Ottawa Senators vs. New Jersey DevilsMar 25, 2023

FinalSaturday, Mar 25, 2023· Prudential Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
OTT	1	2	0	3		OTT	7	9	12	28
NJD	1	2	2	5		NJD	11	13	11	35

: OTT 56NJD 70
: OTT 1.55NJD 4.03
PP goals: OTT 0NJD 1
Hits: OTT 32NJD 13
Blocks: OTT 19NJD 18
PIM: OTT 9NJD 21
: OTT 43%NJD 57%

Fantasy takeaways

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

New Jersey Devils beat Ottawa Senators 5–3

New Jersey Devils beat Ottawa Senators 5–3 at home. Jack Hughes (NJD) led the scoring with 1G 1A. NJD's first power-play unit (Hamilton, Meier, Hischier, Hughes and Mercer) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 1:45 together.

Points
Jack Hughes had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 6 shots in 19:11.Hughes
Points
Nico Hischier had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 17:45.Hischier
Points
Tim Stützle had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 23:51.Stützle
PP1
NJD's first power-play unit (Hamilton, Meier, Hischier, Hughes and Mercer) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 1:45 together.Hamilton Meier Hischier Hughes Mercer
New line
New look for NJD: Meier–Hischier–Mercer skated 8:09 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (75% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Meier Hischier Mercer
Usage
Brendan Smith (NJD) played 7:28, −8:13 down on his 15:41 season average over 59 games.Smith
New line
New look for NJD: Tatar–Haula–Sharangovich skated 6:25 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (33.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Tatar Haula Sharangovich
New line
New look for OTT: Brassard–Gauthier–Gambrell skated 6:26 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (44.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Brassard Gauthier Gambrell

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

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

NJD
OTT
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 126 of 126 attempts · NJD 70 · OTT 56

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

NJD
OTT
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: OTT 18% of the game, NJD 44%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

NJD

OTT

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	OTT	NJD
	64	72
	1.83	3.74
	1.82	3.61
	8	20
	11	2
	17	16
	−0.052	+0.052
	18%	44%

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.

Ottawa Senators

L1DeBrincat – Batherson – Pinto
13:4150% CF
L2Giroux – Tkachuk – Stützle
10:4842% CF
L3Brassard – Gauthier – Gambrell
6:2644% CF
L4Watson – Brown – Kastelic
5:5438% CF
D1Hamonic – Chabot
17:2653% CF
D2Sanderson – Zub
17:1348% CF
D3Holden – Brannstrom
8:2133% CF

PP1Giroux – DeBrincat – Tkachuk – Sanderson – Stützle
3:35
PP2Giroux – Brassard – Chabot – Brannstrom – Pinto
0:35
PK1FWatson – Gambrell
0:54
PK2FPinto – Stützle
0:50
PK1DHolden – Hamonic
0:50
PK2DBrannstrom – Sanderson
0:33

Current OTT line combinations →

New Jersey Devils

L1Palat – Bratt – Hughes
8:5163% CF
L2Meier – Hischier – Mercer
8:0975% CF
L3Tatar – Haula – Sharangovich
6:2533% CF
D1Graves – Marino
14:4959% CF
D2Hamilton – Bahl
8:0171% CF
D3Severson – Siegenthaler
6:4535% CF

PP1Hamilton – Meier – Hischier – Hughes – Mercer
1:45100% CF
PP2Tatar – Haula – Palat – Severson – Bratt
0:42100% CF
PK1FHaula – Mercer
1:45
PK2FHischier – Sharangovich
1:26
PK1DGraves – Marino
2:08
PK2DSmith – Siegenthaler
1:24

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.

Ottawa Senators

OTT skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Alex DeBrincat R	L1	0	0	0	-2	3	0.15	1	0	0	22:32	—	—	54	44
Drake Batherson R	L1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.22	3	1	0	19:09	—	—	52	42
Shane Pinto C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.27	3	3	0	18:27	—	—	47	42
Claude Giroux R	L2	0	0	0	-2	3	0.06	3	1	0	23:54	—	—	43	18
Tim Stützle C	L2	0	2	2	0	1	0.05	1	3	0	23:51	—	—	50	24
Brady Tkachuk L	L2	1	0	1	-1	3	0.09	6	0	7	18:04	—	—	44	14
Dylan Gambrell C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	1	0	0	10:51	—	—	44	32
Derick Brassard C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	9:58	—	—	50	44
Julien Gauthier R	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.18	0	0	0	8:36	—	—	48	38
Patrick Brown C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	1	0	2	10:51	—	—	42	29
Austin Watson L	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.04	3	3	0	9:17	—	—	45	35
Mark Kastelic C	L4	1	0	1	0	1	0.08	2	2	0	7:42	—	—	41	34
Thomas Chabot D	D1	1	0	1	0	1	0.04	2	0	0	26:04	—	—	53	39
Travis Hamonic D	D1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.05	2	1	0	20:29	—	—	54	42
Jake Sanderson D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.05	1	1	0	24:40	—	—	51	24
Artem Zub D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	1	0	21:52	—	—	45	17
Erik Brannstrom D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	10:32	—	—	32	26
Nick Holden D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.18	2	2	0	10:31	—	—	32	29

OTT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Dylan Ferguson(start)	L	34	30	4	.882	3.41	58:52

New Jersey Devils

NJD skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jack Hughes C	L1	1	1	2	+2	6	0.45	0	2	0	19:11	—	—	56	85
Ondrej Palat L	L1	0	1	1	+2	3	0.38	1	1	0	15:53	—	—	51	81
Jesper Bratt L	L1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.36	0	0	0	15:08	—	—	62	88
Dawson Mercer C	L2	1	0	1	0	1	0.13	0	2	0	20:49	—	—	59	80
Nico Hischier C	L2	0	2	2	0	4	0.54	0	2	0	17:45	—	—	67	85
Timo Meier R	L2	0	0	0	-1	5	0.34	2	0	0	16:24	—	—	69	85
Yegor Sharangovich C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.29	0	0	0	20:11	—	—	42	47
Erik Haula L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.17	2	0	0	15:26	—	—	35	20
Tomas Tatar L	L3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.76	1	0	0	14:33	—	—	47	49
John Marino D	D1	0	1	1	+2	1	0.01	0	0	2	22:44	—	—	48	70
Ryan Graves D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.02	0	4	0	21:31	—	—	56	74
Dougie Hamilton D	D2	1	0	1	+1	1	0.08	0	1	0	19:23	—	—	56	74
Kevin Bahl D	D2	0	0	0	+2	1	0.06	1	1	0	14:10	—	—	80	90
Jonas Siegenthaler D	D3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.01	2	3	0	16:22	—	—	33	56
Damon Severson D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.10	0	1	2	16:03	—	—	55	65
Michael McLeod C	—	0	0	0	-1	1	0.33	2	1	0	12:49	—	—	52	65
Miles Wood L	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	17	8:10	—	—	44	58
Brendan Smith D	—	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	0	0	0	7:28	—	—	41	29

NJD goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Mackenzie Blackwood(start)	W	28	25	3	.893	1.55	60:00

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.

Ottawa Senators vs. New Jersey DevilsMar 25, 2023

Fantasy takeaways

New Jersey Devils beat Ottawa Senators 5–3

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

Ottawa Senators

New Jersey Devils

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Ottawa Senators

New Jersey Devils