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Pittsburgh Penguins vs. New Jersey DevilsMar 18, 2021

Final· Prudential Center
Goals123TShots123T
PIT0112PIT9221142
NJD1203NJD11131135
PIT 68NJD 64
PIT 3.44NJD 2.55
PP goals
PIT 1NJD 1
Hits
PIT 27NJD 19
Blocks
PIT 19NJD 11
PIM
PIT 2NJD 4
PIT 53%NJD 47%

Fantasy takeaways

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

New Jersey Devils edge Pittsburgh Penguins 3–2

New Jersey Devils beat Pittsburgh Penguins 3–2 at home. Jack Hughes (NJD) led the scoring with 1G 1A. PIT's first power-play unit (Crosby, Letang, Rust, Guentzel and Kapanen) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 2:21 together.

  1. Points
    Jack Hughes had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 19:51.Hughes
  2. Points
    Kris Letang had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 24:25.Letang
  3. PP1
    PIT's first power-play unit (Crosby, Letang, Rust, Guentzel and Kapanen) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 2:21 together.CrosbyLetangRustGuentzelKapanen
  4. Goalie
    Scott Wedgewood (NJD) faced 42 shots and stopped 40 (.952), +13 against a season average of 28.6; the win.Wedgewood
  5. New line
    New look for NJD: Palmieri–Bratt–Hughes skated 12:52 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (68% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.PalmieriBrattHughes
  6. New line
    New look for NJD: Gusev–Johnsson–Maltsev skated 6:24 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (53.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.GusevJohnssonMaltsev
  7. New line
    New look for PIT: Sceviour–Gaudreau–Angello skated 7:24 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (38.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.SceviourGaudreauAngello
  8. Goalie
    Tristan Jarry (PIT) faced 35 shots and stopped 32 (.914), +7 against a season average of 28.2; the loss.Jarry

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.

Shot map, PIT at NJD: 132 attempts, 77 on goal, 5 goals, 5.99 expected goals; best chance Cody Ceci at 0.19 xG.

Strength
Period
Team
← PIT attacks left (bottom on phones)NJD attacks right (top on phones) →
  • NJD
  • PIT
  • Goal
  • Shot on goal
  • Missed
  • Blocked

Showing 132 of 132 attempts · NJD 64 · PIT 68

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

Game flow, PIT at NJD: expected goals 2.55 to 3.44 (PIT led the chances), shot attempts 64 to 68, 5 goals.

0.01.02.03.04.01st2nd3rdNJDPITHSZGRnet xGcumulative expected goals · 60:00
  • NJD
  • PIT
  • Goal
  • Power play (shaded)
Pressure Index
NJDPITcontrol2nd3rdHughes · 1st 10:02Subban · 2nd 8:42Zajac · 2nd 10:19Guentzel · 2nd 19:47Rust · 3rd 19:55
  • 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 28% of the game, NJD 24%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

Shift chart, PIT at NJD: 38 players over 60:00; most ice Scott Wedgewood (60:00) for NJD and Tristan Jarry (57:49) for PIT, 5 goals.

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
StatPITNJD
7176
3.252.97
3.142.90
1411
55
2225
+0.010−0.010
28%24%

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

Current PIT line combinations →

New Jersey Devils

Current NJD line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

  1. 10:02
    PIT 0 – 1 NJD

2nd period

  1. 8:42
    PIT 0 – 2 NJD
  2. 10:19
    PIT 0 – 3 NJD
  3. 19:47
    PIT 1 – 3 NJD

3rd period

  1. 19:55
    PIT 2 – 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
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Jake Guentzel CL1101020.2011023:27——5261
Sidney Crosby CL1000+180.8310021:54——5872
Bryan Rust RL1101+120.2802221:20——6079
Sam Lafferty CL2000020.0721013:42——5755
Mark Jankowski LL2000010.1102013:38——5755
Zachary Aston-Reese LL2000030.2711013:26——6055
Kasperi Kapanen RL3011-120.1821020:09——3538
Brandon Tanev LL3011020.1950016:40——3847
Evan Rodrigues CL3000-110.3311016:08——3642
Frederick Gaudreau CL4000-120.081109:05——3840
Anthony Angello CL4000010.172008:12——4245
Colton Sceviour CL4000010.031108:10——3938
Kris Letang DD1022030.1721024:25——4733
Brian Dumoulin DD1000020.0311022:05——4434
John Marino DD2000-120.0322019:33——6170
Marcus Pettersson DD2000-140.1211016:06——5865
Mike Matheson DD3000-140.1410017:21——4149
Cody Ceci DD3000000.2333016:26——3951
PIT goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Tristan Jarry(start)L35323.9142.5557:49

New Jersey Devils

NJD skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Travis Zajac CL1101020.1110019:42——4228
Yegor Sharangovich CL1000030.2601019:07——4732
Janne Kuokkanen CL1000+120.1300018:31——4430
Jack Hughes CL2112+120.3401019:51——5854
Kyle Palmieri CL2011+110.1710019:02——5352
Jesper Bratt LL2011+130.2720017:11——6769
Mikhail Maltsev LL3000-160.3420016:37——5356
Nikita Gusev LL3000030.3100011:57——6083
Andreas Johnsson LL3000010.0201010:43——5272
Miles Wood LL4000020.1321012:14——4628
Michael McLeod CL4000010.100027:04——6387
Nathan Bastian RL4000000.004005:39——6018
P.K. Subban DD1101030.1721023:35——4946
Dmitry Kulikov DD1000-120.0620221:48——4847
Damon Severson DD2011+200.0100021:42——4841
Ty Smith DD2011+200.0313018:39——4638
Sami Vatanen DD3000040.0813017:58——6062
Ryan Murray DD3000-100.0210015:53——6269
NJD goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Scott Wedgewood(start)W42402.9523.4460:00