New Jersey Devils vs. Toronto Maple LeafsMar 23, 2022

FinalWednesday, Mar 23, 2022· Scotiabank Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NJD	0	2	0	2		NJD	3	11	8	22
TOR	0	2	1	3		TOR	11	11	9	31

: NJD 51TOR 51
: NJD 1.98TOR 3.19
PP goals: NJD 1TOR 0
Hits: NJD 33TOR 28
Blocks: NJD 7TOR 18
PIM: NJD 6TOR 8
: NJD 35%TOR 65%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Toronto Maple Leafs edge New Jersey Devils 3–2

Toronto Maple Leafs beat New Jersey Devils 3–2 at home. Nico Hischier (NJD) led the scoring with 1G 1A. NJD's first power-play unit (Hamilton, Severson, Bratt, Hischier and Hughes) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 4:15 together.

Points
Nico Hischier had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 22:46.Hischier
PP1
NJD's first power-play unit (Hamilton, Severson, Bratt, Hischier and Hughes) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 4:15 together.Hamilton Severson Bratt Hischier Hughes
New line
New look for NJD: Greer–Bastian–McLeod skated 4:14 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (71.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Greer Bastian McLeod
Usage
Damon Severson (NJD) played 28:13, +4:40 up on his 23:33 season average over 79 games.Severson
Usage
Jesper Bratt (NJD) played 20:55, +3:32 up on his 17:23 season average over 75 games.Bratt
Usage
Michael Bunting (TOR) played 18:46, +3:16 up on his 15:30 season average over 78 games.Bunting
Usage
Nico Hischier (NJD) played 22:46, +3:28 up on his 19:18 season average over 69 games.Hischier
Usage
Michael McLeod (NJD) played 9:06, −4:17 down on his 13:23 season average over 76 games.McLeod

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)TOR attacks right (top on phones) →

TOR
NJD
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 102 of 102 attempts · TOR 51 · NJD 51

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

TOR
NJD
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

TOR 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 21% of the game, TOR 45%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

TOR

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	TOR
	50	52
	1.54	2.92
	1.50	2.81
	5	16
	2	2
	20	12
	−0.126	+0.127
	21%	45%

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

L1Sharangovich – Hughes – Mercer
11:4063% CF
L2Tatar – Bratt – Hischier
10:0936% CF
L3Vesey – Johnsson – Boqvist
9:4150% CF
L4Greer – Bastian – McLeod
4:1471% CF
D1Severson – Graves
15:5456% CF
D2Hamilton – Siegenthaler
13:0645% CF
D3Subban – Bahl
10:4156% CF

PP1Hamilton – Severson – Bratt – Hischier – Hughes
4:1571% CF
PP2Subban – Tatar – Bastian – Sharangovich – Mercer
1:2950% CF
PK1FVesey – McLeod
1:58
PK2FHischier – Sharangovich
1:45
PK1DSeverson – Siegenthaler
3:07
PK2DSubban – Graves
0:31

Current NJD line combinations →

Toronto Maple Leafs

L1Bunting – Marner – Matthews
14:3941% CF
L2Tavares – Kerfoot – Nylander
12:0160% CF
L3Engvall – Kampf – Mikheyev
7:3350% CF
L4Spezza – Simmonds – Blackwell
3:5873% CF
D1Brodie – Holl
14:5955% CF
D2Rielly – Lyubushkin
13:2148% CF
D3Giordano – Liljegren
13:1340% CF

PP1Tavares – Rielly – Nylander – Marner – Matthews
3:0850% CF
PP2Spezza – Giordano – Blackwell – Bunting – Mikheyev
0:59
PK1FBlackwell – Kampf
1:06
PK2FKerfoot – Marner
0:52
PK1DBrodie – Holl
3:13
PK2DRielly – Lyubushkin
2:36

