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New Jersey Devils at Buffalo Sabres

Dec 29, 2021 · KeyBank Center

Team Goals Shots
New Jersey Devils 4 42
Buffalo Sabres 3 22

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
04:43 NJD Dougie Hamilton (7) PP Jack Hughes (4), Nico Hischier (14) 1 - 0
11:48 NJD Jesper Bratt (9) P.K. Subban (10), Jack Hughes (5) 2 - 0
2nd Period
00:33 BUF Tage Thompson (11) Alex Tuch (1), Rasmus Dahlin (13) 2 - 1
03:17 BUF Tage Thompson (12) Rasmus Dahlin (14) 2 - 2
3rd Period
04:28 NJD Jack Hughes (6) Yegor Sharangovich (7), Jesper Bratt (17) 3 - 2
06:50 NJD Yegor Sharangovich (5) Ty Smith (8), Jesper Bratt (18) 4 - 2
14:38 BUF Ethan Prow (1) Victor Olofsson (13), Mark Pysyk (6) 4 - 3

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
04:01 BUF Kyle Okposo High sticking 2
14:56 BUF Brett Murray Instigator 2
14:56 BUF Brett Murray Fighting 5
14:56 BUF Brett Murray Misconduct 10
14:56 NJD Jonas Siegenthaler Fighting 5
2nd Period
10:03 NJD Damon Severson Tripping 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
New Jersey Devils 74 59 42 4 2.7 64.5
Buffalo Sabres 42 29 22 3 1.5 35.5

How the game went

3020100Start2nd3rdBuffalo 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: 2.7 expected, 4 scored · Buffalo Sabres: 1.5 expected, 3 scored

012Start2nd3rdEndNJD goal, 4:43 of 1st, a 4% chanceNJD goal, 11:48 of 1st, a 14% chanceNJD goal, 4:28 of 3rd, a 21% chanceNJD goal, 6:50 of 3rd, a 14% chanceBUF goal, 0:33 of 2nd, a 9% chanceBUF goal, 3:17 of 2nd, a 11% chanceBUF goal, 14:38 of 3rd, a 15% chanceNJD 2.7BUF 1.5

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
Pavel Zacha · Nico Hischier · Jesper Boqvist12:2175.061.20-2
Jesper Bratt · Yegor Sharangovich · Jack Hughes11:2672.078.33-0
Nathan Bastian · Michael McLeod · Marián Studenic10:0661.150.30-0
Andreas Johnsson · Janne Kuokkanen · Dawson Mercer10:0050.024.40-1
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Damon Severson · Jonas Siegenthaler16:4366.753.00-2
P.K. Subban · Ty Smith13:1872.484.03-0
Dougie Hamilton · Ryan Graves12:2166.759.70-1

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
63 Jesper Bratt L 1 2 3 3 0 1 0 16:06 0.14 36-20 2.18-0.72
86 Jack Hughes C 1 2 3 3 0 6 0 17:52 0.58 48-20 2.58-0.72
17 Yegor Sharangovich C 1 1 2 3 0 4 0 14:16 0.38 44-16 2.35-0.61
7 Dougie Hamilton D 1 0 1 -1 0 4 0 20:17 0.31 42-24 1.27-0.91
13 Nico Hischier C 0 1 1 -2 0 2 0 16:40 0.31 40-12 1.57-0.70
42 Ty Smith D 0 1 1 3 0 1 0 16:38 0.01 44-20 2.33-0.76
76 P.K. Subban D 0 1 1 3 0 5 0 17:59 0.08 46-26 2.34-0.48
11 Nathan Bastian R 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 14:29 0.03 26-14 0.61-0.48
18 Andreas Johnsson L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 13:31 0.05 24-28 0.48-0.93
18 Pavel Zacha C 0 0 0 -2 0 5 0 17:03 0.34 48-20 1.79-0.79
20 Michael McLeod C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14:59 28-20 0.52-0.60
27 Ryan Graves D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 19:11 0.02 38-26 1.09-0.72
43 Marián Studenic R 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 12:25 0.17 24-14 0.49-0.48
59 Janne Kuokkanen C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 14:54 0.04 34-24 0.90-0.74
70 Jesper Boqvist C 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 14:26 0.12 40-12 1.20-0.70
71 Jonas Siegenthaler D 0 0 0 -2 5 3 2 22:21 0.04 46-28 1.26-1.31
78 Damon Severson D 0 0 0 -2 2 4 1 21:37 0.10 60-28 1.72-1.39
91 Dawson Mercer C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 13:16 22-28 0.34-0.88
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
39 Mackenzie Blackwood 22 19 3 60:00 1.51 -1.49

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Alex Tuch · Tage Thompson · JJ Peterka11:5440.948.02-1
Kyle Okposo · Brett Murray · Peyton Krebs9:2916.713.80-2
Victor Olofsson · Rasmus Asplund · Arttu Ruotsalainen6:3235.331.80-0
Cody Eakin · John Hayden · Anders Bjork6:199.125.90-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Henri Jokiharju · Rasmus Dahlin17:1042.929.52-3
Mark Pysyk · Casey Fitzgerald8:0211.10.00-0
Will Butcher · Ethan Prow7:3740.939.00-0

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
72 Tage Thompson C 2 0 2 1 0 3 1 18:22 0.44 24-32 1.09-1.29
26 Rasmus Dahlin D 0 2 2 -1 0 2 0 24:47 0.10 36-52 1.29-2.76
6 Ethan Prow D 1 0 1 1 0 1 2 15:59 0.15 24-42 1.20-1.35
13 Mark Pysyk D 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 19:29 0.16 14-48 0.74-1.11
89 Alex Tuch R 0 1 1 1 0 0 4 18:27 22-32 1.05-1.29
95 Victor Olofsson L 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 17:21 0.13 30-38 1.17-1.18
4 Will Butcher D 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 15:59 0.06 28-36 0.86-1.12
4 Casey Fitzgerald D 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 18:04 0.01 16-52 0.39-1.16
8 Kyle Okposo R 0 0 0 -2 2 3 2 18:40 0.19 20-52 0.56-2.67
10 JJ Peterka R 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 16:12 0.09 26-30 1.10-1.15
15 John Hayden C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10:58 8-26 0.23-0.57
19 Peyton Krebs C 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 17:03 20-50 0.54-2.37
20 Cody Eakin C 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 14:14 0.07 18-26 0.95-0.45
20 Henri Jokiharju D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 22:03 34-46 1.08-2.50
24 Anders Bjork L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11:19 8-34 0.17-1.03
25 Arttu Ruotsalainen C 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 12:08 0.03 14-28 0.20-0.78
57 Brett Murray L 0 0 0 -2 17 1 0 11:08 0.05 10-36 0.26-1.64
74 Rasmus Asplund C 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 16:25 0.04 28-30 1.01-0.57
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
1 Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen 42 38 4 58:25 2.70 -1.30