New Jersey Devils vs. Carolina HurricanesMay 5, 2023

FinalPlayoffsFriday, May 5, 2023· PNC Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NJD	0	0	1	1		NJD	8	12	9	29
CAR	0	4	2	6		CAR	9	16	10	35

: NJD 55CAR 72
: NJD 3.12CAR 3.54
PP goals: NJD 0CAR 1
Hits: NJD 31CAR 24
Blocks: NJD 22CAR 13
PIM: NJD 6CAR 8
: NJD 49%CAR 51%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Carolina Hurricanes rout New Jersey Devils 6–1

Carolina Hurricanes beat New Jersey Devils 6–1 at home. Jesperi Kotkaniemi (CAR) led the scoring with 2G 0A. Ryan Graves (NJD) played 10:23, −10:28 down on his 20:51 season average over 9 games.

Points
Jesperi Kotkaniemi had two goals (2 points) on 6 shots in 14:26.Kotkaniemi
Points
Jordan Martinook had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 15:24.Martinook
Points
Jack Drury had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 14:09.Drury
Points
Shayne Gostisbehere had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 15:54.Gostisbehere
Usage
Ryan Graves (NJD) played 10:23, −10:28 down on his 20:51 season average over 9 games.Graves
Luck
CAR scored 6 goals on 3.54 expected goals (72 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
Luck
NJD scored 1 goal on 3.12 expected goals (55 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for NJD: Lazar–Meier–Mercer skated 4:33 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (37.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Lazar Meier Mercer

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 127 of 127 attempts · CAR 72 · NJD 55

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 36% of the game, CAR 36%.

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
	50	65
	2.27	2.49
	2.15	2.44
	10	14
	6	7
	18	23
	−0.022	+0.022
	36%	36%

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

L1Wood – Bastian – McLeod
10:4144% CF
L2Haula – Palat – Hughes
5:4740% CF
L3Tatar – Bratt – Hischier
5:4441% CF
L4Lazar – Meier – Mercer
4:3338% CF
D1Hamilton – Siegenthaler
11:5631% CF
D2Severson – Bahl
9:1860% CF
D3Graves – Marino
8:0628% CF

PP1Palat – Hamilton – Bratt – Hischier – Hughes
2:1767% CF
PP2Tatar – Haula – Severson – Bratt – Mercer
1:52100% CF
PK1FHaula – Mercer
2:04
PK2FMcLeod – Hischier
1:01
PK1DGraves – Marino
1:13
PK2DHamilton – Severson
0:57

Current NJD line combinations →

Carolina Hurricanes

L1Staal – Necas – Drury
10:1131% CF
L2Stastny – Stepan – Puljujarvi
9:4055% CF
L3Fast – Martinook – Kotkaniemi
8:5471% CF
L4Noesen – Aho – Jarvis
8:2263% CF
D1Burns – Slavin
18:0560% CF
D2Skjei – Pesce
15:3641% CF
D3Gostisbehere – Chatfield
11:5652% CF

PP1Burns – Noesen – Aho – Necas – Jarvis
2:03100% CF
PP2Stastny – Gostisbehere – Puljujarvi – Kotkaniemi – Drury
1:20100% CF
PK1FStaal – Martinook
1:57
PK2FFast – Aho
1:14
PK1DBurns – Slavin
2:12
PK2DSkjei – Pesce
1:52

Current CAR line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

1:35
CARJesperi KotkaniemiPP (Shayne Gostisbehere, Jack Drury)wrist0.08 xG
NJD: Severson, Bastian, Hischier, BahlCAR: Stastny, Gostisbehere, Puljujarvi, Kotkaniemi, Drury
NJD 0 – 1 CAR
3:58
CARJesperi Kotkaniemi (Jordan Martinook, Jesper Fast)wrist0.07 xG
NJD: Tatar, Hamilton, Siegenthaler, Bratt, HischierCAR: Burns, Fast, Martinook, Slavin, Kotkaniemi
NJD 0 – 2 CAR
17:25
CARJordan Staal (Jack Drury, Brett Pesce)backhand0.12 xG
NJD: Palat, Siegenthaler, Meier, Marino, HughesCAR: Staal, Skjei, Pesce, Necas, Drury
NJD 0 – 3 CAR
19:44
CARMartin Necas (Shayne Gostisbehere, Jaccob Slavin)wrist0.19 xG
NJD: Haula, Palat, Hamilton, SeversonCAR: Gostisbehere, Slavin, Aho, Necas
NJD 0 – 4 CAR

