New Jersey Devils vs. Chicago BlackhawksDec 23, 2019

FinalMonday, Dec 23, 2019· United Center

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Chicago BlackhawksCHI

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NJD	1	4	2	7		NJD	8	23	13	44
CHI	1	0	0	1		CHI	14	8	11	33

: NJD 72CHI 61
: NJD 3.94CHI 3.11
PP goals: NJD 0CHI 0
Hits: NJD 38CHI 32
Blocks: NJD 22CHI 21
PIM: NJD 31CHI 13
: NJD 48%CHI 52%

Fantasy takeaways

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

New Jersey Devils rout Chicago Blackhawks 7–1

New Jersey Devils beat Chicago Blackhawks 7–1 at CHI. Damon Severson (NJD) led the scoring with 1G 2A. Adam Boqvist (CHI) played 2:42, −13:52 down on his 16:34 season average over 40 games.

Points
Damon Severson had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 25:12.Severson
Points
Nikita Gusev had 3 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 14:05.Gusev
Points
Blake Coleman had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 17:23.Coleman
Points
Pavel Zacha had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 18:09.Zacha
Points
Travis Zajac had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 17:07.Zajac
Usage
Adam Boqvist (CHI) played 2:42, −13:52 down on his 16:34 season average over 40 games.Boqvist
Luck
NJD scored 7 goals on 3.94 expected goals (72 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
Usage
Jesper Boqvist (NJD) played 1:40, −9:33 down on his 11:13 season average over 34 games.Boqvist

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)CHI attacks right (top on phones) →

CHI
NJD
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 133 of 133 attempts · CHI 61 · NJD 72

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

CHI
NJD
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

CHI 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 41% of the game, CHI 26%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

CHI

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	CHI
	67	58
	3.41	2.67
	3.29	2.18
	24	10
	8	10
	12	11
	−0.017	+0.017
	41%	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.

New Jersey Devils

L1Zajac – Coleman – Gusev
6:3079% CF
L2Palmieri – Bratt – Hischier
4:2273% CF
L3Simmonds – Wood – Hughes
2:5143% CF
D1Severson – Mueller
11:5963% CF
D2Greene – Subban
9:0871% CF
D3Vatanen – Butcher
8:5039% CF

PP1Subban – Palmieri – Vatanen – Hischier – Hughes
1:59100% CF
PP2Simmonds – Gusev – Butcher – Zacha – Bratt
1:58100% CF
PK1FZajac – Coleman
5:54
PK2FZacha – Hischier
2:37
PK1DGreene – Severson
7:05
PK2DVatanen – Mueller
1:54

Current NJD line combinations →

Chicago Blackhawks

L1Carpenter – DeBrincat – Dach
7:4963% CF
L2Smith – Highmore – Kampf
7:2450% CF
L3Toews – Kane – Kubalik
6:0740% CF
L4Quenneville – Strome – Nylander
3:1860% CF
D1Maatta – Gilbert
8:5743% CF
D2Murphy – Gustafsson
6:3555% CF

PP1Toews – Kane – Gustafsson – Strome – DeBrincat
7:4560% CF
PP2Keith – Kubalik – Carpenter – Nylander – Dach
4:1267% CF
PK1FKubalik – Carpenter
0:49
PK2FSmith – Highmore
0:48
PK1DMaatta – Gilbert
2:09
PK2DKeith – Murphy
2:01

Current CHI line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

3:21
CHIZack Smith (David Kampf, Matthew Highmore)wrap-around0.01 xG
NJD: Subban, Simmonds, Butcher, Wood, HughesCHI: Smith, Maatta, Highmore, Gilbert, Kampf
NJD 0 – 1 CHI
14:46
NJDJack Hughes (Wayne Simmonds, Sami Vatanen)wrist0.12 xG
NJD: Simmonds, Vatanen, Coleman, Butcher, HughesCHI: Keith, Toews, Murphy, Kubalik, Strome
NJD 1 – 1 CHI

2nd period

0:51
NJDP.K. Subban (Jesper Bratt, Kyle Palmieri)slap0.04 xG
NJD: Greene, Subban, Palmieri, Bratt, HischierCHI: Maatta, Carpenter, Gilbert, DeBrincat, Dach
NJD 2 – 1 CHI
7:22
NJDDamon Severson (Nikita Gusev, Travis Zajac)wrist0.15 xG
NJD: Zajac, Coleman, Severson, Gusev, MuellerCHI: Keith, Toews, Kane, Kubalik, Gilbert
NJD 3 – 1 CHI
10:40
NJDJohn Hayden (Will Butcher, Pavel Zacha)wrist0.03 xG
NJD: Subban, Butcher, Hayden, Wood, ZachaCHI: Smith, Murphy, Maatta, Highmore, Kampf
NJD 4 – 1 CHI
17:22
NJDTravis ZajacSH (Blake Coleman, Andy Greene)wrist0.06 xG
NJD: Zajac, Greene, Coleman, SeversonCHI: Toews, Kane, Gustafsson, Strome, DeBrincat
NJD 5 – 1 CHI

