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New Jersey Devils vs. Pittsburgh PenguinsMar 21, 2021

Final / OT· PPG Paints Arena
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NJD
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Goals123OTTShots123OTT
NJD01012NJD12147235
PIT10001PIT101311236
NJD 56PIT 53
NJD 2.97PIT 3.07
PP goals
NJD 0PIT 0
Hits
NJD 24PIT 26
Blocks
NJD 9PIT 12
PIM
NJD 4PIT 4
NJD 52%PIT 48%

Fantasy takeaways

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

New Jersey Devils edge Pittsburgh Penguins 2–1 (OT)

New Jersey Devils beat Pittsburgh Penguins 2–1 in overtime at PIT. Jesper Bratt (NJD) led the scoring with 1G 0A. Mackenzie Blackwood (NJD) faced 36 shots and stopped 35 (.972), +5 against a season average of 30.9; the win.

  1. Goalie
    Mackenzie Blackwood (NJD) faced 36 shots and stopped 35 (.972), +5 against a season average of 30.9; the win.Blackwood
  2. New line
    New look for NJD: Johnsson–Wood–McLeod skated 7:44 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (70% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.JohnssonWoodMcLeod
  3. New line
    New look for NJD: Zacha–Merkley–Maltsev skated 11:12 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (40.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.ZachaMerkleyMaltsev
  4. Luck
    PIT scored 1 goal on 3.07 expected goals (53 attempts), well short of its chances.
  5. Goalie
    Tristan Jarry (PIT) faced 35 shots and stopped 33 (.943), +7 against a season average of 28.2; the overtime loss.Jarry
  6. Usage
    Andreas Johnsson (NJD) played 9:28, −4:34 down on his 14:02 season average over 49 games.Johnsson
  7. Usage
    Mark Jankowski (PIT) played 14:32, +3:55 up on his 10:37 season average over 44 games.Jankowski
  8. Usage
    Michael McLeod (NJD) played 9:56, −3:57 down on his 13:53 season average over 51 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.

Shot map, NJD at PIT: 109 attempts, 71 on goal, 3 goals, 6.03 expected goals; best chance Sidney Crosby at 0.23 xG.

Strength
Period
Team
← NJD attacks left (bottom on phones)PIT attacks right (top on phones) →
  • PIT
  • NJD
  • Goal
  • Shot on goal
  • Missed
  • Blocked

Showing 109 of 109 attempts · PIT 53 · NJD 56

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

Game flow, NJD at PIT: expected goals 3.07 to 2.97 (PIT led the chances), shot attempts 53 to 56, 3 goals.

0.01.02.03.04.01st2nd3rdOTPITNJDCVBnet xGcumulative expected goals · 62:50
  • PIT
  • NJD
  • Goal
  • Power play (shaded)
Pressure Index
PITNJDcontrol2nd3rdOTCrosby · 1st 3:37Vatanen · 2nd 4:48Bratt · OT 2:50
  • 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 28% 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

Shift chart, NJD at PIT: 38 players over 62:50; most ice Tristan Jarry (62:48) for PIT and Mackenzie Blackwood (62:50) for NJD, 3 goals.

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
StatNJDPIT
5653
2.642.35
2.472.27
118
25
1810
+0.017−0.017
28%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.

New Jersey Devils

Current NJD line combinations →

Pittsburgh Penguins

Current PIT line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

  1. 3:37
    PITSidney Crosby (Jake Guentzel, Bryan Rust)wrist0.04 xG
    NJD: Subban, Kulikov, Zacha, Merkley, MaltsevPIT: Crosby, Letang, Dumoulin, Rust, Guentzel
    NJD 0 – 1 PIT

2nd period

  1. 4:48
    NJDSami Vatanen (Janne Kuokkanen, Travis Zajac)slap0.08 xG
    NJD: Zajac, Vatanen, Murray, Kuokkanen, SharangovichPIT: Crosby, Rust, Matheson, Guentzel, Marino
    NJD 1 – 1 PIT

OT period

  1. 2:50
    NJDJesper Bratt (Pavel Zacha, Ty Smith)wrap-around0.04 xG
    NJD: Zacha, Bratt, SmithPIT: Crosby, Matheson, Kapanen
    NJD 2 – 1 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
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Jack Hughes CL1000020.2100018:17——6449
Kyle Palmieri CL1000050.3610017:18——5647
Jesper Bratt LL1101+150.4230016:48——6044
Yegor Sharangovich CL2000+150.4701019:04——5062
Travis Zajac CL2011+110.0100019:01——5466
Janne Kuokkanen CL2011+110.1300015:23——5563
Pavel Zacha CL3011040.4901017:18——3832
Nick Merkley RL3000-100.0020014:22——4131
Mikhail Maltsev LL3000-120.1120013:40——4133
Miles Wood LL4000010.1331011:55——6491
Michael McLeod CL4000000.003009:56——7094
Andreas Johnsson LL4000020.301009:28——6787
P.K. Subban DD1000-110.0020222:39——5647
Dmitry Kulikov DD1000-100.0020220:47——5644
Damon Severson DD2000020.0532024:49——4650
Ty Smith DD2011+120.2001021:37——5551
Sami Vatanen DD3101+120.1023016:23——5262
Ryan Murray DD3000+100.0000015:45——4758
NJD goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Mackenzie Blackwood(start)W36351.9723.0762:50

Pittsburgh Penguins

PIT skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Sidney Crosby CL1101-140.5421021:03——3638
Bryan Rust RL1011020.1400019:31——3337
Jake Guentzel CL1011000.0000018:51——3236
Mark Jankowski LL2000000.1411014:32——5355
Zachary Aston-Reese LL2000010.0330214:00——5659
Sam Lafferty CL2000010.0120013:46——4437
Evan Rodrigues CL3000010.0620015:40——6169
Kasperi Kapanen RL3000-140.5120015:23——6574
Jared McCann LL3000050.4100015:23——5758
Colton Sceviour CL4000010.0110012:12——6046
Frederick Gaudreau CL4000000.2210011:49——6752
Anthony Angello CL4000020.2320011:06——6346
Kris Letang DD1000+160.2712025:10——4645
Brian Dumoulin DD1000+100.0024024:28——4238
Mike Matheson DD2000-230.2412220:08——3345
Cody Ceci DD2000010.0232018:49——4258
John Marino DD3000-120.1810018:59——6148
Marcus Pettersson DD3000030.0620013:42——7169
PIT goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Tristan Jarry(start)O35332.9432.9762:48