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New Jersey Devils vs. San Jose SharksJan 4, 2025

Final· SAP Center at San Jose
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NJD
2
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SJS
3
Goals123TShots123T
NJD0112NJD1210830
SJS1023SJS118524
NJD 62SJS 52
NJD 3.40SJS 2.61
PP goals
NJD 1SJS 0
Hits
NJD 21SJS 16
Blocks
NJD 12SJS 16
PIM
NJD 8SJS 2
NJD 57%SJS 43%

Fantasy takeaways

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

San Jose Sharks edge New Jersey Devils 3–2

San Jose Sharks beat New Jersey Devils 3–2 at home. Nico Hischier (NJD) led the scoring with 1G 0A. NJD's first power-play unit (Hamilton, Noesen, Bratt, Hischier and Hughes) scored 1 power-play goal on 9 attempts in 3:02 together.

  1. PP1
    NJD's first power-play unit (Hamilton, Noesen, Bratt, Hischier and Hughes) scored 1 power-play goal on 9 attempts in 3:02 together.HamiltonNoesenBrattHischierHughes
  2. New line
    New look for SJS: Granlund–Zetterlund–Eklund skated 11:02 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (63.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.GranlundZetterlundEklund
  3. New line
    New look for SJS: Goodrow–Kunin–Kovalenko skated 8:14 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (35% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.GoodrowKuninKovalenko
  4. New line
    New look for SJS: Toffoli–Wennberg–Kostin skated 9:36 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (48% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.ToffoliWennbergKostin
  5. Usage
    Klim Kostin (SJS) played 13:39, +3:04 up on his 10:35 season average over 34 games.Kostin
  6. PP1
    SJS's PP1 (Toffoli, Granlund, Wennberg, Smith and Celebrini) went scoreless in 4:54 of 5v4 time with 4 attempts.ToffoliGranlundWennbergSmithCelebrini

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.

Shot map, NJD at SJS: 114 attempts, 54 on goal, 5 goals, 6.01 expected goals; best chance Curtis Lazar at 0.40 xG.

Strength
Period
Team
← NJD attacks left (bottom on phones)SJS attacks right (top on phones) →
  • SJS
  • NJD
  • Goal
  • Shot on goal
  • Missed
  • Blocked

Showing 114 of 114 attempts · SJS 52 · NJD 62

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

Game flow, NJD at SJS: expected goals 2.61 to 3.40 (NJD led the chances), shot attempts 52 to 62, 5 goals.

0.01.02.03.04.01st2nd3rdSJSNJDKHCCCnet xGcumulative expected goals · 60:00
  • SJS
  • NJD
  • Goal
  • Power play (shaded)
Pressure Index
SJSNJDcontrol2nd3rdKovalenko · 1st 17:40Hischier · 2nd 4:19Celebrini · 3rd 1:53Cotter · 3rd 5:07Ceci · 3rd 19:35
  • 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 33% of the game, SJS 29%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

Shift chart, NJD at SJS: 38 players over 60:00; most ice Yaroslav Askarov (60:00) for SJS and Jacob Markstrom (59:20) for NJD, 5 goals.

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
StatNJDSJS
6152
2.872.57
2.572.53
1213
88
1611
+0.040−0.040
33%29%

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

Current NJD line combinations →

San Jose Sharks

Current SJS line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

  1. 17:40
    SJSNikolai Kovalenko (William Eklund, Luke Kunin)wrist0.16 xG
    NJD: Haula, Hamilton, Noesen, Cotter, HughesSJS: Ceci, Kunin, Kovalenko, Thrun, Eklund
    NJD 0 – 1 SJS

2nd period

  1. 4:19
    NJDNico HischierPP (Jack Hughes, Jesper Bratt)deflected0.25 xG
    NJD: Hamilton, Noesen, Bratt, Hischier, HughesSJS: Granlund, Rutta, Thrun, Eklund
    NJD 1 – 1 SJS

