New Jersey Devils vs. Pittsburgh PenguinsNov 16, 2023

FinalThursday, Nov 16, 2023· PPG Paints Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NJD	1	1	3	5		NJD	10	11	10	31
PIT	1	1	0	2		PIT	9	7	7	23

: NJD 52PIT 47
: NJD 2.96PIT 2.87
PP goals: NJD 0PIT 0
Hits: NJD 21PIT 22
Blocks: NJD 10PIT 11
PIM: NJD 6PIT 2
: NJD 57%PIT 43%

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. Bryan Rust (PIT) led the scoring with 2G 0A. New look for NJD: Palat–Mercer–Holtz skated 14:19 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (61.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Bryan Rust had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 19:14.Rust
Points
Curtis Lazar had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 13:17.Lazar
Points
Jesper Bratt had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 20:07.Bratt
Points
Erik Haula had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 16:10.Haula
Points
Luke Hughes had 2 assists (2 points) in 16:12.Hughes
New line
New look for NJD: Palat–Mercer–Holtz skated 14:19 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (61.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Palat Mercer Holtz
Usage
Alexander Holtz (NJD) played 18:39, +7:06 up on his 11:33 season average over 81 games.Holtz
Usage
Luke Hughes (NJD) played 16:12, −5:20 down on his 21:32 season average over 81 games.Hughes

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 99 of 99 attempts · PIT 47 · NJD 52

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 24% of the game, PIT 30%.

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
	52	53
	2.58	3.33
	2.48	3.20
	14	16
	16	2
	12	8
	+0.038	−0.038
	24%	30%

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

L1Palat – Mercer – Holtz
14:1962% CF
L2Toffoli – Bratt – McLeod
14:0259% CF
L3Haula – Lazar – Willman
9:3460% CF
D1Hamilton – Siegenthaler
13:4635% CF
D2Miller – Hughes
8:3576% CF
D3Marino – Bahl
6:4929% CF

PP1Haula – Toffoli – Palat – Bratt – Hughes
0:41100% CF
PK1FHaula – Mercer
1:15
PK2FLazar – Nosek
0:27
PK1DSmith – Marino
3:12
PK2DMiller – Siegenthaler
0:28

Current NJD line combinations →

Pittsburgh Penguins

L1Crosby – Rust – Guentzel
14:2254% CF
L2Malkin – Smith – Rakell
13:2748% CF
L3Eller – O'Connor – Zohorna
9:5214% CF
L4Nieto – Hinostroza – Acciari
7:0222% CF
D1Karlsson – Pettersson
15:4848% CF
D2Letang – Graves
15:3137% CF
D3Ruhwedel – Shea
11:1347% CF

PP1Malkin – Crosby – Karlsson – Smith – Guentzel
3:0233% CF
PP2Letang – Rust – Rakell – Hinostroza – Zohorna
1:080% CF
PK1FNieto – Acciari
0:41
PK1DLetang – Pettersson
0:41

Current PIT line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

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
Dawson Mercer C	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.38	2	1	0	22:00	—	—	45	27
Alexander Holtz R	L1	1	0	1	+1	3	0.34	0	2	0	18:39	—	—	48	36
Ondrej Palat L	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.01	1	0	0	18:22	—	—	61	51
Jesper Bratt L	L2	1	1	2	+1	3	0.18	0	0	0	20:07	—	—	53	60
Tyler Toffoli C	L2	1	0	1	0	4	0.55	0	0	0	18:19	—	—	46	58
Michael McLeod C	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.39	1	0	0	17:36	—	—	54	63
Erik Haula L	L3	0	2	2	+1	4	0.08	1	0	2	16:10	—	—	50	43
Curtis Lazar C	L3	1	1	2	+2	1	0.14	2	1	0	13:17	—	—	54	28
Max Willman C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.05	2	0	0	13:08	—	—	53	20
Jonas Siegenthaler D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.15	3	1	0	18:49	—	—	34	24
Dougie Hamilton D	D1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.32	0	2	2	16:00	—	—	38	34
Colin Miller D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.04	1	0	0	17:30	—	—	71	81
Luke Hughes D	D2	0	2	2	+3	0	0.00	0	0	0	16:12	—	—	80	90
John Marino D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	3	0	21:27	—	—	48	51
Kevin Bahl D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	3	0	2	12:08	—	—	29	4
Brendan Smith D	—	0	0	0	+1	1	0.04	2	0	0	17:55	—	—	42	45
Tomas Nosek L	—	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	2	0	0	9:25	—	—	30	27
Nathan Bastian R	—	1	0	1	0	1	0.27	1	0	0	6:59	—	—	33	29

