Dallas Stars vs. New Jersey DevilsDec 15, 2017

FinalFriday, Dec 15, 2017· Prudential Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
DAL	1	1	0	2		DAL	12	5	13	30
NJD	2	1	2	5		NJD	9	9	8	26

: DAL 57NJD 41
: DAL 3.29NJD 2.46
PP goals: DAL 1NJD 1
Hits: DAL 13NJD 17
Blocks: DAL 8NJD 13
PIM: DAL 22NJD 18
: DAL 51%NJD 49%

Fantasy takeaways

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

New Jersey Devils beat Dallas Stars 5–2

New Jersey Devils beat Dallas Stars 5–2 at home. Brian Boyle (NJD) led the scoring with 2G 1A. NJD's first power-play unit (Boyle, Zajac, Butcher, Zacha and Bratt) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 4:40 together.

Points
Brian Boyle had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 3 shots in 14:09.Boyle
Points
Brian Gibbons had 2 assists (2 points) in 13:11.Gibbons
Points
Esa Lindell had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 23:46.Lindell
PP1
NJD's first power-play unit (Boyle, Zajac, Butcher, Zacha and Bratt) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 4:40 together.Boyle Zajac Butcher Zacha Bratt
Luck
NJD scored 5 goals on 2.45 expected goals (41 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
New line
New look for DAL: Hanzal–Roussel–Ritchie skated 4:15 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Hanzal Roussel Ritchie
Usage
Travis Zajac (NJD) played 21:54, +4:03 up on his 17:51 season average over 62 games.Zajac
Usage
Jason Spezza (DAL) played 16:16, +3:18 up on his 12:58 season average over 77 games.Spezza

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

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

NJD
DAL
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 98 of 98 attempts · NJD 41 · DAL 57

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

NJD
DAL
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: DAL 38% of the game, NJD 33%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

NJD

DAL

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	DAL	NJD
	42	29
	1.72	1.10
	1.68	1.09
	5	7
	4	1
	7	12
	−0.010	+0.010
	38%	33%

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.

Dallas Stars

L1Spezza – Radulov – Janmark
11:0563% CF
L2Benn – Pitlick – Faksa
6:1773% CF
L3Seguin – Shore – Elie
5:1144% CF
L4Hanzal – Roussel – Ritchie
4:1550% CF
D1Klingberg – Lindell
14:2170% CF
D2Hamhuis – Pateryn
13:0464% CF
D3Johns – Honka
9:4761% CF

PP1Radulov – Benn – Seguin – Lindell – Shore
1:45100% CF
PP2Spezza – Radulov – Benn – Seguin – Klingberg
1:19100% CF
PK1FShore – Janmark
2:28
PK2FPitlick – Faksa
1:45
PK1DHamhuis – Pateryn
2:15
PK2DKlingberg – Lindell
1:29

Current DAL line combinations →

New Jersey Devils

L1Zajac – Gibbons – Coleman
8:4847% CF
L2Noesen – Wood – Zacha
8:3510% CF
L3Stafford – Bratt – Hischier
7:5640% CF
L4Boyle – Hayes – Lappin
6:4745% CF
D1Moore – Vatanen
11:2721% CF
D2Greene – Santini
11:2039% CF
D3Severson – Butcher
10:3745% CF

PP1Boyle – Zajac – Butcher – Zacha – Bratt
4:40100% CF
PP2Stafford – Vatanen – Severson – Wood – Hischier
2:3275% CF
PK1FZajac – Gibbons
1:39
PK2FColeman – Bratt
1:03
PK1DGreene – Santini
1:16
PK2DMoore – Severson
0:38

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.

Dallas Stars

DAL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Alexander Radulov R	L1	1	0	1	-1	4	0.93	2	0	0	19:23	—	—	68	70
Mattias Janmark C	L1	0	1	1	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	16:40	—	—	65	69
Jason Spezza C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	0	0	0	16:16	—	—	65	68
Jamie Benn L	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.23	2	0	0	18:03	—	—	79	81
Tyler Pitlick C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.42	1	0	2	14:15	—	—	59	73
Radek Faksa C	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	0	0	13:54	—	—	56	72
Tyler Seguin C	L3	0	1	1	-3	4	0.32	2	0	0	18:40	—	—	56	38
Devin Shore C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.11	0	0	0	15:37	—	—	46	34
Remi Elie L	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.18	0	0	0	8:15	—	—	50	37
Martin Hanzal C	L4	1	0	1	-1	2	0.29	1	0	0	14:36	—	—	38	58
Antoine Roussel L	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.05	0	1	10	11:05	—	—	42	54
Brett Ritchie R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.14	0	0	0	8:23	—	—	80	72
Esa Lindell D	D1	0	2	2	-1	3	0.10	0	2	0	23:46	—	—	58	78
John Klingberg D	D1	0	0	0	-1	4	0.21	0	0	2	23:28	—	—	73	84
Dan Hamhuis D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	0	1	0	19:00	—	—	64	36
Greg Pateryn D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	2	1	2	18:45	—	—	50	44
Stephen Johns D	D3	0	0	0	-2	3	0.15	1	1	4	16:01	—	—	50	45
Julius Honka D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.13	0	1	2	13:52	—	—	60	54

DAL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Kari Lehtonen(start)	L	25	21	4	.840	2.03	58:10

New Jersey Devils

NJD skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Travis Zajac C	L1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.15	0	1	0	21:54	—	—	40	29
Blake Coleman L	L1	1	0	1	+1	3	0.20	3	1	0	15:18	—	—	50	35
Brian Gibbons C	L1	0	2	2	+1	0	0.00	0	2	0	13:11	—	—	53	35
Pavel Zacha C	L2	0	1	1	0	0	0.18	0	0	2	17:16	—	—	29	5
Miles Wood L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	12:55	—	—	25	13
Stefan Noesen R	L2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	1	0	12:22	—	—	25	4
Jesper Bratt L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	17:19	—	—	39	47
Nico Hischier C	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.39	0	0	0	16:06	—	—	47	50
Drew Stafford R	L3	0	0	0	+1	6	0.29	0	0	0	14:12	—	—	54	67
Brian Boyle C	L4	2	1	3	+2	3	0.61	1	0	12	14:09	—	—	46	78
Jimmy Hayes R	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.13	1	0	0	11:57	—	—	38	63
Nick Lappin R	L4	1	0	1	+1	2	0.08	2	1	0	10:11	—	—	38	63
Sami Vatanen D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.05	0	1	0	22:29	—	—	35	26
John Moore D	D1	0	0	0	+2	0	0.07	1	1	2	17:58	—	—	29	24
Andy Greene D	D2	0	1	1	+2	1	0.06	0	1	0	18:34	—	—	42	70
Steven Santini D	D2	1	0	1	0	1	0.08	2	2	2	17:44	—	—	35	54
Damon Severson D	D3	0	0	0	+2	2	0.01	2	2	0	19:46	—	—	60	56
Will Butcher D	D3	0	1	1	-1	2	0.16	1	0	0	18:57	—	—	43	15

NJD goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Cory Schneider(start)	W	30	28	2	.933	3.29	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.

Dallas Stars vs. New Jersey DevilsDec 15, 2017

Fantasy takeaways

New Jersey Devils beat Dallas Stars 5–2

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

Dallas Stars

New Jersey Devils

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Dallas Stars

New Jersey Devils