New Jersey Devils vs. New York RangersApr 29, 2023

FinalPlayoffsSaturday, Apr 29, 2023· Madison Square Garden

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New York RangersNYR

5

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NJD	1	0	1	2		NJD	11	8	17	36
NYR	1	2	2	5		NYR	8	13	8	29

: NJD 66NYR 47
: NJD 4.37NYR 3.63
PP goals: NJD 0NYR 1
Hits: NJD 14NYR 20
Blocks: NJD 11NYR 21
PIM: NJD 18NYR 16
: NJD 53%NYR 47%

Fantasy takeaways

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

New York Rangers beat New Jersey Devils 5–2

New York Rangers beat New Jersey Devils 5–2 at home. Chris Kreider (NYR) led the scoring with 1G 2A. NYR's first power-play unit (Kreider, Tarasenko, Zibanejad, Panarin and Fox) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 4:39 together.

Points
Chris Kreider had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 16:24.Kreider
Points
Mika Zibanejad had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 17:00.Zibanejad
Points
Vladimir Tarasenko had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 15:02.Tarasenko
Points
Adam Fox had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 24:41.Fox
PP1
NYR's first power-play unit (Kreider, Tarasenko, Zibanejad, Panarin and Fox) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 4:39 together.Kreider Tarasenko Zibanejad Panarin Fox
New line
New look for NYR: Kane–Trocheck–Lafrenière skated 10:35 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (39.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Kane Trocheck Lafrenière
New line
New look for NYR: Panarin–Chytil–Kakko skated 9:51 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (47.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Panarin Chytil Kakko
Luck
NJD scored 2 goals on 4.37 expected goals (66 attempts), well short of 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 113 of 113 attempts · NYR 47 · 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 48% of the game, NYR 23%.

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
	60	41
	3.26	2.35
	2.90	2.25
	12	12
	1	7
	30	26
	+0.027	−0.027
	48%	23%

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

L1Tatar – Bratt – Hischier
8:3655% CF
L2Haula – Palat – Hughes
8:0947% CF
L3Meier – Boqvist – Mercer
4:5153% CF
L4Lazar – Bastian – McLeod
4:2271% CF
D1Graves – Marino
12:2552% CF
D2Hamilton – Siegenthaler
12:1467% CF
D3Severson – Bahl
9:4960% CF

PP1Palat – Hamilton – Bratt – Hischier – Hughes
1:20100% CF
PP2Hamilton – Meier – Hischier – Hughes – Mercer
1:07100% CF
PK1FHaula – Mercer
2:30
PK2FBastian – Hischier
1:08
PK1DGraves – Marino
3:10
PK2DSiegenthaler – Bahl
2:53

Current NJD line combinations →

New York Rangers

L1Kane – Trocheck – Lafrenière
10:3539% CF
L2Panarin – Chytil – Kakko
9:5147% CF
L3Kreider – Tarasenko – Zibanejad
7:5550% CF
L4Goodrow – Vesey – Motte
7:0623% CF
D1Trouba – Miller
12:2636% CF
D2Fox – Lindgren
11:3165% CF
D3Mikkola – Schneider
8:0238% CF

PP1Kreider – Tarasenko – Zibanejad – Panarin – Fox
4:3975% CF
PP2Kane – Trocheck – Trouba – Chytil – Kakko
1:38100% CF
PK1FGoodrow – Motte
2:36
PK2FKreider – Zibanejad
0:54
PK1DFox – Lindgren
2:06
PK2DTrouba – Miller
1:51

Current NYR line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

11:49
NJDCurtis Lazar (Kevin Bahl, Damon Severson)wrist0.28 xG
NJD: Severson, Lazar, Bastian, McLeod, BahlNYR: Goodrow, Vesey, Motte, Miller, Schneider
NJD 1 – 0 NYR
19:35
NYRChris KreiderPP (Mika Zibanejad, Adam Fox)deflected0.14 xG
NJD: Haula, Graves, Marino, HischierNYR: Kreider, Tarasenko, Zibanejad, Panarin, Fox
NJD 1 – 1 NYR

2nd period

10:10
NYRMika Zibanejad (Chris Kreider, Vladimir Tarasenko)wrist0.16 xG
NJD: Haula, Palat, Graves, Marino, HughesNYR: Kreider, Tarasenko, Zibanejad, Fox, Lindgren
NJD 1 – 2 NYR
18:25
NYRVladimir Tarasenko (Chris Kreider, Adam Fox)snap0.12 xG
NJD: Hamilton, Lazar, Siegenthaler, Bastian, McLeodNYR: Kreider, Tarasenko, Zibanejad, Fox, Lindgren
NJD 1 – 3 NYR

