Tampa Bay Lightning vs. New Jersey DevilsApr 18, 2018

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
TBL	2	0	1	3		TBL	12	12	13	37
NJD	1	0	0	1		NJD	13	5	10	28

: TBL 62NJD 49
: TBL 4.92NJD 2.71
PP goals: TBL 0NJD 1
Hits: TBL 19NJD 24
Blocks: TBL 10NJD 10
PIM: TBL 14NJD 12
: TBL 41%NJD 59%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Tampa Bay Lightning beat New Jersey Devils 3–1

Tampa Bay Lightning beat New Jersey Devils 3–1 at NJD. Nikita Kucherov (TBL) led the scoring with 2G 1A. NJD's first power-play unit (Zajac, Maroon, Palmieri, Hall and Butcher) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 6:16 together.

Points
Nikita Kucherov had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 7 shots in 20:28.Kucherov
Points
J.T. Miller had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 5 shots in 18:53.Miller
PP1
NJD's first power-play unit (Zajac, Maroon, Palmieri, Hall and Butcher) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 6:16 together.Zajac Maroon Palmieri Hall Butcher
Goalie
Cory Schneider (NJD) faced 36 shots and stopped 34 (.944), +6 against a season average of 29.8; the loss.Schneider
Luck
TBL scored 3 goals on 4.92 expected goals (62 attempts), well short of its chances.
Luck
NJD scored 1 goal on 2.71 expected goals (49 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Will Butcher (NJD) played 21:52, +4:39 up on his 17:13 season average over 4 games.Butcher
Usage
Ben Lovejoy (NJD) played 19:33, +5:35 up on his 13:58 season average over 4 games.Lovejoy

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

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

NJD
TBL
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 111 of 111 attempts · NJD 49 · TBL 62

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

NJD
TBL
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: TBL 44% of the game, NJD 22%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

NJD

TBL

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	TBL	NJD
	48	37
	3.34	2.18
	3.22	2.08
	8	11
	8	5
	16	14
	−0.060	+0.060
	44%	22%

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.

Tampa Bay Lightning

L1Stamkos – Kucherov – Miller
9:1667% CF
L2Johnson – Palat – Point
9:0467% CF
L3Killorn – Gourde – Cirelli
7:3358% CF
L4Kunitz – Conacher – Paquette
4:2244% CF
D1Stralman – McDonagh
10:3848% CF
D2Girardi – Hedman
10:2030% CF
D3Coburn – Sergachev
4:3573% CF

PP1Killorn – Stamkos – Hedman – Kucherov – Miller
6:20100% CF
PP2Johnson – Palat – Gourde – Point – Sergachev
3:18100% CF
PK1FJohnson – Paquette
3:49
PK2FKillorn – Cirelli
2:15
PK1DStralman – McDonagh
4:46
PK2DGirardi – Hedman
3:22

Current TBL line combinations →

New Jersey Devils

L1Maroon – Johansson – Zacha
6:1156% CF
L2Palmieri – Hall – Hischier
5:4913% CF
L3Boyle – Stafford – Wood
5:1355% CF
L4Zajac – Coleman – Noesen
5:0050% CF
D1Moore – Severson
8:5347% CF
D2Lovejoy – Butcher
6:3929% CF
D3Greene – Vatanen
4:0440% CF

PP1Zajac – Maroon – Palmieri – Hall – Butcher
6:16100% CF
PP2Stafford – Johansson – Severson – Zacha – Hischier
2:51100% CF
PK1FZajac – Coleman
5:08
PK2FPalmieri – Zacha
2:41
PK1DGreene – Lovejoy
6:18
PK2DMoore – Severson
0:38

Current NJD line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

8:23
NJDKyle PalmieriPP (Will Butcher, Taylor Hall)slap0.06 xG
TBL: Girardi, McDonagh, CirelliNJD: Zajac, Maroon, Palmieri, Hall, Butcher
TBL 0 – 1 NJD
11:30
TBLJ.T. Miller (Nikita Kucherov, Steven Stamkos)snap0.06 xG
TBL: Coburn, Girardi, Stamkos, Kucherov, MillerNJD: Greene, Palmieri, Vatanen, Hall, Hischier
TBL 1 – 1 NJD
15:02
TBLNikita Kucherov (Braydon Coburn, J.T. Miller)snap0.19 xG
TBL: Coburn, Stamkos, Hedman, Kucherov, MillerNJD: Palmieri, Moore, Coleman, Severson, Hischier
TBL 2 – 1 NJD

