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Buffalo Sabres at New Jersey Devils

Dec 29, 2017 · Prudential Center

Team Goals Shots
Buffalo Sabres 4 29
New Jersey Devils 3 38

Decided in overtime.

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
13:35 NJD Miles Wood (10) Stefan Noesen (7), Pavel Zacha (8) 0 - 1
2nd Period
05:27 BUF Jacob Josefson (2) Jordan Nolan (3) 1 - 1
08:34 NJD Marcus Johansson (5) PP Sami Vatanen (5), Nico Hischier (17) 1 - 2
14:55 NJD John Moore (5) Brian Gibbons (9) 1 - 3
18:05 BUF Jack Eichel (14) Jake McCabe (8), Zemgus Girgensons (4) 2 - 3
3rd Period
11:04 BUF Jack Eichel (15) PP Kyle Okposo (11), Rasmus Ristolainen (10) 3 - 3
Overtime
02:37 BUF Rasmus Ristolainen (1) Ryan O'Reilly (15) 4 - 3

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
04:23 NJD Stefan Noesen Holding the stick 2
14:44 BUF Jake McCabe Delaying game puck over glass 2
15:12 NJD Brian Boyle High sticking 2
2nd Period
08:05 BUF Zemgus Girgensons Holding 2
3rd Period
09:40 NJD Sami Vatanen Slashing 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres 52 43 29 4 2.3 41.2
New Jersey Devils 54 45 38 3 3.0 58.8

How the game went

5051015Start2nd3rdOTNew 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: 2.3 expected, 4 scored · New Jersey Devils: 3.0 expected, 3 scored

0123Start2nd3rdOTBUF goal, 5:27 of 2nd, a 15% chanceBUF goal, 18:05 of 2nd, a 9% chanceBUF goal, 11:04 of 3rd, a 10% chanceBUF goal, 2:37 of overtime, a 16% chanceNJD goal, 13:35 of 1st, a 39% chanceNJD goal, 8:34 of 2nd, a 6% chanceNJD goal, 14:55 of 2nd, a 1% chanceNJD 3.0BUF 2.3

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
Kyle Okposo · Ryan O'Reilly · Evander Kane15:2235.029.50-0
Zemgus Girgensons · Sam Reinhart · Jack Eichel11:4526.337.91-0
Jason Pominville · Benoit Pouliot · Evan Rodrigues9:1861.111.60-2
Jacob Josefson · Jordan Nolan · Johan Larsson8:5331.335.81-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Zach Bogosian · Jake McCabe18:4442.436.91-0
Marco Scandella · Rasmus Ristolainen18:1640.722.61-1
Justin Falk · Nathan Beaulieu11:1341.218.80-1

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

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 Jack Eichel C 2 0 2 1 0 5 1 18:04 0.44 9-14 0.31-0.43
55 Rasmus Ristolainen D 1 1 2 1 0 3 6 25:52 0.30 13-19 0.58-1.63
10 Jacob Josefson C 1 0 1 1 0 3 2 12:24 0.25 5-13 0.33-0.68
8 Kyle Okposo R 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 20:03 0.19 12-13 0.25-0.36
22 Jake McCabe D 0 1 1 1 2 3 6 22:04 0.06 14-22 0.39-0.73
28 Zemgus Girgensons C 0 1 1 1 2 0 2 13:20 5-14 0.26-0.43
71 Jordan Nolan C 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 10:25 0.06 5-11 0.33-0.60
90 Ryan O'Reilly C 0 1 1 1 0 2 3 22:37 0.09 10-13 0.27-0.36
6 Marco Scandella D 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 23:11 0.08 11-18 0.44-1.52
13 Sam Reinhart C 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 18:34 0.28 9-17 0.38-0.57
17 Evan Rodrigues C 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 13:09 0.12 11-11 0.15-1.31
22 Johan Larsson L 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 11:42 6-11 0.40-0.60
24 Zach Bogosian D 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 21:41 0.09 16-20 0.47-0.72
28 Nathan Beaulieu D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 14:49 0.03 9-10 0.15-0.40
29 Jason Pominville R 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 13:15 0.04 11-8 0.15-1.13
42 Justin Falk D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 12:30 7-11 0.09-0.43
67 Benoit Pouliot L 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 12:09 0.08 11-12 0.15-1.33
91 Evander Kane L 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 19:38 0.18 11-13 0.20-0.36
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
90 Robin Lehner W 38 35 3 62:32 3.11 +0.11

New Jersey Devils

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Travis Zajac · Marcus Johansson · Kyle Palmieri12:5035.730.90-1
Taylor Hall · Jesper Bratt · Nico Hischier12:3078.979.50-0
Stefan Noesen · Miles Wood · Pavel Zacha11:0875.090.71-0
Brian Boyle · Brian Gibbons · Blake Coleman9:1035.044.81-1
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
John Moore · Sami Vatanen18:4180.084.11-0
Andy Greene · Steven Santini15:4042.930.80-0
Damon Severson · Will Butcher13:0965.283.71-1

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
11 Miles Wood L 1 0 1 1 0 5 0 12:30 0.73 16-5 1.58-0.16
27 John Moore D 1 0 1 0 0 2 3 23:03 0.06 22-6 0.76-0.19
90 Marcus Johansson L 1 0 1 -1 0 2 0 16:16 0.13 7-9 0.23-0.32
11 Stefan Noesen R 0 1 1 1 2 1 1 13:01 0.07 16-7 1.60-0.26
13 Nico Hischier C 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 17:29 0.32 17-6 0.52-0.22
18 Pavel Zacha C 0 1 1 1 0 5 1 14:16 0.71 17-6 1.65-0.17
29 Brian Gibbons C 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 14:12 0.11 10-14 0.35-0.35
45 Sami Vatanen D 0 1 1 1 2 8 0 23:15 0.29 22-10 0.79-0.28
4 Andy Greene D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 21:08 9-15 0.12-0.48
4 Will Butcher D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14:56 0.04 16-9 1.66-0.34
11 Brian Boyle C 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 11:08 0.02 10-13 0.39-0.35
14 Travis Zajac C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 18:16 7-12 0.23-0.42
16 Steven Santini D 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 21:38 0.05 11-16 0.29-0.32
20 Blake Coleman L 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 12:25 0.12 9-14 0.39-0.35
21 Kyle Palmieri C 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 15:53 0.05 5-9 0.14-0.32
63 Jesper Bratt L 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 16:29 0.16 18-5 0.56-0.13
71 Taylor Hall L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 18:52 0.18 18-5 0.52-0.13
78 Damon Severson D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 17:40 0.02 20-14 1.82-0.51
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
35 Cory Schneider OTL 29 25 4 62:37 2.33 -1.67