Wed, Dec 29, 2021·KeyBank Center, Buffalo
New Jersey Devils 4, Buffalo Sabres 3
Expected result
Based on shot quality alone, New Jersey Devils win this game 75% of the time.
16%
9%
68%
BUF winsNJD wins
Who was on the ice
Model-basedLine matchups and every shift of the game.
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.
| Zacha–Hischier–Boqvist | Bratt–Sharangovich–Hughes | Bastian–McLeod–Studenic | Johnsson–Kuokkanen–Mercer | Severson–Siegenthaler | Subban–Smith | Hamilton–Graves | Subban–Graves | Hamilton–Siegenthaler | Severson–Smith | Hamilton–Severson | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuch–Thompson–Peterka | 5:180.34–0.30 | 3:030.00–0.13 | 1:220.09–0.11 | 1:400.07–0.04 | 5:070.21–0.41 | 2:070.00–0.18 | 3:210.23–0.01 | 1:030.07–0.04 | |||
| Okposo–Murray–Krebs | 1:290.00–0.06 | 3:370.00–0.65 | 1:170.04–0.04 | 0:560.00–0.00 | 1:240.00–0.06 | 3:460.10–0.55 | 2:350.00–0.10 | 0:360.00–0.00 | |||
| Olofsson–Asplund–Ruotsalainen | 1:290.00–0.12 | 1:210.04–0.00 | 3:110.05–0.04 | 1:190.04–0.00 | 1:340.05–0.03 | 2:340.00–0.02 | 0:570.00–0.10 | ||||
| Eakin–Hayden–Bjork | 1:040.00–0.03 | 3:490.07–0.15 | 0:350.00–0.01 | 2:480.07–0.07 | 2:120.00–0.12 | 0:450.00–0.00 | |||||
| Eakin–Olofsson–Asplund | 0:340.00–0.04 | 0:330.16–0.00 | 1:400.03–0.00 | 1:350.18–0.00 | 2:260.18–0.04 | 0:340.00–0.00 | 0:590.03–0.00 | ||||
| Okposo–Olofsson–Krebs | 1:100.10–0.07 | 0:320.00–0.02 | 0:530.00–0.31 | 0:440.10–0.05 | |||||||
| Okposo–Krebs–Peterka | 0:330.05–0.01 | 0:530.05–0.01 | 0:570.00–0.01 | ||||||||
| Okposo–Bjork–Krebs | 0:320.00–0.00 | ||||||||||
| Hayden–Bjork–Ruotsalainen | 0:430.01–0.00 | 0:400.00–0.00 | 1:050.01–0.00 | ||||||||
| Jokiharju–Dahlin | 3:590.29–0.23 | 4:440.00–0.99 | 3:530.19–0.00 | 1:140.00–0.00 | 5:170.26–0.23 | 3:460.00–0.74 | 3:480.23–0.32 | 2:560.03–0.01 | |||
| Pysyk–Fitzgerald | 2:320.00–0.19 | 1:300.00–0.05 | 1:200.00–0.00 | 2:190.00–0.05 | 2:250.00–0.08 | 1:500.00–0.04 | 2:450.00–0.08 | 0:420.00–0.10 | |||
| Butcher–Prow | 1:350.06–0.00 | 0:510.10–0.02 | 2:300.00–0.15 | 1:410.05–0.01 | 3:040.06–0.06 | 3:520.11–0.42 | |||||
| Pysyk–Prow | 1:470.00–0.03 | 1:430.16–0.10 | 0:490.00–0.04 | 1:370.18–0.00 | 2:020.18–0.03 | 2:030.00–0.00 | 1:130.00–0.10 | 0:310.00–0.00 | 0:390.16–0.00 | ||
