NJD @ DAL 6–4 · 2026-03-24

Team	1	2	3	SOG
NJD	4	0	2	25
DAL	1	2	1	27

Story

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Result NJD 6–4Call No lean · DAL 61%Market DAL 61%xG 4.22–2.58 · deserved NJD 75%Swing Robertson +18 2nd 12:31Method

Goals and penalties with DAL win probability
Time	Event	DAL win before	DAL win after
1st 4:12	Goal NJD · J. Hughes	60%	44%
1st 7:46	NJD penalty · T. Meier · hooking · 2 min
1st 8:01	DAL penalty · M. Heiskanen · hooking · 2 min
1st 8:16	Goal DAL · W. Johnston	43%	60%
1st 9:11	Goal NJD · J. Bratt	60%	43%
1st 12:52	Goal NJD · C. Brown	42%	26%
1st 17:19	Goal NJD · J. Hughes	24%	13%
2nd 1:00	NJD penalty · L. Hameenaho · tripping · 2 min
2nd 1:11	Goal DAL · W. Johnston (PP)	11%	23%
2nd 3:13	NJD penalty · B. Dillon · cross checking · 2 min
2nd 9:19	DAL penalty · M. Heiskanen · hooking · 2 min
2nd 12:31	Goal DAL · J. Robertson	17%	34%
2nd 16:48	DAL penalty · J. Robertson · slashing · 2 min
3rd 6:46	Goal NJD · T. Meier	24%	7%
3rd 11:06	NJD penalty · D. Hamilton · slashing · 2 min
3rd 13:08	Goal DAL · M. Bourque	3%	16%
3rd 19:00	Goal NJD · D. Hamilton (EN)	3%	1%

On ice · final horn

NJD5 skaters

	Shift	TOI	#Sh	G	A	P	SOG	Att	PIM	Hit	Blk	FO
72N. BjugstadC	0:21	6:33	11	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	1-1
63J. BrattL	1:00	17:09	25	1	1	2	2	2	0	0	0	–
16C. BrownR	1:00	18:08	21	1	0	1	4	4	0	0	1	–
5B. DillonD	1:00	18:32	21	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	2	–
8J. KovacevicD	1:00	19:12	20	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	3	–
34J. AllenG		60:00	SA27GA4SV%.852xGA2.58GSAx−1.42

DAL5 skaters

	Shift	TOI	#Sh	G	A	P	SOG	Att	PIM	Hit	Blk	FO
15C. BlackwellC	0:23	13:51	18	0	0	0	2	4	0	2	1	3-2
22M. BourqueC	0:32	17:16	22	1	0	1	2	3	0	2	0	0-1
49J. HryckowianC	1:00	16:37	21	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	3-5
5N. LundkvistD	1:00	15:53	18	0	1	1	3	5	0	1	1	–
6L. BichselD	1:00	13:57	19	0	0	0	1	3	0	2	0	–
1C. DeSmithG		37:47	SA16GA1SV%.938xGA1.88GSAx+0.88

Goals

1st
Jack Hughes(1)
S. Nemec (1)
xG 0.17snapClip(opens nhl.com)
1–0 NJD1st 04:12+15.956%
Wyatt Johnston(1)
T. Harley (1), J. Robertson (1)
xG 0.12snapClip(opens nhl.com)
1–1 Tied1st 08:16+16.560%
Jesper Bratt(1)
J. Siegenthaler (1), D. Hamilton (1)
xG 0.16wristClip(opens nhl.com)
2–1 NJD1st 09:11+16.757%
Connor Brown(1)
A. Gritsyuk (1), J. Siegenthaler (2)
xG 0.17snapClip(opens nhl.com)
3–1 NJD1st 12:52+15.874%
Jack Hughes(2)
L. Hughes (1), J. Bratt (1)
xG 0.26snapClip(opens nhl.com)
4–1 NJD1st 17:19+11.787%
2nd
Wyatt Johnston(2)PP
M. Duchene (1), J. Robertson (2)
xG 0.19snapClip(opens nhl.com)
4–2 NJD2nd 01:11+11.523%
Jason Robertson(1)
N. Lundkvist (1), W. Johnston (1)
xG 0.10snapClip(opens nhl.com)
4–3 NJD2nd 12:31+17.634%
3rd
Timo Meier(1)
N. Hischier (1), D. Mercer (1)
xG 0.08snapClip(opens nhl.com)
5–3 NJD3rd 06:46+16.993%
Mavrik Bourque(1)
J. Hryckowian (1), T. Harley (2)
xG 0.13tip-inClip(opens nhl.com)
5–4 NJD3rd 13:08+13.116%
Dougie Hamilton(1)EN
Unassisted
xG 0.48snapClip(opens nhl.com)
6–4 NJD3rd 19:00+2.699%

