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New Jersey Devils vs. Buffalo SabresMar 29, 2024

Final· KeyBank Center
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NJD
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Goals123TShots123T
NJD2002NJD1112730
BUF0235BUF8111736
NJD 64BUF 60
NJD 2.81BUF 4.30
PP goals
NJD 0BUF 0
Hits
NJD 18BUF 37
Blocks
NJD 12BUF 17
PIM
NJD 0BUF 6
NJD 66%BUF 34%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Buffalo Sabres beat New Jersey Devils 5–2

Buffalo Sabres beat New Jersey Devils 5–2 at home. Tage Thompson (BUF) led the scoring with 4G 0A. Owen Power (BUF) played 28:51, +6:01 up on his 22:50 season average over 75 games.

  1. Points
    Tage Thompson had 4 goals (4 points) on 6 shots in 16:07.Thompson
  2. Points
    Alex Tuch had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 20:06.Tuch
  3. Usage
    Owen Power (BUF) played 28:51, +6:01 up on his 22:50 season average over 75 games.Power
  4. New line
    New look for BUF: Girgensons–Olofsson–Jost skated 6:19 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.GirgensonsOlofssonJost
  5. Usage
    Alexander Holtz (NJD) played 17:46, +6:12 up on his 11:34 season average over 81 games.Holtz
  6. Usage
    Erik Haula (NJD) played 22:09, +5:21 up on his 16:48 season average over 75 games.Haula
  7. Usage
    Zemgus Girgensons (BUF) played 7:07, −4:49 down on his 11:56 season average over 62 games.Girgensons
  8. Usage
    Jack Hughes (NJD) played 25:31, +4:37 up on his 20:54 season average over 61 games.Hughes

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.

Shot map, NJD at BUF: 124 attempts, 66 on goal, 7 goals, 7.11 expected goals; best chance Tage Thompson at 0.93 xG.

Strength
Period
Team
← NJD attacks left (bottom on phones)BUF attacks right (top on phones) →
  • BUF
  • NJD
  • Goal
  • Shot on goal
  • Missed
  • Blocked

Showing 124 of 124 attempts · BUF 60 · NJD 64

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

Game flow, NJD at BUF: expected goals 4.30 to 2.81 (BUF led the chances), shot attempts 60 to 64, 7 goals.

0.01.02.03.04.05.01st2nd3rdBUFNJDWBTTTPTnet xGcumulative expected goals · 60:00
  • BUF
  • NJD
  • Goal
  • Power play (shaded)
Pressure Index
BUFNJDcontrol2nd3rdWillman · 1st 3:00Bratt · 1st 10:31Thompson · 2nd 0:28Thompson · 2nd 17:29Thompson · 3rd 15:26Peterka · 3rd 19:22Thompson · 3rd 19:54
  • 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 35% of the game, BUF 33%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

Shift chart, NJD at BUF: 38 players over 60:00; most ice Devon Levi (60:00) for BUF and Jake Allen (58:23) for NJD, 7 goals.

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
StatNJDBUF
7068
2.973.28
2.753.04
1710
104
1013
+0.098−0.098
35%33%

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

Current NJD line combinations →

Buffalo Sabres

Current BUF line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

  1. 3:00
    NJDMax Willman (Luke Hughes, Chris Tierney)tip-in0.05 xG
    NJD: Tierney, Willman, Bratt, DeSimone, HughesBUF: Girgensons, Tuch, Jost, Dahlin, Power
    NJD 1 – 0 BUF
  2. 10:31
    NJDJesper Bratt (Nico Hischier, Timo Meier)wrist0.12 xG
    NJD: Meier, Marino, Bratt, Hischier, BahlBUF: Tuch, Thompson, Dahlin, Peterka, Power
    NJD 2 – 0 BUF

2nd period

  1. 0:28
    BUFTage Thompsonwrist0.02 xG
    NJD: Meier, Marino, Bratt, Hischier, BahlBUF: Tuch, Thompson, Dahlin, Peterka, Power
    NJD 2 – 1 BUF
  2. 17:29
    BUFTage Thompson (Alex Tuch)wrist0.18 xG
    NJD: Meier, Marino, Bratt, Hischier, BahlBUF: Tuch, Thompson, Jokiharju, Byram, Peterka
    NJD 2 – 2 BUF

