Pittsburgh Penguins vs. New Jersey DevilsApr 4, 2023

FinalTuesday, Apr 4, 2023· Prudential Center

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New Jersey DevilsNJD

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
PIT	0	0	1	1		PIT	9	6	8	23
NJD	2	2	1	5		NJD	8	18	11	37

: PIT 53NJD 66
: PIT 2.23NJD 4.26
PP goals: PIT 0NJD 1
Hits: PIT 19NJD 11
Blocks: PIT 16NJD 20
PIM: PIT 8NJD 6
: PIT 46%NJD 54%

Fantasy takeaways

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

New Jersey Devils rout Pittsburgh Penguins 5–1

New Jersey Devils beat Pittsburgh Penguins 5–1 at home. Dawson Mercer (NJD) led the scoring with 3G 0A. Tristan Jarry (PIT) faced 37 shots and stopped 32 (.865), +7 against a season average of 30.1; the loss.

Points
Dawson Mercer had a hat trick (3 points) on 3 shots in 16:18.Mercer
Points
Dougie Hamilton had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 18:35.Hamilton
Points
Nico Hischier had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 19:04.Hischier
Goalie
Tristan Jarry (PIT) faced 37 shots and stopped 32 (.865), +7 against a season average of 30.1; the loss.Jarry
New line
New look for NJD: Wood–Bastian–McLeod skated 5:57 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Wood Bastian McLeod
Usage
Dougie Hamilton (NJD) played 18:35, −3:14 down on his 21:49 season average over 81 games.Hamilton
Usage
Kevin Bahl (NJD) played 18:47, +4:53 up on his 13:54 season average over 41 games.Bahl
Usage
Chad Ruhwedel (PIT) played 18:21, +3:52 up on his 14:29 season average over 46 games.Ruhwedel

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 119 of 119 attempts · NJD 66 · PIT 53

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 14% of the game, NJD 53%.

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
	48	58
	1.65	3.39
	1.64	3.21
	7	16
	8	7
	18	25
	−0.023	+0.023
	14%	53%

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 – Guentzel
9:5845% CF
L2Malkin – Zucker – Rakell
8:4636% CF
L3Granlund – Heinen – Poehling
7:2653% CF
L4Carter – Archibald – O'Connor
4:3844% CF
D1Petry – Joseph
12:2044% CF
D2Letang – Dumoulin
11:3243% CF
D3Ruhwedel – Friedman
10:5947% CF

PP1Malkin – Crosby – Letang – Rakell – Guentzel
5:0064% CF
PP2Carter – Petry – Zucker – Granlund – Rust
2:4775% CF
PK1FGranlund – Poehling
1:41
PK2FCarter – Archibald
0:45
PK1DPetry – Dumoulin
2:19
PK2DRuhwedel – Friedman
2:18

Current PIT line combinations →

New Jersey Devils

L1Palat – Bratt – Hughes
10:0981% CF
L2Tatar – Hischier – Mercer
9:2163% CF
L3Haula – Meier – Boqvist
8:3128% CF
L4Wood – Bastian – McLeod
5:5750% CF
D1Hamilton – Bahl
13:1655% CF
D2Severson – Siegenthaler
13:1348% CF
D3Graves – Marino
10:4457% CF

PP1Hamilton – Meier – Bratt – Hischier – Hughes
3:2867% CF
PP2Haula – Palat – Severson – Marino – Mercer
1:25100% CF
PK1FBastian – Hischier
2:41
PK2FHaula – Mercer
2:30
PK1DGraves – Marino
5:05
PK2DSiegenthaler – Bahl
1:34

Current NJD line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

8:58
NJDDougie Hamilton (Ondrej Palat, Jesper Bratt)slap0.04 xG
PIT: Letang, Dumoulin, Archibald, Poehling, O'ConnorNJD: Palat, Hamilton, Bratt, Bahl, Hughes
PIT 0 – 1 NJD
14:23
NJDDawson Mercer (Nico Hischier, Tomas Tatar)snap0.19 xG
PIT: Crosby, Petry, Rust, Guentzel, JosephNJD: Tatar, Graves, Marino, Hischier, Mercer
PIT 0 – 2 NJD

