New Jersey Devils vs. Ottawa SenatorsDec 29, 2019

Final / OTSunday, Dec 29, 2019· Canadian Tire Centre

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New Jersey DevilsNJD

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Ottawa SenatorsOTT

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
NJD	1	2	0	1	4		NJD	14	9	10	1	34
OTT	0	2	1	0	3		OTT	6	10	7	0	23

: NJD 74OTT 48
: NJD 4.50OTT 2.96
PP goals: NJD 2OTT 0
Hits: NJD 29OTT 32
Blocks: NJD 10OTT 19
PIM: NJD 21OTT 15
: NJD 47%OTT 53%

Fantasy takeaways

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

New Jersey Devils edge Ottawa Senators 4–3 (OT)

New Jersey Devils beat Ottawa Senators 4–3 in overtime at OTT. Sami Vatanen (NJD) led the scoring with 0G 3A. NJD's first power-play unit (Palmieri, Vatanen, Severson, Hischier and Hughes) scored 1 power-play goal on 10 attempts in 3:30 together.

Points
Sami Vatanen had 3 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 24:29.Vatanen
Points
Jack Hughes had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 17:17.Hughes
PP1
NJD's first power-play unit (Palmieri, Vatanen, Severson, Hischier and Hughes) scored 1 power-play goal on 10 attempts in 3:30 together.Palmieri Vatanen Severson Hischier Hughes
Usage
Cody Goloubef (OTT) played 25:52, +11:06 up on his 14:46 season average over 25 games.Goloubef
New line
New look for NJD: Hayden–Zacha–Boqvist skated 4:59 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (33.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Hayden Zacha Boqvist
Usage
Erik Brannstrom (OTT) played 21:50, +7:13 up on his 14:37 season average over 30 games.Brannstrom
Usage
Connor Carrick (NJD) played 10:31, −4:02 down on his 14:33 season average over 28 games.Carrick
Usage
Vladislav Namestnikov (OTT) played 11:18, −3:49 down on his 15:07 season average over 64 games.Namestnikov

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 122 of 122 attempts · OTT 48 · NJD 74

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 25%.

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
	62	48
	2.77	2.35
	2.66	2.23
	14	16
	1	2
	19	10
	−0.007	+0.007
	39%	25%

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

L1Simmonds – Wood – Hughes
10:5859% CF
L2Palmieri – Bratt – Hischier
10:1567% CF
L3Zajac – Coleman – Gusev
9:4850% CF
L4Hayden – Zacha – Boqvist
4:5933% CF
D1Vatanen – Severson
15:1959% CF
D2Greene – Subban
10:4062% CF
D3Carrick – Mueller
8:2756% CF

PP1Palmieri – Vatanen – Severson – Hischier – Hughes
3:30100% CF
PP2Subban – Simmonds – Gusev – Zacha – Bratt
2:36100% CF
PK1FZajac – Coleman
3:03
PK2FZacha – Hischier
2:16
PK1DGreene – Severson
2:28
PK2DVatanen – Mueller
1:12

Current NJD line combinations →

Ottawa Senators

L1Pageau – Brown – Tkachuk
13:0142% CF
L2Anisimov – Ennis – White
10:1135% CF
L3Tierney – Duclair – Paul
5:5388% CF
L4Namestnikov – Sabourin – Beaudin
1:48
D1Goloubef – Chabot
16:1661% CF
D2Borowiecki – Brannstrom
10:5113% CF
D3Englund – Jaros
5:2850% CF

PP1Anisimov – Namestnikov – Brown – White – Brannstrom
3:13100% CF
PP2Ennis – Pageau – Duclair – Chabot – Tkachuk
2:3257% CF
PK1FTierney – Brown
2:20
PK2FPageau – Duclair
1:34
PK1DGoloubef – Borowiecki
2:51
PK2DChabot – Brannstrom
0:55

Current OTT line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

8:58
NJDNico HischierPP (Sami Vatanen, Damon Severson)deflected0.15 xG
NJD: Palmieri, Vatanen, Severson, Hischier, HughesOTT: Tierney, Brown, Chabot, Brannstrom
NJD 1 – 0 OTT

