New Jersey Devils vs. New York RangersFeb 16, 2021

FinalTuesday, Feb 16, 2021· Madison Square Garden

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NJD	0	2	3	5		NJD	16	9	12	37
NYR	0	2	0	2		NYR	9	16	14	39

: NJD 66NYR 67
: NJD 3.48NYR 3.60
PP goals: NJD 1NYR 0
Hits: NJD 21NYR 30
Blocks: NJD 17NYR 16
PIM: NJD 5NYR 9
: NJD 51%NYR 49%

Fantasy takeaways

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

New Jersey Devils beat New York Rangers 5–2

New Jersey Devils beat New York Rangers 5–2 at NYR. Janne Kuokkanen (NJD) led the scoring with 0G 3A. Jacob Trouba (NYR) played 13:11, −8:32 down on his 21:43 season average over 37 games.

Points
Janne Kuokkanen had 3 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 14:49.Kuokkanen
Points
Nick Merkley had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 14:28.Merkley
Usage
Jacob Trouba (NYR) played 13:11, −8:32 down on his 21:43 season average over 37 games.Trouba
New line
New look for NJD: Zacha–Merkley–Kuokkanen skated 9:58 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (70% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Zacha Merkley Kuokkanen
Goalie
Mackenzie Blackwood (NJD) faced 39 shots and stopped 37 (.949), +8 against a season average of 30.9; the win.Blackwood
Goalie
Igor Shesterkin (NYR) faced 36 shots and stopped 32 (.889), +8 against a season average of 28.2; the loss.Shesterkin
New line
New look for NJD: Palmieri–Maltsev–Sharangovich skated 6:59 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (63.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Palmieri Maltsev Sharangovich
Luck
NJD scored 5 goals on 3.48 expected goals (66 attempts), finishing well above its chances.

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 133 of 133 attempts · NYR 67 · NJD 66

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 24% of the game, NYR 40%.

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
	74	70
	3.54	3.62
	3.31	3.45
	19	11
	5	7
	12	22
	−0.027	+0.027
	24%	40%

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

L1Wood – Bastian – McLeod
10:2948% CF
L2Zacha – Merkley – Kuokkanen
9:5870% CF
L3Johnsson – Bratt – Hughes
7:2570% CF
L4Palmieri – Maltsev – Sharangovich
6:5963% CF
D1Severson – Smith
20:5658% CF
D2Subban – Butcher
16:1050% CF
D3Tennyson – Carrick
15:1943% CF

PP1Palmieri – Wood – Bratt – Smith – Hughes
1:4750% CF
PP2Subban – Severson – Johnsson – Zacha – Kuokkanen
1:00100% CF

Current NJD line combinations →

New York Rangers

L1Strome – Kakko – Lafrenière
12:5159% CF
L2Kreider – Zibanejad – Buchnevich
9:4784% CF
L3Blackwell – Di Giuseppe – Howden
8:4253% CF
L4Lemieux – Rooney – Gauthier
8:2838% CF
D1Fox – Lindgren
16:2349% CF
D2Bitetto – Hajek
15:2643% CF
D3Smith – Trouba
10:1756% CF

PK1FRooney – Howden
1:28
PK2FZibanejad – Buchnevich
1:06
PK1DSmith – Trouba
2:06
PK2DFox – Lindgren
0:49

Current NYR line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

7:37
NJDPavel ZachaPP (Damon Severson, Janne Kuokkanen)snap0.16 xG
NJD: Subban, Severson, Johnsson, Zacha, KuokkanenNYR: Smith, Trouba, Rooney, Howden
NJD 1 – 0 NYR
11:32
NYRColin Blackwell (Brett Howden)wrist0.01 xG
NJD: Tennyson, Carrick, Wood, Bastian, McLeodNYR: Blackwell, Di Giuseppe, Fox, Lindgren, Howden
NJD 1 – 1 NYR
17:14
NJDWill Butcher (Nick Merkley, Janne Kuokkanen)deflected0.01 xG
NJD: Subban, Butcher, Zacha, Merkley, KuokkanenNYR: Smith, Kreider, Strome, Trouba, Buchnevich
NJD 2 – 1 NYR
19:27
NYRPavel Buchnevich (Chris Kreider, Jacob Trouba)snap0.05 xG
NJD: Tennyson, Carrick, Zacha, Merkley, KuokkanenNYR: Smith, Kreider, Zibanejad, Trouba, Buchnevich
NJD 2 – 2 NYR

