New Jersey Devils vs. Buffalo SabresNov 25, 2022

FinalFriday, Nov 25, 2022· KeyBank Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NJD	0	3	0	3		NJD	16	20	8	44
BUF	0	1	0	1		BUF	7	14	13	34

: NJD 74BUF 58
: NJD 4.75BUF 3.17
PP goals: NJD 0BUF 0
Hits: NJD 15BUF 23
Blocks: NJD 15BUF 18
PIM: NJD 2BUF 2
: NJD 57%BUF 43%

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. Jack Hughes (NJD) led the scoring with 1G 0A. Craig Anderson (BUF) faced 44 shots and stopped 41 (.932), +12 against a season average of 31.7; the loss.

Goalie
Craig Anderson (BUF) faced 44 shots and stopped 41 (.932), +12 against a season average of 31.7; the loss.Anderson
Luck
BUF scored 1 goal on 3.16 expected goals (58 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for BUF: Okposo–Girgensons–Jost skated 11:37 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (61.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Okposo Girgensons Jost
Goalie
Akira Schmid (NJD) faced 34 shots and stopped 33 (.971), +11 against a season average of 22.7; the win.Schmid
Luck
NJD scored 3 goals on 4.75 expected goals (74 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Dawson Mercer (NJD) played 13:22, −3:14 down on his 16:36 season average over 81 games.Mercer
Usage
Jack Hughes (NJD) played 16:47, −3:13 down on his 20:00 season average over 77 games.Hughes
Usage
Yegor Sharangovich (NJD) played 11:25, −3:03 down on his 14:28 season average over 74 games.Sharangovich

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 132 of 132 attempts · BUF 58 · NJD 74

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 23%.

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
	79	59
	3.46	3.07
	3.32	2.99
	17	12
	8	2
	18	13
	+0.078	−0.078
	39%	23%

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

L1Tatar – Bratt – Hischier
12:2654% CF
L2Wood – Bastian – McLeod
11:4952% CF
L3Haula – Hughes – Mercer
10:0679% CF
L4Boqvist – Zetterlund – Sharangovich
7:4336% CF
D1Hamilton – Siegenthaler
17:5462% CF
D2Graves – Marino
17:1049% CF
D3Smith – Severson
12:3971% CF

PP1Hamilton – Bratt – Bastian – Hischier – Hughes
1:06100% CF
PP2Tatar – Haula – Severson – Wood – Zetterlund
0:36
PK1FBastian – Sharangovich
0:52
PK2FMcLeod – Hischier
0:30
PK1DSiegenthaler – Marino
1:12
PK2DSmith – Graves
0:30

Current NJD line combinations →

Buffalo Sabres

L1Skinner – Tuch – Thompson
12:5647% CF
L2Cozens – Quinn – Peterka
12:0031% CF
L3Okposo – Girgensons – Jost
11:3762% CF
L4Hinostroza – Olofsson – Mittelstadt
9:0426% CF
D1Samuelsson – Dahlin
15:2741% CF
D2Jokiharju – Power
14:0733% CF
D3Fitzgerald – Lyubushkin
8:5656% CF

PP1Skinner – Tuch – Thompson – Dahlin – Cozens
1:12100% CF
PP2Olofsson – Mittelstadt – Quinn – Peterka – Power
0:3950% CF
PK1FTuch – Thompson
0:58
PK2FOkposo – Girgensons
0:21
PK1DSamuelsson – Lyubushkin
1:14
PK2DFitzgerald – Jokiharju
0:39

