New Jersey Devils vs. New York RangersMar 7, 2020

FinalSaturday, Mar 7, 2020· Madison Square Garden

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New Jersey DevilsNJD

6

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New York RangersNYR

4

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NJD	1	4	1	6		NJD	12	11	6	29
NYR	2	0	2	4		NYR	12	14	9	35

: NJD 58NYR 64
: NJD 4.58NYR 3.18
PP goals: NJD 1NYR 0
Hits: NJD 24NYR 28
Blocks: NJD 16NYR 22
PIM: NJD 6NYR 2
: NJD 42%NYR 58%

Fantasy takeaways

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

New Jersey Devils beat New York Rangers 6–4

New Jersey Devils beat New York Rangers 6–4 at NYR. Kyle Palmieri (NJD) led the scoring with 2G 0A. Mackenzie Blackwood (NJD) faced 35 shots and stopped 31 (.886), +4 against a season average of 30.9; the win.

Points
Kyle Palmieri had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 15:53.Palmieri
Points
Travis Zajac had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 17:40.Zajac
Points
Greg McKegg had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 8:13.McKegg
Points
Adam Fox had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 22:43.Fox
Points
Dakota Mermis had 2 assists (2 points) in 19:19.Mermis
Points
Damon Severson had 2 assists (2 points) in 21:24.Severson
Points
Pavel Buchnevich had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 19:44.Buchnevich
Goalie
Mackenzie Blackwood (NJD) faced 35 shots and stopped 31 (.886), +4 against a season average of 30.9; the win.Blackwood

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)NYR attacks right (top on phones) →

NYR
NJD
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 122 of 122 attempts · NYR 64 · NJD 58

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

NYR
NJD
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

NYR 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 33% of the game, NYR 28%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

NYR

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	NYR
	61	60
	3.35	2.25
	3.23	2.03
	18	10
	11	5
	26	19
	−0.069	+0.069
	33%	28%

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

L1Gusev – Zacha – Bratt
11:2455% CF
L2Palmieri – Wood – Hischier
11:1739% CF
L3Zajac – Anderson – Hughes
10:1450% CF
L4Hayden – Rooney – McLeod
7:3163% CF
D1Subban – Mueller
16:5748% CF
D2Severson – Mermis
14:0557% CF
D3Claesson – Carrick
10:5548% CF

PP1Subban – Gusev – Wood – Zacha – Bratt
1:04100% CF
PP2Zajac – Subban – Palmieri – Hischier – Hughes
0:29100% CF
PK1FZajac – Anderson
3:14
PK2FZacha – Rooney
2:27
PK1DSubban – Severson
1:27
PK2DClaesson – Mermis
0:48

Current NJD line combinations →

New York Rangers

L1Fast – Strome – Panarin
7:1856% CF
L2Zibanejad – Di Giuseppe – Buchnevich
5:5844% CF
L3Gauthier – Howden – Chytil
4:0347% CF
L4McKegg – Lemieux – Kakko
2:4125% CF
D1Smith – Trouba
12:5155% CF
D2Fox – Lindgren
12:1032% CF
D3Staal – DeAngelo
9:5330% CF

PP1Strome – Zibanejad – Buchnevich – DeAngelo – Panarin
3:37100% CF
PP2Trouba – Lemieux – Fox – Chytil – Kakko
2:2367% CF
PK1FZibanejad – Howden
0:48
PK2FFast – Strome
0:45
PK1DStaal – Lindgren
1:05
PK2DSmith – Trouba
0:28

Current NYR line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

5:34
NYRFilip Chytil (Julien Gauthier, Adam Fox)snap0.21 xG
NJD: Claesson, Carrick, Gusev, Zacha, BrattNYR: Staal, Panarin, Fox, Gauthier, Chytil
NJD 0 – 1 NYR
6:22
NJDKyle Palmieri (Dakota Mermis, Damon Severson)wrist0.01 xG
NJD: Palmieri, Severson, Mermis, Rooney, McLeodNYR: Staal, DeAngelo, Gauthier, Howden, Chytil
NJD 1 – 1 NYR
7:18
NYRMika Zibanejad (Adam Fox, Pavel Buchnevich)slap0.15 xG
NJD: Subban, Palmieri, Carrick, Wood, HischierNYR: Zibanejad, Di Giuseppe, Buchnevich, Fox, Lindgren
NJD 1 – 2 NYR

2nd period

0:44
NJDKyle Palmieri (Miles Wood, Dakota Mermis)slap0.21 xG
NJD: Palmieri, Severson, Wood, Mermis, HischierNYR: Zibanejad, Di Giuseppe, Buchnevich, Fox, Lindgren
NJD 2 – 2 NYR
1:36
NJDFredrik Claesson (Nikita Gusev)wrist0.02 xG
NJD: Claesson, Carrick, Gusev, Zacha, BrattNYR: Smith, Trouba, Gauthier, Howden, Chytil
NJD 3 – 2 NYR
16:19
NJDTravis ZajacPP (Nico Hischier, P.K. Subban)snap0.15 xG
NJD: Zajac, Subban, Palmieri, Hischier, HughesNYR: Smith, Zibanejad, Trouba, Howden
NJD 4 – 2 NYR
16:44
NJDJohn Hayden (Damon Severson)tip-in0.07 xG
NJD: Severson, Hayden, Mermis, Rooney, McLeodNYR: Di Giuseppe, Panarin, Fox, Lindgren, Chytil
NJD 5 – 2 NYR

