New Jersey Devils vs. New York IslandersJan 21, 2021

FinalThursday, Jan 21, 2021· Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum

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New Jersey DevilsNJD

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New York IslandersNYI

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NJD	0	1	0	1		NJD	6	13	12	31
NYI	2	0	2	4		NYI	15	9	11	35

: NJD 59NYI 61
: NJD 1.51NYI 3.69
PP goals: NJD 0NYI 2
Hits: NJD 24NYI 21
Blocks: NJD 14NYI 22
PIM: NJD 4NYI 2
: NJD 37%NYI 63%

Fantasy takeaways

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

New York Islanders beat New Jersey Devils 4–1

New York Islanders beat New Jersey Devils 4–1 at home. Mathew Barzal (NYI) led the scoring with 1G 2A. NYI's first power-play unit (Eberle, Lee, Pulock, Barzal and Dobson) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 2:43 together.

Points
Mathew Barzal had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 5 shots in 18:30.Barzal
Points
Jordan Eberle had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 16:58.Eberle
Points
Noah Dobson had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 20:24.Dobson
PP1
NYI's first power-play unit (Eberle, Lee, Pulock, Barzal and Dobson) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 2:43 together.Eberle Lee Pulock Barzal Dobson
Goalie
Scott Wedgewood (NJD) faced 35 shots and stopped 31 (.886), +6 against a season average of 28.6; the loss.Wedgewood
Usage
Noah Dobson (NYI) played 20:24, +4:06 up on his 16:18 season average over 45 games.Dobson
Usage
Ryan Murray (NJD) played 21:38, +3:05 up on his 18:33 season average over 47 games.Murray
Cats
Noah Dobson (NYI) blocked 7 shots in 20:24.Dobson

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)NYI attacks right (top on phones) →

NYI
NJD
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 120 of 120 attempts · NYI 61 · NJD 59

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

NYI
NJD
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

NYI 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 14% of the game, NYI 54%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

NYI

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	NYI
	66	64
	1.71	3.83
	1.66	3.64
	2	16
	4	5
	12	14
	−0.115	+0.115
	14%	54%

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 – Wood – Boqvist
11:0252% CF
L2Bastian – McLeod – Kuokkanen
10:2675% CF
L3Palmieri – Sharangovich – Hughes
7:3338% CF
L4Gusev – Johnsson – Zacha
5:0950% CF
D1Subban – Murray
16:2149% CF
D2Kulikov – Severson
14:2067% CF
D3Tennyson – Smith
12:1523% CF

PP1Severson – Gusev – Johnsson – Zacha – Smith
1:30100% CF
PP2Subban – Palmieri – Wood – Sharangovich – Hughes
0:300% CF
PK1FZajac – Zacha
1:30
PK2FBastian – Sharangovich
0:54
PK1DMurray – Severson
2:04
PK2DSubban – Kulikov
1:17

Current NJD line combinations →

New York Islanders

L1Eberle – Lee – Barzal
12:3931% CF
L2Bailey – Nelson – Beauvillier
10:4860% CF
L3Clutterbuck – Martin – Cizikas
9:4647% CF
L4Pageau – Johnston – Bellows
9:0640% CF
D1Leddy – Mayfield
17:4460% CF
D2Greene – Dobson
16:2138% CF
D3Pelech – Pulock
15:4752% CF

PP1Eberle – Lee – Pulock – Barzal – Dobson
2:4367% CF
PP2Bailey – Leddy – Nelson – Pageau – Barzal
0:58100% CF
PK1FClutterbuck – Cizikas
1:30
PK2FBailey – Pageau
0:30
PK1DGreene – Pulock
1:18
PK2DMayfield – Pelech
0:42

Current NYI line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

4:43
NYIMathew Barzal (Josh Bailey, Noah Dobson)wrist0.05 xG
NJD: Zajac, Subban, Murray, Gusev, JohnssonNYI: Bailey, Lee, Mayfield, Barzal, Dobson
NJD 0 – 1 NYI
19:39
NYIJordan Eberle (Anders Lee, Mathew Barzal)backhand0.38 xG
NJD: Subban, Severson, Bastian, McLeod, KuokkanenNYI: Eberle, Leddy, Lee, Mayfield, Barzal
NJD 0 – 2 NYI

