New Jersey Devils vs. Seattle KrakenJan 6, 2025

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NJD	1	1	1	3		NJD	11	11	7	29
SEA	1	0	1	2		SEA	13	4	7	24

: NJD 65SEA 52
: NJD 3.42SEA 2.03
PP goals: NJD 0SEA 1
Hits: NJD 12SEA 21
Blocks: NJD 14SEA 13
PIM: NJD 7SEA 5
: NJD 53%SEA 47%

Fantasy takeaways

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

New Jersey Devils edge Seattle Kraken 3–2

New Jersey Devils beat Seattle Kraken 3–2 at SEA. Dawson Mercer (NJD) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for NJD: Dowling–Cotter–Mercer skated 9:21 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (60% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Dawson Mercer had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 13:43.Mercer
New line
New look for NJD: Dowling–Cotter–Mercer skated 9:21 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (60% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Dowling Cotter Mercer
Usage
Jack Hughes (NJD) played 16:37, −4:21 down on his 20:58 season average over 61 games.Hughes
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Timo Meier (NJD) played 22:04, +4:16 up on his 17:48 season average over 79 games.Meier
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Dawson Mercer (NJD) played 13:43, −4:13 down on his 17:56 season average over 81 games.Mercer
Usage
Dougie Hamilton (NJD) played 16:04, −3:51 down on his 19:55 season average over 63 games.Hamilton
Usage
Kaapo Kakko (SEA) played 19:00, +3:26 up on his 15:34 season average over 78 games.Kakko
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Vince Dunn (SEA) played 26:19, +4:18 up on his 22:01 season average over 61 games.Dunn

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)SEA attacks right (top on phones) →

SEA
NJD
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 117 of 117 attempts · SEA 52 · NJD 65

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

SEA
NJD
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

SEA 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 50% of the game, SEA 25%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

SEA

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	SEA
	76	58
	3.36	1.95
	3.24	1.86
	12	11
	2	12
	24	18
	+0.011	−0.010
	50%	25%

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

L1Noesen – Meier – Hischier
14:4963% CF
L2Palat – Bratt – Hughes
11:4374% CF
L3Dowling – Cotter – Mercer
9:2160% CF
L4Tatar – Lazar – Bastian
6:4736% CF
D1Pesce – Hughes
18:0448% CF
D2Siegenthaler – Kovacevic
16:4348% CF
D3Dillon – Hamilton
12:3678% CF

PK1FHischier – Mercer
0:39
PK2FLazar – Bastian
0:20
PK1DDillon – Kovacevic
1:32

Current NJD line combinations →

Seattle Kraken

L1Schwartz – Kakko – Beniers
16:1465% CF
L2Stephenson – Burakovsky – McCann
12:0127% CF
L3Bjorkstrand – Tolvanen – Wright
11:2745% CF
L4Tanev – Kartye – Meyers
7:3641% CF
D1Oleksiak – Montour
15:5342% CF
D2Larsson – Dunn
15:1550% CF
D3Mahura – Evans
11:0946% CF

PP1Schwartz – Stephenson – Bjorkstrand – Dunn – Beniers
1:12100% CF
PP2Burakovsky – McCann – Dunn – Kakko – Wright
0:20100% CF

Current SEA line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

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
Nico Hischier C	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.74	0	1	0	22:32	—	—	54	69
Timo Meier R	L1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.39	0	0	0	22:04	—	—	57	73
Stefan Noesen R	L1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.17	1	0	0	17:55	—	—	67	75
Jesper Bratt L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.16	0	0	0	18:18	—	—	57	72
Jack Hughes C	L2	0	1	1	+1	5	0.52	0	1	0	16:37	—	—	71	69
Ondrej Palat L	L2	1	0	1	+1	3	0.50	1	0	0	15:37	—	—	64	64
Dawson Mercer C	L3	1	1	2	+2	3	0.46	0	0	0	13:43	—	—	53	58
Justin Dowling C	L3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	2	0	12:30	—	—	50	60
Paul Cotter L	L3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.21	1	0	0	12:19	—	—	59	64
Nathan Bastian R	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	1	0	10:05	—	—	43	28
Tomas Tatar L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	8:19	—	—	33	11
Curtis Lazar C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.08	2	0	0	8:17	—	—	39	28
Brett Pesce D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	0	3	5	22:21	—	—	49	53
Luke Hughes D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	0	2	0	21:48	—	—	53	53
Johnathan Kovacevic D	D2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	2	0	21:40	—	—	49	62
Jonas Siegenthaler D	D2	0	0	0	+2	2	0.02	1	1	2	20:07	—	—	45	66
Brenden Dillon D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	18:12	—	—	76	70
Dougie Hamilton D	D3	0	1	1	+1	4	0.12	0	1	0	16:04	—	—	70	73