3rd period

7:23
NYRBarclay Goodrow (Jimmy Vesey)tip-in0.10 xG
NJD: Severson, Meier, Bratt, Hischier, BahlNYR: Goodrow, Vesey, Motte, Lindgren, Miller
NJD 1 – 4 NYR
12:28
NYRBraden Schneider (Niko Mikkola, Filip Chytil)slap0.02 xG
NJD: Graves, Meier, Marino, Boqvist, MercerNYR: Panarin, Mikkola, Chytil, Kakko, Schneider
NJD 1 – 5 NYR
15:12
NJDDawson Mercer (Nico Hischier, Jack Hughes)snap0.59 xG
NJD: Palat, Hamilton, Meier, Hischier, Hughes, MercerNYR: Kreider, Zibanejad, Fox, Lindgren
NJD 2 – 5 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
Nico Hischier C	L1	0	1	1	-1	3	0.29	1	0	0	22:02	—	—	47	34
Jesper Bratt L	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	19:07	—	—	54	55
Tomas Tatar L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	1	0	0	17:57	—	—	60	54
Jack Hughes C	L2	0	1	1	-1	9	0.81	1	0	0	22:21	—	—	66	77
Erik Haula L	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.29	3	0	0	20:24	—	—	62	67
Ondrej Palat L	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.06	2	1	4	15:04	—	—	52	52
Timo Meier R	L3	0	0	0	-2	6	0.87	0	2	0	20:15	—	—	61	57
Dawson Mercer C	L3	1	0	1	-1	5	1.27	0	0	2	17:54	—	—	50	43
Jesper Boqvist C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.07	0	1	0	10:16	—	—	58	52
Michael McLeod C	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.15	1	1	0	8:49	—	—	75	78
Nathan Bastian R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	2	0	2	8:40	—	—	78	74
Curtis Lazar C	L4	1	0	1	0	1	0.28	1	0	0	6:00	—	—	78	80
John Marino D	D1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.04	1	0	0	19:33	—	—	57	61
Ryan Graves D	D1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	0	2	0	19:04	—	—	55	52
Dougie Hamilton D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	0	0	0	19:46	—	—	71	74
Jonas Siegenthaler D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	0	3	0	18:14	—	—	58	63
Damon Severson D	D3	0	1	1	0	1	0.05	1	0	0	19:34	—	—	55	44
Kevin Bahl D	D3	0	1	1	0	1	0.01	0	0	10	13:45	—	—	61	42

NJD goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Akira Schmid(start)	L	29	24	5	.828	2.75	52:28
Vitek Vanecek	—	0	0	0	—	0.00	2:18

New York Rangers

NYR skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Vincent Trocheck C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.35	0	0	12	15:21	—	—	44	50
Patrick Kane R	L1	0	0	0	0	5	0.40	0	0	0	14:16	—	—	42	48
Alexis Lafrenière L	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	1	0	13:36	—	—	46	50
Artemi Panarin L	L2	0	0	0	+1	3	0.27	0	1	0	19:31	—	—	37	30
Filip Chytil C	L2	0	1	1	+1	3	0.15	0	1	0	17:58	—	—	41	30
Kaapo Kakko R	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.06	0	0	0	15:06	—	—	47	46
Mika Zibanejad C	L3	1	1	2	+2	2	0.23	2	1	2	17:00	—	—	47	84
Chris Kreider L	L3	1	2	3	+2	2	0.16	1	0	0	16:24	—	—	56	87
Vladimir Tarasenko R	L3	1	1	2	+2	3	0.58	0	0	0	15:02	—	—	38	49
Tyler Motte C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	2	2	0	14:10	—	—	33	20
Barclay Goodrow C	L4	1	0	1	0	1	0.31	0	1	0	13:17	—	—	27	18
Jimmy Vesey L	L4	0	1	1	0	1	0.68	2	0	0	9:59	—	—	21	11
Jacob Trouba D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.05	4	4	2	22:21	—	—	36	49
K'Andre Miller D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	1	0	20:29	—	—	32	35
Adam Fox D	D2	0	2	2	+2	1	0.09	0	4	0	24:41	—	—	48	52
Ryan Lindgren D	D2	0	0	0	+3	1	0.08	1	0	0	20:57	—	—	55	46
Braden Schneider D	D3	1	0	1	0	2	0.15	1	3	0	13:00	—	—	33	33
Niko Mikkola D	D3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	1	2	0	12:14	—	—	40	43

NYR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Igor Shesterkin(start)	W	36	34	2	.944	4.37	59:55

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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.