New Jersey Devils vs. Montreal CanadiensMar 11, 2023

FinalSaturday, Mar 11, 2023· Centre Bell

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Montreal CanadiensMTL

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NJD	2	0	1	3		NJD	11	16	10	37
MTL	0	1	0	1		MTL	8	9	7	24

: NJD 74MTL 52
: NJD 3.45MTL 1.72
PP goals: NJD 0MTL 0
Hits: NJD 17MTL 34
Blocks: NJD 20MTL 26
PIM: NJD 0MTL 0
: NJD 50%MTL 50%

Fantasy takeaways

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

New Jersey Devils beat Montreal Canadiens 3–1

New Jersey Devils beat Montreal Canadiens 3–1 at MTL. Nico Hischier (NJD) led the scoring with 1G 1A. Jake Allen (MTL) faced 36 shots and stopped 34 (.944), +4 against a season average of 31.8; the loss.

Points
Nico Hischier had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 17:02.Hischier
Goalie
Jake Allen (MTL) faced 36 shots and stopped 34 (.944), +4 against a season average of 31.8; the loss.Allen
Usage
Chris Wideman (MTL) played 8:32, −5:05 down on his 13:37 season average over 45 games.Wideman
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Jesper Boqvist (NJD) played 16:20, +4:48 up on his 11:32 season average over 69 games.Boqvist
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Jesse Ylonen (MTL) played 17:55, +4:36 up on his 13:19 season average over 36 games.Ylonen
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Ryan Graves (NJD) played 23:49, +3:55 up on his 19:54 season average over 77 games.Graves
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Brendan Smith (NJD) played 18:45, +3:15 up on his 15:30 season average over 59 games.Smith
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David Savard (MTL) played 25:44, +3:24 up on his 22:20 season average over 61 games.Savard

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 126 of 126 attempts · MTL 52 · NJD 74

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 45% of the game, MTL 19%.

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
	86	59
	2.98	2.06
	2.85	1.98
	11	16
	1	4
	29	26
	−0.026	+0.026
	45%	19%

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

L1Meier – Boqvist – Hughes
15:3339% CF
L2Tatar – Hischier – Mercer
14:3576% CF
L3Haula – Palat – Bratt
12:1960% CF
L4Wood – Bastian – McLeod
8:5263% CF
D1Graves – Marino
19:3465% CF
D2Hamilton – Siegenthaler
15:4658% CF
D3Smith – Severson
15:2861% CF

Current NJD line combinations →

Montreal Canadiens

L1Hoffman – Anderson – Drouin
15:1326% CF
L2Suzuki – Ylonen – Harvey-Pinard
14:3150% CF
L3Tierney – Gurianov – Pitlick
11:5946% CF
L4Belzile – Richard – Pezzetta
7:4950% CF
D1Matheson – Kovacevic
9:4257% CF
D2Savard – Guhle
7:2622% CF
D3Wideman – Edmundson
4:4943% CF

Current MTL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

8:24
NJDNathan Bastian (Miles Wood)wrist0.15 xG
NJD: Smith, Severson, Wood, Bastian, McLeodMTL: Wideman, Belzile, Richard, Pezzetta, Guhle
NJD 1 – 0 MTL
18:59
NJDNico Hischier (Damon Severson, Dawson Mercer)deflected0.09 xG
NJD: Smith, Tatar, Severson, Hischier, MercerMTL: Matheson, Tierney, Gurianov, Pitlick, Guhle
NJD 2 – 0 MTL

2nd period

18:23
MTLDenis Gurianov (Rem Pitlick)snap0.02 xG
NJD: Smith, Tatar, Severson, Hischier, MercerMTL: Matheson, Tierney, Gurianov, Pitlick, Kovacevic
NJD 2 – 1 MTL

3rd period

18:30
NJDTomas TatarEN (Nico Hischier, Dougie Hamilton)backhand0.96 xG
NJD: Tatar, Hamilton, Marino, Hischier, MercerMTL: Hoffman, Savard, Anderson, Drouin, Suzuki, Guhle
NJD 3 – 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
Jack Hughes C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.05	0	1	0	18:48	—	—	46	52
Timo Meier R	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.13	2	2	0	18:11	—	—	46	52
Jesper Boqvist C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	1	1	0	16:20	—	—	39	47
Dawson Mercer C	L2	0	1	1	+1	4	0.21	0	0	0	17:34	—	—	70	51
Nico Hischier C	L2	1	1	2	+1	2	0.21	1	2	0	17:02	—	—	77	60
Tomas Tatar L	L2	1	0	1	+1	4	1.24	1	0	0	15:53	—	—	77	60
Ondrej Palat L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.36	0	1	0	15:30	—	—	60	66
Erik Haula L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	15:10	—	—	60	66
Jesper Bratt L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.39	0	0	0	14:41	—	—	66	67
Michael McLeod C	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.09	1	1	0	10:39	—	—	56	54
Miles Wood L	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.05	0	0	0	10:19	—	—	56	54
Nathan Bastian R	L4	1	0	1	+1	5	0.40	5	0	0	9:44	—	—	63	70
Ryan Graves D	D1	0	0	0	0	4	0.14	3	3	0	23:49	—	—	63	59
John Marino D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	1	0	22:08	—	—	61	48
Jonas Siegenthaler D	D2	0	0	0	0	4	0.08	0	1	0	19:19	—	—	59	53
Dougie Hamilton D	D2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.05	2	1	0	18:55	—	—	56	58
Brendan Smith D	D3	0	0	0	+1	3	0.03	1	2	0	18:45	—	—	60	61
Damon Severson D	D3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.02	0	3	0	17:13	—	—	60	75

NJD goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Akira Schmid(start)	W	24	23	1	.958	1.72	60:00

Montreal Canadiens

MTL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Josh Anderson R	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.31	7	3	0	18:56	—	—	25	49
Jonathan Drouin L	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.36	0	3	0	18:27	—	—	24	45
Mike Hoffman C	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	17:56	—	—	28	50
Nick Suzuki C	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	1	0	19:46	—	—	61	76
Jesse Ylonen R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	2	1	0	17:55	—	—	52	50
Rafael Harvey-Pinard L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	1	1	0	17:21	—	—	50	47
Denis Gurianov R	L3	1	0	1	0	4	0.19	2	0	0	15:59	—	—	41	14
Rem Pitlick C	L3	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	14:18	—	—	40	14
Chris Tierney C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	0	0	0	13:53	—	—	46	17
Anthony Richard C	L4	0	0	0	-1	3	0.35	4	1	0	9:30	—	—	56	61
Alex Belzile R	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	0	1	0	9:16	—	—	43	43
Michael Pezzetta L	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	4	1	0	9:12	—	—	54	61
Mike Matheson D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.09	1	5	0	27:03	—	—	36	32
Johnathan Kovacevic D	D1	0	0	0	+1	3	0.16	1	1	0	18:11	—	—	57	77
David Savard D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	3	1	0	25:44	—	—	26	17
Kaiden Guhle D	D2	0	0	0	-3	2	0.05	4	2	0	21:43	—	—	43	43
Joel Edmundson D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.00	4	3	0	17:31	—	—	45	42
Chris Wideman D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	2	0	8:32	—	—	36	25

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jake Allen(start)	L	36	34	2	.944	2.48	58:47

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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.