3rd period

0:18
NJDBlake Coleman (Damon Severson, Nikita Gusev)wrist0.15 xG
NJD: Zajac, Coleman, Severson, Gusev, MuellerCHI: Keith, Murphy, Carpenter, DeBrincat, Dach
NJD 6 – 1 CHI
18:21
NJDPavel Zacha (Nikita Gusev, Damon Severson)wrist0.16 xG
NJD: Simmonds, Severson, Gusev, Mueller, ZachaCHI: Kane, Murphy, Gustafsson, Strome, Nylander
NJD 7 – 1 CHI

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
Blake Coleman L	L1	1	1	2	+4	4	0.25	1	0	0	17:23	—	—	70	94
Travis Zajac C	L1	1	1	2	+3	1	0.06	4	2	2	17:07	—	—	64	88
Nikita Gusev L	L1	0	3	3	+3	3	0.48	0	0	0	14:05	—	—	57	85
Nico Hischier C	L2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	1	0	18:00	—	—	52	90
Kyle Palmieri C	L2	0	1	1	+1	5	0.36	0	0	0	14:47	—	—	54	82
Jesper Bratt L	L2	0	1	1	+1	3	0.35	2	1	0	12:48	—	—	57	52
Jack Hughes C	L3	1	0	1	0	5	0.53	0	0	0	15:05	—	—	50	32
Miles Wood L	L3	0	0	0	0	6	0.64	6	1	0	14:32	—	—	58	54
Wayne Simmonds R	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.14	4	1	2	13:39	—	—	48	40
Damon Severson D	D1	1	2	3	+4	2	0.24	1	2	0	25:12	—	—	58	66
Mirco Mueller D	D1	0	0	0	+3	3	0.09	5	3	4	19:12	—	—	62	67
Andy Greene D	D2	0	1	1	+2	0	0.00	0	2	0	20:48	—	—	67	76
P.K. Subban D	D2	1	0	1	+1	5	0.18	5	3	0	19:14	—	—	58	48
Sami Vatanen D	D3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	2	3	2	18:31	—	—	38	51
Will Butcher D	D3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.05	3	1	0	15:29	—	—	36	36
Pavel Zacha C	—	1	1	2	+2	3	0.43	1	1	2	18:09	—	—	48	58
John Hayden C	—	1	0	1	+1	2	0.14	2	1	17	8:19	—	—	43	14
Jesper Boqvist C	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	2	1:40	—	—	33	—

NJD goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Mackenzie Blackwood(start)	W	33	32	1	.970	3.11	60:00

Chicago Blackhawks

CHI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Alex DeBrincat R	L1	0	0	0	-3	3	0.75	2	0	0	18:38	—	—	57	70
Ryan Carpenter C	L1	0	0	0	-2	3	0.25	2	2	0	16:13	—	—	52	71
Kirby Dach C	L1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.14	0	1	0	14:59	—	—	62	72
Zack Smith C	L2	1	0	1	0	2	0.04	4	1	0	12:09	—	—	44	53
David Kampf C	L2	0	1	1	0	2	0.84	0	1	2	11:13	—	—	44	56
Matthew Highmore C	L2	0	1	1	0	1	0.01	0	0	0	11:05	—	—	46	57
Patrick Kane R	L3	0	0	0	-3	2	0.11	0	0	2	21:23	—	—	47	33
Jonathan Toews C	L3	0	0	0	-3	0	0.08	2	1	2	20:23	—	—	30	3
Dominik Kubalik L	L3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.02	2	0	0	17:41	—	—	44	8
Dylan Strome C	L4	0	0	0	-3	3	0.11	1	1	2	16:56	—	—	48	37
Alex Nylander L	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.28	1	2	0	13:56	—	—	48	38
John Quenneville C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	5	1	0	8:20	—	—	40	14
Olli Maatta D	D1	0	0	0	-1	4	0.13	3	3	0	19:28	—	—	51	44
Dennis Gilbert D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	5	2	5	17:53	—	—	41	52
Erik Gustafsson D	D2	0	0	0	-2	4	0.27	0	1	0	23:59	—	—	47	40
Connor Murphy D	D2	0	0	0	-4	2	0.04	4	3	0	20:16	—	—	50	48
Duncan Keith D	—	0	0	0	-3	2	0.05	1	2	0	25:13	—	—	41	27
Adam Boqvist D	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	2:42	—	—	50	—

CHI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Corey Crawford(start)	L	20	16	4	.800	1.84	30:40
Robin Lehner	—	24	21	3	.875	2.10	29:20

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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.