New Jersey Devils vs. Washington CapitalsJan 2, 2022

Final / OTSunday, Jan 2, 2022· Capital One Arena

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New Jersey DevilsNJD

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Washington CapitalsWSH

3

Goals	1	2	3	OT	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
NJD	2	1	0	1	4		NJD	12	12	10	3	37
WSH	1	0	2	0	3		WSH	13	5	12	0	30

: NJD 61WSH 61
: NJD 2.54WSH 3.05
PP goals: NJD 0WSH 0
Hits: NJD 13WSH 29
Blocks: NJD 17WSH 14
PIM: NJD 6WSH 6
: NJD 53%WSH 47%

Fantasy takeaways

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

New Jersey Devils edge Washington Capitals 4–3 (OT)

New Jersey Devils beat Washington Capitals 4–3 in overtime at WSH. Nico Hischier (NJD) led the scoring with 2G 0A. Dougie Hamilton (NJD) played 2:40, −18:52 down on his 21:32 season average over 61 games.

Points
Nico Hischier had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 16:29.Hischier
Points
Damon Severson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 29:52.Severson
Points
Jack Hughes had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 20:17.Hughes
Usage
Dougie Hamilton (NJD) played 2:40, −18:52 down on his 21:32 season average over 61 games.Hamilton
Usage
Damon Severson (NJD) played 29:52, +6:20 up on his 23:32 season average over 79 games.Severson
Goalie
Ilya Samsonov (WSH) faced 37 shots and stopped 33 (.892), +11 against a season average of 26.0; the overtime loss.Samsonov
Usage
P.K. Subban (NJD) played 23:58, +5:45 up on his 18:13 season average over 76 games.Subban
Usage
Jonas Siegenthaler (NJD) played 25:24, +4:55 up on his 20:29 season average over 69 games.Siegenthaler

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)WSH attacks right (top on phones) →

WSH
NJD
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 122 of 122 attempts · WSH 61 · NJD 61

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

WSH
NJD
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

WSH 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, WSH 33%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

WSH

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	WSH
	64	62
	2.44	2.51
	2.39	2.46
	10	6
	6	7
	13	10
	+0.055	−0.055
	25%	33%

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

L1Bratt – Sharangovich – Hughes
13:0842% CF
L2Zacha – Hischier – Boqvist
10:5365% CF
L3Bastian – McLeod – Studenic
10:2236% CF
L4Johnsson – Kuokkanen – Mercer
10:1246% CF
D1Severson – Siegenthaler
17:0250% CF
D2Subban – Graves
12:0342% CF

PP1Severson – Bratt – Bastian – Hischier – Hughes
1:17100% CF
PP2Subban – Johnsson – Zacha – Smith – Mercer
0:34100% CF
PK1FMcLeod – Hischier
0:55
PK2FKuokkanen – Studenic
0:40
PK1DSeverson – Siegenthaler
0:55

Current NJD line combinations →

Washington Capitals

L1Hagelin – Dowd – Hathaway
13:1961% CF
L2Ovechkin – Kuznetsov – Wilson
12:1348% CF
L3Eller – Sheary – Sprong
6:4444% CF
L4Sgarbossa – Leason – McMichael
5:2736% CF
D1Carlson – Orlov
16:5168% CF
D2Schultz – van Riemsdyk
13:2260% CF
D3Jensen – Kempny
12:3935% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Carlson – Kuznetsov – Wilson – Sheary
1:4180% CF
PP2Ovechkin – Eller – Carlson – Orlov – Sprong
0:150% CF
PK1FEller – Wilson
1:02
PK2FHagelin – Dowd
0:37
PK1DOrlov – van Riemsdyk
1:02
PK2DCarlson – Kempny
0:49

Current WSH line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

7:15
NJDYegor Sharangovich (Jack Hughes, P.K. Subban)wrist0.23 xG
NJD: Subban, Graves, McLeod, Sharangovich, HughesWSH: Ovechkin, Schultz, Kuznetsov, Wilson, van Riemsdyk
NJD 1 – 0 WSH
8:29
NJDDamon Severson (Dawson Mercer, Janne Kuokkanen)wrist0.04 xG
NJD: Severson, Johnsson, Kuokkanen, Smith, MercerWSH: Eller, Jensen, Sheary, Sprong, Kempny
NJD 2 – 0 WSH
19:13
WSHJohn Carlson (Michael Sgarbossa, Dmitry Orlov)wrist0.03 xG
NJD: Subban, Graves, Zacha, MercerWSH: Ovechkin, Carlson, Orlov, Sgarbossa
NJD 2 – 1 WSH

