New Jersey Devils vs. Nashville PredatorsJan 26, 2023

FinalThursday, Jan 26, 2023· Bridgestone Arena

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New Jersey DevilsNJD

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Nashville PredatorsNSH

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NJD	2	1	1	4		NJD	8	10	21	39
NSH	2	1	3	6		NSH	22	10	9	41

: NJD 67NSH 77
: NJD 4.17NSH 4.81
PP goals: NJD 0NSH 1
Hits: NJD 19NSH 29
Blocks: NJD 15NSH 17
PIM: NJD 4NSH 4
: NJD 58%NSH 42%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Nashville Predators beat New Jersey Devils 6–4

Nashville Predators beat New Jersey Devils 6–4 at home. Dougie Hamilton (NJD) led the scoring with 0G 3A. New look for NJD: Zetterlund–Sharangovich–Hughes skated 11:52 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (48.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Dougie Hamilton had 3 assists (3 points) on 5 shots in 23:44.Hamilton
Points
Jack Hughes had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 20:26.Hughes
Points
Matt Duchene had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 20:00.Duchene
Points
Colton Sissons had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 13:08.Sissons
Points
Juuso Parssinen had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 10:12.Parssinen
New line
New look for NJD: Zetterlund–Sharangovich–Hughes skated 11:52 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (48.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Zetterlund Sharangovich Hughes
Goalie
Mackenzie Blackwood (NJD) faced 40 shots and stopped 35 (.875), +14 against a season average of 25.6; the loss.Blackwood
Goalie
Juuse Saros (NSH) faced 39 shots and stopped 35 (.897), +6 against a season average of 32.8; the win.Saros

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)NSH attacks right (top on phones) →

NSH
NJD
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 144 of 144 attempts · NSH 77 · NJD 67

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

NSH
NJD
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

NSH 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 31% of the game, NSH 30%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

NSH

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	NSH
	56	73
	2.85	3.34
	2.79	3.23
	12	13
	5	5
	22	16
	+0.080	−0.081
	31%	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

L1Zetterlund – Sharangovich – Hughes
11:5248% CF
L2Palat – Bratt – Hischier
11:1460% CF
L3Tatar – Haula – Mercer
9:1936% CF
L4Wood – Bastian – McLeod
7:1035% CF
D1Severson – Graves
14:1367% CF
D2Hamilton – Siegenthaler
13:3460% CF
D3Smith – Okhotiuk
8:1213% CF

PP1Tatar – Hamilton – Bratt – Hischier – Hughes
1:5388% CF
PP2Haula – Palat – Severson – Wood – Mercer
1:42100% CF
PK1FHaula – Mercer
2:06
PK2FHischier – Sharangovich
0:40
PK1DSeverson – Graves
1:37
PK2DSmith – Siegenthaler
0:00

Current NJD line combinations →

Nashville Predators

L1Duchene – Forsberg – Glass
13:2764% CF
L2Johansen – Granlund – Niederreiter
11:1845% CF
L3Novak – Trenin – Jeannot
8:1750% CF
L4Sissons – Parssinen – Smith
8:1264% CF
D1McDonagh – Josi
16:2060% CF
D2Ekholm – Lauzon
13:5854% CF
D3Gravel – Fabbro
10:4456% CF

PP1Josi – Duchene – Johansen – Granlund – Forsberg
3:09100% CF
PP2Ekholm – Niederreiter – Novak – Glass – Parssinen
0:31100% CF
PK1FSissons – Jeannot
1:51
PK2FTrenin – Smith
1:12
PK1DMcDonagh – Lauzon
1:52
PK2DEkholm – Fabbro
1:31

Current NSH line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

10:19
NJDJesper Bratt (Dougie Hamilton)wrist0.05 xG
NJD: Palat, Hamilton, Bratt, Okhotiuk, HughesNSH: McDonagh, Ekholm, Niederreiter, Trenin, Glass
NJD 1 – 0 NSH
12:24
NSHCody GlassPP (Tommy Novak, Juuso Parssinen)wrist0.28 xG
NJD: Haula, Severson, Siegenthaler, MercerNSH: Ekholm, Niederreiter, Novak, Glass, Parssinen
NJD 1 – 1 NSH
15:57
NJDYegor Sharangovich (Jack Hughes)snap0.24 xG
NJD: Hamilton, Siegenthaler, Zetterlund, Sharangovich, HughesNSH: Gravel, Sissons, Fabbro, Parssinen, Smith
NJD 2 – 1 NSH
16:20
NSHCole Smith (Juuso Parssinen, Colton Sissons)tip-in0.04 xG
NJD: Hamilton, Siegenthaler, Zetterlund, Sharangovich, HughesNSH: McDonagh, Josi, Sissons, Parssinen, Smith
NJD 2 – 2 NSH

2nd period

4:06
NJDJack Hughes (Fabian Zetterlund, Dougie Hamilton)tip-in0.10 xG
NJD: Hamilton, Siegenthaler, Zetterlund, Sharangovich, HughesNSH: Duchene, Ekholm, Forsberg, Lauzon, Glass
NJD 3 – 2 NSH
11:33
NSHMikael Granlund (Ryan Johansen)wrist0.08 xG
NJD: Palat, Severson, Graves, Bratt, HischierNSH: McDonagh, Josi, Johansen, Granlund, Niederreiter
NJD 3 – 3 NSH

