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New Jersey Devils at Buffalo Sabres

Oct 9, 2017 · KeyBank Center

Team Goals Shots
New Jersey Devils 6 31
Buffalo Sabres 2 25

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
06:28 NJD Stefan Noesen (1) Brian Gibbons (1) 1 - 0
18:56 NJD Brian Gibbons (1) Nico Hischier (1), Marcus Johansson (1) 2 - 0
2nd Period
05:02 BUF Evander Kane (3) PP Rasmus Ristolainen (2) 2 - 1
05:23 NJD Jesper Bratt (2) SH Adam Henrique (1), Mirco Mueller (1) 3 - 1
07:49 NJD Marcus Johansson (1) Taylor Hall (2) 4 - 1
12:19 NJD Jesper Bratt (3) Taylor Hall (3), Andy Greene (1) 5 - 1
18:56 NJD Marcus Johansson (2) Jesper Bratt (2) 6 - 1
3rd Period
17:03 BUF Evander Kane (4) Jason Pominville (1) 6 - 2

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
09:26 BUF Kyle Okposo Tripping 2
2nd Period
01:33 BUF Zemgus Girgensons Slashing 2
03:33 NJD Team Delaying game bench face off violation 2
05:02 NJD Steven Santini Slashing 2
12:07 BUF Nathan Beaulieu Fighting 5
12:07 NJD Miles Wood Fighting 5
14:52 BUF Jason Pominville Holding 2
3rd Period
05:00 NJD Ben Lovejoy Hooking 2
09:02 BUF Team Too many men on the ice 2
10:39 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%
New Jersey Devils 51 41 31 6 3.4 53.8
Buffalo Sabres 47 34 25 2 1.6 46.2

How the game went

1210864202Start2nd3rdBuffalo 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: 3.4 expected, 6 scored · Buffalo Sabres: 1.6 expected, 2 scored

0123Start2nd3rdEndNJD goal, 6:28 of 1st, a 28% chanceNJD goal, 18:56 of 1st, a 19% chanceNJD goal, 5:23 of 2nd, a 11% chanceNJD goal, 7:49 of 2nd, a 12% chanceNJD goal, 12:19 of 2nd, a 12% chanceNJD goal, 18:56 of 2nd, a 12% chanceBUF goal, 5:02 of 2nd, a 17% chanceBUF goal, 17:03 of 3rd, a 27% chanceNJD 3.4BUF 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
Taylor Hall · Pavel Zacha · Jesper Bratt6:5380.098.01-0
Jimmy Hayes · Marcus Johansson · Nico Hischier4:5750.049.60-0
Brian Gibbons · Blake Coleman · Stefan Noesen4:4861.596.31-0
Adam Henrique · Stefan Noesen · Miles Wood3:0633.343.00-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Steven Santini · Mirco Mueller8:5926.727.20-1
Andy Greene · Damon Severson5:4172.7100.02-0
John Moore · Damon Severson5:1075.082.51-0

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
63 Jesper Bratt L 2 1 3 3 0 2 0 16:54 0.29 10-12 0.50-0.20
90 Marcus Johansson L 2 1 3 3 0 2 0 14:17 0.27 8-9 0.49-0.19
29 Brian Gibbons C 1 1 2 2 0 5 0 16:16 0.83 18-9 1.70-0.18
71 Taylor Hall L 0 2 2 2 0 3 0 17:34 0.21 12-5 0.51-0.05
11 Stefan Noesen R 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 16:56 0.50 18-9 1.57-0.07
4 Andy Greene D 0 1 1 3 0 1 1 16:48 0.03 18-4 1.48-0.11
13 Nico Hischier C 0 1 1 3 0 1 0 14:15 0.04 9-6 0.50-0.17
19 Adam Henrique C 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 18:19 0.12 9-12 0.47-0.20
25 Mirco Mueller D 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 17:54 0.05 8-17 0.59-0.65
4 Will Butcher D 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 15:46 14-13 1.38-0.16
10 Jimmy Hayes R 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 18:58 0.17 11-17 0.32-0.63
11 Miles Wood L 0 0 0 -1 5 1 2 10:57 0.10 7-8 0.31-0.54
16 Steven Santini D 0 0 0 -1 2 2 1 17:02 0.12 7-16 0.35-0.65
18 Pavel Zacha C 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 15:17 0.08 9-6 0.36-0.06
20 Blake Coleman L 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 14:57 0.38 15-12 1.37-0.55
21 Ben Lovejoy D 0 0 0 0 2 2 3 12:16 0.04 7-2 0.28-0.13
27 John Moore D 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 20:26 0.15 14-17 0.53-0.28
78 Damon Severson D 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 17:39 0.05 16-6 0.80-0.06
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
35 Cory Schneider W 25 23 2 60:00 1.68 -0.32

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Jason Pominville · Evander Kane · Jack Eichel11:3438.144.31-2
Ryan O'Reilly · Seth Griffith · Zemgus Girgensons5:2937.58.40-0
Matt Moulson · Jacob Josefson · Johan Larsson4:0245.57.50-1
Benoit Pouliot · Kyle Okposo · Sam Reinhart3:3933.30.00-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Nathan Beaulieu · Rasmus Ristolainen9:5141.216.80-2
Marco Scandella · Matt Tennyson8:2852.925.70-1
Jake McCabe · Victor Antipin6:1123.12.40-1

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
91 Evander Kane L 2 0 2 -3 0 7 6 17:51 0.85 12-14 0.69-0.84
29 Jason Pominville R 0 1 1 -2 2 0 0 14:06 10-13 0.58-0.71
55 Rasmus Ristolainen D 0 1 1 -3 0 1 3 26:37 0.03 8-18 0.12-1.12
6 Marco Scandella D 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 18:19 0.06 12-11 0.27-0.52
7 Matt Tennyson D 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 18:42 0.04 21-11 0.71-0.61
8 Kyle Okposo R 0 0 0 -1 2 1 2 15:55 0.12 6-12 0.05-0.55
9 Jack Eichel C 0 0 0 -2 0 0 2 19:58 0.05 9-15 0.57-0.96
10 Jacob Josefson C 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 11:20 0.08 9-9 0.14-1.12
13 Sam Reinhart C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 15:17 11-7 0.09-0.16
22 Johan Larsson L 0 0 0 -2 0 3 1 13:30 0.04 12-8 0.18-1.10
22 Jake McCabe D 0 0 0 -2 0 1 2 17:58 0.01 8-17 0.18-1.45
23 Seth Griffith C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13:45 11-8 0.19-0.38
26 Matt Moulson L 0 0 0 -3 0 2 0 10:16 0.05 9-9 0.14-1.06
28 Nathan Beaulieu D 0 0 0 -2 5 3 1 18:19 0.05 15-12 0.62-0.60
28 Zemgus Girgensons C 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 13:47 0.05 8-10 0.11-0.43
67 Benoit Pouliot L 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 12:00 5-9 0.03-0.31
90 Ryan O'Reilly C 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 18:50 0.21 6-12 0.15-0.48
93 Victor Antipin D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 15:30 8-15 0.04-1.10
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
1 Chad Johnson L 22 16 6 40:00 2.77 -3.23
90 Robin Lehner 9 9 0 20:00 0.73 +0.73