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New Jersey Devils at Buffalo Sabres

Mar 26, 2011 · HSBC Arena

Team Goals Shots
New Jersey Devils 0 30
Buffalo Sabres 2 28

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
04:17 BUF Nathan Gerbe (1) Paul Gaustad (1), Brad Boyes (1) 0 - 1
16:17 BUF Thomas Vanek (1) Jason Pominville (1), Tim Connolly (1) 0 - 2

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
2nd Period
16:27 BUF Tyler Ennis Tripping 2
18:01 NJD Patrik Elias Boarding 2
3rd Period
02:52 BUF Cody McCormick High sticking 2
07:17 NJD Henrik Tallinder Tripping 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
New Jersey Devils 53 40 30 0 2.1 51.6
Buffalo Sabres 46 35 28 2 1.6 48.4

How the game went

1050510Start2nd3rdBuffalo Sabres aheadNew Jersey Devils ahead

The gap in shot attempts as the game went on: how many more one team had taken than the other. The line is above the middle and red while Buffalo Sabres had taken more, and below it and blue while New Jersey Devils had.

Expected goals

New Jersey Devils: 2.1 expected, 0 scored · Buffalo Sabres: 1.6 expected, 2 scored

00.511.52Start2nd3rdEndBUF goal, 4:17 of 1st, a 6% chanceBUF goal, 16:17 of 1st, a 2% chanceNJD 2.1BUF 1.6

Each line climbs with every chance a team had: a small step for a shot from far out, a big one for a dangerous chance. A dot is a goal. Expected goals adds up how likely each shot was to go in, judged by where it was taken from, what kind of shot it was and whether it was a rebound. Blocked shots and the shootout are not counted. Before 2023-24 the NHL timed events less exactly, and differently from rink to rink, so expected goals for this season are rougher than for recent ones.

Where the attempts came from

New Jersey Devils
Buffalo Sabres

There is a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. "Show as heat map" shades the ice by where the attempts came from.

New Jersey Devils

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Ilya Kovalchuk · Travis Zajac · Nick Palmieri12:4847.838.60-1
Brian Rolston · Patrik Elias · Dainius Zubrus10:4658.863.00-0
David Steckel · David Clarkson · Rod Pelley8:2657.170.80-0
Adam Mair · Mattias Tedenby · Jacob Josefson6:23100.0100.00-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Henrik Tallinder · Mark Fayne12:4185.081.60-1
Andy Greene · Anssi Salmela11:3344.838.30-1
Mark Fraser · Andy Greene6:2842.911.60-0

The forwards and the defencemen who were on the ice together most at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out.

Players

xG is the expected goals of a skater's own shots. CF-CA and xGF-xGA are the shot attempts and the expected goals for and against while he was on the ice at five-on-five. For a goalie, xGA is what the shots he faced were expected to produce, and the last column is how many of those he saved. What these numbers mean

# Skater Pos G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI xG CF-CA xGF-xGA
4 Andy Greene D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 27:43 0.04 21-29 0.62-1.00
5 Mark Fayne D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 19:25 0.02 17-5 0.77-0.23
9 Dainius Zubrus C 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 17:38 0.16 12-10 0.53-0.29
9 Mattias Tedenby R 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 11:38 0.15 5-5 0.04-0.31
10 Jacob Josefson C 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 15:07 0.10 7-10 0.06-0.35
11 Adam Mair C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 09:58 0.01 6-5 0.05-0.08
12 Brian Rolston R 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 18:13 0.10 13-9 0.62-0.28
14 Travis Zajac C 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 18:24 0.10 13-13 0.29-0.39
14 Rod Pelley C 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 10:59 0.31 15-15 0.89-0.48
17 Ilya Kovalchuk L 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 22:29 0.04 15-17 0.26-0.60
17 Nick Palmieri R 0 0 0 -1 0 2 3 13:25 0.14 11-12 0.23-0.36
20 Henrik Tallinder D 0 0 0 -1 2 3 0 27:03 0.27 29-15 1.31-0.46
20 David Steckel C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13:06 0.29 14-13 0.88-0.43
23 David Clarkson R 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 13:56 0.26 18-15 0.99-0.58
26 Patrik Elias C 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 17:01 0.11 12-8 0.58-0.32
29 Anssi Salmela D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 18:29 0.02 14-20 0.45-0.78
32 Mark Fraser D 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 09:19 3-8 0.03-0.42
33 Jay Leach D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12:48 10-11 0.43-0.09
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
30 Martin Brodeur L 28 26 2 59:19 1.61 -0.39

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Jochen Hecht · Drew Stafford · Tyler Ennis11:5050.065.80-0
Brad Boyes · Paul Gaustad · Nathan Gerbe11:3236.849.21-0
Tim Connolly · Jason Pominville · Thomas Vanek10:5048.135.21-0
Rob Niedermayer · Mike Grier · Cody McCormick8:1342.928.00-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Steve Montador · Chris Butler16:4641.446.40-0
Andrej Sekera · Tyler Myers16:2955.674.02-0
Shaone Morrisonn · Mike Weber13:0460.951.30-0

The forwards and the defencemen who were on the ice together most at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out.

Players

# Skater Pos G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI xG CF-CA xGF-xGA
24 Nathan Gerbe C 1 0 1 1 0 2 2 16:32 0.13 10-12 0.36-0.30
26 Thomas Vanek L 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 14:45 0.09 16-16 0.32-0.64
12 Tim Connolly C 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 17:08 0.03 13-18 0.26-0.65
28 Brad Boyes R 0 1 1 1 0 2 2 16:40 0.15 10-12 0.33-0.30
28 Paul Gaustad C 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 16:09 10-12 0.42-0.30
29 Jason Pominville R 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 16:44 0.14 15-14 0.29-0.49
5 Steve Montador D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 18:12 0.07 12-18 0.41-0.47
5 Andrej Sekera D 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 23:13 0.02 16-12 0.72-0.25
6 Mike Weber D 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 18:18 0.04 17-13 0.35-0.49
8 Cody McCormick C 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 12:00 0.05 10-8 0.33-0.62
18 Drew Stafford R 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 15:55 0.26 9-13 0.44-0.39
20 Rob Niedermayer C 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 11:18 0.21 9-8 0.36-0.62
25 Mike Grier R 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11:03 0.07 10-8 0.42-0.62
25 Chris Butler D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21:26 14-25 0.43-1.23
27 Shaone Morrisonn D 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 16:03 0.06 14-10 0.34-0.32
55 Jochen Hecht C 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 14:29 0.19 11-9 0.48-0.23
57 Tyler Myers D 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 20:54 15-16 0.72-0.84
63 Tyler Ennis R 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 15:11 0.12 9-11 0.44-0.24
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
30 Ryan Miller W, SO 30 30 0 60:00 2.12 +2.12