New Jersey Devils vs. Buffalo SabresJan 30, 2018

FinalTuesday, Jan 30, 2018· KeyBank Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NJD	0	1	2	3		NJD	9	10	9	28
BUF	0	0	1	1		BUF	11	7	10	28

: NJD 47BUF 56
: NJD 3.21BUF 1.82
PP goals: NJD 0BUF 1
Hits: NJD 12BUF 20
Blocks: NJD 18BUF 10
PIM: NJD 8BUF 0
: NJD 46%BUF 54%

Fantasy takeaways

Generated from the play-by-play, shifts and season context. No opinions, just what changed.

New Jersey Devils beat Buffalo Sabres 3–1

New Jersey Devils beat Buffalo Sabres 3–1 at BUF. Kyle Palmieri (NJD) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for NJD: Zajac–Coleman–Noesen skated 9:05 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (53.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Kyle Palmieri had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 18:32.Palmieri
New line
New look for NJD: Zajac–Coleman–Noesen skated 9:05 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (53.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Zajac Coleman Noesen
Usage
Miles Wood (NJD) played 16:14, +3:49 up on his 12:25 season average over 75 games.Wood
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Kyle Okposo (BUF) played 22:15, +5:18 up on his 16:57 season average over 75 games.Okposo
Usage
Sami Vatanen (NJD) played 17:08, −5:21 down on his 22:29 season average over 71 games.Vatanen
Usage
Will Butcher (NJD) played 12:58, −3:08 down on his 16:06 season average over 80 games.Butcher
Usage
Benoit Pouliot (BUF) played 9:40, −4:04 down on his 13:44 season average over 73 games.Pouliot
Usage
Casey Nelson (BUF) played 14:57, −3:56 down on his 18:53 season average over 36 games.Nelson

Shot map

Both teams on one rink, filtered by strength and period.

Shot map

Every attempt, sized by expected goals. Goals are rings, shots on goal dots, misses hollow, blocks crosses.

Strength

Period

Team

← NJD attacks left (bottom on phones)BUF attacks right (top on phones) →

BUF
NJD
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 103 of 103 attempts · BUF 56 · NJD 47

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

BUF
NJD
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

BUF pressure
NJD pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: NJD 34% of the game, BUF 32%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

BUF

NJD

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
Stat	NJD	BUF
	55	50
	2.70	1.12
	2.63	1.11
	10	5
	0	2
	10	11
	−0.014	+0.013
	34%	32%

Definitions: sequence xG, transition attempts, Draw Equity, control and the Pressure Index.

Lines used

Detected from who actually shared the ice, with time together. Percentages are the unit's share of shot attempts.

New Jersey Devils

L1Hall – Bratt – Hischier
11:4362% CF
L2Palmieri – Wood – Zacha
10:4250% CF
L3Zajac – Coleman – Noesen
9:0554% CF
D1Moore – Severson
6:5662% CF
D2Greene – Vatanen
6:3760% CF
D3Lovejoy – Butcher
6:2762% CF

PK1FZajac – Coleman
3:43
PK2FBoyle – Palmieri
1:41
PK1DGreene – Lovejoy
2:37
PK2DMoore – Vatanen
1:36

Current NJD line combinations →

Buffalo Sabres

L1Okposo – Girgensons – Eichel
13:1156% CF
L2O'Reilly – Wilson – Reinhart
10:4470% CF
L3Pominville – Kane – Larsson
8:4129% CF
L4Pouliot – Baptiste – Rodrigues
5:5743% CF
D1Scandella – Ristolainen
18:0263% CF
D2McCabe – Antipin
12:5746% CF
D3Falk – Nelson
12:3225% CF

PP1Okposo – O'Reilly – Ristolainen – Reinhart – Eichel
4:02100% CF
PP2Pominville – Scandella – Kane – McCabe – Rodrigues
2:56100% CF

Current BUF line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

5:49
NJDMiles Wood (Will Butcher, Kyle Palmieri)backhand0.14 xG
NJD: Palmieri, Moore, Butcher, Wood, ZachaBUF: Pominville, Scandella, Kane, Larsson, Ristolainen
NJD 1 – 0 BUF

