NJD @ WSH 2–4 · 2026-10-17

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FinalOct 172026-10-17

Team	1	2	3	SOG
NJD	1	0	1	31
WSH	1	3	0	25

Capital One Arena

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CallNo lean · 52% WSH

Star 1L. Thompson.935 SV%
Star 2V. Desharnais0G 2A
Star 3D. Strome1G 0A

Closing linesDraftKings

-105Moneyline-115+1.5 -270Puck line-1.5 +220O +114Total 6.5U -135+130RegulationTie +310 +145-1151st period-115+1831st · 3-wayTie +175 +178

Season oddsafter: next morning's run

65%…Playoffs72%…2.4%…Cup3.0%…

Story

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Result WSH 4–2Call No lean · WSH 52%Market WSH 51%xG 4.04–2.50 · deserved NJD 74%Swing Protas +19 2nd 1:16Method

Goals and penalties with WSH win probability
Time	Event	WSH win before	WSH win after
1st 3:29	WSH penalty · A. Tuch · cross checking · 2 min
1st 8:03	WSH penalty · B. Jenner · illegal check to head · 2 min
1st 10:04	Goal NJD · A. Gritsyuk	52%	34%
1st 15:10	NJD penalty · B. Pesce · interference · 2 min
1st 16:42	Goal WSH · R. Leonard (PP)	33%	52%
2nd 1:16	Goal WSH · I. Protas	51%	71%
2nd 4:36	Goal WSH · D. Strome	71%	86%
2nd 9:03	NJD penalty · L. Hughes · hooking · 2 min
2nd 11:14	Goal WSH · B. Jenner	88%	96%
3rd 11:38	WSH penalty · T. Liljegren · tripping · 2 min
3rd 18:26	WSH penalty · T. Liljegren · holding · 2 min
3rd 19:41	Goal NJD · T. Meier (PP)	99%	99%

On ice · final horn

NJD5 skaters

	Shift	TOI	#Sh	G	A	P	SOG	Att	PIM	Hit	Blk	FO
12C. GlassC	0:19	11:37	20	0	0	0	3	4	0	2	0	7-7
70J. BoqvistC	0:34	12:25	17	0	1	1	1	2	0	0	1	–
93A. LombardiC	0:19	10:54	16	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	–
8J. KovacevicD	0:19	13:29	20	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	–
47D. ChisholmD	0:19	13:26	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–
34J. AllenG		60:00	SA25GA4SV%.840xGA2.50GSAx−1.50

WSH5 skaters

	Shift	TOI	#Sh	G	A	P	SOG	Att	PIM	Hit	Blk	FO
76J. BrodzinskiC	0:19	8:34	13	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	2-8
63I. MiroshnichenkoL	0:19	12:34	16	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	–
72A. BeauvillierR	0:19	13:18	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1-1
4J. HollD	0:40	13:44	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	–
44C. HutsonD	0:19	18:29	21	0	0	0	2	3	0	2	0	–
48L. ThompsonG		60:00	SA31GA2SV%.935xGA4.04GSAx+2.04

Goals

1st
Arseny Gritsyuk(1)
D. Mercer (1), S. Noesen (1)
xG 0.01snapClip(opens nhl.com)
1–0 NJD1st 10:04+17.266%
Ryan Leonard(1)PP
J. Chychrun (1), L. Thompson (1)
xG 0.24wristClip(opens nhl.com)
1–1 Tied1st 16:42+18.452%
2nd
Ilya Protas(1)
A. Ovechkin (1), V. Desharnais (1)
xG 0.29snapClip(opens nhl.com)
1–2 WSH2nd 01:16+19.171%
Dylan Strome(1)
A. Tuch (1), J. Kyrou (1)
xG 0.07backhandClip(opens nhl.com)
1–3 WSH2nd 04:36+14.686%
Boone Jenner(1)
V. Desharnais (2), M. Fehérváry (1)
xG 0.18snapClip(opens nhl.com)
1–4 WSH2nd 11:14+7.696%
3rd
Timo Meier(1)PP
A. Gritsyuk (1), J. Boqvist (1)
xG 0.23wristClip(opens nhl.com)
2–4 WSH3rd 19:41+0.01%