2nd period

2:54
NJDTimo MeierPP (Jack Hughes, Dougie Hamilton)tip-in0.15 xG
PIT: Dumoulin, Rust, PoehlingNJD: Hamilton, Meier, Hischier, Hughes, Mercer
PIT 0 – 3 NJD
19:26
NJDDawson Mercer (John Marino, Ryan Graves)backhand0.28 xG
PIT: Letang, Dumoulin, Zucker, Granlund, RakellNJD: Tatar, Graves, Marino, Hischier, Mercer
PIT 0 – 4 NJD

3rd period

2:52
NJDDawson Mercer (Nico Hischier, Michael McLeod)snap0.36 xG
PIT: Crosby, Letang, Dumoulin, Rust, GuentzelNJD: Graves, Marino, McLeod, Hischier, Mercer
PIT 0 – 5 NJD
6:14
PITBryan Rust (Pierre-Olivier Joseph, Jeff Petry)tip-in0.12 xG
PIT: Crosby, Petry, Rust, Guentzel, JosephNJD: Wood, Graves, Marino, Bastian, Hischier
PIT 1 – 5 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	0	0	-1	3	0.15	0	1	0	18:27	—	—	50	24
Jake Guentzel C	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	1	2	17:52	—	—	44	21
Bryan Rust R	L1	1	0	1	-1	3	0.47	0	1	0	16:40	—	—	48	26
Evgeni Malkin C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.22	0	0	0	18:59	—	—	42	40
Rickard Rakell R	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.26	1	0	0	17:48	—	—	37	28
Jason Zucker L	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.09	3	0	2	14:46	—	—	40	30
Mikael Granlund C	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.35	1	0	0	18:30	—	—	50	40
Ryan Poehling C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.08	2	1	0	15:41	—	—	47	42
Danton Heinen L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.21	0	0	0	9:27	—	—	55	63
Jeff Carter C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	12:52	—	—	47	28
Drew O'Connor L	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.20	1	0	2	10:14	—	—	46	28
Josh Archibald R	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.00	2	1	0	9:09	—	—	40	30
Jeff Petry D	D1	0	1	1	0	1	0.03	1	3	2	20:43	—	—	43	35
Pierre-Olivier Joseph D	D1	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	14:20	—	—	46	37
Kris Letang D	D2	0	0	0	-3	4	0.16	1	2	0	21:16	—	—	46	21
Brian Dumoulin D	D2	0	0	0	-3	1	0.01	0	1	0	20:15	—	—	43	29
Chad Ruhwedel D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	2	0	18:21	—	—	40	28
Mark Friedman D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	2	0	16:49	—	—	52	54

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Tristan Jarry(start)	L	37	32	5	.865	4.26	60:00

New Jersey Devils

NJD skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jack Hughes C	L1	0	1	1	+1	4	0.65	0	0	0	17:07	—	—	75	87
Jesper Bratt L	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.36	0	0	0	15:27	—	—	73	75
Ondrej Palat L	L1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.16	2	1	0	13:55	—	—	78	88
Nico Hischier C	L2	0	2	2	+2	4	0.46	0	0	0	19:04	—	—	61	69
Dawson Mercer C	L2	3	0	3	+3	3	0.83	0	2	0	16:18	—	—	65	84
Tomas Tatar L	L2	0	1	1	+2	1	0.01	0	0	0	14:11	—	—	52	57
Erik Haula L	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.28	1	2	0	18:01	—	—	29	7
Timo Meier R	L3	1	0	1	0	2	0.25	0	0	2	16:26	—	—	39	24
Jesper Boqvist C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.16	0	0	0	12:08	—	—	29	20
Michael McLeod C	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.08	1	0	0	12:23	—	—	56	84
Nathan Bastian R	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.34	3	1	0	12:09	—	—	50	56
Miles Wood L	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.14	1	2	2	9:51	—	—	47	55
Kevin Bahl D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.03	1	1	2	18:47	—	—	51	65
Dougie Hamilton D	D1	1	1	2	+1	4	0.32	0	2	0	18:35	—	—	58	66
Damon Severson D	D2	0	0	0	0	3	0.10	0	2	0	20:13	—	—	52	65
Jonas Siegenthaler D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	3	0	18:02	—	—	48	52
Ryan Graves D	D3	0	1	1	+2	5	0.08	1	2	0	20:36	—	—	57	68
John Marino D	D3	0	1	1	+2	1	0.01	1	2	0	18:56	—	—	57	81

NJD goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Vitek Vanecek(start)	W	23	22	1	.957	2.23	59:55

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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.