New Jersey Devils vs. Pittsburgh PenguinsApr 22, 2021

FinalThursday, Apr 22, 2021· PPG Paints Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NJD	1	0	0	1		NJD	9	11	11	31
PIT	2	3	0	5		PIT	12	7	4	23

: NJD 53PIT 47
: NJD 3.53PIT 2.10
PP goals: NJD 0PIT 0
Hits: NJD 29PIT 25
Blocks: NJD 10PIT 10
PIM: NJD 2PIT 8
: NJD 47%PIT 53%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Pittsburgh Penguins rout New Jersey Devils 5–1

Pittsburgh Penguins beat New Jersey Devils 5–1 at home. Sidney Crosby (PIT) led the scoring with 1G 1A. PIT scored 5 goals on 2.10 expected goals (47 attempts), finishing well above its chances.

Points
Bryan Rust had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 16:08.Rust
Points
Kasperi Kapanen had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 13:11.Kapanen
Points
Sidney Crosby had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 17:16.Crosby
Points
Teddy Blueger had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 15:44.Blueger
Points
Kris Letang had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 20:50.Letang
Luck
PIT scored 5 goals on 2.10 expected goals (47 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
Luck
NJD scored 1 goal on 3.53 expected goals (53 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for PIT: Blueger–Kapanen–Aston-Reese skated 6:42 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (62.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Blueger Kapanen Aston-Reese

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 100 of 100 attempts · PIT 47 · NJD 53

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 47% of the game, PIT 22%.

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
	54	50
	3.34	2.12
	3.06	2.06
	12	8
	8	5
	12	11
	−0.019	+0.019
	47%	22%

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

L1Wood – Bastian – McLeod
10:1057% CF
L2Kuokkanen – Sharangovich – Hughes
6:4257% CF
L3Johnsson – Merkley – Boqvist
3:0440% CF
L4Zacha – Bratt – Hischier
2:0550% CF
D1Murray – Severson
11:0267% CF
D2Carrick – Siegenthaler
6:5133% CF
D3Tennyson – Butcher
5:2075% CF

PP1Butcher – Zacha – Bratt – Hischier – Hughes
4:59100% CF
PP2Severson – Johnsson – Wood – Merkley – Sharangovich
1:22
PK1FZacha – Bastian
1:18
PK2FHischier – Sharangovich
0:42
PK1DSeverson – Siegenthaler
1:18
PK2DTennyson – Murray
0:42

Current NJD line combinations →

Pittsburgh Penguins

L1Crosby – Rust – Guentzel
13:3663% CF
L2Carter – Zucker – McCann
11:5436% CF
L3Blueger – Kapanen – Aston-Reese
6:4263% CF
L4Sceviour – Jankowski – Rodrigues
3:160% CF
D1Letang – Dumoulin
14:2850% CF
D2Matheson – Ceci
12:5947% CF
D3Pettersson – Marino
12:5235% CF

PP1Carter – Zucker – Matheson – Marino – Rodrigues
1:02100% CF
PP2Crosby – Letang – Rust – Guentzel – McCann
0:56100% CF
PK1FCarter – Aston-Reese
2:10
PK2FSceviour – Blueger
1:33
PK1DDumoulin – Ceci
5:08
PK2DLetang – Marino
2:43

Current PIT line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

0:41
PITSidney Crosby (Bryan Rust, Kris Letang)wrist0.05 xG
NJD: Murray, Severson, Zacha, Bastian, HischierPIT: Crosby, Letang, Dumoulin, Rust, Guentzel
NJD 0 – 1 PIT
12:34
NJDMatt Tennyson (Ryan Murray, Jesper Boqvist)slap0.02 xG
NJD: Tennyson, Murray, Johnsson, Bratt, BoqvistPIT: Crosby, Letang, Dumoulin, Rust, Guentzel
NJD 1 – 1 PIT
17:46
PITCody Ceci (Brian Dumoulin, Kasperi Kapanen)snap0.02 xG
NJD: Tennyson, Siegenthaler, Zacha, Kuokkanen, HischierPIT: Dumoulin, Ceci, Blueger, Kapanen, Aston-Reese
NJD 1 – 2 PIT

