New Jersey Devils vs. Philadelphia FlyersApr 25, 2021

Final / SOSunday, Apr 25, 2021· Wells Fargo Center

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New Jersey DevilsNJD

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Philadelphia FlyersPHI

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	SO	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
NJD	1	1	1	0	0	3		NJD	8	11	7	6	32
PHI	1	0	2	0	1	4		PHI	16	9	8	3	36

: NJD 54PHI 68
: NJD 2.86PHI 2.10
PP goals: NJD 0PHI 0
Hits: NJD 15PHI 18
Blocks: NJD 19PHI 10
PIM: NJD 0PHI 6
: NJD 43%PHI 57%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Philadelphia Flyers edge New Jersey Devils 4–3 (SO)

Philadelphia Flyers beat New Jersey Devils 4–3 in a shootout at home. Claude Giroux (PHI) led the scoring with 2G 0A. New look for PHI: Hayes–Konecny–Farabee skated 10:19 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (45.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Claude Giroux had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 20:37.Giroux
Points
Miles Wood had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 14:42.Wood
Points
Jakub Voracek had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 19:28.Voracek
Points
James van Riemsdyk had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 16:08.van Riemsdyk
Points
Nathan Bastian had 2 assists (2 points) in 14:14.Bastian
New line
New look for PHI: Hayes–Konecny–Farabee skated 10:19 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (45.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Hayes Konecny Farabee
Goalie
Mackenzie Blackwood (NJD) faced 36 shots and stopped 33 (.917), +5 against a season average of 30.9; the overtime loss.Blackwood
New line
New look for PHI: Lindblom–Patrick–Cates skated 6:22 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (33.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Lindblom Patrick Cates

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 122 of 122 attempts · PHI 68 · NJD 54

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 29% of the game, PHI 25%.

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
	48	70
	2.29	1.89
	2.26	1.84
	8	4
	1	6
	16	10
	−0.072	+0.072
	29%	25%

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

L1Kuokkanen – Sharangovich – Hughes
13:0242% CF
L2Zacha – Bratt – Hischier
11:2138% CF
L3Wood – Bastian – McLeod
10:2344% CF
L4Johnsson – Merkley – Boqvist
9:2842% CF
D1Murray – Severson
16:0346% CF
D2Carrick – Butcher
14:2229% CF
D3Tennyson – White
13:3154% CF

PP1Butcher – Zacha – Bratt – Hischier – Hughes
2:25100% CF
PP2Severson – Carrick – Wood – Sharangovich
1:15
PK1FBastian – McLeod
1:01
PK2FHischier – Sharangovich
0:25
PK1DMurray – Severson
1:26
PK2DTennyson – White
0:23

Current NJD line combinations →

Philadelphia Flyers

L1Giroux – Voracek – Couturier
11:1686% CF
L2Hayes – Konecny – Farabee
10:1945% CF
L3van Riemsdyk – Laughton – Allison
8:0876% CF
L4Lindblom – Patrick – Cates
6:2233% CF
D1Braun – Provorov
15:3170% CF
D2Hagg – Sanheim
14:3957% CF

PP1Giroux – Voracek – Couturier – Provorov – Allison
0:57
PP2van Riemsdyk – Hayes – Konecny – Provorov – Farabee
0:3750% CF
PK1FCouturier – Farabee
0:58
PK2FLaughton – Lindblom
0:33
PK1DBraun – Provorov
2:10
PK2DHagg – Sanheim
1:50

Current PHI line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

4:56
NJDMichael McLeod (Nathan Bastian, Miles Wood)wrist0.13 xG
NJD: Carrick, Butcher, Wood, Bastian, McLeodPHI: Giroux, Voracek, Couturier, Morin, Myers
NJD 1 – 0 PHI
11:45
PHISean Couturier (Philippe Myers, Ivan Provorov)deflected0.04 xG
NJD: Murray, Severson, Wood, Bastian, McLeodPHI: Giroux, Voracek, Couturier, Provorov, Myers
NJD 1 – 1 PHI

2nd period

7:07
NJDMiles Wood (Nathan Bastian, Damon Severson)wrist0.17 xG
NJD: Murray, Severson, Wood, Bastian, McLeodPHI: Giroux, Morin, Myers, Patrick, Cates
NJD 2 – 1 PHI

