Buffalo Sabres vs. New Jersey DevilsOct 5, 2024

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
BUF	0	1	0	1		BUF	5	6	7	18
NJD	0	1	2	3		NJD	12	16	9	37

: BUF 68NJD 63
: BUF 2.36NJD 4.21
PP goals: BUF 0NJD 1
Hits: BUF 28NJD 18
Blocks: BUF 10NJD 22
PIM: BUF 13NJD 9
: BUF 35%NJD 65%

Fantasy takeaways

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

New Jersey Devils beat Buffalo Sabres 3–1

New Jersey Devils beat Buffalo Sabres 3–1 at home. Jack Hughes (NJD) led the scoring with 0G 2A. JJ Peterka (BUF) played 1:39, −16:45 down on his 18:24 season average over 76 games.

Points
Jack Hughes had 2 assists (2 points) on 6 shots in 20:37.Hughes
Usage
JJ Peterka (BUF) played 1:39, −16:45 down on his 18:24 season average over 76 games.Peterka
New line
New look for BUF: Cozens–Quinn–Kulich skated 6:18 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (18.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Cozens Quinn Kulich
Goalie
Devon Levi (BUF) faced 37 shots and stopped 34 (.919), +8 against a season average of 28.7; the loss.Levi
Usage
Jordan Greenway (BUF) played 19:45, +4:49 up on his 14:56 season average over 33 games.Greenway
New line
New look for BUF: Zucker–McLeod–Krebs skated 4:13 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (71.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Zucker McLeod Krebs
New line
New look for NJD: Haula–Noesen–Cotter skated 6:23 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (45.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Haula Noesen Cotter
Usage
Stefan Noesen (NJD) played 11:48, −4:11 down on his 15:59 season average over 77 games.Noesen

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 131 of 131 attempts · NJD 63 · BUF 68

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 24% of the game, NJD 44%.

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
	66	52
	2.00	2.66
	1.90	2.62
	8	13
	6	5
	34	23
	−0.061	+0.061
	24%	44%

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

L1Tuch – Greenway – Thompson
8:2978% CF
L2Cozens – Quinn – Kulich
6:1819% CF
L3Zucker – McLeod – Krebs
4:1371% CF
D1Byram – Power
10:4653% CF
D2Jokiharju – Dahlin
10:0370% CF
D3Clifton – Samuelsson
7:0747% CF

PP1Zucker – Byram – Cozens – Power – Kulich
1:5067% CF
PP2Tuch – Thompson – Dahlin – Krebs – Quinn
1:390% CF
PK1FTuch – Cozens
2:15
PK2FGreenway – McLeod
1:32
PK1DClifton – Samuelsson
4:05
PK2DJokiharju – Dahlin
1:18

Current BUF line combinations →

New Jersey Devils

L1Tatar – Hischier – Mercer
10:2847% CF
L2Meier – Bratt – Hughes
10:0552% CF
L3Haula – Noesen – Cotter
6:2345% CF
L4MacDermid – Lazar – Bastian
2:4317% CF
D1Siegenthaler – Kovacevic
16:2553% CF
D2Dillon – Hamilton
11:3450% CF
D3Casey – Nemec
8:2124% CF

PP1Hamilton – Meier – Bratt – Hischier – Hughes
4:1090% CF
PP2Tatar – Haula – Noesen – Mercer – Casey
2:00100% CF
PK1FHaula – Bratt
1:14
PK2FHischier – Mercer
1:09
PK1DSiegenthaler – Kovacevic
2:10
PK2DHamilton – Nemec
0:46

Current NJD line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

8:18
BUFTage Thompson (Jordan Greenway, Alex Tuch)other0.43 xG
BUF: Tuch, Greenway, Thompson, Byram, PowerNJD: Dillon, Hamilton, Meier, Bratt, Hughes
BUF 1 – 0 NJD
11:59
NJDSeamus CaseyPP (Erik Haula, Stefan Noesen)wrist0.07 xG
BUF: Tuch, Jokiharju, Dahlin, CozensNJD: Tatar, Haula, Noesen, Mercer, Casey
BUF 1 – 1 NJD

