New Jersey Devils vs. Montreal CanadiensApr 1, 2018

FinalSunday, Apr 1, 2018· Centre Bell

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NJD	0	0	2	2		NJD	8	10	14	32
MTL	1	0	0	1		MTL	7	8	11	26

: NJD 53MTL 51
: NJD 2.01MTL 1.83
PP goals: NJD 0MTL 1
Hits: NJD 18MTL 40
Blocks: NJD 17MTL 15
PIM: NJD 4MTL 10
: NJD 47%MTL 53%

Fantasy takeaways

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

New Jersey Devils edge Montreal Canadiens 2–1

New Jersey Devils beat Montreal Canadiens 2–1 at MTL. Nico Hischier (NJD) led the scoring with 1G 0A. New look for NJD: Zajac–Maroon–Coleman skated 5:07 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (42.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

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New look for NJD: Zajac–Maroon–Coleman skated 5:07 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (42.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Zajac Maroon Coleman
New line
New look for MTL: Shaw–Rychel–Scherbak skated 7:17 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Shaw Rychel Scherbak
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New look for NJD: Boyle–Wood–Bratt skated 4:27 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Boyle Wood Bratt
Usage
Paul Byron (MTL) played 20:50, +4:46 up on his 16:04 season average over 81 games.Byron
Usage
Jacob de la Rose (MTL) played 16:06, +4:20 up on his 11:46 season average over 54 games.de la Rose
Usage
Pavel Zacha (NJD) played 10:07, −4:19 down on his 14:26 season average over 68 games.Zacha
Usage
Miles Wood (NJD) played 9:22, −3:08 down on his 12:30 season average over 75 games.Wood
PP1
MTL's PP1 (Petry, Byron, Gallagher, Galchenyuk and Drouin) went scoreless in 4:23 of 5v4 time with 11 attempts.Petry Byron Gallagher Galchenyuk Drouin

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 104 of 104 attempts · MTL 51 · NJD 53

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 35% of the game, MTL 26%.

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
	44	38
	1.53	1.00
	1.52	0.96
	4	7
	0	2
	13	13
	−0.032	+0.032
	35%	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 – Maroon – Coleman
5:0743% CF
L2Palmieri – Hall – Hischier
5:0057% CF
L3Boyle – Wood – Bratt
4:2767% CF
L4Grabner – Noesen – Zacha
1:0033% CF
D1Greene – Vatanen
15:0350% CF
D2Moore – Mueller
12:0964% CF
D3Lovejoy – Butcher
8:5035% CF

PP1Zajac – Maroon – Palmieri – Hall – Butcher
5:2183% CF
PP2Boyle – Moore – Vatanen – Bratt – Hischier
3:10100% CF
PK1FZajac – Grabner
2:55
PK2FColeman – Hischier
1:26
PK1DGreene – Lovejoy
3:26
PK2DMoore – Mueller
1:26

Current NJD line combinations →

Montreal Canadiens

L1Galchenyuk – de la Rose – Lehkonen
10:2756% CF
L2Byron – Gallagher – Drouin
9:4657% CF
L3Shaw – Rychel – Scherbak
7:1750% CF
L4Deslauriers – McCarron – Carr
7:0254% CF
D1Petry – Benn
12:1565% CF
D2Reilly – Lernout
12:1126% CF
D3Alzner – Juulsen
10:4050% CF

PP1Petry – Byron – Gallagher – Galchenyuk – Drouin
4:2392% CF
PP2Reilly – Lehkonen – Carr – Scherbak – Juulsen
1:48100% CF
PK1FByron – Gallagher
3:03
PK2FShaw – Lehkonen
2:21
PK1DAlzner – Juulsen
5:13
PK2DPetry – Benn
1:20

Current MTL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

19:51
MTLDaniel CarrPP (Artturi Lehkonen, Mike Reilly)wrist0.12 xG
NJD: Zajac, Greene, Grabner, LovejoyMTL: Reilly, Lehkonen, Carr, Scherbak, Juulsen
NJD 0 – 1 MTL

3rd period

0:26
NJDNico Hischier (Sami Vatanen, Kyle Palmieri)tip-in0.07 xG
NJD: Greene, Palmieri, Vatanen, Hall, HischierMTL: Petry, Byron, Benn, Gallagher, Drouin
NJD 1 – 1 MTL
15:53
NJDTaylor HallSH (Travis Zajac)wrist0.09 xG
NJD: Zajac, Greene, Hall, MuellerMTL: Petry, Byron, Gallagher, Galchenyuk, Drouin
NJD 2 – 1 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	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	2	0	20:06	—	—	40	18
Patrick Maroon L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	2	0	0	17:15	—	—	46	68
Blake Coleman L	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	15:45	—	—	50	51
Taylor Hall L	L2	1	0	1	+2	2	0.16	0	0	0	18:04	—	—	62	39
Nico Hischier C	L2	1	0	1	+1	3	0.28	0	1	0	17:41	—	—	65	67
Kyle Palmieri C	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.19	2	0	0	16:37	—	—	47	71
Brian Boyle C	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.07	1	0	0	13:53	—	—	71	82
Jesper Bratt L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.18	0	0	0	13:17	—	—	74	74
Miles Wood L	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.47	1	0	0	9:22	—	—	59	69
Michael Grabner L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	13:03	—	—	44	43
Stefan Noesen R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	3	0	0	10:30	—	—	40	49
Pavel Zacha C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.08	3	1	0	10:07	—	—	44	48
Andy Greene D	D1	0	0	0	+2	2	0.03	2	3	0	23:15	—	—	50	60
Sami Vatanen D	D1	0	1	1	+1	7	0.31	1	2	0	23:06	—	—	63	58
John Moore D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	2	1	0	21:25	—	—	67	93
Mirco Mueller D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	0	3	0	18:15	—	—	65	92
Will Butcher D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.07	0	0	0	16:18	—	—	44	30
Ben Lovejoy D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	1	3	2	14:14	—	—	36	26

NJD goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Keith Kinkaid(start)	W	26	25	1	.962	1.83	59:55

Montreal Canadiens

MTL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Artturi Lehkonen L	L1	0	1	1	0	3	0.23	0	0	0	18:21	—	—	58	57
Alex Galchenyuk C	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.15	1	1	0	17:13	—	—	53	46
Jacob de la Rose L	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	4	1	0	16:06	—	—	42	38
Paul Byron L	L2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.26	1	2	0	20:50	—	—	50	48
Brendan Gallagher R	L2	0	0	0	-2	5	0.41	2	0	0	18:39	—	—	53	50
Jonathan Drouin L	L2	0	0	0	-2	3	0.22	0	0	0	18:11	—	—	53	50
Logan Shaw R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	0	0	0	12:07	—	—	38	32
Nikita Scherbak R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	3	0	0	11:21	—	—	50	53
Kerby Rychel L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	5	2	0	9:24	—	—	43	46
Nicolas Deslauriers L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	4	1	4	13:06	—	—	32	23
Daniel Carr L	L4	1	0	1	0	2	0.21	0	0	0	11:43	—	—	47	29
Michael McCarron C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	3	0	0	8:14	—	—	54	31
Jeff Petry D	D1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	2	1	0	23:29	—	—	65	75
Jordie Benn D	D1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.09	1	1	2	19:16	—	—	57	47
Brett Lernout D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	16:52	—	—	31	23
Mike Reilly D	D2	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	1	2	2	16:39	—	—	26	22
Noah Juulsen D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	6	3	0	20:22	—	—	56	51
Karl Alzner D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	5	0	2	18:54	—	—	44	31

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Carey Price(start)	L	32	30	2	.938	2.01	59:13

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.