New York Rangers vs. New Jersey DevilsDec 21, 2017

Final / SOThursday, Dec 21, 2017· Prudential Center

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	2OT	SO	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	2OT	T
NYR	2	0	1	0	0	0	3		NYR	10	8	6	4	0	28
NJD	1	1	1	0	0	1	4		NJD	15	23	8	2	0	48

: NYR 49NJD 72
: NYR 4.58NJD 5.13
PP goals: NYR 0NJD 1
Hits: NYR 23NJD 12
Blocks: NYR 14NJD 9
PIM: NYR 8NJD 6
: NYR 57%NJD 43%

Fantasy takeaways

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

New Jersey Devils edge New York Rangers 4–3 (SO)

New Jersey Devils beat New York Rangers 4–3 in a shootout at home. Kyle Palmieri (NJD) led the scoring with 0G 2A. Henrik Lundqvist (NYR) faced 48 shots and stopped 45 (.938), +16 against a season average of 32.3; the overtime loss.

Points
Kyle Palmieri had 2 assists (2 points) on 6 shots in 19:32.Palmieri
Goalie
Henrik Lundqvist (NYR) faced 48 shots and stopped 45 (.938), +16 against a season average of 32.3; the overtime loss.Lundqvist
PP1
NJD's first power-play unit (Boyle, Zajac, Palmieri, Hall and Butcher) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 4:06 together.Boyle Zajac Palmieri Hall Butcher
New line
New look for NJD: Zajac–Johansson–Gibbons skated 11:09 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (54.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Zajac Johansson Gibbons
Luck
NJD scored 3 goals on 5.13 expected goals (72 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Nick Holden (NYR) played 23:06, +4:09 up on his 18:57 season average over 72 games.Holden
Luck
NYR scored 3 goals on 4.58 expected goals (49 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Ryan McDonagh (NYR) played 28:51, +5:37 up on his 23:14 season average over 62 games.McDonagh

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

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

NJD
NYR
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 121 of 121 attempts · NJD 72 · NYR 49

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

NJD
NYR
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: NYR 27% of the game, NJD 51%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

NJD

NYR

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	NYR	NJD
	44	70
	3.14	4.40
	2.95	3.87
	16	19
	2	1
	13	23
	+0.034	−0.034
	27%	51%

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.

New York Rangers

L1Kreider – Zibanejad – Buchnevich
10:3050% CF
L2Nash – Zuccarello – Miller
10:2939% CF
L3Grabner – Hayes – Fast
10:2526% CF
L4Desharnais – Carey – Vesey
10:0844% CF
D1McDonagh – Holden
18:2333% CF
D2Staal – Smith
13:1263% CF
D3Shattenkirk – Skjei
10:3718% CF

PP1Shattenkirk – Kreider – Zuccarello – Zibanejad – Buchnevich
1:2450% CF
PP2Nash – Desharnais – McDonagh – Miller – Vesey
0:58
PK1FNash – Hayes
2:43
PK2FGrabner – Fast
1:33
PK1DStaal – McDonagh
3:26
PK2DSmith – Holden
2:12

Current NYR line combinations →

New Jersey Devils

L1Palmieri – Hall – Hischier
11:4183% CF
L2Zajac – Johansson – Gibbons
11:0955% CF
L3Stafford – Wood – Zacha
8:4841% CF
L4Boyle – Coleman – Noesen
8:3161% CF
D1Moore – Vatanen
14:2364% CF
D2Greene – Santini
12:0960% CF
D3Severson – Butcher
10:5264% CF

PP1Boyle – Zajac – Palmieri – Hall – Butcher
4:0689% CF
PP2Stafford – Johansson – Vatanen – Wood – Hischier
1:13100% CF
PK1FZajac – Gibbons
1:51
PK2FColeman – Zacha
0:28
PK1DGreene – Santini
2:23
PK2DMoore – Vatanen
0:27

Current NJD line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

Decided in the shootout: NYR 3 – 4 NJD.

