Carolina Hurricanes vs. New Jersey DevilsDec 29, 2018

FinalSaturday, Dec 29, 2018· Prudential Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
CAR	0	0	0	0		CAR	13	13	11	37
NJD	0	1	1	2		NJD	9	13	8	30

: CAR 59NJD 60
: CAR 2.39NJD 3.11
PP goals: CAR 0NJD 0
Hits: CAR 20NJD 11
Blocks: CAR 16NJD 13
PIM: CAR 8NJD 12
: CAR 48%NJD 52%

Fantasy takeaways

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

New Jersey Devils beat Carolina Hurricanes 2–0

New Jersey Devils beat Carolina Hurricanes 2–0 at home. Pavel Zacha (NJD) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for CAR: Teravainen–McGinn–Aho skated 8:58 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (72.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Pavel Zacha had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 18:37.Zacha
New line
New look for CAR: Teravainen–McGinn–Aho skated 8:58 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (72.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Teravainen McGinn Aho
Luck
CAR scored 0 goals on 2.39 expected goals (59 attempts), well short of its chances.
Goalie
Mackenzie Blackwood (NJD) faced 37 shots and stopped 37 (.1000), +8 against a season average of 29.1; the win.Blackwood
New line
New look for CAR: Rask–Foegele–Kuokkanen skated 5:28 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (33.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Rask Foegele Kuokkanen
Usage
Andy Greene (NJD) played 25:13, +4:26 up on his 20:47 season average over 81 games.Greene
Usage
Clark Bishop (CAR) played 13:03, +3:47 up on his 9:16 season average over 19 games.Bishop
Usage
Brett Pesce (CAR) played 17:15, −3:17 down on his 20:32 season average over 72 games.Pesce

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

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

NJD
CAR
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 119 of 119 attempts · NJD 60 · CAR 59

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

NJD
CAR
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: CAR 34% of the game, NJD 35%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

NJD

CAR

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	CAR	NJD
	56	49
	1.85	1.61
	1.85	1.50
	7	8
	6	5
	12	8
	−0.028	+0.028
	34%	35%

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.

Carolina Hurricanes

L1Teravainen – McGinn – Aho
8:5872% CF
L2Williams – Ferland – Bishop
8:1450% CF
L3Martinook – Wallmark – Svechnikov
7:4161% CF
L4Rask – Foegele – Kuokkanen
5:2833% CF
D1de Haan – Faulk
10:3942% CF
D2Slavin – Pesce
10:0029% CF
D3Hamilton – van Riemsdyk
9:4156% CF

PP1Williams – Ferland – Teravainen – Slavin – Aho
4:4160% CF
PP2Faulk – Rask – Hamilton – Wallmark – Svechnikov
3:3933% CF
PK1FMcGinn – Wallmark
2:09
PK2FTeravainen – Aho
1:08
PK1DSlavin – Pesce
2:46
PK2DFaulk – Hamilton
1:22

Current CAR line combinations →

New Jersey Devils

L1Palmieri – Bratt – Hischier
10:1238% CF
L2Noesen – Wood – Zacha
9:1259% CF
L3Zajac – Coleman – Quenneville
7:0757% CF
L4Boyle – Stafford – Seney
5:2357% CF
D1Greene – Severson
10:3340% CF
D2Vatanen – Santini
9:4950% CF
D3Lovejoy – Butcher
6:0560% CF

PP1Boyle – Zajac – Palmieri – Butcher – Zacha
3:3992% CF
PP2Vatanen – Severson – Wood – Bratt – Hischier
2:21100% CF
PK1FZajac – Coleman
4:47
PK2FBoyle – Zacha
2:27
PK1DGreene – Lovejoy
8:19
PK2DVatanen – Severson
0:17

Current NJD line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

19:24
NJDPavel ZachaSHsnap0.10 xG
CAR: Faulk, Rask, Hamilton, Wallmark, SvechnikovNJD: Boyle, Greene, Severson, Zacha
CAR 0 – 1 NJD

