New Jersey Devils vs. Los Angeles KingsMar 17, 2018

FinalSaturday, Mar 17, 2018· STAPLES Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NJD	2	0	1	3		NJD	4	14	10	28
LAK	0	0	0	0		LAK	19	8	11	38

: NJD 56LAK 86
: NJD 2.72LAK 4.71
PP goals: NJD 0LAK 0
Hits: NJD 21LAK 26
Blocks: NJD 22LAK 13
PIM: NJD 12LAK 8
: NJD 44%LAK 56%

Fantasy takeaways

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

New Jersey Devils beat Los Angeles Kings 3–0

New Jersey Devils beat Los Angeles Kings 3–0 at LAK. Nico Hischier (NJD) led the scoring with 1G 0A. LAK scored 0 goals on 4.71 expected goals (86 attempts), well short of its chances.

Luck
LAK scored 0 goals on 4.71 expected goals (86 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for NJD: Coleman–Noesen–Bratt skated 8:13 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (52.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Coleman Noesen Bratt
New line
New look for NJD: Zajac–Palmieri–Hall skated 7:45 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (26.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Zajac Palmieri Hall
Goalie
Keith Kinkaid (NJD) faced 38 shots and stopped 38 (.1000), +8 against a season average of 29.6; the win.Kinkaid
Usage
Alex Iafallo (LAK) played 9:07, −6:04 down on his 15:11 season average over 74 games.Iafallo
Usage
Paul LaDue (LAK) played 8:49, −5:37 down on his 14:26 season average over 11 games.LaDue
Usage
Derek Forbort (LAK) played 15:59, −4:52 down on his 20:51 season average over 77 games.Forbort
Usage
Tobias Rieder (LAK) played 9:34, −5:09 down on his 14:43 season average over 77 games.Rieder

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)LAK attacks right (top on phones) →

LAK
NJD
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 142 of 142 attempts · LAK 86 · NJD 56

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

LAK
NJD
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

LAK 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 26% of the game, LAK 42%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

LAK

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	LAK
	47	62
	2.05	2.56
	2.00	2.50
	12	6
	4	6
	17	4
	−0.112	+0.112
	26%	42%

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

L1Coleman – Noesen – Bratt
8:1353% CF
L2Zajac – Palmieri – Hall
7:4527% CF
L3Boyle – Stafford – Wood
6:5645% CF
L4Grabner – Gibbons – Hischier
6:2358% CF
D1Moore – Severson
14:5044% CF
D2Greene – Vatanen
11:5843% CF
D3Lovejoy – Butcher
9:0654% CF

PP1Zajac – Palmieri – Vatanen – Hall – Wood
2:4950% CF
PP2Boyle – Noesen – Severson – Butcher – Hischier
2:39100% CF
PK1FZajac – Grabner
3:01
PK2FGibbons – Coleman
2:51
PK1DGreene – Lovejoy
4:47
PK2DMoore – Vatanen
1:24

Current NJD line combinations →

Los Angeles Kings

L1Toffoli – Pearson – Kempe
7:3147% CF
L2Brown – Kopitar – Iafallo
7:1964% CF
L3Thompson – Mitchell – Clifford
4:5833% CF
L4Carter – Lewis – Rieder
4:0460% CF
D1Phaneuf – Martinez
12:0328% CF
D2Doughty – Forbort
9:2273% CF
D3Muzzin – LaDue
5:3370% CF

PP1Carter – Brown – Kopitar – Muzzin – Doughty
5:2789% CF
PP2Phaneuf – Martinez – Toffoli – Pearson – Kempe
3:1783% CF
PK1FBrown – Kopitar
2:05
PK2FThompson – Mitchell
1:21
PK1DMuzzin – Martinez
2:49
PK2DDoughty – Forbort
2:08

Current LAK line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

8:29
NJDMichael GrabnerSHwrist0.17 xG
NJD: Zajac, Greene, Grabner, LovejoyLAK: Carter, Brown, Kopitar, Muzzin, Doughty
NJD 1 – 0 LAK
13:27
NJDNico Hischier (Damon Severson, Brian Gibbons)wrist0.10 xG
NJD: Grabner, Lovejoy, Gibbons, Severson, HischierLAK: Doughty, Toffoli, Forbort, Pearson, Kempe
NJD 2 – 0 LAK