2nd period

8:39
OTTNick Paul (Anthony Duclair, Cody Goloubef)wrist0.12 xG
NJD: Greene, Subban, Palmieri, Wood, HughesOTT: Goloubef, Tierney, Duclair, Paul, Chabot
NJD 1 – 1 OTT
13:28
OTTArtem Anisimov (Andreas Englund, Colin White)tip-in0.06 xG
NJD: Greene, Subban, Simmonds, Wood, ZachaOTT: Anisimov, Ennis, Englund, White, Jaros
NJD 1 – 2 OTT
15:12
NJDNikita GusevPP (Sami Vatanen, Jack Hughes)wrist0.12 xG
NJD: Palmieri, Vatanen, Gusev, Hischier, HughesOTT: Goloubef, Borowiecki, Pageau
NJD 2 – 2 OTT
18:00
NJDMiles Wood (Wayne Simmonds)wrist0.07 xG
NJD: Simmonds, Vatanen, Severson, Wood, HughesOTT: Anisimov, Ennis, Goloubef, Borowiecki, White
NJD 3 – 2 OTT

3rd period

15:02
OTTThomas Chabot (Jean-Gabriel Pageau)slap0.01 xG
NJD: Palmieri, Vatanen, Severson, Zacha, HischierOTT: Goloubef, Pageau, Brown, Chabot, Tkachuk
NJD 3 – 3 OTT

OT period

0:54
NJDJack Hughes (Kyle Palmieri, Sami Vatanen)wrist0.14 xG
NJD: Palmieri, Vatanen, HughesOTT: Pageau, Chabot, Tkachuk
NJD 4 – 3 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
Jack Hughes C	L1	1	1	2	+1	2	0.22	1	0	0	17:17	—	—	57	41
Wayne Simmonds R	L1	0	1	1	0	4	0.27	5	0	0	16:36	—	—	59	40
Miles Wood L	L1	1	0	1	-1	2	0.32	3	0	0	14:57	—	—	58	41
Nico Hischier C	L2	1	0	1	-1	5	0.95	0	1	0	19:01	—	—	58	66
Kyle Palmieri C	L2	0	1	1	-1	3	0.51	1	0	0	17:47	—	—	50	58
Jesper Bratt L	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.16	0	0	0	13:27	—	—	67	81
Blake Coleman L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.50	7	2	0	18:20	—	—	63	84
Travis Zajac C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.31	1	0	0	16:56	—	—	59	90
Nikita Gusev L	L3	1	0	1	0	3	0.39	1	0	0	15:25	—	—	56	70
Pavel Zacha C	L4	0	0	0	-2	1	0.33	0	0	0	13:59	—	—	44	21
Jesper Boqvist C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	0	0	8:43	—	—	50	24
John Hayden C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	1	1	17	6:27	—	—	40	37
Damon Severson D	D1	0	1	1	0	2	0.26	3	2	0	24:59	—	—	54	65
Sami Vatanen D	D1	0	3	3	+1	1	0.18	1	0	0	24:29	—	—	55	65
P.K. Subban D	D2	0	0	0	-2	3	0.03	0	1	0	19:46	—	—	61	52
Andy Greene D	D2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.04	0	2	0	19:36	—	—	66	64
Mirco Mueller D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	2	1	2	18:27	—	—	47	40
Connor Carrick D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	2	10:31	—	—	58	46

NJD goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Mackenzie Blackwood(start)	W	23	20	3	.870	2.96	60:54

Ottawa Senators

OTT skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Connor Brown R	L1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.20	0	0	0	22:27	—	—	46	35
Jean-Gabriel Pageau C	L1	0	1	1	0	2	0.15	1	1	0	21:31	—	—	43	24
Brady Tkachuk L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	5	0	0	18:02	—	—	39	23
Colin White C	L2	0	1	1	0	2	0.22	0	1	2	17:51	—	—	37	36
Artem Anisimov C	L2	1	0	1	0	4	0.67	0	2	0	15:35	—	—	32	35
Tyler Ennis R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.45	1	0	0	14:25	—	—	35	40
Chris Tierney C	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.06	2	1	0	17:22	—	—	50	48
Anthony Duclair L	L3	0	1	1	+1	3	0.29	1	1	0	14:44	—	—	60	62
Nick Paul L	L3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.32	2	0	0	14:28	—	—	71	82
Vladislav Namestnikov C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.45	1	2	4	11:18	—	—	40	52
Scott Sabourin R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	2	7:17	—	—	20	37
J.C. Beaudin C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.09	5	0	0	5:48	—	—	67	86
Thomas Chabot D	D1	1	0	1	+1	3	0.03	0	1	0	28:25	—	—	63	70
Cody Goloubef D	D1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	4	4	0	25:52	—	—	49	58
Erik Brannstrom D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	3	0	0	21:50	—	—	33	37
Mark Borowiecki D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	4	0	21:02	—	—	14	25
Andreas Englund D	D3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.00	1	0	7	9:48	—	—	56	54
Christian Jaros D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	2	0	7:53	—	—	42	41

OTT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Craig Anderson(start)	O	34	30	4	.882	4.50	60:54

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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.