New Jersey Devils vs. Colorado AvalancheMar 1, 2023

FinalWednesday, Mar 1, 2023· Ball Arena

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New Jersey DevilsNJD

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Colorado AvalancheCOL

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NJD	3	3	1	7		NJD	12	10	7	29
COL	1	3	1	5		COL	10	8	13	31

: NJD 56COL 57
: NJD 4.14COL 2.42
PP goals: NJD 1COL 0
Hits: NJD 13COL 23
Blocks: NJD 17COL 16
PIM: NJD 0COL 2
: NJD 50%COL 50%

Fantasy takeaways

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

New Jersey Devils beat Colorado Avalanche 7–5

New Jersey Devils beat Colorado Avalanche 7–5 at COL. Dawson Mercer (NJD) led the scoring with 1G 3A.

Points
Dawson Mercer had a goal and 3 assists (4 points) on 1 shot in 18:15.Mercer
Points
Tomas Tatar had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 17:25.Tatar
Points
Nathan MacKinnon had two goals (2 points) on 6 shots in 23:37.MacKinnon
Points
Miles Wood had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 12:07.Wood
Points
Nico Hischier had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 19:55.Hischier
Points
Valeri Nichushkin had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 18:48.Nichushkin
Points
Artturi Lehkonen had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 18:27.Lehkonen
Points
Michael McLeod had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 13:20.McLeod

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 113 of 113 attempts · COL 57 · NJD 56

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 29% of the game, COL 28%.

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
	59	60
	2.83	2.35
	2.68	2.32
	18	7
	2	5
	20	16
	−0.013	+0.013
	29%	28%

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

L1Tatar – Hischier – Mercer
13:2432% CF
L2Haula – Palat – Boqvist
9:5063% CF
L3Bratt – Sharangovich – Hughes
9:4542% CF
L4Wood – Bastian – McLeod
9:2762% CF
D1Graves – Marino
18:1952% CF
D2Hamilton – Siegenthaler
14:1941% CF
D3Severson – Bahl
14:1366% CF

PP1Palat – Hamilton – Bratt – Hischier – Hughes
2:21100% CF
PP2Tatar – Haula – Severson – Wood – Mercer
1:34100% CF
PK1FHischier – Sharangovich
1:10
PK2FHaula – Mercer
0:47
PK1DGraves – Marino
1:19
PK2DSiegenthaler – Bahl
0:38

Current NJD line combinations →

Colorado Avalanche

L1Lehkonen – MacKinnon – Nichushkin
10:0267% CF
L2Compher – Rantanen – Newhook
8:0514% CF
L3Eller – Nieto – Rodrigues
6:5650% CF
L4Cogliano – Malgin – O'Connor
2:5967% CF
D1Toews – Girard
13:2354% CF
D2Manson – Byram
10:5152% CF
D3Johnson – Hunt
2:360% CF

PP1Compher – MacKinnon – Nichushkin – Rantanen – Byram
1:2333% CF
PP2Lehkonen – Toews – Rodrigues – Girard – Newhook
0:17
PK1FCogliano – O'Connor
1:48
PK2FLehkonen – Nichushkin
0:51
PK1DToews – Girard
1:08
PK2DJohnson – Manson
0:51

Current COL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

1:07
NJDOndrej Palat (Jesper Bratt)wrist0.20 xG
NJD: Palat, Hamilton, Siegenthaler, Bratt, HughesCOL: Johnson, Eller, Lehkonen, Rodrigues, Girard
NJD 1 – 0 COL
7:52
NJDNathan Bastian (Michael McLeod, Damon Severson)other0.04 xG
NJD: Severson, Wood, Bastian, McLeod, BahlCOL: Manson, Compher, Rantanen, Byram, Newhook
NJD 2 – 0 COL
11:27
NJDTomas Tatar (Nico Hischier, Dawson Mercer)snap0.07 xG
NJD: Tatar, Graves, Marino, Hischier, MercerCOL: Lehkonen, MacKinnon, Nichushkin, Toews, Girard
NJD 3 – 0 COL
19:46
COLNathan MacKinnon (Valeri Nichushkin, Artturi Lehkonen)slap0.02 xG
NJD: Wood, Siegenthaler, Marino, Bastian, McLeodCOL: Manson, Lehkonen, MacKinnon, Nichushkin, Byram
NJD 3 – 1 COL