3rd period

3:49
NJDMiles Wood (Michael McLeod, Nathan Bastian)wrist0.17 xG
NJD: Wood, Siegenthaler, Marino, Bastian, McLeodCAR: Stastny, Stepan, Gostisbehere, Chatfield, Puljujarvi
NJD 1 – 4 CAR
12:48
CARJordan Martinookwrist0.14 xG
NJD: Palat, Hamilton, Marino, Bratt, HischierCAR: Burns, Fast, Martinook, Slavin, Kotkaniemi
NJD 1 – 5 CAR
13:42
CARStefan Noesen (Sebastian Aho, Seth Jarvis)wrist0.20 xG
NJD: Tatar, Haula, Marino, Bahl, MercerCAR: Noesen, Gostisbehere, Aho, Chatfield, Jarvis
NJD 1 – 6 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
Michael McLeod C	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.27	2	1	0	14:10	—	—	41	40
Nathan Bastian R	L1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.06	3	0	0	14:04	—	—	43	52
Miles Wood L	L1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.17	3	1	0	13:18	—	—	38	41
Jack Hughes C	L2	0	0	0	-1	4	0.56	1	0	0	19:00	—	—	46	66
Ondrej Palat L	L2	0	0	0	-3	1	0.02	2	1	0	17:27	—	—	52	67
Erik Haula L	L2	0	0	0	-2	2	0.16	3	0	0	16:19	—	—	53	61
Nico Hischier C	L3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.24	3	1	0	16:57	—	—	41	35
Jesper Bratt L	L3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.29	1	0	0	14:51	—	—	50	44
Tomas Tatar L	L3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	3	0	2	12:15	—	—	37	28
Timo Meier R	L4	0	0	0	-1	5	0.80	2	1	0	16:49	—	—	48	60
Dawson Mercer C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.06	0	1	0	14:57	—	—	37	26
Curtis Lazar C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	3	1	0	9:12	—	—	43	57
Jonas Siegenthaler D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.02	3	7	2	24:11	—	—	42	64
Dougie Hamilton D	D1	0	0	0	-3	1	0.12	1	1	0	21:58	—	—	37	51
Damon Severson D	D2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.18	0	1	0	22:00	—	—	55	35
Kevin Bahl D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	2	14:14	—	—	56	41
John Marino D	D3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.09	0	2	0	22:16	—	—	44	43
Ryan Graves D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	0	4	0	10:23	—	—	38	45

NJD goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Akira Schmid(start)	L	25	21	4	.840	2.68	40:00
Vitek Vanecek	—	10	8	2	.800	0.85	20:00

Carolina Hurricanes

CAR skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Martin Necas C	L1	1	0	1	+2	4	0.45	1	0	0	17:59	—	—	41	33
Jordan Staal C	L1	1	0	1	+1	1	0.12	2	0	0	16:49	—	—	40	23
Jack Drury C	L1	0	2	2	+1	1	0.02	3	1	0	14:09	—	—	32	17
Paul Stastny C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.12	2	0	0	13:44	—	—	52	52
Derek Stepan C	L2	0	0	0	-1	4	0.42	0	1	0	12:39	—	—	54	56
Jesse Puljujarvi R	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.36	2	0	0	11:41	—	—	55	55
Jordan Martinook L	L3	1	1	2	+2	4	0.41	2	1	2	15:24	—	—	71	72
Jesperi Kotkaniemi C	L3	2	0	2	+2	6	0.34	2	1	0	14:26	—	—	68	77
Jesper Fast R	L3	0	1	1	+2	1	0.04	1	0	2	13:18	—	—	67	70
Sebastian Aho C	L4	0	1	1	+2	0	0.08	0	0	0	16:21	—	—	61	67
Seth Jarvis R	L4	0	1	1	+1	3	0.58	3	0	0	15:29	—	—	57	61
Stefan Noesen R	L4	1	0	1	+1	2	0.41	2	0	0	13:09	—	—	61	73
Brent Burns D	D1	0	0	0	+2	3	0.15	2	2	2	23:41	—	—	65	63
Jaccob Slavin D	D1	0	1	1	+3	0	0.01	0	3	0	23:12	—	—	60	54
Brady Skjei D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	0	0	20:55	—	—	44	42
Brett Pesce D	D2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.01	0	2	0	19:53	—	—	44	46
Shayne Gostisbehere D	D3	0	2	2	+1	2	0.01	1	1	0	15:54	—	—	62	54
Jalen Chatfield D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	1	2	13:17	—	—	50	44

CAR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Frederik Andersen(start)	W	29	28	1	.966	3.12	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.