3rd period

19:27
NJDAndy GreeneEN (Nico Hischier, Pavel Zacha)slap0.63 xG
CAR: Faulk, Hamilton, Martinook, McGinn, Wallmark, SvechnikovNJD: Greene, Lovejoy, Noesen, Zacha, Hischier
CAR 0 – 2 NJD

Box score

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

Carolina Hurricanes

CAR skaters
Skater	Line	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Sebastian Aho C	L1	0	4	0.49	0	0	0	22:37	—	—	60	60
Teuvo Teravainen C	L1	0	4	0.49	0	0	0	19:51	—	—	68	73
Brock McGinn L	L1	-1	1	0.05	1	2	0	14:27	—	—	52	45
Justin Williams R	L2	0	1	0.02	0	0	0	17:11	—	—	53	49
Micheal Ferland L	L2	0	2	0.17	1	0	0	15:52	—	—	56	50
Clark Bishop C	L2	0	0	0.00	4	1	2	13:03	—	—	44	43
Lucas Wallmark C	L3	-2	1	0.01	2	0	0	16:17	—	—	50	59
Jordan Martinook L	L3	-1	5	0.11	1	0	2	14:38	—	—	61	68
Andrei Svechnikov R	L3	-2	3	0.21	2	2	0	13:02	—	—	52	71
Warren Foegele L	L4	0	1	0.10	1	1	0	13:02	—	—	59	40
Victor Rask C	L4	-1	1	0.01	1	0	0	10:30	—	—	38	24
Janne Kuokkanen C	L4	0	1	0.18	0	0	0	8:41	—	—	18	7
Justin Faulk D	D1	-2	1	0.05	1	1	0	20:56	—	—	41	49
Calvin de Haan D	D1	0	3	0.06	1	2	4	18:37	—	—	57	60
Jaccob Slavin D	D2	0	0	0.02	3	3	0	23:47	—	—	47	38
Brett Pesce D	D2	0	1	0.15	0	2	0	17:15	—	—	44	40
Dougie Hamilton D	D3	-2	3	0.22	2	0	0	20:27	—	—	61	72
Trevor van Riemsdyk D	D3	0	5	0.05	0	2	0	13:28	—	—	67	72

CAR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Curtis McElhinney(start)	L	29	28	1	.966	2.48	58:19

New Jersey Devils

NJD skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Kyle Palmieri C	L1	0	0	0	0	4	0.40	1	0	0	16:53	—	—	29	47
Nico Hischier C	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.11	1	0	0	16:16	—	—	53	55
Jesper Bratt L	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.09	1	0	0	14:00	—	—	44	64
Pavel Zacha C	L2	1	1	2	+2	4	0.54	0	0	0	18:37	—	—	48	54
Miles Wood L	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.27	2	1	0	14:27	—	—	58	64
Stefan Noesen R	L2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.20	0	1	2	10:33	—	—	58	56
Travis Zajac C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.15	0	0	0	21:33	—	—	33	19
Blake Coleman L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	1	1	0	19:26	—	—	41	28
John Quenneville C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.09	0	0	2	8:12	—	—	45	25
Brian Boyle C	L4	0	0	0	+1	2	0.29	1	0	0	13:50	—	—	54	38
Drew Stafford R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	0	0	0	8:44	—	—	59	43
Brett Seney L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	7:56	—	—	60	79
Andy Greene D	D1	1	0	1	+2	2	0.68	1	2	0	25:13	—	—	41	30
Damon Severson D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.09	0	0	0	22:49	—	—	38	46
Sami Vatanen D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	4	2	19:13	—	—	59	60
Steven Santini D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	1	0	4	14:16	—	—	50	45
Ben Lovejoy D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.02	0	2	0	20:16	—	—	41	60
Will Butcher D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	2	2	15:46	—	—	50	44

NJD goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Mackenzie Blackwood(start)	W	37	37	0	.1000	2.39	60:00

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.