Buffalo Sabres vs. New Jersey DevilsFeb 17, 2019

FinalSunday, Feb 17, 2019· Prudential Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
BUF	0	1	0	1		BUF	12	12	11	35
NJD	0	2	2	4		NJD	11	7	6	24

: BUF 61NJD 40
: BUF 2.89NJD 2.14
PP goals: BUF 0NJD 1
Hits: BUF 20NJD 27
Blocks: BUF 10NJD 17
PIM: BUF 2NJD 6
: BUF 59%NJD 41%

Fantasy takeaways

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

New Jersey Devils beat Buffalo Sabres 4–1

New Jersey Devils beat Buffalo Sabres 4–1 at home. Kyle Palmieri (NJD) led the scoring with 1G 2A. NJD's first power-play unit (Zajac, Johansson, Palmieri, Severson and Bratt) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 1:44 together.

Points
Kyle Palmieri had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 4 shots in 19:05.Palmieri
Points
Andy Greene had 2 assists (2 points) in 21:09.Greene
Points
Travis Zajac had 2 assists (2 points) in 20:47.Zajac
PP1
NJD's first power-play unit (Zajac, Johansson, Palmieri, Severson and Bratt) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 1:44 together.Zajac Johansson Palmieri Severson Bratt
New line
New look for BUF: Sheary–Rodrigues–Mittelstadt skated 11:35 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (54.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Sheary Rodrigues Mittelstadt
Goalie
Cory Schneider (NJD) faced 35 shots and stopped 34 (.971), +7 against a season average of 27.6; the win.Schneider
New line
New look for BUF: Pominville–Larsson–Girgensons skated 8:26 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (60% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Pominville Larsson Girgensons
New line
New look for NJD: Agostino–Rooney–Anderson skated 8:42 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (46.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Agostino Rooney Anderson

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 101 of 101 attempts · NJD 40 · BUF 61

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 51% of the game, NJD 24%.

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
	65	42
	2.58	1.69
	2.47	1.67
	8	5
	1	4
	23	13
	+0.085	−0.085
	51%	24%

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

L1Skinner – Reinhart – Eichel
14:1871% CF
L2Sheary – Rodrigues – Mittelstadt
11:3555% CF
L3Pominville – Larsson – Girgensons
8:2660% CF
L4Sobotka – Thompson – Smith
8:0578% CF
D1Bogosian – McCabe
14:5452% CF
D2Ristolainen – Pilut
14:2263% CF
D3Hunwick – Dahlin
13:5365% CF

PP1Skinner – Reinhart – Eichel – Mittelstadt – Dahlin
3:06100% CF
PP2Pominville – Ristolainen – Sheary – Rodrigues – Thompson
1:35100% CF
PK1FLarsson – Girgensons
1:34
PK2FSobotka – Rodrigues
0:58
PK1DBogosian – McCabe
1:44
PK2DHunwick – Ristolainen
0:48

Current BUF line combinations →

New Jersey Devils

L1Zajac – Palmieri – Wood
11:5838% CF
L2Johansson – Bratt – Hischier
11:1341% CF
L3Agostino – Rooney – Anderson
8:4246% CF
L4Stafford – Gabriel – Seney
6:4721% CF
D1Greene – Severson
15:1439% CF
D2Gryba – Mueller
13:2843% CF
D3Lovejoy – Butcher
12:1931% CF

PP1Zajac – Johansson – Palmieri – Severson – Bratt
1:44100% CF
PP2Stafford – Palmieri – Butcher – Wood – Hischier
0:4850% CF
PK1FZajac – Rooney
2:52
PK2FAnderson – Hischier
1:47
PK1DGreene – Lovejoy
3:57
PK2DGryba – Mueller
0:57

Current NJD line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

7:25
NJDMiles Wood (Kyle Palmieri, Travis Zajac)tip-in0.07 xG
BUF: Bogosian, Skinner, McCabe, Reinhart, MittelstadtNJD: Zajac, Greene, Palmieri, Severson, Wood
BUF 0 – 1 NJD
13:38
NJDJesper BrattPP (Kyle Palmieri, Damon Severson)snap0.06 xG
BUF: Bogosian, Larsson, Girgensons, McCabeNJD: Zajac, Johansson, Palmieri, Severson, Bratt
BUF 0 – 2 NJD
19:04
BUFSam Reinhart (Zach Bogosian, Jack Eichel)snap0.07 xG
BUF: Bogosian, Skinner, McCabe, Reinhart, EichelNJD: Johansson, Severson, Butcher, Rooney, Bratt
BUF 1 – 2 NJD

