New Jersey Devils vs. San Jose SharksNov 6, 2021

Final / SOSaturday, Nov 6, 2021· SAP Center at San Jose

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	SO	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
NJD	0	1	1	0	1	3		NJD	10	7	8	3	28
SJS	0	1	1	0	0	2		SJS	9	9	5	4	27

: NJD 62SJS 60
: NJD 2.08SJS 2.00
PP goals: NJD 0SJS 1
Hits: NJD 17SJS 22
Blocks: NJD 21SJS 20
PIM: NJD 6SJS 8
: NJD 54%SJS 46%

Fantasy takeaways

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

New Jersey Devils edge San Jose Sharks 3–2 (SO)

New Jersey Devils beat San Jose Sharks 3–2 in a shootout at SJS. Brent Burns (SJS) led the scoring with 0G 2A. SJS's first power-play unit (Burns, Bonino, Couture, Merkley and Dahlen) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 2:17 together.

Points
Brent Burns had 2 assists (2 points) on 7 shots in 30:29.Burns
PP1
SJS's first power-play unit (Burns, Bonino, Couture, Merkley and Dahlen) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 2:17 together.Burns Bonino Couture Merkley Dahlen
New line
New look for SJS: Bonino–Couture–Dahlen skated 11:45 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (19% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Bonino Couture Dahlen
Usage
Mario Ferraro (SJS) played 31:12, +8:20 up on his 22:52 season average over 62 games.Ferraro
New line
New look for NJD: Tatar–Vesey–Zacha skated 6:21 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (54.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Tatar Vesey Zacha
Usage
Andreas Johnsson (NJD) played 22:18, +8:03 up on his 14:15 season average over 70 games.Johnsson
Usage
Yegor Sharangovich (NJD) played 8:30, −8:07 down on his 16:37 season average over 75 games.Sharangovich
New line
New look for NJD: Gauthier–McLeod–Kuokkanen skated 4:31 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (57.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Gauthier McLeod Kuokkanen

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 122 of 122 attempts · SJS 60 · 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 35% of the game, SJS 30%.

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
	59	49
	1.68	1.41
	1.63	1.40
	6	5
	4	5
	11	17
	+0.042	−0.042
	35%	30%

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

L1Johnsson – Bratt – Hischier
8:5939% CF
L2Tatar – Vesey – Zacha
6:2155% CF
L3Gauthier – McLeod – Kuokkanen
4:3157% CF
L4Sharangovich – Mercer – Holtz
4:3136% CF
D1Subban – Siegenthaler
11:5742% CF
D2Severson – Graves
11:0070% CF
D3White – Smith
7:5060% CF

PP1Subban – Zacha – Hischier – Mercer – Holtz
4:1367% CF
PP2Tatar – Severson – Johnsson – Bratt – Smith
3:0060% CF
PK1FVesey – Gauthier
1:41
PK2FMcLeod – Hischier
1:25
PK1DSubban – Siegenthaler
1:13
PK2DSeverson – Graves
0:47

Current NJD line combinations →

San Jose Sharks

L1Bonino – Couture – Dahlen
11:4519% CF
L2Hertl – Balcers – Barabanov
10:0161% CF
L3Cogliano – Merkley – Weatherby
8:2838% CF
L4Pederson – Gadjovich – Leonard
7:0342% CF
D1Burns – Ferraro
20:0434% CF
D2Meloche – Hatakka
11:2868% CF
D3Megna – Merkley
8:5657% CF

PP1Burns – Bonino – Couture – Merkley – Dahlen
2:1780% CF
PP2Hertl – Merkley – Weatherby – Leonard – Barabanov
1:46100% CF
PK1FHertl – Balcers
1:30
PK2FCogliano – Couture
1:06
PK1DBurns – Ferraro
5:20
PK2DMegna – Meloche
1:23

Current SJS line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

4:48
SJSRudolfs Balcers (Mario Ferraro, Brent Burns)wrist0.12 xG
NJD: Subban, Johnsson, Siegenthaler, Bratt, MercerSJS: Hertl, Balcers, Ferraro, Hatakka, Barabanov
NJD 0 – 1 SJS
16:45
NJDRyan Graves (Nico Hischier, Michael McLeod)snap0.13 xG
NJD: Severson, Graves, Zacha, McLeod, HischierSJS: Hertl, Meloche, Balcers, Hatakka, Barabanov
NJD 1 – 1 SJS

