Pittsburgh Penguins vs. New Jersey DevilsFeb 3, 2018

FinalSaturday, Feb 3, 2018· Prudential Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
PIT	0	0	1	1		PIT	6	4	6	16
NJD	0	2	1	3		NJD	13	16	9	38

: PIT 41NJD 75
: PIT 1.99NJD 3.98
PP goals: PIT 0NJD 0
Hits: PIT 18NJD 21
Blocks: PIT 17NJD 15
PIM: PIT 11NJD 7
: PIT 45%NJD 55%

Fantasy takeaways

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

New Jersey Devils beat Pittsburgh Penguins 3–1

New Jersey Devils beat Pittsburgh Penguins 3–1 at home. Travis Zajac (NJD) led the scoring with 2G 1A. New look for PIT: Malkin–Kessel–Hagelin skated 9:22 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Travis Zajac had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 5 shots in 17:03.Zajac
Points
Blake Coleman had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 15:49.Coleman
Points
Stefan Noesen had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 14:43.Noesen
New line
New look for PIT: Malkin–Kessel–Hagelin skated 9:22 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Malkin Kessel Hagelin
New line
New look for PIT: Crosby–Rust–Guentzel skated 9:05 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (45.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Crosby Rust Guentzel
Usage
Taylor Hall (NJD) played 25:58, +6:55 up on his 19:03 season average over 75 games.Hall
Goalie
Casey DeSmith (PIT) faced 38 shots and stopped 35 (.921), +13 against a season average of 25.4; the loss.DeSmith
New line
New look for PIT: Sheahan–Kuhnhackl–Simon skated 5:13 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (21.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Sheahan Kuhnhackl Simon

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

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

NJD
PIT
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 116 of 116 attempts · NJD 75 · PIT 41

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

NJD
PIT
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: PIT 10% of the game, NJD 56%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

NJD

PIT

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	PIT	NJD
	43	70
	2.02	3.73
	2.01	3.53
	10	19
	1	8
	16	22
	−0.047	+0.047
	10%	56%

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.

Pittsburgh Penguins

L1Malkin – Kessel – Hagelin
9:2267% CF
L2Crosby – Rust – Guentzel
9:0545% CF
L3Sheahan – Kuhnhackl – Simon
5:1321% CF
L4Reaves – Rowney – Aston-Reese
1:080% CF
D1Schultz – Maatta
15:0640% CF
D2Letang – Dumoulin
13:3232% CF
D3Cole – Oleksiak
13:2041% CF

PP1Malkin – Crosby – Letang – Kessel – Guentzel
0:4550% CF
PP2Schultz – Rust – Maatta – Simon – Aston-Reese
0:27100% CF
PK1FHagelin – Sheahan
3:12
PK2FKuhnhackl – Rowney
2:23
PK1DLetang – Dumoulin
2:15
PK2DOleksiak – Maatta
1:02

Current PIT line combinations →

New Jersey Devils

L1Hall – Bratt – Hischier
11:3747% CF
L2Zajac – Coleman – Noesen
11:0374% CF
L3Palmieri – Wood – Zacha
8:5757% CF
D1Greene – Vatanen
12:5358% CF
D2Moore – Severson
10:2379% CF
D3Lovejoy – Mueller
6:0254% CF

PP1Stafford – Vatanen – Severson – Bratt – Hischier
2:45100% CF
PP2Palmieri – Hall – Butcher – Wood – Zacha
2:4390% CF
PK1FZajac – Coleman
0:42
PK2FPalmieri – Zacha
0:21
PK1DGreene – Lovejoy
1:07
PK2DMoore – Vatanen
0:45

Current NJD line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

0:30
NJDTravis Zajac (Blake Coleman, Stefan Noesen)wrist0.02 xG
PIT: Crosby, Letang, Dumoulin, Rust, SimonNJD: Zajac, Moore, Coleman, Noesen, Severson
PIT 0 – 1 NJD
3:05
NJDBlake Coleman (Stefan Noesen, Travis Zajac)wrist0.17 xG
PIT: Crosby, Schultz, Rust, Maatta, Aston-ReeseNJD: Zajac, Greene, Vatanen, Coleman, Noesen
PIT 0 – 2 NJD

