New Jersey Devils vs. Pittsburgh PenguinsFeb 27, 2018

FinalTuesday, Feb 27, 2018· PPG Paints Arena

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New Jersey DevilsNJD

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Pittsburgh PenguinsPIT

2

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NJD	1	1	1	3		NJD	13	16	9	38
PIT	1	1	0	2		PIT	17	7	14	38

: NJD 61PIT 68
: NJD 3.96PIT 3.42
PP goals: NJD 1PIT 0
Hits: NJD 32PIT 26
Blocks: NJD 20PIT 13
PIM: NJD 6PIT 4
: NJD 43%PIT 57%

Fantasy takeaways

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

New Jersey Devils edge Pittsburgh Penguins 3–2

New Jersey Devils beat Pittsburgh Penguins 3–2 at PIT. Taylor Hall (NJD) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for NJD: Zajac–Grabner–Noesen skated 12:52 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (53.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Taylor Hall had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 19:06.Hall
Points
Damon Severson had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 19:52.Severson
Points
Jake Guentzel had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 18:40.Guentzel
Points
Travis Zajac had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 19:35.Zajac
New line
New look for NJD: Zajac–Grabner–Noesen skated 12:52 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (53.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Zajac Grabner Noesen
New line
New look for PIT: Crosby–Rust–Guentzel skated 13:34 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (73.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Crosby Rust Guentzel
Goalie
Casey DeSmith (PIT) faced 38 shots and stopped 35 (.921), +13 against a season average of 25.4; the loss.DeSmith
Goalie
Keith Kinkaid (NJD) faced 38 shots and stopped 36 (.947), +8 against a season average of 29.6; the win.Kinkaid

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)PIT attacks right (top on phones) →

PIT
NJD
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 129 of 129 attempts · PIT 68 · NJD 61

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

PIT
NJD
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

PIT 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 29% of the game, PIT 28%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

PIT

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	PIT
	64	66
	3.95	3.54
	3.83	3.50
	18	13
	8	4
	16	14
	−0.041	+0.041
	29%	28%

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

L1Zajac – Grabner – Noesen
12:5254% CF
L2Palmieri – Hall – Hischier
12:3331% CF
L3Wood – Zacha – Bratt
7:1561% CF
L4Boyle – Stafford – Coleman
5:4136% CF
D1Greene – Vatanen
18:5043% CF
D2Moore – Severson
16:1042% CF
D3Lovejoy – Butcher
11:1172% CF

PP1Zajac – Palmieri – Vatanen – Hall – Wood
0:5350% CF
PP2Boyle – Zajac – Hall – Severson – Butcher
0:32100% CF
PK1FZajac – Coleman
2:23
PK2FGrabner – Zacha
1:03
PK1DGreene – Vatanen
1:10
PK2DMoore – Severson
0:43

Current NJD line combinations →

Pittsburgh Penguins

L1Crosby – Rust – Guentzel
13:3473% CF
L2Malkin – Hornqvist – Hagelin
12:2335% CF
L3Brassard – Kessel – Sheary
9:3357% CF
L4Sheahan – Kuhnhackl – Rowney
3:2420% CF
D1Letang – Dumoulin
19:0158% CF
D2Schultz – Maatta
14:0748% CF
D3Hunwick – Oleksiak
11:2442% CF

PP1Malkin – Crosby – Hornqvist – Kessel – Schultz
2:4033% CF
PP2Letang – Brassard – Maatta – Guentzel – Sheary
1:08
PK1FHagelin – Sheahan
0:58
PK2FRust – Rowney
0:21
PK1DHunwick – Oleksiak
0:56
PK2DDumoulin – Maatta
0:23

Current PIT line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

8:17
PITSidney Crosby (Brian Dumoulin, Jake Guentzel)wrist0.17 xG
NJD: Boyle, Stafford, Greene, Vatanen, ColemanPIT: Crosby, Letang, Dumoulin, Rust, Guentzel
NJD 0 – 1 PIT
12:19
NJDKyle Palmieri (Damon Severson, Taylor Hall)wrist0.03 xG
NJD: Palmieri, Moore, Hall, Severson, HischierPIT: Hunwick, Crosby, Hagelin, Rust, Oleksiak
NJD 1 – 1 PIT