NJD goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Vitek Vanecek(start)	W	23	21	2	.913	2.87	59:57

Pittsburgh Penguins

PIT skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Sidney Crosby C	L1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.80	0	1	2	19:52	—	—	63	75
Jake Guentzel C	L1	0	1	1	0	0	0.17	2	0	0	19:37	—	—	58	71
Bryan Rust R	L1	2	0	2	0	2	0.37	2	0	0	19:14	—	—	66	76
Evgeni Malkin C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.21	0	0	0	21:53	—	—	60	71
Reilly Smith R	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.32	0	0	0	18:41	—	—	52	69
Rickard Rakell R	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.13	3	0	0	17:49	—	—	65	75
Drew O'Connor L	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	1	0	12:41	—	—	33	24
Lars Eller C	L3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.12	0	1	0	12:40	—	—	35	28
Radim Zohorna L	L3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.04	1	2	0	12:14	—	—	20	25
Vinnie Hinostroza C	L4	0	0	0	-2	1	0.09	1	0	0	9:58	—	—	27	16
Noel Acciari C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.09	4	2	0	9:26	—	—	39	17
Matt Nieto L	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.00	0	1	0	8:23	—	—	27	15
Erik Karlsson D	D1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.13	0	0	0	23:23	—	—	54	64
Marcus Pettersson D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.14	2	1	0	23:02	—	—	52	62
Kris Letang D	D2	0	0	0	-3	3	0.18	2	2	0	23:09	—	—	52	54
Ryan Graves D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.00	2	0	0	19:49	—	—	40	45
Chad Ruhwedel D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.06	1	0	0	13:16	—	—	50	55
Ryan Shea D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	1	0	0	12:53	—	—	54	59

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Tristan Jarry(start)	L	31	26	5	.839	2.96	60:00

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Bryan Rust (PIT) 1st 6:36 · assists Jake Guentzel · Dump and chase · dumped in · 35.9 mph shot · 2.1 s from entry to goal.

Bryan Rust · 1st 6:36 · PIT

Play: dump-and-chase
Entry: dump
Odd man: No
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 35.9 mph
Distance: 9 ft
Entry to goal: 2.1 s

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Curtis Lazar · 1st 13:34 · NJD SH

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 52.5 mph
Distance: 19 ft
Entry to goal: 2.6 s

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Nathan Bastian · 2nd 3:55 · NJD

Play: rebound
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 13.5 mph
Distance: 7 ft
Entry to goal: 4.1 s
Type: rebound

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Bryan Rust · 2nd 3:17 · PIT

Play: deflection
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 3
Shot: 5.2 mph
Distance: 4 ft
Entry to goal: 6.0 s

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Jesper Bratt · 3rd 2:35 · NJD

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: loose
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 3
Shot: 44.3 mph
Distance: 12 ft
Entry to goal: 3.5 s

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Alexander Holtz · 3rd 11:24 · NJD

Play: cycle
Passes: 1
Shot: 36.5 mph
Distance: 8 ft
Type: one-timer

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Tyler Toffoli · 3rd 11:44 · NJD

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 1
Shot: 55.9 mph
Distance: 24 ft
Entry to goal: 2.1 s

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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.

New Jersey Devils vs. Pittsburgh PenguinsNov 16, 2023

Fantasy takeaways

New Jersey Devils beat Pittsburgh Penguins 5–2

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

New Jersey Devils

Pittsburgh Penguins

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

New Jersey Devils

Pittsburgh Penguins

Goal anatomy

Bryan Rust · 1st 6:36 · PIT

Curtis Lazar · 1st 13:34 · NJD SH

Nathan Bastian · 2nd 3:55 · NJD

Bryan Rust · 2nd 3:17 · PIT

Jesper Bratt · 3rd 2:35 · NJD

Alexander Holtz · 3rd 11:24 · NJD

Tyler Toffoli · 3rd 11:44 · NJD