NJD @ MIN 5–2 · 2026-01-12

Team	1	2	3	SOG
NJD	1	1	3	29
MIN	0	1	1	23

Story

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Result NJD 5–2Call No lean · MIN 61%xG 2.92–2.37 · deserved NJD 60%Swing Palat +30 2nd 19:52Method

Goals and penalties with MIN win probability
Time	Event	MIN win before	MIN win after
1st 10:07	Goal NJD · D. Mercer	60%	40%
1st 12:22	MIN penalty · M. Foligno · tripping · 2 min
2nd 13:41	Goal MIN · R. Hartman	31%	58%
2nd 19:52	Goal NJD · O. Palat	57%	27%
3rd 0:17	MIN penalty · Q. Hughes · interference · 2 min
3rd 7:28	Goal NJD · J. Bratt	20%	5%
3rd 7:49	Goal NJD · J. Bratt	5%	1%
3rd 9:39	Goal NJD · O. Palat	1%	0%
3rd 16:06	NJD penalty · L. Glendening · hooking · 2 min
3rd 19:25	NJD penalty · B. Dillon · charging · 2 min
3rd 19:41	Goal MIN · M. Foligno (PP)	0%	0%

On ice · final horn

NJD5 skaters

	Shift	TOI	#Sh	G	A	P	SOG	Att	PIM	Hit	Blk	FO
14L. GlendeningC	0:35	10:20	17	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	9-2
33E. DadonovL	0:19	11:22	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	–
47P. CotterL	0:19	9:31	15	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	3-0
7D. HamiltonD	0:19	19:08	23	0	2	2	2	4	0	0	2	–
43L. HughesD	0:19	22:38	25	0	0	0	3	5	0	0	0	–
25J. MarkstromG		59:47	SA23GA2SV%.913xGA2.37GSAx+0.37

MIN5 skaters

	Shift	TOI	#Sh	G	A	P	SOG	Att	PIM	Hit	Blk	FO
13Y. TreninC	1:43	11:57	14	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	0	0-2
39B. JonesC	1:36	8:39	11	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	1	1-3
17M. FolignoL	0:35	15:40	17	1	0	1	3	3	2	3	0	3-1
25J. BrodinD	0:54	18:24	21	0	1	1	2	5	0	0	1	–
48D. HuntD	0:18	13:37	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–
30J. WallstedtG		60:00	SA29GA5SV%.828xGA2.92GSAx−2.08

Goals

1st
Dawson Mercer(1)
N. Hischier (1)
xG 0.16snapClip(opens nhl.com)
1–0 NJD1st 10:07+20.060%
2nd
Ryan Hartman(1)
B. Faber (1), M. Johansson (1)
xG 0.13deflectedClip(opens nhl.com)
1–1 Tied2nd 13:41+27.058%
Ondrej Palat(1)
N. Hischier (2), J. Siegenthaler (1)
xG 0.10wristClip(opens nhl.com)
2–1 NJD2nd 19:52+30.273%
3rd
Jesper Bratt(1)
D. Hamilton (1), J. Hughes (1)
xG 0.18wristClip(opens nhl.com)
3–1 NJD3rd 07:28+15.695%
Jesper Bratt(2)
D. Hamilton (2), B. Dillon (1)
xG 0.04tip-inClip(opens nhl.com)
4–1 NJD3rd 07:49+3.899%
Ondrej Palat(2)
D. Mercer (1)
xG 0.25wristClip(opens nhl.com)
5–1 NJD3rd 09:39+0.0100%
Marcus Foligno(1)PP
J. Brodin (1), V. Hinostroza (1)
xG 0.09wristClip(opens nhl.com)
5–2 NJD3rd 19:41+0.00%

Shots

NJD2.92 xG42 unblocked · 15 blocked42 unblocked · 15 blocked

MIN2.37 xG43 unblocked · 19 blocked43 unblocked · 19 blocked

GoalSavedMissedBlockedSize = xG

xG breakdown

GoalIronSaveMissEVPPEASHSize = pony xG · blocked attempts carry none

Team stats

NJDMIN5Goals22.92xG2.3729Shots2342Unblocked4357Attempts626High danger00/2Power play1/234Faceoffs2518Hits1619Blocks153Takeaways412Giveaways154PIM4

