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New Jersey Devils at Buffalo Sabres

Apr 1, 2014 · First Niagara Center

Team Goals Shots
New Jersey Devils 2 35
Buffalo Sabres 3 27

Decided in a shootout.

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
2nd Period
08:16 NJD Dainius Zubrus (1) Michael Ryder (1), Damien Brunner (1) 1 - 0
3rd Period
01:39 BUF Tyler Ennis (1) Ville Leino (1), Drew Stafford (1) 1 - 1
04:41 BUF Tyler Ennis (2) PP Cody Hodgson (1), Drew Stafford (2) 1 - 2
06:58 NJD Tuomo Ruutu (1) PP Andy Greene (1), Marek Zidlicky (1) 2 - 2
Shootout
BUF Ville Leino Shootout winner 2 - 3

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
01:25 NJD Patrik Elias Hooking 2
08:26 BUF Brian Flynn Delaying game puck over glass 2
3rd Period
03:32 NJD Steve Bernier High sticking 2
06:35 BUF Ville Leino Holding 2
12:18 NJD Jacob Josefson Boarding 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
New Jersey Devils 71 45 35 2 3.5 63.5
Buffalo Sabres 43 31 27 2 1.6 36.5

How the game went

302520151050Start2nd3rdOTBuffalo 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: 3.5 expected, 2 scored · Buffalo Sabres: 1.6 expected, 2 scored

0123Start2nd3rdOTNJD goal, 8:16 of 2nd, a 14% chanceNJD goal, 6:58 of 3rd, a 9% chanceBUF goal, 1:39 of 3rd, a 10% chanceBUF goal, 4:41 of 3rd, a 8% chanceNJD 3.5BUF 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
Jaromir Jagr · Tuomo Ruutu · Travis Zajac13:0688.290.70-1
Dainius Zubrus · Michael Ryder · Damien Brunner9:3762.554.71-0
Patrik Elias · Adam Henrique · Mike Sislo8:3480.093.70-0
Steve Bernier · Ryan Carter · Jacob Josefson6:0142.934.00-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Marek Zidlicky · Peter Harrold16:1180.087.10-0
Mark Fayne · Andy Greene15:4566.755.10-1
Eric Gelinas · Adam Larsson11:0747.663.71-0

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
9 Dainius Zubrus C 1 0 1 1 0 3 3 18:25 0.24 17-12 0.63-0.50
15 Tuomo Ruutu L 1 0 1 -1 0 2 2 18:03 0.24 15-3 0.99-0.10
4 Andy Greene D 0 1 1 -1 0 1 1 27:28 0.10 23-9 0.93-0.35
12 Damien Brunner R 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 16:09 0.03 18-17 0.60-0.63
17 Michael Ryder R 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 16:08 0.32 18-15 0.63-0.68
28 Marek Zidlicky D 0 1 1 0 0 5 3 23:25 0.51 25-7 1.60-0.27
5 Mark Fayne D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 21:05 0.02 16-9 0.43-0.43
6 Adam Larsson D 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 18:05 13-15 0.59-0.53
8 Steve Bernier R 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 06:47 3-6 0.12-0.27
10 Peter Harrold D 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 23:01 21-10 1.10-0.43
10 Jacob Josefson C 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 10:28 5-7 0.16-0.39
14 Travis Zajac C 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 22:21 0.22 19-6 1.07-0.17
18 Ryan Carter L 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 07:15 0.12 3-6 0.12-0.42
19 Adam Henrique C 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 18:53 0.08 15-6 0.81-0.16
26 Patrik Elias C 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 19:46 0.12 18-7 0.88-0.09
44 Eric Gelinas D 0 0 0 1 0 6 1 16:56 0.42 10-12 0.59-0.45
46 Mike Sislo R 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 10:41 0.48 12-5 0.80-0.16
68 Jaromir Jagr R 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 20:10 0.58 19-3 1.07-0.11
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
35 Cory Schneider OTL 27 25 2 64:45 1.64 -0.36

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Cody Hodgson · Brian Flynn · Zemgus Girgensons12:5257.944.10-0
Matt D'Agostini · Marcus Foligno · Johan Larsson10:1764.367.50-0
Drew Stafford · Ville Leino · Tyler Ennis8:1336.484.71-0
Drew Stafford · Tyler Ennis · Cory Conacher7:1928.623.30-1
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Christian Ehrhoff · Chad Ruhwedel16:0041.936.80-0
Mike Weber · Jamie McBain14:2129.231.30-1
Henrik Tallinder · Rasmus Ristolainen13:5945.041.01-0

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
63 Tyler Ennis R 2 0 2 0 0 4 0 23:22 0.42 10-22 0.51-0.84
18 Drew Stafford R 0 2 2 0 0 4 1 22:28 0.11 9-21 0.49-1.13
11 Cody Hodgson C 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 20:16 0.27 12-13 0.38-0.55
23 Ville Leino L 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 14:55 5-13 0.36-0.35
5 Chad Ruhwedel D 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 19:44 0.02 14-19 0.37-0.61
6 Mike Weber D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 21:11 0.03 8-19 0.45-1.06
17 Marcus Foligno L 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 14:46 0.13 10-7 0.25-0.13
20 Henrik Tallinder D 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 15:46 9-11 0.42-0.60
21 Jamie McBain D 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 21:55 0.12 8-23 0.44-1.33
22 John Scott L 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 04:58 0.11 1-7 0.11-0.18
22 Johan Larsson L 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 15:55 9-12 0.25-0.36
27 Matt D'Agostini R 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 17:44 0.11 9-11 0.25-0.30
28 Zemgus Girgensons C 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 19:48 0.07 11-17 0.37-1.40
32 Brian Flynn C 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 17:47 0.07 12-19 0.38-1.18
37 Matt Ellis L 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 05:00 1-3 0.11-0.01
55 Christian Ehrhoff D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27:39 0.03 14-24 0.36-0.97
55 Rasmus Ristolainen D 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 20:26 0.03 9-12 0.42-0.68
89 Cory Conacher C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 14:00 0.12 4-17 0.24-1.42
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
50 Nathan Lieuwen W 35 33 2 64:57 3.48 +1.48