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Buffalo Sabres at New Jersey Devils

Apr 21, 2022 · Prudential Center

Team Goals Shots
Buffalo Sabres 5 28
New Jersey Devils 2 31

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
2nd Period
11:53 BUF Kyle Okposo (21) SH Rasmus Dahlin (40), Craig Anderson (1) 1 - 0
12:40 BUF Alex Tuch (12) SH Victor Olofsson (25) 2 - 0
17:58 BUF Rasmus Dahlin (12) Victor Olofsson (26) 3 - 0
19:52 NJD Jesper Boqvist (10) Michael McLeod (14), Dougie Hamilton (20) 3 - 1
3rd Period
04:59 NJD Nikita Okhotiuk (1) Janne Kuokkanen (11), Pavel Zacha (18) 3 - 2
08:33 BUF Owen Power (1) Jeff Skinner (28), Tage Thompson (28) 4 - 2
16:03 BUF Jeff Skinner (32) Tage Thompson (29), Victor Olofsson (27) 5 - 2

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
16:20 BUF Kyle Okposo Hooking 2
2nd Period
09:08 BUF Rasmus Dahlin Tripping 2
09:37 NJD Dougie Hamilton Slashing 2
10:56 BUF Casey Mittelstadt Hooking 2
13:01 NJD Damon Severson Hooking 2
15:10 BUF Henri Jokiharju Slashing 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres 41 34 28 5 2.5 45.0
New Jersey Devils 57 47 31 2 3.2 55.0

How the game went

051015Start2nd3rdNew Jersey Devils aheadBuffalo Sabres 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 New Jersey Devils had taken more, and below it and blue while Buffalo Sabres had.

Expected goals

Buffalo Sabres: 2.5 expected, 5 scored · New Jersey Devils: 3.2 expected, 2 scored

0123Start2nd3rdEndBUF goal, 11:53 of 2nd, a 3% chanceBUF goal, 12:40 of 2nd, a 17% chanceBUF goal, 17:58 of 2nd, a 18% chanceBUF goal, 8:33 of 3rd, a 10% chanceBUF goal, 16:03 of 3rd, a 15% chanceNJD goal, 19:52 of 2nd, a 22% chanceNJD goal, 4:59 of 3rd, a 9% chanceNJD 3.2BUF 2.5

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

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 lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Kyle Okposo · Rasmus Asplund · Dylan Cozens12:2761.569.10-1
Jeff Skinner · Victor Olofsson · Tage Thompson11:0742.941.01-1
Alex Tuch · Casey Mittelstadt · Peyton Krebs9:2247.167.40-0
Zemgus Girgensons · Vinnie Hinostroza · Anders Bjork8:040.00.00-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Mattias Samuelsson · Rasmus Dahlin15:5640.735.70-1
Henri Jokiharju · Owen Power13:5745.048.51-0
Casey Fitzgerald · Jacob Bryson10:3844.458.40-0

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
95 Victor Olofsson L 0 3 3 3 0 2 0 13:24 0.23 14-18 0.67-0.92
26 Rasmus Dahlin D 1 1 2 2 2 3 0 24:12 0.23 17-20 0.83-1.28
53 Jeff Skinner L 1 1 2 2 0 2 0 15:04 0.15 14-17 0.62-0.77
72 Tage Thompson C 0 2 2 4 0 4 0 18:09 0.25 16-18 0.80-0.95
8 Kyle Okposo R 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 16:00 0.11 8-5 0.69-0.31
25 Owen Power D 1 0 1 3 0 1 0 22:21 0.10 12-13 0.85-0.76
89 Alex Tuch R 1 0 1 1 0 4 0 13:36 0.48 9-11 0.45-0.47
4 Casey Fitzgerald D 0 0 0 2 0 2 4 13:30 0.05 12-11 0.83-0.34
11 Casey Mittelstadt C 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 13:44 0.10 9-10 0.58-0.24
19 Peyton Krebs C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13:16 0.02 10-12 0.46-0.37
20 Henri Jokiharju D 0 0 0 -1 2 0 3 19:40 12-14 0.77-1.00
23 Mattias Samuelsson D 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 23:43 12-18 0.54-1.02
24 Vinnie Hinostroza C 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 12:57 0.03 4-10 0.17-0.66
24 Anders Bjork L 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 11:28 2-10 0.05-0.79
24 Dylan Cozens C 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 16:41 0.67 10-5 0.87-0.31
28 Zemgus Girgensons C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 13:16 0-9 0.00-0.73
74 Rasmus Asplund C 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 15:25 0.11 11-6 1.03-0.49
78 Jacob Bryson D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15:34 8-13 0.48-0.38
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
41 Craig Anderson W 31 29 2 60:00 3.13 +1.13

New Jersey Devils

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Jesper Bratt · Nico Hischier · Yegor Sharangovich13:0557.948.80-0
Tomas Tatar · Jesper Boqvist · Dawson Mercer9:0041.245.20-0
Pavel Zacha · Janne Kuokkanen · Fabian Zetterlund8:4282.483.81-1
Andreas Johnsson · Nathan Bastian · Michael McLeod7:5558.355.70-1
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Damon Severson · Ryan Graves15:3839.146.60-0
P.K. Subban · Nikita Okhotiuk14:3673.984.01-0
Dougie Hamilton · Kevin Bahl14:2560.053.91-1

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
28 Nikita Okhotiuk D 1 0 1 0 0 4 2 15:54 0.19 17-6 0.69-0.13
70 Jesper Boqvist C 1 0 1 -2 0 2 0 15:22 0.26 8-16 0.65-0.85
7 Dougie Hamilton D 0 1 1 -3 2 4 2 20:27 0.26 16-11 0.81-0.74
18 Pavel Zacha C 0 1 1 -2 0 2 1 13:35 0.28 15-5 0.67-0.24
20 Michael McLeod C 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 12:42 0.08 9-11 0.61-0.59
59 Janne Kuokkanen C 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 11:22 0.09 15-5 0.67-0.40
7 Kevin Bahl D 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 18:44 0.03 16-11 0.74-0.70
11 Nathan Bastian R 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 13:31 0.07 8-6 0.58-0.29
13 Nico Hischier C 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 21:22 0.39 13-8 0.63-0.60
17 Yegor Sharangovich C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 16:34 0.33 13-10 0.63-0.78
18 Andreas Johnsson L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 12:35 0.15 8-8 0.36-0.56
20 Fabian Zetterlund L 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 13:29 0.20 16-3 0.73-0.13
27 Ryan Graves D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 19:35 0.03 10-16 0.86-1.02
63 Jesper Bratt L 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 20:16 0.16 11-9 0.58-0.61
76 P.K. Subban D 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 19:17 0.06 20-10 0.96-0.57
78 Damon Severson D 0 0 0 -1 2 0 1 20:12 0.13 9-16 0.66-0.93
90 Tomas Tatar L 0 0 0 -3 0 1 1 14:38 0.09 8-15 0.48-0.82
91 Dawson Mercer C 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 16:25 0.36 8-14 0.48-0.74
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
35 Andrew Hammond L 28 23 5 60:00 2.51 -2.49