3rd period

4:21
SJSJonathan DahlenPP (Brent Burns, Nick Merkley)wrist0.07 xG
NJD: Severson, Graves, Gauthier, McLeodSJS: Burns, Bonino, Couture, Merkley, Dahlen
NJD 1 – 2 SJS
17:04
NJDJanne Kuokkanenwrist0.15 xG
NJD: Vesey, Graves, White, McLeod, KuokkanenSJS: Cogliano, Merkley, Merkley, Weatherby, Hatakka
NJD 2 – 2 SJS

Decided in the shootout: NJD 3 – 2 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
Jesper Bratt L	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.08	3	2	2	22:35	—	—	56	39
Nico Hischier C	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.22	0	1	0	22:24	—	—	48	51
Andreas Johnsson L	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.38	1	1	0	22:18	—	—	57	49
Pavel Zacha C	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.07	3	1	0	20:07	—	—	60	77
Tomas Tatar L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	0	1	0	15:54	—	—	67	76
Jimmy Vesey L	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.10	2	2	0	13:30	—	—	50	67
Michael McLeod C	L3	0	1	1	+2	1	0.02	3	1	0	14:54	—	—	63	64
Janne Kuokkanen C	L3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.18	0	0	2	12:14	—	—	69	68
Frederik Gauthier C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	7:16	—	—	50	18
Dawson Mercer C	L4	0	0	0	-1	4	0.48	0	1	0	18:39	—	—	59	57
Alexander Holtz R	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.05	0	0	0	11:41	—	—	24	23
Yegor Sharangovich C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	0	1	0	8:30	—	—	40	32
P.K. Subban D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.04	0	3	0	22:29	—	—	41	27
Jonas Siegenthaler D	D1	0	0	0	-1	4	0.07	1	1	0	21:03	—	—	46	55
Ryan Graves D	D2	1	0	1	+2	2	0.15	0	0	0	23:46	—	—	68	70
Damon Severson D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.09	0	4	2	22:52	—	—	65	63
Ty Smith D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	1	2	0	17:18	—	—	60	61
Colton White D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.05	2	0	0	13:13	—	—	52	54

NJD goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jonathan Bernier(start)	W	27	25	2	.926	2.00	65:00

San Jose Sharks

SJS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Logan Couture C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.08	1	2	0	23:16	—	—	24	13
Nick Bonino C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.07	0	0	2	20:36	—	—	32	34
Jonathan Dahlen C	L1	1	0	1	0	1	0.09	0	2	0	17:02	—	—	30	34
Tomas Hertl C	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.29	0	1	0	20:22	—	—	67	54
Rudolfs Balcers L	L2	1	0	1	0	4	0.36	4	1	4	17:46	—	—	64	58
Alexander Barabanov L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	16:37	—	—	58	49
Nick Merkley R	L3	0	1	1	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	13:42	—	—	45	26
Andrew Cogliano C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.06	1	0	2	13:36	—	—	44	35
Jasper Weatherby C	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.21	1	2	0	13:29	—	—	50	42
Lane Pederson C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.19	2	3	0	10:58	—	—	55	82
John Leonard L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	0	0	0	9:30	—	—	46	81
Jonah Gadjovich L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	5	0	0	8:48	—	—	46	81
Mario Ferraro D	D1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.07	2	3	0	31:12	—	—	39	46
Brent Burns D	D1	0	2	2	0	7	0.34	0	3	0	30:29	—	—	33	35
Nicolas Meloche D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	3	0	0	18:48	—	—	50	47
Santeri Hatakka D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.03	0	1	0	12:52	—	—	63	58
Ryan Merkley D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	0	1	0	15:10	—	—	39	31
Jaycob Megna D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	1	1	0	12:54	—	—	47	38

SJS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
James Reimer(start)	O	28	26	2	.929	2.08	64:53

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.