Box score

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

New York Rangers

NYR skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Mika Zibanejad C	L1	0	0	0	0	4	0.67	1	2	0	18:50	—	—	45	45
Chris Kreider L	L1	0	1	1	0	3	0.05	4	0	2	16:40	—	—	46	35
Pavel Buchnevich L	L1	0	1	1	0	1	0.16	1	0	0	13:19	—	—	44	36
Mats Zuccarello R	L2	0	1	1	-1	3	0.67	2	1	0	21:03	—	—	38	40
Rick Nash L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.14	1	0	0	18:15	—	—	44	57
J.T. Miller C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.13	0	0	0	14:50	—	—	38	41
Kevin Hayes R	L3	1	0	1	+1	3	0.79	0	0	0	16:17	—	—	35	43
Michael Grabner L	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.72	0	0	2	16:09	—	—	29	32
Jesper Fast R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.24	2	2	0	13:36	—	—	30	33
David Desharnais C	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	2	0	0	12:40	—	—	37	51
Paul Carey C	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.11	2	0	0	12:12	—	—	35	50
Jimmy Vesey L	L4	1	0	1	+1	2	0.11	1	1	0	12:09	—	—	41	52
Ryan McDonagh D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.16	1	4	0	28:51	—	—	34	38
Nick Holden D	D1	1	0	1	+1	1	0.25	1	2	0	23:06	—	—	31	36
Marc Staal D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.01	2	1	0	18:50	—	—	61	64
Brendan Smith D	D2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.18	0	0	0	18:14	—	—	59	60
Brady Skjei D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.20	3	1	0	17:45	—	—	30	32
Kevin Shattenkirk D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	4	16:23	—	—	22	21

NYR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Henrik Lundqvist(start)	O	48	45	3	.938	5.13	65:00

New Jersey Devils

NJD skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Taylor Hall L	L1	0	1	1	+1	5	0.61	2	0	4	21:35	—	—	82	81
Kyle Palmieri C	L1	0	2	2	+1	6	0.85	1	0	2	19:32	—	—	78	75
Nico Hischier C	L1	0	1	1	+1	5	0.58	1	0	0	17:21	—	—	72	75
Travis Zajac C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.13	0	0	0	22:54	—	—	62	67
Marcus Johansson L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.15	0	0	0	18:18	—	—	50	63
Brian Gibbons C	L2	0	0	0	0	5	0.40	1	1	0	16:23	—	—	56	58
Pavel Zacha C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.19	0	0	0	12:45	—	—	48	38
Miles Wood L	L3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.03	0	0	0	12:39	—	—	45	33
Drew Stafford R	L3	0	0	0	-2	3	0.45	2	0	0	11:41	—	—	42	34
Brian Boyle C	L4	1	0	1	-1	5	0.47	1	0	0	14:17	—	—	58	43
Blake Coleman L	L4	1	0	1	0	2	0.35	0	0	0	12:03	—	—	65	50
Stefan Noesen R	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.30	2	0	0	11:27	—	—	63	47
Sami Vatanen D	D1	0	0	0	-1	6	0.20	0	0	0	24:11	—	—	59	49
John Moore D	D1	1	0	1	0	3	0.23	0	0	0	21:19	—	—	67	58
Andy Greene D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.15	0	4	0	20:04	—	—	62	66
Steven Santini D	D2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.01	2	4	0	18:06	—	—	57	68
Will Butcher D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.02	0	0	0	18:17	—	—	67	66
Damon Severson D	D3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	0	0	0	18:08	—	—	55	51

NJD goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Cory Schneider(start)	W	28	25	3	.893	4.58	65:00

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.

New York Rangers vs. New Jersey DevilsDec 21, 2017

Fantasy takeaways

New Jersey Devils edge New York Rangers 4–3 (SO)

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

New York Rangers

New Jersey Devils

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

New York Rangers

New Jersey Devils