New Jersey Devils vs. Pittsburgh PenguinsApr 20, 2021

FinalTuesday, Apr 20, 2021· PPG Paints Arena

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New Jersey DevilsNJD

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Pittsburgh PenguinsPIT

7

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NJD	0	0	6	6		NJD	5	14	11	30
PIT	4	2	1	7		PIT	13	8	11	32

: NJD 55PIT 47
: NJD 3.22PIT 2.64
PP goals: NJD 1PIT 1
Hits: NJD 21PIT 23
Blocks: NJD 9PIT 18
PIM: NJD 4PIT 8
: NJD 45%PIT 55%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Pittsburgh Penguins edge New Jersey Devils 7–6

Pittsburgh Penguins beat New Jersey Devils 7–6 at home. Will Butcher (NJD) led the scoring with 0G 3A. PIT won it by committee.

Points
Will Butcher had 3 assists (3 points) on 4 shots in 20:21.Butcher
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Bryan Rust had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 20:28.Rust
Points
Evan Rodrigues had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 14:45.Rodrigues
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Sidney Crosby had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 21:44.Crosby
Points
Yegor Sharangovich had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 20:13.Sharangovich
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Jake Guentzel had 2 assists (2 points) in 21:17.Guentzel
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Jared McCann had 2 assists (2 points) in 13:04.McCann
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Miles Wood had 2 assists (2 points) in 17:32.Wood

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 102 of 102 attempts · PIT 47 · NJD 55

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 44% of the game, PIT 32%.

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
	40	49
	2.82	2.67
	2.73	2.60
	10	6
	6	2
	11	14
	−0.038	+0.038
	44%	32%

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

L1Kuokkanen – Sharangovich – Hughes
11:5750% CF
L2Merkley – Boqvist – Foote
6:1343% CF
L3Wood – Bastian – McLeod
5:2056% CF
L4Johnsson – Hischier – Studenic
5:1238% CF
D1Carrick – Butcher
11:2750% CF
D2Murray – Severson
10:0019% CF
D3Tennyson – Siegenthaler
8:3750% CF

PP1Butcher – Wood – Hischier – Sharangovich – Hughes
4:37100% CF
PP2Severson – Carrick – Johnsson – Bastian – Kuokkanen
1:31100% CF
PK1FHischier – Sharangovich
0:55
PK2FBastian – McLeod
0:34
PK1DMurray – Severson
1:29
PK2DTennyson – Butcher
0:26

Current NJD line combinations →

Pittsburgh Penguins

L1Crosby – Rust – Guentzel
16:5057% CF
L2Blueger – Rodrigues – Aston-Reese
11:4753% CF
L3Carter – Zucker – McCann
11:0456% CF
L4Sceviour – Jankowski – Lafferty
5:2825% CF
D1Letang – Dumoulin
16:2862% CF
D2Pettersson – Marino
12:4670% CF
D3Matheson – Ceci
12:3127% CF

PP1Crosby – Letang – Rust – Guentzel – McCann
2:1650% CF
PP2Carter – Zucker – Matheson – Ceci – Rodrigues
1:39100% CF
PK1FBlueger – Aston-Reese
2:12
PK2FCarter – Sceviour
1:15
PK1DDumoulin – Ceci
2:55
PK2DLetang – Marino
1:19

Current PIT line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

3:49
PITMike Matheson (Cody Ceci, Jared McCann)slap0.05 xG
NJD: Murray, Severson, Wood, Merkley, BoqvistPIT: Carter, Zucker, Matheson, Ceci, McCann
NJD 0 – 1 PIT
8:04
PITBryan Rust (Sidney Crosby, Jake Guentzel)wrist0.14 xG
NJD: Murray, Severson, Kuokkanen, Sharangovich, HughesPIT: Crosby, Letang, Rust, Matheson, Guentzel
NJD 0 – 2 PIT
8:49
PITBrian Dumoulin (Tristan Jarry)backhand0.00 xG
NJD: Carrick, Butcher, Wood, Bastian, McLeodPIT: Letang, Dumoulin, Blueger, Rodrigues, Aston-Reese
NJD 0 – 3 PIT
17:56
PITJeff Carter (Jared McCann, Kris Letang)slap0.15 xG
NJD: Tennyson, Siegenthaler, Merkley, Boqvist, FootePIT: Carter, Letang, Dumoulin, Zucker, McCann
NJD 0 – 4 PIT

2nd period

1:12
PITTeddy Blueger (Evan Rodrigues, Zachary Aston-Reese)wrist0.15 xG
NJD: Tennyson, Murray, Johnsson, Hischier, StudenicPIT: Matheson, Ceci, Blueger, Rodrigues, Aston-Reese
NJD 0 – 5 PIT
15:18
PITEvan RodriguesPP (Jason Zucker, John Marino)wrist0.11 xG
NJD: Tennyson, Johnsson, Butcher, StudenicPIT: Carter, Zucker, Matheson, Marino, Rodrigues
NJD 0 – 6 PIT

