Pittsburgh Penguins vs. New Jersey DevilsMar 29, 2018

Final / OTThursday, Mar 29, 2018· Prudential Center

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
PIT	1	1	1	1	4		PIT	12	8	14	1	35
NJD	1	1	1	0	3		NJD	12	9	10	0	31

: PIT 60NJD 49
: PIT 3.26NJD 2.26
PP goals: PIT 0NJD 1
Hits: PIT 27NJD 17
Blocks: PIT 10NJD 7
PIM: PIT 13NJD 11
: PIT 57%NJD 43%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Pittsburgh Penguins edge New Jersey Devils 4–3 (OT)

Pittsburgh Penguins beat New Jersey Devils 4–3 in overtime at NJD. Kris Letang (PIT) led the scoring with 1G 1A. NJD's first power-play unit (Zajac, Maroon, Palmieri, Hall and Butcher) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 3:03 together.

Points
Kris Letang had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 25:45.Letang
Points
Patric Hornqvist had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 15:41.Hornqvist
Points
Brian Dumoulin had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 21:38.Dumoulin
PP1
NJD's first power-play unit (Zajac, Maroon, Palmieri, Hall and Butcher) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 3:03 together.Zajac Maroon Palmieri Hall Butcher
New line
New look for PIT: Malkin–Kessel–Hagelin skated 12:31 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (42.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Malkin Kessel Hagelin
Usage
Miles Wood (NJD) played 4:28, −8:06 down on his 12:34 season average over 75 games.Wood
Goalie
Keith Kinkaid (NJD) faced 35 shots and stopped 31 (.886), +5 against a season average of 29.6; the overtime loss.Kinkaid
New line
New look for NJD: Grabner–Maroon–Zacha skated 5:39 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (55.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Grabner Maroon Zacha

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 109 of 109 attempts · NJD 49 · PIT 60

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 46% 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

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
	59	49
	3.36	1.95
	3.26	1.89
	5	8
	6	4
	22	22
	+0.063	−0.063
	46%	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.