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Tue, Feb 14, 2012·First Niagara Center, Buffalo

New Jersey Devils 4, Buffalo Sabres 1

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New Jersey Devils win this game 85% of the time.

BUF winsNJD wins

Who was on the ice

Model-based

Line matchups and every shift of the game.

Line matchups

BUF forward lines and defence pairs (rows) against NJD's (columns) at 5-on-5. Darker cells shared more ice; the second number is xG for–against in that time. Click a cell to highlight it below.

Kovalchuk–Parise–HenriqueZubrus–Ponikarovsky–BernierSykora–Elias–ClarksonVeilleux–Janssen–JosefsonPonikarovsky–Bernier–JosefsonSalvador–VolchenkovFayne–GreeneFoster–TaorminaSalvador–Greene
Roy–Pominville–Vanek2:400.10–0.214:090.06–0.051:270.12–0.021:150.07–0.005:270.13–0.133:110.10–0.020:510.07–0.00
Stafford–Gerbe–Ennis2:280.02–0.103:280.04–0.071:370.04–0.000:340.00–0.002:330.02–0.072:550.04–0.001:550.04–0.08
Gaustad–Kaleta–Leino2:240.05–0.090:550.00–0.131:140.05–0.002:140.02–0.131:050.03–0.001:400.05–0.090:400.01–0.00
Boyes–Ennis–Kassian0:480.00–0.000:370.00–0.001:290.02–0.001:200.37–0.05
Boyes–Stafford–Gerbe0:320.00–0.010:510.09–0.001:130.09–0.01
Boyes–Stafford–Ennis0:500.00–0.000:400.00–0.000:330.00–0.00
Boyes–Roy–Kassian0:480.00–0.071:170.00–0.07
Sekera–Myers3:520.01–0.383:270.08–0.005:270.14–0.022:260.08–0.005:080.00–0.105:440.24–0.170:360.01–0.00
Ehrhoff–Weber4:550.00–0.201:410.00–0.021:560.07–0.000:340.00–0.006:500.07–0.203:370.61–0.02
Regehr–Leopold5:350.14–0.170:400.02–0.000:430.00–0.004:510.15–0.152:460.10–0.000:530.00–0.010:380.02–0.00
Ehrhoff–Gragnani0:450.00–0.030:320.16–0.000:450.00–0.030:310.04–0.05
Shift chart

Every shift, one row per player.

P1P2P3EndStafford FGerbe FEnnis FRoy FVanek FPominville FGaustad FKaleta FBoyes FKassian FLeino FWeber DEhrhoff DLeopold DRegehr DSekera DMyers DGragnani DMiller GZubrus FPonikarovsky FBernier FKovalchuk FParise FHenrique FClarkson FElias FSykora FVeilleux FJosefson FJanssen FGreene DFayne DSalvador DVolchenkov DFoster DTaormina DBrodeur G
BUFNJDFull-height lines are goals; short ticks at the top are shots. Hover to see who was on the ice.

Shift totals

Ilya KovalchukNJD2525:041:002:3661
Tyler MyersBUF2924:570:521:3743
Zach PariseNJD2522:590:552:2052
Bryce SalvadorNJD2321:500:572:1005
Patrik EliasNJD2521:430:521:5263
Anton VolchenkovNJD2521:230:511:1705
Andrej SekeraBUF2721:200:471:3734
David ClarksonNJD2220:160:551:5260
Christian EhrhoffBUF2520:070:481:3922
Mark FayneNJD2620:050:461:2223
Andy GreeneNJD2619:380:451:2413
Jason PominvilleBUF2519:260:471:4335
Tyler EnnisBUF2219:180:531:3241
Dainius ZubrusNJD2618:470:431:2217
Derek RoyBUF2718:450:421:4326
Paul GaustadBUF2217:490:491:2617
Adam HenriqueNJD2417:320:441:1341
Thomas VanekBUF2117:050:491:5444
Mike WeberBUF2216:420:461:1433
Jordan LeopoldBUF2716:390:371:1517
Drew StaffordBUF1716:370:591:3211
Kurtis FosterNJD1815:560:531:4260
Alexei PonikarovskyNJD2115:170:441:3803
Patrick KaletaBUF2014:190:431:1426
Robyn RegehrBUF2314:100:371:1915
Steve BernierNJD2013:540:421:1903
Nathan GerbeBUF1513:290:541:4810
Petr SykoraNJD1913:170:421:1230
Brad BoyesBUF1313:061:001:4810
Matt TaorminaNJD1511:590:481:0310
Ville LeinoBUF1311:290:531:1910
Zack KassianBUF97:320:501:1810
Jacob JosefsonNJD127:180:371:0711
Marc-Andre GragnaniBUF115:120:281:1230
Stephane VeilleuxNJD74:340:390:5810
Cam JanssenNJD64:280:451:2011