New Jersey Devils vs. Ottawa SenatorsFeb 6, 2018

FinalTuesday, Feb 6, 2018· Canadian Tire Centre

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New Jersey DevilsNJD

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Ottawa SenatorsOTT

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NJD	1	1	1	3		NJD	11	14	8	33
OTT	3	2	0	5		OTT	16	13	3	32

: NJD 77OTT 67
: NJD 3.76OTT 2.39
PP goals: NJD 1OTT 2
Hits: NJD 27OTT 28
Blocks: NJD 12OTT 20
PIM: NJD 13OTT 15
: NJD 45%OTT 55%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Ottawa Senators beat New Jersey Devils 5–3

Ottawa Senators beat New Jersey Devils 5–3 at home. Matt Duchene (OTT) led the scoring with 1G 2A. New look for OTT: Pyatt–Paajarvi–Pageau skated 10:01 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (69.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Matt Duchene had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 4 shots in 19:21.Duchene
Points
Kyle Palmieri had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 20:03.Palmieri
Points
Mike Hoffman had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 17:33.Hoffman
Points
Pavel Zacha had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 17:47.Zacha
New line
New look for OTT: Pyatt–Paajarvi–Pageau skated 10:01 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (69.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Pyatt Paajarvi Pageau
Luck
OTT scored 5 goals on 2.39 expected goals (67 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
Usage
Erik Karlsson (OTT) played 20:44, −6:06 down on his 26:50 season average over 70 games.Karlsson
Usage
Fredrik Claesson (OTT) played 10:36, −4:49 down on his 15:25 season average over 63 games.Claesson

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)OTT attacks right (top on phones) →

OTT
NJD
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 144 of 144 attempts · OTT 67 · NJD 77

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

OTT
NJD
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

OTT 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, OTT 24%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

OTT

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	OTT
	59	66
	1.82	1.95
	1.79	1.93
	7	8
	6	11
	10	12
	+0.015	−0.015
	39%	24%

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

L1Zajac – Coleman – Noesen
9:5435% CF
L2Hall – Bratt – Hischier
8:3042% CF
L3Palmieri – Wood – Zacha
5:3458% CF
D1Greene – Vatanen
6:3357% CF
D2Moore – Severson
6:2256% CF
D3Lovejoy – Butcher
3:2455% CF

PP1Stafford – Vatanen – Severson – Bratt – Hischier
2:3691% CF
PP2Palmieri – Hall – Butcher – Wood – Zacha
2:34100% CF
PK1FPalmieri – Zacha
1:20
PK2FBoyle – Coleman
0:58
PK1DMoore – Vatanen
1:23
PK2DGreene – Lovejoy
0:42

Current NJD line combinations →

Ottawa Senators

L1Hoffman – Duchene – White
10:2679% CF
L2Pyatt – Paajarvi – Pageau
10:0169% CF
L3Burrows – Smith – Dzingel
7:2140% CF
D1Oduya – Karlsson
10:3669% CF
D2Phaneuf – Borowiecki
7:2956% CF
D3Ceci – Chabot
5:4763% CF

PP1Smith – Karlsson – Hoffman – Duchene – Chabot
2:05100% CF
PP2Phaneuf – DiDomenico – Dzingel – Pageau – Ceci
1:5367% CF
PK1FPyatt – Pageau
2:12
PK2FSmith – Paajarvi
0:51
PK1DOduya – Karlsson
2:32
PK2DPhaneuf – Ceci
2:12

Current OTT line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

1:57
NJDTravis Zajac (Stefan Noesen)wrist0.12 xG
NJD: Zajac, Vatanen, Coleman, Noesen, ButcherOTT: Burrows, Phaneuf, Smith, McCormick, Ceci
NJD 1 – 0 OTT
13:35
OTTMike HoffmanPP (Matt Duchene, Erik Karlsson)slap0.21 xG
NJD: Zajac, Greene, LovejoyOTT: Smith, Karlsson, Hoffman, Duchene, Dzingel
NJD 1 – 1 OTT
14:33
OTTChristopher DiDomenicoPP (Cody Ceci, Ryan Dzingel)slap0.07 xG
NJD: Boyle, Moore, Vatanen, ColemanOTT: Phaneuf, DiDomenico, Dzingel, Pageau, Ceci
NJD 1 – 2 OTT
18:58
OTTMatt Duchene (Mike Hoffman, Fredrik Claesson)backhand0.06 xG
NJD: Zajac, Moore, Coleman, Noesen, SeversonOTT: Phaneuf, Hoffman, Duchene, Claesson, White
NJD 1 – 3 OTT