3rd period

18:52
TBLNikita KucherovEN (J.T. Miller)snap0.77 xG
TBL: McDonagh, Stamkos, Hedman, Kucherov, MillerNJD: Stafford, Greene, Maroon, Johansson, Severson, Hischier
TBL 3 – 1 NJD

Box score

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

Tampa Bay Lightning

TBL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nikita Kucherov R	L1	2	1	3	+3	7	1.38	1	0	2	20:28	—	—	58	53
J.T. Miller C	L1	1	2	3	+3	5	0.68	0	1	2	18:53	—	—	58	60
Steven Stamkos C	L1	0	1	1	+3	4	0.11	0	0	0	18:43	—	—	61	64
Tyler Johnson C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.19	1	0	0	18:37	—	—	60	67
Brayden Point C	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.42	1	0	2	16:59	—	—	57	65
Ondrej Palat L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.47	2	0	0	14:04	—	—	67	70
Alex Killorn L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.23	0	0	4	20:06	—	—	58	42
Anthony Cirelli C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.07	0	2	0	16:05	—	—	53	39
Yanni Gourde C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	1	0	0	14:33	—	—	56	38
Cedric Paquette C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	2	2	10:47	—	—	42	73
Chris Kunitz L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.72	0	0	0	5:34	—	—	44	78
Cory Conacher C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	1	0	0	5:00	—	—	44	78
Anton Stralman D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.11	1	2	2	21:47	—	—	52	53
Ryan McDonagh D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.03	2	2	0	21:42	—	—	58	47
Victor Hedman D	D2	0	0	0	+2	1	0.15	0	1	0	27:58	—	—	48	69
Dan Girardi D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.06	2	0	0	15:41	—	—	43	43
Braydon Coburn D	D3	0	1	1	+2	3	0.09	5	0	0	12:55	—	—	70	75
Mikhail Sergachev D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	1	0	0	9:41	—	—	64	58

TBL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Andrei Vasilevskiy(start)	W	28	27	1	.964	2.71	59:51

New Jersey Devils

NJD skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Marcus Johansson L	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.03	4	0	0	19:35	—	—	54	47
Pavel Zacha C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.25	1	0	0	18:49	—	—	65	83
Patrick Maroon L	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.74	1	0	0	17:35	—	—	42	46
Taylor Hall L	L2	0	1	1	-1	1	0.25	0	0	4	20:17	—	—	13	37
Nico Hischier C	L2	0	0	0	-3	1	0.08	1	0	0	16:57	—	—	32	19
Kyle Palmieri C	L2	1	0	1	-2	2	0.14	0	1	0	16:52	—	—	21	35
Drew Stafford R	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	4	0	0	10:58	—	—	64	24
Miles Wood L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	0	0	2	8:51	—	—	56	22
Brian Boyle C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	0	0	7:28	—	—	46	17
Travis Zajac C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.29	1	1	0	19:18	—	—	42	59
Blake Coleman L	L4	0	0	0	-1	4	0.22	3	1	2	14:06	—	—	44	45
Stefan Noesen R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	1	0	2	9:30	—	—	41	47
Damon Severson D	D1	0	0	0	-2	8	0.41	2	1	0	20:58	—	—	46	49
John Moore D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.10	0	1	0	19:58	—	—	47	52
Will Butcher D	D2	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	21:52	—	—	29	14
Ben Lovejoy D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	1	4	0	19:33	—	—	35	15
Andy Greene D	D3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.04	0	0	2	21:12	—	—	46	58
Sami Vatanen D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	6:46	—	—	57	75

NJD goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Cory Schneider(start)	L	36	34	2	.944	4.14	59:25

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.