New Jersey Devils vs. Montreal CanadiensNov 28, 2019

FinalThursday, Nov 28, 2019· Centre Bell

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New Jersey DevilsNJD

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Montreal CanadiensMTL

4

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NJD	2	2	2	6		NJD	11	11	13	35
MTL	1	2	1	4		MTL	18	17	13	48

: NJD 57MTL 90
: NJD 4.16MTL 3.83
PP goals: NJD 0MTL 0
Hits: NJD 15MTL 38
Blocks: NJD 25MTL 12
PIM: NJD 4MTL 6
: NJD 42%MTL 58%

Fantasy takeaways

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

New Jersey Devils beat Montreal Canadiens 6–4

New Jersey Devils beat Montreal Canadiens 6–4 at MTL. Blake Coleman (NJD) led the scoring with 2G 2A. Mackenzie Blackwood (NJD) faced 48 shots and stopped 44 (.917), +17 against a season average of 30.9; the win.

Points
Blake Coleman had two goals and 2 assists (4 points) on 3 shots in 15:40.Coleman
Points
Travis Zajac had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 16:21.Zajac
Points
Nikita Gusev had 3 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 15:09.Gusev
Points
Jesperi Kotkaniemi had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 13:42.Kotkaniemi
Goalie
Mackenzie Blackwood (NJD) faced 48 shots and stopped 44 (.917), +17 against a season average of 30.9; the win.Blackwood
Usage
Mike Reilly (MTL) played 13:46, −4:21 down on his 18:07 season average over 43 games.Reilly
Luck
NJD scored 6 goals on 4.16 expected goals (57 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
Usage
Victor Mete (MTL) played 19:34, +3:39 up on his 15:55 season average over 50 games.Mete

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 147 of 147 attempts · MTL 90 · NJD 57

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 15% 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
	59	97
	2.50	4.29
	2.34	3.91
	13	14
	16	8
	24	22
	−0.036	+0.036
	15%	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 – Coleman – Gusev
10:4632% CF
L2Wood – Zacha – Bratt
9:3439% CF
L3Palmieri – Hall – Hischier
9:3143% CF
L4Simmonds – Boqvist – Hughes
6:0669% CF
D1Greene – Severson
14:4337% CF
D2Subban – Vatanen
12:4533% CF
D3Tennyson – Butcher
11:3058% CF

PP1Palmieri – Vatanen – Hall – Gusev – Hischier
2:5750% CF
PP2Subban – Simmonds – Severson – Boqvist – Hughes
2:0950% CF
PK1FZajac – Coleman
2:24
PK2FZacha – Hischier
1:09
PK1DGreene – Vatanen
1:40
PK2DSubban – Butcher
0:47

Current NJD line combinations →

Montreal Canadiens

L1Tatar – Gallagher – Danault
11:0559% CF
L2Lehkonen – Domi – Suzuki
9:3242% CF
L3Cousins – Armia – Kotkaniemi
8:0774% CF
L4Thompson – Weal – Hudon
6:5469% CF
D1Weber – Chiarot
15:3557% CF
D2Petry – Mete
13:4265% CF
D3Reilly – Kulak
7:2947% CF

PP1Petry – Tatar – Weal – Gallagher – Suzuki
2:23100% CF
PP2Weber – Reilly – Armia – Domi – Kotkaniemi
1:37100% CF
PK1FDanault – Lehkonen
2:43
PK2FThompson – Armia
2:06
PK1DWeber – Chiarot
3:55
PK2DPetry – Mete
1:23

Current MTL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

7:19
NJDBlake Coleman (Nikita Gusev, Travis Zajac)wrist0.07 xG
NJD: Zajac, Coleman, Tennyson, Gusev, ButcherMTL: Weber, Chiarot, Weal, Cousins, Kotkaniemi
NJD 1 – 0 MTL
7:41
MTLBrendan Gallagher (Phillip Danault, Tomas Tatar)tip-in0.14 xG
NJD: Subban, Palmieri, Hall, Butcher, HischierMTL: Weber, Tatar, Chiarot, Gallagher, Danault
NJD 1 – 1 MTL
8:17
NJDTravis Zajac (Nikita Gusev, Blake Coleman)backhand0.14 xG
NJD: Zajac, Greene, Coleman, Severson, GusevMTL: Reilly, Kulak, Lehkonen, Domi, Suzuki
NJD 2 – 1 MTL

2nd period

1:40
MTLJesperi Kotkaniemi (Max Domi, Shea Weber)wrist0.13 xG
NJD: Subban, Vatanen, Zacha, Hischier, HughesMTL: Weber, Reilly, Armia, Domi, Kotkaniemi
NJD 2 – 2 MTL
3:16
NJDMiles Wood (Pavel Zacha, Will Butcher)wrist0.14 xG
NJD: Tennyson, Butcher, Wood, Zacha, BrattMTL: Thompson, Tatar, Gallagher, Reilly, Kulak
NJD 3 – 2 MTL
9:02
MTLJoel Armia (Victor Mete, Jesperi Kotkaniemi)wrist0.10 xG
NJD: Greene, Simmonds, Hall, Severson, HischierMTL: Cousins, Reilly, Armia, Mete, Kotkaniemi
NJD 3 – 3 MTL
11:28
NJDJesper Boqvist (Nico Hischier, Kyle Palmieri)wrist0.18 xG
NJD: Palmieri, Tennyson, Butcher, Hischier, BoqvistMTL: Weber, Tatar, Chiarot, Gallagher, Danault
NJD 4 – 3 MTL

