New Jersey Devils vs. Vegas Golden KnightsJan 6, 2019

FinalSunday, Jan 6, 2019· T-Mobile Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NJD	2	0	0	2		NJD	11	7	20	38
VGK	1	2	0	3		VGK	11	11	6	28

: NJD 62VGK 56
: NJD 2.04VGK 1.98
PP goals: NJD 0VGK 0
Hits: NJD 30VGK 29
Blocks: NJD 17VGK 17
PIM: NJD 4VGK 4
: NJD 43%VGK 57%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vegas Golden Knights edge New Jersey Devils 3–2

Vegas Golden Knights beat New Jersey Devils 3–2 at home. Ben Lovejoy (NJD) led the scoring with 1G 1A. Malcolm Subban (VGK) faced 38 shots and stopped 36 (.947), +9 against a season average of 29.1; the win.

Points
Ben Lovejoy had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 18:19.Lovejoy
Goalie
Malcolm Subban (VGK) faced 38 shots and stopped 36 (.947), +9 against a season average of 29.1; the win.Subban
Usage
Reilly Smith (VGK) played 11:09, −7:13 down on his 18:22 season average over 73 games.Smith
Usage
Cody Eakin (VGK) played 12:06, −3:19 down on his 15:25 season average over 77 games.Eakin
Usage
Ryan Reaves (VGK) played 13:52, +3:02 up on his 10:50 season average over 79 games.Reaves
Usage
Jonathan Marchessault (VGK) played 14:39, −3:32 down on his 18:11 season average over 81 games.Marchessault
Usage
Sami Vatanen (NJD) played 18:34, −3:14 down on his 21:48 season average over 49 games.Vatanen
Shots
Kyle Palmieri (NJD) led everyone with 7 shot on goals without scoring.Palmieri

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)VGK attacks right (top on phones) →

VGK
NJD
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 118 of 118 attempts · VGK 56 · NJD 62

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

VGK
NJD
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

VGK 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 26% of the game, VGK 31%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

VGK

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	VGK
	66	60
	1.75	1.90
	1.73	1.89
	7	8
	4	6
	24	16
	−0.050	+0.050
	26%	31%

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

L1Palmieri – Bratt – Hischier
13:1954% CF
L2Zajac – Coleman – Wood
12:3565% CF
L3Pietila – Noesen – Zacha
11:1740% CF
L4Boyle – Stafford – Seney
9:2344% CF
D1Greene – Severson
14:5236% CF
D2Vatanen – Santini
13:4752% CF
D3Lovejoy – Butcher
12:0568% CF

PP1Boyle – Zajac – Palmieri – Butcher – Zacha
1:18100% CF
PP2Vatanen – Severson – Wood – Bratt – Hischier
0:29100% CF
PK1FZajac – Coleman
2:25
PK2FBoyle – Zacha
1:19
PK1DGreene – Lovejoy
2:47
PK2DVatanen – Severson
0:31

Current NJD line combinations →

Vegas Golden Knights

L1Stastny – Pacioretty – Tuch
14:1152% CF
L2Eakin – Carpenter – Nosek
10:0261% CF
L3Reaves – Lindberg – Bellemare
9:5653% CF
L4Smith – Karlsson – Marchessault
8:3548% CF
D1Holden – Merrill
17:0160% CF
D2McNabb – Schmidt
16:5637% CF
D3Engelland – Theodore
14:4550% CF

PP1Stastny – Pacioretty – Schmidt – Nosek – Tuch
2:12100% CF
PP2Smith – Lindberg – Karlsson – Marchessault – Schmidt
0:48
PK1FStastny – Karlsson
1:16
PK2FBellemare – Nosek
0:31
PK1DEngelland – McNabb
1:16
PK2DHolden – Merrill
0:31

Current VGK line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

5:06
NJDNico Hischier (Jesper Bratt, Ben Lovejoy)wrist0.00 xG
NJD: Palmieri, Severson, Butcher, Bratt, HischierVGK: McNabb, Eakin, Schmidt, Carpenter, Nosek
NJD 1 – 0 VGK
9:37
NJDBen Lovejoy (Pavel Zacha, Drew Stafford)snap0.05 xG
NJD: Boyle, Stafford, Lovejoy, Butcher, ZachaVGK: Holden, Eakin, Merrill, Carpenter, Nosek
NJD 2 – 0 VGK
12:30
VGKRyan Reaveswrist0.14 xG
NJD: Greene, Pietila, Noesen, Santini, ZachaVGK: Reaves, Holden, Lindberg, Merrill, Bellemare
NJD 2 – 1 VGK

