Montreal Canadiens vs. New Jersey DevilsMar 6, 2018

FinalTuesday, Mar 6, 2018· Prudential Center

away

Montreal CanadiensMTL

4

@

home

New Jersey DevilsNJD

6

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
MTL	0	2	2	4		MTL	5	16	12	33
NJD	4	2	0	6		NJD	17	7	9	33

: MTL 64NJD 51
: MTL 2.82NJD 2.34
PP goals: MTL 0NJD 3
Hits: MTL 25NJD 28
Blocks: MTL 11NJD 16
PIM: MTL 12NJD 6
: MTL 48%NJD 52%

Fantasy takeaways

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

New Jersey Devils beat Montreal Canadiens 6–4

New Jersey Devils beat Montreal Canadiens 6–4 at home. Travis Zajac (NJD) led the scoring with 2G 1A. NJD's first power-play unit (Zajac, Maroon, Palmieri, Vatanen and Hall) scored 3 power-play goals on 6 attempts in 3:01 together.

Points
Travis Zajac had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 3 shots in 17:19.Zajac
Points
Jacob de la Rose had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 15:53.de la Rose
PP1
NJD's first power-play unit (Zajac, Maroon, Palmieri, Vatanen and Hall) scored 3 power-play goals on 6 attempts in 3:01 together.Zajac Maroon Palmieri Vatanen Hall
Points
Blake Coleman had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 14:49.Coleman
Points
Brian Boyle had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 14:38.Boyle
Points
Kyle Palmieri had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 17:23.Palmieri
Points
Mike Reilly had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 21:49.Reilly
Points
Sami Vatanen had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 23:26.Vatanen

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

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

NJD
MTL
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 115 of 115 attempts · NJD 51 · MTL 64

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

NJD
MTL
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: MTL 25% of the game, NJD 24%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

NJD

MTL

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	MTL	NJD
	64	49
	2.66	1.90
	2.40	1.86
	14	14
	4	5
	12	11
	−0.053	+0.053
	25%	24%

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.

Montreal Canadiens

L1Deslauriers – Froese – Carr
10:0773% CF
L2Byron – Shaw – de la Rose
9:1335% CF
L3Gallagher – Galchenyuk – Drouin
6:1489% CF
L4Danault – Lehkonen – Scherbak
4:4967% CF
D1Petry – Reilly
17:0762% CF
D2Alzner – Juulsen
12:5148% CF
D3Benn – Valiev
11:5276% CF

PP1Shaw – Reilly – Valiev – Carr – Scherbak
2:1880% CF
PP2Petry – Gallagher – Galchenyuk – Lehkonen – Drouin
1:41100% CF
PK1FDeslauriers – Froese
1:37
PK2FDanault – Lehkonen
1:35
PK1DAlzner – Juulsen
2:57
PK2DPetry – Benn
1:38

Current MTL line combinations →

New Jersey Devils

L1Hall – Bratt – Hischier
10:2031% CF
L2Boyle – Coleman – Wood
8:0555% CF
L3Zajac – Maroon – Noesen
5:5650% CF
L4Grabner – Palmieri – Zacha
4:5442% CF
D1Moore – Severson
13:5357% CF
D2Greene – Vatanen
13:4033% CF
D3Lovejoy – Butcher
10:4818% CF

PP1Zajac – Maroon – Palmieri – Vatanen – Hall
3:01100% CF
PP2Boyle – Severson – Butcher – Bratt – Hischier
2:00100% CF
PK1FZajac – Coleman
1:14
PK2FPalmieri – Zacha
0:37
PK1DGreene – Lovejoy
1:53
PK2DMoore – Vatanen
1:24

Current NJD line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

8:25
NJDStefan Noesen (Will Butcher, Travis Zajac)tip-in0.05 xG
MTL: Benn, Deslauriers, Froese, Valiev, CarrNJD: Zajac, Maroon, Vatanen, Noesen, Butcher
MTL 0 – 1 NJD
16:33
NJDBlake Coleman (Will Butcher, Brian Boyle)wrist0.16 xG
MTL: Alzner, Byron, Shaw, de la Rose, JuulsenNJD: Boyle, Vatanen, Coleman, Butcher, Wood
MTL 0 – 2 NJD
18:08
NJDTravis ZajacPP (Kyle Palmieri, Sami Vatanen)tip-in0.12 xG
MTL: Benn, Deslauriers, Reilly, DanaultNJD: Zajac, Maroon, Palmieri, Vatanen, Hall
MTL 0 – 3 NJD
19:48
NJDTravis ZajacPP (Taylor Hall, Sami Vatanen)wrist0.03 xG
MTL: Alzner, Deslauriers, Froese, JuulsenNJD: Zajac, Maroon, Palmieri, Vatanen, Hall
MTL 0 – 4 NJD

