New Jersey Devils at Buffalo Sabres

Oct 4, 2024 · O2 Czech Republic

Team	Goals	Shots
New Jersey Devils	4	23
Buffalo Sabres	1	31

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
1st Period
08:39	NJD	Stefan Noesen (1)	Johnathan Kovacevic (1)	1 - 0
15:38	NJD	Johnathan Kovacevic (1)	Jonas Siegenthaler (1), Dawson Mercer (1)	2 - 0
2nd Period
03:29	NJD	Nico Hischier (1)	Nathan Bastian (1), Paul Cotter (1)	3 - 0
3rd Period
10:07	BUF	Owen Power (1)	JJ Peterka (1), Bowen Byram (1)	3 - 1
17:28	NJD	Paul Cotter (1)	Nathan Bastian (2)	4 - 1

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
1st Period
01:37	NJD	Erik Haula	Slashing	2
10:38	BUF	Rasmus Dahlin	Interference	2
17:37	BUF	Nicolas Aube-Kubel	Slashing	2
2nd Period
06:15	NJD	Curtis Lazar	Holding	2
15:07	NJD	Simon Nemec	Holding	2
3rd Period
05:43	NJD	Nathan Bastian	Holding	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
New Jersey Devils	54	37	23	4	2.9	42.4
Buffalo Sabres	71	53	31	1	2.7	57.6

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

Expected goals

New Jersey Devils: 2.9 expected, 4 scored · Buffalo Sabres: 2.7 expected, 1 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.

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 line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Timo Meier · Jesper Bratt · Jack Hughes	11:53	47.2	54.2	0-0
Tomas Tatar · Nico Hischier · Dawson Mercer	10:22	52.9	63.1	1-0
Erik Haula · Ondrej Palat · Stefan Noesen	8:21	36.8	50.2	1-1
Curtis Lazar · Nathan Bastian · Paul Cotter	6:56	25.0	54.1	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Brenden Dillon · Dougie Hamilton	15:04	56.8	56.8	1-1
Jonas Siegenthaler · Johnathan Kovacevic	12:50	34.8	54.2	2-0
Seamus Casey · Simon Nemec	10:46	34.8	31.0	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
8	Johnathan Kovacevic	D	1	1	2	2	0	1	0	20:29	0.03	8-18	0.37-0.44
47	Paul Cotter	L	1	1	2	2	0	2	3	10:13	0.22	6-7	0.35-0.18
11	Nathan Bastian	R	0	2	2	2	2	1	1	10:01	0.06	5-8	0.35-0.26
11	Stefan Noesen	R	1	0	1	0	0	1	2	13:11	0.22	7-15	0.52-0.60
13	Nico Hischier	C	1	0	1	2	0	4	0	18:15	0.30	13-10	0.48-0.24
71	Jonas Siegenthaler	D	0	1	1	2	0	1	3	21:00	0.09	11-23	0.46-0.51
91	Dawson Mercer	C	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	17:17	0.09	11-14	0.36-0.27
5	Brenden Dillon	D	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	22:59	0.08	22-21	1.12-0.93
7	Dougie Hamilton	D	0	0	0	1	0	4	1	21:59	0.18	22-19	0.98-0.80
20	Curtis Lazar	C	0	0	0	1	2	0	3	11:18		2-10	0.19-0.39
24	Seamus Casey	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	13:14		9-16	0.23-0.39
28	Timo Meier	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	18:11	0.20	20-24	0.62-0.56
56	Erik Haula	L	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	14:16		7-16	0.52-0.68
63	Jesper Bratt	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	17:27	0.45	17-20	0.57-0.60
71	Simon Nemec	D	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	17:13	0.00	12-17	0.46-0.37
81	Ondrej Palat	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	13:46	0.25	8-14	0.52-0.63
86	Jack Hughes	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	18:35	0.10	20-24	0.62-0.58
90	Tomas Tatar	L	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	12:58		10-8	0.32-0.19

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
25	Jacob Markstrom	W	31	30	1	59:38	2.71	+1.71

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Alex Tuch · Tage Thompson · JJ Peterka	10:57	46.2	30.6	0-2
Dylan Cozens · Jack Quinn · Zach Benson	10:20	57.1	43.3	0-0
Jason Zucker · Jordan Greenway · Ryan McLeod	4:40	50.0	54.9	0-1
Nicolas Aube-Kubel · Sam Lafferty · Beck Malenstyn	4:03	57.1	74.2	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Bowen Byram · Owen Power	15:04	56.3	47.7	1-1
Henri Jokiharju · Rasmus Dahlin	12:42	50.0	38.5	0-1
Connor Clifton · Mattias Samuelsson	9:01	63.6	53.0	0-1

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
25	Owen Power	D	1	0	1	-1	0	3	1	23:27	0.38	23-14	0.62-0.61
10	JJ Peterka	R	0	1	1	-2	0	2	1	19:22	0.11	24-18	0.70-0.69
24	Bowen Byram	D	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	24:52	0.03	22-17	0.60-0.66
6	Zach Benson	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	17:23	0.18	14-6	0.47-0.33
12	Jordan Greenway	L	0	0	0	-2	0	2	3	13:49	0.13	13-12	0.40-0.48
16	Nicolas Aube-Kubel	R	0	0	0	0	2	2	3	05:45	0.10	6-3	0.16-0.04
17	Jason Zucker	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	12:19	0.62	15-7	0.62-0.24
20	Henri Jokiharju	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	16:17		18-19	0.39-0.66
22	Jack Quinn	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	18:41	0.05	15-7	0.49-0.35
23	Mattias Samuelsson	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	15:46	0.04	16-9	0.67-0.54
24	Sam Lafferty	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	09:05		7-10	0.19-0.37
24	Dylan Cozens	C	0	0	0	-1	0	7	1	18:57	0.69	16-7	0.58-0.36
26	Rasmus Dahlin	D	0	0	0	-1	2	2	1	22:48	0.03	20-17	0.50-0.61
29	Beck Malenstyn	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	06:55	0.01	4-6	0.11-0.32
71	Ryan McLeod	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	13:50		12-10	0.41-0.51
72	Tage Thompson	C	0	0	0	-2	0	3	0	21:29	0.22	25-19	0.62-0.85
75	Connor Clifton	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	3	13:39	0.02	15-8	0.67-0.54
89	Alex Tuch	R	0	0	0	-2	0	2	4	22:31	0.09	20-21	0.43-0.90

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
1	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	L	22	19	3	59:05	2.27	-0.73