2nd period

11:17
VGKBrayden McNabb (Cody Eakin, Ryan Carpenter)wrist0.01 xG
NJD: Palmieri, Vatanen, Santini, Bratt, HischierVGK: McNabb, Eakin, Schmidt, Carpenter, Nosek
NJD 2 – 2 VGK
15:46
VGKMax Pacioretty (Shea Theodore, Alex Tuch)deflected0.08 xG
NJD: Pietila, Noesen, Severson, Butcher, ZachaVGK: Engelland, Stastny, Pacioretty, Theodore, Tuch
NJD 2 – 3 VGK

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
Kyle Palmieri C	L1	0	0	0	0	7	0.56	0	0	0	18:22	—	—	58	65
Jesper Bratt L	L1	0	1	1	0	2	0.11	0	1	0	17:52	—	—	52	64
Nico Hischier C	L1	1	0	1	0	4	0.25	0	1	0	17:13	—	—	52	61
Travis Zajac C	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.05	2	0	0	19:15	—	—	67	62
Blake Coleman L	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.28	6	0	0	16:09	—	—	68	62
Miles Wood L	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.11	3	0	2	14:27	—	—	70	65
Pavel Zacha C	L3	0	1	1	-1	1	0.03	0	0	0	15:24	—	—	41	26
Stefan Noesen R	L3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.02	4	0	0	12:32	—	—	41	19
Blake Pietila L	L3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.06	1	1	0	12:00	—	—	38	19
Brian Boyle C	L4	0	0	0	+1	2	0.25	3	4	0	15:05	—	—	47	16
Brett Seney L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	2	11:29	—	—	46	30
Drew Stafford R	L4	0	1	1	+1	2	0.03	1	1	0	10:47	—	—	42	16
Andy Greene D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	3	1	0	20:55	—	—	35	35
Damon Severson D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	0	1	0	20:23	—	—	39	47
Sami Vatanen D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	0	2	0	18:34	—	—	59	51
Steven Santini D	D2	0	0	0	-2	4	0.03	2	2	0	18:14	—	—	61	39
Will Butcher D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.13	0	3	0	20:42	—	—	64	58
Ben Lovejoy D	D3	1	1	2	+1	2	0.06	3	0	0	18:19	—	—	73	70

NJD goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Keith Kinkaid(start)	L	28	25	3	.893	1.98	58:18

Vegas Golden Knights

VGK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Paul Stastny C	L1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	20:20	—	—	52	48
Max Pacioretty L	L1	1	0	1	+1	6	0.17	3	0	0	18:33	—	—	49	45
Alex Tuch R	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.15	0	2	0	17:54	—	—	49	44
Tomas Nosek L	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.43	1	0	0	14:30	—	—	55	57
Ryan Carpenter C	L2	0	1	1	-1	1	0.02	0	0	0	14:02	—	—	54	65
Cody Eakin C	L2	0	1	1	-1	2	0.03	0	1	0	12:06	—	—	63	75
Ryan Reaves R	L3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.32	4	2	4	13:52	—	—	48	64
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare L	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.16	2	0	0	13:29	—	—	50	72
Oscar Lindberg L	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.04	0	1	0	12:49	—	—	47	67
William Karlsson C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.05	1	0	0	17:35	—	—	35	26
Jonathan Marchessault R	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.07	4	0	0	14:39	—	—	37	30
Reilly Smith R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	2	0	0	11:09	—	—	48	44
Jon Merrill D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.14	2	3	0	18:49	—	—	59	73
Nick Holden D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	2	2	0	17:58	—	—	60	73
Nate Schmidt D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	2	0	22:22	—	—	39	22
Brayden McNabb D	D2	1	0	1	0	2	0.04	4	3	0	20:39	—	—	38	23
Deryk Engelland D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.09	4	1	0	18:49	—	—	52	66
Shea Theodore D	D3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.14	0	0	0	17:23	—	—	47	61

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Malcolm Subban(start)	W	38	36	2	.947	2.04	60:00

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.