2nd period

2:10
NJDNathan Bastian (Ty Smith)wrist0.13 xG
NJD: Tennyson, Bastian, McLeod, Kuokkanen, SmithNYI: Eberle, Lee, Pelech, Pulock, Barzal
NJD 1 – 2 NYI

3rd period

1:56
NYIJordan EberlePP (Noah Dobson, Mathew Barzal)wrist0.04 xG
NJD: Subban, Murray, Bastian, McLeodNYI: Eberle, Lee, Pulock, Barzal, Dobson
NJD 1 – 3 NYI
5:16
NYIBrock NelsonPP (Nick Leddy, Jean-Gabriel Pageau)wrist0.14 xG
NJD: Subban, Kulikov, Bastian, KuokkanenNYI: Bailey, Leddy, Nelson, Pageau, Beauvillier
NJD 1 – 4 NYI

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
Miles Wood L	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.12	0	0	0	16:33	—	—	45	23
Travis Zajac C	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	1	0	2	15:27	—	—	48	24
Jesper Boqvist C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	14:00	—	—	56	40
Nathan Bastian R	L2	1	0	1	0	2	0.19	2	0	0	14:48	—	—	67	38
Michael McLeod C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.16	6	0	0	13:34	—	—	69	43
Janne Kuokkanen C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	0	0	12:11	—	—	75	43
Jack Hughes C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	17:16	—	—	43	35
Kyle Palmieri C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	1	2	0	16:39	—	—	37	29
Yegor Sharangovich C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	14:53	—	—	40	33
Pavel Zacha C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	1	0	0	14:45	—	—	55	24
Nikita Gusev L	L4	0	0	0	-1	4	0.19	0	0	0	14:29	—	—	39	19
Andreas Johnsson L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	1	0	12:09	—	—	44	22
P.K. Subban D	D1	0	0	0	-2	6	0.11	2	2	0	22:40	—	—	50	14
Ryan Murray D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	1	2	0	21:38	—	—	50	25
Damon Severson D	D2	0	0	0	-1	5	0.23	1	0	0	21:53	—	—	63	33
Dmitry Kulikov D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.10	1	2	0	20:03	—	—	70	48
Ty Smith D	D3	0	1	1	+1	3	0.25	0	1	2	18:39	—	—	41	30
Matt Tennyson D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.02	5	1	0	14:29	—	—	25	30

NJD goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Scott Wedgewood(start)	L	35	31	4	.886	3.69	60:00

New York Islanders

NYI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Mathew Barzal C	L1	1	2	3	+1	5	0.56	0	1	0	18:30	—	—	37	75
Jordan Eberle R	L1	2	0	2	0	4	0.65	2	2	0	16:58	—	—	33	73
Anders Lee L	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.50	1	2	0	15:59	—	—	33	72
Brock Nelson C	L2	1	0	1	0	4	0.67	0	0	2	15:43	—	—	63	71
Josh Bailey R	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.07	0	0	0	15:38	—	—	62	69
Anthony Beauvillier R	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.42	0	1	0	14:49	—	—	61	71
Casey Cizikas C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	1	0	0	15:46	—	—	60	50
Cal Clutterbuck R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	1	0	15:42	—	—	57	57
Matt Martin L	L3	0	0	0	0	4	0.20	6	1	0	12:26	—	—	61	66
Jean-Gabriel Pageau C	L4	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	15:40	—	—	44	52
Ross Johnston L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	1	0	11:15	—	—	48	69
Kieffer Bellows L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	0	1	0	10:34	—	—	41	48
Nick Leddy D	D1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.04	1	1	0	20:31	—	—	59	86
Scott Mayfield D	D1	0	0	0	+2	3	0.10	1	1	0	18:54	—	—	60	80
Noah Dobson D	D2	0	2	2	+1	2	0.15	0	7	0	20:24	—	—	40	70
Andy Greene D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	0	2	0	18:31	—	—	37	68
Ryan Pulock D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.09	1	0	0	22:17	—	—	50	59
Adam Pelech D	D3	0	0	0	-1	4	0.17	0	1	0	18:23	—	—	50	52

NYI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Semyon Varlamov(start)	W	31	30	1	.968	1.51	59:47

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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.