Vancouver Canucks vs. New Jersey DevilsDec 31, 2018

FinalMonday, Dec 31, 2018· Prudential Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
VAN	0	0	0	0		VAN	12	9	4	25
NJD	2	0	2	4		NJD	7	6	10	23

: VAN 56NJD 40
: VAN 2.37NJD 1.94
PP goals: VAN 0NJD 2
Hits: VAN 18NJD 32
Blocks: VAN 8NJD 18
PIM: VAN 16NJD 6
: VAN 51%NJD 49%

Fantasy takeaways

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

New Jersey Devils rout Vancouver Canucks 4–0

New Jersey Devils beat Vancouver Canucks 4–0 at home. Miles Wood (NJD) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for VAN: Roussel–Boeser–Pettersson skated 8:38 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (61.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Miles Wood had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 13:48.Wood
Points
Sami Vatanen had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 22:27.Vatanen
New line
New look for VAN: Roussel–Boeser–Pettersson skated 8:38 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (61.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Roussel Boeser Pettersson
Luck
VAN scored 0 goals on 2.37 expected goals (56 attempts), well short of its chances.
Luck
NJD scored 4 goals on 1.94 expected goals (40 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
Usage
Brian Boyle (NJD) played 17:20, +3:57 up on his 13:23 season average over 72 games.Boyle
Usage
Jesper Bratt (NJD) played 11:39, −3:35 down on his 15:14 season average over 50 games.Bratt
Usage
Pavel Zacha (NJD) played 19:20, +3:18 up on his 16:02 season average over 60 games.Zacha

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

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

NJD
VAN
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 96 of 96 attempts · NJD 40 · VAN 56

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

NJD
VAN
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: VAN 32% of the game, NJD 26%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

NJD

VAN

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	VAN	NJD
	56	38
	1.93	1.57
	1.84	1.53
	7	8
	4	4
	16	6
	−0.022	+0.022
	32%	26%

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.

Vancouver Canucks

L1Roussel – Boeser – Pettersson
8:3862% CF
L2Leivo – Granlund – Baertschi
6:1667% CF
L3Beagle – Motte – Virtanen
5:0783% CF
L4Eriksson – Horvat – Goldobin
1:5050% CF
D1Pouliot – Stecher
15:0964% CF
D2Edler – Tanev
13:2952% CF
D3Gudbranson – Hutton
12:5962% CF

PP1Edler – Baertschi – Horvat – Boeser – Pettersson
4:1886% CF
PP2Eriksson – Leivo – Granlund – Hutton – Goldobin
2:5875% CF
PK1FBeagle – Motte
1:24
PK2FEriksson – Roussel
0:57
PK1DEdler – Tanev
3:03
PK2DGudbranson – Hutton
1:27

Current VAN line combinations →

New Jersey Devils

L1Palmieri – Bratt – Hischier
9:0583% CF
L2Noesen – Wood – Zacha
8:4732% CF
L3Boyle – Stafford – Seney
8:1039% CF
L4Zajac – Coleman – Quenneville
8:0350% CF
D1Greene – Severson
14:3333% CF
D2Vatanen – Santini
12:1333% CF
D3Lovejoy – Butcher
8:0652% CF

PP1Boyle – Zajac – Palmieri – Butcher – Zacha
2:38100% CF
PP2Vatanen – Severson – Wood – Bratt – Hischier
1:17100% CF
PK1FBoyle – Zacha
3:12
PK2FZajac – Coleman
2:36
PK1DGreene – Lovejoy
5:04

Current NJD line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

12:03
NJDBrian Boyle (Drew Stafford, Brett Seney)wrist0.04 xG
VAN: Edler, Beagle, Tanev, Motte, GoldobinNJD: Boyle, Stafford, Lovejoy, Butcher, Seney
VAN 0 – 1 NJD
18:12
NJDMiles WoodPP (Sami Vatanen, Jesper Bratt)snap0.12 xG
VAN: Beagle, Gudbranson, Granlund, HuttonNJD: Vatanen, Coleman, Wood, Bratt, Hischier
VAN 0 – 2 NJD

