New Jersey Devils vs. Vegas Golden KnightsMar 3, 2023

Final / SOFriday, Mar 3, 2023· T-Mobile Arena

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New Jersey DevilsNJD

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Vegas Golden KnightsVGK

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	SO	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
NJD	2	0	1	0	0	3		NJD	17	10	14	9	50
VGK	1	1	1	0	1	4		VGK	4	14	9	0	27

: NJD 96VGK 57
: NJD 4.60VGK 2.82
PP goals: NJD 1VGK 0
Hits: NJD 17VGK 37
Blocks: NJD 15VGK 29
PIM: NJD 2VGK 4
: NJD 54%VGK 46%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vegas Golden Knights edge New Jersey Devils 4–3 (SO)

Vegas Golden Knights beat New Jersey Devils 4–3 in a shootout at home. Jonathan Marchessault (VGK) led the scoring with 2G 1A. Adin Hill (VGK) faced 50 shots and stopped 47 (.940), +23 against a season average of 26.7; the win.

Points
Jonathan Marchessault had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 5 shots in 22:44.Marchessault
Points
Jack Eichel had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 23:03.Eichel
Points
Ivan Barbashev had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 20:51.Barbashev
Goalie
Adin Hill (VGK) faced 50 shots and stopped 47 (.940), +23 against a season average of 26.7; the win.Hill
PP1
NJD's first power-play unit (Palat, Hamilton, Bratt, Hischier and Hughes) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 1:45 together.Palat Hamilton Bratt Hischier Hughes
Usage
Jonathan Marchessault (VGK) played 22:44, +5:40 up on his 17:04 season average over 75 games.Marchessault
New line
New look for VGK: Blueger–Kolesar–Howden skated 6:35 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (37.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Blueger Kolesar Howden
Usage
William Carrier (VGK) played 5:08, −7:35 down on his 12:43 season average over 55 games.Carrier

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 153 of 153 attempts · VGK 57 · NJD 96

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 49% of the game, VGK 21%.

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
	95	55
	3.81	2.20
	3.59	2.15
	30	13
	7	5
	18	24
	+0.045	−0.045
	49%	21%

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

L1Tatar – Hischier – Mercer
12:4663% CF
L2Wood – Bastian – McLeod
9:4258% CF
L3Haula – Palat – Boqvist
6:2950% CF
L4Bratt – Sharangovich – Hughes
6:0972% CF
D1Graves – Marino
19:4076% CF
D2Hamilton – Siegenthaler
14:2348% CF
D3Severson – Bahl
12:3644% CF

PP1Palat – Hamilton – Bratt – Hischier – Hughes
1:4580% CF
PP2Tatar – Haula – Severson – Wood – Mercer
0:18
PK1FHischier – Sharangovich
1:49
PK1DGraves – Marino
1:49

Current NJD line combinations →

Vegas Golden Knights

L1Marchessault – Barbashev – Eichel
9:1327% CF
L2Smith – Karlsson – Amadio
8:1156% CF
L3Blueger – Kolesar – Howden
6:3538% CF
L4Kessel – Stephenson – Carrier
2:5117% CF
D1Pietrangelo – Hague
12:2846% CF
D2Martinez – Theodore
7:2750% CF
D3McNabb – Whitecloud
5:5018% CF

PP1Kessel – Pietrangelo – Karlsson – Marchessault – Barbashev
1:56100% CF
PK1FStephenson – Blueger
0:35
PK2FSmith – Karlsson
0:33
PK1DPietrangelo – McNabb
2:05

Current VGK line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

7:48
VGKJonathan Marchessault (Brayden McNabb, Ivan Barbashev)wrist0.03 xG
NJD: Hamilton, Siegenthaler, Bratt, Sharangovich, HughesVGK: McNabb, Marchessault, Theodore, Barbashev, Eichel
NJD 0 – 1 VGK
15:16
NJDJesper BrattPP (Jack Hughes, Dougie Hamilton)wrist0.07 xG
NJD: Palat, Hamilton, Bratt, Hischier, HughesVGK: Pietrangelo, McNabb, Stephenson, Blueger
NJD 1 – 1 VGK
19:32
NJDDawson Mercerwrist0.05 xG
NJD: Tatar, Graves, Marino, Hischier, MercerVGK: McNabb, Marchessault, Theodore, Barbashev, Eichel
NJD 2 – 1 VGK

