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Game Recap
NJD3
BUF1
NJD beat BUF 3-1, and the chances backed it up: 4.05 expected goals to 3.14. NJD outshot BUF 44 to 34. A. Schmid stopped 33 of 34.
Scoring
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NJD | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| BUF | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
- 2nd 2:00NJDJ. Hughes0.15 xG
- 2nd 5:47NJDJ. Boqvist0.24 xG
- 2nd 14:19BUFV. Olofsson0.21 xG
- 2nd 17:55NJDT. Tatar0.08 xG
Team Stats
NJDBUF
44Shots on goal34
4.05Expected goals3.14
73Shot attempts57
405v5 shots on goal27
0/1Power play0/1
15Hits23
15Blocked shots18
2Penalty minutes2
1Giveaways8
7Takeaways10
Expected goals: the chance each unblocked shot had of going in, by our model, added up.
Expected Goals Over the Game
NJD 4.05 xGBUF 3.14 xGGoal
Each step up is a shot: how likely it was to go in. A team well above the other had the better chances, whatever the score.
Shot Map
GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance
Box Score
NJD Skaters
| Player | Pos | G | A | P | SOG | HIT | BLK | +/- | PIM | TOI | PP TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N. Hischier | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 19:39 | 1:24 |
| J. Bratt | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 0 | 18:40 | 1:06 |
| T. Tatar | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 0 | 17:33 | 0:54 |
| J. Hughes | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:47 | 1:24 |
| E. Haula | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:45 | 0:36 |
| D. Mercer | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:22 | 0:00 |
| Y. Sharangovich | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | +1 | 0 | 11:25 | 0:00 |
| J. Boqvist | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 9:08 | 0:00 |
| M. Wood | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:27 | 0:53 |
| N. Bastian | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16:10 | 1:07 |
| M. McLeod | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14:41 | 0:00 |
| F. Zetterlund | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 11:39 | 0:37 |
| J. Siegenthaler | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 24:46 | 0:00 |
| J. Marino | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21:43 | 0:00 |
| D. Hamilton | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 21:00 | 1:23 |
| R. Graves | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20:29 | 0:00 |
| D. Severson | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:59 | 0:36 |
| B. Smith | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14:54 | 0:00 |
| Goalie | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A. Schmid | 34 | 33 | 1 | .971 | 59:53 | Win |
| V. Vanecek | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0:00 |
BUF Skaters
| Player | Pos | G | A | P | SOG | HIT | BLK | +/- | PIM | TOI | PP TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C. Mittelstadt | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 13:30 | 0:39 |
| V. Olofsson | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 12:40 | 0:39 |
| A. Tuch | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 19:31 | 1:12 |
| T. Thompson | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 18:38 | 1:12 |
| D. Cozens | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 18:06 | 1:12 |
| J. Skinner | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 17:55 | 1:12 |
| J. Quinn | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 15:00 | 0:39 |
| Z. Girgensons | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14:30 | 0:09 |
| J. Peterka | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 14:20 | 0:39 |
| K. Okposo | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14:19 | 0:09 |
| T. Jost | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:23 | 0:09 |
| V. Hinostroza | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 10:46 | 0:00 |
| H. Jokiharju | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 21:15 | 0:09 |
| R. Dahlin | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 27:05 | 1:12 |
| O. Power | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 23:15 | 0:48 |
| M. Samuelsson | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | -2 | 0 | 20:52 | 0:00 |
| I. Lyubushkin | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13:50 | 0:00 |
| C. Fitzgerald | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:06 | 0:00 |
| Goalie | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C. Anderson | 44 | 41 | 3 | .932 | 56:59 | Loss |
| U. Luukkonen | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0:00 |