3rd period

1:31
NJDSami VatanenPP (Miles Wood, Damon Severson)slap0.05 xG
VAN: Edler, Beagle, Tanev, MotteNJD: Vatanen, Severson, Wood, Bratt, Hischier
VAN 0 – 3 NJD
3:27
NJDPavel Zacha (Stefan Noesen, Steven Santini)slap0.03 xG
VAN: Edler, Tanev, Horvat, Goldobin, BoeserNJD: Vatanen, Noesen, Wood, Santini, Zacha
VAN 0 – 4 NJD

Box score

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

Vancouver Canucks

VAN skaters
Skater	Line	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Brock Boeser R	L1	-1	0	0.05	0	0	0	19:48	—	—	68	80
Elias Pettersson C	L1	0	3	0.34	1	1	0	18:55	—	—	68	87
Antoine Roussel L	L1	0	2	0.09	0	0	12	12:18	—	—	71	92
Sven Baertschi L	L2	0	1	0.29	0	1	0	15:18	—	—	63	91
Josh Leivo L	L2	0	4	0.52	1	0	0	14:54	—	—	62	79
Markus Granlund C	L2	0	2	0.19	1	0	2	13:20	—	—	64	78
Jake Virtanen R	L3	0	0	0.10	2	1	0	14:52	—	—	67	61
Jay Beagle C	L3	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	13:46	—	—	38	4
Tyler Motte C	L3	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	11:29	—	—	50	29
Bo Horvat C	L4	-1	4	0.27	0	1	2	18:10	—	—	58	50
Loui Eriksson L	L4	0	1	0.17	0	0	0	17:00	—	—	62	30
Nikolay Goldobin R	L4	-2	0	0.00	1	0	0	12:48	—	—	39	19
Troy Stecher D	D1	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	18:38	—	—	62	51
Derrick Pouliot D	D1	0	1	0.17	0	1	0	16:13	—	—	62	54
Alexander Edler D	D2	-2	3	0.09	4	2	0	22:20	—	—	54	71
Chris Tanev D	D2	-2	0	0.01	1	0	0	19:16	—	—	54	58
Ben Hutton D	D3	0	2	0.02	1	1	0	20:15	—	—	63	53
Erik Gudbranson D	D3	0	2	0.07	2	0	0	15:49	—	—	60	43

VAN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Anders Nilsson(start)	L	23	19	4	.826	1.94	60:00

New Jersey Devils

NJD skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Kyle Palmieri C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.11	3	0	0	15:23	—	—	55	53
Nico Hischier C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.19	2	0	0	13:23	—	—	86	99
Jesper Bratt L	L1	0	1	1	0	0	0.20	1	1	0	11:39	—	—	69	65
Pavel Zacha C	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.09	1	1	0	19:20	—	—	24	42
Miles Wood L	L2	1	1	2	+1	4	0.40	3	0	0	13:48	—	—	27	42
Stefan Noesen R	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.14	4	0	0	12:21	—	—	35	59
Brian Boyle C	L3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.12	1	1	0	17:20	—	—	36	35
Brett Seney L	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.07	1	1	0	12:22	—	—	38	45
Drew Stafford R	L3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.27	0	0	0	11:06	—	—	38	45
Travis Zajac C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.13	1	0	0	19:27	—	—	32	4
Blake Coleman L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	5	0	2	15:08	—	—	35	27
John Quenneville C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	3	0	0	12:18	—	—	40	17
Andy Greene D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	4	0	21:26	—	—	35	12
Damon Severson D	D1	0	1	1	0	1	0.02	2	0	2	18:51	—	—	38	15
Sami Vatanen D	D2	1	1	2	+1	1	0.05	0	3	0	22:27	—	—	36	38
Steven Santini D	D2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.02	2	1	0	18:05	—	—	36	37
Will Butcher D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.02	0	0	2	19:07	—	—	47	60
Ben Lovejoy D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.08	1	6	0	18:36	—	—	44	57

NJD goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Mackenzie Blackwood(start)	W	25	25	0	.1000	2.37	60:00

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.