Philadelphia Flyers vs. New Jersey DevilsApr 29, 2021

FinalThursday, Apr 29, 2021· Prudential Center

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Philadelphia FlyersPHI

3

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New Jersey DevilsNJD

5

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
PHI	0	2	1	3		PHI	3	11	10	24
NJD	2	1	2	5		NJD	9	5	5	19

: PHI 54NJD 42
: PHI 2.59NJD 2.89
PP goals: PHI 1NJD 2
Hits: PHI 19NJD 14
Blocks: PHI 12NJD 15
PIM: PHI 13NJD 7
: PHI 60%NJD 40%

Fantasy takeaways

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

New Jersey Devils beat Philadelphia Flyers 5–3

New Jersey Devils beat Philadelphia Flyers 5–3 at home. Yegor Sharangovich (NJD) led the scoring with 2G 0A. NJD scored 5 goals on 2.89 expected goals (42 attempts), finishing well above its chances.

Points
Yegor Sharangovich had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 16:42.Sharangovich
Points
Pavel Zacha had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 15:35.Zacha
Points
Damon Severson had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 21:30.Severson
Points
Jakub Voracek had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 18:21.Voracek
Points
Will Butcher had 2 assists (2 points) in 18:38.Butcher
Luck
NJD scored 5 goals on 2.89 expected goals (42 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
New line
New look for NJD: Merkley–Maltsev–Boqvist skated 10:12 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (37.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Merkley Maltsev Boqvist
Usage
Philippe Myers (PHI) played 23:59, +5:14 up on his 18:45 season average over 43 games.Myers

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

← PHI attacks left (bottom on phones)NJD attacks right (top on phones) →

NJD
PHI
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 96 of 96 attempts · NJD 42 · PHI 54

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

NJD
PHI
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

NJD pressure
PHI pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: PHI 37% of the game, NJD 30%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

NJD

PHI

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	PHI	NJD
	54	37
	2.42	1.74
	2.31	1.64
	6	6
	7	2
	22	16
	+0.111	−0.111
	37%	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.

Philadelphia Flyers

L1Giroux – Voracek – Couturier
12:2464% CF
L2van Riemsdyk – Laughton – Konecny
4:1780% CF
L3Lindblom – Patrick – Farabee
3:0886% CF
L4Allison – Twarynski – Cates
1:120% CF
D1Provorov – Myers
10:1750% CF
D2Sanheim – Zamula
8:2546% CF

PP1Giroux – Voracek – Couturier – Provorov – Allison
2:02100% CF
PP2Voracek – Sanheim – Allison – Patrick – Farabee
0:27
PK1FGiroux – Couturier
2:15
PK2FLindblom – Cates
0:25
PK1DBraun – Provorov
2:09
PK2DSanheim – Myers
0:00

Current PHI line combinations →

New Jersey Devils

L1Wood – Bastian – McLeod
11:5223% CF
L2Kuokkanen – Sharangovich – Hughes
11:0944% CF
L3Merkley – Maltsev – Boqvist
10:1238% CF
L4Zacha – Bratt – Hischier
8:3056% CF
D1Murray – Severson
13:5525% CF
D2Carrick – Butcher
12:0432% CF
D3Bahl – Smith
10:0986% CF

PP1Zacha – Bratt – Hischier – Smith – Hughes
5:0788% CF
PP2Severson – Butcher – Wood – Kuokkanen – Sharangovich
1:3667% CF
PK1FHischier – Sharangovich
1:18
PK2FBastian – McLeod
1:12
PK1DMurray – Severson
1:25
PK2DCarrick – Bahl
0:35

Current NJD line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

8:10
NJDYegor SharangovichPP (Will Butcher, Damon Severson)snap0.12 xG
PHI: Giroux, Braun, Couturier, ProvorovNJD: Severson, Butcher, Wood, Kuokkanen, Sharangovich
PHI 0 – 1 NJD
15:28
NJDYegor SharangovichPP (Damon Severson, Janne Kuokkanen)backhand0.15 xG
PHI: Braun, Couturier, Provorov, FarabeeNJD: Severson, Butcher, Wood, Kuokkanen, Sharangovich
PHI 0 – 2 NJD

2nd period

7:14
PHIScott LaughtonSHsnap0.16 xG
PHI: Braun, Laughton, Sanheim, LindblomNJD: Zacha, Bratt, Hischier, Smith, Hughes
PHI 1 – 2 NJD
9:00
NJDJesper Boqvist (Nick Merkley, Mikhail Maltsev)slap0.22 xG
PHI: Giroux, Voracek, Couturier, Sanheim, ZamulaNJD: Severson, Merkley, Maltsev, Boqvist, Bahl
PHI 1 – 3 NJD
12:17
PHISean Couturier (Justin Braun, Jakub Voracek)tip-in0.07 xG
PHI: Giroux, Braun, Voracek, Couturier, ZamulaNJD: Severson, Merkley, Maltsev, Boqvist, Smith
PHI 2 – 3 NJD

