NJD @ DAL 5–1 · 2026-10-27

New JerseyNJDDevils5

FinalOct 272026-10-27

Team	1	2	3	SOG
NJD	1	3	1	27
DAL	0	1	0	18

American Airlines Center

DallasDALStars1

CallNo lean · 54% DAL

Star 1N. Hischier2G 0A
Star 2L. Hughes1G 1A
Star 3J. Hughes1G 1A

Closing linesDraftKings

-102Moneyline-118+1.5 -265Puck line-1.5 +215O -112Total 5.5U -108+145RegulationTie +300 +135-1051st period-125+1881st · 3-wayTie +172 +175

Season odds

83%88%+5.0Playoffs93%93%+0.14.4%5.7%+1.3Cup5.3%4.9%−0.4

Story

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Result NJD 5–1Call No lean · DAL 54%Market DAL 52%xG 2.66–1.55 · deserved NJD 71%Swing Hischier +17 1st 2:41Method

Goals and penalties with DAL win probability
Time	Event	DAL win before	DAL win after
1st 2:41	Goal NJD · N. Hischier	54%	37%
1st 2:41	DAL penalty · M. Seminoff · delaying game unsuccessful challenge · 2 min
2nd 0:38	Goal NJD · N. Hischier	34%	18%
2nd 6:02	DAL penalty · C. DeSmith · tripping · 2 min
2nd 11:45	Goal NJD · J. Boqvist	13%	5%
2nd 11:54	DAL penalty · J. Benn · instigator · 2 min
2nd 11:54	DAL penalty · J. Benn · fighting · 5 min
2nd 11:54	NJD penalty · B. Dillon · fighting · 5 min
2nd 11:54	DAL penalty · J. Benn · instigator misconduct · 10 min
2nd 16:08	Goal DAL · J. Hryckowian	4%	11%
2nd 16:36	Goal NJD · L. Hughes	11%	3%
3rd 13:15	Goal NJD · J. Hughes	0%	0%

On ice · final horn

NJD5 skaters

	Shift	TOI	#Sh	G	A	P	SOG	Att	PIM	Hit	Blk	FO
70J. BoqvistC	0:47	14:03	18	1	0	1	2	3	0	2	2	–
39A. ManthaR	0:39	16:10	21	0	1	1	1	2	0	2	0	–
5B. DillonD	1:13	15:24	20	0	0	0	0	2	5	3	1	–
8J. KovacevicD	1:14	17:44	21	0	1	1	1	1	0	3	1	–
43L. HughesD	0:04	22:58	23	1	1	2	2	5	0	2	0	–
37C. HellebuyckG		60:00	SA18GA1SV%.944xGA1.55GSAx+0.55

DAL5 skaters

	Shift	TOI	#Sh	G	A	P	SOG	Att	PIM	Hit	Blk	FO
49J. HryckowianC	0:41	14:56	19	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	3	2-3
25A. HyryR	0:53	16:12	22	0	0	0	1	2	0	2	1	12-7
43M. SeminoffR	0:24	8:36	14	0	0	0	2	2	2	2	1	–
5N. LundkvistD	0:52	18:40	22	0	0	0	2	2	0	2	4	–
55T. HarleyD	0:32	26:40	26	0	0	0	1	5	0	2	1	–
1C. DeSmithG		60:00	SA27GA5SV%.815xGA2.66GSAx−2.34

Goals

1st
Nico Hischier(6)
L. Evangelista (5), J. Kovacevic (1)
xG 0.17snapClip(opens nhl.com)
1–0 NJD1st 02:41+16.763%
2nd
Nico Hischier(7)
T. Meier (4), L. Hughes (2)
xG 0.09snapClip(opens nhl.com)
2–0 NJD2nd 00:38+15.882%
Jesper Boqvist(4)
J. Hughes (10), A. Gritsyuk (4)
xG 0.04wristClip(opens nhl.com)
3–0 NJD2nd 11:45+8.595%
Justin Hryckowian(2)
T. Myers (1), C. Blackwell (1)
xG 0.07tip-inClip(opens nhl.com)
3–1 NJD2nd 16:08+7.711%
Luke Hughes(4)
D. Hamilton (5), A. Mantha (2)
xG 0.08wristClip(opens nhl.com)
4–1 NJD2nd 16:36+7.697%
3rd
Jack Hughes(4)
B. Pesce (4), J. Bratt (9)
xG 0.14snapClip(opens nhl.com)
5–1 NJD3rd 13:15+0.0100%

