New York Rangers vs. New Jersey DevilsApr 3, 2018

FinalTuesday, Apr 3, 2018· Prudential Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NYR	1	0	1	2		NYR	7	7	10	24
NJD	3	2	0	5		NJD	12	20	12	44

: NYR 49NJD 67
: NYR 1.44NJD 3.07
PP goals: NYR 0NJD 3
Hits: NYR 23NJD 8
Blocks: NYR 12NJD 9
PIM: NYR 8NJD 6
: NYR 42%NJD 58%

Fantasy takeaways

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

New Jersey Devils beat New York Rangers 5–2

New Jersey Devils beat New York Rangers 5–2 at home. Taylor Hall (NJD) led the scoring with 2G 2A. NJD's first power-play unit (Zajac, Maroon, Palmieri, Hall and Butcher) scored 3 power-play goals on 4 attempts in 2:37 together.

Points
Taylor Hall had two goals and 2 assists (4 points) on 5 shots in 17:16.Hall
PP1
NJD's first power-play unit (Zajac, Maroon, Palmieri, Hall and Butcher) scored 3 power-play goals on 4 attempts in 2:37 together.Zajac Maroon Palmieri Hall Butcher
Points
Will Butcher had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 18:25.Butcher
Points
Travis Zajac had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 18:43.Zajac
New line
New look for NYR: Kreider–Zibanejad–Namestnikov skated 13:17 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (59.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Kreider Zibanejad Namestnikov
Goalie
Henrik Lundqvist (NYR) faced 44 shots and stopped 39 (.886), +12 against a season average of 32.3; the loss.Lundqvist
New line
New look for NYR: Spooner–Vesey–Chytil skated 6:52 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (56.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Spooner Vesey Chytil
Usage
David Desharnais (NYR) played 4:25, −8:46 down on his 13:11 season average over 70 games.Desharnais

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 116 of 116 attempts · NJD 67 · 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 17% of the game, NJD 42%.

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
	50	68
	1.44	2.59
	1.43	2.47
	6	8
	10	4
	17	14
	−0.049	+0.049
	17%	42%

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 – Namestnikov
13:1759% CF
L2Spooner – Vesey – Chytil
6:5256% CF
L3Carey – Holland – Andersson
4:0525% CF
L4Desharnais – Hayes – Buchnevich
0:00
D1O'Gara – Skjei
17:5533% CF
D2Staal – Pionk
16:0845% CF
D3Sproul – Gilmour
12:1853% CF

PP1Kreider – Zibanejad – Namestnikov – Buchnevich – Pionk
2:1260% CF
PP2Spooner – Hayes – Skjei – Vesey – Chytil
1:22100% CF
PK1FHayes – Zibanejad
1:34
PK2FCarey – Holland
0:46
PK1DStaal – Pionk
2:36
PK2DO'Gara – Skjei
1:18

Current NYR line combinations →

New Jersey Devils

L1Zajac – Coleman – Noesen
12:2954% CF
L2Palmieri – Hall – Hischier
10:4775% CF
L3Boyle – Grabner – Gibbons
7:0546% CF
L4Maroon – Wood – Zacha
5:2758% CF
D1Moore – Mueller
15:0464% CF
D2Greene – Vatanen
14:5455% CF
D3Lovejoy – Butcher
13:5358% CF

PP1Zajac – Maroon – Palmieri – Hall – Butcher
2:3780% CF
PP2Boyle – Moore – Vatanen – Zacha – Hischier
1:16
PK1FZajac – Grabner
1:48
PK2FGibbons – Coleman
0:40
PK1DGreene – Lovejoy
2:13
PK2DVatanen – Mueller
0:51

Current NJD line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

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	-1	1	0.04	2	3	0	21:39	—	—	42	32
Chris Kreider L	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.21	0	0	0	20:20	—	—	52	36
Vladislav Namestnikov C	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	3	0	2	19:11	—	—	54	47
Ryan Spooner C	L2	1	0	1	+1	3	0.19	2	0	0	17:44	—	—	45	33
Jimmy Vesey L	L2	0	1	1	+2	0	0.00	2	1	2	16:54	—	—	39	40
Filip Chytil C	L2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.10	0	0	0	16:22	—	—	41	29
Lias Andersson C	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.03	2	1	0	10:36	—	—	41	43
Peter Holland C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	1	0	0	10:20	—	—	31	33
Paul Carey C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.04	1	1	0	10:12	—	—	26	36
Kevin Hayes R	L4	1	0	1	+1	3	0.27	0	0	0	15:50	—	—	48	43
Pavel Buchnevich L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.10	1	1	0	14:02	—	—	29	10
David Desharnais C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	0	0	4:25	—	—	63	61
Brady Skjei D	D1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.15	4	1	0	24:00	—	—	31	28
Rob O'Gara D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	4	2	0	20:18	—	—	34	31
Neal Pionk D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	1	0	0	22:19	—	—	48	33
Marc Staal D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	0	0	0	20:48	—	—	44	32
Ryan Sproul D	D3	0	0	0	+2	1	0.07	0	1	2	14:43	—	—	51	45
John Gilmour D	D3	0	0	0	+2	2	0.07	0	1	2	14:25	—	—	55	48

NYR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Henrik Lundqvist(start)	L	44	39	5	.886	3.07	59:58

New Jersey Devils

NJD skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Travis Zajac C	L1	1	1	2	+1	3	0.16	1	1	0	18:43	—	—	52	61
Blake Coleman L	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.01	0	1	0	16:52	—	—	50	54
Stefan Noesen R	L1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.19	2	1	0	15:17	—	—	52	56
Nico Hischier C	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.37	0	1	0	17:32	—	—	72	75
Taylor Hall L	L2	2	2	4	+1	5	0.42	0	0	0	17:16	—	—	76	84
Kyle Palmieri C	L2	0	1	1	0	1	0.01	1	0	0	15:05	—	—	76	84
Michael Grabner L	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.23	0	0	0	14:07	—	—	48	44
Brian Boyle C	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.18	0	1	2	13:32	—	—	52	55
Brian Gibbons C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.16	0	0	2	13:08	—	—	56	52
Patrick Maroon L	L4	0	0	0	-2	2	0.20	0	0	0	13:26	—	—	48	62
Pavel Zacha C	L4	0	0	0	-2	4	0.37	0	0	0	11:33	—	—	57	65
Miles Wood L	L4	0	0	0	-1	3	0.09	0	0	0	10:16	—	—	57	71
John Moore D	D1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.14	2	0	2	21:23	—	—	65	74
Mirco Mueller D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	1	0	0	20:19	—	—	62	70
Sami Vatanen D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.13	1	2	0	21:06	—	—	53	60
Andy Greene D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.01	0	0	0	18:04	—	—	55	64
Will Butcher D	D3	2	0	2	-1	2	0.12	0	0	0	18:25	—	—	53	54
Ben Lovejoy D	D3	0	0	0	-2	5	0.23	0	2	0	18:17	—	—	60	62

NJD goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Keith Kinkaid(start)	W	24	22	2	.917	1.44	59:39

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 DevilsApr 3, 2018

Fantasy takeaways

New Jersey Devils beat New York Rangers 5–2

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