New Jersey Devils vs. Carolina HurricanesMar 2, 2018

FinalFriday, Mar 2, 2018· PNC Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NJD	0	1	0	1		NJD	6	8	12	26
CAR	0	1	2	3		CAR	9	13	8	30

: NJD 46CAR 54
: NJD 1.54CAR 2.24
PP goals: NJD 1CAR 0
Hits: NJD 40CAR 29
Blocks: NJD 12CAR 12
PIM: NJD 2CAR 6
: NJD 40%CAR 60%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Carolina Hurricanes beat New Jersey Devils 3–1

Carolina Hurricanes beat New Jersey Devils 3–1 at home. Justin Williams (CAR) led the scoring with 1G 0A. NJD's first power-play unit (Zajac, Maroon, Palmieri, Vatanen and Hall) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 2:05 together.

PP1
NJD's first power-play unit (Zajac, Maroon, Palmieri, Vatanen and Hall) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 2:05 together.Zajac Maroon Palmieri Vatanen Hall
New line
New look for NJD: Zajac–Palmieri–Hall skated 8:49 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (44.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Zajac Palmieri Hall
Usage
Jeff Skinner (CAR) played 11:49, −4:57 down on his 16:46 season average over 81 games.Skinner
Usage
Jesper Bratt (NJD) played 10:23, −4:56 down on his 15:19 season average over 73 games.Bratt
Cats
Jordan Staal (CAR) threw 6 hits and blocked 1 shot, a night for hits leagues.Staal
Cats
Ben Lovejoy (NJD) blocked 5 shots in 17:25.Lovejoy

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)CAR attacks right (top on phones) →

CAR
NJD
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 100 of 100 attempts · CAR 54 · NJD 46

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

CAR
NJD
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

CAR 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, CAR 32%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

CAR

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	CAR
	46	60
	1.13	1.82
	1.11	1.78
	6	12
	10	6
	31	32
	−0.075	+0.075
	29%	32%

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 – Palmieri – Hall
8:4944% CF
L2Boyle – Maroon – Coleman
3:3925% CF
L3Grabner – Noesen – Hischier
3:3464% CF
L4Wood – Zacha – Bratt
3:1025% CF
D1Greene – Vatanen
15:4256% CF
D2Moore – Severson
14:1433% CF
D3Lovejoy – Butcher
10:2929% CF

PP1Zajac – Maroon – Palmieri – Vatanen – Hall
2:05100% CF
PP2Boyle – Noesen – Severson – Butcher – Hischier
1:41
PK1FGrabner – Palmieri
0:59
PK2FZajac – Coleman
0:53
PK1DMoore – Vatanen
0:59
PK2DGreene – Lovejoy
0:53

Current NJD line combinations →

Carolina Hurricanes

L1Williams – Staal – McGinn
12:2754% CF
L2Teravainen – Lindholm – Aho
11:1635% CF
L3Stempniak – Rask – Ryan
9:1283% CF
L4Skinner – Di Giuseppe – Wallmark
5:3675% CF
D1Faulk – Hanifin
17:1868% CF
D2Slavin – Pesce
16:4947% CF
D3van Riemsdyk – Fleury
13:4060% CF

PP1Williams – Skinner – Rask – Hanifin – Ryan
1:12100% CF
PP2Staal – Faulk – Teravainen – Lindholm – Aho
0:480% CF
PK1FStempniak – Staal
1:59
PK2FMcGinn – Lindholm
1:56
PK1DSlavin – Pesce
2:40
PK2Dvan Riemsdyk – Fleury
1:35

Current CAR line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

11:50
CARDerek Ryan (Victor Rask, Noah Hanifin)deflected0.07 xG
NJD: Grabner, Severson, Butcher, Zacha, BrattCAR: Stempniak, Faulk, Rask, Hanifin, Ryan
NJD 0 – 1 CAR
19:27
NJDTaylor HallPP (Sami Vatanen, Kyle Palmieri)tip-in0.08 xG
NJD: Zajac, Maroon, Palmieri, Vatanen, HallCAR: Stempniak, Staal, Slavin, Pesce
NJD 1 – 1 CAR

