New Jersey Devils vs. Philadelphia FlyersMar 23, 2021

FinalTuesday, Mar 23, 2021· Wells Fargo Center

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New Jersey DevilsNJD

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Philadelphia FlyersPHI

3

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NJD	2	2	0	4		NJD	14	11	7	32
PHI	1	0	2	3		PHI	8	9	16	33

: NJD 59PHI 56
: NJD 2.87PHI 2.47
PP goals: NJD 1PHI 1
Hits: NJD 13PHI 19
Blocks: NJD 14PHI 16
PIM: NJD 6PHI 8
: NJD 43%PHI 57%

Fantasy takeaways

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

New Jersey Devils edge Philadelphia Flyers 4–3

New Jersey Devils beat Philadelphia Flyers 4–3 at PHI. Sean Couturier (PHI) led the scoring with 2G 0A. PHI's first power-play unit (Giroux, Voracek, Provorov, Patrick and Farabee) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 2:43 together.

Points
Sean Couturier had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 20:08.Couturier
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Travis Zajac had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 16:18.Zajac
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Yegor Sharangovich had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 16:05.Sharangovich
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Jakub Voracek had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 16:24.Voracek
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James van Riemsdyk had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 18:22.van Riemsdyk
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Janne Kuokkanen had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 16:58.Kuokkanen
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Ty Smith had 2 assists (2 points) in 19:17.Smith
PP1
PHI's first power-play unit (Giroux, Voracek, Provorov, Patrick and Farabee) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 2:43 together.Giroux Voracek Provorov Patrick Farabee

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)PHI attacks right (top on phones) →

PHI
NJD
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 115 of 115 attempts · PHI 56 · NJD 59

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

PHI
NJD
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

PHI 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 37% of the game, PHI 26%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

PHI

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	PHI
	50	43
	2.44	1.36
	2.30	1.32
	12	6
	8	6
	22	13
	−0.092	+0.092
	37%	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 – Kuokkanen – Sharangovich
11:0241% CF
L2Zacha – Merkley – Maltsev
10:3640% CF
L3Palmieri – Bratt – Hughes
7:5557% CF
L4Johnsson – Wood – McLeod
7:3170% CF
D1Subban – Kulikov
14:4156% CF
D2Severson – Smith
13:0475% CF
D3Vatanen – Murray
12:0329% CF

PP1Palmieri – Zacha – Bratt – Kuokkanen – Smith
3:35100% CF
PP2Subban – Severson – Wood – Merkley – Hughes
2:5783% CF
PK1FMcLeod – Sharangovich
2:05
PK2FZajac – Zacha
2:00
PK1DKulikov – Vatanen
3:19
PK2DSubban – Severson
1:28

Current NJD line combinations →

Philadelphia Flyers

L1van Riemsdyk – Couturier – Farabee
6:3427% CF
L2Giroux – Voracek – Lindblom
5:540% CF
L3Raffl – Aube-Kubel – Patrick
4:5371% CF
L4Hayes – Laughton – Konecny
4:4325% CF
D1Braun – Sanheim
13:5447% CF
D2Gostisbehere – Provorov
13:3054% CF
D3Gustafsson – Myers
12:0036% CF

PP1Giroux – Voracek – Provorov – Patrick – Farabee
2:43100% CF
PP2van Riemsdyk – Hayes – Couturier – Gostisbehere – Konecny
1:5186% CF
PK1FCouturier – Farabee
1:43
PK2FHayes – Laughton
1:27
PK1DProvorov – Myers
3:49
PK2DBraun – Gostisbehere
0:38

Current PHI line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

9:52
NJDMichael McLeod (Ty Smith, Andreas Johnsson)backhand0.09 xG
NJD: Severson, Johnsson, Wood, McLeod, SmithPHI: Hayes, Laughton, Gustafsson, Konecny, Myers
NJD 1 – 0 PHI
12:43
PHIJoel FarabeePP (Jakub Voracek, Ivan Provorov)wrist0.05 xG
NJD: Zajac, Kulikov, Vatanen, SharangovichPHI: Giroux, Voracek, Provorov, Patrick, Farabee
NJD 1 – 1 PHI
19:54
NJDKyle PalmieriPP (Jesper Bratt, Janne Kuokkanen)wrist0.11 xG
NJD: Subban, Palmieri, Bratt, Kuokkanen, SmithPHI: Braun, Hayes, Laughton, Gostisbehere
NJD 2 – 1 PHI

