New Jersey Devils vs. Pittsburgh PenguinsFeb 18, 2023

FinalSaturday, Feb 18, 2023· PPG Paints Arena

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New Jersey DevilsNJD

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Pittsburgh PenguinsPIT

2

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NJD	1	2	2	5		NJD	12	16	15	43
PIT	1	0	1	2		PIT	13	9	9	31

: NJD 64PIT 61
: NJD 4.73PIT 2.30
PP goals: NJD 1PIT 1
Hits: NJD 21PIT 29
Blocks: NJD 20PIT 10
PIM: NJD 10PIT 6
: NJD 48%PIT 52%

Fantasy takeaways

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

New Jersey Devils beat Pittsburgh Penguins 5–2

New Jersey Devils beat Pittsburgh Penguins 5–2 at PIT. Nico Hischier (NJD) led the scoring with 2G 2A. NJD's first power-play unit (Palat, Hamilton, Bratt, Hischier and Hughes) scored 1 power-play goal on 2 attempts in 2:18 together.

Points
Nico Hischier had two goals and 2 assists (4 points) on 5 shots in 18:41.Hischier
Points
Evgeni Malkin had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 17:05.Malkin
Points
Dawson Mercer had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 8 shots in 19:56.Mercer
Points
Jack Hughes had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 17:30.Hughes
Points
Yegor Sharangovich had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 15:23.Sharangovich
PP1
NJD's first power-play unit (Palat, Hamilton, Bratt, Hischier and Hughes) scored 1 power-play goal on 2 attempts in 2:18 together.Palat Hamilton Bratt Hischier Hughes
PP1
PIT's first power-play unit (Malkin, Crosby, Letang, Rakell and Guentzel) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 5:16 together.Malkin Crosby Letang Rakell Guentzel
New line
New look for NJD: Haula–Palat–Zetterlund skated 11:43 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (47.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Haula Palat Zetterlund

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 61 · NJD 64

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 41% of the game, PIT 24%.

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
	62	64
	3.07	1.82
	2.93	1.75
	16	8
	5	2
	23	16
	−0.037	+0.038
	41%	24%

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

L1Haula – Palat – Zetterlund
11:4348% CF
L2Tatar – Hischier – Mercer
11:0045% CF
L3Bratt – Sharangovich – Hughes
10:0573% CF
L4Wood – McLeod – Boqvist
3:0529% CF
D1Graves – Marino
17:4243% CF
D2Smith – Hamilton
12:2057% CF
D3Severson – Bahl
9:3665% CF

PP1Palat – Hamilton – Bratt – Hischier – Hughes
2:18100% CF
PP2Tatar – Haula – Severson – Wood – Mercer
0:5650% CF
PK1FHaula – Mercer
3:41
PK2FHischier – Sharangovich
1:40
PK1DGraves – Marino
2:06
PK2DSmith – Severson
1:19

Current NJD line combinations →

Pittsburgh Penguins

L1Crosby – Rakell – Guentzel
13:2758% CF
L2Carter – Kapanen – O'Connor
8:3833% CF
L3Archibald – Blueger – McGinn
8:3154% CF
L4Malkin – Zucker – Rust
8:2059% CF
D1Petry – Pettersson
13:3454% CF
D2Letang – Dumoulin
12:5261% CF
D3Ruhwedel – Joseph
9:4036% CF

PP1Malkin – Crosby – Letang – Rakell – Guentzel
5:1645% CF
PP2Carter – Petry – Zucker – Rust – Kapanen
1:55
PK1FRust – Blueger
1:40
PK2FArchibald – McGinn
1:24
PK1DPetry – Dumoulin
1:19
PK2DRuhwedel – Pettersson
0:41

Current PIT line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

3:33
PITEvgeni MalkinPP (Rickard Rakell, Kris Letang)wrist0.13 xG
NJD: Smith, Haula, Graves, MercerPIT: Malkin, Crosby, Letang, Rakell, Guentzel
NJD 0 – 1 PIT
4:53
NJDDawson Mercer (Nico Hischier, Tomas Tatar)backhand0.02 xG
NJD: Tatar, Severson, Hischier, Bahl, MercerPIT: Carter, Ruhwedel, Kapanen, Joseph, O'Connor
NJD 1 – 1 PIT

2nd period

3:47
NJDDougie HamiltonPP (Nico Hischier, Jack Hughes)snap0.16 xG
NJD: Palat, Hamilton, Bratt, Hischier, HughesPIT: Petry, Dumoulin, Rust, Blueger
NJD 2 – 1 PIT
8:25
NJDNico HischierSH (Yegor Sharangovich)wrist0.20 xG
NJD: Smith, Marino, Hischier, SharangovichPIT: Malkin, Crosby, Letang, Rakell, Guentzel
NJD 3 – 1 PIT