Shots

Shooters

NJD4.04 xG56 unblocked · 25 blocked56 unblocked · 25 blocked

WSH2.50 xG33 unblocked · 9 blocked33 unblocked · 9 blocked

Goal, taller = higher xGSavedMissedSize = xG

xG breakdown

GoalIronSaveMissEVPPEASHSize = pony xG · blocked attempts carry none

Team stats

NJDWSH2Goals44.04xG2.5031Shots2556Unblocked3381Attempts429High danger51/4Power play1/232Faceoffs2816Hits199Blocks251Takeaways612Giveaways204PIM8

Skaters

Player

Player
43L. HughesLuke HughesD	23:29	0	0	0	2	7	0.14	−0.14	0	2	1	1	—	2	-1
86J. HughesJack HughesC	22:42	0	0	0	4	13	0.56	−0.56	0	0	0	1	38%	0	-2
7D. HamiltonDougie HamiltonD	21:56	0	0	0	3	4	0.09	−0.09	0	2	0	1	—	0	0
22B. PesceBrett PesceD	21:46	0	0	0	0	3	0.01	−0.01	0	2	0	0	—	2	-1
71J. SiegenthalerJonas SiegenthalerD	19:13	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	0.00	1	1	0	1	—	0	-1
13N. HischierNico HischierC	19:00	0	0	0	2	3	0.10	−0.10	3	0	0	0	73%	0	0
63J. BrattJesper BrattL	18:49	0	0	0	3	8	0.49	−0.49	0	0	0	0	—	0	-1
81A. GritsyukArseny GritsyukR	17:17	1	1	2	6	8	0.37	+0.63	1	0	0	1	—	0	0
91D. MercerDawson MercerC	17:08	0	1	1	1	5	0.31	−0.31	5	0	0	1	—	0	+1
17E. RodriguesEvan RodriguesC	15:25	0	0	0	1	5	0.39	−0.39	1	0	0	1	13%	0	-1
28T. MeierTimo MeierR	15:03	1	0	1	3	5	0.41	+0.59	1	0	0	2	67%	0	-1
8J. KovacevicJohnathan KovacevicD	13:29	0	0	0	0	3	0.04	−0.04	1	0	0	1	—	0	-2
47D. ChisholmDeclan ChisholmD	13:26	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	0	0	0	1	—	0	-1
39A. ManthaAnthony ManthaR	12:37	0	0	0	2	3	0.35	−0.35	0	0	0	0	0%	0	0
70J. BoqvistJesper BoqvistC	12:25	0	1	1	1	2	0.14	−0.14	0	0	0	0	—	0	0
12C. GlassCody GlassC	11:37	0	0	0	3	4	0.34	−0.34	2	0	0	0	50%	0	0
93A. LombardiAmadeus LombardiC	10:54	0	0	0	0	4	0.21	−0.21	0	1	0	1	—	0	0
11S. NoesenStefan NoesenR	10:12	0	1	1	0	3	0.11	−0.11	1	0	0	0	—	0	0
NJD total		2	4	6	31	81	4.04	−2.04	16	8	1	12	53%	4

