New York Rangers vs. New Jersey DevilsDec 23, 2024

FinalMonday, Dec 23, 2024· Prudential Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NYR	0	0	0	0		NYR	5	4	3	12
NJD	1	2	2	5		NJD	9	10	11	30

: NYR 47NJD 57
: NYR 2.06NJD 4.20
PP goals: NYR 0NJD 3
Hits: NYR 26NJD 16
Blocks: NYR 8NJD 13
PIM: NYR 20NJD 22
: NYR 55%NJD 45%

Fantasy takeaways

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

New Jersey Devils rout New York Rangers 5–0

New Jersey Devils beat New York Rangers 5–0 at home. Jack Hughes (NJD) led the scoring with 2G 1A. New look for NYR: Brodzinski–Chytil–Cuylle skated 7:11 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Jack Hughes had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 3 shots in 19:11.Hughes
Points
Dawson Mercer had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 16:06.Mercer
Points
Timo Meier had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 12:55.Meier
Points
Jesper Bratt had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 15:42.Bratt
Points
Luke Hughes had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 20:11.Hughes
New line
New look for NYR: Brodzinski–Chytil–Cuylle skated 7:11 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Brodzinski Chytil Cuylle
Luck
NYR scored 0 goals on 2.06 expected goals (47 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Timo Meier (NJD) played 12:55, −5:00 down on his 17:55 season average over 79 games.Meier

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 104 of 104 attempts · NJD 57 · NYR 47

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 25% 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
	42	48
	1.36	2.71
	1.32	2.63
	8	16
	2	5
	19	24
	−0.008	+0.008
	25%	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

L1Trocheck – Panarin – Lafrenière
9:3763% CF
L2Carrick – Vesey – Edstrom
8:1750% CF
L3Smith – Zibanejad – Berard
7:4836% CF
L4Brodzinski – Chytil – Cuylle
7:1150% CF
D1Borgen – Vaakanainen
14:2526% CF
D2Fox – Lindgren
13:2868% CF
D3Jones – Schneider
11:0542% CF

PP1Trocheck – Panarin – Fox – Lafrenière – Cuylle
4:21100% CF
PP2Zibanejad – Fox – Chytil – Lafrenière – Cuylle
1:05100% CF
PK1FSmith – Trocheck
1:49
PK2FCarrick – Cuylle
0:53
PK1DFox – Lindgren
2:56
PK2DBorgen – Vaakanainen
0:54

Current NYR line combinations →

New Jersey Devils

L1Haula – Cotter – Mercer
8:1260% CF
L2Noesen – Meier – Hischier
7:4747% CF
L3Tatar – Dowling – Bastian
7:4075% CF
L4Palat – Bratt – Hughes
7:1958% CF
D1Siegenthaler – Kovacevic
14:1352% CF
D2Pesce – Hughes
12:3350% CF
D3Dillon – Hamilton
12:1065% CF

PP1Tatar – Dowling – Pesce – Bastian – Hughes
1:1167% CF
PP2Hamilton – Noesen – Bratt – Hischier – Hughes
1:07100% CF
PK1FBratt – Hughes
3:08
PK2FHischier – Mercer
1:33
PK1DPesce – Siegenthaler
2:01
PK2DDillon – Kovacevic
1:53

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	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Alexis Lafrenière L	L1	-1	1	0.18	2	2	4	19:44	—	—	56	55
Artemi Panarin L	L1	-1	1	0.52	0	0	4	19:06	—	—	57	65
Vincent Trocheck C	L1	-1	0	0.11	2	0	5	18:00	—	—	56	59
Jimmy Vesey L	L2	-1	2	0.08	0	1	0	13:43	—	—	44	17
Sam Carrick C	L2	-1	0	0.08	1	0	5	12:34	—	—	44	17
Adam Edstrom C	L2	-1	1	0.13	2	0	0	12:29	—	—	56	20
Mika Zibanejad C	L3	0	0	0.01	2	0	0	15:17	—	—	32	5
Reilly Smith R	L3	0	0	0.02	2	1	0	14:08	—	—	35	6
Brett Berard L	L3	0	0	0.01	2	0	2	12:05	—	—	31	4
Filip Chytil C	L4	0	2	0.08	1	0	0	16:45	—	—	50	45
Will Cuylle L	L4	0	0	0.12	1	0	0	15:58	—	—	43	36
Jonny Brodzinski C	L4	0	0	0.15	2	0	0	11:16	—	—	50	39
Will Borgen D	D1	-1	0	0.00	2	2	0	17:01	—	—	26	10
Urho Vaakanainen D	D1	-1	0	0.01	0	0	0	16:58	—	—	25	9
Adam Fox D	D2	-1	3	0.51	1	0	0	26:09	—	—	66	56
Ryan Lindgren D	D2	-1	1	0.01	2	1	0	20:09	—	—	63	52
Zac Jones D	D3	0	1	0.04	1	1	0	18:24	—	—	44	28
Braden Schneider D	D3	0	0	0.01	3	0	0	12:56	—	—	42	27