2nd period

0:22
NJDNico Hischier (Damon Severson, Jonas Siegenthaler)tip-in0.02 xG
NJD: Severson, Siegenthaler, Zacha, Hischier, BoqvistWSH: Ovechkin, Carlson, Orlov, Kuznetsov, Wilson
NJD 3 – 1 WSH

3rd period

13:22
WSHNic Dowd (Garnet Hathaway, Trevor van Riemsdyk)wrist0.06 xG
NJD: Subban, Johnsson, Graves, Kuokkanen, MercerWSH: Hagelin, Carlson, Orlov, Dowd, Hathaway
NJD 3 – 2 WSH
16:13
WSHConor Sheary (Lars Eller)wrist0.45 xG
NJD: Subban, Johnsson, Graves, Kuokkanen, MercerWSH: Eller, Carlson, Orlov, Sheary, Sprong
NJD 3 – 3 WSH

OT period

2:56
NJDNico Hischier (Jack Hughes)wrist0.09 xG
NJD: Hischier, Smith, HughesWSH: Ovechkin, Orlov, Kuznetsov
NJD 4 – 3 WSH

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	2	2	+2	1	0.04	0	0	0	20:17	—	—	49	70
Jesper Bratt L	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.37	0	2	0	17:07	—	—	44	64
Yegor Sharangovich C	L1	1	0	1	+1	4	0.54	0	0	0	17:03	—	—	45	71
Pavel Zacha C	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.14	1	0	0	16:30	—	—	63	53
Nico Hischier C	L2	2	0	2	+2	4	0.18	0	2	0	16:29	—	—	62	52
Jesper Boqvist C	L2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.09	0	0	0	13:26	—	—	59	51
Michael McLeod C	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.02	1	0	0	14:51	—	—	50	63
Marián Studenic R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.19	1	0	0	13:29	—	—	44	46
Nathan Bastian R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	5	1	0	12:06	—	—	40	34
Dawson Mercer C	L4	0	1	1	-2	2	0.11	0	0	0	14:22	—	—	46	28
Janne Kuokkanen C	L4	0	1	1	-1	3	0.36	0	1	0	14:08	—	—	48	34
Andreas Johnsson L	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	0	0	0	12:50	—	—	48	29
Damon Severson D	D1	1	1	2	+2	1	0.09	1	1	0	29:52	—	—	49	64
Jonas Siegenthaler D	D1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.16	2	6	2	25:24	—	—	57	73
Ryan Graves D	D2	0	0	0	-2	2	0.01	1	1	0	24:15	—	—	33	30
P.K. Subban D	D2	0	1	1	-2	5	0.09	1	1	4	23:58	—	—	59	47
Ty Smith D	—	0	0	0	+2	2	0.07	0	1	0	16:01	—	—	52	26
Dougie Hamilton D	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	2:40	—	—	20	75

NJD goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Mackenzie Blackwood(start)	W	30	27	3	.900	3.05	62:56

Washington Capitals

WSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nic Dowd C	L1	1	0	1	+1	3	0.26	4	2	2	17:26	—	—	58	51
Garnet Hathaway R	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.21	4	0	0	16:22	—	—	61	58
Carl Hagelin L	L1	0	0	0	+1	3	0.18	0	0	0	15:28	—	—	58	50
Evgeny Kuznetsov C	L2	0	0	0	-3	2	0.03	0	0	0	23:15	—	—	53	39
Alex Ovechkin L	L2	0	0	0	-2	3	0.20	4	0	0	22:56	—	—	53	38
Tom Wilson R	L2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.26	7	1	0	22:04	—	—	46	37
Conor Sheary L	L3	1	0	1	0	4	0.70	0	0	0	15:50	—	—	52	70
Lars Eller C	L3	0	1	1	0	1	0.18	0	1	2	14:31	—	—	41	68
Daniel Sprong R	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.53	1	0	0	14:30	—	—	43	62
Michael Sgarbossa C	L4	0	1	1	+1	3	0.01	0	0	0	8:36	—	—	39	30
Connor McMichael L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	6:03	—	—	42	27
Brett Leason R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	5:42	—	—	33	21
Dmitry Orlov D	D1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.17	3	0	0	25:24	—	—	49	60
John Carlson D	D1	1	0	1	+2	2	0.10	2	1	0	23:14	—	—	67	77
Trevor van Riemsdyk D	D2	0	1	1	-1	2	0.15	2	4	0	19:58	—	—	56	54
Justin Schultz D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	0	1	0	18:09	—	—	52	54
Michal Kempny D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	3	0	18:23	—	—	39	33
Nick Jensen D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.05	2	1	2	16:53	—	—	34	26

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Ilya Samsonov(start)	O	37	33	4	.892	2.54	62:56

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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.