3rd period

10:43
NJDYegor Sharangovich (P.K. Subban, Jesper Bratt)tip-in0.05 xG
NJD: Subban, Butcher, Bratt, Maltsev, SharangovichNYR: Strome, Fox, Lindgren, Kakko, Lafrenière
NJD 3 – 2 NYR
14:09
NJDNick Merkley (Janne Kuokkanen)wrist0.05 xG
NJD: Severson, Zacha, Merkley, Kuokkanen, SmithNYR: Bitetto, Lemieux, Rooney, Fox, Gauthier
NJD 4 – 2 NYR
19:39
NJDMikhail MaltsevEN (Kyle Palmieri)wrist0.34 xG
NJD: Palmieri, Tennyson, Maltsev, Smith, SharangovichNYR: Kreider, Bitetto, Strome, Zibanejad, Buchnevich, Lafrenière
NJD 5 – 2 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
Miles Wood L	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.05	0	1	0	15:41	—	—	41	28
Nathan Bastian R	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.00	3	2	0	13:04	—	—	50	42
Michael McLeod C	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.32	3	0	5	12:30	—	—	44	35
Pavel Zacha C	L2	1	0	1	+1	3	0.25	3	1	0	15:42	—	—	67	60
Janne Kuokkanen C	L2	0	3	3	+1	1	0.10	0	0	0	14:49	—	—	60	50
Nick Merkley R	L2	1	1	2	+1	4	0.56	2	0	0	14:28	—	—	64	69
Jack Hughes C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.10	0	0	0	18:59	—	—	31	27
Jesper Bratt L	L3	0	1	1	+1	3	0.37	1	0	0	16:21	—	—	50	45
Andreas Johnsson L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.20	0	0	0	13:53	—	—	50	52
Kyle Palmieri C	L4	0	1	1	+1	2	0.14	2	0	0	16:23	—	—	50	53
Yegor Sharangovich C	L4	1	0	1	+2	3	0.30	1	1	0	16:16	—	—	51	59
Mikhail Maltsev L	L4	1	0	1	+2	5	0.70	0	1	0	13:41	—	—	62	79
Damon Severson D	D1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.06	4	1	0	24:48	—	—	58	57
Ty Smith D	D1	0	0	0	+2	4	0.24	0	2	0	23:51	—	—	57	56
P.K. Subban D	D2	0	1	1	+2	1	0.01	0	5	0	19:40	—	—	49	44
Will Butcher D	D2	1	0	1	+2	1	0.01	0	2	0	17:40	—	—	49	42
Connor Carrick D	D3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.06	2	1	0	16:14	—	—	45	37
Matt Tennyson D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	16:00	—	—	43	37

NJD goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Mackenzie Blackwood(start)	W	39	37	2	.949	3.60	60:00

New York Rangers

NYR skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Alexis Lafrenière L	L1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	2	0	0	17:45	—	—	47	61
Kaapo Kakko R	L1	0	0	0	-1	5	0.79	2	0	0	16:46	—	—	57	73
Ryan Strome C	L1	0	0	0	-3	2	0.11	0	1	0	16:39	—	—	50	69
Mika Zibanejad C	L2	0	0	0	0	4	0.57	3	0	2	19:50	—	—	58	52
Pavel Buchnevich L	L2	1	0	1	-1	3	0.36	0	2	0	19:08	—	—	58	65
Chris Kreider L	L2	0	1	1	-1	1	0.01	4	0	7	15:15	—	—	64	68
Brett Howden C	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.15	1	0	0	15:14	—	—	40	32
Colin Blackwell C	L3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.07	0	0	0	14:06	—	—	46	35
Phillip Di Giuseppe L	L3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.09	5	0	0	12:57	—	—	48	47
Kevin Rooney C	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.27	1	3	0	13:24	—	—	33	27
Brendan Lemieux L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	3	0	0	11:23	—	—	36	19
Julien Gauthier R	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.18	0	1	0	9:57	—	—	25	18
Adam Fox D	D1	0	0	0	-1	5	0.18	0	2	0	25:40	—	—	55	40
Ryan Lindgren D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	2	1	0	20:48	—	—	44	36
Libor Hajek D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	20:14	—	—	40	48
Anthony Bitetto D	D2	0	0	0	-2	3	0.26	1	1	0	19:13	—	—	46	50
Brendan Smith D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.06	4	0	0	18:01	—	—	51	64
Jacob Trouba D	D3	0	1	1	0	4	0.43	1	4	0	13:11	—	—	57	81

NYR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Igor Shesterkin(start)	L	36	32	4	.889	3.15	57:22

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.