Pittsburgh Penguins vs. New Jersey DevilsNov 13, 2018

FinalTuesday, Nov 13, 2018· Prudential Center

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Pittsburgh PenguinsPIT

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New Jersey DevilsNJD

4

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
PIT	1	0	1	2		PIT	11	10	10	31
NJD	1	1	2	4		NJD	15	16	4	35

: PIT 55NJD 54
: PIT 2.24NJD 3.22
PP goals: PIT 1NJD 0
Hits: PIT 32NJD 16
Blocks: PIT 8NJD 14
PIM: PIT 6NJD 8
: PIT 51%NJD 49%

Fantasy takeaways

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

New Jersey Devils beat Pittsburgh Penguins 4–2

New Jersey Devils beat Pittsburgh Penguins 4–2 at home. Taylor Hall (NJD) led the scoring with 2G 2A. PIT's first power-play unit (Malkin, Crosby, Letang, Hornqvist and Kessel) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 3:16 together.

Points
Taylor Hall had two goals and 2 assists (4 points) on 6 shots in 20:51.Hall
Points
Damon Severson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 20:10.Severson
Points
Phil Kessel had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 19:23.Kessel
Points
Travis Zajac had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 22:57.Zajac
Points
Sidney Crosby had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 21:32.Crosby
PP1
PIT's first power-play unit (Malkin, Crosby, Letang, Hornqvist and Kessel) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 3:16 together.Malkin Crosby Letang Hornqvist Kessel
New line
New look for NJD: Johansson–Zacha–Bratt skated 10:31 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Johansson Zacha Bratt
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New look for NJD: Noesen–Wood–Dea skated 7:21 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Noesen Wood Dea

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 54 · PIT 55

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 33% of the game, NJD 35%.

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
	54	59
	2.22	2.68
	2.17	2.54
	7	12
	7	4
	13	14
	+0.002	−0.002
	33%	35%

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

L1Crosby – Rust – Simon
10:2655% CF
L2Malkin – Hornqvist – Hagelin
10:1144% CF
L3Kessel – Sheahan – Guentzel
7:3733% CF
L4Cullen – Wilson – Aston-Reese
7:0845% CF
D1Oleksiak – Maatta
14:1832% CF
D2Johnson – Letang
11:0832% CF
D3Dumoulin – Ruhwedel
9:2767% CF

PP1Malkin – Crosby – Letang – Hornqvist – Kessel
3:1671% CF
PP2Johnson – Maatta – Guentzel – Simon – Aston-Reese
0:54
PK1FHagelin – Sheahan
2:28
PK2FCullen – Rust
0:58
PK1DJohnson – Maatta
2:07
PK2DLetang – Dumoulin
1:44

Current PIT line combinations →

New Jersey Devils

L1Zajac – Palmieri – Hall
14:2957% CF
L2Johansson – Zacha – Bratt
10:3150% CF
L3Coleman – Seney – Anderson
8:1255% CF
L4Noesen – Wood – Dea
7:2150% CF
D1Vatanen – Mueller
16:1358% CF
D2Greene – Severson
15:5752% CF
D3Lovejoy – Butcher
10:2563% CF

PP1Johansson – Palmieri – Hall – Butcher – Bratt
2:260% CF
PP2Zajac – Vatanen – Severson – Wood – Zacha
1:19100% CF
PK1FZajac – Coleman
3:03
PK2FZacha – Anderson
1:21
PK1DGreene – Vatanen
1:14
PK2DLovejoy – Mueller
0:48

Current NJD line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

0:28
NJDTravis Zajac (Taylor Hall, Damon Severson)snap0.40 xG
PIT: Crosby, Johnson, Letang, Rust, SimonNJD: Zajac, Greene, Palmieri, Hall, Severson
PIT 0 – 1 NJD
13:57
PITPhil KesselPP (Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin)snap0.20 xG
PIT: Malkin, Crosby, Letang, Hornqvist, KesselNJD: Zajac, Greene, Lovejoy, Coleman
PIT 1 – 1 NJD

2nd period

8:06
NJDDamon Severson (Taylor Hall, Jesper Bratt)slap0.03 xG
PIT: Johnson, Letang, Kessel, Sheahan, GuentzelNJD: Hall, Severson, Mueller, Zacha, Bratt
PIT 1 – 2 NJD