Shots

NJD4.22 xG33 unblocked · 15 blocked33 unblocked · 15 blocked

DAL2.58 xG41 unblocked · 24 blocked41 unblocked · 24 blocked

GoalSavedMissedBlockedSize = xG

xG breakdown

GoalIronSaveMissEVPPEASHSize = pony xG · blocked attempts carry none

Team stats

NJDDAL6Goals44.22xG2.5825Shots2733Unblocked4148Attempts6512High danger50/3Power play1/430Faceoffs3015Hits2124Blocks154Takeaways912Giveaways158PIM6

Skaters

Player

Player
43L. HughesLuke HughesD	21:29	0	1	1	1	5	0.09	−0.09	0	1	0	1	—	0	0
7D. HamiltonDougie HamiltonD	21:01	1	1	2	2	6	0.56	+0.44	1	2	0	3	—	2	+1
13N. HischierNico HischierC	20:05	0	1	1	4	5	0.61	−0.61	0	0	0	1	58%	0	+2
71J. SiegenthalerJonas SiegenthalerD	19:50	0	2	2	0	0	0.00	0.00	2	0	0	0	—	0	+2
86J. HughesJack HughesC	19:20	2	0	2	2	3	0.43	+1.57	0	3	0	1	20%	0	0
8J. KovacevicJohnathan KovacevicD	19:12	0	0	0	0	2	0.00	0.00	2	3	1	1	—	0	0
28T. MeierTimo MeierR	18:33	1	0	1	3	6	0.46	+0.54	1	3	0	1	100%	2	+2
5B. DillonBrenden DillonD	18:32	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	3	2	0	0	—	2	+1
16C. BrownConnor BrownR	18:08	1	0	1	4	4	0.51	+0.49	0	1	1	0	—	0	+2
63J. BrattJesper BrattL	17:09	1	1	2	2	2	0.32	+0.68	0	0	0	0	—	0	+2
17S. NemecSimon NemecD	16:57	0	1	1	0	1	0.00	0.00	0	2	1	1	—	0	+1
91D. MercerDawson MercerC	16:54	0	1	1	1	4	0.67	−0.67	2	1	0	1	—	0	+2
81A. GritsyukArseny GritsyukR	16:22	0	1	1	1	2	0.06	−0.06	1	0	1	1	—	0	+2
12C. GlassCody GlassC	16:17	0	0	0	0	1	0.13	−0.13	0	2	0	1	53%	0	0
29L. HameenahoLenni HameenahoR	13:52	0	0	0	2	2	0.11	−0.11	0	1	0	0	—	2	-1
47P. CotterPaul CotterL	7:11	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	0.00	1	0	0	0	40%	0	-1
72N. BjugstadNick BjugstadC	6:33	0	0	0	1	1	0.02	−0.02	0	1	0	0	50%	0	0
42M. TsyplakovMaxim TsyplakovR	6:24	0	0	0	2	3	0.25	−0.25	2	0	0	0	—	0	0
NJD total		6	9	15	25	48	4.22	+1.78	15	22	4	12	50%	8

