Buffalo Sabres at New Jersey Devils

Mar 25, 2019 · Prudential Center

Team	Goals	Shots
Buffalo Sabres	1	46
New Jersey Devils	3	21

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
1st Period
01:55	NJD	Blake Coleman (22) PP	Nico Hischier (28), Travis Zajac (25)	0 - 1
07:23	BUF	Sam Reinhart (20)	Rasmus Dahlin (33)	1 - 1
3rd Period
04:30	NJD	Pavel Zacha (12) PP	Will Butcher (25), Kenny Agostino (16)	1 - 2
18:35	NJD	Miles Wood (9)	Andy Greene (20), Pavel Zacha (9)	1 - 3

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
1st Period
01:26	BUF	Rasmus Dahlin	Holding	2
16:22	BUF	Vladimir Sobotka	Slashing	2
2nd Period
10:20	NJD	Travis Zajac	Tripping	2
3rd Period
02:48	BUF	Vladimir Sobotka	Hooking	2
13:23	NJD	Connor Carrick	Holding	2
19:35	NJD	Kenny Agostino	Hooking	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres	62	52	46	1	2.9	62.8
New Jersey Devils	34	30	21	3	2.4	37.2

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 New Jersey Devils had taken more, and below it and blue while Buffalo Sabres had.

Expected goals

Buffalo Sabres: 2.9 expected, 1 scored · New Jersey Devils: 2.4 expected, 3 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

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 line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Conor Sheary · Jack Eichel · Alex Nylander	11:05	84.6	75.2	0-0
Jeff Skinner · Sam Reinhart · Evan Rodrigues	10:51	66.7	67.4	1-0
Jason Pominville · Vladimir Sobotka · Tage Thompson	8:23	54.5	58.0	0-0
Kyle Okposo · Johan Larsson · Zemgus Girgensons	6:58	69.2	75.3	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Brandon Montour · Rasmus Dahlin	18:27	58.1	62.1	1-0
Rasmus Ristolainen · Lawrence Pilut	14:54	86.4	76.6	0-0
Marco Scandella · Casey Nelson	10:38	57.1	63.7	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
13	Sam Reinhart	C	1	0	1	0	0	5	0	20:24	0.17	16-13	0.82-0.72
26	Rasmus Dahlin	D	0	1	1	1	2	5	1	23:49	0.20	19-15	0.98-0.67
6	Marco Scandella	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	15:29		10-8	0.47-0.25
8	Kyle Okposo	R	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	10:29	0.12	10-7	0.24-0.09
8	Casey Nelson	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	14:01		10-9	0.36-0.41
9	Jack Eichel	C	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	20:01	0.28	16-5	0.98-0.38
17	Vladimir Sobotka	C	0	0	0	0	4	1	2	11:15	0.06	9-8	0.32-0.52
17	Evan Rodrigues	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	17:31	0.17	12-11	0.58-0.43
20	Lawrence Pilut	D	0	0	0	-1	0	3	1	20:42	0.13	20-7	0.82-0.31
22	Johan Larsson	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	13:38	0.05	12-7	0.32-0.11
28	Zemgus Girgensons	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	12:20	0.02	10-7	0.17-0.10
29	Jason Pominville	R	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	11:31	0.18	9-6	0.41-0.24
43	Conor Sheary	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	15:32	0.21	14-4	0.80-0.33
53	Jeff Skinner	L	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	20:26	0.51	17-10	0.77-0.50
55	Rasmus Ristolainen	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	20:03	0.09	20-4	0.75-0.38
62	Brandon Montour	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	23:19	0.05	19-15	1.02-0.62
72	Tage Thompson	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	11:12	0.07	9-6	0.47-0.25
92	Alex Nylander	L	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	15:42	0.54	13-3	0.73-0.25

#	Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
35	Linus Ullmark	20	18	2	58:25	1.77	-0.23

New Jersey Devils

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Kyle Palmieri · Kenny Agostino · Nico Hischier	10:44	46.2	50.4	0-1
Drew Stafford · Miles Wood · Pavel Zacha	10:03	37.5	35.7	0-0
Travis Zajac · Blake Coleman · Stefan Noesen	9:51	31.3	29.6	0-0
Kurtis Gabriel · Kevin Rooney · Michael McLeod	8:50	33.3	29.6	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Andy Greene · Damon Severson	16:20	30.8	33.8	0-1
Connor Carrick · Mirco Mueller	13:16	35.0	27.3	0-0
Will Butcher · Steven Santini	13:10	42.1	51.2	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	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits	TOI	xG	CF-CA	xGF-xGA
18	Pavel Zacha	C	1	1	2	1	0	1	3	17:23	0.27	8-18	0.47-0.73
11	Miles Wood	L	1	0	1	1	0	2	1	16:55	0.03	10-17	0.40-0.87
20	Blake Coleman	L	1	0	1	0	0	3	2	16:56	0.64	6-13	0.46-0.77
4	Andy Greene	D	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	22:05	0.06	11-18	0.48-0.68
4	Will Butcher	D	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	18:17		10-15	0.60-0.65
13	Nico Hischier	C	0	1	1	-1	0	2	0	17:08	0.16	9-8	0.37-0.24
14	Travis Zajac	C	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	15:40		6-13	0.37-0.85
20	Kenny Agostino	L	0	1	1	-1	2	0	4	15:38		7-10	0.24-0.35
11	Stefan Noesen	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	12:24	0.08	8-11	0.51-0.74
16	Steven Santini	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	18:48	0.02	11-14	0.67-0.76
18	Drew Stafford	R	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	15:48	0.19	9-13	0.45-0.54
20	Michael McLeod	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	11:30	0.02	6-14	0.14-0.39
21	Kyle Palmieri	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	16:26	0.16	8-9	0.36-0.33
25	Mirco Mueller	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	16:26	0.04	8-17	0.23-0.95
25	Kevin Rooney	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	13:16		6-10	0.10-0.39
58	Connor Carrick	D	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	17:42	0.06	9-18	0.28-0.90
78	Damon Severson	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	23:04	0.06	9-18	0.36-0.68
79	Kurtis Gabriel	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	10:09		4-9	0.08-0.21

#	Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
35	Cory Schneider	46	45	1	60:00	2.85	+1.85