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Buffalo Sabres at New Jersey Devils

Dec 28, 2011 · Prudential Center

Team Goals Shots
Buffalo Sabres 1 23
New Jersey Devils 3 23

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
09:52 NJD Petr Sykora (1) Patrik Elias (1), Martin Brodeur (1) 0 - 1
2nd Period
01:26 NJD Petr Sykora (2) Patrik Elias (2), Anton Volchenkov (1) 0 - 2
06:55 NJD Zach Parise (1) Mark Fayne (1), Adam Henrique (1) 0 - 3
07:41 BUF Thomas Vanek (1) PP Jordan Leopold (1), Drew Stafford (1) 1 - 3

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
02:44 BUF Zack Kassian Holding the stick 2
14:20 NJD Zach Parise Cross checking 2
2nd Period
02:27 BUF Christian Ehrhoff Tripping 2
07:12 NJD Eric Boulton Boarding 2
07:12 NJD Eric Boulton Roughing 2
07:12 BUF Cody McCormick Roughing 2
07:12 BUF Paul Gaustad Misconduct 10
07:12 BUF Patrick Kaleta Misconduct 10
07:12 NJD Cam Janssen Misconduct 10
07:12 NJD Bryce Salvador Misconduct 10
11:42 NJD Petr Sykora High sticking 2
13:51 NJD Team Too many men on the ice 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres 42 35 23 1 2.1 50.9
New Jersey Devils 41 33 23 3 1.8 49.1

How the game went

4202468Start2nd3rdNew Jersey Devils aheadBuffalo Sabres 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 New Jersey Devils had taken more, and below it and blue while Buffalo Sabres had.

Expected goals

Buffalo Sabres: 2.1 expected, 1 scored · New Jersey Devils: 1.8 expected, 3 scored

00.511.52Start2nd3rdEndBUF goal, 7:41 of 2nd, a 41% chanceNJD goal, 9:52 of 1st, a 13% chanceNJD goal, 1:26 of 2nd, a 11% chanceNJD goal, 6:55 of 2nd, a 2% chanceBUF 2.1NJD 1.8

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

Buffalo Sabres
New Jersey Devils

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.

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Brad Boyes · Derek Roy · Drew Stafford13:5255.636.50-1
Jochen Hecht · Jason Pominville · Thomas Vanek12:3250.043.30-2
Matt Ellis · Luke Adam · Zack Kassian10:3361.565.40-0
Paul Gaustad · Cody McCormick · Patrick Kaleta5:0850.045.70-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Christian Ehrhoff · Brayden McNabb14:3954.554.80-0
Jordan Leopold · Mike Weber11:2266.754.20-1
Robyn Regehr · Andrej Sekera5:1637.539.80-2

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
26 Thomas Vanek L 1 0 1 -2 0 2 0 18:23 0.47 12-14 0.49-0.70
18 Drew Stafford R 0 1 1 -1 0 0 1 19:31 5-4 0.15-0.25
33 Jordan Leopold D 0 1 1 -1 0 1 1 24:42 0.02 11-8 0.32-0.37
3 Brayden McNabb D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22:08 13-11 0.37-0.37
5 Andrej Sekera D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 07:47 3-5 0.21-0.32
6 Mike Weber D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 21:27 0.03 9-7 0.28-0.42
8 Derek Roy C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 21:20 0.06 7-6 0.19-0.41
8 Cody McCormick C 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 06:46 0.05 3-3 0.11-0.13
25 Luke Adam C 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 13:54 0.39 8-5 0.21-0.11
28 Brad Boyes R 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 18:30 0.17 6-5 0.18-0.29
28 Paul Gaustad C 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 07:59 3-4 0.11-0.13
29 Jason Pominville R 0 0 0 -2 0 5 0 20:59 0.33 11-11 0.46-0.60
36 Patrick Kaleta R 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 08:26 3-4 0.11-0.13
37 Matt Ellis L 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 13:03 0.02 9-8 0.23-0.29
44 Robyn Regehr D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 2 17:25 8-10 0.36-0.59
44 Zack Kassian R 0 0 0 0 2 5 1 12:19 0.24 9-9 0.23-0.29
55 Jochen Hecht C 0 0 0 -2 0 0 2 17:57 0.27 11-11 0.46-0.60
55 Christian Ehrhoff D 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 24:52 0.10 14-15 0.41-0.55
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
30 Ryan Miller 23 20 3 58:32 1.77 -1.23

New Jersey Devils

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Ilya Kovalchuk · Zach Parise · Adam Henrique12:5050.049.71-0
Petr Sykora · Patrik Elias · Dainius Zubrus11:3031.649.02-0
David Clarkson · Travis Zajac · Tim Sestito5:5183.390.10-0
David Clarkson · Travis Zajac · Mattias Tedenby5:5050.020.90-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Mark Fayne · Matt Taormina16:4062.572.12-0
Bryce Salvador · Adam Larsson15:1435.732.80-0
Anton Volchenkov · Kurtis Foster10:4536.446.21-0

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
15 Petr Sykora R 2 0 2 2 2 3 0 16:18 0.49 10-15 0.57-0.50
26 Patrik Elias C 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 19:46 6-16 0.44-0.54
9 Zach Parise L 1 0 1 1 2 4 1 19:13 0.28 13-6 0.60-0.20
5 Mark Fayne D 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 20:51 0.04 15-9 0.85-0.33
19 Adam Henrique C 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 19:45 0.03 10-6 0.38-0.20
20 Anton Volchenkov D 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 18:50 0.01 5-10 0.20-0.24
3 Kurtis Foster D 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 17:16 0.12 7-8 0.23-0.19
6 Adam Larsson D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 20:04 0.02 5-12 0.20-0.42
9 Dainius Zubrus C 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 19:15 0.07 8-16 0.51-0.53
9 Mattias Tedenby R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 07:53 2-3 0.02-0.12
12 Tim Sestito L 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10:36 0.08 7-4 0.25-0.13
14 Travis Zajac C 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 18:46 0.22 10-4 0.43-0.12
17 Ilya Kovalchuk L 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 20:49 0.32 9-7 0.35-0.23
20 Matt Taormina D 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 20:33 0.06 18-10 0.95-0.36
23 David Clarkson R 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 15:38 0.03 8-3 0.32-0.10
24 Bryce Salvador D 0 0 0 0 10 0 1 18:22 5-9 0.20-0.41
25 Cam Janssen R 0 0 0 0 10 0 2 05:13 2-3 0.07-0.11
36 Eric Boulton L 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 04:23 0-4 0.00-0.13
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
30 Martin Brodeur 23 22 1 60:00 2.12 +1.12