2nd period

4:25
NJDTaylor HallPP (Damon Severson, Travis Zajac)snap0.04 xG
NJD: Boyle, Zajac, Hall, Severson, ButcherPIT: Hunwick, Hagelin, Sheahan, Oleksiak
NJD 2 – 1 PIT
17:02
PITMatt Hunwick (Jake Guentzel)tip-in0.02 xG
NJD: Greene, Vatanen, Wood, Zacha, BrattPIT: Hunwick, Crosby, Rust, Oleksiak, Guentzel
NJD 2 – 2 PIT

3rd period

5:01
NJDStefan Noesen (Andy Greene, Travis Zajac)tip-in0.42 xG
NJD: Zajac, Greene, Grabner, Vatanen, NoesenPIT: Malkin, Hornqvist, Hagelin, Schultz, Maatta
NJD 3 – 2 PIT

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
Travis Zajac C	L1	0	2	2	+1	2	0.13	1	1	0	19:35	—	—	52	46
Michael Grabner L	L1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.21	2	0	0	17:32	—	—	54	48
Stefan Noesen R	L1	1	0	1	+1	4	0.51	3	0	0	15:32	—	—	55	48
Taylor Hall L	L2	1	1	2	+1	3	0.08	2	1	0	19:06	—	—	47	55
Kyle Palmieri C	L2	1	0	1	+1	5	0.92	1	1	0	18:38	—	—	34	50
Nico Hischier C	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.10	4	1	0	15:34	—	—	42	61
Pavel Zacha C	L3	0	0	0	-1	5	0.44	2	0	0	16:35	—	—	53	51
Miles Wood L	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	1	0	2	12:23	—	—	56	67
Jesper Bratt L	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.17	0	1	0	9:16	—	—	68	70
Blake Coleman L	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.63	2	4	0	13:50	—	—	32	32
Brian Boyle C	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.19	2	0	2	8:52	—	—	47	54
Drew Stafford R	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	1	0	7:52	—	—	52	60
Sami Vatanen D	D1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.03	2	2	0	27:14	—	—	40	44
Andy Greene D	D1	0	1	1	-1	0	0.10	1	4	0	24:48	—	—	44	46
Damon Severson D	D2	0	2	2	+1	1	0.10	3	0	0	19:52	—	—	46	70
John Moore D	D2	0	0	0	+1	3	0.13	3	1	0	19:01	—	—	39	56
Ben Lovejoy D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	2	1	2	15:09	—	—	70	54
Will Butcher D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.14	0	2	0	13:11	—	—	63	60

NJD goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Keith Kinkaid(start)	W	38	36	2	.947	3.42	60:00

Pittsburgh Penguins

PIT skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Sidney Crosby C	L1	1	0	1	+1	7	0.47	2	0	0	21:09	—	—	71	66
Jake Guentzel C	L1	0	2	2	+2	3	0.23	3	0	0	18:40	—	—	68	47
Bryan Rust R	L1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.10	2	0	0	16:53	—	—	74	69
Evgeni Malkin C	L2	0	0	0	-1	5	1.03	0	0	0	20:51	—	—	46	57
Patric Hornqvist R	L2	0	0	0	-1	4	0.79	1	2	0	19:01	—	—	38	36
Carl Hagelin L	L2	0	0	0	-2	2	0.06	3	2	0	14:12	—	—	38	42
Phil Kessel R	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.13	0	1	0	22:45	—	—	45	60
Derick Brassard C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.02	4	0	0	16:58	—	—	35	10
Conor Sheary L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	13:01	—	—	57	45
Riley Sheahan C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.14	1	1	0	9:47	—	—	36	30
Tom Kuhnhackl R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	1	0	4:31	—	—	44	7
Carter Rowney C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	4:01	—	—	33	16
Kris Letang D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.03	0	0	4	25:07	—	—	56	41
Brian Dumoulin D	D1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.05	0	1	0	20:59	—	—	59	56
Justin Schultz D	D2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.17	0	2	0	20:44	—	—	49	53
Olli Maatta D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.05	0	2	0	18:27	—	—	51	46
Jamie Oleksiak D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.11	5	1	0	16:04	—	—	49	44
Matt Hunwick D	D3	1	0	1	0	3	0.04	1	0	0	15:10	—	—	40	42

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Casey DeSmith(start)	L	38	35	3	.921	3.48	58:15

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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.