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New Jersey Devils at Buffalo Sabres

Feb 25, 2021 · KeyBank Center

Team Goals Shots
New Jersey Devils 4 40
Buffalo Sabres 3 32

Decided in overtime.

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
06:28 BUF Riley Sheahan (2) Victor Olofsson (8) 0 - 1
2nd Period
05:27 NJD Jesper Bratt (1) Pavel Zacha (6) 1 - 1
08:03 BUF Casey Mittelstadt (1) PP Eric Staal (5), Colin Miller (3) 1 - 2
3rd Period
04:25 NJD Miles Wood (6) PP Nikita Gusev (2), Ty Smith (7) 2 - 2
06:45 NJD Nico Hischier (1) Pavel Zacha (7) 3 - 2
15:30 BUF Sam Reinhart (7) PP Taylor Hall (11), Rasmus Dahlin (7) 3 - 3
Overtime
01:17 NJD Pavel Zacha (5) Jesper Bratt (5), Ty Smith (8) 4 - 3

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
16:17 NJD Damon Severson Slashing 2
2nd Period
06:11 NJD Dmitry Kulikov Slashing 2
09:20 NJD Nico Hischier Tripping 2
11:51 BUF Colin Miller Hooking 2
17:01 BUF Brandon Montour Interference 2
3rd Period
02:58 BUF Taylor Hall High sticking double minor 4
14:14 NJD Travis Zajac High sticking 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
New Jersey Devils 65 51 40 4 4.4 59.6
Buffalo Sabres 46 40 32 3 3.2 40.4

How the game went

151050Start2nd3rdOTBuffalo 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: 4.4 expected, 4 scored · Buffalo Sabres: 3.2 expected, 3 scored

01234Start2nd3rdOTNJD goal, 5:27 of 2nd, a 9% chanceNJD goal, 4:25 of 3rd, a 15% chanceNJD goal, 6:45 of 3rd, a 10% chanceNJD goal, 1:17 of overtime, a 8% chanceBUF goal, 6:28 of 1st, a 7% chanceBUF goal, 8:03 of 2nd, a 22% chanceBUF goal, 15:30 of 3rd, a 12% chanceNJD 4.4BUF 3.2

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
Kyle Palmieri · Andreas Johnsson · Jack Hughes11:3359.357.00-0
Pavel Zacha · Jesper Bratt · Nico Hischier9:0273.780.61-1
Miles Wood · Nathan Bastian · Michael McLeod6:5333.327.50-0
Travis Zajac · Nikita Gusev · Yegor Sharangovich5:0980.093.20-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Damon Severson · Ty Smith17:0860.058.90-0
P.K. Subban · Dmitry Kulikov11:5947.454.80-1
Sami Vatanen · Ryan Murray9:4761.961.31-0

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
18 Pavel Zacha C 1 2 3 2 0 3 2 16:05 0.45 18-8 1.61-0.47
63 Jesper Bratt L 1 1 2 1 0 5 0 14:41 0.88 19-8 1.66-0.36
42 Ty Smith D 0 2 2 1 0 1 1 23:56 0.08 25-16 1.48-0.99
11 Miles Wood L 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 13:04 0.18 6-9 0.36-0.66
13 Nico Hischier C 1 0 1 1 2 4 1 18:40 0.44 19-8 1.58-0.47
97 Nikita Gusev L 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 13:11 0.19 9-3 0.43-0.09
7 Dmitry Kulikov D 0 0 0 -1 2 0 3 17:04 10-12 0.57-0.54
11 Nathan Bastian R 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 12:03 0.01 6-9 0.43-0.76
14 Travis Zajac C 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 11:02 0.21 5-3 0.27-0.03
17 Yegor Sharangovich C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 08:31 0.06 7-3 0.41-0.10
18 Andreas Johnsson L 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 18:05 0.39 22-15 1.35-0.87
20 Michael McLeod C 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 13:51 0.34 7-10 0.48-0.79
21 Kyle Palmieri C 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 19:08 0.29 16-16 0.95-0.90
28 Ryan Murray D 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 14:38 18-9 1.54-0.71
45 Sami Vatanen D 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 16:42 0.02 14-10 1.22-0.75
76 P.K. Subban D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20:42 0.03 15-10 1.08-0.37
78 Damon Severson D 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 24:30 0.08 24-15 1.57-0.85
86 Jack Hughes C 0 0 0 1 0 8 1 20:53 0.76 25-16 1.67-0.82
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
39 Mackenzie Blackwood W 32 29 3 61:14 3.25 +0.25

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Riley Sheahan · Sam Reinhart · Victor Olofsson12:0530.015.51-0
Eric Staal · Taylor Hall · Dylan Cozens10:4441.942.10-2
Kyle Okposo · Cody Eakin · Rasmus Asplund9:0026.75.70-0
Curtis Lazar · Tage Thompson · Casey Mittelstadt5:3666.777.10-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Matt Irwin · Henri Jokiharju11:0954.243.50-1
Brandon Montour · Rasmus Dahlin11:0534.636.30-0
Colin Miller · Jacob Bryson10:2342.138.41-0

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
8 Riley Sheahan C 1 0 1 1 0 2 2 16:12 0.15 6-16 0.16-1.07
11 Casey Mittelstadt C 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 10:22 0.33 10-4 0.59-0.18
13 Sam Reinhart C 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 21:24 0.41 10-16 0.37-1.00
6 Colin Miller D 0 1 1 1 2 3 1 17:59 0.09 11-15 0.50-0.69
12 Eric Staal C 0 1 1 -2 0 0 0 18:04 0.03 15-21 1.16-1.72
26 Rasmus Dahlin D 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 21:39 0.05 10-19 0.82-1.51
71 Taylor Hall L 0 1 1 -2 4 5 1 19:18 0.78 14-19 1.13-1.52
95 Victor Olofsson L 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 21:16 11-19 0.51-1.33
8 Kyle Okposo R 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 12:25 0.19 5-12 0.07-0.77
20 Cody Eakin C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14:22 5-12 0.06-0.77
20 Curtis Lazar C 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 11:09 0.24 7-4 0.56-0.19
20 Henri Jokiharju D 0 0 0 -1 0 4 2 18:55 0.05 16-13 0.86-1.07
24 Dylan Cozens C 0 0 0 -2 0 2 1 15:39 0.52 14-21 1.25-1.84
52 Matt Irwin D 0 0 0 -2 0 3 2 17:47 0.05 13-16 0.68-1.22
62 Brandon Montour D 0 0 0 -2 2 1 1 21:32 0.02 13-27 0.95-2.05
72 Tage Thompson C 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 07:57 0.31 7-3 0.42-0.12
74 Rasmus Asplund C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13:42 4-11 0.04-0.69
78 Jacob Bryson D 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 17:08 9-17 0.40-0.93
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
40 Carter Hutton OTL 25 21 4 41:17 2.86 -1.14
35 Linus Ullmark 15 15 0 19:34 1.57 +1.57