Buffalo Sabres vs. New Jersey DevilsOct 27, 2023

FinalFriday, Oct 27, 2023· Prudential Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
BUF	2	1	1	4		BUF	12	11	4	27
NJD	2	1	2	5		NJD	15	7	17	39

: BUF 53NJD 69
: BUF 2.78NJD 3.19
PP goals: BUF 0NJD 1
Hits: BUF 16NJD 14
Blocks: BUF 21NJD 12
PIM: BUF 26NJD 19
: BUF 39%NJD 61%

Fantasy takeaways

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

New Jersey Devils edge Buffalo Sabres 5–4

New Jersey Devils beat Buffalo Sabres 5–4 at home. Erik Haula (NJD) led the scoring with 2G 0A. NJD's first power-play unit (Toffoli, Meier, Bratt, Hughes and Hughes) scored 1 power-play goal on 10 attempts in 6:03 together.

Points
Erik Haula had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 16:03.Haula
Points
Luke Hughes had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 22:33.Hughes
PP1
NJD's first power-play unit (Toffoli, Meier, Bratt, Hughes and Hughes) scored 1 power-play goal on 10 attempts in 6:03 together.Toffoli Meier Bratt Hughes Hughes
New line
New look for NJD: Haula–Lazar–Mercer skated 8:54 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (42.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Haula Lazar Mercer
Usage
Connor Clifton (BUF) played 4:28, −12:15 down on his 16:43 season average over 78 games.Clifton
Usage
Nico Hischier (NJD) played 11:11, −8:25 down on his 19:36 season average over 70 games.Hischier
New line
New look for BUF: Jost–Krebs–Peterka skated 5:01 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (77.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Jost Krebs Peterka
New line
New look for NJD: Bastian–McLeod–Holtz skated 4:31 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (75% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Bastian McLeod Holtz

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 122 of 122 attempts · NJD 69 · BUF 53

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 23% of the game, NJD 45%.

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
	47	53
	2.65	1.56
	2.56	1.45
	13	7
	5	5
	11	6
	−0.082	+0.082
	23%	45%

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 – Tuch – Mittelstadt
7:0344% CF
L2Greenway – Thompson – Cozens
6:3333% CF
L3Jost – Krebs – Peterka
5:0178% CF
L4Okposo – Girgensons – Olofsson
4:4445% CF
D1Samuelsson – Dahlin
9:5650% CF
D2Jokiharju – Power
7:5150% CF
D3Johnson – Clifton
2:080% CF

PP1Skinner – Tuch – Thompson – Dahlin – Cozens
2:1650% CF
PP2Olofsson – Mittelstadt – Krebs – Peterka – Power
1:03
PK1FGreenway – Thompson
2:50
PK2FGirgensons – Tuch
0:50
PK1DJohnson – Samuelsson
5:31
PK2DClifton – Power
1:11

Current BUF line combinations →

New Jersey Devils

L1Haula – Lazar – Mercer
8:5443% CF
L2Toffoli – Meier – Hughes
8:1036% CF
L3Bastian – McLeod – Holtz
4:3175% CF
L4Palat – Bratt – Hischier
3:3867% CF
D1Marino – Bahl
13:3356% CF
D2Hamilton – Siegenthaler
12:5859% CF
D3Smith – Hughes
11:0547% CF

PP1Toffoli – Meier – Bratt – Hughes – Hughes
6:03100% CF
PP2Haula – Palat – Hamilton – Marino – Mercer
0:42100% CF
PK1FHaula – Mercer
1:55
PK2FBastian – McLeod
0:48
PK1DMarino – Bahl
1:27
PK2DSmith – Siegenthaler
1:11

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
Jeff Skinner L	L1	0	1	1	-2	5	0.24	1	1	0	18:09	—	—	42	50
Alex Tuch R	L1	0	1	1	0	3	0.37	0	1	0	18:06	—	—	46	70
Casey Mittelstadt C	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.15	0	1	0	16:32	—	—	53	58
Tage Thompson C	L2	1	0	1	0	2	0.52	3	0	0	22:19	—	—	40	57
Dylan Cozens C	L2	1	0	1	-1	1	0.16	1	1	0	16:07	—	—	36	39
Jordan Greenway L	L2	0	1	1	+1	4	0.10	0	0	0	15:49	—	—	44	68
JJ Peterka R	L3	1	0	1	+1	1	0.13	0	0	0	13:45	—	—	62	82
Tyson Jost C	L3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	0	0	11:53	—	—	44	82
Peyton Krebs C	L3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	0	0	10:36	—	—	64	82
Kyle Okposo R	L4	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	0	2	2	11:57	—	—	39	64
Zemgus Girgensons C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.40	1	0	0	11:11	—	—	47	66
Victor Olofsson L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.06	0	1	0	9:49	—	—	53	65
Rasmus Dahlin D	D1	1	0	1	0	1	0.14	2	5	0	26:39	—	—	42	60
Mattias Samuelsson D	D1	0	1	1	0	1	0.00	3	6	0	23:56	—	—	55	71
Owen Power D	D2	0	1	1	+1	3	0.45	2	0	2	24:18	—	—	67	87
Henri Jokiharju D	D2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.06	1	3	0	20:15	—	—	38	69
Erik Johnson D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	16:04	—	—	56	60
Connor Clifton D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	20	4:28	—	—	0	0