3rd period

8:39
NJDJesper Bratt (Jack Hughes, Yegor Sharangovich)wrist0.11 xG
NJD: Graves, Marino, Bratt, Sharangovich, HughesPIT: Crosby, Rakell, Ruhwedel, Guentzel, Joseph
NJD 4 – 1 PIT
14:43
PITEvgeni Malkin (Jeff Petry)snap0.15 xG
NJD: Smith, Palat, Bratt, Bahl, HughesPIT: Malkin, Petry, Zucker, Pettersson, O'Connor
NJD 4 – 2 PIT
17:56
NJDNico HischierEN (Dawson Mercer)wrist0.98 xG
NJD: Tatar, Graves, Marino, Hischier, MercerPIT: Malkin, Crosby, Letang, Rust, Rakell, Guentzel
NJD 5 – 2 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
Erik Haula L	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.51	0	0	0	20:29	—	—	50	61
Ondrej Palat L	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.26	2	0	0	16:50	—	—	41	50
Fabian Zetterlund L	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.11	0	0	0	14:04	—	—	54	71
Dawson Mercer C	L2	1	1	2	+2	8	0.84	1	1	0	19:56	—	—	46	66
Nico Hischier C	L2	2	2	4	+3	5	1.32	0	3	0	18:41	—	—	43	66
Tomas Tatar L	L2	0	1	1	+2	3	0.28	2	0	0	16:48	—	—	48	72
Jack Hughes C	L3	0	2	2	0	3	0.33	0	0	0	17:30	—	—	61	61
Jesper Bratt L	L3	1	0	1	0	3	0.21	0	0	0	16:09	—	—	60	62
Yegor Sharangovich C	L3	0	2	2	+2	3	0.21	2	0	0	15:23	—	—	75	79
Michael McLeod C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	1	2	0	7:54	—	—	31	38
Jesper Boqvist C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	6:04	—	—	30	35
Miles Wood L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.12	2	0	0	4:48	—	—	29	7
John Marino D	D1	0	0	0	+3	1	0.01	0	2	2	24:28	—	—	40	54
Ryan Graves D	D1	0	0	0	+2	4	0.24	2	7	4	23:51	—	—	45	58
Brendan Smith D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	4	2	18:58	—	—	52	59
Dougie Hamilton D	D2	1	0	1	0	1	0.17	2	0	0	17:41	—	—	50	61
Damon Severson D	D3	0	0	0	+1	3	0.05	2	1	0	18:29	—	—	68	91
Kevin Bahl D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	4	0	2	13:29	—	—	63	77

NJD goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Vitek Vanecek(start)	W	31	29	2	.935	2.30	60:00

Pittsburgh Penguins

PIT skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Rickard Rakell R	L1	0	1	1	-3	5	0.64	1	1	0	22:24	—	—	57	45
Sidney Crosby C	L1	0	0	0	-3	5	0.28	1	1	0	22:06	—	—	61	46
Jake Guentzel C	L1	0	0	0	-3	3	0.32	2	2	0	21:41	—	—	56	44
Jeff Carter C	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	4	0	4	13:17	—	—	38	17
Kasperi Kapanen R	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	2	0	0	13:15	—	—	39	18
Drew O'Connor L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.13	0	0	0	10:10	—	—	40	26
Teddy Blueger C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	13:59	—	—	37	26
Brock McGinn L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.17	2	0	0	11:53	—	—	39	29
Josh Archibald R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	0	0	11:28	—	—	47	44
Evgeni Malkin C	L4	2	0	2	-1	2	0.28	0	0	0	17:05	—	—	58	66
Bryan Rust R	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.14	1	1	0	14:06	—	—	57	40
Jason Zucker L	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.13	4	0	0	13:39	—	—	64	68
Jeff Petry D	D1	0	1	1	+1	5	0.09	3	1	0	22:05	—	—	55	56
Marcus Pettersson D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.04	1	1	2	19:12	—	—	44	41
Kris Letang D	D2	0	1	1	-2	2	0.02	1	0	0	24:39	—	—	62	80
Brian Dumoulin D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	1	1	0	17:32	—	—	58	53
Pierre-Olivier Joseph D	D3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	0	1	0	14:23	—	—	39	16
Chad Ruhwedel D	D3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	1	1	0	13:35	—	—	30	0

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Dustin Tokarski(start)	L	42	38	4	.905	3.75	59:21

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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.