Sun, Feb 2, 2025·KeyBank Center, Buffalo
New Jersey Devils 3, Buffalo Sabres 4
Three stars
Expected result
Based on shot quality alone, Buffalo Sabres win this game 53% of the time.
44%
9%
40%
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.
| Noesen–Meier–Mercer | Tatar–Dowling–Cotter | Palat–Bratt–Hughes | MacDermid–Lazar–Bastian | Dillon–Pesce | Hamilton–Siegenthaler | Kovacevic–Hughes | Pesce–Hughes | Dillon–Siegenthaler | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zucker–Tuch–Cozens | 2:430.03–0.00 | 2:330.41–0.01 | 1:130.10–0.01 | 1:080.00–0.00 | 3:550.02–0.41 | 3:300.50–0.01 | 1:310.03–0.00 | ||
| Thompson–Peterka–Kulich | 1:300.06–0.32 | 0:400.00–0.36 | 2:580.45–0.29 | 1:350.22–0.13 | 4:010.31–0.87 | 0:540.31–0.13 | |||
| Malenstyn–McLeod–Krebs | 0:530.00–0.03 | 1:310.00–0.00 | 0:430.00–0.00 | 1:510.01–0.00 | 0:370.00–0.00 | 0:460.00–0.03 | 3:190.01–0.02 | 0:390.00–0.00 | |
| McLeod–Quinn–Benson | 1:450.01–0.00 | 1:170.00–0.00 | 0:530.00–0.08 | 3:040.01–0.08 | |||||
| Tuch–Malenstyn–Cozens | |||||||||
| Tuch–Malenstyn–Krebs | 0:350.00–0.00 | 0:580.00–0.00 | |||||||
| Zucker–Thompson–Cozens | 0:300.00–0.00 | ||||||||
| Jokiharju–Bryson | 0:380.00–0.00 | 1:310.00–0.06 | 1:030.03–0.00 | 1:290.00–0.00 | 1:190.00–0.00 | 0:410.00–0.00 | 4:150.10–0.07 | ||
| Dahlin–Byram | 4:100.07–0.40 | 0:460.00–0.03 | 3:340.23–0.02 | 1:190.00–0.20 | |||||
| Samuelsson–Power | 1:240.04–0.00 | 0:390.01–0.00 | 3:000.41–0.16 | 0:370.00–0.00 | 0:480.02–0.00 | 3:170.23–0.15 | 0:510.00–0.00 | ||
| Byram–Power | 1:250.00–0.00 | 0:450.00–0.00 | 1:080.00–0.07 | 1:110.00–0.02 | |||||
| Samuelsson–Dahlin | 1:270.01–0.00 | 1:060.00–0.14 | 2:240.01–0.11 | ||||||
| Gilbert–Byram | 0:510.01–0.00 | 1:030.01–0.00 | |||||||
| Jokiharju–Dahlin | 1:090.38–0.00 | 0:570.38–0.00 | |||||||
| Gilbert–Dahlin | 0:380.00–0.34 | 0:450.00–0.00 | 0:460.00–0.00 | 0:320.13–0.34 | |||||
| Gilbert–Jokiharju | 0:390.00–0.00 | 0:390.00–0.00 |
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
 Alex TuchBUF | 31 | 23:45 | 0:46 | 1:59 | 4 | 6 |
 Owen PowerBUF | 26 | 23:28 | 0:54 | 2:02 | 2 | 3 |
 Bowen ByramBUF | 27 | 21:31 | 0:48 | 1:19 | 5 | 0 |
 Brenden DillonNJD | 24 | 21:13 | 0:53 | 2:08 | 0 | 4 |
 Dylan CozensBUF | 22 | 21:08 | 0:58 | 2:08 | 5 | 1 |
 Rasmus DahlinBUF | 26 | 20:33 | 0:47 | 1:28 | 5 | 2 |
 Jack HughesNJD | 23 | 20:12 | 0:53 | 2:05 | 5 | 1 |
 Dougie HamiltonNJD | 26 | 19:54 | 0:46 | 1:44 | 5 | 1 |
 Brett PesceNJD | 24 | 19:35 | 0:49 | 1:28 | 0 | 5 |
 Dawson MercerNJD | 22 | 19:01 | 0:52 | 1:30 | 2 | 4 |
 Luke HughesNJD | 21 | 18:46 | 0:54 | 1:50 | 1 | 5 |
 Timo MeierNJD | 20 | 18:21 | 0:55 | 1:21 | 0 | 4 |
 Jesper BrattNJD | 25 | 18:19 | 0:44 | 1:17 | 9 | 1 |
 Mattias SamuelssonBUF | 23 | 18:05 | 0:47 | 1:21 | 2 | 4 |
 Ryan McLeodBUF | 22 | 17:31 | 0:48 | 1:47 | 3 | 7 |
 Jason ZuckerBUF | 21 | 17:10 | 0:49 | 1:22 | 3 | 1 |
 Jonas SiegenthalerNJD | 21 | 16:56 | 0:48 | 2:08 | 1 | 2 |
 JJ PeterkaBUF | 23 | 16:09 | 0:42 | 1:27 | 3 | 2 |
 Johnathan KovacevicNJD | 18 | 15:39 | 0:52 | 2:14 | 0 | 3 |
 Jiri KulichBUF | 20 | 15:11 | 0:46 | 2:21 | 4 | 1 |
 Ondrej PalatNJD | 21 | 14:43 | 0:42 | 1:21 | 5 | 0 |
 Beck MalenstynBUF | 20 | 14:24 | 0:43 | 1:21 | 2 | 2 |
 Peyton KrebsBUF | 20 | 14:18 | 0:43 | 1:16 | 3 | 1 |
 Paul CotterNJD | 18 | 14:15 | 0:48 | 1:23 | 0 | 5 |
 Curtis LazarNJD | 17 | 14:08 | 0:50 | 2:12 | 2 | 3 |
 Tage ThompsonBUF | 20 | 13:39 | 0:41 | 1:18 | 2 | 1 |
 Jacob BrysonBUF | 17 | 13:38 | 0:48 | 1:23 | 2 | 2 |
 Nathan BastianNJD | 15 | 13:28 | 0:54 | 2:08 | 1 | 3 |
 Stefan NoesenNJD | 17 | 13:02 | 0:46 | 1:49 | 2 | 2 |
 Tomas TatarNJD | 17 | 13:02 | 0:46 | 1:30 | 0 | 3 |
 Zach BensonBUF | 14 | 12:09 | 0:52 | 2:07 | 4 | 0 |
 Henri JokiharjuBUF | 15 | 12:04 | 0:48 | 1:21 | 2 | 1 |
 Justin DowlingNJD | 16 | 11:38 | 0:44 | 1:15 | 0 | 2 |
 Jack QuinnBUF | 12 | 8:41 | 0:43 | 1:18 | 4 | 1 |
 Kurtis MacDermidNJD | 11 | 7:59 | 0:44 | 0:58 | 1 | 1 |
 Dennis GilbertBUF | 9 | 6:36 | 0:44 | 1:18 | 1 | 0 |