3rd period

13:15
NJDPavel Zacha (Will Butcher)snap0.15 xG
PHI: Giroux, Braun, Voracek, Couturier, SanheimNJD: Carrick, Butcher, Zacha, Bratt, Hischier
PHI 2 – 4 NJD
15:53
NJDJesper BrattEN (Pavel Zacha, Ryan Murray)wrist0.66 xG
PHI: Giroux, van Riemsdyk, Voracek, Couturier, Sanheim, ProvorovNJD: Murray, Severson, Zacha, Bratt, Hischier
PHI 2 – 5 NJD
18:10
PHITravis KonecnyPP (Jakub Voracek)snap0.04 xG
PHI: Giroux, Voracek, Couturier, Sanheim, KonecnyNJD: Severson, Carrick, Hischier, Sharangovich
PHI 3 – 5 NJD

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

Philadelphia Flyers

PHI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Sean Couturier C	L1	1	0	1	-2	3	0.24	1	3	0	21:48	—	—	57	54
Claude Giroux R	L1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.13	3	1	0	21:24	—	—	61	57
Jakub Voracek R	L1	0	2	2	-2	3	0.37	0	0	0	18:21	—	—	58	50
James van Riemsdyk L	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	16:22	—	—	67	89
Scott Laughton C	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.17	3	1	2	15:34	—	—	54	50
Travis Konecny R	L2	1	0	1	0	3	0.50	0	0	0	14:48	—	—	65	66
Nolan Patrick C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	3	0	0	13:16	—	—	73	65
Joel Farabee L	L3	0	0	0	0	4	0.57	0	0	5	12:52	—	—	60	75
Oskar Lindblom L	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.11	2	1	0	11:59	—	—	62	60
Jackson Cates C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	11:42	—	—	62	71
Wade Allison R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	2	11:34	—	—	50	54
Carsen Twarynski L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	7:22	—	—	25	0
Ivan Provorov D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.14	1	2	2	25:36	—	—	52	64
Philippe Myers D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	0	0	2	23:59	—	—	72	77
Travis Sanheim D	D2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.11	1	3	0	22:32	—	—	46	38
Egor Zamula D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.07	1	0	0	14:49	—	—	62	50
Justin Braun D	—	0	1	1	+1	0	0.03	0	1	0	18:42	—	—	66	73
Samuel Morin L	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	0	0	0	12:11	—	—	46	37

PHI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Alex Lyon(start)	L	18	14	4	.778	2.23	58:15

New Jersey Devils

NJD skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Michael McLeod C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	16:31	—	—	25	15
Miles Wood L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	0	1	0	15:38	—	—	33	37
Nathan Bastian R	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	2	0	15:07	—	—	27	7
Jack Hughes C	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.09	0	0	0	18:54	—	—	41	29
Yegor Sharangovich C	L2	2	0	2	0	4	0.47	1	1	0	16:42	—	—	38	27
Janne Kuokkanen C	L2	0	1	1	0	0	0.08	0	1	0	16:04	—	—	39	27
Nick Merkley R	L3	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	12:27	—	—	36	42
Jesper Boqvist C	L3	1	0	1	0	1	0.34	0	0	0	11:36	—	—	44	48
Mikhail Maltsev L	L3	0	1	1	0	1	0.07	0	1	0	10:47	—	—	38	48
Nico Hischier C	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.32	1	1	0	17:24	—	—	52	52
Jesper Bratt L	L4	1	0	1	+1	4	0.93	0	0	0	15:39	—	—	50	64
Pavel Zacha C	L4	1	1	2	+1	3	0.49	0	1	0	15:35	—	—	58	67
Damon Severson D	D1	0	2	2	+1	1	0.04	0	1	0	21:30	—	—	36	33
Ryan Murray D	D1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	1	1	0	20:46	—	—	35	32
Connor Carrick D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.01	1	2	5	19:19	—	—	36	31
Will Butcher D	D2	0	2	2	+1	0	0.00	1	0	0	18:38	—	—	39	45
Ty Smith D	D3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	1	2	2	19:39	—	—	57	65
Kevin Bahl D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	3	1	0	15:01	—	—	63	90

NJD goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Mackenzie Blackwood(start)	W	24	21	3	.875	2.59	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.