3rd period

5:31
NJDTaylor Hall (Jesper Bratt, Nico Hischier)snap0.05 xG
NJD: Greene, Vatanen, Hall, Bratt, HischierBUF: Scandella, O'Reilly, Wilson, Ristolainen, Reinhart
NJD 2 – 0 BUF
14:58
BUFJake McCabePP (Ryan O'Reilly)wrist0.03 xG
NJD: Boyle, Vatanen, Hall, MuellerBUF: O'Reilly, Wilson, McCabe, Reinhart, Nelson
NJD 2 – 1 BUF
19:54
NJDKyle PalmieriENwrist0.96 xG
NJD: Boyle, Greene, Palmieri, Moore, HallBUF: Pominville, Scandella, O'Reilly, Kane, Girgensons, Rodrigues
NJD 3 – 1 BUF

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

New Jersey Devils

NJD skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Taylor Hall L	L1	1	0	1	+2	5	0.26	0	1	2	17:56	—	—	56	80
Nico Hischier C	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.12	0	0	2	16:10	—	—	60	76
Jesper Bratt L	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.26	0	0	0	14:21	—	—	59	64
Kyle Palmieri C	L2	1	1	2	+2	4	1.07	1	3	0	18:32	—	—	45	60
Miles Wood L	L2	1	0	1	+1	4	0.23	0	0	0	16:14	—	—	45	56
Pavel Zacha C	L2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.03	0	1	2	15:29	—	—	48	56
Stefan Noesen R	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.21	1	0	0	17:11	—	—	55	74
Blake Coleman L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	3	0	0	17:11	—	—	65	74
Travis Zajac C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.13	1	1	0	15:51	—	—	60	78
John Moore D	D1	0	0	0	+2	1	0.02	1	1	0	21:13	—	—	50	78
Damon Severson D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.04	0	1	0	16:37	—	—	56	61
Andy Greene D	D2	0	0	0	+2	1	0.11	1	4	2	20:31	—	—	46	38
Sami Vatanen D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.03	0	1	0	17:08	—	—	53	38
Ben Lovejoy D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	3	0	17:38	—	—	45	74
Will Butcher D	D3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.01	0	1	0	12:58	—	—	63	84
Mirco Mueller D	—	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	1	0	13:55	—	—	62	93
Brian Boyle C	—	0	0	0	+1	1	0.63	1	0	0	13:05	—	—	22	73
Drew Stafford R	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	3	0	0	10:04	—	—	42	78

NJD goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Keith Kinkaid(start)	W	28	27	1	.964	1.82	60:00

Buffalo Sabres

BUF skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk		PP	SH
Kyle Okposo R	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.18	0	2	22:15	—	—	58	27
Jack Eichel C	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.10	1	1	22:07	—	—	53	26
Zemgus Girgensons C	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	0	0	15:51	—	—	57	24
Sam Reinhart C	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.41	1	0	19:32	—	—	58	57
Ryan O'Reilly C	L2	0	1	1	-2	4	0.40	0	0	18:31	—	—	70	66
Scott Wilson C	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.08	2	0	12:41	—	—	65	66
Evander Kane L	L3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.04	2	0	17:48	—	—	32	14
Jason Pominville R	L3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.10	0	0	14:48	—	—	24	12
Johan Larsson L	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	0	1	14:14	—	—	23	10
Evan Rodrigues C	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.08	2	0	11:07	—	—	43	15
Benoit Pouliot L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	9:40	—	—	27	5
Nick Baptiste R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	8:30	—	—	40	8
Rasmus Ristolainen D	D1	0	0	0	-2	3	0.08	3	1	27:14	—	—	57	43
Marco Scandella D	D1	0	0	0	-3	3	0.19	2	1	23:52	—	—	61	44
Jake McCabe D	D2	1	0	1	0	1	0.05	1	1	17:44	—	—	46	25
Victor Antipin D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	0	1	15:35	—	—	43	25
Justin Falk D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	5	0	15:05	—	—	24	12
Casey Nelson D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	1	2	14:57	—	—	28	11

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Robin Lehner(start)	L	27	25	2	.926	2.25	58:29

Methodology

Shot locations come from the NHL play-by-play, normalised so each shooter attacks the same way, then flipped so the home team attacks right. On-ice stats and lines come from the shift charts: a unit is the exact set of skaters sharing the ice, and CF% is the share of all shot attempts while they were out. Head-to-head cells are 5v5 time against each opponent. Expected goals and the Pressure Index appear as their models are released.