Buffalo Sabres vs. New Jersey DevilsApr 21, 2022

FinalThursday, Apr 21, 2022· Prudential Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
BUF	0	3	2	5		BUF	8	10	10	28
NJD	0	1	1	2		NJD	10	11	10	31

: BUF 41NJD 57
: BUF 2.66NJD 3.14
PP goals: BUF 0NJD 0
Hits: BUF 13NJD 22
Blocks: BUF 10NJD 7
PIM: BUF 8NJD 4
: BUF 50%NJD 50%

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 NJD. Victor Olofsson (BUF) led the scoring with 0G 3A. New look for NJD: Tatar–Boqvist–Mercer skated 9:00 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (41.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Victor Olofsson had 3 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 13:24.Olofsson
Points
Jeff Skinner had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 15:04.Skinner
Points
Rasmus Dahlin had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 24:12.Dahlin
Points
Tage Thompson had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 18:09.Thompson
New line
New look for NJD: Tatar–Boqvist–Mercer skated 9:00 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (41.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Tatar Boqvist Mercer
Luck
BUF scored 5 goals on 2.66 expected goals (41 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
Usage
Alex Tuch (BUF) played 13:36, −4:54 down on his 18:30 season average over 49 games.Tuch
New line
New look for NJD: Zacha–Kuokkanen–Zetterlund skated 8:42 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (82.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Zacha Kuokkanen Zetterlund

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 98 of 98 attempts · NJD 57 · BUF 41

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 33%.

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
	43	53
	2.89	2.82
	2.82	2.76
	6	6
	2	4
	16	22
	+0.023	−0.023
	20%	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.

Buffalo Sabres

L1Okposo – Asplund – Cozens
12:2762% CF
L2Skinner – Olofsson – Thompson
11:0743% CF
L3Tuch – Mittelstadt – Krebs
9:2247% CF
L4Girgensons – Hinostroza – Bjork
8:040% CF
D1Samuelsson – Dahlin
16:2139% CF
D2Jokiharju – Power
14:1248% CF
D3Fitzgerald – Bryson
10:4244% CF

PP1Skinner – Tuch – Thompson – Mittelstadt – Dahlin
1:39100% CF
PP2Okposo – Skinner – Mittelstadt – Jokiharju – Krebs
0:19100% CF
PK1FGirgensons – Cozens
2:23
PK2FTuch – Thompson
0:21
PK1DSamuelsson – Power
1:49
PK2DFitzgerald – Dahlin
0:20

Current BUF line combinations →

New Jersey Devils

L1Bratt – Hischier – Sharangovich
13:0558% CF
L2Tatar – Boqvist – Mercer
9:0041% CF
L3Zacha – Kuokkanen – Zetterlund
8:4282% CF
L4Johnsson – Bastian – McLeod
7:5558% CF
D1Severson – Graves
15:4639% CF
D2Subban – Okhotiuk
14:3974% CF
D3Hamilton – Bahl
14:2760% CF

PP1Hamilton – Bratt – Bastian – Hischier – Zetterlund
3:20100% CF
PP2Tatar – Hamilton – Zacha – Boqvist – Mercer
1:120% CF
PK1FMcLeod – Mercer
1:04
PK2FKuokkanen – Boqvist
0:00
PK1DGraves – Bahl
1:59

Current NJD line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

11:53
BUFKyle OkposoSH (Rasmus Dahlin, Craig Anderson)wrist0.01 xG
BUF: Okposo, Thompson, Dahlin, PowerNJD: Tatar, Hamilton, Zacha, Boqvist, Okhotiuk
BUF 1 – 0 NJD
12:40
BUFAlex TuchSH (Victor Olofsson)backhand0.04 xG
BUF: Tuch, Olofsson, Dahlin, PowerNJD: Tatar, Hamilton, Zacha, Boqvist, Mercer
BUF 2 – 0 NJD
17:58
BUFRasmus Dahlin (Victor Olofsson)snap0.12 xG
BUF: Olofsson, Asplund, Thompson, Fitzgerald, DahlinNJD: Tatar, Severson, Boqvist, Sharangovich, Mercer
BUF 3 – 0 NJD
19:52
NJDJesper Boqvist (Michael McLeod, Dougie Hamilton)snap0.06 xG
BUF: Okposo, Asplund, Jokiharju, Dahlin, CozensNJD: Hamilton, Bastian, McLeod, Boqvist, Bahl
BUF 3 – 1 NJD

