Edmonton Oilers vs. New Jersey DevilsDec 21, 2023

FinalThursday, Dec 21, 2023· Prudential Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
EDM	2	0	4	6		EDM	9	18	11	38
NJD	1	2	0	3		NJD	12	6	8	26

: EDM 72NJD 51
: EDM 3.88NJD 2.04
PP goals: EDM 0NJD 0
Hits: EDM 17NJD 32
Blocks: EDM 15NJD 18
PIM: EDM 0NJD 4
: EDM 47%NJD 53%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Edmonton Oilers beat New Jersey Devils 6–3

Edmonton Oilers beat New Jersey Devils 6–3 at NJD. Ryan McLeod (EDM) led the scoring with 2G 0A. New look for EDM: Kane–Draisaitl–Foegele skated 8:58 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (45.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Ryan McLeod had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 14:33.McLeod
Points
Connor McDavid had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 20:02.McDavid
Points
Dawson Mercer had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 14:15.Mercer
Points
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 21:14.Nugent-Hopkins
Points
Mattias Ekholm had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 21:26.Ekholm
Points
Michael McLeod had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 16:55.McLeod
Points
Sam Gagner had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 9:49.Gagner
New line
New look for EDM: Kane–Draisaitl–Foegele skated 8:58 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (45.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Kane Draisaitl Foegele

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

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

NJD
EDM
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 123 of 123 attempts · NJD 51 · EDM 72

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

NJD
EDM
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: EDM 48% of the game, NJD 18%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

NJD

EDM

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	EDM	NJD
	78	60
	4.08	2.45
	3.96	2.37
	18	11
	12	8
	30	13
	−0.007	+0.007
	48%	18%

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.

Edmonton Oilers

L1Hyman – Nugent-Hopkins – McDavid
15:4986% CF
L2Kane – Draisaitl – Foegele
8:5845% CF
L3Gagner – Janmark – McLeod
6:3764% CF
L4Erne – Ryan – Hamblin
4:150% CF
D1Ekholm – Bouchard
18:0376% CF
D2Ceci – Nurse
17:5139% CF
D3Kulak – Desharnais
14:3940% CF

PP1Hyman – Nugent-Hopkins – Draisaitl – McDavid – Bouchard
3:1588% CF
PP2Gagner – Kane – Ekholm – Nurse – Foegele
0:31

Current EDM line combinations →

New Jersey Devils

L1Haula – Toffoli – Hughes
10:0052% CF
L2Palat – Bratt – Hischier
8:4135% CF
L3Meier – McLeod – Mercer
6:4029% CF
L4Lazar – Bastian – Holtz
1:0050% CF
D1Siegenthaler – Nemec
19:0547% CF
D2Marino – Bahl
12:5723% CF
D3Smith – Hughes
11:5240% CF

PK1FHaula – Mercer
1:33
PK2FPalat – Lazar
1:18
PK1DSmith – Marino
1:46
PK2DSiegenthaler – Bahl
0:49

Current NJD line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

Box score

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

Edmonton Oilers

EDM skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk		PP	SH
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins C	L1	1	1	2	+2	5	0.98	0	1	21:14	—	—	86	95
Zach Hyman L	L1	0	0	0	+2	7	0.72	0	0	21:08	—	—	87	95
Connor McDavid C	L1	1	1	2	+2	2	0.30	3	0	20:02	—	—	86	95
Leon Draisaitl C	L2	1	0	1	0	2	0.41	0	1	20:31	—	—	45	56
Warren Foegele L	L2	0	0	0	0	4	0.23	0	1	16:35	—	—	45	51
Evander Kane L	L2	0	0	0	-2	4	0.05	2	1	16:14	—	—	49	31
Mattias Janmark C	L3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	0	15:24	—	—	45	40
Ryan McLeod C	L3	2	0	2	+3	2	0.35	1	1	14:33	—	—	46	65
Sam Gagner C	L3	0	2	2	+2	2	0.00	1	0	9:49	—	—	55	67
Derek Ryan C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	10:05	—	—	23	3
James Hamblin L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	9:00	—	—	23	18
Adam Erne L	L4	1	0	1	0	1	0.23	5	0	8:46	—	—	29	19
Evan Bouchard D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.27	0	1	23:27	—	—	78	82
Mattias Ekholm D	D1	0	2	2	+2	4	0.18	2	1	21:26	—	—	75	86
Darnell Nurse D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	2	2	21:24	—	—	47	52
Cody Ceci D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.08	0	1	18:59	—	—	46	51
Brett Kulak D	D3	0	0	0	+2	2	0.05	0	1	16:22	—	—	43	40
Vincent Desharnais D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	3	15:01	—	—	41	31

