ONGOING MAINTENANCE: Data prior to 2021 is being backfilled, so may be incomplete and have incorrect division alignment. Expected completion: August 15.
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Thursday, February 25, 2021
7:00 PM ET
KeyBank Center (MSG-B)
NJD
New Jersey Devils
4 – 3
Final/OT
Buffalo Sabres
 BUF
59% xGF%
41% xGF%
NJD was expected to score 4.40 goals BUF was expected to score 3.02 goals
P1 P2 P3 OT 0 1 2 3 4 Cumulative xG NJD BUF Dots represent goals
Shot Map (xG Shots Only) Shot Goal
xG by State New Jersey Devils Buffalo Sabres
Strength State Time xG G Time xG G
Power Play 7:30 0.63 1 7:34 1.10 2
Even Strength 46:13 3.77 3 46:13 1.92 1
Penalty Kill 7:34 0.00 0 7:30 0.00 0
Score State Time xG G Time xG G
Up 1 8:45 0.59 0 35:21 1.34 0
Tied 17:11 1.43 2 17:11 1.12 2
Down 1 35:21 2.38 2 8:45 0.56 1
  • Riley Sheahan scores at 6:28 in the 1st period 0.10 xG (0-1)
  • Jesper Bratt scores at 5:27 in the 2nd period 0.12 xG (1-1)
  • Casey Mittelstadt scores at 8:03 in the 2nd period 0.08 xG (1-2)
  • Miles Wood scores at 4:25 in the 3rd period 0.14 xG (2-2)
  • Nico Hischier scores at 6:45 in the 3rd period 0.12 xG (3-2)
  • Sam Reinhart scores at 15:30 in the 3rd period 0.18 xG (3-3)
  • Pavel Zacha scores at 1:17 in the OT period 0.09 xG (4-3)
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NJD NJD xWin%
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Synthesized xGF% & GF% Analysis
Forwards
Team Player xG G A Pts Shifts TOI SOG +/- PIM PPG PPP SHG GWG
BUF Taylor Hall (L) 0.76 0 1 1 20 19:18 5 -2 4 0 0 0 0
NJD Jesper Bratt (L) 0.70 1 1 2 22 14:41 5 +1 0 0 0 0 0
NJD Jack Hughes (C) 0.68 0 0 0 23 20:53 8 +1 0 0 0 0 0
NJD Nico Hischier (C) 0.49 1 0 1 28 18:40 4 +1 2 0 0 0 0
NJD Andreas Johnsson (L) 0.47 0 0 0 22 18:05 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Sam Reinhart (C) 0.45 1 0 1 22 21:24 3 0 0 1 0 0 0
NJD Pavel Zacha (C) 0.43 1 2 3 23 16:05 3 +2 0 0 0 0 0
NJD Michael McLeod (C) 0.39 0 0 0 17 13:51 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
NJD Kyle Palmieri (C) 0.37 0 0 0 25 19:08 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Tage Thompson (C) 0.36 0 0 0 13 07:57 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Dylan Cozens (C) 0.33 0 0 0 17 15:39 2 -2 0 0 0 0 0
NJD Travis Zajac (C) 0.25 0 0 0 16 11:02 1 0 2 0 0 0 0
BUF Casey Mittelstadt (C) 0.20 1 0 1 15 10:22 2 0 0 1 0 0 0
BUF Riley Sheahan (C) 0.20 1 0 1 24 16:12 2 +1 0 0 0 0 0
NJD Nikita Gusev (L) 0.19 0 1 1 15 13:11 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Kyle Okposo (R) 0.18 0 0 0 16 12:25 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
NJD Miles Wood (L) 0.17 1 0 1 14 13:04 2 0 0 1 0 0 0
BUF Curtis Lazar (C) 0.16 0 0 0 19 11:09 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
NJD Yegor Sharangovich (C) 0.07 0 0 0 10 08:31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Eric Staal (C) 0.04 0 1 1 21 18:04 0 -2 0 0 0 0 0
NJD Nathan Bastian (R) 0.01 0 0 0 16 12:03 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Victor Olofsson (L) 0.00 0 1 1 21 21:16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Rasmus Asplund (C) 0.00 0 0 0 18 13:42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Cody Eakin (C) 0.00 0 0 0 20 14:22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Defensemen
Team Player xG G A Pts Shifts TOI SOG +/- PIM PPG PPP SHG GWG
NJD Ty Smith (D) 0.11 0 2 2 22 23:56 1 +1 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Colin Miller (D) 0.11 0 1 1 19 17:59 3 +1 2 0 0 0 0
BUF Rasmus Dahlin (D) 0.07 0 1 1 22 21:39 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Henri Jokiharju (D) 0.07 0 0 0 23 18:55 4 -1 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Matt Irwin (D) 0.06 0 0 0 22 17:47 3 -2 0 0 0 0 0
NJD P.K. Subban (D) 0.03 0 0 0 24 20:42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Brandon Montour (D) 0.03 0 0 0 22 21:32 1 -2 2 0 0 0 0
NJD Damon Severson (D) 0.03 0 0 0 25 24:30 1 0 2 0 0 0 0
NJD Sami Vatanen (D) 0.01 0 0 0 21 16:42 1 +1 0 0 0 0 0
NJD Ryan Murray (D) 0.00 0 0 0 20 14:38 0 +2 0 0 0 0 0
NJD Dmitry Kulikov (D) 0.00 0 0 0 21 17:04 0 -1 2 0 0 0 0
BUF Jacob Bryson (D) 0.00 0 0 0 18 17:08 0 +1 0 0 0 0 0
Goalies
Team Player SV%Ax SV% GSAx GA Saves TOI SA Dec SO
BUF Linus Ullmark (G) +9.62% 1.000 1.4 0 15 19:34 15 — 0
NJD Mackenzie Blackwood (G) +0.06% 0.906 0.0 3 29 61:14 32 W 0
BUF Carter Hutton (G) -4.17% 0.840 -1.0 4 21 41:17 25 O 0