New Jersey Devils vs. Tampa Bay LightningApr 14, 2018

FinalPlayoffsSaturday, Apr 14, 2018· Amalie Arena

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New Jersey DevilsNJD

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Tampa Bay LightningTBL

5

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NJD	1	1	1	3		NJD	10	15	19	44
TBL	1	4	0	5		TBL	6	11	9	26

: NJD 64TBL 55
: NJD 4.12TBL 4.05
PP goals: NJD 0TBL 2
Hits: NJD 36TBL 35
Blocks: NJD 11TBL 10
PIM: NJD 10TBL 10
: NJD 34%TBL 66%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Tampa Bay Lightning beat New Jersey Devils 5–3

Tampa Bay Lightning beat New Jersey Devils 5–3 at home. Nikita Kucherov (TBL) led the scoring with 1G 2A. TBL's first power-play unit (Killorn, Stamkos, Hedman, Kucherov and Miller) scored 2 power-play goals on 6 attempts in 2:29 together.

Points
Nikita Kucherov had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 4 shots in 15:25.Kucherov
Points
Alex Killorn had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 16:34.Killorn
Points
Brayden Point had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 17:58.Point
Points
Ryan McDonagh had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 23:49.McDonagh
PP1
TBL's first power-play unit (Killorn, Stamkos, Hedman, Kucherov and Miller) scored 2 power-play goals on 6 attempts in 2:29 together.Killorn Stamkos Hedman Kucherov Miller
Goalie
Andrei Vasilevskiy (TBL) faced 44 shots and stopped 41 (.932), +13 against a season average of 30.8; the win.Vasilevskiy
Usage
Andy Greene (NJD) played 17:19, −5:08 down on his 22:27 season average over 4 games.Greene
Usage
Dan Girardi (TBL) played 11:58, −6:25 down on his 18:23 season average over 16 games.Girardi

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)TBL attacks right (top on phones) →

TBL
NJD
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 119 of 119 attempts · TBL 55 · NJD 64

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

TBL
NJD
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

TBL 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 41% of the game, TBL 30%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

TBL

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	TBL
	56	54
	2.31	4.07
	2.29	4.01
	5	10
	8	6
	12	12
	−0.126	+0.127
	41%	30%

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

L1Palmieri – Hall – Hischier
9:3863% CF
L2Maroon – Wood – Zacha
7:1546% CF
L3Zajac – Coleman – Noesen
6:5545% CF
D1Greene – Vatanen
12:2355% CF
D2Moore – Severson
9:0337% CF
D3Lovejoy – Butcher
3:5450% CF

PP1Zajac – Maroon – Palmieri – Hall – Butcher
2:34100% CF
PP2Boyle – Vatanen – Noesen – Zacha – Hischier
1:24100% CF
PK1FZajac – Grabner
2:03
PK2FColeman – Zacha
0:53
PK1DGreene – Lovejoy
1:58
PK2DMoore – Mueller
0:30

Current NJD line combinations →

Tampa Bay Lightning

L1Johnson – Palat – Point
11:4832% CF
L2Killorn – Gourde – Cirelli
11:4235% CF
L3Stamkos – Kucherov – Miller
9:5050% CF
L4Kunitz – Callahan – Paquette
6:4888% CF
D1Stralman – McDonagh
13:4145% CF
D2Girardi – Hedman
8:3454% CF
D3Coburn – Sergachev
7:1538% CF

PP1Killorn – Stamkos – Hedman – Kucherov – Miller
2:29100% CF
PP2Johnson – Palat – Gourde – Point – Sergachev
0:52100% CF
PK1FPaquette – Point
1:30
PK2FKillorn – Cirelli
0:34
PK1DStralman – McDonagh
2:36
PK2DCoburn – Girardi
0:54

Current TBL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

12:15
TBLBrayden Point (Ondrej Palat, Ryan McDonagh)wrist0.14 xG
NJD: Greene, Palmieri, Hall, Severson, HischierTBL: Stralman, McDonagh, Johnson, Palat, Point
NJD 0 – 1 TBL
13:38
NJDNico Hischierwrist0.09 xG
NJD: Grabner, Palmieri, Severson, Mueller, HischierTBL: Stralman, McDonagh, Johnson, Palat, Point
NJD 1 – 1 TBL