3rd period

4:04
PITJake Guentzel (Sidney Crosby, Phil Kessel)snap0.27 xG
PIT: Crosby, Kessel, Oleksiak, Maatta, GuentzelNJD: Vatanen, Coleman, Mueller, Seney, Anderson
PIT 2 – 2 NJD
8:07
NJDTaylor Hall (Travis Zajac, Kyle Palmieri)wrist0.12 xG
PIT: Crosby, Letang, Kessel, Dumoulin, GuentzelNJD: Zajac, Greene, Palmieri, Hall, Severson
PIT 2 – 3 NJD
19:33
NJDTaylor HallEN (Stefan Noesen)wrist0.72 xG
PIT: Malkin, Crosby, Letang, Hornqvist, Kessel, GuentzelNJD: Greene, Vatanen, Hall, Noesen, Zacha
PIT 2 – 4 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
Sidney Crosby C	L1	0	2	2	-2	3	0.17	0	0	0	21:32	—	—	55	39
Dominik Simon C	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.12	0	0	0	13:32	—	—	60	34
Bryan Rust R	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	1	0	0	12:42	—	—	58	36
Evgeni Malkin C	L2	0	1	1	-1	2	0.27	0	0	2	21:43	—	—	40	49
Patric Hornqvist R	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.20	4	0	0	19:23	—	—	33	47
Carl Hagelin L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.16	1	1	0	14:23	—	—	44	73
Phil Kessel R	L3	1	1	2	-2	2	0.20	1	0	4	19:23	—	—	35	33
Jake Guentzel C	L3	1	0	1	-2	1	0.27	1	0	0	16:16	—	—	48	52
Riley Sheahan C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.08	1	1	0	13:03	—	—	46	37
Zachary Aston-Reese L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	11:58	—	—	44	40
Matt Cullen C	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.28	0	0	0	9:28	—	—	60	67
Garrett Wilson L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	7	0	0	9:09	—	—	60	63
Olli Maatta D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.08	2	2	0	20:42	—	—	38	50
Jamie Oleksiak D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.01	4	0	0	15:01	—	—	30	44
Kris Letang D	D2	0	0	0	-4	5	0.20	3	3	0	25:37	—	—	46	29
Jack Johnson D	D2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	3	1	0	20:06	—	—	39	34
Brian Dumoulin D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	1	0	0	19:49	—	—	70	68
Chad Ruhwedel D	D3	0	0	0	0	4	0.13	1	0	0	13:35	—	—	57	64

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Casey DeSmith(start)	L	34	31	3	.912	2.50	58:38

New Jersey Devils

NJD skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Travis Zajac C	L1	1	1	2	+2	1	0.46	0	0	0	22:57	—	—	53	73
Kyle Palmieri C	L1	0	1	1	+2	1	0.28	0	2	0	20:54	—	—	57	79
Taylor Hall L	L1	2	2	4	+4	6	1.06	0	2	0	20:51	—	—	58	72
Pavel Zacha C	L2	0	0	0	+2	0	0.16	4	2	0	16:00	—	—	54	42
Jesper Bratt L	L2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	1	0	0	13:57	—	—	54	42
Marcus Johansson L	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.10	0	0	0	13:44	—	—	50	38
Blake Coleman L	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	1	0	0	14:48	—	—	54	55
Joey Anderson R	L3	0	0	0	-1	4	0.11	0	1	0	13:13	—	—	50	31
Brett Seney L	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	3	1	2	10:32	—	—	50	39
Miles Wood L	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.32	2	0	0	11:22	—	—	40	32
Jean-Sebastien Dea C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	1	0	9:47	—	—	47	33
Stefan Noesen R	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	1	1	2	8:52	—	—	50	43
Sami Vatanen D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	1	0	0	25:00	—	—	40	25
Mirco Mueller D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	2	1	0	19:27	—	—	60	40
Andy Greene D	D2	0	0	0	+3	2	0.08	1	2	2	22:41	—	—	49	69
Damon Severson D	D2	1	1	2	+3	4	0.28	0	0	0	20:10	—	—	51	69
Ben Lovejoy D	D3	0	0	0	0	6	0.14	0	1	2	16:24	—	—	59	52
Will Butcher D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.10	0	0	0	14:36	—	—	57	52

NJD goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Keith Kinkaid(start)	W	31	29	2	.935	2.24	60:00

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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.