Area with Missing Data

A demonstration of area.defined.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<style>

body {
  font: 10px sans-serif;
}

.axis path,
.axis line {
  fill: none;
  stroke: #000;
  shape-rendering: crispEdges;
}

.area {
  fill: lightsteelblue;
}

.line {
  fill: none;
  stroke: steelblue;
  stroke-width: 1.5px;
}

.dot {
  fill: white;
  stroke: steelblue;
  stroke-width: 1.5px;
}

</style>
<body>
<script src="//d3js.org/d3.v4.0.0-alpha.15.min.js"></script>
<script>

var data = d3.range(40).map(function(i) {
  return i % 5 ? {x: i / 39, y: (Math.sin(i / 3) + 2) / 4} : null;
});

var margin = {top: 40, right: 40, bottom: 40, left: 40},
    width = 960 - margin.left - margin.right,
    height = 500 - margin.top - margin.bottom;

var x = d3.scaleLinear()
    .range([0, width]);

var y = d3.scaleLinear()
    .range([height, 0]);

var line = d3.line()
    .defined(function(d) { return d; })
    .x(function(d) { return x(d.x); })
    .y(function(d) { return y(d.y); });

var area = d3.area()
    .defined(line.defined())
    .x(line.x())
    .y1(line.y())
    .y0(y(0));

var svg = d3.select("body").append("svg")
    .datum(data)
    .attr("width", width + margin.left + margin.right)
    .attr("height", height + margin.top + margin.bottom)
  .append("g")
    .attr("transform", "translate(" + margin.left + "," + margin.top + ")");

svg.append("path")
    .attr("class", "area")
    .attr("d", area);

svg.append("g")
    .attr("class", "x axis")
    .attr("transform", "translate(0," + height + ")")
    .call(d3.axisBottom(x));

svg.append("g")
    .attr("class", "y axis")
    .call(d3.axisLeft(y));

svg.append("path")
    .attr("class", "line")
    .attr("d", line);

svg.selectAll(".dot")
    .data(data.filter(function(d) { return d; }))
  .enter().append("circle")
    .attr("class", "dot")
    .attr("cx", line.x())
    .attr("cy", line.y())
    .attr("r", 3.5);

</script>

https://d3js.org/d3.v4.0.0-alpha.15.min.js