New Jersey Devils vs. San Jose SharksMar 20, 2018

FinalTuesday, Mar 20, 2018· SAP Center at San Jose

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New Jersey DevilsNJD

2

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San Jose SharksSJS

6

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NJD	1	0	1	2		NJD	12	9	7	28
SJS	3	3	0	6		SJS	9	7	9	25

: NJD 62SJS 64
: NJD 3.35SJS 3.00
PP goals: NJD 0SJS 2
Hits: NJD 28SJS 17
Blocks: NJD 22SJS 17
PIM: NJD 2SJS 8
: NJD 45%SJS 55%

Fantasy takeaways

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

San Jose Sharks rout New Jersey Devils 6–2

San Jose Sharks beat New Jersey Devils 6–2 at home. Brent Burns (SJS) led the scoring with 0G 3A. SJS's first power-play unit (Burns, Pavelski, Couture, Kane and Labanc) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 1:25 together.

Points
Brent Burns had 3 assists (3 points) in 20:24.Burns
Points
Barclay Goodrow had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 12:53.Goodrow
Points
Brenden Dillon had 2 assists (2 points) in 20:29.Dillon
Points
Drew Stafford had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 16:10.Stafford
PP1
SJS's first power-play unit (Burns, Pavelski, Couture, Kane and Labanc) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 1:25 together.Burns Pavelski Couture Kane Labanc
New line
New look for SJS: Pavelski–Kane–Karlsson skated 11:38 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (60.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Pavelski Kane Karlsson
Luck
SJS scored 6 goals on 3.00 expected goals (64 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
Usage
Dylan DeMelo (SJS) played 19:44, +5:37 up on his 14:07 season average over 62 games.DeMelo

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)SJS attacks right (top on phones) →

SJS
NJD
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 126 of 126 attempts · SJS 64 · NJD 62

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

SJS
NJD
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

SJS 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 34% of the game, SJS 34%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

SJS

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	SJS
	62	70
	2.92	3.03
	2.76	2.96
	11	13
	5	5
	14	7
	−0.063	+0.063
	34%	34%

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

L1Palmieri – Hall – Hischier
11:4448% CF
L2Zajac – Grabner – Gibbons
10:5438% CF
L3Boyle – Stafford – Bratt
9:4842% CF
L4Maroon – Coleman – Noesen
8:0464% CF
D1Moore – Severson
16:3953% CF
D2Greene – Vatanen
16:1534% CF
D3Lovejoy – Butcher
12:0355% CF

PP1Zajac – Maroon – Palmieri – Vatanen – Hall
3:5575% CF
PP2Boyle – Severson – Butcher – Bratt – Hischier
1:57100% CF
PK1FZajac – Grabner
0:33
PK2FGibbons – Coleman
0:31
PK1DGreene – Lovejoy
1:22
PK2DMoore – Vatanen
0:05

Current NJD line combinations →

San Jose Sharks

L1Pavelski – Kane – Karlsson
11:3861% CF
L2Tierney – Labanc – Meier
10:3950% CF
L3Couture – Boedker – Hertl
10:2745% CF
L4Fehr – Hansen – Goodrow
8:4758% CF
D1Dillon – DeMelo
16:5350% CF
D2Vlasic – Braun
15:2954% CF
D3Martin – Burns
13:3948% CF

PP1Burns – Pavelski – Couture – Kane – Labanc
1:2580% CF
PP2Burns – Boedker – Hertl – Tierney – Meier
0:05100% CF
PK1FFehr – Goodrow
2:01
PK2FTierney – Karlsson
1:42
PK1DVlasic – Braun
2:50
PK2DBurns – Dillon
1:16

Current SJS line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

5:32
SJSEric Fehr (Paul Martin, Brent Burns)wrist0.01 xG
NJD: Lovejoy, Maroon, Coleman, Noesen, ButcherSJS: Martin, Fehr, Burns, Hansen, Goodrow
NJD 0 – 1 SJS
11:19
NJDTaylor Hall (Drew Stafford)wrist0.15 xG
NJD: Stafford, Moore, Hall, Severson, HischierSJS: Fehr, Vlasic, Braun, Boedker, Hertl
NJD 1 – 1 SJS
12:25
SJSJoe PavelskiPP (Kevin Labanc, Brent Burns)deflected0.12 xG
NJD: Greene, Lovejoy, Gibbons, ColemanSJS: Burns, Pavelski, Couture, Kane, Labanc
NJD 1 – 2 SJS
15:14
SJSJannik Hansen (Dylan DeMelo, Barclay Goodrow)wrist0.06 xG
NJD: Maroon, Moore, Coleman, Noesen, SeversonSJS: Fehr, Hansen, Dillon, DeMelo, Goodrow
NJD 1 – 3 SJS

