Buffalo Sabres at New Jersey Devils

Feb 20, 2021 · Prudential Center

Team	Goals	Shots
Buffalo Sabres	3	29
New Jersey Devils	2	27

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
1st Period
05:26	BUF	Colin Miller (2)	Taylor Hall (9), Eric Staal (3)	1 - 0
2nd Period
08:07	BUF	Sam Reinhart (4)	Matt Irwin (2), Brandon Montour (3)	2 - 0
17:46	BUF	Sam Reinhart (5) PP	Jack Eichel (11), Rasmus Dahlin (4)	3 - 0
3rd Period
00:40	NJD	Kyle Palmieri (3)	Jack Hughes (7), Will Butcher (2)	3 - 1
16:44	NJD	P.K. Subban (1) PP	Pavel Zacha (3), Jesper Bratt (4)	3 - 2

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
1st Period
07:36	BUF	Cody Eakin	Broken stick	2
14:28	BUF	Sam Reinhart	Slashing	2
2nd Period
17:16	NJD	Dmitry Kulikov	Holding	2
3rd Period
15:16	BUF	Jack Eichel	Tripping	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres	44	41	29	3	2.6	50.0
New Jersey Devils	53	35	27	2	1.7	50.0

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: 2.6 expected, 3 scored · New Jersey Devils: 1.7 expected, 2 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
Sam Reinhart · Victor Olofsson · Jack Eichel	14:02	54.2	55.4	1-0
Kyle Okposo · Cody Eakin · Tobias Rieder	13:25	37.5	39.3	0-1
Riley Sheahan · Jeff Skinner · Curtis Lazar	10:34	42.1	70.7	0-0
Eric Staal · Taylor Hall · Dylan Cozens	10:23	55.6	74.4	1-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Matt Irwin · Brandon Montour	15:18	46.7	57.9	1-0
Colin Miller · Jake McCabe	14:22	61.9	76.0	1-1
Will Borgen · Rasmus Dahlin	12:49	56.3	69.8	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
13	Sam Reinhart	C	2	0	2	1	2	3	1	14:50	0.27	13-12	0.55-0.44
6	Colin Miller	D	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	20:46	0.06	16-13	0.81-0.26
9	Jack Eichel	C	0	1	1	1	2	1	1	15:56	0.00	13-11	0.55-0.44
12	Eric Staal	C	0	1	1	1	0	3	0	10:36	0.21	10-8	0.52-0.18
26	Rasmus Dahlin	D	0	1	1	0	0	3	2	18:24	0.23	11-10	0.52-0.25
52	Matt Irwin	D	0	1	1	1	0	2	3	19:54	0.10	15-18	0.83-0.62
62	Brandon Montour	D	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	21:43	0.03	15-21	1.01-0.79
71	Taylor Hall	L	0	1	1	1	0	3	0	13:27	0.35	13-8	0.84-0.18
8	Kyle Okposo	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1	3	15:55	0.09	7-10	0.26-0.40
8	Riley Sheahan	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	15:53	0.04	9-11	0.81-0.27
13	Tobias Rieder	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	16:45	0.08	7-11	0.27-0.40
17	Will Borgen	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	19:14	0.02	11-10	0.48-0.28
20	Cody Eakin	C	0	0	0	-1	2	0	1	17:27	0.06	8-11	0.28-0.40
20	Curtis Lazar	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	15:38	0.42	10-11	0.97-0.27
22	Jake McCabe	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	19:29		14-10	0.98-0.40
24	Dylan Cozens	C	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	10:54	0.07	11-8	0.67-0.18
53	Jeff Skinner	L	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	11:22	0.44	8-11	0.65-0.27
95	Victor Olofsson	L	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	16:19	0.09	14-11	0.56-0.44

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
35	Linus Ullmark	W	27	25	2	60:00	1.69	-0.31

New Jersey Devils

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Kyle Palmieri · Andreas Johnsson · Jack Hughes	9:27	57.9	36.5	1-1
Pavel Zacha · Janne Kuokkanen · Yegor Sharangovich	8:18	0.0	0.0	0-1
Miles Wood · Nathan Bastian · Michael McLeod	7:29	53.8	55.9	0-0
Pavel Zacha · Jesper Bratt · Nico Hischier	5:56	83.3	100.0	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Damon Severson · Ty Smith	16:27	65.2	57.5	0-0
Dmitry Kulikov · Sami Vatanen	14:54	48.3	34.3	0-1
P.K. Subban · Will Butcher	12:21	36.8	11.7	1-1

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
21	Kyle Palmieri	C	1	0	1	0	0	5	2	15:47	0.27	15-13	0.51-0.83
76	P.K. Subban	D	1	0	1	0	0	2	1	18:59	0.06	9-15	0.19-1.11
4	Will Butcher	D	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	15:08	0.03	9-14	0.32-1.18
18	Pavel Zacha	C	0	1	1	-1	0	2	1	20:10	0.16	9-15	0.27-0.59
63	Jesper Bratt	L	0	1	1	0	0	3	1	18:45	0.35	11-6	0.40-0.27
86	Jack Hughes	C	0	1	1	0	0	5	1	20:51	0.28	17-11	0.55-0.89
7	Dmitry Kulikov	D	0	0	0	-1	2	1	1	17:56	0.04	15-16	0.34-0.62
11	Miles Wood	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	13:40	0.22	11-10	0.38-0.41
11	Nathan Bastian	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	08:25		8-6	0.28-0.21
13	Nico Hischier	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	16:29	0.02	9-6	0.32-0.27
14	Travis Zajac	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	15:22	0.06	8-9	0.18-0.80
17	Yegor Sharangovich	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	12:55		1-15	0.00-0.75
18	Andreas Johnsson	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	17:27	0.01	20-13	0.60-0.97
20	Michael McLeod	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	11:27	0.06	10-7	0.34-0.32
42	Ty Smith	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	24:06	0.05	16-10	0.59-0.44
45	Sami Vatanen	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	18:17	0.02	16-16	0.51-0.62
59	Janne Kuokkanen	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	12:56	0.02	4-12	0.05-0.62
78	Damon Severson	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	22:03	0.03	17-11	0.63-0.65

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
39	Mackenzie Blackwood	L	29	26	3	58:46	2.59	-0.41