Shots

Shooters

NJD2.66 xG42 unblocked · 18 blocked42 unblocked · 18 blocked

DAL1.55 xG25 unblocked · 13 blocked25 unblocked · 13 blocked

Goal, taller = higher xGSavedMissedSize = xG

xG breakdown

GoalIronSaveMissEVPPEASHSize = pony xG · blocked attempts carry none

Team stats

NJDDAL5Goals12.66xG1.5527Shots1842Unblocked2560Attempts386High danger40/3Power play0/024Faceoffs2831Hits2513Blocks183Takeaways515Giveaways115PIM21

Skaters

Player

Player
43L. HughesLuke HughesD	22:58	1	1	2	2	5	0.16	+0.84	2	0	2	0	—	0	+2
71J. SiegenthalerJonas SiegenthalerD	20:28	0	0	0	0	3	0.02	−0.02	2	2	0	1	—	0	+1
7D. HamiltonDougie HamiltonD	19:47	0	1	1	3	8	0.08	−0.08	0	0	0	1	—	0	+1
86J. HughesJack HughesC	19:42	1	1	2	6	13	0.98	+0.02	0	0	0	4	30%	0	+2
77L. EvangelistaLuke EvangelistaR	18:44	0	1	1	1	2	0.19	−0.19	0	0	0	1	—	0	+1
13N. HischierNico HischierC	18:08	2	0	2	3	3	0.37	+1.63	1	1	0	1	67%	0	+2
22B. PesceBrett PesceD	18:07	0	1	1	0	1	0.00	0.00	0	4	0	0	—	0	+3
8J. KovacevicJohnathan KovacevicD	17:44	0	1	1	1	1	0.00	−0.00	3	1	0	0	—	0	0
17E. RodriguesEvan RodriguesC	17:01	0	0	0	2	5	0.02	−0.02	6	0	0	0	45%	0	0
63J. BrattJesper BrattL	16:35	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	0.00	3	0	0	0	—	0	+1
28T. MeierTimo MeierR	16:18	0	1	1	0	4	0.10	−0.10	6	0	0	2	0%	0	+2
39A. ManthaAnthony ManthaR	16:10	0	1	1	1	2	0.14	−0.14	2	0	0	0	—	0	0
5B. DillonBrenden DillonD	15:24	0	0	0	0	2	0.02	−0.02	3	1	0	0	—	5	+1
70J. BoqvistJesper BoqvistC	14:03	1	0	1	2	3	0.09	+0.91	2	2	0	0	—	0	+1
81A. GritsyukArseny GritsyukR	13:18	0	1	1	1	1	0.10	−0.10	0	0	1	2	—	0	+2
93A. LombardiAmadeus LombardiC	12:50	0	0	0	1	2	0.03	−0.03	0	0	0	1	—	0	0
16C. BrownConnor BrownR	12:48	0	0	0	1	1	0.15	−0.15	0	0	0	0	—	0	+1
12C. GlassCody GlassC	9:55	0	0	0	3	4	0.20	−0.20	1	1	0	0	46%	0	0
NJD total		5	10	15	27	60	2.66	+2.34	31	12	3	13	46%	5

