New Jersey Devils vs. Dallas StarsJan 2, 2019

FinalWednesday, Jan 2, 2019· American Airlines Center

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New Jersey DevilsNJD

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Dallas StarsDAL

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NJD	1	3	0	4		NJD	2	12	20	34
DAL	1	3	1	5		DAL	16	14	10	40

: NJD 54DAL 60
: NJD 3.42DAL 3.97
PP goals: NJD 1DAL 1
Hits: NJD 31DAL 23
Blocks: NJD 17DAL 14
PIM: NJD 9DAL 12
: NJD 46%DAL 54%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Dallas Stars edge New Jersey Devils 5–4

Dallas Stars beat New Jersey Devils 5–4 at home. Alexander Radulov (DAL) led the scoring with 0G 3A. Jamie Benn (DAL) played 5:39, −12:44 down on his 18:23 season average over 77 games.

Points
Alexander Radulov had 3 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 19:18.Radulov
Points
Miro Heiskanen had two goals (2 points) on 9 shots in 21:14.Heiskanen
Points
Tyler Seguin had two goals (2 points) on 8 shots in 19:57.Seguin
Points
John Klingberg had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 22:29.Klingberg
Points
Travis Zajac had 2 assists (2 points) on 5 shots in 21:08.Zajac
Points
Will Butcher had 2 assists (2 points) in 22:14.Butcher
Usage
Jamie Benn (DAL) played 5:39, −12:44 down on his 18:23 season average over 77 games.Benn
PP1
DAL's first power-play unit (Spezza, Radulov, Seguin, Klingberg and Faksa) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 2:26 together.Spezza Radulov Seguin Klingberg Faksa

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)DAL attacks right (top on phones) →

DAL
NJD
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 114 of 114 attempts · DAL 60 · NJD 54

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

DAL
NJD
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

DAL 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 38% of the game, DAL 41%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

DAL

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	DAL
	42	56
	2.41	3.23
	2.34	3.12
	12	17
	4	1
	22	12
	−0.045	+0.045
	38%	41%

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 – Bratt – Hischier
9:1073% CF
L2Zajac – Coleman – Wood
5:1160% CF
L3Boyle – Stafford – Seney
4:4950% CF
L4Noesen – Quenneville – Zacha
2:5533% CF
D1Vatanen – Santini
10:1720% CF
D2Lovejoy – Butcher
6:1455% CF
D3Greene – Severson
5:4850% CF

PP1Boyle – Zajac – Palmieri – Butcher – Zacha
4:12100% CF
PP2Vatanen – Severson – Wood – Bratt – Hischier
2:1233% CF
PK1FZajac – Coleman
1:39
PK2FBoyle – Zacha
1:33
PK1DGreene – Lovejoy
2:55
PK2DSeverson – Butcher
0:58

Current NJD line combinations →

Dallas Stars

L1Comeau – Pitlick – Faksa
9:1969% CF
L2Radulov – Benn – Seguin
4:1888% CF
L3Spezza – Shore – Janmark
4:1050% CF
L4Nichushkin – Hintz – Gurianov
2:3267% CF
D1Polak – Heiskanen
9:2256% CF
D2Klingberg – Lindell
8:4269% CF
D3Fedun – Honka
4:2750% CF

PP1Spezza – Radulov – Seguin – Klingberg – Faksa
2:26100% CF
PP2Faksa – Shore – Hintz – Gurianov – Heiskanen
1:29
PK1FComeau – Faksa
3:09
PK2FShore – Janmark
0:56
PK1DPolak – Lindell
2:53
PK2DFedun – Heiskanen
0:47

Current DAL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

3:41
NJDKyle Palmieri (Andy Greene, Travis Zajac)deflected0.05 xG
NJD: Zajac, Greene, Palmieri, Butcher, ZachaDAL: Radulov, Comeau, Polak, Faksa, Heiskanen
NJD 1 – 0 DAL
12:31
DALJamie Benn (Alexander Radulov, John Klingberg)wrist0.12 xG
NJD: Greene, Noesen, Severson, Wood, ZachaDAL: Radulov, Benn, Seguin, Klingberg, Honka
NJD 1 – 1 DAL