3rd period

7:18
NJDPaul Cotter (Jack Hughes)wrist0.20 xG
BUF: Tuch, Samuelsson, Dahlin, Cozens, KulichNJD: Dillon, Hamilton, Noesen, Cotter, Hughes
BUF 1 – 2 NJD
14:14
NJDTimo Meier (Jesper Bratt, Jack Hughes)wrist0.26 xG
BUF: Jokiharju, Byram, Cozens, Quinn, KulichNJD: Dillon, Hamilton, Meier, Bratt, Hughes
BUF 1 – 3 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
Alex Tuch R	L1	0	1	1	0	0	0.61	1	3	7	20:07	—	—	74	63
Jordan Greenway L	L1	0	1	1	+1	4	0.20	3	1	0	19:45	—	—	73	60
Tage Thompson C	L1	1	0	1	+1	3	0.62	0	1	2	19:06	—	—	68	69
Dylan Cozens C	L2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.03	2	1	0	21:10	—	—	29	8
Jack Quinn R	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	15:48	—	—	22	4
Jiri Kulich C	L2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	2	0	2	14:00	—	—	22	3
Ryan McLeod C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.09	1	0	0	17:12	—	—	63	49
Jason Zucker L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.05	0	0	0	14:13	—	—	68	62
Peyton Krebs C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.20	2	0	0	14:11	—	—	58	50
Owen Power D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.28	0	0	0	24:42	—	—	64	50
Bowen Byram D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.04	1	2	0	21:59	—	—	41	36
Rasmus Dahlin D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.08	3	0	0	24:56	—	—	67	49
Henri Jokiharju D	D2	0	0	0	-1	4	0.09	3	1	0	18:04	—	—	61	47
Mattias Samuelsson D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	1	0	15:29	—	—	48	36
Connor Clifton D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	4	0	0	13:26	—	—	46	38
Sam Lafferty C	—	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	0	2	10:34	—	—	68	54
Beck Malenstyn L	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	3	0	0	9:33	—	—	65	62
JJ Peterka R	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	1:39	—	—	0	—

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Devon Levi(start)	L	37	34	3	.919	3.35	56:46

New Jersey Devils

NJD skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nico Hischier C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.69	1	1	0	20:44	—	—	44	57
Dawson Mercer C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.22	0	0	0	20:33	—	—	46	65
Tomas Tatar L	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.26	2	0	0	15:32	—	—	50	75
Jack Hughes C	L2	0	2	2	+1	6	0.37	1	0	0	20:37	—	—	50	59
Timo Meier R	L2	1	0	1	0	8	0.97	1	3	0	19:24	—	—	46	50
Jesper Bratt L	L2	0	1	1	0	5	0.55	1	0	0	19:19	—	—	49	51
Paul Cotter L	L3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.47	1	0	0	16:42	—	—	37	54
Erik Haula L	L3	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	12:16	—	—	56	66
Stefan Noesen R	L3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.15	3	0	0	11:48	—	—	59	78
Curtis Lazar C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	1	0	0	11:07	—	—	25	32
Nathan Bastian R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.22	0	1	0	10:53	—	—	35	52
Kurtis MacDermid L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	3:39	—	—	13	19
Jonas Siegenthaler D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	2	2	0	24:29	—	—	51	53
Johnathan Kovacevic D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.06	2	1	0	23:43	—	—	56	68
Dougie Hamilton D	D2	0	0	0	+1	3	0.16	1	3	0	22:52	—	—	46	61
Brenden Dillon D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.00	1	5	9	14:48	—	—	49	63
Simon Nemec D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	4	0	15:25	—	—	19	32
Seamus Casey D	D3	1	0	1	0	2	0.10	0	1	0	12:09	—	—	28	52

NJD goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jake Allen(start)	W	18	17	1	.944	2.36	60:00

Goal anatomy

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

Tage Thompson (BUF) 2nd 8:18 · assists Jordan Greenway, Alex Tuch · Rebound · carried in · 3-on-2 at the blue line · 2.2 mph shot · 5.6 s from entry to goal.

Tage Thompson · 2nd 8:18 · BUF

Play: rebound
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 0
Shot: 2.2 mph
Distance: 6 ft
Entry to goal: 5.6 s
Type: rebound

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Seamus Casey · 2nd 11:59 · NJD PP

Play: cycle
Passes: 3
Shot: 57.3 mph
Distance: 34 ft

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Paul Cotter · 3rd 7:18 · NJD

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 1
Shot: 27.0 mph
Distance: 8 ft
Entry to goal: 3.5 s

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Timo Meier · 3rd 14:14 · NJD

Play: point-shot
Passes: 0
Shot: 23.6 mph
Distance: 129 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.