3rd period

13:42
NYRGreg McKegg (Brendan Smith, Pavel Buchnevich)wrist0.16 xG
NJD: Zajac, Severson, Mermis, Anderson, HughesNYR: Smith, McKegg, Trouba, Buchnevich, Gauthier
NJD 5 – 3 NYR
19:04
NJDTravis ZajacENwrist0.88 xG
NJD: Zajac, Severson, Mermis, Zacha, AndersonNYR: Strome, Zibanejad, Panarin, Fox, Gauthier, Kakko
NJD 6 – 3 NYR
19:17
NYRTony DeAngelo (Greg McKegg, Brett Howden)deflected0.03 xG
NJD: Claesson, Carrick, Gusev, Zacha, BrattNYR: McKegg, Di Giuseppe, DeAngelo, Lindgren, Howden
NJD 6 – 4 NYR

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
Pavel Zacha C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	18:00	—	—	55	59
Nikita Gusev L	L1	0	1	1	-1	3	0.22	0	0	0	14:15	—	—	58	56
Jesper Bratt L	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.41	0	1	0	13:20	—	—	57	56
Nico Hischier C	L2	0	1	1	0	1	0.21	1	0	2	16:29	—	—	43	64
Miles Wood L	L2	0	1	1	0	2	0.37	2	0	0	16:14	—	—	42	65
Kyle Palmieri C	L2	2	0	2	+1	3	1.02	1	0	0	15:53	—	—	40	62
Travis Zajac C	L3	2	0	2	0	2	1.03	1	0	0	17:40	—	—	50	37
Joey Anderson R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	1	1	0	17:26	—	—	46	37
Jack Hughes C	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.23	0	1	0	13:25	—	—	50	38
Kevin Rooney C	L4	0	0	0	+2	4	0.56	1	1	0	13:30	—	—	55	87
Michael McLeod C	L4	0	0	0	+2	0	0.00	1	0	2	10:10	—	—	55	70
John Hayden C	L4	1	0	1	+1	3	0.26	3	0	0	8:59	—	—	59	86
P.K. Subban D	D1	0	1	1	-1	1	0.01	0	0	0	26:23	—	—	46	50
Mirco Mueller D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.10	4	3	0	24:01	—	—	46	56
Damon Severson D	D2	0	2	2	+3	0	0.00	1	2	2	21:24	—	—	57	69
Dakota Mermis D	D2	0	2	2	+3	0	0.00	2	2	0	19:19	—	—	59	73
Connor Carrick D	D3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.06	2	2	0	14:53	—	—	43	46
Fredrik Claesson D	D3	1	0	1	-1	1	0.02	1	3	0	12:39	—	—	45	50

NJD goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Mackenzie Blackwood(start)	W	35	31	4	.886	3.18	60:00

New York Rangers

NYR skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Artemi Panarin L	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.18	1	1	0	23:55	—	—	44	46
Ryan Strome C	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.56	3	1	0	20:44	—	—	52	50
Jesper Fast R	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	15:48	—	—	42	53
Mika Zibanejad C	L2	1	0	1	-1	2	0.49	1	1	0	23:04	—	—	48	30
Pavel Buchnevich L	L2	0	2	2	+1	4	0.50	0	0	0	19:44	—	—	54	37
Phillip Di Giuseppe L	L2	0	0	0	0	4	0.03	2	2	0	13:09	—	—	48	29
Filip Chytil C	L3	1	0	1	-2	1	0.27	1	1	0	14:23	—	—	33	33
Brett Howden C	L3	0	1	1	-1	1	0.00	2	0	0	12:21	—	—	59	30
Julien Gauthier R	L3	0	1	1	-1	2	0.22	1	2	0	10:30	—	—	64	57
Kaapo Kakko R	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.16	0	0	0	13:41	—	—	29	26
Brendan Lemieux L	L4	0	0	0	0	5	0.27	5	1	0	12:08	—	—	65	46
Greg McKegg C	L4	1	1	2	+2	1	0.16	2	0	0	8:13	—	—	71	67
Jacob Trouba D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0.12	4	1	0	18:46	—	—	57	61
Brendan Smith D	D1	0	1	1	0	2	0.02	0	4	0	15:14	—	—	56	60
Adam Fox D	D2	0	2	2	-1	1	0.02	1	3	2	22:43	—	—	49	41
Ryan Lindgren D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.08	1	4	0	17:04	—	—	41	22
Tony DeAngelo D	D3	1	0	1	0	2	0.09	1	0	0	22:29	—	—	47	31
Marc Staal D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	17:46	—	—	45	24

NYR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Igor Shesterkin(start)	L	23	18	5	.783	2.36	39:06
Henrik Lundqvist	—	5	5	0	.1000	0.59	17:27

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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.