NYR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jonathan Quick(start)	L	30	25	5	.833	4.20	59:48

New Jersey Devils

NJD skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Dawson Mercer C	L1	1	1	2	0	5	0.74	0	0	2	16:06	—	—	52	69
Erik Haula L	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	1	0	0	13:34	—	—	57	70
Paul Cotter L	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.16	2	0	5	13:09	—	—	55	73
Nico Hischier C	L2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.50	0	2	0	16:34	—	—	52	89
Stefan Noesen R	L2	1	0	1	+1	4	0.51	1	2	2	14:54	—	—	50	75
Timo Meier R	L2	1	1	2	+1	2	0.37	2	0	2	12:55	—	—	52	75
Nathan Bastian R	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.63	1	2	0	14:13	—	—	64	88
Tomas Tatar L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.09	0	0	0	13:36	—	—	67	93
Justin Dowling C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	13:27	—	—	57	88
Jack Hughes C	L4	2	1	3	+1	3	0.40	0	0	0	19:11	—	—	47	28
Jesper Bratt L	L4	0	2	2	+1	2	0.19	3	1	0	15:42	—	—	41	24
Ondrej Palat L	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.05	1	3	0	10:22	—	—	50	28
Johnathan Kovacevic D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.02	1	0	2	21:05	—	—	47	40
Jonas Siegenthaler D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	0	2	20:58	—	—	52	48
Luke Hughes D	D2	0	2	2	0	2	0.51	0	0	0	20:11	—	—	44	58
Brett Pesce D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	0	2	0	19:37	—	—	47	63
Dougie Hamilton D	D3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.01	1	1	2	17:51	—	—	60	89
Brenden Dillon D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	0	5	16:47	—	—	65	90

NJD goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jacob Markstrom(start)	W	12	12	0	.1000	2.06	60:00

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Jack Hughes (NJD) 1st 4:29 · assists Jesper Bratt, Dougie Hamilton · Dump and chase · dumped in · 33.8 mph shot · 2.2 s from entry to goal.

Jack Hughes · 1st 4:29 · NJD

Play: dump-and-chase
Entry: dump
Odd man: No
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 33.8 mph
Distance: 32 ft
Entry to goal: 2.2 s

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Timo Meier · 2nd 4:41 · NJD PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 56.3 mph
Distance: 22 ft
Type: one-timer

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Jack Hughes · 2nd 11:13 · NJD PP

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: pass
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 30.0 mph
Distance: 22 ft
Entry to goal: 5.8 s

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Stefan Noesen · 3rd 8:00 · NJD

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 30.2 mph
Distance: 13 ft
Entry to goal: 4.6 s
Type: one-timer

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Dawson Mercer · 3rd 12:35 · NJD PP

Play: cycle
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 3.8 mph
Distance: 4 ft

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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.

New York Rangers vs. New Jersey DevilsDec 23, 2024

Fantasy takeaways

New Jersey Devils rout New York Rangers 5–0

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

Goal anatomy

Jack Hughes · 1st 4:29 · NJD

Timo Meier · 2nd 4:41 · NJD PP

Jack Hughes · 2nd 11:13 · NJD PP

Stefan Noesen · 3rd 8:00 · NJD

Dawson Mercer · 3rd 12:35 · NJD PP