2nd period

8:43
OTTColin White (Thomas Chabot, Matt Duchene)wrist0.04 xG
NJD: Zajac, Moore, Coleman, Noesen, MuellerOTT: Borowiecki, Hoffman, Duchene, White, Chabot
NJD 1 – 4 OTT
10:54
NJDTaylor HallPP (Pavel Zacha, Kyle Palmieri)slap0.07 xG
NJD: Boyle, Greene, Palmieri, Hall, ZachaOTT: Oduya, Smith, Karlsson, Paajarvi
NJD 2 – 4 OTT
19:12
OTTZack Smith (Jean-Gabriel Pageau, Alexandre Burrows)wrist0.14 xG
NJD: Stafford, Vatanen, Severson, Bratt, HischierOTT: Oduya, Burrows, Smith, Karlsson, Pageau
NJD 2 – 5 OTT

3rd period

5:12
NJDKyle Palmieri (Pavel Zacha, Miles Wood)wrist0.01 xG
NJD: Greene, Palmieri, Vatanen, Wood, ZachaOTT: Hoffman, Duchene, Claesson, Ceci, White
NJD 3 – 5 OTT

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
Travis Zajac C	L1	1	0	1	-1	3	0.34	0	1	0	17:26	—	—	34	47
Blake Coleman L	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.11	5	0	2	15:36	—	—	39	44
Stefan Noesen R	L1	0	1	1	-1	0	0.04	2	1	0	15:02	—	—	43	51
Taylor Hall L	L2	1	0	1	0	4	0.34	1	1	0	22:11	—	—	46	41
Nico Hischier C	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.48	2	1	0	16:19	—	—	47	52
Jesper Bratt L	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.06	0	0	0	14:57	—	—	42	45
Kyle Palmieri C	L3	1	1	2	+1	5	0.48	3	0	4	20:03	—	—	56	73
Pavel Zacha C	L3	0	2	2	+1	4	0.32	0	0	0	17:47	—	—	47	65
Miles Wood L	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.01	2	0	0	12:45	—	—	56	69
Sami Vatanen D	D1	0	0	0	+1	4	0.50	5	1	0	19:57	—	—	50	59
Andy Greene D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	2	0	17:28	—	—	30	22
John Moore D	D2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.06	0	0	0	19:36	—	—	42	37
Damon Severson D	D2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.00	1	2	0	16:02	—	—	44	27
Will Butcher D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.10	0	2	0	17:40	—	—	66	65
Ben Lovejoy D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	1	1	7	10:37	—	—	48	58
Brian Boyle C	—	0	0	0	0	4	0.60	4	0	0	14:51	—	—	70	31
Mirco Mueller D	—	0	0	0	-1	0	0.03	0	0	0	14:12	—	—	43	51
Drew Stafford R	—	0	0	0	-1	2	0.23	1	0	0	12:09	—	—	58	16

NJD goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Eddie Lack	—	12	11	1	.917	0.99	29:31
Keith Kinkaid(start)	L	20	16	4	.800	1.39	28:40

Ottawa Senators

OTT skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Matt Duchene C	L1	1	2	3	+1	4	0.39	0	1	0	19:21	—	—	68	71
Mike Hoffman C	L1	1	1	2	+1	2	0.35	0	0	0	17:33	—	—	78	66
Colin White C	L1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.11	0	0	0	13:35	—	—	73	65
Jean-Gabriel Pageau C	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.14	4	0	0	19:16	—	—	63	85
Tom Pyatt L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.11	1	0	0	18:21	—	—	53	62
Magnus Paajarvi L	L2	0	0	0	0	5	0.25	2	2	0	15:59	—	—	55	62
Zack Smith C	L3	1	0	1	0	4	0.33	1	2	2	20:08	—	—	38	26
Ryan Dzingel C	L3	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	17:29	—	—	38	21
Alexandre Burrows R	L3	0	1	1	0	1	0.13	1	2	4	13:50	—	—	38	47
Erik Karlsson D	D1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.03	0	1	4	20:44	—	—	56	53
Johnny Oduya D	D1	0	0	0	+1	4	0.05	0	1	0	17:10	—	—	69	70
Dion Phaneuf D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.08	5	2	0	19:47	—	—	42	25
Mark Borowiecki D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.16	6	2	0	16:41	—	—	49	57
Cody Ceci D	D3	0	1	1	-2	2	0.07	1	3	0	21:56	—	—	63	64
Thomas Chabot D	D3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.12	1	0	0	13:21	—	—	50	69
Fredrik Claesson D	—	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	1	3	0	10:36	—	—	30	32
Christopher DiDomenico L	—	1	0	1	0	1	0.07	1	1	0	9:34	—	—	38	23
Max McCormick L	—	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	4	0	5	5:47	—	—	8	24

OTT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Craig Anderson(start)	W	33	30	3	.909	3.76	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.