New York Islanders vs. New Jersey DevilsJan 24, 2021

FinalSunday, Jan 24, 2021· Prudential Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NYI	0	0	0	0		NYI	10	6	12	28
NJD	2	0	0	2		NJD	12	8	4	24

: NYI 46NJD 46
: NYI 2.96NJD 2.17
PP goals: NYI 0NJD 1
Hits: NYI 16NJD 12
Blocks: NYI 9NJD 6
PIM: NYI 4NJD 4
: NYI 61%NJD 39%

Fantasy takeaways

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

New Jersey Devils beat New York Islanders 2–0

New Jersey Devils beat New York Islanders 2–0 at home. Ty Smith (NJD) led the scoring with 0G 2A. NJD's first power-play unit (Zajac, Palmieri, Wood, Smith and Hughes) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 1:30 together.

Points
Ty Smith had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 11:48.Smith
PP1
NJD's first power-play unit (Zajac, Palmieri, Wood, Smith and Hughes) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 1:30 together.Zajac Palmieri Wood Smith Hughes
New line
New look for NJD: Zajac–Wood–Kuokkanen skated 13:08 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (54.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Zajac Wood Kuokkanen
Usage
Ty Smith (NJD) played 11:48, −8:30 down on his 20:18 season average over 47 games.Smith
Luck
NYI scored 0 goals on 2.96 expected goals (46 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Anthony Beauvillier (NYI) played 7:16, −9:20 down on his 16:36 season average over 46 games.Beauvillier
New line
New look for NJD: Gusev–Zacha–Merkley skated 9:12 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (42.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Gusev Zacha Merkley
New line
New look for NJD: Johnsson–Bastian–McLeod skated 8:21 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (33.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Johnsson Bastian McLeod

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

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

NJD
NYI
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 92 of 92 attempts · NJD 46 · NYI 46

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

NJD
NYI
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: NYI 40% of the game, NJD 31%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

NJD

NYI

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	NYI	NJD
	42	47
	2.10	1.74
	2.08	1.71
	11	7
	1	2
	14	16
	+0.119	−0.119
	40%	31%

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 York Islanders

L1Eberle – Lee – Barzal
12:4162% CF
L2Clutterbuck – Martin – Cizikas
6:3260% CF
L3Pageau – Johnston – Dal Colle
4:4740% CF
L4Bailey – Nelson – Beauvillier
3:2233% CF
D1Pelech – Pulock
12:1531% CF
D2Greene – Dobson
10:3733% CF
D3Leddy – Mayfield
9:3640% CF

PP1Eberle – Lee – Pulock – Barzal – Dobson
2:24100% CF
PP2Bailey – Leddy – Nelson – Pageau – Beauvillier
1:19100% CF
PK1FClutterbuck – Cizikas
1:28
PK2FBailey – Nelson
0:42
PK1DGreene – Pulock
0:56
PK2DMayfield – Pelech
0:51

Current NYI line combinations →

New Jersey Devils

L1Zajac – Wood – Kuokkanen
13:0854% CF
L2Palmieri – Sharangovich – Hughes
11:2371% CF
L3Gusev – Zacha – Merkley
9:1243% CF
L4Johnsson – Bastian – McLeod
8:2133% CF
D1Subban – Murray
17:0030% CF
D2Kulikov – Severson
16:0478% CF
D3Tennyson – Smith
7:1040% CF

PP1Zajac – Palmieri – Wood – Smith – Hughes
1:30100% CF
PP2Subban – Severson – Gusev – Johnsson – Zacha
0:57100% CF
PK1FZajac – Zacha
1:41
PK2FPalmieri – Sharangovich
1:20
PK1DKulikov – Tennyson
1:25
PK2DMurray – Severson
0:54

Current NJD line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

17:00
NJDJack HughesPP (Ty Smith, Kyle Palmieri)slap0.10 xG
NYI: Clutterbuck, Cizikas, Pelech, PulockNJD: Zajac, Palmieri, Wood, Smith, Hughes
NYI 0 – 1 NJD
19:00
NJDPavel Zacha (Nikita Gusev, Ty Smith)snap0.02 xG
NYI: Clutterbuck, Leddy, Cizikas, Pageau, MayfieldNJD: Subban, Gusev, Zacha, Merkley, Smith
NYI 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.