Pony score

Cool = offence · warm = defenceProductionPlay drivingSpecial teamsUsageMethod

Forwards

Hughes+1.37

Brown+0.60

Bratt+0.59

Mercer+0.38

Hischier+0.35

Meier+0.30

Gritsyuk+0.21

Bjugstad−0.03

Tsyplakov−0.05

Cotter−0.07

Glass−0.28

Hameenaho−0.46

Defence

Hughes+0.38

Siegenthaler+0.32

Kovacevic+0.26

Nemec+0.22

Hamilton−0.07

Dillon−0.24

Goalie

Allen−1.40

Units

5v5

Lines

Lines
Glass·Hameenaho·Gritsyuk	10:19	15	5	12	29.4%	2	5	0	0	0.25	0.38	39.2%	−0.14	0	3	0%
Bratt·Hughes·Brown	9:08	16	6	17	26.1%	5	8	1	0	0.74	0.52	58.9%	+0.22	3	1	75%
Hischier·Mercer·Meier	8:40	13	15	7	68.2%	4	3	1	0	0.58	0.09	86.0%	+0.48	1	3	25%
Occasional · 11 groups
Cotter·Bjugstad·Tsyplakov	4:00	7	2	1	66.7%	2	0	0	0	0.15	0.01	95.5%	+0.14	1	0	100%
Hischier·Hughes·Meier	2:04	2	1	2	33.3%	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	—	0.00	0	0	—
Hughes·Brown·Gritsyuk	1:01	5	0	1	0.0%	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	—	0.00	0	0	—
Mercer·Meier·Gritsyuk	1:01	2	0	2	0.0%	0	2	0	0	0.00	0.28	0.0%	−0.28	0	0	—
Bratt·Glass·Brown	1:01	2	0	1	0.0%	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.06	0.0%	−0.06	1	0	100%
Cotter·Glass·Hameenaho	1:00	1	0	1	0.0%	0	1	0	1	0.00	0.10	0.0%	−0.10	0	0	—
Glass·Meier·Hameenaho	0:57	4	0	2	0.0%	0	2	0	0	0.00	0.24	0.0%	−0.24	0	0	—
Hughes·Brown·Meier	0:37	4	1	1	50.0%	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	—	0.00	0	0	—
Hischier·Hameenaho·Gritsyuk	0:36	2	0	1	0.0%	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.08	0.0%	−0.08	0	0	—
Bjugstad·Tsyplakov·Gritsyuk	0:34	2	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	—	0.00	0	0	—
Cotter·Hischier·Mercer	0:30	2	1	0	100.0%	1	0	0	0	0.16	0.00	100.0%	+0.16	0	0	—
NJD 5v5	47:21		38	52	42.2%	19	22	4	2	2.68	1.90	58.5%	+0.78

Goalies

Jake Allen

NJD · 60:00

Saves: 23/27
SV%: .852
xGA: 2.58
GSAx: −1.42

Facing	Saves	SV%	xGA	GSAx
Even	21/24	.875	2.21	−0.79
Power play	2/3	.667	0.37	−0.63
Shorthanded	0/0	—	0.00	0.00
High danger	4/5	.800	0.94	−0.06

Casey DeSmith

DAL · 37:47

Saves: 15/16
SV%: .938
xGA: 1.88
GSAx: +0.88

Facing	Saves	SV%	xGA	GSAx
Even	11/12	.917	1.44	+0.44
Power play	3/3	1.000	0.43	+0.43
Shorthanded	1/1	1.000	0.01	+0.01
High danger	5/5	1.000	0.93	+0.93

Jake Oettinger

DAL · 20:00

Saves: 4/8
SV%: .500
xGA: 1.39
GSAx: −2.61

Facing	Saves	SV%	xGA	GSAx
Even	4/8	.500	1.39	−2.61
Power play	0/0	—	0.00	0.00
Shorthanded	0/0	—	0.00	0.00
High danger	1/5	.200	0.95	−3.05

Lines

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

New Jersey Devils

Minutes

21:29L. Hughes
21:01Hamilton
19:50Siegenthaler
19:12Kovacevic
18:32Dillon
16:57Nemec

20:05Hischier
19:20J. Hughes
18:33Meier
18:08Brown
17:09Bratt
16:54Mercer
16:22Gritsyuk
16:17Glass
13:52Hameenaho
7:11Cotter
6:33Bjugstad
6:24Tsyplakov

Matchups

5v5Size = time head to headSplit = xG shareNJDDAL

Zone starts

DZD zoneNZ · flyNeutral · flyOZO zone

NemecD0 O1
L. HughesD3 O2
KovacevicD3 O1
HamiltonD6 O3
DillonD4 O0
SiegenthalerD6 O1
BrattD1 O6
BrownD2 O5
J. HughesD1 O4
BjugstadD0 O1
CotterD0 O1
TsyplakovD0 O1
MeierD2 O1
GritsyukD3 O1
GlassD4 O1
HischierD5 O2
MercerD5 O2
HameenahoD3 O0

Shift starts · darker = later period