New Jersey Devils vs. Los Angeles KingsDec 6, 2018

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New Jersey DevilsNJD

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Los Angeles KingsLAK

3

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NJD	1	3	2	6		NJD	11	16	8	35
LAK	1	2	0	3		LAK	11	13	8	32

: NJD 62LAK 57
: NJD 2.87LAK 2.23
PP goals: NJD 1LAK 0
Hits: NJD 23LAK 18
Blocks: NJD 12LAK 17
PIM: NJD 6LAK 8
: NJD 58%LAK 42%

Fantasy takeaways

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

New Jersey Devils beat Los Angeles Kings 6–3

New Jersey Devils beat Los Angeles Kings 6–3 at LAK. Taylor Hall (NJD) led the scoring with 0G 3A. NJD's first power-play unit (Boyle, Zajac, Palmieri, Hall and Butcher) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 2:20 together.

Points
Taylor Hall had 3 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 19:34.Hall
Points
Kyle Palmieri had two goals (2 points) on 6 shots in 16:58.Palmieri
Points
Travis Zajac had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 18:57.Zajac
Points
Will Butcher had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 18:07.Butcher
PP1
NJD's first power-play unit (Boyle, Zajac, Palmieri, Hall and Butcher) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 2:20 together.Boyle Zajac Palmieri Hall Butcher
Luck
NJD scored 6 goals on 2.87 expected goals (62 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
New line
New look for LAK: Carter–Leipsic–Luff skated 9:52 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (42.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Carter Leipsic Luff
New line
New look for LAK: Thompson–Clifford–Amadio skated 6:33 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (82.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Thompson Clifford Amadio

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 119 of 119 attempts · LAK 57 · NJD 62

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 34% of the game, LAK 33%.

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
	56	55
	1.66	1.90
	1.63	1.85
	12	6
	0	6
	13	13
	+0.095	−0.095
	34%	33%

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

L1Johansson – Zacha – Bratt
11:0052% CF
L2Zajac – Coleman – Wood
10:5558% CF
L3Palmieri – Hall – Hischier
10:4942% CF
L4Boyle – Noesen – Seney
6:0517% CF
D1Greene – Severson
16:0643% CF
D2Vatanen – Butcher
8:0180% CF
D3Lovejoy – Yakovlev
6:0440% CF

PP1Boyle – Zajac – Palmieri – Hall – Butcher
2:2086% CF
PP2Johansson – Vatanen – Severson – Bratt – Hischier
1:19100% CF
PK1FZajac – Coleman
1:00
PK2FBoyle – Zacha
0:39
PK1DGreene – Lovejoy
1:39
PK2DVatanen – Severson
0:16

Current NJD line combinations →

Los Angeles Kings

L1Brown – Kopitar – Iafallo
13:3043% CF
L2Carter – Leipsic – Luff
9:5242% CF
L3Toffoli – Kempe – Wagner
9:4645% CF
L4Thompson – Clifford – Amadio
6:3382% CF
D1Doughty – Forbort
18:3146% CF
D2Muzzin – Martinez
13:5657% CF
D3Phaneuf – Fantenberg
11:1748% CF

PP1Carter – Brown – Kopitar – Doughty – Iafallo
1:120% CF
PP2Kopitar – Doughty – Toffoli – Leipsic – Luff
0:32100% CF
PK1FBrown – Kopitar
2:10
PK2FThompson – Iafallo
0:49
PK1DDoughty – Forbort
2:24
PK2DMuzzin – Martinez
1:03

Current LAK line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

13:49
NJDKyle PalmieriPP (Taylor Hall, Will Butcher)snap0.08 xG
NJD: Boyle, Zajac, Palmieri, Hall, ButcherLAK: Carter, Muzzin, Martinez, Toffoli
NJD 1 – 0 LAK
15:41
LAKBrendan Leipsic (Jake Muzzin, Alec Martinez)snap0.02 xG
NJD: Greene, Johansson, Severson, Zacha, BrattLAK: Carter, Muzzin, Martinez, Leipsic, Luff
NJD 1 – 1 LAK

2nd period

0:25
NJDTravis Zajacwrist0.01 xG
NJD: Zajac, Greene, Coleman, Severson, WoodLAK: Brown, Kopitar, Doughty, Forbort, Iafallo
NJD 2 – 1 LAK
6:59
LAKAdrian Kempe (Drew Doughty, Austin Wagner)tip-in0.06 xG
NJD: Palmieri, Vatanen, Hall, Butcher, HischierLAK: Doughty, Toffoli, Forbort, Kempe, Wagner
NJD 2 – 2 LAK
10:57
NJDKyle Palmieri (Taylor Hall)snap0.10 xG
NJD: Greene, Palmieri, Hall, Severson, HischierLAK: Carter, Muzzin, Martinez, Leipsic, Luff
NJD 3 – 2 LAK
12:28
NJDWill Butcher (Miles Wood, Travis Zajac)wrist0.01 xG
NJD: Zajac, Greene, Coleman, Butcher, WoodLAK: Phaneuf, Brown, Kopitar, Iafallo, Fantenberg
NJD 4 – 2 LAK
17:37
LAKKyle Cliffordwrist0.01 xG
NJD: Zajac, Greene, Coleman, Severson, WoodLAK: Thompson, Muzzin, Martinez, Clifford, Amadio
NJD 4 – 3 LAK

