Buffalo Sabres vs. New Jersey DevilsFeb 20, 2021

FinalSaturday, Feb 20, 2021· Prudential Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
BUF	1	2	0	3		BUF	12	11	6	29
NJD	0	0	2	2		NJD	8	6	13	27

: BUF 44NJD 53
: BUF 2.94NJD 1.89
PP goals: BUF 1NJD 0
Hits: BUF 19NJD 13
Blocks: BUF 18NJD 3
PIM: BUF 6NJD 2
: BUF 57%NJD 43%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Buffalo Sabres edge New Jersey Devils 3–2

Buffalo Sabres beat New Jersey Devils 3–2 at NJD. Sam Reinhart (BUF) led the scoring with 2G 0A. New look for BUF: Reinhart–Olofsson–Eichel skated 14:03 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (54.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Sam Reinhart had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 14:50.Reinhart
New line
New look for BUF: Reinhart–Olofsson–Eichel skated 14:03 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (54.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Reinhart Olofsson Eichel
New line
New look for NJD: Zacha–Kuokkanen–Sharangovich skated 8:18 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (0% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Zacha Kuokkanen Sharangovich
Usage
Jack Eichel (BUF) played 15:56, −4:48 down on his 20:44 season average over 20 games.Eichel
New line
New look for NJD: Zajac–Bratt–Hischier skated 4:16 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (25% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Zajac Bratt Hischier
Usage
Sam Reinhart (BUF) played 14:50, −4:48 down on his 19:38 season average over 53 games.Reinhart
Usage
Taylor Hall (BUF) played 13:27, −4:30 down on his 17:57 season average over 52 games.Hall
Usage
Eric Staal (BUF) played 10:36, −4:12 down on his 14:48 season average over 52 games.Staal

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 97 of 97 attempts · NJD 53 · BUF 44

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 42% of the game, NJD 21%.

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
	49	49
	3.17	1.79
	3.05	1.73
	12	2
	1	1
	12	13
	+0.087	−0.087
	42%	21%

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

L1Reinhart – Olofsson – Eichel
14:0354% CF
L2Okposo – Eakin – Rieder
13:2638% CF
L3Sheahan – Skinner – Lazar
10:3442% CF
L4Staal – Hall – Cozens
10:2356% CF
D1Irwin – Montour
15:1847% CF
D2Miller – McCabe
14:2262% CF
D3Borgen – Dahlin
12:5056% CF

PP1Hall – Reinhart – Olofsson – Eichel – Dahlin
0:30100% CF
PK1FSheahan – Lazar
3:07
PK2FEakin – Rieder
1:20
PK1DMcCabe – Borgen
2:31
PK2DIrwin – Montour
2:08

Current BUF line combinations →

New Jersey Devils

L1Palmieri – Johnsson – Hughes
9:2758% CF
L2Zacha – Kuokkanen – Sharangovich
8:180% CF
L3Wood – Bastian – McLeod
7:2954% CF
L4Zajac – Bratt – Hischier
4:1625% CF
D1Severson – Smith
16:2765% CF
D2Kulikov – Vatanen
14:5548% CF
D3Subban – Butcher
12:2137% CF

PP1Palmieri – Bratt – Hischier – Smith – Hughes
3:1286% CF
PP2Zajac – Subban – Johnsson – Wood – Zacha
1:23
PK1FBastian – McLeod
0:30
PK1DSubban – Vatanen
0:30

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
Victor Olofsson L	L1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.10	0	0	0	16:19	—	—	56	51
Jack Eichel C	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.00	1	2	2	15:56	—	—	54	50
Sam Reinhart C	L1	2	0	2	+1	3	0.25	1	1	2	14:50	—	—	52	50
Cody Eakin C	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.08	1	1	2	17:27	—	—	42	47
Tobias Rieder L	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.12	0	1	0	16:45	—	—	39	47
Kyle Okposo R	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.14	3	0	0	15:55	—	—	41	46
Riley Sheahan C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	1	1	0	15:53	—	—	45	76
Curtis Lazar C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.59	2	1	0	15:38	—	—	48	78
Jeff Skinner L	L3	0	0	0	0	4	0.37	0	1	0	11:22	—	—	42	69
Taylor Hall L	L4	0	1	1	+1	3	0.39	0	0	0	13:27	—	—	62	86
Dylan Cozens C	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.10	2	1	0	10:54	—	—	58	83
Eric Staal C	L4	0	1	1	+1	3	0.23	0	0	0	10:36	—	—	56	79
Brandon Montour D	D1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.05	0	2	0	21:43	—	—	42	55
Matt Irwin D	D1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.12	3	1	0	19:54	—	—	46	58
Colin Miller D	D2	1	0	1	0	1	0.10	1	2	0	20:46	—	—	55	79
Jake McCabe D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	2	0	19:29	—	—	58	71
Will Borgen D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	0	1	0	19:14	—	—	52	61
Rasmus Dahlin D	D3	0	1	1	0	3	0.23	2	1	0	18:24	—	—	52	65

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Linus Ullmark(start)	W	27	25	2	.926	1.89	60:00

New Jersey Devils

NJD skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jack Hughes C	L1	0	1	1	0	5	0.32	1	0	0	20:51	—	—	61	38
Andreas Johnsson L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	0	0	17:27	—	—	61	38
Kyle Palmieri C	L1	1	0	1	0	5	0.31	2	0	0	15:47	—	—	54	39
Pavel Zacha C	L2	0	1	1	-1	2	0.15	1	0	0	20:10	—	—	38	32
Janne Kuokkanen C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	0	0	0	12:56	—	—	25	9
Yegor Sharangovich C	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	12:55	—	—	6	0
Miles Wood L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.25	0	1	0	13:40	—	—	52	53
Michael McLeod C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	0	0	0	11:27	—	—	59	56
Nathan Bastian R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	8:25	—	—	57	66
Jesper Bratt L	L4	0	1	1	0	3	0.47	1	0	0	18:45	—	—	65	56
Nico Hischier C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	1	0	16:29	—	—	60	51
Travis Zajac C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.05	2	0	0	15:22	—	—	47	15
Ty Smith D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	2	0	0	24:06	—	—	62	60
Damon Severson D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.04	0	0	0	22:03	—	—	61	53
Sami Vatanen D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.03	0	1	0	18:17	—	—	50	45
Dmitry Kulikov D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	1	0	2	17:56	—	—	48	37
P.K. Subban D	D3	1	0	1	0	2	0.06	1	0	0	18:59	—	—	38	13
Will Butcher D	D3	0	1	1	0	2	0.04	0	0	0	15:08	—	—	39	19

NJD goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Mackenzie Blackwood(start)	L	29	26	3	.897	2.94	58:46

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 DevilsFeb 20, 2021

Fantasy takeaways

Buffalo Sabres edge New Jersey Devils 3–2

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

Box score

Buffalo Sabres

New Jersey Devils