Tue, Feb 23, 2021·Prudential Center, Newark
Buffalo Sabres 4, New Jersey Devils 1
Expected result
Based on shot quality alone, Buffalo Sabres win this game 66% of the time.
27%
8%
57%
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.
| Staal–Hall–Cozens | Reinhart–Olofsson–Eichel | Sheahan–Lazar–Mittelstadt | Okposo–Eakin–Asplund | Staal–Mittelstadt–Cozens | Montour–Dahlin | Irwin–Jokiharju | Miller–Bryson | Irwin–Dahlin | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wood–Bastian–McLeod | 4:150.32–0.21 | 2:150.09–0.07 | 2:400.24–0.05 | 1:320.09–0.06 | 3:220.26–0.19 | 4:120.31–0.15 | |||
| Palmieri–Johnsson–Hughes | 0:480.00–0.00 | 1:590.06–0.00 | 0:510.13–0.02 | 2:550.24–0.02 | 0:490.00–0.00 | 2:520.06–0.00 | 4:050.24–0.04 | 0:350.13–0.00 | 0:320.07–0.00 |
| Zacha–Bratt–Hischier | 2:200.07–0.21 | 3:410.03–0.09 | 0:470.00–0.05 | 2:300.08–0.06 | 0:460.00–0.00 | 3:350.02–0.29 | |||
| Zajac–Gusev–Kuokkanen | 3:160.03–0.35 | 3:170.08–0.02 | 2:150.00–0.28 | 1:170.00–0.07 | 2:080.04–0.01 | ||||
| Palmieri–Bratt–Hughes | 1:300.02–0.03 | 1:350.01–0.00 | 0:450.00–0.00 | 1:020.00–0.39 | 1:040.00–0.03 | 2:520.04–0.39 | 0:490.00–0.00 | ||
| Zajac–Gusev–Hischier | 0:360.00–0.05 | 1:130.03–0.21 | 1:590.08–0.29 | ||||||
| Zajac–Gusev–Johnsson | 1:450.00–0.00 | 1:000.00–0.00 | 0:410.00–0.00 | ||||||
| Zacha–Kuokkanen–Hischier | 0:440.09–0.00 | 0:430.00–0.00 | 0:500.00–0.00 | ||||||
| Severson–Smith | 2:520.05–0.06 | 7:080.10–0.27 | 3:590.18–0.13 | 3:120.00–0.06 | 8:320.26–0.34 | 3:220.01–0.07 | 4:590.04–0.11 | ||
| Subban–Murray | 4:550.17–0.51 | 2:410.09–0.01 | 4:360.37–0.45 | 2:490.08–0.00 | 3:560.12–0.44 | 4:100.35–0.11 | 5:240.17–0.46 | ||
| Kulikov–Vatanen | 3:570.33–0.24 | 2:340.12–0.10 | 2:220.00–0.06 | 4:350.26–0.09 | 3:270.08–0.08 | 5:400.20–0.21 | 3:450.33–0.20 | 0:340.07–0.02 | |
| Subban–Smith | 1:000.00–0.00 | 0:490.00–0.00 | |||||||
| Murray–Severson | 1:070.03–0.03 | 0:500.00–0.03 |
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
 Damon SeversonNJD | 24 | 24:47 | 1:02 | 2:03 | 4 | 5 |
 Rasmus DahlinBUF | 23 | 23:31 | 1:01 | 2:17 | 4 | 4 |
 Ty SmithNJD | 22 | 22:01 | 1:00 | 1:49 | 3 | 5 |
 Matt IrwinBUF | 23 | 19:47 | 0:52 | 3:05 | 0 | 3 |
 P.K. SubbanNJD | 24 | 19:34 | 0:49 | 2:17 | 2 | 3 |
 Brandon MontourBUF | 24 | 19:31 | 0:49 | 1:23 | 3 | 7 |
 Jack HughesNJD | 23 | 19:09 | 0:50 | 1:49 | 5 | 2 |
 Kyle PalmieriNJD | 24 | 19:05 | 0:48 | 1:49 | 5 | 2 |
 Henri JokiharjuBUF | 26 | 18:56 | 0:44 | 1:38 | 1 | 3 |
 Nico HischierNJD | 26 | 18:48 | 0:43 | 1:19 | 7 | 5 |
 Victor OlofssonBUF | 20 | 18:19 | 0:55 | 2:17 | 4 | 5 |
 Ryan MurrayNJD | 22 | 18:15 | 0:50 | 1:28 | 2 | 2 |
 Sam ReinhartBUF | 19 | 17:59 | 0:57 | 2:17 | 4 | 5 |
 Jacob BrysonBUF | 23 | 17:59 | 0:47 | 1:29 | 4 | 5 |
 Dmitry KulikovNJD | 20 | 17:48 | 0:53 | 1:46 | 1 | 4 |
 Jack EichelBUF | 20 | 17:31 | 0:53 | 2:17 | 4 | 5 |
 Taylor HallBUF | 20 | 17:28 | 0:52 | 2:17 | 6 | 4 |
 Sami VatanenNJD | 21 | 17:09 | 0:49 | 1:41 | 1 | 4 |
 Colin MillerBUF | 21 | 16:40 | 0:48 | 1:29 | 4 | 5 |
 Pavel ZachaNJD | 20 | 15:55 | 0:48 | 1:39 | 5 | 2 |
 Travis ZajacNJD | 24 | 15:54 | 0:40 | 1:19 | 5 | 6 |
 Jesper BrattNJD | 22 | 15:41 | 0:43 | 1:10 | 8 | 3 |
 Nikita GusevNJD | 19 | 15:16 | 0:48 | 1:25 | 5 | 2 |
 Eric StaalBUF | 20 | 14:42 | 0:44 | 1:09 | 5 | 4 |
 Dylan CozensBUF | 20 | 14:33 | 0:44 | 1:09 | 5 | 4 |
 Cody EakinBUF | 22 | 14:06 | 0:38 | 0:59 | 0 | 4 |
 Curtis LazarBUF | 19 | 13:41 | 0:43 | 1:16 | 1 | 4 |
 Miles WoodNJD | 18 | 13:31 | 0:45 | 1:28 | 3 | 5 |
 Riley SheahanBUF | 19 | 13:27 | 0:42 | 1:16 | 1 | 4 |
 Kyle OkposoBUF | 20 | 13:02 | 0:39 | 1:16 | 0 | 3 |
 Michael McLeodNJD | 20 | 12:49 | 0:38 | 1:18 | 2 | 6 |
 Casey MittelstadtBUF | 18 | 12:33 | 0:42 | 1:16 | 2 | 3 |
 Andreas JohnssonNJD | 19 | 12:18 | 0:39 | 1:00 | 1 | 3 |
 Rasmus AsplundBUF | 19 | 12:15 | 0:39 | 0:59 | 0 | 4 |
 Nathan BastianNJD | 16 | 11:14 | 0:42 | 1:10 | 1 | 5 |
 Janne KuokkanenNJD | 13 | 9:20 | 0:43 | 1:16 | 3 | 0 |