New Jersey Devils vs. Vegas Golden KnightsMar 3, 2020

FinalTuesday, Mar 3, 2020· T-Mobile Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NJD	0	0	0	0		NJD	9	11	7	27
VGK	0	1	2	3		VGK	11	9	12	32

: NJD 56VGK 66
: NJD 2.71VGK 3.05
PP goals: NJD 0VGK 0
Hits: NJD 25VGK 14
Blocks: NJD 17VGK 15
PIM: NJD 2VGK 6
: NJD 43%VGK 57%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vegas Golden Knights beat New Jersey Devils 3–0

Vegas Golden Knights beat New Jersey Devils 3–0 at home. Max Pacioretty (VGK) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for NJD: Zajac–Wood–Boqvist skated 11:02 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (25% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Max Pacioretty had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 15:01.Pacioretty
Points
William Karlsson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 15:01.Karlsson
New line
New look for NJD: Zajac–Wood–Boqvist skated 11:02 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (25% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Zajac Wood Boqvist
New line
New look for VGK: Pirri–Cousins–Stephenson skated 10:47 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (52.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Pirri Cousins Stephenson
Luck
NJD scored 0 goals on 2.71 expected goals (56 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for NJD: Rooney–Anderson–McLeod skated 9:43 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (26.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Rooney Anderson McLeod
Usage
William Karlsson (VGK) played 15:01, −3:55 down on his 18:56 season average over 62 games.Karlsson
Usage
Nicolas Roy (VGK) played 14:32, +3:13 up on his 11:19 season average over 27 games.Roy

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 122 of 122 attempts · VGK 66 · NJD 56

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 23% of the game, VGK 47%.

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
	53	74
	2.28	3.42
	2.11	3.29
	10	12
	2	1
	14	19
	−0.081	+0.081
	23%	47%

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 – Hischier – Hughes
11:1950% CF
L2Zajac – Wood – Boqvist
11:0225% CF
L3Gusev – Zacha – Bratt
9:4550% CF
L4Rooney – Anderson – McLeod
9:4326% CF
D1Severson – Mermis
15:4640% CF
D2Subban – Mueller
14:3844% CF
D3Carrick – Jacobs
14:1225% CF

PP1Zajac – Palmieri – Severson – Hischier – Hughes
3:20100% CF
PP2Subban – Gusev – Wood – Zacha – Bratt
2:04100% CF
PK1FZajac – Anderson
0:56
PK2FZacha – Rooney
0:48
PK1DSubban – Mermis
0:57
PK2DSeverson – Mueller
0:56

Current NJD line combinations →

Vegas Golden Knights

L1Pacioretty – Karlsson – Roy
11:4671% CF
L2Pirri – Cousins – Stephenson
10:4753% CF
L3Stastny – Smith – Marchessault
10:2265% CF
L4Reaves – Carrier – Nosek
10:0453% CF
D1Martinez – Theodore
16:1067% CF
D2Holden – Whitecloud
13:0974% CF
D3McNabb – Schmidt
12:1755% CF

PP1Martinez – Smith – Cousins – Stephenson – Schmidt
0:5250% CF
PP2Stastny – Pacioretty – Karlsson – Marchessault – Theodore
0:50100% CF
PK1FStastny – Smith
2:10
PK2FStephenson – Nosek
1:18
PK1DHolden – McNabb
3:58
PK2DMartinez – Whitecloud
1:55

Current VGK line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

0:45
VGKMax Pacioretty (William Karlsson)wrist0.03 xG
NJD: Zajac, Palmieri, Severson, Wood, MermisVGK: Pacioretty, McNabb, Karlsson, Schmidt, Roy
NJD 0 – 1 VGK

