New Jersey Devils vs. Chicago BlackhawksNov 5, 2023

FinalSunday, Nov 5, 2023· United Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NJD	2	0	2	4		NJD	13	16	12	41
CHI	1	0	1	2		CHI	14	8	12	34

: NJD 72CHI 55
: NJD 4.38CHI 2.44
PP goals: NJD 1CHI 0
Hits: NJD 21CHI 26
Blocks: NJD 13CHI 16
PIM: NJD 2CHI 6
: NJD 46%CHI 54%

Fantasy takeaways

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

New Jersey Devils beat Chicago Blackhawks 4–2

New Jersey Devils beat Chicago Blackhawks 4–2 at CHI. Michael McLeod (NJD) led the scoring with 1G 0A. New look for NJD: Haula–Lazar–Willman skated 9:15 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (47.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

New line
New look for NJD: Haula–Lazar–Willman skated 9:15 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (47.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Haula Lazar Willman
Goalie
Arvid Soderblom (CHI) faced 40 shots and stopped 37 (.925), +11 against a season average of 29.4; the loss.Soderblom
New line
New look for NJD: Toffoli–Bratt–McLeod skated 8:38 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (63% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Toffoli Bratt McLeod
New line
New look for NJD: Palat–Meier–Mercer skated 8:20 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (76.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Palat Meier Mercer
Usage
Max Willman (NJD) played 12:21, +4:15 up on his 8:06 season average over 17 games.Willman
Usage
Ryan Donato (CHI) played 9:38, −4:25 down on his 14:03 season average over 77 games.Donato
Usage
Luke Hughes (NJD) played 16:19, −5:13 down on his 21:32 season average over 81 games.Hughes
Usage
Alex Vlasic (CHI) played 17:47, −3:45 down on his 21:32 season average over 75 games.Vlasic

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 127 of 127 attempts · CHI 55 · 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 47% of the game, CHI 28%.

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
	74	55
	4.24	2.43
	4.02	2.34
	22	7
	12	2
	22	10
	−0.066	+0.066
	47%	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

L1Haula – Lazar – Willman
9:1548% CF
L2Toffoli – Bratt – McLeod
8:3863% CF
L3Palat – Meier – Mercer
8:2076% CF
L4Tierney – Bastian – Holtz
7:0646% CF
D1Marino – Bahl
17:0147% CF
D2Hamilton – Siegenthaler
16:5466% CF
D3Smith – Hughes
11:4552% CF

PP1Toffoli – Palat – Meier – Bratt – Hughes
2:5175% CF
PP2Haula – Hamilton – Bastian – Mercer – Holtz
2:34100% CF
PK1FHaula – Mercer
1:13
PK2FPalat – McLeod
0:29
PK1DMarino – Bahl
1:55
PK2DSmith – Siegenthaler
0:52

Current NJD line combinations →

Chicago Blackhawks

L1Athanasiou – Raddysh – Reichel
8:1182% CF
L2Foligno – Kurashev – Bedard
7:0744% CF
L3Perry – Donato – Entwistle
6:4931% CF
L4Johnson – Hall – Dickinson
5:1870% CF
D1Jones – Korchinski
14:2643% CF
D2Murphy – Vlasic
12:3246% CF
D3Zaitsev – Kaiser
11:0636% CF

PP1Perry – Foligno – Hall – Jones – Bedard
2:4983% CF
PP2Johnson – Raddysh – Kurashev – Reichel – Korchinski
0:50
PK1FRaddysh – Entwistle
2:04
PK2FFoligno – Dickinson
1:17
PK1DJones – Vlasic
1:56
PK2DZaitsev – Kaiser
0:58

Current CHI line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

1:51
CHITaylor Hall (Tyler Johnson, Wyatt Kaiser)wrist0.36 xG
NJD: Toffoli, Hamilton, Siegenthaler, Meier, MercerCHI: Johnson, Hall, Dickinson, Zaitsev, Kaiser
NJD 0 – 1 CHI
13:07
NJDDawson MercerPP (Erik Haula, Dougie Hamilton)wrist0.11 xG
NJD: Haula, Hamilton, Bastian, Mercer, HoltzCHI: Raddysh, Zaitsev, Entwistle, Kaiser
NJD 1 – 1 CHI
14:41
NJDMax Willmanwrist0.17 xG
NJD: Haula, Lazar, Willman, Marino, HughesCHI: Foligno, Jones, Kurashev, Korchinski, Bedard
NJD 2 – 1 CHI