3rd period

14:09
NJDKyle Palmieri (Travis Zajac, Andy Greene)wrist0.10 xG
BUF: Skinner, Ristolainen, Reinhart, Eichel, PilutNJD: Zajac, Greene, Lovejoy, Palmieri, Agostino
BUF 1 – 3 NJD
16:51
NJDJoey AndersonEN (Andy Greene)wrist0.43 xG
BUF: Skinner, Ristolainen, Reinhart, Eichel, Thompson, DahlinNJD: Greene, Lovejoy, Anderson, Hischier
BUF 1 – 4 NJD

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
Jack Eichel C	L1	0	1	1	-1	4	0.55	2	0	0	19:56	—	—	74	68
Sam Reinhart C	L1	1	0	1	-2	5	0.36	0	0	0	19:42	—	—	70	65
Jeff Skinner L	L1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.12	0	0	0	19:29	—	—	68	64
Evan Rodrigues C	L2	0	0	0	0	4	0.17	0	1	0	18:23	—	—	50	55
Casey Mittelstadt C	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.17	0	1	0	17:03	—	—	50	51
Conor Sheary L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.07	0	0	0	16:28	—	—	46	53
Jason Pominville R	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.70	0	0	0	13:11	—	—	57	65
Johan Larsson L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.14	1	0	0	12:03	—	—	64	70
Zemgus Girgensons C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	10:43	—	—	60	67
Tage Thompson C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.14	1	0	0	13:02	—	—	69	47
Vladimir Sobotka C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	2	1	2	12:22	—	—	57	38
C.J. Smith L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.08	0	0	0	10:07	—	—	71	45
Zach Bogosian D	D1	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	2	2	0	20:58	—	—	56	62
Jake McCabe D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	1	0	0	19:04	—	—	48	56
Rasmus Ristolainen D	D2	0	0	0	-2	6	0.15	4	1	0	19:24	—	—	64	62
Lawrence Pilut D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	3	0	17:19	—	—	62	59
Rasmus Dahlin D	D3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.11	4	1	0	23:02	—	—	69	65
Matt Hunwick D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	15:45	—	—	66	57

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Carter Hutton(start)	L	23	20	3	.870	1.71	59:27

New Jersey Devils

NJD skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Travis Zajac C	L1	0	2	2	+2	0	0.06	0	1	0	20:47	—	—	37	39
Kyle Palmieri C	L1	1	2	3	+2	4	0.33	4	0	0	19:05	—	—	39	39
Miles Wood L	L1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.24	0	0	0	13:59	—	—	36	33
Nico Hischier C	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.13	0	0	0	17:19	—	—	46	45
Marcus Johansson L	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	3	2	0	17:15	—	—	36	37
Jesper Bratt L	L2	1	0	1	-1	2	0.10	1	0	0	16:54	—	—	42	40
Kevin Rooney C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	1	0	15:33	—	—	39	57
Kenny Agostino L	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.13	2	0	0	14:10	—	—	59	80
Joey Anderson R	L3	1	0	1	+1	3	0.70	0	0	0	14:08	—	—	50	68
Drew Stafford R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	10:57	—	—	25	16
Brett Seney L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.06	1	0	0	9:18	—	—	29	17
Kurtis Gabriel R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	2	2	0	7:03	—	—	21	12
Damon Severson D	D1	0	1	1	0	3	0.25	1	1	4	21:46	—	—	40	37
Andy Greene D	D1	0	2	2	+3	0	0.00	2	1	0	21:09	—	—	42	48
Mirco Mueller D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	3	0	19:09	—	—	42	41
Eric Gryba D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	3	0	2	18:04	—	—	46	44
Ben Lovejoy D	D3	0	0	0	+2	1	0.05	3	5	0	21:20	—	—	38	39
Will Butcher D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.04	1	1	0	16:04	—	—	29	26

NJD goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Cory Schneider(start)	W	35	34	1	.971	2.89	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.