| Butcher–Fitzgerald | 1:400.01–0.09 | 0:580.00–0.00 | 2:060.07–0.04 | 2:100.00–0.09 | 0:330.00–0.00 | 1:470.01–0.00 | 0:300.02–0.00 | ||||
| Fitzgerald–Dahlin | 0:320.00–0.01 | 0:330.04–0.00 | 0:390.05–0.00 | 1:000.04–0.10 | 0:340.05–0.00 | 0:580.00–0.01 | |||||
| Pysyk–Jokiharju | 0:450.05–0.00 |
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 DahlinBUF | 31 | 24:47 | 0:48 | 2:01 | 2 | 2 |
 Jonas SiegenthalerNJD | 23 | 22:21 | 0:58 | 1:49 | 0 | 1 |
 Henri JokiharjuBUF | 30 | 22:03 | 0:44 | 1:25 | 2 | 4 |
 Damon SeversonNJD | 26 | 21:37 | 0:50 | 1:30 | 1 | 1 |
 Dougie HamiltonNJD | 22 | 20:17 | 0:55 | 2:01 | 3 | 1 |
 Mark PysykBUF | 28 | 19:29 | 0:42 | 1:23 | 0 | 6 |
 Ryan GravesNJD | 25 | 19:11 | 0:46 | 1:41 | 4 | 4 |
 Kyle OkposoBUF | 22 | 18:40 | 0:51 | 1:31 | 3 | 3 |
 Alex TuchBUF | 24 | 18:27 | 0:46 | 1:37 | 2 | 2 |
 Tage ThompsonBUF | 22 | 18:22 | 0:50 | 2:06 | 1 | 2 |
 Casey FitzgeraldBUF | 24 | 18:04 | 0:45 | 1:20 | 0 | 4 |
 P.K. SubbanNJD | 20 | 17:59 | 0:54 | 1:44 | 1 | 3 |
 Jack HughesNJD | 21 | 17:52 | 0:51 | 2:24 | 2 | 0 |
 Victor OlofssonBUF | 19 | 17:21 | 0:55 | 1:44 | 0 | 2 |
 Peyton KrebsBUF | 21 | 17:03 | 0:49 | 1:35 | 3 | 2 |
 Pavel ZachaNJD | 21 | 17:03 | 0:49 | 1:16 | 3 | 1 |
 Nico HischierNJD | 24 | 16:40 | 0:42 | 1:26 | 5 | 3 |
 Ty SmithNJD | 18 | 16:38 | 0:55 | 1:29 | 1 | 1 |
 Rasmus AsplundBUF | 17 | 16:25 | 0:58 | 1:36 | 1 | 2 |
 JJ PeterkaBUF | 21 | 16:12 | 0:46 | 1:15 | 2 | 2 |
 Jesper BrattNJD | 21 | 16:06 | 0:46 | 2:24 | 3 | 0 |
 Will ButcherBUF | 23 | 15:59 | 0:42 | 1:02 | 2 | 4 |
 Ethan ProwBUF | 24 | 15:59 | 0:40 | 0:56 | 1 | 3 |
 Michael McLeodNJD | 19 | 14:59 | 0:47 | 1:03 | 3 | 5 |
 Janne KuokkanenNJD | 19 | 14:54 | 0:47 | 1:32 | 0 | 1 |
 Nathan BastianNJD | 18 | 14:29 | 0:48 | 1:26 | 5 | 2 |
 Jesper BoqvistNJD | 20 | 14:26 | 0:43 | 1:03 | 3 | 1 |
 Yegor SharangovichNJD | 22 | 14:16 | 0:39 | 0:58 | 2 | 1 |
 Cody EakinBUF | 17 | 14:14 | 0:50 | 1:32 | 2 | 5 |
 Andreas JohnssonNJD | 16 | 13:31 | 0:51 | 1:22 | 1 | 1 |
 Dawson MercerNJD | 15 | 13:16 | 0:53 | 1:33 | 1 | 0 |
 Marián StudenicNJD | 15 | 12:25 | 0:50 | 1:17 | 3 | 2 |
 Arttu RuotsalainenBUF | 14 | 12:08 | 0:52 | 1:40 | 1 | 1 |
 Anders BjorkBUF | 14 | 11:19 | 0:49 | 1:30 | 1 | 3 |
 Brett MurrayBUF | 14 | 11:08 | 0:48 | 1:20 | 0 | 3 |
 John HaydenBUF | 13 | 10:58 | 0:51 | 1:10 | 0 | 4 |