3rd period

8:21
NJDDamon Severson (Nikita Gusev, Blake Coleman)wrist0.01 xG
NJD: Zajac, Greene, Coleman, Severson, GusevMTL: Cousins, Armia, Kulak, Mete, Kotkaniemi
NJD 5 – 3 MTL
8:37
MTLArtturi Lehkonen (Mike Reilly, Jeff Petry)wrist0.21 xG
NJD: Subban, Vatanen, Wood, Zacha, BrattMTL: Petry, Reilly, Lehkonen, Domi, Suzuki
NJD 5 – 4 MTL
18:44
NJDBlake ColemanEN (Travis Zajac, Wayne Simmonds)wrist0.94 xG
NJD: Zajac, Greene, Simmonds, Vatanen, ColemanMTL: Weber, Tatar, Chiarot, Gallagher, Domi, Kotkaniemi
NJD 6 – 4 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	1	2	3	+4	2	0.15	0	1	0	16:21	—	—	30	50
Blake Coleman L	L1	2	2	4	+4	3	1.04	0	2	0	15:40	—	—	31	44
Nikita Gusev L	L1	0	3	3	+3	3	0.08	0	1	0	15:09	—	—	28	33
Pavel Zacha C	L2	0	1	1	-1	2	0.11	2	0	0	14:07	—	—	37	18
Jesper Bratt L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	12:08	—	—	44	21
Miles Wood L	L2	1	0	1	0	4	0.15	0	0	0	11:40	—	—	36	20
Taylor Hall L	L3	0	0	0	-2	5	0.67	1	1	0	19:09	—	—	41	40
Nico Hischier C	L3	0	1	1	-2	4	0.40	0	0	0	17:26	—	—	34	42
Kyle Palmieri C	L3	0	1	1	0	1	0.23	0	0	0	16:26	—	—	38	54
Wayne Simmonds R	L4	0	1	1	0	1	0.94	2	1	0	14:43	—	—	48	35
Jack Hughes C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	2	14:18	—	—	48	32
Jesper Boqvist C	L4	1	0	1	+1	3	0.29	2	1	0	10:15	—	—	52	57
Damon Severson D	D1	1	0	1	+1	3	0.03	1	3	2	22:29	—	—	33	38
Andy Greene D	D1	0	0	0	+2	0	0.01	0	6	0	21:28	—	—	33	31
Sami Vatanen D	D2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.05	1	5	0	23:28	—	—	33	33
P.K. Subban D	D2	0	0	0	-3	0	0.00	3	1	0	20:05	—	—	27	26
Will Butcher D	D3	0	1	1	+2	1	0.01	1	1	0	17:12	—	—	51	49
Matt Tennyson D	D3	0	0	0	+3	0	0.01	2	2	0	13:56	—	—	51	48

NJD goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Mackenzie Blackwood(start)	W	48	44	4	.917	3.83	60:00

Montreal Canadiens

MTL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Tomas Tatar L	L1	0	1	1	-2	2	0.24	3	0	0	17:28	—	—	60	56
Phillip Danault C	L1	0	1	1	-1	1	0.19	6	0	0	17:18	—	—	65	60
Brendan Gallagher R	L1	1	0	1	-2	7	0.81	3	0	0	16:17	—	—	54	47
Nick Suzuki C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	2	0	0	16:23	—	—	51	66
Artturi Lehkonen L	L2	1	0	1	0	3	0.54	2	1	0	15:26	—	—	48	63
Max Domi C	L2	0	1	1	0	2	0.09	1	1	0	15:15	—	—	53	63
Nick Cousins C	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.11	2	0	0	14:48	—	—	74	67
Joel Armia R	L3	1	0	1	+1	5	0.15	1	0	2	14:45	—	—	77	61
Jesperi Kotkaniemi C	L3	1	1	2	-1	1	0.28	3	0	0	13:42	—	—	71	56
Nate Thompson C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.22	1	0	0	14:00	—	—	64	80
Jordan Weal C	L4	0	0	0	-1	5	0.68	0	1	0	13:12	—	—	74	86
Charles Hudon L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.13	5	0	0	8:12	—	—	68	88
Shea Weber D	D1	0	1	1	-1	5	0.07	2	4	0	25:31	—	—	61	55
Ben Chiarot D	D1	0	0	0	-2	5	0.13	3	2	0	24:19	—	—	60	60
Jeff Petry D	D2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.05	2	1	2	23:02	—	—	65	73
Victor Mete D	D2	0	1	1	0	1	0.01	0	1	0	19:34	—	—	70	69
Mike Reilly D	D3	0	1	1	+1	3	0.06	1	1	2	13:46	—	—	63	75
Brett Kulak D	D3	0	0	0	-3	0	0.00	1	0	0	11:38	—	—	54	35

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Carey Price(start)	L	34	29	5	.853	2.31	59:13

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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.