NJD @ STL 3–1 · 2026-02-28

Team	1	2	3	SOG
NJD	0	2	1	33
STL	0	0	1	26

Story

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Result NJD 3–1Call No lean · STL 55%xG 4.49–1.92 · deserved NJD 87%Swing Meier +21 2nd 5:37Method

Goals and penalties with STL win probability
Time	Event	STL win before	STL win after
1st 13:08	NJD penalty · D. Hamilton · tripping · 2 min
2nd 0:16	STL penalty · M. Kessel · slashing · 2 min
2nd 5:37	Goal NJD · T. Meier	54%	33%
2nd 17:00	NJD penalty · T. Meier · high sticking · 2 min
2nd 19:13	STL penalty · J. Finley · hooking · 2 min
2nd 19:44	Goal NJD · D. Hamilton (PP)	27%	10%
3rd 2:24	NJD penalty · J. Hughes · delaying game puck over glass · 2 min
3rd 18:42	Goal STL · P. Buchnevich	0%	3%
3rd 19:55	Goal NJD · N. Hischier (EN)	0%	0%

On ice · final horn

NJD5 skaters

	Shift	TOI	#Sh	G	A	P	SOG	Att	PIM	Hit	Blk	FO
72N. BjugstadC	0:05	11:52	15	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	1-2
47P. CotterL	0:05	8:25	12	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	–
42M. TsyplakovR	0:05	8:53	12	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	–
7D. HamiltonD	1:18	20:28	25	1	0	1	4	4	2	0	1	–
71J. SiegenthalerD	1:18	21:19	23	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	–
25J. MarkstromG		60:00	SA26GA1SV%.962xGA1.92GSAx+0.92

STL5 skaters

	Shift	TOI	#Sh	G	A	P	SOG	Att	PIM	Hit	Blk	FO
37J. FinleyC	0:05	8:41	15	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	3-5
26N. WalkerL	0:05	7:51	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	–
29J. BerggrenR	0:05	14:31	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	–
51M. KesselD	0:05	13:39	20	0	0	0	2	2	2	3	0	–
75T. TuckerD	0:05	13:33	21	0	0	0	1	2	0	2	3	–
50J. BinningtonG		56:16	SA32GA2SV%.938xGA3.05GSAx+1.05

Goals

2nd
Timo Meier(1)
B. Pesce (1), L. Hughes (1)
xG 0.05wristClip(opens nhl.com)
1–0 NJD2nd 05:37+21.167%
Dougie Hamilton(1)PP
J. Hughes (1), J. Markstrom (1)
xG 0.06snapClip(opens nhl.com)
2–0 NJD2nd 19:44+16.790%
3rd
Pavel Buchnevich(1)6v5
P. Suter (1)
xG 0.29wristClip(opens nhl.com)
2–1 NJD3rd 18:42+2.93%
Nico Hischier(1)EN
J. Bratt (1), C. Brown (1)
xG 0.51wristClip(opens nhl.com)
3–1 NJD3rd 19:55+0.0100%

Shots

NJD4.49 xG48 unblocked · 12 blocked48 unblocked · 12 blocked

STL1.92 xG40 unblocked · 13 blocked40 unblocked · 13 blocked

GoalSavedMissedBlockedSize = xG

xG breakdown

GoalIronSaveMissEVPPEASHSize = pony xG · blocked attempts carry none

Team stats

NJDSTL3Goals14.49xG1.9233Shots2648Unblocked4060Attempts536High danger11/2Power play0/328Faceoffs2712Hits2913Blocks128Takeaways419Giveaways126PIM4

Skaters

Player

Player
71J. SiegenthalerJonas SiegenthalerD	21:19	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	0.00	1	2	0	0	—	0	+1
7D. HamiltonDougie HamiltonD	20:28	1	0	1	4	4	0.09	+0.91	0	1	1	1	—	2	+1
43L. HughesLuke HughesD	20:10	0	1	1	2	2	0.07	−0.07	0	1	2	1	—	0	+1
5B. DillonBrenden DillonD	20:03	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	1	0	0	0	—	0	-1
28T. MeierTimo MeierR	19:16	1	0	1	8	17	1.07	−0.07	2	3	1	1	0%	2	0
13N. HischierNico HischierC	18:33	1	0	1	2	2	0.63	+0.37	0	1	1	3	48%	0	+1
91D. MercerDawson MercerC	18:26	0	0	0	1	4	0.52	−0.52	1	1	0	4	—	0	+1
22B. PesceBrett PesceD	18:21	0	1	1	1	3	0.19	−0.19	0	2	1	2	—	0	0
17S. NemecSimon NemecD	17:56	0	0	0	2	2	0.10	−0.10	0	0	0	3	—	0	0
63J. BrattJesper BrattL	17:50	0	1	1	2	5	0.90	−0.90	2	0	0	0	—	0	+1
16C. BrownConnor BrownR	16:40	0	1	1	1	5	0.21	−0.21	0	0	0	2	—	0	0
86J. HughesJack HughesC	16:05	0	1	1	5	6	0.30	−0.30	0	0	0	0	33%	2	0
12C. GlassCody GlassC	14:35	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	1	0	0	0	61%	0	0
81A. GritsyukArseny GritsyukR	13:06	0	0	0	2	3	0.17	−0.17	0	0	1	0	—	0	0
29L. HameenahoLenni HameenahoR	12:02	0	0	0	1	1	0.08	−0.08	0	0	0	0	—	0	0
72N. BjugstadNick BjugstadC	11:52	0	0	0	1	2	0.07	−0.07	1	0	1	1	33%	0	0
42M. TsyplakovMaxim TsyplakovR	8:53	0	0	0	1	1	0.10	−0.10	1	1	0	0	—	0	0
47P. CotterPaul CotterL	8:25	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	0.00	2	0	0	0	—	0	0
25J. MarkstromJacob MarkstromG	0:00	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	0.00	0	0	0	0	—	0	0
NJD total		3	6	9	33	59	4.49	−1.49	12	12	8	18	51%	6