EDM goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Calvin Pickard(start)	W	26	23	3	.885	2.04	60:00

New Jersey Devils

NJD skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jack Hughes C	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.13	0	1	0	18:31	—	—	55	47
Erik Haula L	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	0	0	17:16	—	—	50	44
Tyler Toffoli C	L1	0	0	0	-1	5	0.15	1	0	0	16:44	—	—	58	45
Nico Hischier C	L2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.52	0	1	0	15:56	—	—	39	36
Jesper Bratt L	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.23	0	0	0	15:06	—	—	45	40
Ondrej Palat L	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.17	4	1	0	14:55	—	—	38	38
Michael McLeod C	L3	0	2	2	+1	1	0.05	3	1	0	16:55	—	—	33	33
Dawson Mercer C	L3	1	1	2	0	1	0.10	1	0	0	14:15	—	—	33	39
Timo Meier R	L3	1	0	1	0	1	0.28	3	0	0	12:34	—	—	32	45
Curtis Lazar C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	3	0	0	15:13	—	—	44	16
Nathan Bastian R	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.10	5	1	0	10:33	—	—	39	25
Alexander Holtz R	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	0	0	0	7:20	—	—	44	41
Jonas Siegenthaler D	D1	1	0	1	+1	4	0.10	1	1	0	22:15	—	—	49	52
Simon Nemec D	D1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.01	2	0	2	20:38	—	—	48	52
John Marino D	D2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.07	0	2	0	21:28	—	—	33	25
Kevin Bahl D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	2	0	2	18:28	—	—	33	25
Brendan Smith D	D3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.03	4	6	0	19:24	—	—	50	40
Luke Hughes D	D3	0	0	0	-3	0	0.00	1	4	0	18:29	—	—	46	34

NJD goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Vitek Vanecek	L	32	28	4	.875	2.73	54:36
Akira Schmid(start)	—	6	4	2	.667	1.16	5:24

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Ryan McLeod (EDM) 1st 0:24 · assists Sam Gagner · Rebound · carried in · 14.4 mph shot · 5.3 s from entry to goal.

Ryan McLeod · 1st 0:24 · EDM

Play: rebound
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 14.4 mph
Distance: 10 ft
Entry to goal: 5.3 s
Type: rebound

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Jonas Siegenthaler · 2nd 1:39 · NJD

Play: point-shot
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 61.6 mph
Distance: 52 ft

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Adam Erne · 3rd 2:49 · EDM

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 6.3 mph
Distance: 14 ft
Entry to goal: 3.5 s

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Ryan Nugent-Hopkins · 1st 5:24 · EDM

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 23.3 mph
Distance: 59 ft

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Dawson Mercer · 1st 13:14 · NJD

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 1
Shot: 57.2 mph
Distance: 22 ft
Entry to goal: 2.4 s

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Timo Meier · 2nd 16:26 · NJD

Play: rebound
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 0
Shot: 10.5 mph
Distance: 6 ft
Entry to goal: 3.8 s
Type: rebound

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Connor McDavid · 3rd 1:40 · EDM

Play: rebound
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 51.5 mph
Distance: 14 ft
Entry to goal: 7.5 s
Type: rebound

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Leon Draisaitl · 3rd 2:22 · EDM

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 41.4 mph
Distance: 17 ft

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Ryan McLeod · 3rd 9:04 · EDM

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 4-on-3
Passes: 0
Shot: 49.5 mph
Distance: 12 ft
Entry to goal: 5.8 s

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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.

Edmonton Oilers vs. New Jersey DevilsDec 21, 2023

Fantasy takeaways

Edmonton Oilers beat New Jersey Devils 6–3

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

Edmonton Oilers

New Jersey Devils

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Edmonton Oilers

New Jersey Devils

Goal anatomy

Ryan McLeod · 1st 0:24 · EDM

Jonas Siegenthaler · 2nd 1:39 · NJD

Adam Erne · 3rd 2:49 · EDM

Ryan Nugent-Hopkins · 1st 5:24 · EDM

Dawson Mercer · 1st 13:14 · NJD

Timo Meier · 2nd 16:26 · NJD

Connor McDavid · 3rd 1:40 · EDM

Leon Draisaitl · 3rd 2:22 · EDM

Ryan McLeod · 3rd 9:04 · EDM