New Jersey Devils vs. Montreal CanadiensDec 14, 2017

Final / OTThursday, Dec 14, 2017· Centre Bell

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
NJD	1	0	0	0	1		NJD	12	12	7	1	32
MTL	1	0	0	1	2		MTL	14	7	13	2	36

: NJD 69MTL 76
: NJD 2.14MTL 2.25
PP goals: NJD 0MTL 0
Hits: NJD 27MTL 31
Blocks: NJD 25MTL 22
PIM: NJD 6MTL 6
: NJD 49%MTL 51%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Montreal Canadiens edge New Jersey Devils 2–1 (OT)

Montreal Canadiens beat New Jersey Devils 2–1 in overtime at home. Andrew Shaw (MTL) led the scoring with 1G 0A. New look for NJD: Noesen–Wood–Zacha skated 10:49 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (38.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

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New look for NJD: Noesen–Wood–Zacha skated 10:49 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (38.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Noesen Wood Zacha
Goalie
Cory Schneider (NJD) faced 36 shots and stopped 34 (.944), +5 against a season average of 30.7; the overtime loss.Schneider
New line
New look for NJD: Boyle–Hayes–Lappin skated 8:57 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (40% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Boyle Hayes Lappin
New line
New look for NJD: Stafford–Bratt–Hischier skated 9:14 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (40.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Stafford Bratt Hischier
Usage
Joe Morrow (MTL) played 12:41, −4:07 down on his 16:48 season average over 55 games.Morrow
Cats
Shea Weber (MTL) blocked 5 shots in 24:00.Weber

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)MTL attacks right (top on phones) →

MTL
NJD
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 145 of 145 attempts · MTL 76 · NJD 69

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

MTL
NJD
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

MTL 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 23% of the game, MTL 42%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

MTL

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	MTL
	54	78
	1.37	1.61
	1.25	1.52
	12	10
	6	4
	12	22
	−0.021	+0.022
	23%	42%

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 – Gibbons – Coleman
11:1936% CF
L2Noesen – Wood – Zacha
10:4939% CF
L3Stafford – Bratt – Hischier
9:1441% CF
L4Boyle – Hayes – Lappin
8:5740% CF
D1Greene – Santini
13:4158% CF
D2Moore – Vatanen
12:0923% CF
D3Severson – Butcher
10:1839% CF

PP1Boyle – Stafford – Vatanen – Butcher – Hischier
2:00100% CF
PP2Boyle – Zajac – Butcher – Zacha – Bratt
1:35100% CF
PK1FZajac – Gibbons
1:31
PK2FBoyle – Bratt
0:30
PK1DGreene – Santini
3:20
PK2DMoore – Vatanen
0:45

Current NJD line combinations →

Montreal Canadiens

L1Shaw – Galchenyuk – Drouin
9:3575% CF
L2Plekanec – Gallagher – Hudon
8:0753% CF
L3Deslauriers – Froese – Carr
7:0540% CF
L4Byron – Pacioretty – Danault
6:5158% CF
D1Petry – Alzner
14:0550% CF
D2Weber – Benn
13:0565% CF
D3Schlemko – Morrow
10:2248% CF

PP1Weber – Schlemko – Shaw – Hudon – Drouin
2:5240% CF
PP2Petry – Pacioretty – Gallagher – Galchenyuk – Carr
2:1275% CF
PK1FPlekanec – Byron
1:33
PK2FPacioretty – Danault
0:54
PK1DWeber – Benn
2:28
PK2DPetry – Alzner
0:54

Current MTL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

1:21
NJDStefan Noesen (Andy Greene, Jesper Bratt)wrist0.12 xG
NJD: Boyle, Greene, Noesen, Severson, Zacha, BrattMTL: Petry, Benn, Shaw, Galchenyuk, Drouin
NJD 1 – 0 MTL
13:31
MTLAndrew Shaw (Jordie Benn, Phillip Danault)tip-in0.09 xG
NJD: Zajac, Moore, Vatanen, Gibbons, ColemanMTL: Weber, Pacioretty, Benn, Shaw, Danault
NJD 1 – 1 MTL

OT period

1:52
MTLTomas Plekanec (Charles Hudon, Alex Galchenyuk)wrist0.25 xG
NJD: Vatanen, Coleman, ZachaMTL: Plekanec, Benn, Hudon
NJD 1 – 2 MTL

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
Travis Zajac C	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.13	0	1	0	19:07	—	—	41	42
Brian Gibbons C	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	17:11	—	—	39	40
Blake Coleman L	L1	0	0	0	-2	3	0.40	2	2	4	14:49	—	—	40	46
Pavel Zacha C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	1	0	0	14:41	—	—	39	41
Miles Wood L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	1	0	0	13:41	—	—	43	50
Stefan Noesen R	L2	1	0	1	+1	3	0.20	2	1	0	13:18	—	—	43	43
Nico Hischier C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.38	0	3	0	18:17	—	—	43	57
Jesper Bratt L	L3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.04	0	0	0	16:40	—	—	41	36
Drew Stafford R	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.17	0	0	0	15:40	—	—	44	43
Brian Boyle C	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	1	2	0	15:22	—	—	40	52
Jimmy Hayes R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	10:57	—	—	39	52
Nick Lappin R	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.22	1	0	0	10:02	—	—	38	57
Steven Santini D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.01	3	3	0	21:54	—	—	59	62
Andy Greene D	D1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.04	1	4	0	20:27	—	—	52	57
Sami Vatanen D	D2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.12	3	2	0	21:43	—	—	30	39
John Moore D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.05	5	3	2	18:49	—	—	27	24
Damon Severson D	D3	0	0	0	+1	5	0.14	5	3	0	19:53	—	—	44	49
Will Butcher D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.14	1	1	0	17:27	—	—	41	54

NJD goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Cory Schneider(start)	O	36	34	2	.944	2.25	61:30

Montreal Canadiens

MTL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Andrew Shaw R	L1	1	0	1	0	4	0.26	2	0	0	18:01	—	—	74	78
Jonathan Drouin L	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.34	3	0	0	17:33	—	—	69	62
Alex Galchenyuk C	L1	0	1	1	-1	3	0.08	0	0	0	17:03	—	—	74	68
Tomas Plekanec C	L2	1	0	1	+1	4	0.41	2	1	0	16:51	—	—	59	66
Brendan Gallagher R	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.07	1	2	0	16:06	—	—	57	67
Charles Hudon L	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.22	0	0	0	14:03	—	—	52	56
Daniel Carr L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.21	0	1	0	13:13	—	—	50	40
Byron Froese C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	2	2	11:25	—	—	46	20
Nicolas Deslauriers L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.00	5	2	0	10:04	—	—	37	1
Max Pacioretty L	L4	0	0	0	+1	4	0.27	1	0	0	17:25	—	—	62	66
Phillip Danault C	L4	0	1	1	+1	3	0.08	2	1	0	15:47	—	—	56	55
Paul Byron L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	13:13	—	—	62	39
Jeff Petry D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.04	3	1	0	25:09	—	—	56	62
Karl Alzner D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0.06	1	2	2	18:29	—	—	53	50
Shea Weber D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.08	1	5	0	24:00	—	—	65	52
Jordie Benn D	D2	0	1	1	+1	4	0.07	3	3	0	21:35	—	—	68	62
David Schlemko D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	2	1	0	17:01	—	—	50	41
Joe Morrow D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.05	1	1	2	12:41	—	—	57	33

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Carey Price(start)	W	32	31	1	.969	2.14	61:49

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.