2nd period

12:03
PITBryan Rust (Jake Guentzel, Sidney Crosby)wrist0.03 xG
NJD: Tennyson, Severson, Kuokkanen, Sharangovich, HughesPIT: Crosby, Letang, Dumoulin, Rust, Guentzel
NJD 1 – 3 PIT
12:28
PITKasperi Kapanen (Teddy Blueger, Zachary Aston-Reese)wrist0.06 xG
NJD: Carrick, Siegenthaler, Zacha, Bratt, HischierPIT: Letang, Dumoulin, Blueger, Kapanen, Aston-Reese
NJD 1 – 4 PIT
15:59
PITTeddy BluegerSH (Kris Letang, John Marino)snap0.10 xG
NJD: Severson, Johnsson, Wood, Boqvist, SharangovichPIT: Letang, Sceviour, Blueger, Marino
NJD 1 – 5 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
Nathan Bastian R	L1	0	0	0	-1	4	0.70	8	1	0	18:23	—	—	47	60
Michael McLeod C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.31	4	0	2	17:59	—	—	50	72
Miles Wood L	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.09	1	1	0	17:53	—	—	46	63
Yegor Sharangovich C	L2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.11	1	0	0	17:21	—	—	53	69
Jack Hughes C	L2	0	0	0	-1	4	0.44	0	0	0	16:38	—	—	58	72
Janne Kuokkanen C	L2	0	0	0	-2	3	0.51	0	1	0	12:26	—	—	53	71
Andreas Johnsson L	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.40	3	0	0	15:13	—	—	70	83
Nick Merkley R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.14	1	0	0	10:57	—	—	50	54
Jesper Boqvist C	L3	0	1	1	0	2	0.18	1	0	0	9:56	—	—	42	41
Nico Hischier C	L4	0	0	0	-3	3	0.27	0	0	0	18:46	—	—	48	45
Jesper Bratt L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	0	1	0	16:35	—	—	62	76
Pavel Zacha C	L4	0	0	0	-3	1	0.15	6	0	0	14:22	—	—	40	41
Damon Severson D	D1	0	0	0	-3	2	0.04	0	0	0	23:29	—	—	63	66
Ryan Murray D	D1	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	18:26	—	—	59	68
Jonas Siegenthaler D	D2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.04	1	0	0	19:19	—	—	41	45
Connor Carrick D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	2	0	15:36	—	—	30	46
Will Butcher D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	0	1	0	20:17	—	—	63	81
Matt Tennyson D	D3	1	0	1	-1	1	0.08	1	2	0	14:24	—	—	48	63

NJD goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Aaron Dell(start)	L	15	11	4	.733	1.43	32:28
Scott Wedgewood	—	8	7	1	.875	0.67	27:32

Pittsburgh Penguins

PIT skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Sidney Crosby C	L1	1	1	2	+1	4	0.38	2	1	2	17:16	—	—	55	42
Jake Guentzel C	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.22	1	0	0	17:06	—	—	56	43
Bryan Rust R	L1	1	1	2	+1	3	0.31	2	1	2	16:08	—	—	63	61
Jeff Carter C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	1	1	0	17:38	—	—	39	21
Jason Zucker L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	0	0	15:12	—	—	38	16
Jared McCann L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.07	2	1	0	14:52	—	—	38	16
Zachary Aston-Reese L	L3	0	1	1	+2	1	0.01	2	0	0	15:56	—	—	46	49
Teddy Blueger C	L3	1	1	2	+3	1	0.17	1	0	0	15:44	—	—	50	61
Kasperi Kapanen R	L3	1	1	2	+2	2	0.10	1	0	0	13:11	—	—	44	26
Colton Sceviour C	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.13	1	0	2	10:02	—	—	43	64
Mark Jankowski L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.07	1	0	0	9:52	—	—	44	64
Evan Rodrigues C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	0	0	0	9:37	—	—	0	0
Brian Dumoulin D	D1	0	1	1	+3	2	0.05	3	1	0	22:26	—	—	55	35
Kris Letang D	D1	0	2	2	+3	2	0.10	1	0	0	20:50	—	—	44	32
Cody Ceci D	D2	1	0	1	+1	1	0.04	0	2	0	20:57	—	—	52	43
Mike Matheson D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.07	0	1	0	20:06	—	—	58	48
John Marino D	D3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.04	0	1	0	17:58	—	—	32	37
Marcus Pettersson D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.14	3	1	2	17:09	—	—	42	48

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Tristan Jarry(start)	W	31	30	1	.968	3.53	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.