3rd period

4:35
NJDCurtis Lazar (John Marino)wrist0.23 xG
NJD: Toffoli, Tierney, Lazar, Marino, BahlCHI: Hall, Athanasiou, Jones, Korchinski, Bedard
NJD 3 – 1 CHI
15:14
CHIRyan Donato (Andreas Athanasiou, Jason Dickinson)wrist0.08 xG
NJD: Smith, Palat, Meier, Mercer, HughesCHI: Murphy, Athanasiou, Dickinson, Donato, Vlasic
NJD 3 – 2 CHI
19:59
NJDMichael McLeodENwrist0.46 xG
NJD: Toffoli, Hamilton, Siegenthaler, Bratt, McLeodCHI: Perry, Johnson, Hall, Jones, Kurashev, Bedard
NJD 4 – 2 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
Erik Haula L	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.19	0	1	0	17:10	—	—	52	84
Curtis Lazar C	L1	1	0	1	+2	5	0.38	2	2	0	14:56	—	—	54	91
Max Willman C	L1	1	0	1	+1	1	0.17	1	1	0	12:21	—	—	50	87
Jesper Bratt L	L2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.02	0	0	0	19:41	—	—	59	63
Michael McLeod C	L2	1	0	1	+1	5	0.99	5	1	0	17:34	—	—	61	56
Tyler Toffoli C	L2	0	0	0	+1	4	0.18	1	0	2	16:51	—	—	55	60
Dawson Mercer C	L3	1	0	1	-2	4	0.29	0	0	0	17:38	—	—	67	62
Ondrej Palat L	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.21	0	0	0	15:38	—	—	73	75
Timo Meier R	L3	0	0	0	-2	5	1.00	0	0	0	15:18	—	—	67	62
Alexander Holtz R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	1	0	0	12:12	—	—	50	26
Nathan Bastian R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.09	3	0	0	10:52	—	—	40	16
Chris Tierney C	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	0	0	10:50	—	—	48	65
John Marino D	D1	0	1	1	+2	1	0.35	1	1	0	21:29	—	—	50	64
Kevin Bahl D	D1	0	0	0	+1	4	0.06	3	2	0	20:18	—	—	47	62
Dougie Hamilton D	D2	0	1	1	0	4	0.15	1	2	0	21:56	—	—	67	75
Jonas Siegenthaler D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	2	0	21:18	—	—	65	76
Luke Hughes D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.18	0	0	0	16:19	—	—	56	45
Brendan Smith D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.10	1	1	0	13:44	—	—	52	37

NJD goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Vitek Vanecek(start)	W	34	32	2	.941	2.44	59:55

Chicago Blackhawks

CHI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Taylor Raddysh R	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.01	3	0	0	15:01	—	—	64	41
Lukas Reichel L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	1	0	0	13:42	—	—	75	78
Andreas Athanasiou C	L1	0	1	1	0	1	0.03	1	0	0	12:36	—	—	61	35
Philipp Kurashev C	L2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.15	1	0	0	20:07	—	—	33	32
Connor Bedard C	L2	0	0	0	-3	4	0.37	1	1	0	19:54	—	—	33	33
Nick Foligno L	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.15	5	1	0	17:16	—	—	38	30
Corey Perry R	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.17	0	0	0	13:14	—	—	25	18
MacKenzie Entwistle R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	4	1	2	11:42	—	—	30	19
Ryan Donato C	L3	1	0	1	+1	3	0.28	3	0	0	9:38	—	—	37	38
Taylor Hall L	L4	1	0	1	-1	3	0.62	0	1	0	18:53	—	—	36	31
Jason Dickinson C	L4	0	1	1	+2	0	0.15	1	1	0	14:58	—	—	42	41
Tyler Johnson C	L4	0	1	1	0	2	0.20	1	0	0	14:45	—	—	48	48
Seth Jones D	D1	0	0	0	-3	0	0.00	0	1	0	26:02	—	—	41	27
Kevin Korchinski D	D1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.00	0	0	0	19:19	—	—	43	28
Connor Murphy D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.04	1	3	4	18:26	—	—	45	33
Alex Vlasic D	D2	0	0	0	+1	6	0.14	0	2	0	17:47	—	—	46	33
Wyatt Kaiser D	D3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.01	3	3	0	17:34	—	—	38	55
Nikita Zaitsev D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.03	1	2	0	15:34	—	—	38	59

CHI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Arvid Soderblom(start)	L	40	37	3	.925	3.93	57:53

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Taylor Hall (CHI) 1st 1:51 · assists Tyler Johnson, Wyatt Kaiser · Rebound · 47.7 mph shot.

Taylor Hall · 1st 1:51 · CHI

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 47.7 mph
Distance: 5 ft
Type: rebound

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Michael McLeod · 3rd 19:59 · NJD EN

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 44.8 mph
Distance: 84 ft

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Dawson Mercer · 1st 13:07 · NJD PP

Play: cycle
Passes: 3
Shot: 36.5 mph
Distance: 8 ft

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Max Willman · 1st 14:41 · NJD

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 0
Shot: 52.1 mph
Distance: 14 ft
Entry to goal: 1.8 s

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Curtis Lazar · 3rd 4:35 · NJD

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 15.1 mph
Distance: 7 ft
Entry to goal: 6.3 s

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Ryan Donato · 3rd 15:14 · CHI

Play: cycle
Passes: 0
Shot: 8.6 mph
Distance: 17 ft

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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.