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New Jersey Devils vs. Montreal CanadiensFeb 2, 2019

Final / OT· Centre Bell
Goals123OTTShots123OTT
NJD10113NJD9411327
MTL11002MTL81812139
NJD 39MTL 79
NJD 2.31MTL 2.56
PP goals
NJD 1MTL 0
Hits
NJD 27MTL 28
Blocks
NJD 24MTL 6
PIM
NJD 6MTL 6
NJD 48%MTL 52%

Fantasy takeaways

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

New Jersey Devils edge Montreal Canadiens 3–2 (OT)

New Jersey Devils beat Montreal Canadiens 3–2 in overtime at MTL. Nico Hischier (NJD) led the scoring with 2G 0A. NJD's first power-play unit (Boyle, Johansson, Palmieri, Butcher and Hischier) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 2:53 together.

  1. Points
    Nico Hischier had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 20:28.Hischier
  2. PP1
    NJD's first power-play unit (Boyle, Johansson, Palmieri, Butcher and Hischier) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 2:53 together.BoyleJohanssonPalmieriButcherHischier
  3. New line
    New look for NJD: Coleman–Wood–Bratt skated 9:32 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (40% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.ColemanWoodBratt
  4. Goalie
    Mackenzie Blackwood (NJD) faced 39 shots and stopped 37 (.949), +10 against a season average of 29.1; the win.Blackwood
  5. New line
    New look for MTL: Deslauriers–Peca–Hudon skated 7:48 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.DeslauriersPecaHudon
  6. New line
    New look for NJD: Boyle–Gabriel–Rooney skated 4:51 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (0% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.BoyleGabrielRooney
  7. Usage
    Marcus Johansson (NJD) played 19:19, +3:27 up on his 15:52 season average over 57 games.Johansson
  8. Usage
    Mirco Mueller (NJD) played 21:15, +3:14 up on his 18:01 season average over 52 games.Mueller

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.

Shot map, NJD at MTL: 118 attempts, 66 on goal, 5 goals, 4.87 expected goals; best chance Pavel Zacha at 0.58 xG.

Strength
Period
Team
← NJD attacks left (bottom on phones)MTL attacks right (top on phones) →
  • MTL
  • NJD
  • Goal
  • Shot on goal
  • Missed
  • Blocked

Showing 118 of 118 attempts · MTL 79 · NJD 39

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

Game flow, NJD at MTL: expected goals 2.56 to 2.31 (MTL led the chances), shot attempts 79 to 39, 5 goals.

0.01.02.03.01st2nd3rdOTMTLNJDKBDHHnet xGcumulative expected goals · 61:56
  • MTL
  • NJD
  • Goal
  • Power play (shaded)
Pressure Index
MTLNJDcontrol2nd3rdOTKotkaniemi · 1st 5:22Butcher · 1st 19:16Danault · 2nd 16:33Hischier · 3rd 11:26Hischier · OT 1:56
  • 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 25% of the game, MTL 46%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

Shift chart, NJD at MTL: 38 players over 61:56; most ice Antti Niemi (61:56) for MTL and Mackenzie Blackwood (61:44) for NJD, 5 goals.

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
StatNJDMTL
3474
1.071.50
1.041.42
66
25
1331
−0.010+0.011
25%46%

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

Current NJD line combinations →

Montreal Canadiens

Current MTL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

  1. 5:22
    NJD 0 – 1 MTL
  2. 19:16
    NJD 1 – 1 MTL

2nd period

  1. 16:33
    NJD 1 – 2 MTL

3rd period

  1. 11:26
    NJD 2 – 2 MTL

OT period

  1. 1:56
    NJD 3 – 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
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Nico Hischier CL1202+230.2311020:28——4158
Marcus Johansson LL1011020.1900019:19——3554
Kyle Palmieri CL1011040.7300017:04——4156
Blake Coleman LL2000020.1361219:58——3759
Miles Wood LL2000+140.1510217:36——3339
Jesper Bratt LL2000000.0021013:36——3241
Pavel Zacha CL3000-120.5911017:01——2010
Drew Stafford RL3000-100.0000013:28——1914
Brett Seney LL3000-110.040007:40——2314
Brian Boyle CL4000010.0224015:40——2241
Kevin Rooney CL4011010.0121012:25——2134
Kurtis Gabriel RL4000-100.004027:50——112
Damon Severson DD1000-100.0012024:20——2938
Andy Greene DD1000-120.0104020:29——2432
Mirco Mueller DD2011+210.0221021:15——4472
Will Butcher DD2101030.1824020:51——2967
Steven Santini DD3000010.0131016:56——3028
Egor Yakovlev DD3000-100.0003014:04——287
NJD goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Mackenzie Blackwood(start)W39372.9492.5661:44

Montreal Canadiens

MTL skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Max Domi CL1011+130.2510018:14——7168
Paul Byron LL1000010.0110016:15——5844
Tomas Tatar LL1000-110.0300016:15——6649
Joel Armia RL2000+130.2120019:13——8069
Jesperi Kotkaniemi CL2101020.4720015:38——8170
Artturi Lehkonen LL2011+120.1240015:20——6867
Phillip Danault CL3101010.0501016:24——6044
Jonathan Drouin LL3000-130.2510015:51——7154
Brendan Gallagher RL3000070.7010013:58——7152
Charles Hudon LL4000000.0050013:08——7385
Nicolas Deslauriers LL4000000.0021010:20——6465
Matthew Peca CL4000020.0310010:04——6766
Shea Weber DD1000-150.1521223:07——6654
Victor Mete DD1000-100.0001020:02——6562
Brett Kulak DD2000+140.1521019:01——6562
Jordie Benn DD2011+110.0430416:56——5749
Jeff Petry DD3011+120.0511021:05——8264
Mike Reilly DD3000020.0500019:03——7761
MTL goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Antti Niemi(start)O27243.8892.3161:56