Pony score

Cool = offence · warm = defenceProductionPlay drivingSpecial teamsUsageMethod

Forwards

Meier+0.59

Bratt+0.47

Hughes+0.23

Brown−0.11

Hischier−0.12

Gritsyuk−0.14

Mercer−0.17

Tsyplakov−0.19

Cotter−0.23

Bjugstad−0.25

Hameenaho−0.27

Glass−0.28

Defence

Pesce+0.74

Hughes+0.24

Hamilton+0.20

Siegenthaler−0.06

Nemec−0.06

Dillon−0.06

Goalie

Markstrom+0.94

Units

5v5

Lines

Lines
Hischier·Mercer·Meier	11:10	16	14	11	56.0%	6	2	0	0	0.98	0.26	79.0%	+0.72	3	5	38%
Bratt·Glass·Hameenaho	10:28	16	6	13	31.6%	3	6	0	0	0.46	0.44	50.8%	+0.01	0	4	0%
Hughes·Brown·Gritsyuk	8:59	13	15	3	83.3%	10	2	0	0	0.74	0.09	89.0%	+0.64	2	1	67%
Cotter·Bjugstad·Tsyplakov	6:25	12	2	9	18.2%	1	4	0	0	0.10	0.27	26.7%	−0.17	2	0	100%
Occasional · 7 groups
Hughes·Mercer·Meier	1:17	6	5	0	100.0%	4	0	1	0	0.17	0.00	100.0%	+0.17	0	0	—
Bjugstad·Mercer·Meier	0:41	2	0	1	0.0%	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.01	0.0%	−0.01	0	0	—
Bjugstad·Meier·Gritsyuk	0:38	1	3	0	100.0%	1	0	0	0	0.07	0.00	100.0%	+0.07	0	0	—
Bratt·Hughes·Brown	0:35	2	1	0	100.0%	1	0	0	0	0.04	0.00	100.0%	+0.04	0	0	—
Hughes·Meier·Gritsyuk	0:35	2	0	1	0.0%	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	—	0.00	0	0	—
Bjugstad·Meier·Tsyplakov	0:33	3	1	1	50.0%	0	0	0	0	0.04	0.04	51.8%	+0.00	0	0	—
Hughes·Mercer·Gritsyuk	0:31	4	1	1	50.0%	0	1	0	0	0.09	0.01	90.7%	+0.08	0	0	—
NJD 5v5	47:45		50	44	53.2%	28	18	1	0	2.78	1.29	68.3%	+1.49

Goalies

Jacob Markstrom

NJD · 60:00

Saves: 25/26
SV%: .962
xGA: 1.92
GSAx: +0.92

Facing	Saves	SV%	xGA	GSAx
Even	20/21	.952	1.73	+0.73
Power play	4/4	1.000	0.11	+0.11
Shorthanded	1/1	1.000	0.08	+0.08
High danger	0/1	.000	0.29	−0.71

Jordan Binnington

STL · 56:16

Saves: 30/32
SV%: .938
xGA: 3.05
GSAx: +1.05

Facing	Saves	SV%	xGA	GSAx
Even	27/28	.964	2.78	+1.78
Power play	1/2	.500	0.14	−0.86
Shorthanded	2/2	1.000	0.13	+0.13
High danger	2/2	1.000	0.73	+0.73

Lines

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

New Jersey Devils

Minutes

21:19Siegenthaler
20:28Hamilton
20:10L. Hughes
20:03Dillon
18:21Pesce
17:56Nemec

19:16Meier
18:33Hischier
18:26Mercer
17:50Bratt
16:40Brown
16:05J. Hughes
14:35Glass
13:06Gritsyuk
12:02Hameenaho
11:52Bjugstad
8:53Tsyplakov
8:25Cotter
0:00Markstrom

Matchups

5v5Size = time head to headSplit = xG shareNJDSTL

Zone starts

DZD zoneNZ · flyNeutral · flyOZO zone

L. HughesD2 O2
NemecD3 O1
DillonD5 O2
PesceD6 O3
HamiltonD7 O3
SiegenthalerD7 O1
CotterD0 O2
GritsyukD1 O3
TsyplakovD0 O2
BjugstadD0 O1
BrownD2 O3
J. HughesD1 O2
HischierD7 O4
HameenahoD3 O0
MeierD6 O2
BrattD4 O0
MercerD7 O1
GlassD7 O0

Shift starts · darker = later period