New Jersey Devils vs. New York RangersApr 15, 2021

FinalThursday, Apr 15, 2021· Madison Square Garden

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NJD	0	0	0	0		NJD	3	9	4	16
NYR	3	1	0	4		NYR	10	17	6	33

: NJD 53NYR 44
: NJD 2.60NYR 2.17
PP goals: NJD 0NYR 0
Hits: NJD 11NYR 17
Blocks: NJD 7NYR 20
PIM: NJD 4NYR 6
: NJD 53%NYR 47%

Fantasy takeaways

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

New York Rangers rout New Jersey Devils 4–0

New York Rangers beat New Jersey Devils 4–0 at home. Artemi Panarin (NYR) led the scoring with 2G 1A. New look for NJD: Merkley–Maltsev–Hischier skated 7:45 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (47.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Artemi Panarin had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 3 shots in 18:33.Panarin
Points
Colin Blackwell had 3 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 13:00.Blackwell
Points
Ryan Strome had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 16:54.Strome
New line
New look for NJD: Merkley–Maltsev–Hischier skated 7:45 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (47.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Merkley Maltsev Hischier
Luck
NJD scored 0 goals on 2.60 expected goals (53 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Adam Fox (NYR) played 19:50, −4:58 down on his 24:48 season average over 54 games.Fox
New line
New look for NJD: Wood–McLeod–Studenic skated 6:39 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Wood McLeod Studenic
Luck
NYR scored 4 goals on 2.17 expected goals (44 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 97 of 97 attempts · NYR 44 · NJD 53

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 39% of the game, NYR 15%.

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
	54	50
	2.66	2.24
	2.51	2.15
	10	7
	2	7
	17	16
	+0.048	−0.048
	39%	15%

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

L1Kuokkanen – Sharangovich – Hughes
10:4450% CF
L2Merkley – Maltsev – Hischier
7:4547% CF
L3Wood – McLeod – Studenic
6:3950% CF
L4Johnsson – Boqvist – Thompson
2:5956% CF
D1Subban – Smith
17:2643% CF
D2Murray – Severson
14:3164% CF
D3Butcher – Siegenthaler
13:4538% CF

PP1Kuokkanen – Hischier – Smith – Sharangovich – Hughes
2:34100% CF
PP2Subban – Severson – Johnsson – Wood – Boqvist
2:17100% CF
PK1FHischier – Sharangovich
1:05
PK2FMaltsev – Studenic
0:36
PK1DSubban – Murray
1:30
PK2DSeverson – Siegenthaler
1:00

Current NJD line combinations →

New York Rangers

L1Blackwell – Strome – Panarin
8:4044% CF
L2Chytil – Kakko – Lafrenière
6:5733% CF
L3Kreider – Zibanejad – Buchnevich
6:5577% CF
L4Rooney – Howden – Kravtsov
3:5856% CF
D1Trouba – Miller
18:3563% CF
D2Smith – Hajek
15:0439% CF
D3Fox – Lindgren
13:0042% CF

PP1Kreider – Strome – Zibanejad – Panarin – Fox
2:06
PP2Blackwell – Trouba – Buchnevich – Miller – Kakko
1:37100% CF
PK1FZibanejad – Buchnevich
1:56
PK2FRooney – Howden
1:52
PK1DFox – Lindgren
3:19
PK2DTrouba – Miller
2:20

Current NYR line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

0:47
NYRJacob Trouba (Colin Blackwell, Mika Zibanejad)slap0.08 xG
NJD: Murray, Severson, Johnsson, Kuokkanen, HischierNYR: Blackwell, Zibanejad, Trouba, Panarin, Miller
NJD 0 – 1 NYR
6:39
NYRRyan Lindgren (Artemi Panarin, Adam Fox)wrist0.13 xG
NJD: Johnsson, Butcher, Wood, Siegenthaler, HischierNYR: Blackwell, Strome, Panarin, Fox, Lindgren
NJD 0 – 2 NYR
12:00
NYRArtemi Panarin (Ryan Strome, Colin Blackwell)slap0.05 xG
NJD: Murray, Severson, Kuokkanen, Sharangovich, HughesNYR: Smith, Blackwell, Strome, Panarin, Hajek
NJD 0 – 3 NYR

