NJD @ CAR 2–5 · 2026-03-28

Team	1	2	3	SOG
NJD	1	0	1	19
CAR	0	3	2	34

Story

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Result CAR 5–2Call No lean · CAR 65%Market CAR 66%xG 1.84–4.50 · deserved CAR 87%Swing Ehlers +21 2nd 10:10Method

Goals and penalties with CAR win probability
Time	Event	CAR win before	CAR win after
1st 9:50	CAR penalty · J. Staal · hooking · 2 min
1st 12:16	CAR penalty · T. Hall · tripping · 2 min
1st 17:06	Goal NJD · T. Meier	64%	46%
2nd 8:27	NJD penalty · L. Hameenaho · tripping · 2 min
2nd 10:10	Goal CAR · N. Ehlers (PP)	41%	62%
2nd 13:48	Goal CAR · J. Blake	62%	81%
2nd 15:13	Goal CAR · J. Staal	81%	93%
3rd 15:25	Goal CAR · S. Gostisbehere	99%	99%
3rd 15:52	CAR penalty · S. Gostisbehere · charging · 2 min
3rd 17:40	Goal CAR · S. Jarvis (SH) (EN)	99%	99%
3rd 19:36	Goal NJD · E. Dadonov	99%	99%

On ice · final horn

NJD5 skaters

	Shift	TOI	#Sh	G	A	P	SOG	Att	PIM	Hit	Blk	FO
72N. BjugstadC	0:24	9:19	12	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2-0
47P. CotterL	0:24	10:26	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1-1
42M. TsyplakovR	0:24	9:21	12	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	–
17S. NemecD	0:24	18:13	20	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	1	–
71J. SiegenthalerD	0:24	19:21	22	0	0	0	1	3	0	3	0	–
25J. MarkstromG		58:09	SA33GA4SV%.879xGA4.03GSAx+0.03

CAR5 skaters

	Shift	TOI	#Sh	G	A	P	SOG	Att	PIM	Hit	Blk	FO
28W. CarrierL	0:24	9:02	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	–
50E. RobinsonL	0:24	10:49	15	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–
77M. JankowskiL	0:24	10:53	15	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	5-6
4S. GostisbehereD	1:14	17:42	19	1	1	2	2	8	2	1	1	–
21A. NikishinD	1:03	16:13	19	0	1	1	0	3	0	0	1	–
32B. BussiG		60:00	SA19GA2SV%.895xGA1.84GSAx−0.16

Goals

1st
Timo Meier(1)
D. Mercer (1), N. Hischier (1)
xG 0.09wristClip(opens nhl.com)
1–0 NJD1st 17:06+17.954%
2nd
Nikolaj Ehlers(1)PP
A. Nikishin (1), T. Hall (1)
xG 0.08snapClip(opens nhl.com)
1–1 Tied2nd 10:10+21.562%
Jackson Blake(1)
T. Hall (2), S. Gostisbehere (1)
xG 0.15wristClip(opens nhl.com)
1–2 CAR2nd 13:48+19.581%
Jordan Staal(1)
N. Ehlers (1), J. Martinook (1)
xG 0.06tip-inClip(opens nhl.com)
1–3 CAR2nd 15:13+11.793%
3rd
Shayne Gostisbehere(1)
Unassisted
xG 0.08snapClip(opens nhl.com)
1–4 CAR3rd 15:25+0.399%
Seth Jarvis(1)SHEN
S. Walker (1), S. Aho (1)
xG 0.47wristClip(opens nhl.com)
1–5 CAR3rd 17:40+0.099%
Evgenii Dadonov(1)
J. Kovacevic (1), B. Dillon (1)
xG 0.05wristClip(opens nhl.com)
2–5 CAR3rd 19:36+0.01%

Shots

NJD1.84 xG30 unblocked · 12 blocked30 unblocked · 12 blocked

CAR4.50 xG54 unblocked · 18 blocked54 unblocked · 18 blocked

GoalSavedMissedBlockedSize = xG

xG breakdown

GoalIronSaveMissEVPPEASHSize = pony xG · blocked attempts carry none

Team stats

NJDCAR2Goals51.84xG4.5019Shots3430Unblocked5442Attempts720High danger60/3Power play1/125Faceoffs2526Hits1218Blocks124Takeaways717Giveaways232PIM6

Skaters

Player

Player
43L. HughesLuke HughesD	23:21	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	0.00	0	2	1	2	—	0	-2
86J. HughesJack HughesC	22:17	0	0	0	3	5	0.36	−0.36	0	0	1	3	20%	0	-2
7D. HamiltonDougie HamiltonD	20:46	0	0	0	1	2	0.24	−0.24	4	2	0	1	—	0	-1
16C. BrownConnor BrownR	20:01	0	0	0	0	3	0.09	−0.09	0	0	0	1	—	0	-2
71J. SiegenthalerJonas SiegenthalerD	19:21	0	0	0	1	3	0.01	−0.01	3	0	0	0	—	0	-1
8J. KovacevicJohnathan KovacevicD	19:18	0	1	1	1	2	0.13	−0.13	2	2	0	0	—	0	+1
63J. BrattJesper BrattL	19:15	0	0	0	1	2	0.12	−0.12	1	0	0	3	—	0	-2
13N. HischierNico HischierC	19:12	0	1	1	5	7	0.38	−0.38	2	3	1	0	65%	0	-1
17S. NemecSimon NemecD	18:13	0	0	0	0	3	0.02	−0.02	1	1	0	3	—	0	-1
28T. MeierTimo MeierR	18:05	1	0	1	3	3	0.15	+0.85	3	1	0	1	100%	0	-1
91D. MercerDawson MercerC	17:49	0	1	1	2	3	0.09	−0.09	1	0	0	1	—	0	0
5B. DillonBrenden DillonD	15:02	0	1	1	0	1	0.00	0.00	2	1	0	1	—	0	+1
29L. HameenahoLenni HameenahoR	13:28	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	0	2	1	0	0%	2	+1
33E. DadonovEvgenii DadonovL	12:36	1	0	1	2	2	0.05	+0.95	0	0	0	0	—	0	+1
12C. GlassCody GlassC	12:18	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	−0.03	2	1	0	0	46%	0	+1
47P. CotterPaul CotterL	10:26	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	3	0	0	0	50%	0	-1
42M. TsyplakovMaxim TsyplakovR	9:21	0	0	0	0	2	0.12	−0.12	1	0	0	1	—	0	-1
72N. BjugstadNick BjugstadC	9:19	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	−0.05	1	0	0	0	100%	0	-1
NJD total		2	4	6	19	42	1.84	+0.16	26	15	4	17	50%	2