3rd period

4:59
NJDNikita Okhotiuk (Janne Kuokkanen, Pavel Zacha)slap0.01 xG
BUF: Skinner, Olofsson, Thompson, Samuelsson, DahlinNJD: Subban, Zacha, Kuokkanen, Zetterlund, Okhotiuk
BUF 3 – 2 NJD
8:33
BUFOwen Power (Jeff Skinner, Tage Thompson)wrist0.14 xG
BUF: Skinner, Hinostroza, Thompson, Jokiharju, PowerNJD: Subban, Hamilton, Zacha, Kuokkanen, Zetterlund
BUF 4 – 2 NJD
16:03
BUFJeff Skinner (Tage Thompson, Victor Olofsson)snap0.07 xG
BUF: Skinner, Olofsson, Thompson, Fitzgerald, PowerNJD: Hamilton, Johnsson, Bastian, McLeod, Bahl
BUF 5 – 2 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
Dylan Cozens C	L1	0	0	0	-1	4	0.82	0	0	0	16:41	—	—	67	88
Kyle Okposo R	L1	1	0	1	0	2	0.17	0	0	2	16:00	—	—	62	84
Rasmus Asplund C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.15	1	0	0	15:25	—	—	65	78
Tage Thompson C	L2	0	2	2	+4	4	0.34	0	0	0	18:09	—	—	47	45
Jeff Skinner L	L2	1	1	2	+2	2	0.07	0	1	0	15:04	—	—	45	47
Victor Olofsson L	L2	0	3	3	+3	2	0.24	0	0	0	13:24	—	—	44	40
Casey Mittelstadt C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	2	0	2	13:44	—	—	47	70
Alex Tuch R	L3	1	0	1	+1	4	0.40	0	2	0	13:36	—	—	45	47
Peyton Krebs C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	0	0	0	13:16	—	—	46	50
Zemgus Girgensons C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	13:16	—	—	0	0
Vinnie Hinostroza C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.02	0	1	0	12:57	—	—	29	21
Anders Bjork L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	11:28	—	—	17	4
Rasmus Dahlin D	D1	1	1	2	+2	3	0.18	0	2	2	24:12	—	—	46	40
Mattias Samuelsson D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	23:43	—	—	40	36
Owen Power D	D2	1	0	1	+3	1	0.14	0	1	0	22:21	—	—	48	56
Henri Jokiharju D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	3	1	2	19:40	—	—	46	53
Jacob Bryson D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	15:34	—	—	38	62
Casey Fitzgerald D	D3	0	0	0	+2	2	0.04	4	1	0	13:30	—	—	52	69

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Craig Anderson(start)	W	31	29	2	.935	3.14	60:00

New Jersey Devils

NJD skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nico Hischier C	L1	0	0	0	0	5	0.45	0	0	0	21:22	—	—	62	45
Jesper Bratt L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.18	0	0	0	20:16	—	—	55	42
Yegor Sharangovich C	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.34	0	1	0	16:34	—	—	57	41
Dawson Mercer C	L2	0	0	0	-2	2	0.33	0	0	0	16:25	—	—	36	35
Jesper Boqvist C	L2	1	0	1	-2	2	0.07	0	1	0	15:22	—	—	33	33
Tomas Tatar L	L2	0	0	0	-3	1	0.06	1	0	0	14:38	—	—	35	30
Pavel Zacha C	L3	0	1	1	-2	2	0.41	1	0	0	13:35	—	—	75	71
Fabian Zetterlund L	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.21	2	1	0	13:29	—	—	84	86
Janne Kuokkanen C	L3	0	1	1	0	1	0.11	0	0	0	11:22	—	—	75	67
Nathan Bastian R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	4	1	0	13:31	—	—	57	66
Michael McLeod C	L4	0	1	1	0	1	0.11	2	0	0	12:42	—	—	45	49
Andreas Johnsson L	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.12	3	0	0	12:35	—	—	50	45
Damon Severson D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.10	1	0	2	20:12	—	—	36	37
Ryan Graves D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	0	2	0	19:35	—	—	39	40
P.K. Subban D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.04	2	1	0	19:17	—	—	67	63
Nikita Okhotiuk D	D2	1	0	1	0	4	0.17	2	0	0	15:54	—	—	74	87
Dougie Hamilton D	D3	0	1	1	-3	4	0.28	2	0	2	20:27	—	—	59	48
Kevin Bahl D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	2	0	0	18:44	—	—	59	47

NJD goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Andrew Hammond(start)	L	28	23	5	.821	2.66	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.