New Jersey Devils vs. St. Louis BluesNov 3, 2023

FinalFriday, Nov 3, 2023· Enterprise Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NJD	0	1	0	1		NJD	7	11	16	34
STL	0	2	2	4		STL	11	13	11	35

: NJD 61STL 64
: NJD 3.57STL 6.11
PP goals: NJD 0STL 0
Hits: NJD 11STL 33
Blocks: NJD 13STL 8
PIM: NJD 6STL 4
: NJD 61%STL 39%

Fantasy takeaways

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

St. Louis Blues beat New Jersey Devils 4–1

St. Louis Blues beat New Jersey Devils 4–1 at home. Kevin Hayes (STL) led the scoring with 2G 1A. Jack Hughes (NJD) played 3:55, −17:20 down on his 21:15 season average over 61 games.

Points
Kevin Hayes had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 3 shots in 14:33.Hayes
Usage
Jack Hughes (NJD) played 3:55, −17:20 down on his 21:15 season average over 61 games.Hughes
New line
New look for NJD: Toffoli–Meier–Mercer skated 9:15 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (67.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Toffoli Meier Mercer
Luck
NJD scored 1 goal on 3.57 expected goals (61 attempts), well short of its chances.
Luck
STL scored 4 goals on 6.11 expected goals (64 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for NJD: Haula–Lazar–Holtz skated 7:01 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Haula Lazar Holtz
Goalie
Akira Schmid (NJD) faced 33 shots and stopped 31 (.939), +9 against a season average of 24.1; the loss.Schmid
Usage
Jake Neighbours (STL) played 11:52, −3:53 down on his 15:45 season average over 76 games.Neighbours

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)STL attacks right (top on phones) →

STL
NJD
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 125 of 125 attempts · STL 64 · NJD 61

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

STL
NJD
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

STL 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 35% of the game, STL 31%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

STL

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	STL
	64	54
	3.59	1.95
	3.41	1.86
	17	11
	4	5
	14	19
	+0.047	−0.046
	35%	31%

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

L1Palat – Bratt – McLeod
10:0350% CF
L2Toffoli – Meier – Mercer
9:1568% CF
L3Haula – Lazar – Holtz
7:0150% CF
L4Tierney – Bastian – Hughes
0:00
D1Marino – Bahl
12:0559% CF
D2Hamilton – Siegenthaler
11:2344% CF
D3Smith – Hughes
10:1844% CF

PP1Haula – Palat – Hamilton – Mercer – Holtz
0:58
PP2Toffoli – Meier – Bratt – Hughes – Hughes
0:45
PK1FHaula – Mercer
1:29
PK2FPalat – Bratt
1:01
PK1DMarino – Bahl
1:45
PK2DSmith – Siegenthaler
1:27

Current NJD line combinations →

St. Louis Blues

L1Buchnevich – Kapanen – Thomas
12:3345% CF
L2Schenn – Saad – Kyrou
10:5646% CF
L3Sundqvist – Blais – Neighbours
7:5664% CF
L4Hayes – Vrana – Toropchenko
6:1545% CF
D1Leddy – Parayko
18:2338% CF
D2Faulk – Krug
14:3739% CF
D3Bortuzzo – Scandella
7:5155% CF

PP1Schenn – Hayes – Saad – Krug – Kyrou
2:03100% CF
PP2Faulk – Buchnevich – Vrana – Kapanen – Thomas
1:33100% CF
PK1FSaad – Neighbours
0:42
PK2FBuchnevich – Thomas
0:31
PK1DLeddy – Parayko
1:11
PK2DBortuzzo – Scandella
0:45

Current STL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

7:12
STLJake Neighbours (Sammy Blais, Oskar Sundqvist)wrist0.17 xG
NJD: Toffoli, Marino, Bastian, Bahl, MercerSTL: Scandella, Leddy, Sundqvist, Blais, Neighbours
NJD 0 – 1 STL
9:54
STLKevin Hayes (Nick Leddy, Jakub Vrana)wrist0.19 xG
NJD: Smith, Toffoli, Siegenthaler, Meier, MercerSTL: Bortuzzo, Leddy, Hayes, Vrana, Toropchenko
NJD 0 – 2 STL
16:39
NJDCurtis Lazar (Alexander Holtz, John Marino)backhand0.15 xG
NJD: Haula, Lazar, Marino, Bahl, HoltzSTL: Leddy, Hayes, Parayko, Vrana, Toropchenko
NJD 1 – 2 STL