NJD goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jacob Markstrom(start)	W	24	22	2	.917	2.03	60:00

Seattle Kraken

SEA skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jaden Schwartz L	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.23	0	0	0	21:27	—	—	63	42
Matty Beniers C	L1	0	0	0	0	4	0.40	0	0	0	20:03	—	—	65	38
Kaapo Kakko R	L1	0	1	1	0	1	0.03	1	0	0	19:00	—	—	63	48
Chandler Stephenson C	L2	0	1	1	-1	0	0.00	0	2	0	18:53	—	—	22	17
Jared McCann L	L2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.13	0	1	0	17:36	—	—	30	31
Andre Burakovsky L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.13	1	0	0	15:51	—	—	30	20
Oliver Bjorkstrand R	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.21	2	0	0	16:13	—	—	46	40
Eeli Tolvanen R	L3	0	0	0	-3	1	0.25	3	2	0	13:33	—	—	38	33
Shane Wright C	L3	1	0	1	-1	1	0.26	1	0	0	13:21	—	—	48	65
Brandon Tanev L	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	1	2	0	9:55	—	—	36	45
Tye Kartye L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.17	4	1	0	8:51	—	—	42	48
Ben Meyers C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	8:44	—	—	42	48
Brandon Montour D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.12	1	0	5	25:10	—	—	49	49
Jamie Oleksiak D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	1	1	0	17:50	—	—	38	39
Vince Dunn D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.00	1	2	0	26:19	—	—	45	41
Adam Larsson D	D2	1	0	1	-1	2	0.02	0	0	0	18:18	—	—	47	42
Ryker Evans D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.05	2	1	0	17:40	—	—	41	25
Josh Mahura D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	3	1	0	13:22	—	—	37	24

SEA goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Philipp Grubauer(start)	L	29	26	3	.897	2.80	57:54

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Dawson Mercer (NJD) 1st 7:56 · assists Nico Hischier, Timo Meier · Rebound · 26.4 mph shot.

Dawson Mercer · 1st 7:56 · NJD

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 26.4 mph
Distance: 1 ft
Type: rebound

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Adam Larsson · 1st 15:47 · SEA

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 63.6 mph
Distance: 55 ft

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Paul Cotter · 2nd 19:35 · NJD

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 21.7 mph
Distance: 7 ft
Entry to goal: 3.0 s

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Shane Wright · 3rd 1:24 · SEA PP

Play: rebound
Passes: 6 (royal road)
Shot: 21.9 mph
Distance: 8 ft
Type: rebound

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Ondrej Palat · 3rd 2:01 · NJD

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 3
Shot: 43.1 mph
Distance: 18 ft
Entry to goal: 3.0 s
Type: one-timer

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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.

New Jersey Devils vs. Seattle KrakenJan 6, 2025

Fantasy takeaways

New Jersey Devils edge Seattle Kraken 3–2

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

New Jersey Devils

Seattle Kraken

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

New Jersey Devils

Seattle Kraken

Goal anatomy

Dawson Mercer · 1st 7:56 · NJD

Adam Larsson · 1st 15:47 · SEA

Paul Cotter · 2nd 19:35 · NJD

Shane Wright · 3rd 1:24 · SEA PP

Ondrej Palat · 3rd 2:01 · NJD