3rd period

  1. 1:53
    SJSMacklin Celebrini (Will Smith, Collin Graf)wrist0.11 xG
    NJD: Haula, Pesce, Cotter, Mercer, HughesSJS: Vlasic, Rutta, Smith, Celebrini, Graf
    NJD 1 – 2 SJS
  2. 5:07
    NJDPaul Cotter (Luke Hughes)wrist0.11 xG
    NJD: Haula, Pesce, Cotter, Mercer, HughesSJS: Vlasic, Rutta, Smith, Celebrini, Graf
    NJD 2 – 2 SJS
  3. 19:35
    SJSCody Ceci (Alexander Wennberg)slap0.02 xG
    NJD: Haula, Siegenthaler, Bastian, Kovacevic, CotterSJS: Toffoli, Ceci, Wennberg, Kunin, Thrun
    NJD 2 – 3 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
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Nico Hischier CL1101030.3900219:47——4833
Stefan Noesen RL1000-150.3231017:36——4724
Timo Meier RL1000020.0220015:31——4428
Jack Hughes CL2011040.5101019:31——5219
Jesper Bratt LL2011010.0300017:13——4818
Ondrej Palat LL2000010.0611012:16——5029
Dawson Mercer CL3000010.3100014:59——7776
Paul Cotter LL3101-210.2650013:34——6068
Erik Haula LL3000-210.1300013:06——6355
Nathan Bastian RL4000-110.2810011:31——5791
Curtis Lazar CL4000020.5130011:11——6094
Tomas Tatar LL4000020.251109:17——6393
Brett Pesce DD1000000.0011021:09——4541
Luke Hughes DD1011-100.0001019:55——4333
Dougie Hamilton DD2000-140.1812020:36——5651
Brenden Dillon DD2000000.0112220:13——5957
Johnathan Kovacevic DD3000-110.0301018:32——6161
Jonas Siegenthaler DD3000-110.1221416:43——6261
NJD goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Jacob Markstrom(start)L24213.8752.6159:20

San Jose Sharks

SJS skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Mikael Granlund CL1000010.1000020:33——6482
William Eklund LL1011+140.5301018:08——6588
Fabian Zetterlund LL1000040.2811015:27——6286
Macklin Celebrini CL2101020.3800217:40——2643
Will Smith CL2011000.3000016:44——2641
Collin Graf RL2011000.0000013:12——2843
Alexander Wennberg CL3011+100.0500019:05——5059
Tyler Toffoli CL3000+140.5700018:18——5063
Klim Kostin CL3000000.0031013:39——4865
Luke Kunin CL4011+210.0330013:54——4217
Barclay Goodrow CL4000000.0432012:25——358
Nikolai Kovalenko RL4101+110.1631010:14——4117
Cody Ceci DD1101+210.0312021:34——4326
Henry Thrun DD1000+210.0400019:22——4630
Mario Ferraro DD2000020.0413020:38——5654
Timothy Liljegren DD2000020.0402018:25——5350
Jan Rutta DD3000000.0011014:21——3373
Marc-Edouard Vlasic DD3000010.0202012:41——3874
SJS goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Yaroslav Askarov(start)W30282.9333.4060:00

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Nikolai Kovalenko (SJS) 1st 17:40 · assists William Eklund, Luke Kunin · Forecheck turnover · carried in · 25.7 mph shot · 6.5 s from entry to goal.

Nikolai Kovalenko · 1st 17:40 · SJS

Play
turnover-forecheck
Entry
carry
Odd man
No
Passes
2
Shot
25.7 mph
Distance
8 ft
Entry to goal
6.5 s

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Paul Cotter · 3rd 5:07 · NJD

Play
odd-man-rush
Entry
carry
Odd man
3-on-2
Passes
1
Shot
45.0 mph
Distance
10 ft
Entry to goal
2.5 s

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