New Jersey Devils vs. Buffalo SabresDec 2, 2019

FinalMonday, Dec 2, 2019· KeyBank Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NJD	0	1	0	1		NJD	6	21	18	45
BUF	5	2	0	7		BUF	15	8	9	32

: NJD 72BUF 41
: NJD 3.37BUF 2.63
PP goals: NJD 1BUF 1
Hits: NJD 22BUF 9
Blocks: NJD 4BUF 12
PIM: NJD 6BUF 10
: NJD 47%BUF 53%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Buffalo Sabres rout New Jersey Devils 7–1

Buffalo Sabres beat New Jersey Devils 7–1 at home. Jack Eichel (BUF) led the scoring with 1G 2A. BUF's first power-play unit (Skinner, Reinhart, Olofsson, Eichel and Jokiharju) scored 1 power-play goal on 2 attempts in 1:52 together.

Points
Jack Eichel had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 5 shots in 16:18.Eichel
Points
Johan Larsson had 3 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 14:34.Larsson
Points
Conor Sheary had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 14:09.Sheary
Points
Jeff Skinner had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 7 shots in 13:46.Skinner
Points
Victor Olofsson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 14:12.Olofsson
PP1
BUF's first power-play unit (Skinner, Reinhart, Olofsson, Eichel and Jokiharju) scored 1 power-play goal on 2 attempts in 1:52 together.Skinner Reinhart Olofsson Eichel Jokiharju
PP1
NJD's first power-play unit (Palmieri, Vatanen, Hall, Gusev and Hischier) scored 1 power-play goal on 11 attempts in 3:53 together.Palmieri Vatanen Hall Gusev Hischier
Luck
BUF scored 7 goals on 2.64 expected goals (41 attempts), finishing well above its chances.

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 113 of 113 attempts · BUF 41 · NJD 72

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 39% of the game, BUF 26%.

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
	64	42
	1.89	2.50
	1.85	2.42
	6	8
	4	5
	14	8
	−0.019	+0.020
	39%	26%

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

L1Simmonds – Wood – Rooney
10:3068% CF
L2Hall – Zacha – Bratt
10:0241% CF
L3Palmieri – Hischier – Boqvist
9:1764% CF
L4Zajac – Coleman – Gusev
8:0161% CF
D1Tennyson – Butcher
13:5854% CF
D2Greene – Subban
7:2757% CF
D3Vatanen – Severson
6:2790% CF

PP1Palmieri – Vatanen – Hall – Gusev – Hischier
3:5392% CF
PP2Subban – Simmonds – Butcher – Bratt – Boqvist
2:28100% CF
PK1FZacha – Rooney
1:18
PK2FZajac – Hischier
0:32
PK1DGreene – Vatanen
1:44
PK2DSubban – Severson
0:45

Current NJD line combinations →

Buffalo Sabres

L1Johansson – Vesey – Mittelstadt
11:4637% CF
L2Reinhart – Olofsson – Eichel
9:5147% CF
L3Larsson – Skinner – Sheary
7:5063% CF
D1Scandella – Jokiharju
7:1544% CF
D2McCabe – Montour
6:1154% CF
D3Miller – Ristolainen
5:5830% CF

PP1Skinner – Reinhart – Olofsson – Eichel – Jokiharju
1:52100% CF
PP2Johansson – Miller – Ristolainen – Sheary – Mittelstadt
0:50100% CF
PK1FVesey – Asplund
2:41
PK2FLarsson – Girgensons
2:14
PK1DBogosian – McCabe
3:55
PK2DScandella – Ristolainen
1:05

Current BUF line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

2:46
BUFJack Eichel (Rasmus Ristolainen)wrist0.15 xG
NJD: Zajac, Greene, Vatanen, Coleman, ZachaBUF: Miller, Ristolainen, Reinhart, Olofsson, Eichel
NJD 0 – 1 BUF
4:59
BUFJeff Skinner (Johan Larsson)wrist0.09 xG
NJD: Greene, Simmonds, Severson, Wood, RooneyBUF: Larsson, Skinner, Miller, Sheary, Jokiharju
NJD 0 – 2 BUF
6:57
BUFConor Sheary (Jeff Skinner, Johan Larsson)wrist0.46 xG
NJD: Greene, Hall, Severson, Zacha, BrattBUF: Scandella, Larsson, Skinner, Sheary, Jokiharju
NJD 0 – 3 BUF
16:41
BUFConor Sheary (Johan Larsson, Jake McCabe)snap0.01 xG
NJD: Zajac, Greene, Coleman, Gusev, ButcherBUF: Bogosian, Skinner, Sheary, Montour, Eichel
NJD 0 – 4 BUF
19:02
BUFRasmus Asplund (Casey Mittelstadt)snap0.08 xG
NJD: Subban, Vatanen, Hall, Zacha, BrattBUF: Vesey, McCabe, Ristolainen, Asplund, Mittelstadt
NJD 0 – 5 BUF