2nd period

3:14
TBLAlex KillornPP (Nikita Kucherov, Steven Stamkos)tip-in0.02 xG
NJD: Zajac, Greene, Grabner, MuellerTBL: Killorn, Stamkos, Hedman, Kucherov, Miller
NJD 1 – 2 TBL
4:36
TBLTyler Johnson (Ryan McDonagh, Brayden Point)tip-in0.06 xG
NJD: Greene, Palmieri, Vatanen, Hall, HischierTBL: Stralman, McDonagh, Johnson, Palat, Point
NJD 1 – 3 TBL
6:01
TBLNikita Kucherovtip-in0.01 xG
NJD: Zajac, Greene, Palmieri, VatanenTBL: Coburn, Stamkos, Hedman, Kucherov
NJD 1 – 4 TBL
13:12
TBLAlex KillornPP (J.T. Miller, Nikita Kucherov)wrist0.19 xG
NJD: Zajac, Greene, Lovejoy, ColemanTBL: Killorn, Stamkos, Hedman, Kucherov, Miller
NJD 1 – 5 TBL
19:34
NJDSami Vatanen (Andy Greene, Cory Schneider)wrist0.10 xG
NJD: Greene, Palmieri, Vatanen, Hall, HischierTBL: Girardi, Stamkos, Hedman, Kucherov, Miller
NJD 2 – 5 TBL

3rd period

11:57
NJDBlake Coleman (Travis Zajac, John Moore)slap0.00 xG
NJD: Zajac, Maroon, Moore, Coleman, ButcherTBL: Coburn, Stralman, Killorn, Gourde, Cirelli
NJD 3 – 5 TBL

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
Taylor Hall L	L1	0	0	0	-1	6	0.38	3	0	0	20:43	—	—	53	40
Kyle Palmieri C	L1	0	0	0	-1	4	0.27	3	0	4	19:57	—	—	61	47
Nico Hischier C	L1	1	0	1	0	3	0.46	1	0	0	16:58	—	—	61	45
Patrick Maroon L	L2	0	0	0	+1	3	0.32	5	1	0	18:31	—	—	50	34
Pavel Zacha C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	1	2	2	15:55	—	—	43	33
Miles Wood L	L2	0	0	0	0	4	0.46	2	0	0	14:52	—	—	48	42
Travis Zajac C	L3	0	1	1	0	0	0.03	1	0	0	21:04	—	—	42	20
Stefan Noesen R	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.10	2	0	0	17:46	—	—	45	38
Blake Coleman L	L3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.20	2	1	0	15:12	—	—	44	28
Sami Vatanen D	D1	1	0	1	-1	4	0.31	2	1	0	20:55	—	—	48	33
Andy Greene D	D1	0	1	1	-2	1	0.02	3	2	0	17:19	—	—	52	34
John Moore D	D2	0	1	1	+1	3	0.05	2	3	0	17:21	—	—	47	31
Damon Severson D	D2	0	0	0	0	3	0.10	0	0	0	16:41	—	—	48	36
Will Butcher D	D3	0	0	0	+1	3	0.16	0	0	0	18:00	—	—	55	61
Ben Lovejoy D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	2	1	2	10:33	—	—	55	58
Mirco Mueller D	—	0	0	0	+1	2	1.13	3	0	0	15:03	—	—	58	33
Brian Boyle C	—	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	4	0	2	11:10	—	—	50	58
Michael Grabner L	—	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	8:56	—	—	62	18

NJD goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Keith Kinkaid(start)	L	15	10	5	.667	1.52	33:12
Cory Schneider	—	10	10	0	.1000	2.52	24:31

Tampa Bay Lightning

TBL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Brayden Point C	L1	1	1	2	+1	1	0.14	1	0	2	17:58	—	—	39	38
Tyler Johnson C	L1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.31	3	0	0	15:58	—	—	39	63
Ondrej Palat L	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.15	3	1	2	14:38	—	—	33	34
Alex Killorn L	L2	2	0	2	-1	2	0.20	2	0	2	16:34	—	—	40	33
Yanni Gourde C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.00	1	0	0	16:33	—	—	36	20
Anthony Cirelli C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.14	1	0	2	15:22	—	—	39	25
J.T. Miller C	L3	0	1	1	-1	2	0.09	4	0	2	17:27	—	—	50	75
Steven Stamkos C	L3	0	1	1	0	2	0.36	2	0	0	15:56	—	—	57	78
Nikita Kucherov R	L3	1	2	3	0	4	1.36	1	0	0	15:25	—	—	54	77
Cedric Paquette C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.61	3	0	0	12:21	—	—	75	97
Ryan Callahan R	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.32	5	0	0	9:36	—	—	86	91
Chris Kunitz L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.16	2	0	0	9:31	—	—	77	95
Anton Stralman D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	1	2	0	24:45	—	—	47	49
Ryan McDonagh D	D1	0	2	2	+1	2	0.07	1	2	0	23:49	—	—	48	68
Victor Hedman D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.08	1	2	0	23:18	—	—	50	63
Dan Girardi D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	0	0	11:58	—	—	50	54
Braydon Coburn D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	0	2	0	19:52	—	—	47	37
Mikhail Sergachev D	D3	0	0	0	0	3	0.03	2	1	0	12:50	—	—	54	92

TBL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Andrei Vasilevskiy(start)	W	44	41	3	.932	4.12	60:00

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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.