New Jersey Devils vs. Pittsburgh PenguinsFeb 24, 2022

FinalThursday, Feb 24, 2022· PPG Paints Arena

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: NJD —PIT —
PP goals: NJD —PIT —
Hits: NJD 21PIT 23
Blocks: NJD 13PIT 12
PIM: NJD 10PIT 12
: NJD 47%PIT 53%

Fantasy takeaways

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

New Jersey Devils rout Pittsburgh Penguins 6–1

New Jersey Devils beat Pittsburgh Penguins 6–1 at PIT. Jesper Bratt (NJD) led the scoring with 2G 1A. PIT's first power-play unit (Malkin, Crosby, Letang, Rust and Guentzel) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 4:37 together.

Points
Jesper Bratt had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 4 shots in 16:41.Bratt
Points
Nico Hischier had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 17:19.Hischier
Points
Jack Hughes had 3 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 16:43.Hughes
PP1
PIT's first power-play unit (Malkin, Crosby, Letang, Rust and Guentzel) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 4:37 together.Malkin Crosby Letang Rust Guentzel
New line
New look for NJD: Tatar–Johnsson–Boqvist skated 9:42 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (40.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Tatar Johnsson Boqvist
New line
New look for NJD: Zacha–Bratt–Hischier skated 9:23 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (75% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Zacha Bratt Hischier
Goalie
Nico Daws (NJD) faced 38 shots and stopped 37 (.974), +13 against a season average of 24.7; the win.Daws
New line
New look for NJD: Vesey–Bastian–McLeod skated 8:00 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Vesey Bastian McLeod

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 36% of the game, PIT 34%.

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
Stat	NJD	PIT
	49	65
	2.59	3.13
	2.58	2.93
	12	8
	0	5
	10	17
	+0.015	−0.015
	36%	34%

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

L1Tatar – Johnsson – Boqvist
9:4241% CF
L2Zacha – Bratt – Hischier
9:2375% CF
L3Vesey – Bastian – McLeod
8:0050% CF
L4Sharangovich – Hughes – Mercer
7:5231% CF
D1Subban – Smith
12:5843% CF
D2Severson – Graves
11:3555% CF
D3Hamilton – Siegenthaler
11:1056% CF

PP1Tatar – Severson – Zacha – Sharangovich – Mercer
1:29
PP2Severson – Bratt – Bastian – Hischier – Hughes
1:13100% CF
PK1FVesey – McLeod
3:46
PK2FHischier – Sharangovich
1:02
PK1DSeverson – Siegenthaler
3:22

Current NJD line combinations →

Pittsburgh Penguins

L1Crosby – Rust – Guentzel
12:4459% CF
L2Boyle – Simon – Aston-Reese
8:0830% CF
L3Carter – McGinn – Rodrigues
6:4065% CF
L4Malkin – Kapanen – Heinen
5:4075% CF
D1Letang – Dumoulin
13:1356% CF
D2Matheson – Ruhwedel
12:0060% CF
D3Pettersson – Marino
7:4963% CF

PP1Malkin – Crosby – Letang – Rust – Guentzel
4:37100% CF
PP2Carter – Kapanen – Heinen – Marino – Rodrigues
1:06100% CF
PK1FBoyle – Aston-Reese
1:18
PK2FMcGinn – Rodrigues
1:05
PK1DDumoulin – Marino
1:10
PK2DLetang – Ruhwedel
0:22

Current PIT line combinations →

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
Andreas Johnsson L	L1	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	13:49	—	—	31
Tomas Tatar L	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	12:31	—	—	44
Jesper Boqvist C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	11:35	—	—	46
Nico Hischier C	L2	1	2	3	+2	3	1	1	0	17:19	—	—	68
Jesper Bratt L	L2	2	1	3	+2	4	0	1	0	16:41	—	—	63
Pavel Zacha C	L2	0	1	1	+2	2	1	0	0	13:59	—	—	68
Michael McLeod C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	16:28	—	—	36
Jimmy Vesey L	L3	0	0	0	+1	2	1	0	0	14:40	—	—	56
Nathan Bastian R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	2	12:46	—	—	44
Jack Hughes C	L4	0	3	3	+2	2	0	0	0	16:43	—	—	25
Dawson Mercer C	L4	1	0	1	+2	1	0	1	0	14:33	—	—	31
Yegor Sharangovich C	L4	1	0	1	+1	2	1	0	0	14:06	—	—	20
P.K. Subban D	D1	0	1	1	+1	1	0	2	0	16:41	—	—	29
Ty Smith D	D1	0	0	0	+2	1	3	0	0	16:30	—	—	39
Damon Severson D	D2	1	0	1	0	2	1	0	2	22:10	—	—	50
Ryan Graves D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	4	0	0	18:11	—	—	57
Jonas Siegenthaler D	D3	0	0	0	+2	2	0	4	0	21:55	—	—	49
Dougie Hamilton D	D3	0	0	0	+2	5	4	1	0	19:12	—	—	42

NJD goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA		TOI
Nico Daws(start)	W	38	37	1	.974	60:00

Pittsburgh Penguins

PIT skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-		Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jake Guentzel C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	20:35	—	—	58
Sidney Crosby C	L1	0	1	1	0	3	2	1	2	19:18	—	—	57
Bryan Rust R	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	18:29	—	—	55
Brian Boyle C	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0	11:25	—	—	47
Zachary Aston-Reese L	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0	10:57	—	—	30
Dominik Simon C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	1	0	0	9:23	—	—	43
Jeff Carter C	L3	0	0	0	-2	2	0	1	4	16:36	—	—	59
Evan Rodrigues C	L3	0	0	0	-2	6	0	1	0	14:38	—	—	58
Brock McGinn L	L3	0	0	0	-2	1	1	0	2	14:18	—	—	57
Evgeni Malkin C	L4	1	0	1	-1	1	1	0	2	16:53	—	—	64
Kasperi Kapanen R	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	2	0	0	12:35	—	—	64
Danton Heinen L	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0	1	0	11:30	—	—	65
Kris Letang D	D1	0	0	0	-1	4	3	2	0	25:47	—	—	51
Brian Dumoulin D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	20:21	—	—	55
Chad Ruhwedel D	D2	0	0	0	0	4	2	3	2	20:17	—	—	48
Mike Matheson D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	19:04	—	—	67
John Marino D	D3	0	0	0	-4	4	2	1	0	19:20	—	—	58
Marcus Pettersson D	D3	0	0	0	-3	4	1	0	0	8:54	—	—	64

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA		TOI
Tristan Jarry(start)	L	19	14	5	.737	33:26
Casey DeSmith	—	17	16	1	.941	26:23

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.