3rd period

9:37
CARTeuvo Teravainen (Brett Pesce, Elias Lindholm)deflected0.09 xG
NJD: Zajac, Greene, Palmieri, Vatanen, HallCAR: Teravainen, Slavin, Pesce, Lindholm, Aho
NJD 1 – 2 CAR
19:38
CARJustin WilliamsEN (Jordan Staal)wrist0.55 xG
NJD: Boyle, Maroon, Palmieri, Vatanen, Hall, ButcherCAR: Williams, Staal, McGinn, Slavin, Pesce
NJD 1 – 3 CAR

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
Taylor Hall L	L1	1	0	1	-2	1	0.08	2	0	0	19:58	—	—	53	35
Travis Zajac C	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.18	2	0	0	18:45	—	—	46	37
Kyle Palmieri C	L1	0	1	1	-2	5	0.15	4	2	0	17:45	—	—	52	42
Patrick Maroon L	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.40	5	0	0	16:01	—	—	46	53
Brian Boyle C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.07	4	0	0	12:49	—	—	23	35
Blake Coleman L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.12	3	0	0	12:32	—	—	40	46
Michael Grabner L	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	3	0	0	15:31	—	—	38	28
Nico Hischier C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	0	1	0	13:56	—	—	54	42
Stefan Noesen R	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.18	4	0	0	13:54	—	—	48	51
Pavel Zacha C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.14	5	0	2	15:18	—	—	43	49
Miles Wood L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	15:03	—	—	29	28
Jesper Bratt L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	10:23	—	—	13	2
Sami Vatanen D	D1	0	1	1	-2	5	0.08	2	2	0	23:04	—	—	57	51
Andy Greene D	D1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.02	1	1	0	20:39	—	—	57	47
Damon Severson D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.09	1	0	0	20:47	—	—	31	32
John Moore D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	20:00	—	—	37	32
Ben Lovejoy D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	5	0	17:25	—	—	30	34
Will Butcher D	D3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	0	1	0	15:44	—	—	35	15

NJD goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Keith Kinkaid(start)	L	29	27	2	.931	1.69	58:26

Carolina Hurricanes

CAR skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jordan Staal C	L1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.05	6	1	0	20:28	—	—	53	49
Justin Williams R	L1	1	0	1	+1	4	0.56	2	0	0	18:08	—	—	53	47
Brock McGinn L	L1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.29	2	0	0	17:26	—	—	58	47
Sebastian Aho C	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.17	0	0	0	17:42	—	—	41	57
Elias Lindholm C	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.10	4	2	0	16:35	—	—	35	43
Teuvo Teravainen C	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.16	0	0	0	16:05	—	—	42	56
Lee Stempniak R	L3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	14:03	—	—	86	98
Victor Rask C	L3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.10	1	0	0	13:44	—	—	74	96
Derek Ryan C	L3	1	0	1	+1	4	0.25	0	0	2	13:21	—	—	81	98
Jeff Skinner L	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.28	0	0	0	11:49	—	—	71	76
Lucas Wallmark C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	2	0	2	9:27	—	—	63	67
Phillip Di Giuseppe L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	9:13	—	—	71	81
Noah Hanifin D	D1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.02	0	1	0	21:17	—	—	65	78
Justin Faulk D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.08	4	3	2	20:58	—	—	68	85
Brett Pesce D	D2	0	1	1	+2	3	0.04	3	1	0	22:18	—	—	48	53
Jaccob Slavin D	D2	0	0	0	+2	0	0.00	0	2	0	21:09	—	—	47	54
Trevor van Riemsdyk D	D3	0	0	0	0	3	0.07	2	2	0	16:25	—	—	59	55
Haydn Fleury D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	15:54	—	—	62	53

CAR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Cam Ward(start)	W	26	25	1	.962	1.54	59:31

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.