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Eric Comrie(start)	—	18	16	2	.889	1.89	29:46
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	L	21	18	3	.857	1.30	28:08

New Jersey Devils

NJD skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Dawson Mercer C	L1	0	0	0	+2	1	0.00	0	0	0	18:19	—	—	60	55
Erik Haula L	L1	2	0	2	+2	4	0.50	0	1	0	16:03	—	—	60	57
Curtis Lazar C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	4	0	0	12:50	—	—	40	46
Jack Hughes C	L2	1	0	1	-1	2	0.09	0	1	0	22:05	—	—	42	20
Timo Meier R	L2	0	1	1	-2	5	0.41	4	0	0	17:11	—	—	35	2
Tyler Toffoli C	L2	0	0	0	-2	4	0.72	0	0	0	16:22	—	—	40	25
Michael McLeod C	L3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.05	0	0	0	13:40	—	—	76	67
Alexander Holtz R	L3	1	0	1	-1	4	0.35	0	0	0	10:40	—	—	64	53
Nathan Bastian R	L3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.14	2	1	0	9:01	—	—	56	35
Jesper Bratt L	L4	1	0	1	+2	2	0.29	0	1	0	21:01	—	—	54	34
Ondrej Palat L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	0	0	17	12:07	—	—	75	53
Nico Hischier C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	11:11	—	—	42	6
John Marino D	D1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.07	0	2	0	20:41	—	—	54	44
Kevin Bahl D	D1	0	1	1	0	2	0.06	1	1	0	17:04	—	—	47	37
Dougie Hamilton D	D2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.28	0	1	0	20:15	—	—	53	37
Jonas Siegenthaler D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	2	3	0	18:52	—	—	60	29
Luke Hughes D	D3	0	2	2	0	4	0.20	0	1	0	22:33	—	—	54	44
Brendan Smith D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	2	14:05	—	—	44	26

NJD goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Vitek Vanecek(start)	W	27	23	4	.852	2.78	60:00

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Alexander Holtz (NJD) 1st 7:41 · assists Luke Hughes, Michael McLeod · Rebound · carried in · 3-on-2 at the blue line · 9.2 mph shot · 6.1 s from entry to goal.

Alexander Holtz · 1st 7:41 · NJD

Play: rebound
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 0
Shot: 9.2 mph
Distance: 6 ft
Entry to goal: 6.1 s
Type: rebound

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JJ Peterka · 1st 6:11 · BUF

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 2
Shot: 74.5 mph
Distance: 33 ft
Entry to goal: 1.5 s

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Tage Thompson · 1st 15:42 · BUF

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 1
Shot: 9.5 mph
Distance: 18 ft

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Jesper Bratt · 1st 16:11 · NJD

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 43.3 mph
Distance: 12 ft

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Erik Haula · 2nd 13:47 · NJD SH

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 0
Shot: 24.9 mph
Distance: 6 ft
Entry to goal: 2.7 s

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Erik Haula · 3rd 14:17 · NJD

Play: deflection
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 15.8 mph
Distance: 7 ft

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Rasmus Dahlin · 2nd 17:32 · BUF

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 72.9 mph
Distance: 51 ft
Type: one-timer

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Jack Hughes · 3rd 2:09 · NJD PP

Play: deflection
Passes: 2
Shot: 54.3 mph
Distance: 45 ft

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Dylan Cozens · 3rd 12:35 · BUF

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 47.2 mph
Distance: 16 ft

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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 DevilsOct 27, 2023

Fantasy takeaways

New Jersey Devils edge Buffalo Sabres 5–4

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

Goal anatomy

Alexander Holtz · 1st 7:41 · NJD

JJ Peterka · 1st 6:11 · BUF

Tage Thompson · 1st 15:42 · BUF

Jesper Bratt · 1st 16:11 · NJD

Erik Haula · 2nd 13:47 · NJD SH

Erik Haula · 3rd 14:17 · NJD

Rasmus Dahlin · 2nd 17:32 · BUF

Jack Hughes · 3rd 2:09 · NJD PP

Dylan Cozens · 3rd 12:35 · BUF