Buffalo Sabres vs. New Jersey DevilsDec 29, 2017

Final / OTFriday, Dec 29, 2017· Prudential Center

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
BUF	0	2	1	1	4		BUF	11	3	12	3	29
NJD	1	2	0	0	3		NJD	12	13	11	2	38

: BUF 52NJD 54
: BUF 2.77NJD 2.46
PP goals: BUF 1NJD 1
Hits: BUF 36NJD 20
Blocks: BUF 9NJD 9
PIM: BUF 4NJD 6
: BUF 61%NJD 39%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Buffalo Sabres edge New Jersey Devils 4–3 (OT)

Buffalo Sabres beat New Jersey Devils 4–3 in overtime at NJD. Jack Eichel (BUF) led the scoring with 2G 0A. BUF's first power-play unit (Okposo, O'Reilly, Ristolainen, Reinhart and Eichel) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 2:58 together.

Points
Jack Eichel had two goals (2 points) on 5 shots in 18:04.Eichel
Points
Rasmus Ristolainen had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 25:52.Ristolainen
PP1
BUF's first power-play unit (Okposo, O'Reilly, Ristolainen, Reinhart and Eichel) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 2:58 together.Okposo O'Reilly Ristolainen Reinhart Eichel
Goalie
Robin Lehner (BUF) faced 38 shots and stopped 35 (.921), +9 against a season average of 29.4; the win.Lehner
Usage
John Moore (NJD) played 23:03, +3:05 up on his 19:58 season average over 80 games.Moore
Usage
Kyle Okposo (BUF) played 20:03, +3:04 up on his 16:59 season average over 75 games.Okposo
Usage
Justin Falk (BUF) played 12:30, −3:40 down on his 16:10 season average over 45 games.Falk
Shots
Sami Vatanen (NJD) led everyone with 8 shot on goals without scoring.Vatanen

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

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

NJD
BUF
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 106 of 106 attempts · NJD 54 · BUF 52

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

NJD
BUF
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: BUF 22% of the game, NJD 42%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

NJD

BUF

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	BUF	NJD
	42	60
	1.41	2.42
	1.32	2.32
	2	8
	5	2
	18	14
	+0.068	−0.068
	22%	42%

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.

Buffalo Sabres

L1Okposo – O'Reilly – Kane
15:2235% CF
L2Girgensons – Reinhart – Eichel
11:4526% CF
L3Pominville – Pouliot – Rodrigues
9:1861% CF
L4Josefson – Nolan – Larsson
8:5331% CF
D1Bogosian – McCabe
18:4442% CF
D2Scandella – Ristolainen
18:1641% CF
D3Falk – Beaulieu
11:1341% CF

PP1Okposo – O'Reilly – Ristolainen – Reinhart – Eichel
2:58100% CF
PP2Pominville – Scandella – Kane – Beaulieu – Rodrigues
0:28100% CF
PK1FO'Reilly – Girgensons
0:28
PK2FPouliot – Larsson
0:24
PK1DScandella – Ristolainen
0:52

Current BUF line combinations →

New Jersey Devils

L1Zajac – Johansson – Palmieri
12:5036% CF
L2Hall – Bratt – Hischier
12:3079% CF
L3Noesen – Wood – Zacha
11:0875% CF
L4Boyle – Gibbons – Coleman
9:1035% CF
D1Moore – Vatanen
18:4180% CF
D2Greene – Santini
15:4043% CF
D3Severson – Butcher
13:0965% CF

PP1Johansson – Vatanen – Wood – Bratt – Hischier
0:29100% CF
PP2Boyle – Zajac – Palmieri – Hall – Butcher
0:28
PK1FZajac – Gibbons
1:30
PK2FColeman – Bratt
0:54
PK1DGreene – Santini
2:33
PK2DMoore – Vatanen
0:32

Current NJD line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

Box score

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

Buffalo Sabres

BUF skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Ryan O'Reilly C	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.11	3	0	0	22:37	—	—	44	41
Kyle Okposo R	L1	0	1	1	0	3	0.17	1	0	0	20:03	—	—	48	37
Evander Kane L	L1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.23	5	0	0	19:38	—	—	46	33
Sam Reinhart C	L2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.41	1	1	0	18:34	—	—	35	41
Jack Eichel C	L2	2	0	2	+1	5	0.55	1	1	0	18:04	—	—	39	42
Zemgus Girgensons C	L2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	2	0	2	13:20	—	—	26	36
Jason Pominville R	L3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.03	0	0	0	13:15	—	—	58	26
Evan Rodrigues C	L3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.13	0	0	0	13:09	—	—	50	18
Benoit Pouliot L	L3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.09	0	0	0	12:09	—	—	48	18
Jacob Josefson C	L4	1	0	1	+1	3	0.28	2	0	0	12:24	—	—	28	40
Johan Larsson L	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	1	0	11:42	—	—	35	53
Jordan Nolan C	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.04	0	0	0	10:25	—	—	31	46
Jake McCabe D	D1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.07	6	1	2	22:04	—	—	39	31
Zach Bogosian D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.13	1	1	0	21:41	—	—	44	35
Rasmus Ristolainen D	D2	1	1	2	+1	3	0.45	6	0	0	25:52	—	—	41	46
Marco Scandella D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.05	1	3	0	23:11	—	—	38	48
Nathan Beaulieu D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	2	1	0	14:49	—	—	47	25
Justin Falk D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	3	0	0	12:30	—	—	39	18

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Robin Lehner(start)	W	38	35	3	.921	2.46	62:32

New Jersey Devils

NJD skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Travis Zajac C	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	2	0	18:16	—	—	37	43
Marcus Johansson L	L1	1	0	1	-1	2	0.13	0	0	0	16:16	—	—	44	55
Kyle Palmieri C	L1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.08	1	1	0	15:53	—	—	36	44
Taylor Hall L	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.14	0	0	0	18:52	—	—	78	73
Nico Hischier C	L2	0	1	1	0	3	0.48	0	0	0	17:29	—	—	74	61
Jesper Bratt L	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.22	0	0	0	16:29	—	—	78	74
Pavel Zacha C	L3	0	1	1	+1	5	0.40	1	0	0	14:16	—	—	74	81
Stefan Noesen R	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.10	1	0	2	13:01	—	—	70	70
Miles Wood L	L3	1	0	1	+1	5	0.23	0	0	0	12:30	—	—	76	80
Brian Gibbons C	L4	0	1	1	0	1	0.04	0	0	0	14:12	—	—	42	47
Blake Coleman L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.10	3	1	0	12:25	—	—	39	50
Brian Boyle C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	1	0	2	11:08	—	—	44	51
Sami Vatanen D	D1	0	1	1	+1	8	0.30	0	1	2	23:15	—	—	69	61
John Moore D	D1	1	0	1	0	2	0.09	3	0	0	23:03	—	—	79	70
Steven Santini D	D2	0	0	0	0	3	0.05	4	2	0	21:38	—	—	41	60
Andy Greene D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	2	0	21:08	—	—	38	26
Damon Severson D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.02	1	0	0	17:40	—	—	59	69
Will Butcher D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	1	0	0	14:56	—	—	64	73

NJD goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Cory Schneider(start)	O	29	25	4	.862	2.77	62:37

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.

Buffalo Sabres vs. New Jersey DevilsDec 29, 2017

Fantasy takeaways

Buffalo Sabres edge New Jersey Devils 4–3 (OT)

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

Buffalo Sabres

New Jersey Devils

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

OT period

Box score

Buffalo Sabres

New Jersey Devils