3rd period

8:49
NSHMatt Duchene (Roman Josi)backhand0.11 xG
NJD: Graves, Zetterlund, Sharangovich, Okhotiuk, HughesNSH: McDonagh, Josi, Duchene, Forsberg, Glass
NJD 3 – 4 NSH
16:05
NSHFilip Forsberg (Matt Duchene)snap0.07 xG
NJD: Palat, Graves, Siegenthaler, Hischier, HughesNSH: Josi, Duchene, Forsberg, Lauzon, Glass
NJD 3 – 5 NSH
17:46
NJDDawson Mercer (Dougie Hamilton, Ondrej Palat)wrist0.49 xG
NJD: Palat, Hamilton, Bratt, Hischier, Hughes, MercerNSH: Ekholm, Johansen, Granlund, Niederreiter, Lauzon
NJD 4 – 5 NSH
19:52
NSHTanner JeannotEN (Colton Sissons)wrist0.78 xG
NJD: Palat, Hamilton, Bratt, Hischier, Hughes, MercerNSH: McDonagh, Josi, Sissons, Trenin, Jeannot
NJD 4 – 6 NSH

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	1	2	0	5	0.57	1	1	0	20:26	—	—	47	51
Yegor Sharangovich C	L1	1	0	1	0	1	0.24	0	0	0	16:44	—	—	47	50
Fabian Zetterlund L	L1	0	1	1	0	3	0.24	1	1	0	16:27	—	—	47	48
Ondrej Palat L	L2	0	1	1	-1	5	0.72	3	0	0	18:44	—	—	54	63
Nico Hischier C	L2	0	0	0	-2	5	0.87	0	0	0	18:01	—	—	55	55
Jesper Bratt L	L2	1	0	1	0	2	0.07	0	0	0	17:12	—	—	62	61
Dawson Mercer C	L3	1	0	1	0	2	0.59	0	2	0	17:05	—	—	36	33
Erik Haula L	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.27	2	1	0	16:00	—	—	39	36
Tomas Tatar L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	0	0	0	13:29	—	—	33	28
Michael McLeod C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	10:43	—	—	33	33
Nathan Bastian R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.06	1	1	0	10:18	—	—	31	33
Miles Wood L	L4	0	0	0	0	4	0.16	2	0	0	10:04	—	—	37	10
Damon Severson D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	0	2	0	23:00	—	—	60	58
Ryan Graves D	D1	0	0	0	-3	1	0.03	1	2	0	20:03	—	—	64	56
Dougie Hamilton D	D2	0	3	3	+2	5	0.22	1	0	0	23:44	—	—	53	59
Jonas Siegenthaler D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	1	2	0	21:52	—	—	48	50
Brendan Smith D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	2	2	13:04	—	—	21	22
Nikita Okhotiuk D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	3	0	0	12:07	—	—	15	17

NJD goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Mackenzie Blackwood(start)	L	40	35	5	.875	4.03	57:10

Nashville Predators

NSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Matt Duchene C	L1	1	1	2	+1	5	0.71	1	0	0	20:00	—	—	64	70
Filip Forsberg L	L1	1	0	1	+1	5	0.80	0	1	0	18:29	—	—	67	75
Cody Glass C	L1	1	0	1	0	3	0.49	0	0	2	16:55	—	—	62	72
Ryan Johansen C	L2	0	1	1	0	2	0.38	2	0	0	18:23	—	—	45	37
Mikael Granlund C	L2	1	0	1	0	1	0.13	1	0	0	17:48	—	—	46	33
Nino Niederreiter R	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.08	0	0	0	15:57	—	—	48	38
Yakov Trenin C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	3	0	0	14:09	—	—	50	48
Tanner Jeannot L	L3	1	0	1	+1	4	1.21	6	1	0	13:58	—	—	53	50
Tommy Novak C	L3	0	1	1	0	1	0.08	0	0	0	9:23	—	—	59	47
Colton Sissons C	L4	0	2	2	+1	1	0.09	3	0	0	13:08	—	—	59	55
Cole Smith R	L4	1	0	1	0	1	0.05	5	0	2	11:19	—	—	54	41
Juuso Parssinen C	L4	0	2	2	0	1	0.13	0	1	0	10:12	—	—	60	37
Roman Josi D	D1	0	1	1	+5	1	0.11	0	3	0	26:05	—	—	60	63
Ryan McDonagh D	D1	0	0	0	+3	3	0.08	0	2	0	23:18	—	—	60	56
Mattias Ekholm D	D2	0	0	0	-3	1	0.10	1	2	0	20:50	—	—	52	51
Jeremy Lauzon D	D2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.19	2	4	0	20:23	—	—	55	54
Dante Fabbro D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	3	0	0	14:31	—	—	53	49
Kevin Gravel D	D3	0	0	0	-1	4	0.12	2	3	0	11:12	—	—	56	49

NSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Juuse Saros(start)	W	39	35	4	.897	4.17	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.