Skaters

Player

Player
43L. HughesLuke HughesD	22:38	0	0	0	3	5	0.14	−0.14	0	0	0	1	—	0	+1
71J. SiegenthalerJonas SiegenthalerD	19:45	0	1	1	1	2	0.04	−0.04	0	3	1	2	—	0	0
22B. PesceBrett PesceD	19:22	0	0	0	2	4	0.14	−0.14	0	1	0	0	—	0	+1
8J. KovacevicJohnathan KovacevicD	19:19	0	0	0	1	1	0.02	−0.02	2	2	0	0	—	0	0
7D. HamiltonDougie HamiltonD	19:08	0	2	2	2	4	0.15	−0.15	0	2	0	0	—	0	+3
86J. HughesJack HughesC	19:04	0	1	1	3	6	0.29	−0.29	0	1	1	4	—	0	+2
13N. HischierNico HischierC	18:13	0	2	2	2	5	0.40	−0.40	0	1	0	0	68%	0	+3
28T. MeierTimo MeierR	18:12	0	0	0	2	5	0.09	−0.09	2	1	0	0	17%	0	+1
91D. MercerDawson MercerC	16:36	1	1	2	1	3	0.39	+0.61	1	1	1	1	0%	0	+2
12C. GlassCody GlassC	16:31	0	0	0	1	2	0.16	−0.16	2	1	0	0	33%	0	0
16C. BrownConnor BrownR	16:12	0	0	0	1	4	0.14	−0.14	0	0	0	1	—	0	0
5B. DillonBrenden DillonD	16:07	0	1	1	2	2	0.04	−0.04	2	3	0	1	—	2	+3
63J. BrattJesper BrattL	15:42	2	0	2	4	7	0.46	+1.54	2	1	0	0	0%	0	+2
81A. GritsyukArseny GritsyukR	15:19	0	0	0	1	2	0.02	−0.02	1	0	0	1	—	0	0
18O. PalatOndrej PalatL	14:36	2	0	2	2	2	0.36	+1.64	4	1	0	0	—	0	+2
33E. DadonovEvgenii DadonovL	11:22	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	1	1	0	0	—	0	0
14L. GlendeningLuke GlendeningC	10:20	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	1	0	0	0	82%	2	0
47P. CotterPaul CotterL	9:31	0	0	0	1	3	0.09	−0.09	0	0	0	1	100%	0	0
NJD total		5	8	13	29	57	2.92	+2.08	18	19	3	12	58%	4

Pony score

Cool = offence · warm = defenceProductionPlay drivingSpecial teamsUsageMethod

Forwards

Bratt+1.30

Mercer+1.28

Palat+1.28

Hischier+1.10

Hughes−0.14

Cotter−0.17

Dadonov−0.24

Meier−0.29

Glass−0.32

Gritsyuk−0.34

Brown−0.35

Glendening−0.45

Defence

Hamilton+0.97

Dillon+0.07

Pesce0.00

Siegenthaler−0.02

Hughes−0.11

Kovacevic−0.22

Goalie

Markstrom+0.39

Units

5v5

Lines

Lines
Palat·Hischier·Mercer	12:52	20	8	9	47.1%	5	2	3	0	0.59	0.18	76.7%	+0.41	1	10	9%
Glass·Brown·Gritsyuk	10:53	15	7	8	46.7%	2	2	0	0	0.20	0.20	49.6%	−0.00	1	0	100%
Bratt·Hughes·Meier	10:37	18	16	15	51.6%	9	2	1	0	0.90	0.77	54.1%	+0.14	1	0	100%
Dadonov·Cotter·Glendening	7:33	13	6	6	50.0%	3	3	0	0	0.09	0.18	32.2%	−0.09	4	1	80%
Occasional · 7 groups
Hughes·Brown·Meier	1:19	5	2	0	100.0%	1	0	0	0	0.04	0.00	100.0%	+0.04	0	0	—
Dadonov·Hughes·Meier	0:55	4	1	0	100.0%	1	0	0	0	0.04	0.00	100.0%	+0.04	0	0	—
Hughes·Brown·Gritsyuk	0:54	5	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	—	0.00	0	0	—
Palat·Glass·Mercer	0:44	2	0	2	0.0%	0	2	0	1	0.00	0.17	0.0%	−0.17	0	0	—
Dadonov·Glendening·Meier	0:39	2	0	5	0.0%	0	3	0	0	0.00	0.20	0.0%	−0.20	0	0	—
Hughes·Mercer·Meier	0:36	6	1	1	50.0%	0	1	0	0	0.04	0.02	67.9%	+0.02	0	0	—
Cotter·Glass·Brown	0:34	2	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	—	0.00	0	0	—
NJD 5v5	53:31		49	53	48.0%	24	19	5	1	2.13	1.92	52.7%	+0.22

Goalies

Jacob Markstrom

NJD · 59:47

Saves: 21/23
SV%: .913
xGA: 2.37
GSAx: +0.37

Facing	Saves	SV%	xGA	GSAx
Even	18/19	.947	1.92	+0.92
Power play	3/4	.750	0.46	−0.54
Shorthanded	0/0	—	0.00	0.00
High danger	0/0	—	0.00	0.00

Jesper Wallstedt

MIN · 60:00

Saves: 24/29
SV%: .828
xGA: 2.92
GSAx: −2.08

Facing	Saves	SV%	xGA	GSAx
Even	19/24	.792	2.13	−2.87
Power play	5/5	1.000	0.78	+0.78
Shorthanded	0/0	—	0.00	0.00
High danger	2/5	.400	1.13	−1.87

Lines

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

New Jersey Devils

Minutes

22:38L. Hughes
19:45Siegenthaler
19:22Pesce
19:19Kovacevic
19:08Hamilton
16:07Dillon

19:04J. Hughes
18:13Hischier
18:12Meier
16:36Mercer
16:31Glass
16:12Brown
15:42Bratt
15:19Gritsyuk
14:36Palat
11:22Dadonov
10:20Glendening
9:31Cotter

Matchups

5v5Size = time head to headSplit = xG shareNJDMIN

Zone starts

DZD zoneNZ · flyNeutral · flyOZO zone

L. HughesD3 O4
HamiltonD2 O2
DillonD3 O2
PesceD5 O3
KovacevicD6 O2
SiegenthalerD6 O1
GlassD0 O3
J. HughesD0 O3
GritsyukD0 O3
CotterD2 O4
DadonovD2 O3
GlendeningD2 O3
MeierD0 O1
BrattD0 O1
BrownD1 O1
PalatD10 O2
HischierD10 O2
MercerD10 O1

Shift starts · darker = later period