3rd period

0:41
NJDNico HischierPP (Nick Merkley, Will Butcher)snap0.18 xG
NJD: Butcher, Wood, Merkley, Hischier, HughesPIT: Sceviour, Dumoulin, Blueger
NJD 1 – 6 PIT
5:14
NJDYegor SharangovichSHwrist0.12 xG
NJD: Severson, Siegenthaler, McLeod, SharangovichPIT: Crosby, Letang, Rust, Guentzel, McCann
NJD 2 – 6 PIT
8:48
NJDNathan Bastian (Will Butcher, Miles Wood)tip-in0.08 xG
NJD: Carrick, Butcher, Wood, Bastian, HischierPIT: Matheson, Ceci, Blueger, Rodrigues, Aston-Reese
NJD 3 – 6 PIT
11:15
PITSidney Crosby (Jake Guentzel, Bryan Rust)snap0.16 xG
NJD: Carrick, Johnsson, Butcher, McLeod, StudenicPIT: Crosby, Letang, Dumoulin, Rust, Guentzel
NJD 3 – 7 PIT
12:52
NJDJack Hughes (Yegor Sharangovich, Janne Kuokkanen)snap0.12 xG
NJD: Tennyson, Siegenthaler, Kuokkanen, Sharangovich, HughesPIT: Carter, Letang, Dumoulin, Zucker, McCann
NJD 4 – 7 PIT
13:56
NJDNolan Foote (Nick Merkley, Damon Severson)wrist0.11 xG
NJD: Murray, Severson, Merkley, Foote, HughesPIT: Letang, Dumoulin, Blueger, Rodrigues, Aston-Reese
NJD 5 – 7 PIT
19:19
NJDAndreas Johnsson (Miles Wood, Will Butcher)wrist0.05 xG
NJD: Severson, Johnsson, Butcher, Wood, Sharangovich, HughesPIT: Crosby, Rust, Matheson, Ceci, Guentzel
NJD 6 – 7 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
Jack Hughes C	L1	1	0	1	+2	4	0.52	1	0	0	20:18	—	—	50	60
Yegor Sharangovich C	L1	1	1	2	+2	4	0.47	1	0	0	20:13	—	—	53	60
Janne Kuokkanen C	L1	0	1	1	0	1	0.11	0	0	0	16:15	—	—	39	49
Nolan Foote L	L2	1	0	1	0	2	0.13	1	0	0	11:07	—	—	38	17
Nick Merkley R	L2	0	2	2	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	8:53	—	—	46	31
Jesper Boqvist C	L2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	1	0	0	8:30	—	—	23	0
Miles Wood L	L3	0	2	2	0	0	0.22	2	0	0	17:32	—	—	56	75
Nathan Bastian R	L3	1	0	1	0	2	0.23	4	0	2	16:56	—	—	47	63
Michael McLeod C	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.28	2	0	0	13:06	—	—	57	76
Nico Hischier C	L4	1	0	1	0	4	0.37	0	0	0	21:02	—	—	44	45
Andreas Johnsson L	L4	1	0	1	-1	3	0.48	1	0	0	14:26	—	—	36	42
Marián Studenic R	L4	0	0	0	-2	2	0.20	0	0	0	13:58	—	—	41	56
Will Butcher D	D1	0	3	3	0	4	0.14	0	1	0	20:21	—	—	52	59
Connor Carrick D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.03	2	4	0	16:43	—	—	46	59
Damon Severson D	D2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	1	1	0	23:30	—	—	29	25
Ryan Murray D	D2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	1	3	0	20:27	—	—	30	31
Jonas Siegenthaler D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.04	3	0	2	19:14	—	—	62	71
Matt Tennyson D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	1	0	0	14:42	—	—	56	64

NJD goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Aaron Dell	L	19	16	3	.842	1.87	38:52
Scott Wedgewood(start)	—	13	9	4	.692	0.77	20:00

Pittsburgh Penguins

PIT skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Sidney Crosby C	L1	1	1	2	0	4	0.39	1	0	2	21:44	—	—	58	53
Jake Guentzel C	L1	0	2	2	0	0	0.06	1	1	0	21:17	—	—	60	53
Bryan Rust R	L1	1	1	2	0	3	0.38	1	0	0	20:28	—	—	57	53
Teddy Blueger C	L2	1	0	1	0	1	0.15	0	1	0	16:04	—	—	57	62
Zachary Aston-Reese L	L2	0	1	1	0	4	0.43	0	1	0	14:58	—	—	55	62
Evan Rodrigues C	L2	1	1	2	0	2	0.12	1	1	0	14:45	—	—	57	59
Jeff Carter C	L3	1	0	1	+1	3	0.29	0	3	0	15:21	—	—	56	45
Jason Zucker L	L3	0	1	1	+1	3	0.22	0	0	0	14:54	—	—	56	45
Jared McCann L	L3	0	2	2	0	0	0.20	0	0	0	13:04	—	—	56	45
Colton Sceviour C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	2	3	0	8:56	—	—	25	5
Mark Jankowski L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	7:37	—	—	25	5
Sam Lafferty C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	5	0	0	6:02	—	—	25	5
Kris Letang D	D1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.07	4	2	2	23:31	—	—	61	52
Brian Dumoulin D	D1	1	0	1	+1	3	0.11	3	1	2	22:06	—	—	55	44
John Marino D	D2	0	1	1	0	4	0.10	1	2	0	17:14	—	—	70	55
Marcus Pettersson D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	2	0	0	16:09	—	—	67	47
Cody Ceci D	D3	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	2	2	0	20:42	—	—	29	48
Mike Matheson D	D3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.08	0	0	0	18:17	—	—	44	53

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Tristan Jarry(start)	W	30	24	6	.800	3.22	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.