3rd period

11:06
NJDNico Hischier (Sami Vatanen, Taylor Hall)tip-in0.05 xG
NJD: Johansson, Vatanen, Hall, Butcher, HischierLAK: Thompson, Martinez, Clifford, Forbort, Amadio
NJD 5 – 3 LAK
19:52
NJDBlake ColemanEN (Andy Greene, Damon Severson)wrist0.39 xG
NJD: Zajac, Greene, Coleman, Noesen, SeversonLAK: Martinez, Doughty, Leipsic, Kempe, Luff, Iafallo
NJD 6 – 3 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
Marcus Johansson L	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	0	0	0	17:16	—	—	55	36
Pavel Zacha C	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.06	4	0	0	16:40	—	—	59	48
Jesper Bratt L	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	13:38	—	—	52	30
Travis Zajac C	L2	1	1	2	+2	2	0.08	1	1	0	18:57	—	—	55	45
Blake Coleman L	L2	1	0	1	+2	4	0.57	7	1	0	16:46	—	—	58	45
Miles Wood L	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.13	2	1	2	13:24	—	—	56	45
Taylor Hall L	L3	0	3	3	+1	2	0.09	0	0	2	19:34	—	—	50	64
Kyle Palmieri C	L3	2	0	2	0	6	0.37	1	0	0	16:58	—	—	44	50
Nico Hischier C	L3	1	0	1	+1	1	0.05	0	1	2	16:42	—	—	48	54
Brian Boyle C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.17	0	0	0	10:01	—	—	14	10
Stefan Noesen R	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.69	2	0	0	9:33	—	—	33	69
Brett Seney L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	6:51	—	—	13	10
Damon Severson D	D1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.06	0	2	0	24:39	—	—	41	42
Andy Greene D	D1	0	1	1	+2	2	0.03	2	2	0	23:02	—	—	45	42
Sami Vatanen D	D2	0	1	1	0	6	0.24	4	1	0	21:23	—	—	52	46
Will Butcher D	D2	1	1	2	+1	4	0.16	0	1	0	18:07	—	—	78	78
Ben Lovejoy D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	0	1	0	16:24	—	—	52	51
Egor Yakovlev D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.11	0	0	0	14:05	—	—	43	45

NJD goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Keith Kinkaid(start)	W	32	29	3	.906	2.23	60:00

Los Angeles Kings

LAK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Anze Kopitar C	L1	0	0	0	-2	3	0.12	0	0	0	23:25	—	—	44	59
Dustin Brown R	L1	0	0	0	-2	4	0.47	1	1	0	21:22	—	—	46	65
Alex Iafallo L	L1	0	0	0	-3	2	0.24	0	0	0	18:05	—	—	39	42
Jeff Carter C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.13	0	2	2	17:19	—	—	31	24
Brendan Leipsic L	L2	1	0	1	-1	2	0.17	1	1	0	15:23	—	—	42	61
Matt Luff R	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	0	0	0	13:30	—	—	35	24
Tyler Toffoli C	L3	0	0	0	+1	3	0.33	0	0	0	15:47	—	—	46	61
Adrian Kempe R	L3	1	0	1	0	2	0.11	1	0	0	14:02	—	—	50	61
Austin Wagner L	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.02	4	0	0	12:20	—	—	46	42
Nate Thompson C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	1	1	0	10:10	—	—	79	65
Kyle Clifford L	L4	1	0	1	0	4	0.06	1	0	0	7:30	—	—	78	81
Michael Amadio R	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.17	0	0	0	7:26	—	—	83	81
Drew Doughty D	D1	0	1	1	-1	3	0.17	6	3	2	28:03	—	—	46	39
Derek Forbort D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	1	0	24:05	—	—	45	37
Jake Muzzin D	D2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.12	0	3	0	20:37	—	—	56	76
Alec Martinez D	D2	0	1	1	-1	0	0.00	1	4	0	18:55	—	—	55	70
Oscar Fantenberg D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.05	0	1	0	13:24	—	—	44	48
Dion Phaneuf D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.01	1	0	2	12:46	—	—	50	56

LAK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jonathan Quick(start)	L	34	29	5	.853	1.99	58:03

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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.