New Jersey Devils vs. Colorado AvalancheDec 1, 2017

FinalFriday, Dec 1, 2017· Pepsi Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NJD	0	1	1	2		NJD	7	5	9	21
COL	0	1	0	1		COL	5	10	8	23

: NJD 45COL 60
: NJD 1.66COL 2.17
PP goals: NJD 1COL 1
Hits: NJD 13COL 24
Blocks: NJD 24COL 17
PIM: NJD 10COL 12
: NJD 56%COL 44%

Fantasy takeaways

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

New Jersey Devils edge Colorado Avalanche 2–1

New Jersey Devils beat Colorado Avalanche 2–1 at COL. Jesper Bratt (NJD) led the scoring with 1G 1A. COL's first power-play unit (Barrie, Kerfoot, Compher, MacKinnon and Rantanen) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 3:40 together.

Points
Jesper Bratt had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 17:20.Bratt
PP1
COL's first power-play unit (Barrie, Kerfoot, Compher, MacKinnon and Rantanen) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 3:40 together.Barrie Kerfoot Compher MacKinnon Rantanen
PP1
NJD's first power-play unit (Boyle, Zajac, Hall, Butcher and Bratt) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 4:06 together.Boyle Zajac Hall Butcher Bratt
New line
New look for COL: Compher–MacKinnon–Rantanen skated 5:57 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (44.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Compher MacKinnon Rantanen
New line
New look for NJD: Stafford–Gibbons–Coleman skated 7:31 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (63.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Stafford Gibbons Coleman
New line
New look for COL: Yakupov–Kerfoot–Jost skated 5:22 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Yakupov Kerfoot Jost
New line
New look for NJD: Zajac–Johansson–Zacha skated 5:05 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (40% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Zajac Johansson Zacha
Usage
Alexander Kerfoot (COL) played 17:53, +4:30 up on his 13:23 season average over 78 games.Kerfoot

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

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

COL
NJD
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 105 of 105 attempts · COL 60 · NJD 45

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

COL
NJD
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: NJD 36% of the game, COL 39%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

COL

NJD

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	NJD	COL
	34	53
	1.03	1.88
	1.03	1.85
	5	7
	5	4
	7	10
	+0.064	−0.064
	36%	39%

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.

New Jersey Devils

L1Hall – Bratt – Hischier
10:0829% CF
L2Stafford – Gibbons – Coleman
7:3164% CF
L3Zajac – Johansson – Zacha
5:0540% CF
L4Boyle – Noesen – Wood
3:5950% CF
D1Greene – Vatanen
11:1320% CF
D2Moore – Severson
9:5548% CF
D3Lovejoy – Butcher
7:0937% CF

PP1Boyle – Zajac – Hall – Butcher – Bratt
4:06100% CF
PP2Stafford – Johansson – Vatanen – Severson – Hischier
3:56100% CF
PK1FZajac – Gibbons
3:07
PK2FColeman – Bratt
1:09
PK1DGreene – Lovejoy
3:34
PK2DMoore – Vatanen
2:14

Current NJD line combinations →

Colorado Avalanche

L1Comeau – Soderberg – Nieto
7:4059% CF
L2Compher – MacKinnon – Rantanen
5:5744% CF
L3Yakupov – Kerfoot – Jost
5:2250% CF
L4Bourque – Toninato – Andrighetto
3:2340% CF
D1Johnson – Girard
8:4172% CF
D2Barrie – Lindholm
6:1550% CF
D3Barberio – Zadorov
5:5569% CF

PP1Barrie – Kerfoot – Compher – MacKinnon – Rantanen
3:4080% CF
PP2Soderberg – Yakupov – Andrighetto – Jost – Girard
2:57100% CF
PK1FBourque – Nieto
2:09
PK2FComeau – Soderberg
1:13
PK1DJohnson – Zadorov
5:56
PK2DBarberio – Lindholm
1:25

