New Jersey Devils vs. Buffalo SabresApr 8, 2021

FinalThursday, Apr 8, 2021· KeyBank Center

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New Jersey DevilsNJD

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Buffalo SabresBUF

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NJD	3	0	3	6		NJD	14	13	11	38
BUF	1	2	0	3		BUF	13	12	2	27

: NJD 67BUF 39
: NJD 4.32BUF 1.79
PP goals: NJD 2BUF 1
Hits: NJD 9BUF 13
Blocks: NJD 6BUF 11
PIM: NJD 6BUF 8
: NJD 52%BUF 48%

Fantasy takeaways

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

New Jersey Devils beat Buffalo Sabres 6–3

New Jersey Devils beat Buffalo Sabres 6–3 at BUF. Jack Hughes (NJD) led the scoring with 1G 2A. NJD's first power-play unit (Johnsson, Zacha, Bratt, Smith and Hughes) scored 2 power-play goals on 10 attempts in 4:34 together.

Points
Jack Hughes had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 4 shots in 19:44.Hughes
Points
Janne Kuokkanen had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 15:58.Kuokkanen
Points
Yegor Sharangovich had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 19:12.Sharangovich
Points
Pavel Zacha had two goals (2 points) on 6 shots in 18:59.Zacha
Points
Jesper Bratt had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 18:01.Bratt
Points
Ty Smith had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 21:37.Smith
PP1
NJD's first power-play unit (Johnsson, Zacha, Bratt, Smith and Hughes) scored 2 power-play goals on 10 attempts in 4:34 together.Johnsson Zacha Bratt Smith Hughes
Usage
Matt Irwin (BUF) played 4:58, −11:46 down on his 16:44 season average over 23 games.Irwin

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 106 of 106 attempts · BUF 39 · NJD 67

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 46% of the game, BUF 16%.

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	38
	3.32	1.55
	3.03	1.52
	12	11
	5	4
	5	6
	+0.005	−0.005
	46%	16%

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

L1Wood – Zacha – Bratt
11:3059% CF
L2Kuokkanen – Sharangovich – Hughes
11:2286% CF
L3McLeod – Maltsev – Thompson
6:5850% CF
L4Johnsson – Merkley – Boqvist
5:2550% CF
D1Murray – Severson
12:5075% CF
D2Vatanen – Smith
10:3467% CF
D3Subban – Kulikov
9:3773% CF

PP1Johnsson – Zacha – Bratt – Smith – Hughes
4:34100% CF
PP2Subban – Severson – Wood – Kuokkanen – Sharangovich
0:37
PK1FMcLeod – Sharangovich
2:55
PK2FJohnsson – Zacha
1:23
PK1DKulikov – Vatanen
1:53
PK2DSubban – Severson
1:49

Current NJD line combinations →

Buffalo Sabres

L1Asplund – Thompson – Mittelstadt
8:3447% CF
L2Eakin – Rieder – Fogarty
8:1036% CF
L3Skinner – Reinhart – Olofsson
7:4270% CF
D1Jokiharju – Dahlin
16:5156% CF
D2Ristolainen – Bryson
11:4127% CF
D3Miller – Montour
11:2433% CF

PP1Ristolainen – Reinhart – Olofsson – Mittelstadt – Dahlin
3:2957% CF
PP2Okposo – Skinner – Miller – Montour – Thompson
1:38100% CF
PK1FOkposo – Sheahan
2:37
PK2FEakin – Rieder
1:00
PK1DRistolainen – Bryson
2:39
PK2DIrwin – Montour
1:39

Current BUF line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

0:53
BUFVictor Olofsson (Henri Jokiharju, Kyle Okposo)snap0.23 xG
NJD: Subban, Kulikov, McLeod, Maltsev, ThompsonBUF: Okposo, Ristolainen, Reinhart, Olofsson, Jokiharju
NJD 0 – 1 BUF
2:06
NJDPavel ZachaPP (Ty Smith, Jesper Bratt)backhand0.13 xG
NJD: Johnsson, Zacha, Bratt, Smith, HughesBUF: Okposo, Sheahan, Ristolainen, Bryson
NJD 1 – 1 BUF
3:47
NJDPavel ZachaPP (Ty Smith, Jesper Bratt)wrist0.05 xG
NJD: Johnsson, Zacha, Bratt, Smith, HughesBUF: Okposo, Sheahan, Ristolainen, Bryson
NJD 2 – 1 BUF
16:04
NJDJack Hughes (Janne Kuokkanen, Yegor Sharangovich)wrist0.12 xG
NJD: Subban, Kulikov, Kuokkanen, Sharangovich, HughesBUF: Okposo, Skinner, Ristolainen, Reinhart, Bryson
NJD 3 – 1 BUF

