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New Jersey Devils at Buffalo Sabres

Apr 8, 2021 · KeyBank Center

Team Goals Shots
New Jersey Devils 6 38
Buffalo Sabres 3 27

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
00:53 BUF Victor Olofsson (11) Henri Jokiharju (3), Kyle Okposo (10) 0 - 1
02:06 NJD Pavel Zacha (9) PP Ty Smith (18), Jesper Bratt (17) 1 - 1
03:47 NJD Pavel Zacha (10) PP Ty Smith (19), Jesper Bratt (18) 2 - 1
16:04 NJD Jack Hughes (8) Janne Kuokkanen (12), Yegor Sharangovich (6) 3 - 1
2nd Period
11:56 BUF Tage Thompson (3) PP Brandon Montour (9), Colin Miller (5) 3 - 2
18:21 BUF Jeff Skinner (4) Sam Reinhart (12), Rasmus Dahlin (13) 3 - 3
3rd Period
08:45 NJD Jesper Boqvist (1) Michael McLeod (3) 4 - 3
18:17 NJD Yegor Sharangovich (9) Jack Hughes (11), Janne Kuokkanen (13) 5 - 3
19:28 NJD Janne Kuokkanen (6) Yegor Sharangovich (7), Jack Hughes (12) 6 - 3

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
01:30 BUF Cody Eakin Holding 2
03:03 BUF Tage Thompson Holding 2
10:27 NJD Dmitry Kulikov Tripping 2
2nd Period
10:20 NJD Pavel Zacha Interference 2
12:44 NJD Miles Wood Tripping 2
15:37 BUF Steven Fogarty High sticking 2
3rd Period
14:14 BUF Rasmus Ristolainen High sticking 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
New Jersey Devils 67 56 38 6 4.0 62.4
Buffalo Sabres 39 33 27 3 2.2 37.6

How the game went

2520151050Start2nd3rdBuffalo 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: 4.0 expected, 6 scored · Buffalo Sabres: 2.2 expected, 3 scored

0123Start2nd3rdEndNJD goal, 2:06 of 1st, a 21% chanceNJD goal, 3:47 of 1st, a 4% chanceNJD goal, 16:04 of 1st, a 9% chanceNJD goal, 8:45 of 3rd, a 23% chanceNJD goal, 18:17 of 3rd, a 14% chanceNJD goal, 19:28 of 3rd, a 46% chanceBUF goal, 0:53 of 1st, a 17% chanceBUF goal, 11:56 of 2nd, a 31% chanceBUF goal, 18:21 of 2nd, a 22% chanceNJD 4.0BUF 2.2

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
Miles Wood · Pavel Zacha · Jesper Bratt11:3058.862.10-0
Janne Kuokkanen · Yegor Sharangovich · Jack Hughes11:2285.798.12-0
Michael McLeod · Mikhail Maltsev · Tyce Thompson6:5850.039.80-2
Andreas Johnsson · Nick Merkley · Jesper Boqvist5:2550.065.70-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Ryan Murray · Damon Severson12:5075.081.90-0
Sami Vatanen · Ty Smith10:3466.761.71-0
P.K. Subban · Dmitry Kulikov9:3772.769.81-1

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
17 Yegor Sharangovich C 1 2 3 3 0 3 0 19:12 0.25 20-6 1.22-0.25
59 Janne Kuokkanen C 1 2 3 3 0 1 0 15:58 0.11 19-5 1.21-0.13
86 Jack Hughes C 1 2 3 3 0 4 0 19:44 0.37 20-6 1.23-0.20
18 Pavel Zacha C 2 0 2 0 2 6 1 18:59 0.48 11-8 0.33-0.21
42 Ty Smith D 0 2 2 2 0 3 0 21:37 0.17 16-11 0.81-0.60
63 Jesper Bratt L 0 2 2 0 0 3 0 18:01 0.21 10-7 0.33-0.20
70 Jesper Boqvist C 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 09:52 0.25 10-5 0.51-0.13
20 Michael McLeod C 0 1 1 -1 0 3 0 16:40 0.51 18-14 1.02-1.08
7 Dmitry Kulikov D 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 16:43 0.06 23-15 1.21-0.81
10 Nick Merkley R 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 08:48 5-4 0.27-0.06
11 Miles Wood L 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 14:38 13-9 0.42-0.25
12 Tyce Thompson R 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 08:29 0.05 9-9 0.39-0.60
18 Andreas Johnsson L 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 17:50 0.18 13-11 0.75-0.62
28 Ryan Murray D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 16:42 0.03 12-11 0.55-0.46
45 Sami Vatanen D 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 18:57 0.01 22-10 0.90-0.45
57 Mikhail Maltsev L 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 10:39 0.17 10-12 0.39-0.93
76 P.K. Subban D 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 19:16 0.61 20-8 1.29-0.53
78 Damon Severson D 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 22:19 0.05 14-9 0.63-0.25
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
30 Aaron Dell W 27 24 3 60:00 2.17 -0.83

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Rasmus Asplund · Tage Thompson · Casey Mittelstadt8:3447.435.40-0
Cody Eakin · Tobias Rieder · Steven Fogarty8:1036.439.80-0
Jeff Skinner · Sam Reinhart · Victor Olofsson7:4270.069.61-0
Kyle Okposo · Sam Reinhart · Victor Olofsson2:2150.062.81-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Henri Jokiharju · Rasmus Dahlin16:4855.642.81-0
Rasmus Ristolainen · Jacob Bryson11:4127.333.00-2
Colin Miller · Brandon Montour11:2433.323.00-1

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
53 Jeff Skinner L 1 0 1 -1 0 3 0 18:40 0.30 14-16 0.92-1.31
72 Tage Thompson C 1 0 1 0 2 4 0 15:01 0.50 11-18 0.25-1.24
95 Victor Olofsson L 1 0 1 -1 0 3 0 19:17 0.32 9-13 0.70-0.89
6 Colin Miller D 0 1 1 -1 0 0 2 15:05 7-15 0.21-0.69
8 Kyle Okposo R 0 1 1 -1 0 3 0 14:23 0.39 9-8 0.65-0.36
13 Sam Reinhart C 0 1 1 -2 0 1 0 21:19 0.07 14-12 1.07-1.00
20 Henri Jokiharju D 0 1 1 1 0 2 3 19:52 0.02 16-15 0.83-1.00
26 Rasmus Dahlin D 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 21:32 0.04 16-13 0.67-0.99
62 Brandon Montour D 0 1 1 -1 0 3 1 21:25 0.15 8-22 0.21-1.02
8 Riley Sheahan C 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 12:37 4-19 0.14-1.35
11 Casey Mittelstadt C 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 17:28 0.01 10-15 0.29-0.61
13 Tobias Rieder L 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 15:14 0.09 6-15 0.13-0.25
20 Cody Eakin C 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 14:19 5-14 0.13-0.31
28 Steven Fogarty C 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 14:49 0.04 4-16 0.13-0.35
52 Matt Irwin D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 04:58 2-4 0.16-0.12
55 Rasmus Ristolainen D 0 0 0 -1 2 2 2 20:34 0.21 9-19 0.67-0.86
74 Rasmus Asplund C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12:22 10-13 0.24-0.42
78 Jacob Bryson D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 16:37 6-18 0.35-0.72
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
35 Linus Ullmark L 37 32 5 59:08 3.56 -1.44