Current BUF line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

2:00
NJDJack Hughes (Dawson Mercer, Erik Haula)snap0.18 xG
NJD: Smith, Haula, Severson, Hughes, MercerBUF: Samuelsson, Dahlin, Cozens, Quinn, Peterka
NJD 1 – 0 BUF
5:47
NJDJesper Boqvist (Yegor Sharangovich)snap0.22 xG
NJD: Hamilton, Siegenthaler, Boqvist, Zetterlund, SharangovichBUF: Samuelsson, Dahlin, Cozens, Quinn, Peterka
NJD 2 – 0 BUF
14:19
BUFVictor Olofsson (Casey Mittelstadt, Henri Jokiharju)snap0.17 xG
NJD: Smith, Haula, Severson, Hughes, MercerBUF: Hinostroza, Olofsson, Mittelstadt, Jokiharju, Power
NJD 2 – 1 BUF
17:55
NJDTomas Tatar (Nico Hischier, Jesper Bratt)wrist0.08 xG
NJD: Tatar, Hamilton, Siegenthaler, Bratt, HischierBUF: Skinner, Tuch, Thompson, Jokiharju, Power
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
Nico Hischier C	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.35	0	0	0	19:39	—	—	50	53
Jesper Bratt L	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.08	0	2	0	18:40	—	—	50	52
Tomas Tatar L	L1	1	0	1	+1	3	0.30	0	2	0	17:33	—	—	52	56
Miles Wood L	L2	0	0	0	0	5	0.27	1	0	0	16:27	—	—	56	44
Nathan Bastian R	L2	0	0	0	0	4	0.58	3	1	0	16:10	—	—	52	38
Michael McLeod C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	1	1	0	14:41	—	—	53	39
Jack Hughes C	L3	1	0	1	0	5	1.26	0	0	0	16:47	—	—	76	72
Erik Haula L	L3	0	1	1	0	1	0.06	3	0	2	14:45	—	—	81	77
Dawson Mercer C	L3	0	1	1	0	4	0.89	0	0	0	13:22	—	—	74	74
Fabian Zetterlund L	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.17	0	0	0	11:39	—	—	50	50
Yegor Sharangovich C	L4	0	1	1	+1	2	0.10	0	4	0	11:25	—	—	35	41
Jesper Boqvist C	L4	1	0	1	+1	1	0.21	0	0	0	9:08	—	—	41	43
Jonas Siegenthaler D	D1	0	0	0	+2	2	0.03	0	1	0	24:46	—	—	61	50
Dougie Hamilton D	D1	0	0	0	+2	2	0.19	3	1	0	21:00	—	—	65	54
John Marino D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	21:43	—	—	47	44
Ryan Graves D	D2	0	0	0	0	6	0.12	1	1	0	20:29	—	—	48	41
Damon Severson D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	0	0	0	14:59	—	—	72	77
Brendan Smith D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	2	1	0	14:54	—	—	62	61

NJD goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Akira Schmid(start)	W	34	33	1	.971	3.17	59:53

Buffalo Sabres

BUF skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Alex Tuch R	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.17	4	0	0	19:31	—	—	47	46
Tage Thompson C	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.11	3	0	0	18:38	—	—	45	45
Jeff Skinner L	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.14	0	0	0	17:55	—	—	50	50
Dylan Cozens C	L2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.06	1	0	0	18:06	—	—	30	23
Jack Quinn R	L2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.17	0	0	0	15:00	—	—	36	24
JJ Peterka R	L2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.11	0	1	0	14:20	—	—	31	22
Zemgus Girgensons C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	1	1	0	14:30	—	—	53	69
Kyle Okposo R	L3	0	0	0	0	5	0.49	1	1	0	14:19	—	—	55	69
Tyson Jost C	L3	0	0	0	0	4	0.59	2	0	2	13:23	—	—	61	71
Casey Mittelstadt C	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.13	0	1	0	13:30	—	—	33	40
Victor Olofsson L	L4	1	0	1	+1	3	0.28	1	0	0	12:40	—	—	37	58
Vinnie Hinostroza C	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	0	0	10:46	—	—	25	39
Rasmus Dahlin D	D1	0	0	0	-2	5	0.63	2	1	0	27:05	—	—	51	42
Mattias Samuelsson D	D1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.02	1	5	0	20:52	—	—	33	30
Owen Power D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	1	4	0	23:15	—	—	36	52
Henri Jokiharju D	D2	0	1	1	0	1	0.03	1	3	0	21:15	—	—	41	59
Ilya Lyubushkin D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.10	4	1	0	13:50	—	—	42	50
Casey Fitzgerald D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	0	0	0	12:06	—	—	63	53

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Craig Anderson(start)	L	44	41	3	.932	3.61	56:59

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.