BUF 2 @ NJD 3 · Mar 16, 2021

Tue, Mar 16, 2021·Prudential Center, Newark

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Buffalo Sabres

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New Jersey Devils

Three stars

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New Jersey Devils win this game 50% of the time.

42%

41%

NJD winsBUF wins

Who was on the ice

Model-based

Line matchups and every shift of the game.

Line matchups

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–Rieder–Reinhart	Skinner–Lazar–Mittelstadt	Okposo–Eakin–Olofsson	Sheahan–Hall–Thompson	Sheahan–Reinhart–Thompson	Okposo–Skinner–Mittelstadt	Sheahan–Hall–Olofsson	Miller–Dahlin	Montour–Jokiharju	Davidson–Ristolainen	Ristolainen–Montour	Jokiharju–Dahlin	Davidson–Jokiharju	Ristolainen–Dahlin	Davidson–Montour
Palmieri–Wood–Zacha	1:170.09–0.03	0:480.00–0.14	3:430.25–0.08	0:370.49–0.07	1:030.11–0.09	0:330.00–0.02		3:450.31–0.29	2:170.07–0.31	3:430.56–0.33
Zajac–Kuokkanen–Sharangovich	1:260.17–0.11	2:020.01–0.00	1:350.25–0.24	1:530.10–0.00		0:390.00–0.00		2:090.27–0.00	3:160.25–0.22	1:550.32–0.11	1:040.00–0.02				0:410.00–0.02
Bratt–Bastian–Hughes	2:010.13–0.03	1:050.00–0.00	0:440.02–0.00					0:480.06–0.03	2:100.68–0.20					0:360.00–0.00
Johnsson–Bratt–Hughes	1:100.00–0.14	1:390.00–0.23								2:430.00–0.33
Gusev–Bastian–Maltsev	0:390.00–0.00				0:450.00–0.00			1:170.00–0.01				0:390.00–0.00
Gusev–Johnsson–Maltsev		0:430.00–0.09						0:360.00–0.00		0:580.00–0.00
Zajac–Maltsev–Sharangovich							0:440.00–0.04	0:300.00–0.00
Severson–Smith	3:030.24–0.11	2:380.00–0.26	2:460.25–0.12	1:420.10–0.00		1:130.00–0.02		2:470.17–0.19	3:310.31–0.33	5:030.32–0.52			0:410.01–0.00		0:380.00–0.02
Subban–Kulikov	1:060.02–0.10	2:300.00–0.25	3:380.20–0.10	0:380.49–0.00			0:500.00–0.04	4:370.23–0.01	3:500.62–0.33	3:010.56–0.21	0:380.00–0.02
Vatanen–Murray	3:050.15–0.09	2:100.01–0.00	0:360.07–0.22		1:300.15–0.09	0:430.00–0.00	0:320.00–0.00	3:320.30–0.13	2:320.09–0.28	1:540.00–0.10	0:560.00–0.00	1:000.01–0.00	0:490.02–0.00
Murray–Severson

Shift chart

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	28	24:07	0:52	2:20	3	5
Damon SeversonNJD	27	24:01	0:53	2:11	4	5
P.K. SubbanNJD	27	22:28	0:50	1:29	4	3
Rasmus DahlinBUF	25	22:19	0:54	1:51	6	6
Travis ZajacNJD	32	20:26	0:38	2:11	4	8
Sam ReinhartBUF	25	20:13	0:49	1:51	6	3
Colin MillerBUF	24	19:51	0:50	1:28	5	5
Brandon MontourBUF	22	19:35	0:53	1:19	3	4
Kyle PalmieriNJD	25	18:53	0:45	2:38	5	5
Yegor SharangovichNJD	26	18:38	0:43	1:57	4	4
Pavel ZachaNJD	29	18:21	0:38	1:34	5	8
Ryan MurrayNJD	26	18:13	0:42	1:52	0	4
Victor OlofssonBUF	21	18:02	0:52	1:51	8	2
Jack HughesNJD	22	17:40	0:48	1:35	2	3
Dmitry KulikovNJD	24	17:35	0:44	1:21	2	5
Ty SmithNJD	23	17:14	0:45	1:24	3	3
Brandon DavidsonBUF	22	16:48	0:46	1:20	1	1
Miles WoodNJD	23	16:27	0:43	2:11	2	7
Janne KuokkanenNJD	21	16:26	0:47	2:28	3	4
Henri JokiharjuBUF	19	16:06	0:51	1:37	3	3
Eric StaalBUF	20	16:05	0:48	1:51	3	2
Casey MittelstadtBUF	19	16:03	0:51	1:44	1	2
Kyle OkposoBUF	20	15:41	0:47	1:21	5	5
Riley SheahanBUF	23	15:28	0:40	1:15	4	4
Jeff SkinnerBUF	22	14:56	0:41	1:03	4	2
Sami VatanenNJD	21	14:31	0:41	1:13	0	5
Jesper BrattNJD	22	13:47	0:38	1:15	6	1
Nathan BastianNJD	22	12:59	0:35	1:04	6	2
Curtis LazarBUF	18	12:54	0:43	1:15	2	4
Taylor HallBUF	15	12:07	0:48	1:51	4	1
Tobias RiederBUF	17	12:01	0:42	1:12	0	2
Cody EakinBUF	16	11:50	0:44	1:19	5	3
Tage ThompsonBUF	16	10:38	0:40	0:55	3	1
Nikita GusevNJD	13	8:51	0:41	1:22	3	0
Mikhail MaltsevNJD	14	8:29	0:36	1:05	3	0
Andreas JohnssonNJD	14	7:31	0:32	1:00	0	0

Buffalo Sabres 2, New Jersey Devils 3

Who was on the ice

Shift totals