2nd period

12:50
VGKJonathan Marchessault (Ivan Barbashev, Jack Eichel)wrist0.19 xG
NJD: Graves, Marino, Bratt, Sharangovich, HughesVGK: Pietrangelo, Marchessault, Barbashev, Eichel, Hague
NJD 2 – 2 VGK

3rd period

3:47
VGKJack Eichel (Jonathan Marchessault)wrist0.07 xG
NJD: Tatar, Graves, Marino, Hischier, MercerVGK: McNabb, Marchessault, Stephenson, Eichel, Whitecloud
NJD 2 – 3 VGK
12:53
NJDMiles Wood (Jesper Boqvist)wrist0.05 xG
NJD: Severson, Wood, Marino, McLeod, BoqvistVGK: Marchessault, Blueger, Theodore, Howden, Hague
NJD 3 – 3 VGK

Decided in the shootout: NJD 3 – 4 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
Nico Hischier C	L1	0	0	0	0	6	0.81	0	1	0	21:40	—	—	68	82
Dawson Mercer C	L1	1	0	1	0	10	0.94	1	1	0	20:07	—	—	64	82
Tomas Tatar L	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.32	0	0	0	16:46	—	—	67	82
Michael McLeod C	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	1	2	0	14:54	—	—	59	41
Nathan Bastian R	L2	0	0	0	0	5	0.10	5	0	0	14:31	—	—	59	24
Miles Wood L	L2	1	0	1	+1	3	0.29	1	0	0	14:06	—	—	62	52
Ondrej Palat L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	2	2	0	15:15	—	—	54	53
Jesper Boqvist C	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.11	1	0	0	12:15	—	—	64	59
Erik Haula L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.22	0	0	0	11:31	—	—	55	47
Jack Hughes C	L4	0	1	1	-2	6	0.64	0	0	0	21:52	—	—	63	57
Jesper Bratt L	L4	1	0	1	-2	5	0.55	2	0	0	17:47	—	—	73	70
Yegor Sharangovich C	L4	0	0	0	-2	1	0.05	0	1	0	10:00	—	—	72	60
John Marino D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.06	0	1	0	25:23	—	—	78	77
Ryan Graves D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.04	0	0	0	24:01	—	—	72	74
Dougie Hamilton D	D2	0	1	1	-1	1	0.20	0	2	2	22:07	—	—	56	51
Jonas Siegenthaler D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	1	2	0	17:39	—	—	52	45
Damon Severson D	D3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.18	0	1	0	18:11	—	—	66	73
Kevin Bahl D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	2	0	15:07	—	—	45	36

NJD goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Akira Schmid(start)	O	27	24	3	.889	2.82	64:48

Vegas Golden Knights

VGK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jack Eichel C	L1	1	1	2	+2	4	0.29	4	1	0	23:03	—	—	25	35
Jonathan Marchessault R	L1	2	1	3	+1	5	0.55	3	0	0	22:44	—	—	26	34
Ivan Barbashev L	L1	0	2	2	+1	3	0.28	4	3	0	20:51	—	—	38	51
Reilly Smith R	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.13	3	1	0	17:31	—	—	53	46
William Karlsson C	L2	0	0	0	0	4	0.65	0	2	0	16:56	—	—	63	50
Michael Amadio R	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.06	0	0	2	9:35	—	—	50	36
Teddy Blueger C	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.28	1	0	0	15:42	—	—	33	25
Keegan Kolesar R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	8	0	0	13:43	—	—	46	39
Brett Howden C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	0	2	9:53	—	—	19	0
Chandler Stephenson C	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.19	2	1	0	19:43	—	—	28	34
Phil Kessel R	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.10	0	2	0	14:47	—	—	42	49
William Carrier L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	5:08	—	—	31	5
Alex Pietrangelo D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.10	0	2	0	26:31	—	—	37	37
Nicolas Hague D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	3	1	0	21:27	—	—	37	39
Alec Martinez D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	2	6	0	20:03	—	—	33	27
Shea Theodore D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.08	0	1	0	19:56	—	—	47	43
Brayden McNabb D	D3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.03	2	6	0	18:47	—	—	32	25
Zach Whitecloud D	D3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.03	2	3	0	16:35	—	—	28	49

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Adin Hill(start)	W	50	47	3	.940	4.60	65:00

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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.