Chicago Blackhawks vs. New Jersey DevilsDec 14, 2024

FinalSaturday, Dec 14, 2024· Prudential Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
CHI	0	1	0	1		CHI	2	9	6	17
NJD	0	0	4	4		NJD	9	8	7	24

: CHI 48NJD 64
: CHI 1.96NJD 3.26
PP goals: CHI 0NJD 0
Hits: CHI 19NJD 25
Blocks: CHI 20NJD 15
PIM: CHI 6NJD 6
: CHI 34%NJD 66%

Fantasy takeaways

Generated from the play-by-play, shifts and season context. No opinions, just what changed.

New Jersey Devils beat Chicago Blackhawks 4–1

New Jersey Devils beat Chicago Blackhawks 4–1 at home. Dawson Mercer (NJD) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for CHI: Donato–Kurashev–Bedard skated 11:27 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (46.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Dawson Mercer had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 18:01.Mercer
Points
Timo Meier had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 17:17.Meier
Points
Brett Pesce had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 20:40.Pesce
Points
Jesper Bratt had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 18:44.Bratt
New line
New look for CHI: Donato–Kurashev–Bedard skated 11:27 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (46.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Donato Kurashev Bedard
New line
New look for CHI: Hall–Bertuzzi–Nazar skated 8:41 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (35% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Hall Bertuzzi Nazar
New line
New look for CHI: Maroon–Teravainen–Reichel skated 7:21 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (16.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Maroon Teravainen Reichel
Usage
Ilya Mikheyev (CHI) played 11:43, −4:01 down on his 15:44 season average over 79 games.Mikheyev

Shot map

Both teams on one rink, filtered by strength and period.

Shot map

Every attempt, sized by expected goals. Goals are rings, shots on goal dots, misses hollow, blocks crosses.

Strength

Period

Team

← CHI attacks left (bottom on phones)NJD attacks right (top on phones) →

NJD
CHI
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 112 of 112 attempts · NJD 64 · CHI 48

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

NJD
CHI
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

NJD pressure
CHI pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: CHI 26% of the game, NJD 49%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

NJD

CHI

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
Stat	CHI	NJD
	49	61
	2.03	3.16
	1.91	3.08
	10	14
	5	6
	28	29
	−0.070	+0.069
	26%	49%

Definitions: sequence xG, transition attempts, Draw Equity, control and the Pressure Index.

Lines used

Detected from who actually shared the ice, with time together. Percentages are the unit's share of shot attempts.

Chicago Blackhawks

L1Donato – Kurashev – Bedard
11:2746% CF
L2Foligno – Dickinson – Mikheyev
8:4250% CF
L3Hall – Bertuzzi – Nazar
8:4135% CF
L4Maroon – Teravainen – Reichel
7:2117% CF
D1Brodie – Korchinski
12:3626% CF
D2Vlasic – Kaiser
12:2336% CF
D3Murphy – Allan
10:0239% CF

PP1Teravainen – Bertuzzi – Vlasic – Nazar – Bedard
3:43100% CF
PP2Maroon – Hall – Donato – Reichel – Korchinski
1:40100% CF
PK1FFoligno – Dickinson
2:29
PK2FTeravainen – Mikheyev
1:34
PK1DMurphy – Vlasic
2:30
PK2DKaiser – Allan
1:36

Current CHI line combinations →

New Jersey Devils

L1Meier – Hischier – Mercer
12:4465% CF
L2Palat – Bratt – Hughes
8:3442% CF
L3Haula – Noesen – Cotter
8:1867% CF
L4Dowling – MacDermid – Bastian
4:0167% CF
D1Siegenthaler – Kovacevic
15:4561% CF
D2Pesce – Hughes
15:0377% CF
D3Dillon – Hamilton
11:3814% CF

PP1Hamilton – Noesen – Bratt – Hischier – Hughes
3:5791% CF
PP2Haula – Palat – Meier – Mercer – Hughes
1:48100% CF
PK1FHischier – Mercer
2:02
PK2FBratt – Hughes
1:13
PK1DDillon – Kovacevic
2:00
PK2DPesce – Siegenthaler
1:51

Current NJD line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

13:31
CHIJason Dickinson (Nick Foligno, TJ Brodie)snap0.13 xG
CHI: Foligno, Brodie, Dickinson, Mikheyev, KorchinskiNJD: Meier, Hischier, Kovacevic, Mercer, Hughes
CHI 1 – 0 NJD

3rd period

2:45
NJDDawson Mercer (Luke Hughes, Timo Meier)wrist0.21 xG
CHI: Foligno, Brodie, Dickinson, Kurashev, AllanNJD: Pesce, Meier, Hughes, Mercer, Hughes
CHI 1 – 1 NJD
10:28
NJDJack Hughes (Brett Pesce, Jesper Bratt)snap0.15 xG
CHI: Maroon, Teravainen, Vlasic, Reichel, KaiserNJD: Palat, Pesce, Bratt, Kovacevic, Hughes
CHI 1 – 2 NJD
12:16
NJDNico Hischier (Jesper Bratt)wrist0.27 xG
CHI: Brodie, Hall, Bertuzzi, Korchinski, NazarNJD: Pesce, Bratt, Hischier, Mercer, Hughes
CHI 1 – 3 NJD
12:34
NJDTimo Meier (Dawson Mercer, Brett Pesce)wrist0.34 xG
CHI: Foligno, Murphy, Dickinson, Vlasic, MikheyevNJD: Pesce, Meier, Hischier, Mercer, Hughes
CHI 1 – 4 NJD