3rd period

9:16
NJDPavel Zacha (Jesper Bratt, Nico Hischier)snap0.13 xG
NJD: Carrick, Butcher, Zacha, Bratt, HischierPHI: van Riemsdyk, Laughton, Sanheim, Myers, Allison
NJD 3 – 1 PHI
18:34
PHIClaude Giroux (James van Riemsdyk, Jakub Voracek)wrist0.10 xG
NJD: Tennyson, Murray, Zacha, Bratt, HischierPHI: Giroux, van Riemsdyk, Voracek, Couturier, Sanheim, Provorov
NJD 3 – 2 PHI
18:56
PHIClaude Giroux (James van Riemsdyk, Jakub Voracek)deflected0.12 xG
NJD: Severson, Butcher, Wood, Bastian, McLeodPHI: Giroux, van Riemsdyk, Voracek, Couturier, Sanheim, Provorov
NJD 3 – 3 PHI

Decided in the shootout: NJD 3 – 4 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
Jack Hughes C	L1	0	0	0	0	4	0.40	0	0	0	21:37	—	—	45	49
Yegor Sharangovich C	L1	0	0	0	0	5	0.30	0	0	0	18:49	—	—	35	47
Janne Kuokkanen C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.15	0	1	0	17:22	—	—	37	43
Nico Hischier C	L2	0	1	1	0	2	0.22	0	1	0	20:02	—	—	47	83
Pavel Zacha C	L2	1	0	1	0	2	0.36	0	0	0	18:49	—	—	50	83
Jesper Bratt L	L2	0	1	1	0	0	0.13	0	0	0	16:53	—	—	50	84
Michael McLeod C	L3	1	0	1	0	2	0.45	4	0	0	17:00	—	—	32	39
Miles Wood L	L3	1	1	2	0	5	0.26	0	2	0	14:42	—	—	37	44
Nathan Bastian R	L3	0	2	2	0	0	0.00	4	2	0	14:14	—	—	41	43
Nick Merkley R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.22	1	1	0	11:54	—	—	48	61
Andreas Johnsson L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	11:04	—	—	42	56
Jesper Boqvist C	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.21	1	0	0	10:28	—	—	43	55
Damon Severson D	D1	0	1	1	-1	4	0.06	0	2	0	26:18	—	—	42	59
Ryan Murray D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	0	1	0	22:00	—	—	47	61
Connor Carrick D	D2	0	0	0	+2	1	0.01	2	4	0	21:04	—	—	31	52
Will Butcher D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.05	0	1	0	21:00	—	—	31	48
Matt Tennyson D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.04	2	3	0	17:11	—	—	47	50
Colton White D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	15:09	—	—	54	60

NJD goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Mackenzie Blackwood(start)	O	36	33	3	.917	2.10	64:39

Philadelphia Flyers

PHI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Sean Couturier C	L1	1	0	1	+2	2	0.14	2	0	0	22:07	—	—	78	60
Claude Giroux R	L1	2	0	2	+1	4	0.38	0	1	0	20:37	—	—	71	50
Jakub Voracek R	L1	0	2	2	+2	3	0.16	1	0	0	19:28	—	—	77	54
Travis Konecny R	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.13	1	0	0	16:55	—	—	48	33
Joel Farabee L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	0	0	0	16:53	—	—	44	27
Kevin Hayes R	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.11	0	1	2	16:12	—	—	47	28
James van Riemsdyk L	L3	0	2	2	+1	1	0.01	0	1	0	16:08	—	—	74	74
Scott Laughton C	L3	0	0	0	-1	5	0.27	3	0	2	14:51	—	—	70	64
Wade Allison R	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.08	1	0	0	13:14	—	—	75	74
Oskar Lindblom L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	1	0	0	10:50	—	—	38	17
Nolan Patrick C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	10:41	—	—	33	12
Jackson Cates C	L4	0	0	0	-1	3	0.27	0	0	0	9:02	—	—	41	40
Ivan Provorov D	D1	0	1	1	+3	3	0.06	0	3	2	29:01	—	—	63	55
Justin Braun D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0.01	0	0	0	21:33	—	—	67	59
Travis Sanheim D	D2	0	0	0	+1	4	0.12	1	2	0	25:38	—	—	56	34
Robert Hagg D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	2	0	0	18:32	—	—	61	51
Philippe Myers D	—	0	1	1	-2	4	0.20	3	0	0	19:37	—	—	56	43
Samuel Morin L	—	0	0	0	-2	0	0.06	3	2	0	11:26	—	—	50	34

PHI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Brian Elliott(start)	W	32	29	3	.906	2.86	63:30

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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.