NJD 3 @ BUF 4 · Jan 30, 2021

Sat, Jan 30, 2021·KeyBank Center, Buffalo

Away

New Jersey Devils

Final

Shootout

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Buffalo Sabres

Three stars

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New Jersey Devils win this game 56% of the time.

35%

47%

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.

	Johnsson–Bratt–Hughes	Bastian–McLeod–Kuokkanen	Palmieri–Gusev–Zacha	Johnsson–Bastian–Hughes	Wood–Merkley–McLeod	Wood–Merkley–Sharangovich	Gusev–Zacha–Bratt	Palmieri–Kuokkanen–Sharangovich	Wood–Bastian–McLeod	Kulikov–Tennyson	Severson–Smith	Subban–Murray	Murray–Severson	Subban–Kulikov	Subban–Smith	Kulikov–Severson
Staal–Hall–Cozens	2:290.00–0.21	1:540.02–0.03	2:130.00–0.16	2:150.02–0.04		0:520.17–0.00	0:450.10–0.00			2:530.00–0.10	2:270.10–0.29	2:280.17–0.02	1:490.19–0.03	0:500.02–0.00
Okposo–Eakin–Rieder	2:440.02–0.14	1:170.03–0.24			1:070.00–0.00	0:420.00–0.00				1:360.03–0.00	2:100.00–0.11	1:460.02–0.57	0:400.00–0.00	1:360.00–0.02
Olofsson–Eichel–Thompson		2:270.20–0.05		1:250.02–0.00	0:480.00–0.00		1:080.00–0.00			3:580.20–0.01		1:070.00–0.00	1:050.00–0.04
Skinner–Olofsson–Eichel	1:450.02–0.00		1:210.01–0.00							0:330.00–0.00	1:190.02–0.00	1:210.01–0.00
Sheahan–Skinner–Lazar			0:460.48–0.00					1:310.02–0.00			1:210.47–0.00				0:350.02–0.07
Sheahan–Lazar–Thompson						0:480.05–0.10					0:480.00–0.10
McCabe–Ristolainen	4:170.06–0.14	1:160.02–0.00	3:160.49–0.10	1:440.00–0.03	1:220.02–0.00			1:220.00–0.00		2:440.02–0.00	4:120.49–0.10	2:420.20–0.11	1:080.17–0.03	1:300.02–0.02	0:480.00–0.07	0:310.01–0.00
Montour–Jokiharju	4:040.00–0.32	1:360.00–0.03	1:550.00–0.24	1:130.00–0.01		0:460.00–0.00	1:210.00–0.00			3:220.00–0.10	3:550.00–0.36	2:560.04–0.01	0:440.00–0.00	0:360.00–0.00
Miller–Dahlin	0:450.14–0.00	3:080.23–0.28		0:360.02–0.00	1:380.00–0.00	1:360.06–0.10	0:430.00–0.00	0:550.02–0.00	1:110.15–0.00	4:280.38–0.01	1:370.00–0.10	2:500.14–0.00	1:280.02–0.04	0:390.00–0.00

Shift chart

Every shift, one row per player.

BUFNJDFull-height lines are goals; short ticks at the top are shots. Hover to see who was on the ice.

Shift totals


Rasmus RistolainenBUF	28	25:41	0:55	1:42	6	6
Damon SeversonNJD	27	24:51	0:55	2:46	3	6
Jack HughesNJD	25	23:49	0:57	1:47	3	1
Jack EichelBUF	23	22:49	1:00	2:50	4	3
P.K. SubbanNJD	28	22:40	0:49	1:50	6	5
Taylor HallBUF	25	22:00	0:53	1:59	6	0
Rasmus DahlinBUF	25	21:56	0:53	1:59	6	1
Dmitry KulikovNJD	26	21:20	0:49	1:37	0	7
Victor OlofssonBUF	25	21:08	0:51	2:35	6	3
Ryan MurrayNJD	24	20:50	0:52	1:41	3	6
Jake McCabeBUF	24	19:51	0:50	1:42	2	5
Jesper BrattNJD	23	19:49	0:52	2:22	3	1
Colin MillerBUF	22	19:30	0:53	1:36	4	0
Andreas JohnssonNJD	24	19:12	0:48	1:27	3	2
Pavel ZachaNJD	28	18:29	0:40	1:12	8	8
Kyle PalmieriNJD	24	18:23	0:46	1:44	6	4
Ty SmithNJD	21	17:50	0:51	1:28	5	0
Brandon MontourBUF	24	17:07	0:43	1:36	3	2
Michael McLeodNJD	24	17:02	0:43	1:11	2	9
Dylan CozensBUF	22	16:30	0:45	1:16	7	0
Eric StaalBUF	24	16:08	0:40	1:16	7	0
Henri JokiharjuBUF	22	16:00	0:44	1:29	3	2
Jeff SkinnerBUF	21	15:05	0:43	2:50	5	2
Matt TennysonNJD	21	14:59	0:43	1:40	0	5
Nathan BastianNJD	20	14:41	0:44	1:21	2	4
Cody EakinBUF	22	14:31	0:40	1:35	7	4
Nikita GusevNJD	17	13:53	0:49	2:42	5	1
Tobias RiederBUF	20	12:47	0:38	1:17	5	2
Curtis LazarBUF	19	12:00	0:38	1:42	1	9
Tage ThompsonBUF	14	11:44	0:50	2:09	1	3
Kyle OkposoBUF	16	11:22	0:43	1:35	5	1
Yegor SharangovichNJD	15	11:01	0:44	1:28	3	3
Miles WoodNJD	15	10:57	0:44	1:08	2	1
Janne KuokkanenNJD	17	10:52	0:38	1:02	5	2
Riley SheahanBUF	19	10:38	0:34	1:13	0	8
Nick MerkleyNJD	10	7:07	0:43	1:09	0	1

New Jersey Devils 3, Buffalo Sabres 4 (SO)

Who was on the ice

Shift totals