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

Chicago Blackhawks

CHI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Connor Bedard C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.36	0	0	0	21:07	—	—	49	43
Ryan Donato C	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.26	1	0	0	17:32	—	—	57	52
Philipp Kurashev C	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.24	0	0	0	15:39	—	—	52	41
Nick Foligno L	L2	0	1	1	-1	0	0.00	2	0	0	13:42	—	—	45	38
Jason Dickinson C	L2	1	0	1	-1	2	0.46	2	0	0	13:09	—	—	50	38
Ilya Mikheyev R	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	2	11:43	—	—	50	46
Tyler Bertuzzi L	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.15	1	1	0	16:49	—	—	35	24
Taylor Hall L	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.16	1	1	0	15:02	—	—	42	38
Frank Nazar C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	0	1	2	14:01	—	—	35	22
Teuvo Teravainen C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.18	0	0	0	16:32	—	—	27	29
Lukas Reichel L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	13:08	—	—	41	55
Patrick Maroon L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	11:09	—	—	31	37
Kevin Korchinski D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	0	0	0	19:52	—	—	48	42
TJ Brodie D	D1	0	1	1	-1	0	0.01	1	4	2	17:49	—	—	39	35
Alex Vlasic D	D2	0	0	0	-2	2	0.09	1	2	0	24:06	—	—	32	32
Wyatt Kaiser D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	6	0	16:41	—	—	38	43
Connor Murphy D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.03	6	2	0	20:10	—	—	53	40
Nolan Allan D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	3	3	0	15:49	—	—	55	53

CHI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Drew Commesso(start)	L	24	20	4	.833	3.26	60:00

New Jersey Devils

NJD skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nico Hischier C	L1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.67	1	0	0	20:52	—	—	67	82
Dawson Mercer C	L1	1	1	2	+2	2	0.38	0	0	0	18:01	—	—	69	86
Timo Meier R	L1	1	1	2	+1	2	0.60	1	0	0	17:17	—	—	68	83
Jesper Bratt L	L2	0	2	2	+2	1	0.35	1	0	0	18:44	—	—	42	54
Jack Hughes C	L2	1	0	1	+2	3	0.38	0	0	2	18:23	—	—	45	54
Ondrej Palat L	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.07	3	0	0	13:37	—	—	45	47
Stefan Noesen R	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.13	2	0	2	16:58	—	—	65	52
Erik Haula L	L3	0	0	0	0	5	0.43	3	1	0	14:59	—	—	64	59
Paul Cotter L	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.15	4	0	0	13:20	—	—	57	41
Nathan Bastian R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	5	1	0	12:06	—	—	25	9
Justin Dowling C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	0	2	0	9:39	—	—	33	9
Kurtis MacDermid L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	5:21	—	—	60	89
Johnathan Kovacevic D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	1	1	0	20:22	—	—	60	68
Jonas Siegenthaler D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	3	0	20:15	—	—	63	74
Brett Pesce D	D2	0	2	2	+4	1	0.03	0	2	0	20:40	—	—	74	94
Luke Hughes D	D2	0	1	1	+2	0	0.00	0	1	0	18:43	—	—	75	90
Dougie Hamilton D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	0	1	0	18:18	—	—	18	6
Brenden Dillon D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	3	2	16:25	—	—	17	2

NJD goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jacob Markstrom(start)	W	17	16	1	.941	1.96	60:00

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Jason Dickinson (CHI) 2nd 13:31 · assists Nick Foligno, TJ Brodie · Odd-man rush · passed in · 3-on-2 at the blue line · 6.3 mph shot · 4.0 s from entry to goal.

Jason Dickinson · 2nd 13:31 · CHI

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: pass
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 0
Shot: 6.3 mph
Distance: 12 ft
Entry to goal: 4.0 s

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Dawson Mercer · 3rd 2:45 · NJD

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 33.4 mph
Distance: 4 ft
Entry to goal: 4.8 s

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Jack Hughes · 3rd 10:28 · NJD

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 57.6 mph
Distance: 32 ft

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Nico Hischier · 3rd 12:16 · NJD

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 3
Shot: 26.0 mph
Distance: 9 ft
Entry to goal: 2.3 s

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Timo Meier · 3rd 12:34 · NJD

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 0
Shot: 33.5 mph
Distance: 7 ft
Entry to goal: 5.2 s

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Methodology

Shot locations come from the NHL play-by-play, normalised so each shooter attacks the same way, then flipped so the home team attacks right. On-ice stats and lines come from the shift charts: a unit is the exact set of skaters sharing the ice, and CF% is the share of all shot attempts while they were out. Head-to-head cells are 5v5 time against each opponent. Expected goals and the Pressure Index appear as their models are released.