2nd period

9:32
NJDYegor Sharangovich (Travis Zajac, Janne Kuokkanen)snap0.19 xG
NJD: Zajac, Severson, Kuokkanen, Smith, SharangovichPHI: van Riemsdyk, Couturier, Gustafsson, Konecny, Myers
NJD 3 – 1 PHI
19:36
NJDTravis Zajac (Ty Smith, Yegor Sharangovich)tip-in0.07 xG
NJD: Zajac, Murray, Kuokkanen, Smith, SharangovichPHI: Braun, van Riemsdyk, Couturier, Sanheim, Farabee
NJD 4 – 1 PHI

3rd period

11:37
PHISean Couturier (Travis Konecny, James van Riemsdyk)tip-in0.25 xG
NJD: Vatanen, Murray, Zacha, Merkley, MaltsevPHI: van Riemsdyk, Couturier, Gostisbehere, Konecny, Provorov
NJD 4 – 2 PHI
18:58
PHISean Couturier (Jakub Voracek, James van Riemsdyk)wrist0.13 xG
NJD: Zajac, Murray, Severson, Kuokkanen, SharangovichPHI: Giroux, van Riemsdyk, Voracek, Couturier, Gostisbehere, Provorov
NJD 4 – 3 PHI

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
Janne Kuokkanen C	L1	0	2	2	+1	2	0.15	0	0	0	16:58	—	—	38	63
Travis Zajac C	L1	1	1	2	+1	2	0.23	1	0	0	16:18	—	—	42	64
Yegor Sharangovich C	L1	1	1	2	+1	4	0.30	0	1	0	16:05	—	—	44	76
Pavel Zacha C	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.33	0	0	0	18:33	—	—	50	34
Nick Merkley R	L2	0	0	0	-1	4	0.11	0	1	0	16:04	—	—	50	32
Mikhail Maltsev L	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.37	2	1	0	14:45	—	—	54	57
Kyle Palmieri C	L3	1	0	1	0	3	0.32	1	0	2	14:31	—	—	55	61
Jack Hughes C	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.18	0	2	0	14:11	—	—	69	70
Jesper Bratt L	L3	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	13:01	—	—	63	47
Miles Wood L	L4	0	0	0	+1	3	0.14	1	0	0	14:49	—	—	67	82
Michael McLeod C	L4	1	0	1	+1	2	0.35	1	1	0	12:59	—	—	69	93
Andreas Johnsson L	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.12	2	0	0	10:35	—	—	77	87
P.K. Subban D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	24:55	—	—	56	58
Dmitry Kulikov D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	1	2	0	20:11	—	—	57	57
Damon Severson D	D2	0	0	0	+1	3	0.18	1	2	0	20:08	—	—	68	80
Ty Smith D	D2	0	2	2	+3	0	0.04	0	0	4	19:17	—	—	71	90
Sami Vatanen D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	1	0	16:24	—	—	33	29
Ryan Murray D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	3	0	15:26	—	—	26	32

NJD goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Mackenzie Blackwood(start)	W	33	30	3	.909	2.47	60:00

Philadelphia Flyers

PHI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Sean Couturier C	L1	2	0	2	0	3	0.52	0	1	0	20:08	—	—	50	44
James van Riemsdyk L	L1	0	2	2	0	3	0.29	1	1	0	18:22	—	—	48	43
Joel Farabee L	L1	1	0	1	-1	3	0.27	2	0	0	17:44	—	—	35	41
Claude Giroux R	L2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.07	1	0	0	18:20	—	—	22	7
Jakub Voracek R	L2	0	2	2	+1	2	0.12	0	0	0	16:24	—	—	40	7
Oskar Lindblom L	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.05	2	0	2	12:24	—	—	36	7
Nolan Patrick C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	13:11	—	—	63	80
Michael Raffl L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.07	2	0	0	11:32	—	—	56	84
Nicolas Aube-Kubel R	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.35	0	0	0	9:55	—	—	64	89
Kevin Hayes R	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.24	1	0	0	15:28	—	—	42	24
Scott Laughton C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	1	0	13:12	—	—	47	22
Travis Konecny R	L4	0	1	1	-1	2	0.22	1	0	0	13:08	—	—	55	35
Travis Sanheim D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.04	0	2	4	18:55	—	—	46	41
Justin Braun D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	4	5	2	17:43	—	—	44	40
Ivan Provorov D	D2	0	1	1	+2	4	0.10	0	4	0	25:10	—	—	52	56
Shayne Gostisbehere D	D2	0	0	0	+2	1	0.04	0	0	0	19:57	—	—	52	54
Philippe Myers D	D3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.07	0	1	0	17:03	—	—	40	9
Erik Gustafsson D	D3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	2	1	0	16:46	—	—	39	9

PHI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Carter Hart(start)	L	32	28	4	.875	2.87	57:18

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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.