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New Jersey Devils at Buffalo Sabres

Feb 14, 2012 · First Niagara Center

Team Goals Shots
New Jersey Devils 4 31
Buffalo Sabres 1 30

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
19:24 NJD Ilya Kovalchuk (1) PP Patrik Elias (1), David Clarkson (1) 1 - 0
2nd Period
17:19 BUF Jason Pominville (1) Unassisted 1 - 1
3rd Period
01:44 NJD Petr Sykora (1) PP Adam Henrique (1), Ilya Kovalchuk (1) 2 - 1
09:47 NJD Ilya Kovalchuk (2) Adam Henrique (2), Mark Fayne (1) 3 - 1
19:51 NJD Ilya Kovalchuk (3) Zach Parise (1) 4 - 1

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
01:13 BUF Robyn Regehr Holding 2
18:42 BUF Thomas Vanek Tripping 2
2nd Period
03:18 NJD Bryce Salvador Delaying game 2
05:24 BUF Derek Roy Tripping 2
10:48 BUF Jordan Leopold Hooking 2
18:47 BUF Christian Ehrhoff Tripping 2
20:00 BUF Mike Weber Cross checking 2
3rd Period
03:23 NJD Andy Greene Tripping 2
17:29 BUF Derek Roy Tripping 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
New Jersey Devils 60 41 31 4 5.2 47.9
Buffalo Sabres 47 35 30 1 1.9 52.1

How the game went

151050Start2nd3rdBuffalo 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: 5.2 expected, 4 scored · Buffalo Sabres: 1.9 expected, 1 scored

024Start2nd3rdEndNJD goal, 19:24 of 1st, a 9% chanceNJD goal, 1:44 of 3rd, a 5% chanceNJD goal, 9:47 of 3rd, a 11% chanceNJD goal, 19:51 of 3rd, a 54% chanceBUF goal, 17:19 of 2nd, a 10% chanceNJD 5.2BUF 1.9

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 · Zach Parise · Adam Henrique11:3164.081.91-0
Dainius Zubrus · Alexei Ponikarovsky · Steve Bernier10:4660.079.90-0
Petr Sykora · Patrik Elias · David Clarkson8:5435.710.50-0
Stephane Veilleux · Cam Janssen · Jacob Josefson2:520.00.00-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Bryce Salvador · Anton Volchenkov16:3052.667.60-1
Mark Fayne · Andy Greene14:3055.626.20-0
Kurtis Foster · Matt Taormina7:4729.433.50-0

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
17 Ilya Kovalchuk L 3 1 4 2 0 7 0 25:04 0.47 18-10 0.51-0.13
19 Adam Henrique C 0 2 2 1 0 1 1 17:32 0.26 18-12 0.49-0.31
15 Petr Sykora R 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 13:17 0.05 6-11 0.04-0.34
5 Mark Fayne D 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 20:05 0.07 17-13 0.37-0.82
9 Zach Parise L 0 1 1 2 0 7 0 22:59 1.17 18-9 0.62-0.11
23 David Clarkson R 0 1 1 0 0 5 0 20:16 0.86 7-11 0.17-0.40
26 Patrik Elias C 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 21:43 0.02 7-11 0.17-0.40
3 Kurtis Foster D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15:56 5-12 0.14-0.28
4 Andy Greene D 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 19:38 0.02 18-14 0.29-0.75
8 Steve Bernier R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13:54 0.11 10-8 0.48-0.32
9 Dainius Zubrus C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 18:47 0.10 11-13 0.48-0.61
10 Jacob Josefson C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 07:18 0.02 1-7 0.02-0.49
12 Alexei Ponikarovsky L 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 15:17 0.26 9-11 0.48-0.30
19 Stephane Veilleux L 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 04:34 0-7 0.00-0.68
20 Anton Volchenkov D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 21:23 12-10 0.64-0.29
20 Matt Taormina D 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 11:59 0.02 7-14 0.27-0.28
24 Bryce Salvador D 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 21:50 11-13 0.64-0.44
25 Cam Janssen R 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 04:28 0-4 0.00-0.19
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
30 Martin Brodeur W 30 29 1 60:00 1.87 +0.87

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Derek Roy · Jason Pominville · Thomas Vanek10:2542.961.10-1
Drew Stafford · Nathan Gerbe · Tyler Ennis8:3458.340.80-0
Paul Gaustad · Patrick Kaleta · Ville Leino6:0650.025.10-0
Brad Boyes · Tyler Ennis · Zack Kassian3:1462.574.80-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Andrej Sekera · Tyler Myers15:0057.749.70-1
Christian Ehrhoff · Mike Weber11:4250.073.90-0
Robyn Regehr · Jordan Leopold9:2242.955.61-0

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
29 Jason Pominville R 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 19:26 0.28 9-10 0.51-0.35
5 Andrej Sekera D 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 21:20 0.09 19-11 0.42-0.34
6 Mike Weber D 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 16:42 0.01 10-10 0.63-0.47
8 Derek Roy C 0 0 0 -2 4 2 0 18:45 0.18 7-13 0.41-0.39
18 Drew Stafford R 0 0 0 -1 0 5 1 16:37 0.15 12-10 0.22-0.28
23 Ville Leino L 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 11:29 11-6 0.16-0.34
24 Nathan Gerbe C 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 13:29 0.02 11-11 0.19-0.30
26 Thomas Vanek L 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 17:05 0.29 9-12 0.49-0.32
28 Brad Boyes R 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 13:06 0.12 10-7 0.67-0.36
28 Paul Gaustad C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 17:49 0.03 9-12 0.32-0.33
33 Jordan Leopold D 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 16:39 0.01 10-9 0.25-0.18
36 Patrick Kaleta R 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 14:19 0.01 7-9 0.13-0.31
38 Marc-Andre Gragnani D 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 05:12 0.06 3-6 0.17-0.42
44 Robyn Regehr D 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 14:10 7-9 0.22-0.16
44 Zack Kassian R 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 07:32 0.17 10-6 0.57-0.22
55 Christian Ehrhoff D 0 0 0 -1 2 2 2 20:07 0.05 11-13 0.82-0.40
57 Tyler Myers D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 24:57 0.14 16-13 0.35-0.35
63 Tyler Ennis R 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 19:18 0.27 19-8 0.62-0.28
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
30 Ryan Miller L 30 27 3 59:32 3.58 +0.58