3rd period

6:16
PITEvgeni Malkin (Ian Cole, Phil Kessel)backhand0.13 xG
PIT: Malkin, Kessel, Cole, Hagelin, OleksiakNJD: Boyle, Stafford, Lovejoy, Hall, Mueller
PIT 1 – 2 NJD
9:51
NJDTravis Zajac (Damon Severson, Taylor Hall)tip-in0.07 xG
PIT: Crosby, Letang, Kessel, Dumoulin, GuentzelNJD: Zajac, Moore, Hall, Noesen, Severson
PIT 1 – 3 NJD

Box score

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

Pittsburgh Penguins

PIT skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Phil Kessel R	L1	0	1	1	0	1	0.15	0	0	0	20:12	—	—	52	49
Carl Hagelin L	L1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.14	1	0	0	18:29	—	—	52	48
Evgeni Malkin C	L1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.19	2	0	0	17:02	—	—	48	46
Sidney Crosby C	L2	0	0	0	-3	2	0.07	0	1	0	21:38	—	—	38	34
Bryan Rust R	L2	0	0	0	-2	2	0.14	1	1	0	18:25	—	—	39	36
Jake Guentzel C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.41	2	1	2	18:10	—	—	38	37
Riley Sheahan C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.20	0	2	0	17:31	—	—	35	25
Dominik Simon C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.04	0	1	0	12:19	—	—	24	18
Tom Kuhnhackl R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.12	2	1	0	12:04	—	—	20	14
Carter Rowney C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	7:54	—	—	40	51
Ryan Reaves R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	3	0	6:57	—	—	29	0
Zachary Aston-Reese L	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.12	1	0	0	6:24	—	—	25	0
Justin Schultz D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.32	0	3	0	20:51	—	—	45	43
Olli Maatta D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.02	2	3	0	20:32	—	—	38	38
Kris Letang D	D2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.00	1	0	2	22:20	—	—	30	26
Brian Dumoulin D	D2	0	0	0	-2	2	0.06	0	0	0	17:21	—	—	32	31
Jamie Oleksiak D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	3	0	2	19:40	—	—	48	44
Ian Cole D	D3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	1	5	18:07	—	—	36	34

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Casey DeSmith(start)	L	38	35	3	.921	3.98	58:04

New Jersey Devils

NJD skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Taylor Hall L	L1	0	1	1	0	4	0.52	1	0	0	25:58	—	—	58	62
Jesper Bratt L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	0	0	17:27	—	—	45	47
Nico Hischier C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.46	1	1	0	16:08	—	—	53	64
Travis Zajac C	L2	2	1	3	+3	5	0.28	0	1	0	17:03	—	—	66	67
Blake Coleman L	L2	1	1	2	+2	3	0.42	3	0	0	15:49	—	—	73	70
Stefan Noesen R	L2	0	2	2	+3	4	0.43	3	1	5	14:43	—	—	73	69
Kyle Palmieri C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.25	1	2	0	17:56	—	—	52	56
Pavel Zacha C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.26	0	0	0	15:09	—	—	53	62
Miles Wood L	L3	0	0	0	0	4	0.31	0	1	2	14:15	—	—	63	80
Sami Vatanen D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.02	2	1	0	20:22	—	—	50	56
Andy Greene D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.02	1	3	0	18:05	—	—	68	77
John Moore D	D2	0	0	0	+2	2	0.01	1	2	0	19:21	—	—	64	57
Damon Severson D	D2	0	1	1	+2	2	0.07	2	0	0	18:47	—	—	74	72
Ben Lovejoy D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.22	1	0	0	14:50	—	—	64	76
Mirco Mueller D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.17	1	2	0	14:08	—	—	52	55
Drew Stafford R	—	0	0	0	-1	1	0.17	2	0	0	14:05	—	—	77	65
Brian Boyle C	—	0	0	0	-1	1	0.07	1	1	0	12:10	—	—	75	66
Will Butcher D	—	0	0	0	0	2	0.25	0	0	0	11:44	—	—	59	70

NJD goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Keith Kinkaid(start)	W	16	15	1	.938	1.99	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.