2nd period

12:51
NYRArtemi Panarin (Ryan Strome, Colin Blackwell)wrist0.05 xG
NJD: Subban, Merkley, Maltsev, Hischier, SmithNYR: Blackwell, Strome, Panarin, Fox, Lindgren
NJD 0 – 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	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jack Hughes C	L1	-1	2	0.48	0	0	2	18:14	—	—	59	66
Yegor Sharangovich C	L1	-1	0	0.10	1	0	0	17:25	—	—	48	46
Janne Kuokkanen C	L1	-2	2	0.69	0	0	0	16:20	—	—	54	59
Nico Hischier C	L2	-3	2	0.17	0	2	0	18:18	—	—	39	34
Mikhail Maltsev L	L2	-1	2	0.51	0	1	0	17:42	—	—	56	71
Nick Merkley R	L2	-1	3	0.28	1	0	0	17:27	—	—	57	61
Miles Wood L	L3	-1	1	0.05	0	0	0	15:46	—	—	38	33
Michael McLeod C	L3	0	0	0.00	1	0	2	15:31	—	—	65	76
Marián Studenic R	L3	0	0	0.00	4	1	0	12:33	—	—	50	50
Andreas Johnsson L	L4	-2	0	0.03	0	0	0	13:49	—	—	41	24
Jesper Boqvist C	L4	0	0	0.09	0	0	0	9:24	—	—	50	44
Tyce Thompson R	L4	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	6:12	—	—	50	45
P.K. Subban D	D1	-1	0	0.02	2	1	0	23:49	—	—	45	37
Ty Smith D	D1	-1	2	0.08	0	0	0	23:04	—	—	48	56
Damon Severson D	D2	-2	0	0.06	1	0	0	21:58	—	—	71	77
Ryan Murray D	D2	-2	1	0.02	0	0	0	17:04	—	—	62	61
Jonas Siegenthaler D	D3	-1	0	0.00	1	2	0	16:33	—	—	41	46
Will Butcher D	D3	-1	1	0.03	0	0	0	14:51	—	—	39	21

NJD goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Mackenzie Blackwood(start)	L	33	29	4	.879	2.17	60:00

New York Rangers

NYR skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Artemi Panarin L	L1	2	1	3	+4	3	0.10	0	0	0	18:33	—	—	50	44
Ryan Strome C	L1	0	2	2	+3	1	0.09	0	1	0	16:54	—	—	50	50
Colin Blackwell C	L1	0	3	3	+4	1	0.15	0	2	0	13:00	—	—	47	61
Kaapo Kakko R	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.19	0	0	0	15:10	—	—	29	19
Alexis Lafrenière L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	14:01	—	—	41	35
Filip Chytil C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	2	0	12:02	—	—	33	16
Mika Zibanejad C	L3	0	1	1	+1	3	0.35	0	0	0	18:26	—	—	74	89
Pavel Buchnevich L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	0	1	2	16:36	—	—	70	67
Chris Kreider L	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.21	2	0	2	16:26	—	—	52	47
Kevin Rooney C	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.14	2	0	0	12:30	—	—	36	23
Brett Howden C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.16	3	2	0	11:37	—	—	50	54
Vitali Kravtsov R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	0	0	2	10:33	—	—	48	57
K'Andre Miller D	D1	0	0	0	+1	3	0.05	5	1	0	23:54	—	—	62	47
Jacob Trouba D	D1	1	0	1	+1	5	0.19	0	1	0	23:44	—	—	64	47
Brendan Smith D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.04	0	2	0	16:56	—	—	37	35
Libor Hajek D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.01	0	2	0	16:00	—	—	40	46
Adam Fox D	D3	0	1	1	+2	1	0.12	0	3	0	19:50	—	—	42	66
Ryan Lindgren D	D3	1	0	1	+2	3	0.17	4	3	0	17:52	—	—	38	44

NYR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Igor Shesterkin(start)	W	16	16	0	.1000	2.60	60:00

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.