New Jersey Devils at Buffalo Sabres

Jan 30, 2018 · KeyBank Center

Team	Goals	Shots
New Jersey Devils	3	28
Buffalo Sabres	1	28

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
2nd Period
05:49	NJD	Miles Wood (14)	Will Butcher (27), Kyle Palmieri (9)	1 - 0
3rd Period
05:31	NJD	Taylor Hall (18)	Jesper Bratt (19), Nico Hischier (22)	2 - 0
14:58	BUF	Jake McCabe (3) PP	Ryan O'Reilly (21)	2 - 1
19:54	NJD	Kyle Palmieri (9)	Unassisted	3 - 1

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
1st Period
04:19	NJD	Pavel Zacha	Hooking	2
07:42	NJD	Taylor Hall	Boarding	2
3rd Period
13:02	NJD	Andy Greene	Interference	2
17:15	NJD	Nico Hischier	Cross checking	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
New Jersey Devils	47	37	28	3	2.4	52.3
Buffalo Sabres	56	38	28	1	1.8	47.7

How the game went

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: 2.4 expected, 3 scored · Buffalo Sabres: 1.8 expected, 1 scored

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 line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Taylor Hall · Jesper Bratt · Nico Hischier	11:43	61.5	76.6	1-0
Kyle Palmieri · Miles Wood · Pavel Zacha	10:42	50.0	57.9	1-0
Travis Zajac · Blake Coleman · Stefan Noesen	9:05	53.8	71.9	0-0
Brian Boyle · Drew Stafford · Stefan Noesen	2:55	0.0	0.0	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
John Moore · Damon Severson	6:56	61.5	64.0	0-0
Andy Greene · Sami Vatanen	6:37	60.0	65.2	1-0
Ben Lovejoy · Will Butcher	6:27	61.5	76.8	0-0

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
21	Kyle Palmieri	C	1	1	2	2	0	4	1	18:32	0.11	14-17	0.53-0.40
11	Miles Wood	L	1	0	1	1	0	4	0	16:14	0.31	14-17	0.62-0.49
71	Taylor Hall	L	1	0	1	2	2	5	0	17:56	0.26	20-16	0.94-0.33
4	Will Butcher	D	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	12:58	0.02	15-9	0.84-0.14
13	Nico Hischier	C	0	1	1	1	2	1	0	16:10	0.15	21-14	0.67-0.17
63	Jesper Bratt	L	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	14:21	0.16	17-12	0.50-0.31
4	Andy Greene	D	0	0	0	2	2	1	1	20:31	0.09	16-19	0.22-0.49
11	Brian Boyle	C	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	13:05	0.24	2-7	0.29-0.17
11	Stefan Noesen	R	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	17:11	0.20	11-9	0.41-0.14
14	Travis Zajac	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	15:51	0.15	9-6	0.38-0.11
18	Drew Stafford	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	10:04	0.01	5-7	0.42-0.16
18	Pavel Zacha	C	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	15:29	0.04	14-15	0.53-0.51
20	Blake Coleman	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	17:11	0.03	11-6	0.30-0.11
21	Ben Lovejoy	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	17:38	0.01	13-16	0.64-0.33
25	Mirco Mueller	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	13:55	0.01	8-5	0.32-0.04
27	John Moore	D	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	21:13	0.02	14-14	0.98-0.34
45	Sami Vatanen	D	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	17:08	0.03	8-7	0.13-0.21
78	Damon Severson	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16:37	0.02	18-14	0.58-0.39

#	Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
30	Keith Kinkaid	28	27	1	60:00	1.79	+0.79

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Kyle Okposo · Zemgus Girgensons · Jack Eichel	13:11	56.0	50.3	0-0
Ryan O'Reilly · Scott Wilson · Sam Reinhart	10:44	70.0	57.1	0-1
Jason Pominville · Evander Kane · Johan Larsson	8:41	29.4	14.3	0-1
Benoit Pouliot · Nick Baptiste · Evan Rodrigues	5:57	42.9	25.1	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Marco Scandella · Rasmus Ristolainen	18:02	63.2	47.1	0-2
Jake McCabe · Victor Antipin	12:57	45.8	34.4	0-0
Justin Falk · Casey Nelson	12:32	25.0	14.4	0-0

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	+/-	Shots	Hits	TOI	xG	CF-CA	xGF-xGA
22	Jake McCabe	D	1	0	1	0	1	1	17:44	0.06	12-14	0.50-0.99
90	Ryan O'Reilly	C	0	1	1	-2	4	0	18:31	0.43	16-7	0.45-0.35
6	Marco Scandella	D	0	0	0	-3	3	2	23:52	0.11	26-17	0.41-0.49
8	Kyle Okposo	R	0	0	0	0	1	0	22:15	0.24	19-14	0.38-0.38
8	Casey Nelson	D	0	0	0	0	1	1	14:57	0.01	5-13	0.05-0.37
9	Jack Eichel	C	0	0	0	0	3	1	22:07	0.12	17-15	0.38-0.42
13	Nick Baptiste	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	08:30		4-6	0.03-0.21
13	Sam Reinhart	C	0	0	0	-1	3	1	19:32	0.37	14-10	0.45-0.48
17	Evan Rodrigues	C	0	0	0	-1	2	2	11:07	0.07	3-4	0.03-0.08
20	Scott Wilson	C	0	0	0	-1	3	2	12:41	0.08	15-8	0.47-0.38
22	Johan Larsson	L	0	0	0	-1	1	0	14:14	0.02	6-20	0.10-1.02
28	Zemgus Girgensons	C	0	0	0	-1	1	0	15:51	0.01	16-12	0.35-0.37
29	Jason Pominville	R	0	0	0	-2	1	0	14:48	0.07	5-16	0.10-0.79
42	Justin Falk	D	0	0	0	0	0	5	15:05		4-13	0.05-0.32
55	Rasmus Ristolainen	D	0	0	0	-2	3	3	27:14	0.06	25-19	0.41-0.55
67	Benoit Pouliot	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	09:40	0.01	4-11	0.03-0.40
91	Evander Kane	L	0	0	0	-2	0	2	17:48	0.05	7-15	0.12-0.72
93	Victor Antipin	D	0	0	0	0	1	0	15:35	0.06	12-16	0.50-0.99

#	Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
90	Robin Lehner	27	25	2	58:29	1.90	-0.10