2nd period

10:27
MTLBrendan Gallagher (Jeff Petry, Paul Byron)backhand0.06 xG
MTL: Gallagher, Drouin, Valiev, JuulsenNJD: Palmieri, Moore, Severson, Zacha
MTL 1 – 4 NJD
11:36
NJDPatrick MaroonPP (Taylor Hall, Kyle Palmieri)tip-in0.12 xG
MTL: Alzner, Benn, Froese, DanaultNJD: Zajac, Maroon, Palmieri, Vatanen, Hall
MTL 1 – 5 NJD
16:14
NJDBrian Boyle (Blake Coleman)snap0.07 xG
MTL: Alzner, Deslauriers, Froese, Carr, JuulsenNJD: Boyle, Grabner, Lovejoy, Coleman, Butcher
MTL 1 – 6 NJD
19:46
MTLJacob de la Rose (Phillip Danault, Jordie Benn)backhand0.01 xG
MTL: Alzner, Byron, Benn, Danault, de la RoseNJD: Hall, Severson, Butcher, Bratt, Hischier
MTL 2 – 6 NJD

3rd period

14:40
MTLJacob de la Rose (Andrew Shaw, Mike Reilly)tip-in0.07 xG
MTL: Petry, Byron, Shaw, Reilly, de la RoseNJD: Zajac, Maroon, Moore, Noesen, Severson
MTL 3 – 6 NJD
19:01
MTLByron Froese (Daniel Carr, Mike Reilly)backhand0.14 xG
MTL: Petry, Deslauriers, Froese, Reilly, CarrNJD: Boyle, Greene, Lovejoy, Wood, Bratt
MTL 4 – 6 NJD

Box score

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

Montreal Canadiens

MTL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Daniel Carr L	L1	0	1	1	-1	4	0.41	2	1	2	14:18	—	—	64	81
Nicolas Deslauriers L	L1	0	0	0	-1	4	0.51	4	0	0	13:38	—	—	70	83
Byron Froese C	L1	1	0	1	-1	2	0.32	0	1	0	13:24	—	—	74	89
Jacob de la Rose L	L2	2	0	2	+1	4	0.11	2	2	2	15:53	—	—	39	31
Andrew Shaw R	L2	0	1	1	0	0	0.15	4	1	4	15:41	—	—	35	31
Paul Byron L	L2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	2	1	0	14:58	—	—	39	32
Brendan Gallagher R	L3	1	0	1	+1	3	0.43	0	0	0	15:19	—	—	72	63
Jonathan Drouin L	L3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.03	1	0	0	15:16	—	—	57	57
Alex Galchenyuk C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	0	0	0	14:53	—	—	67	72
Nikita Scherbak R	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.08	2	1	0	14:27	—	—	47	17
Phillip Danault C	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.04	1	0	2	14:25	—	—	62	32
Artturi Lehkonen L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	14:07	—	—	53	17
Jeff Petry D	D1	0	1	1	+2	0	0.01	1	1	0	24:41	—	—	56	53
Mike Reilly D	D1	0	2	2	+2	2	0.34	2	0	0	21:49	—	—	58	67
Noah Juulsen D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.06	1	0	0	19:10	—	—	52	56
Karl Alzner D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.15	1	1	0	18:47	—	—	40	43
Rinat Valiev D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.12	0	1	2	16:42	—	—	68	76
Jordie Benn D	D3	0	1	1	0	2	0.02	1	1	0	16:18	—	—	67	74

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Charlie Lindgren(start)	L	33	27	6	.818	2.34	59:04

New Jersey Devils

NJD skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Taylor Hall L	L1	0	2	2	-1	4	0.08	0	1	2	18:42	—	—	39	32
Nico Hischier C	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	2	0	0	15:40	—	—	47	24
Jesper Bratt L	L1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.33	1	0	0	15:01	—	—	39	18
Blake Coleman L	L2	1	1	2	+2	1	0.16	3	1	2	14:49	—	—	56	62
Brian Boyle C	L2	1	1	2	+1	2	0.19	3	0	0	14:38	—	—	48	49
Miles Wood L	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.08	0	0	0	12:42	—	—	42	47
Travis Zajac C	L3	2	1	3	0	3	0.18	2	0	2	17:19	—	—	35	18
Stefan Noesen R	L3	1	0	1	0	2	0.11	3	1	0	14:15	—	—	39	48
Patrick Maroon L	L3	1	0	1	0	1	0.12	1	0	0	12:34	—	—	38	21
Kyle Palmieri C	L4	0	2	2	-1	1	0.03	1	0	0	17:23	—	—	41	27
Michael Grabner L	L4	0	0	0	+1	3	0.42	0	1	0	15:21	—	—	48	64
Pavel Zacha C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.06	2	1	0	8:53	—	—	38	58
John Moore D	D1	0	0	0	-2	3	0.27	2	3	0	19:54	—	—	64	48
Damon Severson D	D1	0	0	0	-3	3	0.16	2	0	0	19:35	—	—	55	34
Sami Vatanen D	D2	0	2	2	+2	2	0.08	2	3	0	23:26	—	—	48	62
Andy Greene D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	3	0	20:30	—	—	32	39
Ben Lovejoy D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	3	2	0	16:50	—	—	15	18
Will Butcher D	D3	0	2	2	+2	1	0.04	0	0	0	16:40	—	—	38	43

NJD goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Keith Kinkaid(start)	W	33	29	4	.879	2.82	59:48

More

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.