3rd period

6:06
NJDMiles Wood (Brian Boyle)wrist0.10 xG
NJD: Boyle, Stafford, Greene, Vatanen, WoodLAK: Carter, Martinez, Doughty, Toffoli, Rieder
NJD 3 – 0 LAK

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
Blake Coleman L	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.14	2	0	2	16:48	—	—	52	30
Stefan Noesen R	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.11	2	3	0	14:44	—	—	44	21
Jesper Bratt L	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.04	0	0	0	11:19	—	—	48	29
Travis Zajac C	L2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.22	0	1	0	18:50	—	—	24	48
Taylor Hall L	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.28	2	1	0	16:24	—	—	24	34
Kyle Palmieri C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.25	1	1	2	16:04	—	—	19	30
Miles Wood L	L3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.31	5	0	4	11:46	—	—	54	46
Brian Boyle C	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	3	0	0	11:40	—	—	47	46
Drew Stafford R	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.08	1	1	0	9:43	—	—	56	54
Nico Hischier C	L4	1	0	1	+1	5	0.56	0	2	0	15:12	—	—	41	54
Brian Gibbons C	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.17	0	2	0	14:01	—	—	54	61
Michael Grabner L	L4	1	0	1	+2	3	0.41	0	0	0	13:29	—	—	55	82
Damon Severson D	D1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	1	0	21:58	—	—	39	45
John Moore D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0.08	3	4	2	20:52	—	—	47	50
Sami Vatanen D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.05	1	3	0	22:00	—	—	37	41
Andy Greene D	D2	0	0	0	+2	1	0.02	0	1	0	21:07	—	—	46	53
Ben Lovejoy D	D3	0	0	0	+2	0	0.01	1	1	2	17:39	—	—	58	43
Will Butcher D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	14:25	—	—	37	33

NJD goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Keith Kinkaid(start)	W	38	38	0	.1000	4.71	60:00

Los Angeles Kings

LAK skaters
Skater	Line	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Tyler Toffoli C	L1	-2	2	0.39	4	0	2	16:46	—	—	48	41
Tanner Pearson L	L1	-1	3	0.84	2	0	0	15:52	—	—	46	45
Adrian Kempe R	L1	-1	2	0.30	0	0	0	14:27	—	—	45	44
Anze Kopitar C	L2	-1	2	0.31	0	0	0	25:10	—	—	59	48
Dustin Brown R	L2	-1	2	0.31	3	0	0	22:18	—	—	75	70
Alex Iafallo L	L2	0	1	0.02	2	0	0	9:07	—	—	60	41
Nate Thompson C	L3	0	2	0.39	3	1	0	10:43	—	—	65	89
Torrey Mitchell C	L3	0	0	0.05	0	0	2	9:08	—	—	40	55
Kyle Clifford L	L3	0	2	0.13	2	0	0	7:02	—	—	64	77
Jeff Carter C	L4	-2	3	0.60	0	1	0	21:11	—	—	61	47
Trevor Lewis C	L4	0	3	0.12	2	0	0	13:22	—	—	61	79
Tobias Rieder L	L4	-1	3	0.20	0	1	0	9:34	—	—	62	72
Alec Martinez D	D1	-1	1	0.00	2	4	0	23:20	—	—	27	17
Dion Phaneuf D	D1	0	1	0.12	1	1	0	18:13	—	—	32	26
Drew Doughty D	D2	-3	4	0.75	0	2	0	30:36	—	—	66	61
Derek Forbort D	D2	-1	2	0.02	2	0	0	15:59	—	—	82	80
Jake Muzzin D	D3	-1	4	0.17	3	3	0	22:05	—	—	74	82
Paul LaDue D	D3	0	1	0.01	0	0	4	8:49	—	—	78	98

LAK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jonathan Quick(start)	L	28	25	3	.893	2.72	58:18

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.