UTA @ NJD 1–4 · 2026-01-03

Team	1	2	3	SOG
UTA	0	0	1	31
NJD	2	2	0	30

Story

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Result NJD 4–1Call No lean · UTA 54%xG 2.68–3.19 · deserved NJD 59%Swing Bratt +21 1st 12:27Method

Goals and penalties with NJD win probability
Time	Event	NJD win before	NJD win after
1st 12:27	Goal NJD · J. Bratt	47%	67%
1st 14:18	Goal NJD · T. Meier	68%	84%
1st 17:06	NJD penalty · L. Hughes · slashing · 2 min
2nd 0:31	UTA penalty · D. Guenther · slashing · 2 min
2nd 13:09	UTA penalty · N. Schmaltz · tripping · 2 min
2nd 14:09	UTA penalty · M. Sergachev · delaying game puck over glass · 2 min
2nd 15:13	Goal NJD · N. Hischier (PP)	91%	98%
2nd 16:43	Goal NJD · D. Hamilton	98%	100%
3rd 10:27	NJD penalty · S. Noesen · slashing · 2 min
3rd 12:35	Goal UTA · M. Carcone	100%	100%

On ice · final horn

UTA5 skaters

	Shift	TOI	#Sh	G	A	P	SOG	Att	PIM	Hit	Blk	FO
8N. SchmaltzC	1:38	22:17	22	0	0	0	6	8	2	0	0	9-8
9C. KellerR	1:36	22:46	23	0	0	0	4	8	0	0	0	–
11D. GuentherR	1:35	17:20	24	0	0	0	3	9	2	4	0	1-0
50S. DurziD	1:23	20:44	25	0	1	1	1	4	0	0	1	–
98M. SergachevD	1:34	20:59	25	0	0	0	1	3	2	1	1	–
70K. VejmelkaG		60:00	SA30GA4SV%.867xGA3.19GSAx−0.81

NJD5 skaters

	Shift	TOI	#Sh	G	A	P	SOG	Att	PIM	Hit	Blk	FO
91D. MercerC	1:03	16:35	20	0	1	1	2	5	0	0	0	1-5
28T. MeierR	1:03	16:20	20	1	0	1	7	11	0	1	2	1-1
81A. GritsyukR	1:03	14:27	17	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	–
7D. HamiltonD	1:03	22:47	27	1	0	1	3	6	0	3	3	–
71J. SiegenthalerD	1:03	21:44	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	–
25J. MarkstromG		60:00	SA31GA1SV%.968xGA2.68GSAx+1.68

Goals

1st
Jesper Bratt(1)
B. Pesce (1), J. Hughes (1)
xG 0.04wrap-aroundClip(opens nhl.com)
0–1 NJD1st 12:27+21.067%
Timo Meier(1)
D. Mercer (1), B. Pesce (2)
xG 0.06wristClip(opens nhl.com)
0–2 NJD1st 14:18+16.284%
2nd
Nico Hischier(1)PP
J. Hughes (2), J. Bratt (1)
xG 0.13tip-inClip(opens nhl.com)
0–3 NJD2nd 15:13+6.398%
Dougie Hamilton(1)
L. Glendening (1)
xG 0.16wristClip(opens nhl.com)
0–4 NJD2nd 16:43+1.5100%
3rd
Michael Carcone(1)
B. Hayton (1), S. Durzi (1)
xG 0.08wristClip(opens nhl.com)
1–4 NJD3rd 12:35+0.00%

Shots

UTA2.68 xG48 unblocked · 14 blocked48 unblocked · 14 blocked

NJD3.19 xG40 unblocked · 9 blocked40 unblocked · 9 blocked

GoalSavedMissedBlockedSize = xG

xG breakdown

GoalIronSaveMissEVPPEASHSize = pony xG · blocked attempts carry none

Team stats

UTANJD1Goals42.68xG3.1931Shots3048Unblocked4062Attempts492High danger40/2Power play1/326Faceoffs2828Hits249Blocks144Takeaways512Giveaways176PIM4

Skaters

Player

Player
9C. KellerClayton KellerR	22:46	0	0	0	4	8	0.35	−0.35	0	0	0	3	—	0	-1
8N. SchmaltzNick SchmaltzC	22:17	0	0	0	6	8	0.52	−0.52	0	0	2	0	53%	2	-1
88N. SchmidtNate SchmidtD	21:38	0	0	0	2	2	0.05	−0.05	0	1	0	1	—	0	0
98M. SergachevMikhail SergachevD	20:59	0	0	0	1	3	0.01	−0.01	1	1	0	2	—	2	-3
50S. DurziSean DurziD	20:44	0	1	1	1	4	0.04	−0.04	0	1	0	0	—	0	-2
6J. MarinoJohn MarinoD	20:28	0	0	0	1	2	0.04	−0.04	1	1	0	0	—	0	0
28I. ColeIan ColeD	17:42	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	1	2	0	1	—	0	0
11D. GuentherDylan GuentherR	17:20	0	0	0	3	9	0.51	−0.51	4	0	1	0	100%	2	-2
77J. PeterkaJJ PeterkaR	15:52	0	0	0	3	4	0.20	−0.20	0	1	0	1	—	0	0
67L. CrouseLawson CrouseL	15:07	0	0	0	2	3	0.10	−0.10	5	0	0	0	0%	0	0
57N. DeSimoneNick DeSimoneD	14:25	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	1	1	0	0	—	0	0
82K. StenlundKevin StenlundC	14:11	0	0	0	1	1	0.01	−0.01	0	0	0	0	58%	0	0
19D. ButDaniil ButL	13:18	0	0	0	2	4	0.31	−0.31	0	0	0	1	—	0	0
27B. HaytonBarrett HaytonC	12:42	0	1	1	1	2	0.10	−0.10	2	0	1	2	45%	0	0
22J. McBainJack McBainC	12:36	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	−0.03	5	0	0	1	33%	0	-1
53M. CarconeMichael CarconeL	11:44	1	0	1	3	7	0.26	+0.74	2	0	0	0	—	0	0
15A. KerfootAlexander KerfootC	11:06	0	0	0	1	2	0.08	−0.08	0	0	0	0	33%	0	0
38L. O'BrienLiam O'BrienC	10:01	0	0	0	0	2	0.07	−0.07	6	0	0	0	—	0	0
UTA total		1	2	3	31	62	2.68	−1.68	28	8	4	12	48%	6