Current TOR line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

5:03
NJDDamon SeversonPP (Jesper Bratt, Nico Hischier)wrist0.10 xG
NJD: Hamilton, Severson, Bratt, Hischier, HughesTOR: Rielly, Marner, Kampf, Lyubushkin
NJD 1 – 0 TOR
12:30
TORIlya MikheyevSH (Alexander Kerfoot)backhand0.17 xG
NJD: Subban, Severson, Bastian, Sharangovich, MercerTOR: Brodie, Holl, Kerfoot, Mikheyev
NJD 1 – 1 TOR
13:56
NJDNico Hischier (Jack Hughes, Dougie Hamilton)wrist0.05 xG
NJD: Hamilton, Siegenthaler, Bratt, Hischier, HughesTOR: Brodie, Holl, Blackwell, Matthews, Kampf
NJD 2 – 1 TOR
14:54
TORMitch Marner (Auston Matthews, Michael Bunting)snap0.11 xG
NJD: Graves, Siegenthaler, Greer, Bastian, McLeodTOR: Rielly, Bunting, Marner, Matthews, Lyubushkin
NJD 2 – 2 TOR

3rd period

15:18
TORPierre EngvallSHwrist0.19 xG
NJD: Hamilton, Severson, Bratt, Hischier, HughesTOR: Rielly, Nylander, Engvall, Lyubushkin
NJD 2 – 3 TOR

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
Jack Hughes C	L1	0	1	1	0	5	0.71	0	0	0	22:05	—	—	70	61
Yegor Sharangovich C	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	18:40	—	—	57	28
Dawson Mercer C	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	2	0	0	17:02	—	—	70	55
Nico Hischier C	L2	1	1	2	0	1	0.17	1	0	0	22:46	—	—	34	25
Jesper Bratt L	L2	0	1	1	0	4	0.28	0	0	0	20:55	—	—	45	39
Tomas Tatar L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	1	1	0	14:57	—	—	37	30
Jimmy Vesey L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	1	0	0	14:04	—	—	42	16
Andreas Johnsson L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	3	0	0	13:26	—	—	44	16
Jesper Boqvist C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.08	1	0	0	12:03	—	—	43	22
Michael McLeod C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.15	3	0	0	9:06	—	—	56	30
Nathan Bastian R	L4	0	0	0	-2	2	0.14	2	0	0	8:15	—	—	63	36
A.J. Greer L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	0	0	5:15	—	—	71	52
Damon Severson D	D1	1	0	1	-2	2	0.15	1	1	0	28:13	—	—	50	29
Ryan Graves D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.05	3	1	0	20:57	—	—	51	25
Dougie Hamilton D	D2	0	1	1	0	2	0.07	2	0	2	20:16	—	—	52	54
Jonas Siegenthaler D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	5	2	0	19:29	—	—	37	38
P.K. Subban D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	3	1	2	16:18	—	—	57	39
Kevin Bahl D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	1	2	11:51	—	—	47	29

NJD goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Nico Daws(start)	L	31	28	3	.903	3.19	58:22

Toronto Maple Leafs

TOR skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Mitch Marner R	L1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.25	1	2	0	23:10	—	—	40	64
Auston Matthews C	L1	0	1	1	0	2	0.42	2	2	2	21:35	—	—	44	59
Michael Bunting L	L1	0	1	1	+1	4	0.47	0	0	0	18:46	—	—	41	61
William Nylander R	L2	0	0	0	+1	4	0.34	0	1	0	18:49	—	—	63	94
John Tavares C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.19	2	1	0	17:30	—	—	60	92
Alexander Kerfoot C	L2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.04	0	2	0	16:18	—	—	55	91
David Kampf C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.07	2	0	0	14:24	—	—	33	46
Ilya Mikheyev R	L3	1	0	1	+1	3	0.49	0	1	4	14:00	—	—	63	79
Pierre Engvall L	L3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.29	2	0	2	12:42	—	—	46	64
Colin Blackwell C	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.04	4	0	0	8:21	—	—	59	49
Jason Spezza C	L4	0	0	0	0	4	0.44	2	0	0	7:22	—	—	64	65
Wayne Simmonds R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	5:53	—	—	53	64
TJ Brodie D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	0	2	0	22:43	—	—	58	69
Justin Holl D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.05	2	0	0	20:20	—	—	53	72
Morgan Rielly D	D2	0	0	0	+2	0	0.00	1	2	0	21:52	—	—	47	54
Ilya Lyubushkin D	D2	0	0	0	+2	0	0.04	4	1	0	16:48	—	—	48	51
Mark Giordano D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	2	0	18:35	—	—	47	82
Timothy Liljegren D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	2	0	14:27	—	—	44	79

TOR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Petr Mrazek(start)	W	22	20	2	.909	1.98	60:00

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.