2nd period

10:38
SJSBarclay Goodrow (Brenden Dillon)wrist0.02 xG
NJD: Zajac, Grabner, Moore, Gibbons, SeversonSJS: Fehr, Hansen, Dillon, DeMelo, Goodrow
NJD 1 – 4 SJS
11:18
SJSLogan Couture (Brenden Dillon)wrist0.04 xG
NJD: Zajac, Palmieri, Vatanen, Hall, ButcherSJS: Couture, Boedker, Dillon, DeMelo, Hertl
NJD 1 – 5 SJS
18:20
SJSMikkel BoedkerPP (Brent Burns, Chris Tierney)wrist0.05 xG
NJD: Zajac, Grabner, Moore, VatanenSJS: Burns, Boedker, Hertl, Tierney, Meier
NJD 1 – 6 SJS

3rd period

18:24
NJDBlake Coleman (Patrick Maroon, Drew Stafford)wrist0.16 xG
NJD: Stafford, Maroon, Moore, Coleman, SeversonSJS: Dillon, DeMelo, Tierney, Labanc, Meier
NJD 2 – 6 SJS

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
Kyle Palmieri C	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.17	2	2	0	19:27	—	—	43	32
Taylor Hall L	L1	1	0	1	0	4	0.52	2	0	0	18:54	—	—	50	40
Nico Hischier C	L1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.24	0	0	0	16:51	—	—	48	36
Travis Zajac C	L2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.01	1	1	0	16:08	—	—	37	27
Brian Gibbons C	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	1	0	14:03	—	—	33	18
Michael Grabner L	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.10	3	0	0	13:20	—	—	38	16
Drew Stafford R	L3	0	2	2	+2	4	0.26	2	0	0	16:10	—	—	56	59
Brian Boyle C	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.32	3	0	2	15:40	—	—	50	47
Jesper Bratt L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.09	0	2	0	12:38	—	—	46	42
Patrick Maroon L	L4	0	1	1	-1	3	0.70	1	0	0	14:29	—	—	57	85
Blake Coleman L	L4	1	0	1	-1	2	0.20	4	2	0	13:28	—	—	55	80
Stefan Noesen R	L4	0	0	0	-2	3	0.37	4	1	0	11:57	—	—	53	76
Damon Severson D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.29	2	3	0	20:54	—	—	52	53
John Moore D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	0	1	0	20:28	—	—	52	49
Sami Vatanen D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.04	1	0	0	21:30	—	—	33	41
Andy Greene D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	6	0	19:41	—	—	34	40
Will Butcher D	D3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	1	0	0	17:27	—	—	50	59
Ben Lovejoy D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	1	3	0	15:32	—	—	58	66

NJD goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Cory Schneider(start)	L	14	10	4	.714	1.47	30:31
Keith Kinkaid	—	11	9	2	.818	1.54	29:22

San Jose Sharks

SJS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Joe Pavelski C	L1	1	0	1	0	3	0.32	0	0	0	17:43	—	—	59	79
Evander Kane L	L1	0	0	0	0	5	0.94	1	1	0	17:42	—	—	53	74
Melker Karlsson C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.11	1	0	2	15:51	—	—	55	70
Chris Tierney C	L2	0	1	1	-1	0	0.09	1	0	0	16:05	—	—	50	31
Kevin Labanc R	L2	0	1	1	-1	2	0.22	0	0	0	13:56	—	—	57	42
Timo Meier R	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.23	0	1	0	13:45	—	—	53	39
Logan Couture C	L3	1	0	1	+1	3	0.26	2	1	0	14:55	—	—	43	37
Mikkel Boedker L	L3	1	0	1	0	1	0.33	0	0	0	13:43	—	—	41	34
Tomas Hertl C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	1	1	0	12:56	—	—	46	34
Eric Fehr C	L4	1	0	1	+2	3	0.13	1	2	0	13:08	—	—	56	49
Barclay Goodrow C	L4	1	1	2	+3	2	0.11	0	1	0	12:53	—	—	58	54
Jannik Hansen R	L4	1	0	1	+3	1	0.13	2	0	0	9:55	—	—	55	52
Brenden Dillon D	D1	0	2	2	+2	0	0.00	2	1	0	20:29	—	—	53	59
Dylan DeMelo D	D1	0	1	1	+2	1	0.01	1	1	4	19:44	—	—	48	54
Justin Braun D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	2	1	0	22:43	—	—	58	56
Marc-Edouard Vlasic D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	0	2	0	21:09	—	—	55	62
Brent Burns D	D3	0	3	3	+1	0	0.01	1	1	2	20:24	—	—	51	30
Paul Martin D	D3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.05	2	4	0	14:59	—	—	53	29

SJS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Martin Jones(start)	W	28	26	2	.929	3.35	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.