Pony score

Cool = offence · warm = defenceProductionPlay drivingSpecial teamsUsageMethod

Forwards

Meier+0.46

Dadonov+0.39

Mercer+0.18

Hischier+0.15

Tsyplakov−0.05

Bjugstad−0.22

Cotter−0.26

Bratt−0.45

Glass−0.47

Brown−0.51

Hughes−0.54

Hameenaho−0.66

Defence

Kovacevic+0.33

Dillon+0.10

Hamilton−0.02

Nemec−0.33

Hughes−0.36

Siegenthaler−0.39

Goalie

Markstrom+0.06

Units

5v5

Lines

Lines
Bratt·Hughes·Brown	12:06	16	7	15	31.8%	4	6	0	1	0.44	0.95	31.9%	−0.50	0	2	0%
Hischier·Mercer·Meier	11:18	17	12	14	46.2%	5	8	1	1	0.47	0.44	51.5%	+0.03	0	9	0%
Dadonov·Glass·Hameenaho	9:17	16	4	16	20.0%	2	8	1	0	0.09	1.28	6.6%	−1.19	2	5	29%
Cotter·Bjugstad·Tsyplakov	7:25	12	3	5	37.5%	0	2	0	1	0.17	0.49	25.9%	−0.32	1	1	50%
Occasional · 8 groups
Dadonov·Hughes·Brown	1:31	5	4	3	57.1%	0	2	0	0	0.08	0.17	31.5%	−0.09	0	0	—
Bratt·Hischier·Mercer	1:06	4	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	—	0.00	0	0	—
Bratt·Hughes·Meier	1:06	1	2	1	66.7%	1	1	0	0	0.12	0.01	92.2%	+0.11	0	0	—
Cotter·Hischier·Mercer	0:45	2	1	0	100.0%	1	0	0	0	0.01	0.00	100.0%	+0.01	0	0	—
Hughes·Brown·Meier	0:39	2	1	0	100.0%	1	0	0	0	0.10	0.00	100.0%	+0.10	0	0	—
Bratt·Hughes·Tsyplakov	0:35	2	0	1	0.0%	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.05	0.0%	−0.05	0	0	—
Glass·Hughes·Hameenaho	0:35	1	0	2	0.0%	0	1	0	0	0.00	0.16	0.0%	−0.16	0	0	—
Cotter·Glass·Hameenaho	0:31	3	0	1	0.0%	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.01	0.0%	−0.01	0	0	—
NJD 5v5	52:14		35	65	35.0%	14	31	2	3	1.49	3.88	27.8%	−2.39

Goalies

Jacob Markstrom

NJD · 58:09

Saves: 29/33
SV%: .879
xGA: 4.03
GSAx: +0.03

Facing	Saves	SV%	xGA	GSAx
Even	28/31	.903	3.88	+0.88
Power play	0/1	.000	0.14	−0.86
Shorthanded	1/1	1.000	0.01	+0.01
High danger	3/3	1.000	1.30	+1.30

Brandon Bussi

CAR · 60:00

Saves: 17/19
SV%: .895
xGA: 1.84
GSAx: −0.16

Facing	Saves	SV%	xGA	GSAx
Even	12/14	.857	1.49	−0.51
Power play	5/5	1.000	0.35	+0.35
Shorthanded	0/0	—	0.00	0.00
High danger	0/0	—	0.00	0.00

Lines

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

New Jersey Devils

Minutes

23:21L. Hughes
20:46Hamilton
19:21Siegenthaler
19:18Kovacevic
18:13Nemec
15:02Dillon

22:17J. Hughes
20:01Brown
19:15Bratt
19:12Hischier
18:05Meier
17:49Mercer
13:28Hameenaho
12:36Dadonov
12:18Glass
10:26Cotter
9:21Tsyplakov
9:19Bjugstad

Matchups

5v5Size = time head to headSplit = xG shareNJDCAR

Zone starts

DZD zoneNZ · flyNeutral · flyOZO zone

NemecD3 O2
DillonD5 O2
SiegenthalerD4 O1
HamiltonD6 O2
L. HughesD6 O0
KovacevicD8 O1
BrattD2 O4
BrownD2 O3
J. HughesD2 O3
BjugstadD1 O1
CotterD1 O1
TsyplakovD1 O1
DadonovD4 O2
GlassD4 O2
HameenahoD4 O1
MeierD7 O1
HischierD9 O2
MercerD8 O0

Shift starts · darker = later period