Pony score

Incredible9.0+Great7.5+Good6.0+Average4.0+Below avg2.5+HorribleMethod

Forwards

Hischier8.5

Hughes8.3

Boqvist7.1

Evangelista6.3

Meier6.3

Glass5.3

Gritsyuk5.2

Bratt5.1

Brown4.5

Mantha4.5

Rodrigues4.4

Lombardi3.7

Defence

Pesce8.0

Hughes7.9

Hamilton6.0

Dillon6.0

Kovacevic4.9

Siegenthaler3.6

Goalie

Hellebuyck5.6

Units

5v5

Lines

Lines
Rodrigues·Boqvist·Mantha	11:21	18	12	5	70.6%	6	3	1	1	0.19	0.15	55.9%	+0.04	1	2	33%
Hischier·Meier·Evangelista	11:01	17	5	8	38.5%	1	4	1	0	0.20	0.50	29.0%	−0.30	2	3	40%
Bratt·Hughes·Gritsyuk	10:09	13	7	6	53.8%	3	3	1	0	0.39	0.13	74.7%	+0.26	1	2	33%
Glass·Lombardi·Brown	8:48	15	10	9	52.6%	6	3	0	0	0.40	0.33	55.0%	+0.07	1	4	20%
Occasional · 10 groups
Rodrigues·Meier·Mantha	1:24	2	2	0	100.0%	1	0	0	0	0.07	0.00	100.0%	+0.07	1	0	100%
Rodrigues·Lombardi·Brown	1:04	5	0	1	0.0%	0	1	0	0	0.00	0.02	0.0%	−0.02	0	0	—
Hughes·Lombardi·Brown	1:02	3	0	2	0.0%	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.0%	−0.00	0	0	—
Hughes·Evangelista·Gritsyuk	0:41	5	1	0	100.0%	1	0	0	0	0.03	0.00	100.0%	+0.03	0	0	—
Rodrigues·Boqvist·Lombardi	0:38	4	0	2	0.0%	0	1	0	0	0.00	0.21	0.0%	−0.21	0	0	—
Hischier·Mantha·Evangelista	0:33	2	1	0	100.0%	0	0	0	0	0.03	0.00	100.0%	+0.03	0	0	—
Bratt·Hughes·Meier	0:32	2	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	—	0.00	0	0	—
Bratt·Hughes·Lombardi	0:30	2	0	1	0.0%	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.03	0.0%	−0.03	0	0	—
Boqvist·Hughes·Gritsyuk	0:26	2	1	0	100.0%	1	0	1	0	0.04	0.00	100.0%	+0.04	0	0	—
Hischier·Brown·Meier	0:09	2	1	0	100.0%	1	0	1	0	0.17	0.00	100.0%	+0.17	0	0	—
Other 31 brief groups	5:42		5	3	62.5%	0	2	0	0	0.00	0.17	0.0%	−0.17
NJD 5v5	54:00		45	37	54.9%	20	17	5	1	1.52	1.55	49.5%	−0.03

Goalies

Connor Hellebuyck

NJD · 60:00

Saves: 17/18
SV%: .944
GAA: 1.00
xGA: 1.55
GSAx: +0.55

Facing	Saves	SV%	xGA	GSAx
Even	16/17	.941	1.55	+0.55
Power play	0/0	—	0.00	0.00
Shorthanded	1/1	1.000	0.00	+0.00
High danger	4/4	1.000	0.71	+0.71

Casey DeSmith

DAL · 60:00

Saves: 22/27
SV%: .815
GAA: 5.00
xGA: 2.66
GSAx: −2.34

Facing	Saves	SV%	xGA	GSAx
Even	15/20	.750	1.52	−3.48
Power play	7/7	1.000	1.15	+1.15
Shorthanded	0/0	—	0.00	0.00
High danger	3/4	.750	0.97	−0.03

Lines

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

New Jersey Devils

Minutes

22:58L. Hughes
20:28Siegenthaler
19:47Hamilton
18:07Pesce
17:44Kovacevic
15:24Dillon

19:42J. Hughes
18:44Evangelista
18:08Hischier
17:01Rodrigues
16:35Bratt
16:18Meier
16:10Mantha
14:03Boqvist
13:18Gritsyuk
12:50Lombardi
12:48Brown
9:55Glass

Matchups

Full game

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

Faceoffs

Both teams · pick a taker to focus

24–2846%

D 59%13–9N 41%7–10O 31%4–9 2 won into a shot

DAL attacks139NJD DZ 59% DAL OZ

Neutral710NJD NZ 41% DAL NZ

NJD attacks49NJD OZ 31% DAL DZ

28–2454%

D 69%9–4N 59%10–7O 41%9–13 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

HamiltonD1 O2
SiegenthalerD1 O2
PesceD4 O2
L. HughesD5 O2
DillonD4 O0
KovacevicD4 O0
MeierD2 O4
RodriguesD1 O3
J. HughesD1 O3
ManthaD2 O3
BrattD2 O3
HischierD3 O4
EvangelistaD3 O4
BoqvistD1 O1
GritsyukD2 O1
BrownD4 O1
GlassD4 O1
LombardiD4 O1

Shift starts · darker = later period