2nd period

4:40
BUFVictor Olofsson (Brandon Montour, Jack Eichel)slap0.03 xG
NJD: Vatanen, Hall, Severson, ZachaBUF: Bogosian, Montour, Olofsson, Eichel
NJD 0 – 6 BUF
8:10
NJDNico HischierPP (Sami Vatanen, Nikita Gusev)wrist0.05 xG
NJD: Palmieri, Vatanen, Hall, Gusev, HischierBUF: Scandella, Johansson, Ristolainen, Asplund
NJD 1 – 6 BUF
12:08
BUFHenri JokiharjuPP (Victor Olofsson, Jack Eichel)slap0.07 xG
NJD: Greene, Subban, Zacha, RooneyBUF: Skinner, Reinhart, Olofsson, Eichel, Jokiharju
NJD 1 – 7 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
Wayne Simmonds R	L1	0	0	0	-1	5	0.88	0	0	0	19:06	—	—	69	63
Miles Wood L	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.04	0	0	0	15:48	—	—	65	60
Kevin Rooney C	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.15	1	0	0	14:37	—	—	65	57
Taylor Hall L	L2	0	0	0	-3	4	0.24	0	0	0	16:57	—	—	50	18
Jesper Bratt L	L2	0	0	0	-2	5	0.15	0	0	0	14:28	—	—	47	20
Pavel Zacha C	L2	0	0	0	-4	1	0.01	0	0	0	14:10	—	—	40	13
Nico Hischier C	L3	1	0	1	0	3	0.44	3	2	0	16:52	—	—	67	60
Kyle Palmieri C	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.50	2	0	2	15:45	—	—	65	59
Jesper Boqvist C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.17	2	0	0	13:58	—	—	71	65
Nikita Gusev L	L4	0	1	1	-1	3	0.34	0	0	0	14:18	—	—	65	56
Travis Zajac C	L4	0	0	0	-2	1	0.04	2	0	0	12:08	—	—	61	44
Blake Coleman L	L4	0	0	0	-2	1	0.03	3	0	2	10:39	—	—	52	33
Will Butcher D	D1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.02	0	1	0	21:24	—	—	58	61
Matt Tennyson D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	4	1	0	17:16	—	—	50	48
P.K. Subban D	D2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.07	1	0	2	19:20	—	—	61	44
Andy Greene D	D2	0	0	0	-4	0	0.00	1	0	0	18:48	—	—	59	20
Sami Vatanen D	D3	0	1	1	-3	5	0.17	3	0	0	20:10	—	—	59	43
Damon Severson D	D3	0	0	0	-3	2	0.09	0	0	0	19:22	—	—	79	40

NJD goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Mackenzie Blackwood	—	17	15	2	.882	1.10	39:52
Louis Domingue(start)	L	15	10	5	.667	1.54	20:00

Buffalo Sabres

BUF skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Marcus Johansson L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	1	1	0	19:58	—	—	27	14
Jimmy Vesey L	L1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.19	0	0	0	19:52	—	—	35	32
Casey Mittelstadt C	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.01	0	1	0	16:30	—	—	36	26
Jack Eichel C	L2	1	2	3	+3	5	0.38	0	0	0	16:18	—	—	47	64
Sam Reinhart C	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.15	0	0	0	15:34	—	—	43	55
Victor Olofsson L	L2	1	1	2	+2	1	0.03	0	0	0	14:12	—	—	39	61
Johan Larsson L	L3	0	3	3	+2	2	0.05	0	0	0	14:34	—	—	54	90
Conor Sheary L	L3	2	0	2	+3	2	0.63	1	0	0	14:09	—	—	56	83
Jeff Skinner L	L3	1	1	2	+3	7	0.65	1	0	0	13:46	—	—	52	83
Marco Scandella D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	1	1	0	17:21	—	—	36	60
Henri Jokiharju D	D1	1	0	1	+2	2	0.14	0	1	2	16:42	—	—	41	66
Jake McCabe D	D2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	3	0	18:30	—	—	50	81
Brandon Montour D	D2	0	1	1	+2	1	0.02	0	2	2	14:25	—	—	43	51
Rasmus Ristolainen D	D3	0	1	1	+2	1	0.16	3	1	0	17:16	—	—	37	56
Colin Miller D	D3	0	0	0	+2	2	0.03	0	1	2	15:35	—	—	35	46
Zach Bogosian D	—	0	0	0	+2	1	0.06	0	0	0	18:57	—	—	33	18
Rasmus Asplund C	—	1	0	1	+1	1	0.08	1	0	0	14:23	—	—	20	23
Zemgus Girgensons C	—	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	1	1	4	12:19	—	—	29	33

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Linus Ullmark(start)	W	45	44	1	.978	3.37	60:00

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.