New Jersey Devils vs. Pittsburgh PenguinsJan 28, 2019

FinalMonday, Jan 28, 2019· PPG Paints Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NJD	2	2	2	6		NJD	12	13	7	32
PIT	0	1	2	3		PIT	10	12	18	40

: NJD 49PIT 76
: NJD 2.27PIT 3.91
PP goals: NJD 2PIT 0
Hits: NJD 38PIT 37
Blocks: NJD 22PIT 9
PIM: NJD 8PIT 19
: NJD 55%PIT 45%

Fantasy takeaways

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

New Jersey Devils beat Pittsburgh Penguins 6–3

New Jersey Devils beat Pittsburgh Penguins 6–3 at PIT. Travis Zajac (NJD) led the scoring with 1G 3A. NJD's first power-play unit (Boyle, Zajac, Johansson, Palmieri and Severson) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 4:08 together.

Points
Travis Zajac had a goal and 3 assists (4 points) on 1 shot in 19:34.Zajac
Points
Blake Coleman had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 17:12.Coleman
Points
Pavel Zacha had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 15:16.Zacha
PP1
NJD's first power-play unit (Boyle, Zajac, Johansson, Palmieri and Severson) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 4:08 together.Boyle Zajac Johansson Palmieri Severson
Luck
NJD scored 6 goals on 2.27 expected goals (49 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
Goalie
Keith Kinkaid (NJD) faced 40 shots and stopped 37 (.925), +11 against a season average of 29.0; the win.Kinkaid
New line
New look for PIT: Malkin–Kessel–Rust skated 8:33 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (63.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Malkin Kessel Rust
New line
New look for PIT: Hornqvist–Brassard–Pearson skated 7:22 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (58.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Hornqvist Brassard Pearson

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 125 of 125 attempts · PIT 76 · NJD 49

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 18% of the game, PIT 39%.

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
	42	67
	1.69	2.62
	1.67	2.52
	2	11
	6	5
	7	6
	+0.082	−0.082
	18%	39%

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.