Pony score

Cool = offence · warm = defenceProductionPlay drivingSpecial teamsUsageMethod

Forwards

Gritsyuk+1.10

Meier+0.66

Mercer+0.39

Boqvist−0.03

Lombardi−0.07

Noesen−0.11

Glass−0.13

Rodrigues−0.15

Mantha−0.21

Hischier−0.22

Bratt−0.23

Hughes−0.41

Defence

Hamilton+0.13

Siegenthaler−0.05

Chisholm−0.06

Pesce−0.09

Hughes−0.11

Kovacevic−0.12

Goalie

Allen−1.48

Units

5v5

Lines

Lines
Bratt·Hughes·Gritsyuk	12:13	17	17	8	68.0%	5	6	0	1	0.78	0.40	65.9%	+0.38	1	1	50%
Hischier·Mercer·Meier	9:44	15	13	8	61.9%	6	5	0	0	0.42	0.28	60.0%	+0.14	4	3	57%
Glass·Boqvist·Lombardi	8:17	15	12	5	70.6%	3	3	0	0	0.42	0.15	73.8%	+0.27	2	1	67%
Rodrigues·Noesen·Mantha	7:31	13	10	8	55.6%	3	3	0	1	0.56	0.42	57.2%	+0.14	2	3	40%
Occasional · 7 groups
Bratt·Hischier·Hughes	1:17	2	2	0	100.0%	1	0	0	0	0.10	0.00	100.0%	+0.10	2	0	100%
Boqvist·Hughes·Gritsyuk	0:55	5	2	2	50.0%	2	2	0	0	0.23	0.28	44.3%	−0.06	0	0	—
Rodrigues·Boqvist·Noesen	0:52	2	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	—	0.00	0	0	—
Hischier·Mercer·Mantha	0:43	1	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	—	0.00	0	0	—
Glass·Hughes·Lombardi	0:38	2	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	—	0.00	0	0	—
Boqvist·Hughes·Lombardi	0:32	5	0	1	0.0%	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	—	0.00	0	0	—
Mercer·Meier·Mantha	0:31	1	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	—	0.00	1	0	100%
Other 50 brief groups	6:00		4	5	44.4%	3	3	1	1	0.02	0.59	2.9%	−0.57
NJD 5v5	49:13		60	37	61.9%	23	22	1	3	2.52	2.12	54.3%	+0.40

Goalies

Jake Allen

NJD · 60:00

Saves: 21/25
SV%: .840
GAA: 4.00
xGA: 2.50
GSAx: −1.50

Facing	Saves	SV%	xGA	GSAx
Even	19/22	.864	2.12	−0.88
Power play	1/2	.500	0.38	−0.62
Shorthanded	1/1	1.000	0.00	+0.00
High danger	1/4	.250	1.05	−1.95

Logan Thompson

WSH · 60:00

Saves: 29/31
SV%: .935
GAA: 2.00
xGA: 4.04
GSAx: +2.04

Facing	Saves	SV%	xGA	GSAx
Even	23/24	.958	2.57	+1.57
Power play	6/7	.857	1.47	+0.47
Shorthanded	0/0	—	0.00	0.00
High danger	5/6	.833	1.77	+0.77

Lines

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

New Jersey Devils

Minutes

23:29L. Hughes
21:56Hamilton
21:46Pesce
19:13Siegenthaler
13:29Kovacevic
13:26Chisholm

22:42J. Hughes
19:00Hischier
18:49Bratt
17:17Gritsyuk
17:08Mercer
15:25Rodrigues
15:03Meier
12:37Mantha
12:25Boqvist
11:37Glass
10:54Lombardi
10:12Noesen

Matchups

Full game

5v5Size = time head to headSplit = xG shareNJDWSHGoalHard matchEdge bars = skater 5v5 total

Faceoffs

Both teams · pick a taker to focus

32–2853%

D 32%6–13N 60%9–6O 65%17–9 10 won into a shot

WSH attacks613NJD DZ 32% WSH OZ

Neutral96NJD NZ 60% WSH NZ

NJD attacks179NJD OZ 65% WSH DZ

28–3247%

D 35%9–17N 40%6–9O 68%13–6 5 won into a shot

Bead = draw, winner’s colourClockwise from the top in game order Shot attempt within 10sHover a zone for its draws · click a taker to focus

Zone starts

DZD zoneNZ · flyNeutral · flyOZO zone

L. HughesD1 O4
PesceD1 O2
ChisholmD2 O2
HamiltonD5 O4
KovacevicD3 O2
SiegenthalerD6 O3
BrattD1 O6
J. HughesD0 O5
MeierD3 O7
GlassD2 O4
HischierD4 O6
GritsyukD1 O3
MercerD4 O6
ManthaD3 O4
RodriguesD4 O5
LombardiD1 O2
NoesenD3 O3
BoqvistD1 O1

Shift starts · darker = later period