2nd period

3:13
NJDDougie Hamilton (Michael McLeod, Miles Wood)wrist0.12 xG
NJD: Hamilton, Wood, Siegenthaler, Bastian, McLeodCOL: Cogliano, Hunt, Toews, Malgin, O'Connor
NJD 4 – 1 COL
5:53
NJDMiles WoodPP (Erik Haula, Dawson Mercer)snap0.24 xG
NJD: Tatar, Haula, Severson, Wood, MercerCOL: Nieto, Lehkonen, Toews, Byram
NJD 5 – 1 COL
7:32
COLMikko Rantanen (Josh Manson, Alex Newhook)tip-in0.09 xG
NJD: Haula, Palat, Hamilton, Siegenthaler, BoqvistCOL: Johnson, Manson, Compher, Rantanen, Newhook
NJD 5 – 2 COL
9:00
COLNathan MacKinnon (Bowen Byram)wrist0.12 xG
NJD: Graves, Bastian, McLeod, Bahl, SharangovichCOL: Manson, Lehkonen, MacKinnon, Nichushkin, Byram
NJD 5 – 3 COL
9:36
COLJ.T. Compherwrist0.01 xG
NJD: Graves, Marino, Bratt, Sharangovich, HughesCOL: Johnson, Compher, Toews, Rantanen, Newhook
NJD 5 – 4 COL
16:59
NJDDawson Mercer (Ryan Graves, Tomas Tatar)wrist0.25 xG
NJD: Tatar, Graves, Siegenthaler, Hischier, MercerCOL: MacKinnon, Nichushkin, Rantanen, Girard, Byram
NJD 6 – 4 COL

3rd period

1:26
COLValeri Nichushkin (Artturi Lehkonen, Samuel Girard)snap0.21 xG
NJD: Graves, Marino, Bratt, Sharangovich, HughesCOL: Lehkonen, MacKinnon, Nichushkin, Toews, Girard
NJD 6 – 5 COL
18:46
NJDNico HischierEN (Tomas Tatar, Dawson Mercer)backhand0.98 xG
NJD: Tatar, Graves, Marino, Hischier, MercerCOL: Compher, Lehkonen, MacKinnon, Nichushkin, Rantanen, Girard
NJD 7 – 5 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
Nico Hischier C	L1	1	1	2	+3	2	1.15	2	3	0	19:55	—	—	32	54
Dawson Mercer C	L1	1	3	4	+3	1	0.25	0	0	0	18:15	—	—	29	51
Tomas Tatar L	L1	1	2	3	+3	1	0.07	3	0	0	17:25	—	—	33	59
Erik Haula L	L2	0	1	1	-1	1	0.56	1	0	0	15:57	—	—	63	40
Ondrej Palat L	L2	1	0	1	0	2	0.21	0	1	0	14:22	—	—	63	59
Jesper Boqvist C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.19	0	0	0	11:46	—	—	70	53
Jack Hughes C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.08	0	1	0	15:57	—	—	44	42
Jesper Bratt L	L3	0	1	1	-1	1	0.07	0	0	0	15:16	—	—	40	39
Yegor Sharangovich C	L3	0	0	0	-3	3	0.18	0	2	0	13:42	—	—	40	22
Nathan Bastian R	L4	1	0	1	0	5	0.42	1	0	0	13:49	—	—	63	77
Michael McLeod C	L4	0	2	2	0	1	0.24	1	0	0	13:20	—	—	59	77
Miles Wood L	L4	1	1	2	+1	4	0.38	0	0	0	12:07	—	—	63	86
John Marino D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.14	0	1	0	23:06	—	—	50	39
Ryan Graves D	D1	0	1	1	0	1	0.01	1	2	0	22:45	—	—	50	45
Dougie Hamilton D	D2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.14	0	1	0	18:57	—	—	38	51
Jonas Siegenthaler D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	2	0	17:11	—	—	40	57
Damon Severson D	D3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.01	0	2	0	17:57	—	—	63	72
Kevin Bahl D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.04	2	2	0	16:13	—	—	58	63

NJD goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Vitek Vanecek(start)	W	19	14	5	.737	1.67	41:26
Akira Schmid	—	12	12	0	.1000	0.75	18:34

Colorado Avalanche

COL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nathan MacKinnon C	L1	2	0	2	0	6	0.38	1	1	0	23:37	—	—	69	70
Valeri Nichushkin R	L1	1	1	2	0	5	0.52	0	0	0	18:48	—	—	67	68
Artturi Lehkonen L	L1	0	2	2	0	1	0.14	6	1	0	18:27	—	—	67	64
J.T. Compher L	L2	1	0	1	0	2	0.11	0	3	2	22:59	—	—	31	27
Mikko Rantanen R	L2	1	0	1	-1	3	0.27	3	0	0	22:36	—	—	32	21
Alex Newhook C	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.14	1	1	0	13:28	—	—	32	26
Evan Rodrigues C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.10	1	0	0	14:46	—	—	65	40
Lars Eller C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.17	0	0	0	14:28	—	—	42	41
Matt Nieto L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	0	0	11:13	—	—	58	27
Andrew Cogliano C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	8:31	—	—	64	53
Logan O'Connor R	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.12	0	1	0	8:09	—	—	62	53
Denis Malgin C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	0	0	0	5:45	—	—	67	10
Devon Toews D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0.18	1	1	0	23:31	—	—	58	66
Samuel Girard D	D1	0	1	1	-3	2	0.06	1	1	0	22:28	—	—	53	50
Bowen Byram D	D2	0	1	1	0	3	0.18	3	3	0	27:47	—	—	48	39
Josh Manson D	D2	0	1	1	+2	1	0.01	4	2	0	17:44	—	—	51	40
Jack Johnson D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	1	0	17:33	—	—	43	35
Brad Hunt D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.03	0	1	0	6:28	—	—	38	18

COL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Justus Annunen(start)	L	28	22	6	.786	2.64	57:42

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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.