3rd period

0:37
VGKWilliam Karlsson (Nicolas Roy, Max Pacioretty)slap0.15 xG
NJD: Zajac, Subban, Severson, Wood, BoqvistVGK: Pacioretty, McNabb, Karlsson, Roy, Whitecloud
NJD 0 – 2 VGK
8:49
VGKRyan Reaves (William Carrier, Tomas Nosek)wrist0.11 xG
NJD: Subban, Gusev, Mueller, Zacha, BrattVGK: Reaves, Martinez, Theodore, Carrier, Nosek
NJD 0 – 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	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nico Hischier C	L1	0	2	0.25	1	0	0	18:10	—	—	57	41
Jack Hughes C	L1	0	2	0.20	0	0	0	17:42	—	—	43	29
Kyle Palmieri C	L1	-1	4	0.27	0	1	0	17:12	—	—	57	47
Travis Zajac C	L2	-2	2	0.43	0	1	0	16:31	—	—	22	31
Miles Wood L	L2	-2	3	0.20	1	0	0	15:51	—	—	32	32
Jesper Boqvist C	L2	-1	0	0.09	1	1	0	14:12	—	—	31	27
Pavel Zacha C	L3	-1	3	0.14	2	0	0	16:44	—	—	50	39
Nikita Gusev L	L3	-1	2	0.16	0	0	0	15:37	—	—	48	35
Jesper Bratt L	L3	-1	1	0.27	1	1	0	15:11	—	—	52	40
Kevin Rooney C	L4	0	2	0.19	2	2	0	13:01	—	—	33	57
Joey Anderson R	L4	0	0	0.17	2	1	0	12:12	—	—	36	69
Michael McLeod C	L4	0	0	0.00	4	0	0	11:52	—	—	32	57
Damon Severson D	D1	-2	0	0.14	1	0	0	22:44	—	—	46	37
Dakota Mermis D	D1	-1	1	0.03	2	1	0	18:08	—	—	40	36
P.K. Subban D	D2	-2	2	0.03	2	1	0	19:57	—	—	45	33
Mirco Mueller D	D2	-1	1	0.08	2	4	0	19:48	—	—	46	48
Connor Carrick D	D3	0	1	0.03	2	2	2	17:22	—	—	37	60
Josh Jacobs D	D3	0	1	0.02	2	2	0	15:59	—	—	25	33

NJD goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Mackenzie Blackwood(start)	L	32	29	3	.906	3.05	59:47

Vegas Golden Knights

VGK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
William Karlsson C	L1	1	1	2	+2	2	0.38	0	0	0	15:01	—	—	69	66
Max Pacioretty L	L1	1	1	2	+2	3	0.40	1	0	4	15:01	—	—	69	74
Nicolas Roy C	L1	0	1	1	+2	0	0.14	1	1	0	14:32	—	—	68	73
Chandler Stephenson C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.29	0	1	0	17:16	—	—	44	66
Nick Cousins C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.18	1	0	0	15:21	—	—	57	71
Brandon Pirri C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.23	0	0	2	13:22	—	—	48	67
Paul Stastny C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.25	0	0	0	16:15	—	—	62	57
Reilly Smith R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	1	0	0	15:42	—	—	54	53
Jonathan Marchessault R	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.10	0	0	0	14:05	—	—	63	57
Tomas Nosek L	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	2	0	14:34	—	—	55	50
Ryan Reaves R	L4	1	0	1	+1	2	0.14	6	0	0	12:21	—	—	56	42
William Carrier L	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.18	0	0	0	11:34	—	—	52	40
Alec Martinez D	D1	0	0	0	+1	4	0.19	0	3	0	23:27	—	—	57	57
Shea Theodore D	D1	0	0	0	+1	5	0.34	0	3	0	21:06	—	—	60	60
Nick Holden D	D2	0	0	0	0	4	0.05	0	1	0	20:42	—	—	65	67
Zach Whitecloud D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.01	2	2	0	17:32	—	—	63	60
Brayden McNabb D	D3	0	0	0	+2	3	0.10	2	2	0	18:19	—	—	56	58
Nate Schmidt D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.02	0	0	0	17:50	—	—	53	63

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Robin Lehner(start)	W	27	27	0	.1000	2.71	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.