–Dahlin | 81 | 7 | 51.0 | 48.5 | 1–3 | 58 | 57% |
| Power–Zellweger | 61 | 8 | 61.2 | 53.3 | 1–2 | 57 | 61% |
Power play and penalty kill units
The five skaters at 5-on-4 and the four at 4-on-5, with 5+ minutes together.| Unit | Skaters | Min | GF–GA | xGF/60 | xGA/60 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PP1 | Dahlin, Thompson, Quinn, Ostlund, Benson | 15 | 2–0 | 8.23 | 0.00 |
| PP2 | Power, Thompson, Quinn, Ostlund, Benson | 8 | 1–0 | 9.49 | 1.72 |
Every line
All forward lines with 10+ minutes together at 5v5. Raw and shrunk chance share side by side; k = 4 expected goals.| Line | Min | GP | Last used | xGF% (shrunk) | xGF% (raw) | CF% | GF–GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benson – Ostlund – Quinn | 95 | 9 | Oct 21 | 62.3 | 66.6 | 56.2 | 6–1 |
| Thompson – Krebs – Doan | 32 | 8 | Oct 17 | 54.9 | 57.0 | 57.4 | 2–1 |
| Thompson – Norris – Doan | 31 | 7 | Oct 21 | 58.7 | 65.9 | 55.4 | 1–0 |
| Thompson – McLeod – Doan | 17 | 4 | Oct 21 | 45.4 | 27.1 | 38.5 | 1–1 |
| Krebs – McLeod – Helenius | 17 | 5 | Oct 15 | 55.5 | 59.7 | 41.7 | 0–2 |
| Thompson – Krebs – Kulich | 13 | 3 | Oct 21 | 58.4 | 75.7 | 51.9 | 1–0 |
| Norris – McLeod – Helenius | 12 | 6 | Oct 17 | 53.2 | 51.4 | 40.0 | 0–1 |
| Thompson – Kulich – Doan | 12 | 3 | Oct 21 | 59.0 | 73.5 | 72.7 | 1–2 |
| Malenstyn – Kulich – Carrick | 12 | 2 | Oct 3 | 50.1 | 29.4 | 57.1 | 0–2 |
| Thompson – Norris – Quinn | 11 | 4 | Oct 10 | 50.1 | 32.5 | 37.5 | 0–0 |
| McLeod – Helenius – Kulich | 11 | 4 | Oct 17 | 56.2 | 69.1 | 61.9 | 1–0 |
Source: NHL.com data. Results through Oct 22.