Buffalo Sabres vs. New Jersey DevilsApr 6, 2021

FinalTuesday, Apr 6, 2021· Prudential Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
BUF	2	1	2	5		BUF	5	9	4	18
NJD	2	1	0	3		NJD	7	13	10	30

: BUF 30NJD 52
: BUF 2.31NJD 3.51
PP goals: BUF 1NJD 1
Hits: BUF 21NJD 12
Blocks: BUF 7NJD 6
PIM: BUF 6NJD 4
: BUF 54%NJD 46%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Buffalo Sabres beat New Jersey Devils 5–3

Buffalo Sabres beat New Jersey Devils 5–3 at NJD. Pavel Zacha (NJD) led the scoring with 1G 1A. BUF's first power-play unit (Ristolainen, Reinhart, Olofsson, Mittelstadt and Dahlin) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 2:39 together.

Points
Casey Mittelstadt had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 16:47.Mittelstadt
Points
Jesper Bratt had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 15:56.Bratt
Points
Pavel Zacha had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 18:17.Zacha
Points
Rasmus Dahlin had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 19:09.Dahlin
PP1
BUF's first power-play unit (Ristolainen, Reinhart, Olofsson, Mittelstadt and Dahlin) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 2:39 together.Ristolainen Reinhart Olofsson Mittelstadt Dahlin
PP1
NJD's first power-play unit (Zajac, Zacha, Bratt, Smith and Hughes) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 3:11 together.Zajac Zacha Bratt Smith Hughes
New line
New look for BUF: Asplund–Thompson–Mittelstadt skated 9:51 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (60% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Asplund Thompson Mittelstadt
Usage
Matt Irwin (BUF) played 4:52, −11:53 down on his 16:45 season average over 23 games.Irwin

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 82 of 82 attempts · NJD 52 · BUF 30

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 20% of the game, NJD 51%.

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
	29	55
	1.78	3.49
	1.77	3.27
	6	13
	5	4
	13	16
	+0.056	−0.056
	20%	51%

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

L1Asplund – Thompson – Mittelstadt
9:5160% CF
L2Eakin – Rieder – Fogarty
8:0850% CF
L3Okposo – Reinhart – Olofsson
3:5733% CF
D1Jokiharju – Dahlin
16:1744% CF
D2Ristolainen – Bryson
15:5522% CF
D3Miller – Montour
14:3839% CF

PP1Ristolainen – Reinhart – Olofsson – Mittelstadt – Dahlin
2:3960% CF
PP2Okposo – Skinner – Miller – Montour – Thompson
0:38100% CF
PK1FOkposo – Sheahan
2:38
PK2FEakin – Rieder
0:47
PK1DRistolainen – Bryson
3:24
PK2DIrwin – Montour
0:42

Current BUF line combinations →

New Jersey Devils

L1Kuokkanen – Sharangovich – Hughes
12:5775% CF
L2Wood – Zacha – Bratt
10:4478% CF
L3Zajac – Johnsson – Merkley
9:3050% CF
L4McLeod – Maltsev – Thompson
6:3755% CF
D1Subban – Kulikov
14:5065% CF
D2Murray – Severson
13:3455% CF
D3Vatanen – Smith
11:4850% CF

PP1Zajac – Zacha – Bratt – Smith – Hughes
3:1180% CF
PP2Subban – Severson – Wood – Kuokkanen – Sharangovich
0:31
PK1FZajac – Zacha
1:17
PK2FJohnsson – McLeod
0:42
PK1DKulikov – Vatanen
1:17
PK2DSubban – Murray
0:42

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
Casey Mittelstadt C	L1	1	1	2	+1	1	0.28	0	0	0	16:47	—	—	47	58
Tage Thompson C	L1	0	1	1	+2	4	0.58	1	0	0	15:25	—	—	53	73
Rasmus Asplund C	L1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.14	2	0	0	14:07	—	—	50	57
Tobias Rieder L	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.08	2	0	0	16:47	—	—	29	28
Cody Eakin C	L2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	15:33	—	—	29	19
Steven Fogarty C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	2	15:12	—	—	23	19
Sam Reinhart C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	19:40	—	—	24	22
Victor Olofsson L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.23	1	1	0	17:39	—	—	37	33
Kyle Okposo R	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	2	0	0	16:13	—	—	38	22
Rasmus Dahlin D	D1	1	1	2	0	1	0.20	3	0	0	19:09	—	—	44	39
Henri Jokiharju D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	1	1	0	16:17	—	—	44	39
Rasmus Ristolainen D	D2	1	0	1	+2	2	0.43	6	1	0	24:21	—	—	20	34
Jacob Bryson D	D2	0	0	0	+2	0	0.00	0	1	0	20:46	—	—	22	36
Brandon Montour D	D3	1	0	1	0	2	0.21	1	1	2	17:48	—	—	39	30
Colin Miller D	D3	0	1	1	0	1	0.11	0	0	2	17:25	—	—	35	22
Riley Sheahan C	—	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	16:52	—	—	41	25
Jeff Skinner L	—	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	0	1	0	10:53	—	—	14	1
Matt Irwin D	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	4:52	—	—	0	0

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Linus Ullmark(start)	W	30	27	3	.900	3.51	60:00

New Jersey Devils

NJD skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jack Hughes C	L1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.49	0	1	0	21:37	—	—	75	67
Janne Kuokkanen C	L1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.29	0	0	0	18:45	—	—	77	69
Yegor Sharangovich C	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.30	0	0	2	16:27	—	—	75	65
Pavel Zacha C	L2	1	1	2	+1	3	0.17	0	0	0	18:17	—	—	79	94
Jesper Bratt L	L2	1	1	2	+1	2	0.29	1	0	0	15:56	—	—	79	94
Miles Wood L	L2	0	1	1	+1	6	0.81	0	0	0	15:10	—	—	74	94
Travis Zajac C	L3	0	1	1	-3	0	0.20	2	0	0	18:42	—	—	53	31
Andreas Johnsson L	L3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.08	0	0	0	13:42	—	—	50	31
Nick Merkley R	L3	0	0	0	-3	2	0.11	1	0	0	11:24	—	—	47	23
Michael McLeod C	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.01	1	0	0	10:55	—	—	53	75
Tyce Thompson R	L4	0	1	1	+1	2	0.28	1	0	0	9:44	—	—	58	71
Mikhail Maltsev L	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.07	1	0	0	9:38	—	—	50	72
P.K. Subban D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	1	2	0	19:41	—	—	73	82
Dmitry Kulikov D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	19:31	—	—	68	79
Damon Severson D	D2	1	0	1	0	1	0.06	2	2	0	21:22	—	—	69	69
Ryan Murray D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	1	0	0	17:22	—	—	58	57
Ty Smith D	D3	0	0	0	-2	3	0.13	0	0	0	21:43	—	—	65	48
Sami Vatanen D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.15	0	0	2	17:05	—	—	61	68

NJD goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Scott Wedgewood(start)	L	17	13	4	.765	1.88	59:42

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 DevilsApr 6, 2021

Fantasy takeaways

Buffalo Sabres beat New Jersey Devils 5–3

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