3rd period

  1. 15:26
    BUFTage Thompson (Rasmus Dahlin, Alex Tuch)backhand0.14 xG
    NJD: Haula, Lazar, DeSimone, Hughes, HughesBUF: Tuch, Thompson, Dahlin, Peterka, Power
    NJD 2 – 3 BUF
  2. 19:22
    BUFJJ PeterkaEN (Dylan Cozens, Owen Power)wrist0.63 xG
    NJD: Palat, Meier, Bratt, Hischier, Hughes, HughesBUF: Greenway, Dahlin, Cozens, Peterka, Power
    NJD 2 – 4 BUF
  3. 19:54
    BUFTage ThompsonEN (Henri Jokiharju)wrist0.93 xG
    NJD: Palat, Meier, Bratt, Hischier, Hughes, HughesBUF: Tuch, Greenway, Thompson, Jokiharju, Byram
    NJD 2 – 5 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
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Jack Hughes CL1000-350.3300025:31——5752
Erik Haula LL1000-140.3622022:09——6059
Alexander Holtz RL1000000.0021017:46——6786
Timo Meier RL2011-300.0110019:43——4248
Nico Hischier CL2011-310.0700019:24——4047
Jesper Bratt LL2101-250.5810018:13——5252
Dawson Mercer CL3000030.4200015:10——7275
Ondrej Palat LL3000-210.4410013:32——7983
Tomas Nosek LL3000020.0900013:18——6244
Curtis Lazar CL4000-100.003109:15——140
Chris Tierney CL4011+100.001007:48——195
Max Willman CL4101+110.050206:27——2211
Simon Nemec DD1000010.1603023:17——4046
Brendan Smith DD1000000.0051017:30——3327
Kevin Bahl DD2000-110.0910018:41——4745
John Marino DD2000-100.0001017:35——4547
Luke Hughes DD3011-240.1710021:33——5950
Nick DeSimone DD3000020.0301014:45——6149
NJD goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Jake Allen(start)L34313.9122.7558:23

Buffalo Sabres

BUF skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Alex Tuch RL1022+220.1611220:06——5347
JJ Peterka RL1101+350.8910016:48——6060
Tage Thompson CL1404+361.3051016:07——5346
Dylan Cozens CL2011+120.1930219:35——4944
Zach Benson LL2000010.0911018:44——5054
Jack Quinn RL2000000.0320017:06——6152
Tyson Jost CL3000-110.011108:49——5273
Victor Olofsson LL3000020.051008:04——4668
Zemgus Girgensons CL3000-120.554107:07——5073
Jordan Greenway LL4000+210.1332018:19——3842
Jeff Skinner LL4000030.2800011:52——3539
Peyton Krebs CL4000000.0020011:00——4069
Owen Power DD1011+130.1012028:51——5970
Rasmus Dahlin DD1011+120.0151027:01——5575
Henri Jokiharju DD2011+220.1512018:28——4951
Bowen Byram DD2000+220.1520218:21——4238
Connor Clifton DD3000020.2333015:50——4537
Jacob Bryson DD3000000.0012011:52——4434
BUF goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Devon Levi(start)W30282.9332.8160:00

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Max Willman (NJD) 1st 3:00 · assists Luke Hughes, Chris Tierney · Deflection · dumped in · 18.6 mph shot · 7.5 s from entry to goal.

Max Willman · 1st 3:00 · NJD

Play
deflection
Entry
dump
Odd man
No
Passes
2
Shot
18.6 mph
Distance
20 ft
Entry to goal
7.5 s

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Tage Thompson · 2nd 0:28 · BUF

Play
rush
Entry
carry
Odd man
No
Passes
1
Shot
43.6 mph
Distance
43 ft
Entry to goal
2.2 s

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Tage Thompson · 3rd 19:54 · BUF EN

Play
odd-man-rush
Entry
carry
Odd man
1-on-0
Passes
1
Shot
64.5 mph
Distance
26 ft
Entry to goal
1.5 s

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