Fri, Dec 29, 2017·Prudential Center, Newark
Buffalo Sabres 4, New Jersey Devils 3 (OT)
Three stars
Expected result
Based on shot quality alone, New Jersey Devils win this game 68% of the time.
58%
10%
25%
NJD winsBUF wins
Who was on the ice
Model-basedLine matchups and every shift of the game.
NJD forward lines and defence pairs (rows) against BUF'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.
| Okposo–O'Reilly–Kane | Girgensons–Reinhart–Eichel | Pominville–Pouliot–Rodrigues | Josefson–Nolan–Larsson | Bogosian–McCabe | Scandella–Ristolainen | Falk–Beaulieu | McCabe–Ristolainen | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zajac–Johansson–Palmieri | 7:270.16–0.13 | 3:110.00–0.17 | 0:510.00–0.00 | 3:550.11–0.09 | 5:220.00–0.13 | 2:100.05–0.01 | ||
| Hall–Bratt–Hischier | 2:050.05–0.00 | 6:090.40–0.12 | 0:550.00–0.00 | 1:210.05–0.03 | 5:150.40–0.02 | 4:090.11–0.12 | 1:560.03–0.00 | 0:360.00–0.00 |
| Noesen–Wood–Zacha | 0:400.01–0.00 | 0:340.00–0.00 | 3:231.06–0.06 | 4:180.30–0.10 | 2:190.06–0.10 | 3:201.25–0.00 | 4:300.19–0.06 | |
| Boyle–Gibbons–Coleman | 3:380.14–0.02 | 2:330.09–0.10 | 1:350.11–0.20 | 2:410.04–0.07 | 3:540.11–0.21 | 1:220.09–0.03 | ||
| Hall–Zacha–Bratt | 0:340.06–0.00 | 0:410.00–0.02 | 1:170.06–0.02 | |||||
| Boyle–Hall–Gibbons | 0:540.04–0.00 | 0:570.04–0.00 | ||||||
| Moore–Vatanen | 6:440.28–0.00 | 3:560.21–0.10 | 2:560.02–0.02 | 3:140.13–0.04 | 8:030.34–0.06 | 5:400.15–0.09 | 2:450.10–0.00 | 1:010.09–0.00 |
| Greene–Santini | 6:570.08–0.15 | 4:170.02–0.10 | 1:310.00–0.03 | 0:390.04–0.00 | 4:140.10–0.03 | 6:350.03–0.15 | 2:520.00–0.03 | |
| Severson–Butcher | 1:190.00–0.00 | 0:390.05–0.00 | 3:341.13–0.10 | 4:510.33–0.23 | 2:530.05–0.03 | 4:581.30–0.20 | 4:330.31–0.06 | |
| Butcher–Santini | 0:510.00–0.03 | 0:520.00–0.03 | ||||||
| Moore–Severson | 0:470.00–0.00 | 0:370.00–0.00 | ||||||
| Vatanen–Severson | 0:300.02–0.00 | 0:300.00–0.03 |
Every shift, one row per player.
NJDBUFFull-height lines are goals; short ticks at the top are shots. Hover to see who was on the ice.
Shift totals
 Rasmus RistolainenBUF | 32 | 25:52 | 0:49 | 1:45 | 5 | 4 |
 Sami VatanenNJD | 31 | 23:15 | 0:45 | 1:57 | 2 | 1 |
 Marco ScandellaBUF | 31 | 23:11 | 0:45 | 1:45 | 4 | 4 |
 John MooreNJD | 31 | 23:03 | 0:45 | 1:50 | 3 | 3 |
 Ryan O'ReillyBUF | 26 | 22:37 | 0:52 | 1:49 | 3 | 2 |
 Jake McCabeBUF | 26 | 22:04 | 0:51 | 2:18 | 2 | 3 |
 Zach BogosianBUF | 27 | 21:41 | 0:48 | 1:28 | 2 | 3 |
 Steven SantiniNJD | 27 | 21:38 | 0:48 | 1:28 | 0 | 2 |
 Andy GreeneNJD | 31 | 21:08 | 0:41 | 1:28 | 1 | 4 |
 Kyle OkposoBUF | 23 | 20:03 | 0:52 | 1:49 | 3 | 1 |
 Evander KaneBUF | 24 | 19:38 | 0:49 | 1:49 | 4 | 1 |
 Taylor HallNJD | 25 | 18:52 | 0:45 | 1:31 | 5 | 1 |
 Sam ReinhartBUF | 23 | 18:34 | 0:48 | 1:55 | 4 | 1 |
 Travis ZajacNJD | 26 | 18:16 | 0:42 | 1:23 | 2 | 5 |
 Jack EichelBUF | 22 | 18:04 | 0:49 | 1:47 | 3 | 1 |
 Damon SeversonNJD | 20 | 17:40 | 0:53 | 2:04 | 0 | 3 |
 Nico HischierNJD | 25 | 17:29 | 0:42 | 1:21 | 5 | 1 |
 Jesper BrattNJD | 24 | 16:29 | 0:41 | 1:24 | 4 | 2 |
 Marcus JohanssonNJD | 24 | 16:16 | 0:41 | 1:06 | 2 | 3 |
 Kyle PalmieriNJD | 25 | 15:53 | 0:38 | 1:03 | 2 | 4 |
 Will ButcherNJD | 19 | 14:56 | 0:47 | 2:04 | 1 | 2 |
 Nathan BeaulieuBUF | 21 | 14:49 | 0:42 | 1:32 | 1 | 0 |
 Pavel ZachaNJD | 18 | 14:16 | 0:48 | 1:16 | 2 | 3 |
 Brian GibbonsNJD | 20 | 14:12 | 0:43 | 1:18 | 2 | 3 |
 Zemgus GirgensonsBUF | 19 | 13:20 | 0:42 | 1:47 | 2 | 2 |
 Jason PominvilleBUF | 20 | 13:15 | 0:40 | 1:10 | 4 | 2 |
 Evan RodriguesBUF | 20 | 13:09 | 0:39 | 1:33 | 4 | 2 |
 Stefan NoesenNJD | 18 | 13:01 | 0:43 | 1:16 | 1 | 3 |
 Miles WoodNJD | 18 | 12:30 | 0:42 | 1:16 | 3 | 3 |
 Justin FalkBUF | 17 | 12:30 | 0:44 | 1:33 | 1 | 0 |
 Blake ColemanNJD | 19 | 12:25 | 0:39 | 1:07 | 2 | 3 |
 Jacob JosefsonBUF | 20 | 12:24 | 0:37 | 1:10 | 2 | 4 |
 Benoit PouliotBUF | 17 | 12:09 | 0:43 | 1:22 | 3 | 1 |
 Johan LarssonBUF | 17 | 11:42 | 0:41 | 1:03 | 2 | 3 |
 Brian BoyleNJD | 17 | 11:08 | 0:39 | 1:01 | 2 | 1 |
 Jordan NolanBUF | 15 | 10:25 | 0:42 | 1:05 | 2 | 1 |