3rd period

18:23
STLKevin HayesEN (Colton Parayko, Jordan Binnington)wrist0.58 xG
NJD: Haula, Palat, Hamilton, Bratt, McLeod, HughesSTL: Schenn, Faulk, Hayes, Parayko, Kyrou
NJD 1 – 3 STL
19:51
STLRobert ThomasEN (Justin Faulk, Kevin Hayes)snap0.89 xG
NJD: Haula, Toffoli, Hamilton, Meier, Bratt, HughesSTL: Faulk, Hayes, Krug, Buchnevich, Thomas
NJD 1 – 4 STL

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
Jesper Bratt L	L1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.14	1	0	0	23:02	—	—	51	72
Michael McLeod C	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.67	1	1	0	16:26	—	—	46	77
Ondrej Palat L	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.34	1	1	0	15:21	—	—	47	70
Dawson Mercer C	L2	0	0	0	-2	4	0.23	0	4	0	19:06	—	—	56	44
Timo Meier R	L2	0	0	0	-2	7	0.57	1	0	0	19:06	—	—	69	60
Tyler Toffoli C	L2	0	0	0	-3	2	0.28	0	0	0	16:39	—	—	63	57
Erik Haula L	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.14	0	1	0	18:50	—	—	67	80
Alexander Holtz R	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.23	0	0	0	14:40	—	—	43	78
Curtis Lazar C	L3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.23	1	0	0	12:48	—	—	44	89
Nathan Bastian R	L4	0	0	0	-1	3	0.25	1	0	0	9:02	—	—	46	56
Chris Tierney C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	8:04	—	—	50	77
Jack Hughes C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.13	0	0	0	3:55	—	—	40	88
John Marino D	D1	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	1	2	0	21:52	—	—	67	65
Kevin Bahl D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.06	1	0	0	19:10	—	—	55	65
Dougie Hamilton D	D2	0	0	0	-2	5	0.21	0	1	0	24:42	—	—	54	77
Jonas Siegenthaler D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	2	0	16:11	—	—	40	57
Luke Hughes D	D3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.06	0	0	2	22:53	—	—	60	73
Brendan Smith D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	2	1	4	14:23	—	—	46	33

NJD goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Akira Schmid(start)	L	33	31	2	.939	2.44	57:50

St. Louis Blues

STL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Robert Thomas C	L1	1	0	1	+1	1	0.94	0	0	0	19:16	—	—	45	32
Kasperi Kapanen R	L1	0	0	0	0	4	0.28	0	0	0	18:06	—	—	37	20
Pavel Buchnevich L	L1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.74	1	0	2	17:40	—	—	46	39
Jordan Kyrou R	L2	0	0	0	+1	4	0.26	0	1	0	19:25	—	—	50	41
Brandon Saad L	L2	0	0	0	0	4	0.67	0	0	0	18:45	—	—	46	35
Brayden Schenn C	L2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.12	3	0	0	17:38	—	—	43	26
Oskar Sundqvist C	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.01	2	1	0	12:21	—	—	47	36
Sammy Blais L	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	6	0	0	12:13	—	—	59	44
Jake Neighbours L	L3	1	0	1	+1	4	1.00	6	0	0	11:52	—	—	63	47
Kevin Hayes R	L4	2	1	3	+2	3	1.61	3	0	0	14:33	—	—	44	46
Jakub Vrana L	L4	0	1	1	0	3	0.23	0	0	0	9:09	—	—	46	39
Alexey Toropchenko R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	2	8:29	—	—	36	32
Colton Parayko D	D1	0	1	1	0	2	0.03	3	0	0	25:46	—	—	40	22
Nick Leddy D	D1	0	1	1	+1	4	0.14	0	1	0	24:22	—	—	48	40
Justin Faulk D	D2	0	1	1	+2	3	0.04	5	4	0	24:10	—	—	40	21
Torey Krug D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	1	0	18:47	—	—	41	16
Marco Scandella D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.05	1	0	0	13:58	—	—	57	69
Robert Bortuzzo D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	0	0	9:30	—	—	69	80

STL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jordan Binnington(start)	W	34	33	1	.971	3.57	60:00

Goal anatomy

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

Kevin Hayes (STL) 2nd 9:54 · assists Nick Leddy, Jakub Vrana · Rebound · 5.1 mph shot.

Kevin Hayes · 2nd 9:54 · STL

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 5.1 mph
Distance: 13 ft
Type: rebound

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Kevin Hayes · 3rd 18:23 · STL EN

Play: point-shot
Passes: 0
Shot: 52.9 mph
Distance: 78 ft

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Jake Neighbours · 2nd 7:12 · STL

Play: rush
Entry: pass
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 54.2 mph
Distance: 13 ft
Entry to goal: 3.0 s

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Curtis Lazar · 2nd 16:39 · NJD

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 27.1 mph
Distance: 8 ft

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Robert Thomas · 3rd 19:51 · STL EN

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 28.6 mph
Distance: 14 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.