Pony score

Cool = offence · warm = defenceProductionPlay drivingSpecial teamsUsageMethod

Forwards

Carcone+0.69

Hayton+0.27

Peterka−0.20

O'Brien−0.23

But−0.24

Keller−0.26

Kerfoot−0.31

Schmaltz−0.31

McBain−0.37

Crouse−0.37

Stenlund−0.38

Guenther−0.47

Defence

Durzi+0.12

Cole−0.02

DeSimone−0.06

Schmidt−0.20

Marino−0.23

Sergachev−0.37

Goalie

Vejmelka−0.79

Units

5v5

Lines

Lines
Schmaltz·Keller·Peterka	7:57	12	10	7	58.8%	6	3	0	0	0.43	0.20	67.9%	+0.22	3	0	100%
Schmaltz·Keller·Guenther	6:38	8	13	4	76.5%	9	4	0	1	0.67	0.40	62.4%	+0.27	1	0	100%
But·Carcone·McBain	5:53	10	4	2	66.7%	1	2	0	1	0.22	0.23	48.6%	−0.01	3	0	100%
Crouse·Hayton·Guenther	5:36	12	1	8	11.1%	1	4	0	1	0.10	0.33	23.0%	−0.23	2	0	100%
Kerfoot·O'Brien·Stenlund	4:49	12	3	3	50.0%	1	2	0	0	0.08	0.22	27.1%	−0.14	1	2	33%
Carcone·O'Brien·Stenlund	2:56	5	2	2	50.0%	0	1	0	0	0.02	0.05	31.1%	−0.03	1	0	100%
But·Hayton·Peterka	2:42	6	0	5	0.0%	0	3	0	0	0.00	0.26	0.0%	−0.26	0	2	0%
Crouse·Kerfoot·McBain	2:33	5	5	3	62.5%	2	1	0	0	0.12	0.10	52.7%	+0.01	0	1	0%
Occasional · 9 groups
O'Brien·Stenlund·Peterka	1:01	1	1	0	100.0%	1	0	0	0	0.03	0.00	100.0%	+0.03	0	0	—
But·Crouse·Hayton	0:55	3	1	0	100.0%	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	—	0.00	0	0	—
Schmaltz·Kerfoot·Keller	0:55	2	1	0	100.0%	1	0	0	0	0.02	0.00	100.0%	+0.02	1	0	100%
Schmaltz·McBain·Keller	0:53	4	1	0	100.0%	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	—	0.00	1	1	50%
Crouse·Hayton·Keller	0:42	1	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	—	0.00	0	0	—
But·Schmaltz·Keller	0:40	5	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	—	0.00	0	0	—
Crouse·Schmaltz·Guenther	0:38	1	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	—	0.00	0	0	—
But·Kerfoot·McBain	0:37	2	0	1	0.0%	0	1	0	0	0.00	0.01	0.0%	−0.01	0	0	—
O'Brien·Stenlund·Guenther	0:32	2	0	1	0.0%	0	1	0	0	0.00	0.04	0.0%	−0.04	0	0	—
UTA 5v5	51:56		53	38	58.2%	25	24	1	3	2.20	2.00	52.4%	+0.20

Goalies

Karel Vejmelka

UTA · 60:00

Saves: 26/30
SV%: .867
xGA: 3.19
GSAx: −0.81

Facing	Saves	SV%	xGA	GSAx
Even	21/24	.875	2.00	−1.00
Power play	5/6	.833	1.09	+0.09
Shorthanded	0/0	—	0.09	+0.09
High danger	3/4	.750	0.74	−0.26

Jacob Markstrom

NJD · 60:00

Saves: 30/31
SV%: .968
xGA: 2.68
GSAx: +1.68

Facing	Saves	SV%	xGA	GSAx
Even	24/25	.960	2.20	+1.20
Power play	5/5	1.000	0.47	+0.47
Shorthanded	1/1	1.000	0.01	+0.01
High danger	2/2	1.000	0.31	+0.31

Lines

His goal Primary assist Goal for Goal against Time together ES PP PK minutes

Utah Mammoth

Minutes

21:38Schmidt
20:59Sergachev
20:44Durzi
20:28Marino
17:42Cole
14:25DeSimone

22:46Keller
22:17Schmaltz
17:20Guenther
15:52Peterka
15:07Crouse
14:11Stenlund
13:18But
12:42Hayton
12:36McBain
11:44Carcone
11:06Kerfoot
10:01O'Brien

Matchups

5v5Size = time head to headSplit = xG shareUTANJD

Zone starts

DZD zoneNZ · flyNeutral · flyOZO zone

MarinoD2 O4
ColeD1 O2
DeSimoneD1 O2
SchmidtD4 O2
SergachevD6 O3
DurziD5 O1
GuentherD0 O5
SchmaltzD2 O6
KellerD2 O5
CarconeD0 O3
PeterkaD2 O4
McBainD2 O3
O'BrienD2 O2
ButD2 O2
CrouseD3 O2
StenlundD4 O3
HaytonD3 O2
KerfootD4 O2

Shift starts · darker = later period