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Wednesday, December 29, 2021
7:00 PM ET
KeyBank Center (MSG-B)
NJD
New Jersey Devils
4 – 3
Final
Buffalo Sabres
 BUF
59% xGF%
41% xGF%
NJD was expected to score 2.74 goals BUF was expected to score 1.87 goals
P1 P2 P3 0 1 2 3 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 2:57 0.25 1 3:35 0.16 0
Even Strength 53:28 2.50 3 53:28 1.71 3
Penalty Kill 3:35 0.00 0 2:57 0.00 0
Score State Time xG G Time xG G
Up 2+ 16:33 0.70 0 0:00 0.00 0
Up 1 17:33 0.53 2 0:00 0.00 0
Tied 25:54 1.52 2 25:54 0.35 0
Down 1 0:00 0.00 0 17:33 0.70 1
Down 2+ 0:00 0.00 0 16:33 0.82 2
  • Dougie Hamilton scores at 4:43 in the 1st period 0.05 xG (1-0)
  • Jesper Bratt scores at 11:48 in the 1st period 0.10 xG (2-0)
  • Tage Thompson scores at 0:33 in the 2nd period 0.14 xG (2-1)
  • Tage Thompson scores at 3:17 in the 2nd period 0.13 xG (2-2)
  • Jack Hughes scores at 4:28 in the 3rd period 0.15 xG (3-2)
  • Yegor Sharangovich scores at 6:50 in the 3rd period 0.14 xG (4-2)
  • Ethan Prow scores at 14:38 in the 3rd period 0.09 xG (4-3)
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NJD NJD xWin%
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Synthesized xGF% & GF% Analysis
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Team Player xG G A Pts Shifts TOI SOG +/- PIM PPG PPP SHG GWG
BUF Tage Thompson (C) 0.61 2 0 2 22 18:22 3 +1 0 0 0 0 0
NJD Jack Hughes (C) 0.58 1 2 3 21 17:52 6 +3 0 0 0 0 0
NJD Pavel Zacha (C) 0.41 0 0 0 21 17:03 5 -2 0 0 0 0 0
NJD Yegor Sharangovich (C) 0.36 1 1 2 22 14:16 4 +3 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Kyle Okposo (R) 0.24 0 0 0 22 18:40 3 -2 2 0 0 0 0
NJD Nico Hischier (C) 0.22 0 1 1 24 16:40 2 -2 0 0 0 0 0
NJD Marián Studenic (R) 0.22 0 0 0 15 12:25 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
NJD Jesper Boqvist (C) 0.16 0 0 0 20 14:26 1 -2 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Victor Olofsson (L) 0.16 0 1 1 19 17:21 2 +1 0 0 0 0 0
BUF JJ Peterka (R) 0.11 0 0 0 21 16:12 1 +1 0 0 0 0 0
NJD Jesper Bratt (L) 0.10 1 2 3 21 16:06 1 +3 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Cody Eakin (C) 0.10 0 0 0 17 14:14 2 +1 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Brett Murray (L) 0.07 0 0 0 14 11:08 1 -2 17 0 0 0 0
BUF Rasmus Asplund (C) 0.05 0 0 0 17 16:25 1 +1 0 0 0 0 0
NJD Janne Kuokkanen (C) 0.05 0 0 0 19 14:54 2 -1 0 0 0 0 0
NJD Nathan Bastian (R) 0.04 0 0 0 18 14:29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Arttu Ruotsalainen (C) 0.03 0 0 0 14 12:08 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
NJD Andreas Johnsson (L) 0.02 0 0 0 16 13:31 1 -1 0 0 0 0 0
NJD Dawson Mercer (C) 0.00 0 0 0 15 13:16 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0
NJD Michael McLeod (C) 0.00 0 0 0 19 14:59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
BUF John Hayden (C) 0.00 0 0 0 13 10:58 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Alex Tuch (R) 0.00 0 1 1 24 18:27 0 +1 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Peyton Krebs (C) 0.00 0 0 0 21 17:03 0 -2 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Anders Bjork (L) 0.00 0 0 0 14 11:19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Defensemen
Team Player xG G A Pts Shifts TOI SOG +/- PIM PPG PPP SHG GWG
NJD Dougie Hamilton (D) 0.31 1 0 1 22 20:17 4 -1 0 1 0 0 0
BUF Rasmus Dahlin (D) 0.16 0 2 2 31 24:47 2 -1 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Mark Pysyk (D) 0.15 0 1 1 28 19:29 0 +1 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Will Butcher (D) 0.09 0 0 0 23 15:59 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
NJD Damon Severson (D) 0.09 0 0 0 26 21:37 4 -2 2 0 0 0 0
BUF Ethan Prow (D) 0.09 1 0 1 24 15:59 1 +1 0 0 0 0 0
NJD P.K. Subban (D) 0.08 0 1 1 20 17:59 5 +3 0 0 0 0 0
NJD Jonas Siegenthaler (D) 0.07 0 0 0 23 22:21 3 -2 5 0 0 0 0
NJD Ryan Graves (D) 0.01 0 0 0 25 19:11 1 -1 0 0 0 0 0
NJD Ty Smith (D) 0.01 0 1 1 18 16:38 1 +3 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Casey Fitzgerald (D) 0.01 0 0 0 24 18:04 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Henri Jokiharju (D) 0.00 0 0 0 30 22:03 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0
Goalies
Team Player SV%Ax SV% GSAx GA Saves TOI SA Dec SO
BUF Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen (G) -2.99% 0.905 -1.3 4 38 58:25 42 L 0
NJD Mackenzie Blackwood (G) -5.12% 0.864 -1.1 3 19 60:00 22 W 0