2nd period

3:21
DALMiro Heiskanen (Tyler Pitlick, Roman Polak)wrist0.11 xG
NJD: Zajac, Vatanen, Coleman, SantiniDAL: Polak, Pitlick, Janmark, Heiskanen
NJD 1 – 2 DAL
6:38
DALTyler SeguinPP (Alexander Radulov, John Klingberg)slap0.08 xG
NJD: Boyle, Greene, Lovejoy, ZachaDAL: Spezza, Radulov, Seguin, Klingberg, Faksa
NJD 1 – 3 DAL
11:08
NJDJesper Bratt (Nico Hischier)wrist0.12 xG
NJD: Palmieri, Vatanen, Santini, Bratt, HischierDAL: Spezza, Polak, Faksa, Janmark, Honka
NJD 2 – 3 DAL
12:24
DALTyler Seguin (Alexander Radulov, Valeri Nichushkin)wrist0.12 xG
NJD: Zajac, Coleman, Severson, Butcher, QuennevilleDAL: Radulov, Seguin, Klingberg, Nichushkin, Heiskanen
NJD 2 – 4 DAL
17:21
NJDDrew Stafford (Brett Seney, Will Butcher)wrist0.15 xG
NJD: Boyle, Stafford, Severson, Butcher, SeneyDAL: Comeau, Pitlick, Klingberg, Faksa, Honka
NJD 3 – 4 DAL
18:48
NJDBrian BoylePP (Will Butcher, Travis Zajac)deflected0.12 xG
NJD: Boyle, Zajac, Palmieri, Butcher, ZachaDAL: Comeau, Polak, Faksa, Lindell
NJD 4 – 4 DAL

3rd period

6:27
DALMiro Heiskanen (Roope Hintz)backhand0.14 xG
NJD: Zajac, Vatanen, Coleman, Severson, WoodDAL: Radulov, Seguin, Klingberg, Hintz, Heiskanen
NJD 4 – 5 DAL

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
Nico Hischier C	L1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.22	2	2	0	20:33	—	—	41	69
Kyle Palmieri C	L1	1	0	1	+2	5	0.89	0	0	0	18:39	—	—	79	97
Jesper Bratt L	L1	1	0	1	+1	5	0.22	1	0	0	16:51	—	—	59	85
Travis Zajac C	L2	0	2	2	-2	5	0.86	0	5	0	21:08	—	—	44	41
Blake Coleman L	L2	0	0	0	-3	1	0.14	7	0	0	19:15	—	—	36	26
Miles Wood L	L2	0	0	0	-2	2	0.22	3	1	5	15:38	—	—	31	15
Brian Boyle C	L3	1	0	1	+1	5	0.23	1	0	0	13:11	—	—	50	99
Drew Stafford R	L3	1	0	1	+1	1	0.15	1	0	0	10:29	—	—	50	44
Brett Seney L	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	1	0	2	9:06	—	—	65	59
Pavel Zacha C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.11	2	0	0	15:37	—	—	14	5
Stefan Noesen R	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	3	1	2	11:05	—	—	20	3
John Quenneville C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	8:24	—	—	29	19
Sami Vatanen D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.06	2	1	0	23:17	—	—	38	28
Steven Santini D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	16:52	—	—	37	72
Will Butcher D	D2	0	2	2	+1	0	0.05	1	0	0	22:14	—	—	52	61
Ben Lovejoy D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.23	2	2	0	17:42	—	—	48	51
Damon Severson D	D3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.03	1	3	0	23:16	—	—	46	34
Andy Greene D	D3	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	0	2	0	12:08	—	—	35	19

NJD goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Mackenzie Blackwood(start)	L	40	35	5	.875	3.42	58:02

Dallas Stars

DAL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Radek Faksa C	L1	0	0	0	-3	3	0.23	3	1	0	20:02	—	—	52	62
Blake Comeau L	L1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	4	0	0	18:31	—	—	58	68
Tyler Pitlick C	L1	0	1	1	0	1	0.49	1	0	0	14:22	—	—	63	71
Tyler Seguin C	L2	2	0	2	+3	8	1.42	0	2	0	19:57	—	—	60	59
Alexander Radulov R	L2	0	3	3	+2	2	0.26	0	1	4	19:18	—	—	57	56
Jamie Benn L	L2	1	0	1	+1	4	0.47	1	0	0	5:39	—	—	88	98
Mattias Janmark C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	0	0	0	16:01	—	—	50	9
Jason Spezza C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	0	0	0	14:56	—	—	43	24
Devin Shore C	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.02	3	0	0	13:43	—	—	58	29
Valeri Nichushkin R	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	3	0	0	13:34	—	—	45	63
Roope Hintz C	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.00	0	0	0	11:29	—	—	77	86
Denis Gurianov R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	7:44	—	—	57	91
Roman Polak D	D1	0	1	1	-1	1	0.01	4	5	2	22:18	—	—	42	42
Miro Heiskanen D	D1	2	0	2	+2	9	0.81	0	3	2	21:14	—	—	62	82
Esa Lindell D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	3	2	2	23:58	—	—	50	35
John Klingberg D	D2	0	2	2	+2	3	0.08	0	0	2	22:29	—	—	73	82
Taylor Fedun D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	14:36	—	—	46	5
Julius Honka D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.10	1	0	0	11:30	—	—	53	31

DAL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Ben Bishop(start)	W	34	30	4	.882	3.42	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.