2nd period

11:56
BUFTage ThompsonPP (Brandon Montour, Colin Miller)snap0.20 xG
NJD: Kulikov, Vatanen, McLeod, SharangovichBUF: Okposo, Skinner, Miller, Montour, Thompson
NJD 3 – 2 BUF
18:21
BUFJeff Skinner (Sam Reinhart, Rasmus Dahlin)backhand0.21 xG
NJD: Kulikov, Murray, McLeod, Maltsev, ThompsonBUF: Skinner, Reinhart, Olofsson, Jokiharju, Dahlin
NJD 3 – 3 BUF

3rd period

8:45
NJDJesper Boqvist (Michael McLeod)wrist0.19 xG
NJD: Vatanen, Johnsson, McLeod, Boqvist, SmithBUF: Sheahan, Miller, Reinhart, Montour, Olofsson
NJD 4 – 3 BUF
18:17
NJDYegor Sharangovich (Jack Hughes, Janne Kuokkanen)snap0.15 xG
NJD: Subban, Kuokkanen, Smith, Sharangovich, HughesBUF: Sheahan, Ristolainen, Reinhart, Olofsson, Bryson
NJD 5 – 3 BUF
19:28
NJDJanne KuokkanenEN (Yegor Sharangovich, Jack Hughes)wrist0.75 xG
NJD: Subban, Kulikov, Kuokkanen, Sharangovich, HughesBUF: Okposo, Skinner, Reinhart, Olofsson, Jokiharju, Dahlin
NJD 6 – 3 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
Pavel Zacha C	L1	2	0	2	0	6	0.46	1	0	2	18:59	—	—	58	67
Jesper Bratt L	L1	0	2	2	0	3	0.23	0	0	0	18:01	—	—	59	69
Miles Wood L	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	2	14:38	—	—	59	71
Jack Hughes C	L2	1	2	3	+3	4	0.48	0	0	0	19:44	—	—	77	83
Yegor Sharangovich C	L2	1	2	3	+3	3	0.26	0	0	0	19:12	—	—	77	80
Janne Kuokkanen C	L2	1	2	3	+3	1	0.88	0	0	0	15:58	—	—	79	92
Michael McLeod C	L3	0	1	1	-1	3	0.50	0	0	0	16:40	—	—	56	56
Mikhail Maltsev L	L3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.17	0	0	0	10:39	—	—	46	32
Tyce Thompson R	L3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.07	0	0	0	8:29	—	—	50	35
Andreas Johnsson L	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.24	2	0	0	17:50	—	—	54	68
Jesper Boqvist C	L4	1	0	1	+1	2	0.20	1	0	0	9:52	—	—	67	84
Nick Merkley R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	8:48	—	—	56	90
Damon Severson D	D1	0	0	0	0	4	0.03	2	0	0	22:19	—	—	61	80
Ryan Murray D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.03	0	0	0	16:42	—	—	52	62
Ty Smith D	D2	0	2	2	+2	3	0.24	0	0	0	21:37	—	—	59	74
Sami Vatanen D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.02	0	1	0	18:57	—	—	69	83
P.K. Subban D	D3	0	0	0	+2	4	0.43	0	1	0	19:16	—	—	71	66
Dmitry Kulikov D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.08	2	3	2	16:43	—	—	61	56

NJD goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Aaron Dell(start)	W	27	24	3	.889	1.79	60:00

Buffalo Sabres

BUF skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Casey Mittelstadt C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	0	0	17:28	—	—	40	25
Tage Thompson C	L1	1	0	1	0	4	0.36	0	1	2	15:01	—	—	38	16
Rasmus Asplund C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	12:22	—	—	44	29
Tobias Rieder L	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.06	0	1	0	15:14	—	—	29	24
Steven Fogarty C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	0	2	2	14:49	—	—	20	17
Cody Eakin C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	2	2	14:19	—	—	26	23
Sam Reinhart C	L3	0	1	1	-2	1	0.07	0	0	0	21:19	—	—	54	45
Victor Olofsson L	L3	1	0	1	-1	3	0.47	0	0	0	19:17	—	—	41	43
Jeff Skinner L	L3	1	0	1	-1	3	0.29	0	0	0	18:40	—	—	47	38
Rasmus Dahlin D	D1	0	1	1	0	1	0.07	1	0	0	21:32	—	—	55	43
Henri Jokiharju D	D1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.02	3	0	0	19:52	—	—	52	50
Rasmus Ristolainen D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.20	2	0	2	20:34	—	—	32	33
Jacob Bryson D	D2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	1	1	0	16:37	—	—	25	20
Brandon Montour D	D3	0	1	1	-1	3	0.08	1	1	0	21:25	—	—	27	12
Colin Miller D	D3	0	1	1	-1	0	0.00	2	3	0	15:05	—	—	32	16
Kyle Okposo R	—	0	1	1	-1	3	0.14	0	0	0	14:23	—	—	53	57
Riley Sheahan C	—	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	0	0	0	12:37	—	—	17	9
Matt Irwin D	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	4:58	—	—	33	31

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Linus Ullmark(start)	L	37	32	5	.865	3.56	59:08

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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.