Current COL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

13:58
NJDJesper Brattwrist0.02 xG
NJD: Moore, Hall, Severson, Bratt, HischierCOL: Barrie, Compher, MacKinnon, Zadorov, Rantanen
NJD 1 – 0 COL
17:11
COLJ.T. CompherPP (Alexander Kerfoot, Tyson Barrie)wrist0.03 xG
NJD: Zajac, Greene, Vatanen, GibbonsCOL: Barrie, Kerfoot, Compher, MacKinnon, Rantanen
NJD 1 – 1 COL

3rd period

6:11
NJDBrian BoylePP (Taylor Hall, Jesper Bratt)wrist0.17 xG
NJD: Boyle, Zajac, Hall, Butcher, BrattCOL: Comeau, Johnson, Nieto, Zadorov
NJD 2 – 1 COL

Box score

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

New Jersey Devils

NJD skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Taylor Hall L	L1	0	1	1	+1	5	0.40	0	0	0	18:20	—	—	29	26
Jesper Bratt L	L1	1	1	2	+1	1	0.11	0	0	0	17:20	—	—	27	30
Nico Hischier C	L1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.07	0	3	2	17:15	—	—	38	30
Brian Gibbons C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	0	2	0	17:18	—	—	59	55
Drew Stafford R	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.12	0	0	0	13:24	—	—	53	84
Blake Coleman L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	12:47	—	—	67	59
Travis Zajac C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.29	2	3	0	19:06	—	—	26	42
Marcus Johansson L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	2	16:09	—	—	27	38
Pavel Zacha C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	2	0	9:21	—	—	47	54
Brian Boyle C	L4	1	0	1	0	1	0.17	0	1	0	13:00	—	—	30	2
Stefan Noesen R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	0	1	0	12:32	—	—	40	8
Miles Wood L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.12	0	0	4	8:43	—	—	50	25
Sami Vatanen D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	1	1	0	23:13	—	—	25	9
Andy Greene D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.01	1	4	0	21:29	—	—	24	23
Damon Severson D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.03	1	1	0	20:35	—	—	45	35
John Moore D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.03	4	3	0	16:56	—	—	48	31
Ben Lovejoy D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	1	1	2	17:25	—	—	36	23
Will Butcher D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	2	0	16:16	—	—	44	71

NJD goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Cory Schneider(start)	W	23	22	1	.957	2.17	59:56

Colorado Avalanche

COL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Carl Soderberg C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.18	0	2	0	19:31	—	—	70	31
Blake Comeau L	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	2	15:25	—	—	68	42
Matt Nieto L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	1	0	2	13:07	—	—	60	33
J.T. Compher L	L2	1	0	1	-1	3	0.41	0	1	2	19:02	—	—	50	58
Mikko Rantanen R	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.17	0	1	0	18:42	—	—	65	77
Nathan MacKinnon C	L2	0	0	0	-1	5	0.41	3	0	0	18:30	—	—	61	76
Alexander Kerfoot C	L3	0	1	1	0	0	0.05	0	0	0	17:53	—	—	55	83
Tyson Jost C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.14	0	1	0	14:41	—	—	57	83
Nail Yakupov R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	2	13:02	—	—	61	92
Sven Andrighetto R	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.21	1	0	0	12:38	—	—	77	94
Gabriel Bourque L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	1	0	10:41	—	—	43	1
Dominic Toninato C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.16	1	0	0	5:18	—	—	63	88
Erik Johnson D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	2	3	0	25:12	—	—	67	66
Samuel Girard D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	1	1	0	17:51	—	—	68	63
Tyson Barrie D	D2	0	1	1	-1	3	0.06	0	1	0	21:37	—	—	59	71
Anton Lindholm D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	4	3	0	14:39	—	—	32	22
Nikita Zadorov D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	3	2	0	21:41	—	—	72	86
Mark Barberio D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.19	1	0	4	12:05	—	—	55	57

COL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Semyon Varlamov(start)	L	21	19	2	.905	1.66	57:50

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.