New York Islanders

NYI skaters
Skater	Line	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Mathew Barzal C	L1	0	0	0.06	1	0	0	23:32	—	—	50	51
Anders Lee L	L1	0	2	0.27	0	0	0	19:40	—	—	56	65
Jordan Eberle R	L1	0	6	0.71	0	1	0	19:14	—	—	56	62
Cal Clutterbuck R	L2	-1	1	0.03	5	0	0	14:11	—	—	47	28
Casey Cizikas C	L2	-1	1	0.19	1	0	0	14:00	—	—	50	47
Matt Martin L	L2	0	0	0.03	0	0	0	10:20	—	—	57	30
Jean-Gabriel Pageau C	L3	-1	1	0.13	1	2	0	17:44	—	—	40	65
Michael Dal Colle L	L3	0	0	0.01	0	0	0	10:49	—	—	35	31
Ross Johnston L	L3	0	0	0.00	4	0	2	8:49	—	—	53	75
Brock Nelson C	L4	0	3	0.41	0	0	0	19:29	—	—	42	58
Josh Bailey R	L4	0	1	0.19	0	0	0	16:34	—	—	39	46
Anthony Beauvillier R	L4	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	7:16	—	—	33	81
Ryan Pulock D	D1	0	3	0.14	1	2	0	23:08	—	—	44	68
Adam Pelech D	D1	0	2	0.11	2	1	0	22:00	—	—	42	47
Noah Dobson D	D2	0	2	0.24	1	0	0	22:22	—	—	50	41
Andy Greene D	D2	0	2	0.04	0	3	0	14:49	—	—	39	37
Nick Leddy D	D3	-1	4	0.41	0	0	0	20:21	—	—	63	79
Scott Mayfield D	D3	-1	0	0.00	0	0	2	15:15	—	—	44	73

NYI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Ilya Sorokin(start)	L	24	22	2	.917	2.17	57:50

New Jersey Devils

NJD skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Travis Zajac C	L1	0	0	0	0	4	0.34	3	0	0	20:25	—	—	52	40
Miles Wood L	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.31	1	0	0	17:26	—	—	56	44
Janne Kuokkanen C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.08	0	0	2	16:19	—	—	59	47
Jack Hughes C	L2	1	0	1	0	1	0.10	0	1	0	16:25	—	—	72	90
Yegor Sharangovich C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	0	0	0	16:24	—	—	62	84
Kyle Palmieri C	L2	0	1	1	0	5	0.69	1	0	0	16:14	—	—	71	89
Pavel Zacha C	L3	1	0	1	+1	1	0.22	0	0	0	15:04	—	—	46	21
Nikita Gusev L	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.04	0	1	0	12:15	—	—	44	17
Nick Merkley R	L3	0	0	0	+1	3	0.09	1	0	0	11:08	—	—	41	17
Nathan Bastian R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	2	0	0	12:48	—	—	25	17
Michael McLeod C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	0	0	0	11:22	—	—	29	20
Andreas Johnsson L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	11:18	—	—	40	21
P.K. Subban D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	23:41	—	—	44	21
Ryan Murray D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	2	0	22:43	—	—	33	17
Dmitry Kulikov D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.04	1	1	0	24:06	—	—	78	77
Damon Severson D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	2	1	2	23:05	—	—	65	56
Matt Tennyson D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	0	0	0	13:29	—	—	44	61
Ty Smith D	D3	0	2	2	+1	1	0.06	1	0	0	11:48	—	—	50	47

NJD goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Scott Wedgewood(start)	W	28	28	0	.1000	2.96	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.