NJD @ COL 2–5 · 2026-10-28

New JerseyNJDDevils2

FinalOct 282026-10-28

Team	1	2	3	SOG
NJD	1	0	1	22
COL	0	1	4	45

Ball Arena

ColoradoCOLAvalanche5

CallNo lean · 63% COL

Star 1N. Kadri1G 1A
Star 2B. Burns0G 2A
Star 3J. Schwartz1G 1A

Closing linesDraftKings

+124Moneyline-148+1.5 -192Puck line-1.5 +160O -102Total 6.5U -118+175RegulationTie +320 +105+1051st period-135+2121st · 3-wayTie +183 +155

Season odds

85%84%−0.8Playoffs98%99%+1.05.6%4.3%−1.3Cup18%19%+1.2

Story

– / 12

Result COL 5–2Call No lean · COL 63%Market COL 58%xG 2.41–3.67 · deserved COL 70%Swing Kadri +25 3rd 2:45Method

Goals and penalties with COL win probability
Time	Event	COL win before	COL win after
1st 11:00	NJD penalty · B. Pesce · hooking · 2 min
1st 12:21	Goal NJD · C. Brown (SH)	61%	44%
2nd 9:01	NJD penalty · N. Hischier · hooking · 2 min
2nd 10:58	Goal COL · G. Landeskog (PP)	36%	59%
2nd 18:01	COL penalty · L. O'Connor · cross checking · 2 min
2nd 19:28	COL penalty · B. Burns · tripping · 2 min
3rd 2:45	Goal COL · N. Kadri	58%	83%
3rd 3:47	Goal COL · P. Kelly	83%	95%
3rd 12:00	Goal COL · N. MacKinnon	98%	99%
3rd 12:30	Goal COL · J. Schwartz	99%	99%
3rd 13:07	COL penalty · F. Svechkov · holding · 2 min
3rd 15:35	Goal NJD · C. Brown	99%	99%

On ice · final horn

NJD5 skaters

	Shift	TOI	#Sh	G	A	P	SOG	Att	PIM	Hit	Blk	FO
12C. GlassC	0:20	12:12	17	0	1	1	0	2	0	2	1	6-11
93A. LombardiC	0:20	11:51	14	0	1	1	4	5	0	1	0	–
16C. BrownR	0:20	14:10	17	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	0-1
5B. DillonD	0:20	16:53	22	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	2	–
47D. ChisholmD	0:20	17:10	23	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	–
34J. AllenG		60:00	SA45GA5SV%.889xGA3.67GSAx−1.33

COL5 skaters

	Shift	TOI	#Sh	G	A	P	SOG	Att	PIM	Hit	Blk	FO
10N. RoyC	0:53	11:26	16	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	4-2
11B. NelsonC	0:39	16:38	21	0	0	0	3	3	0	1	1	6-7
92G. LandeskogL	0:53	12:29	16	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	0-1
70S. MalinskiD	0:39	21:11	27	0	2	2	3	7	0	0	1	–
84B. BurnsD	0:51	17:49	25	0	2	2	4	8	2	2	4	–
39M. BlackwoodG		59:27	SA22GA2SV%.909xGA2.41GSAx+0.41

Goals

1st
Connor Brown(1)SH
Unassisted
xG 0.08wristClip(opens nhl.com)
1–0 NJD1st 12:21+17.956%
2nd
Gabriel Landeskog(5)PP
J. Schwartz (5), D. Toews (7)
xG 0.37snapClip(opens nhl.com)
1–1 Tied2nd 10:58+22.859%
3rd
Nazem Kadri(2)
N. Roy (3), B. Burns (4)
xG 0.21snapClip(opens nhl.com)
1–2 COL3rd 02:45+25.183%
Parker Kelly(2)
B. Burns (5), F. Svechkov (5)
xG 0.04wristClip(opens nhl.com)
1–3 COL3rd 03:47+12.195%
Nathan MacKinnon(8)
A. Lehkonen (5), S. Malinski (4)
xG 0.20snapClip(opens nhl.com)
1–4 COL3rd 12:00+1.399%
Jaden Schwartz(4)
S. Malinski (5), N. Kadri (8)
xG 0.18snapClip(opens nhl.com)
1–5 COL3rd 12:30+0.099%
Connor Brown(2)
A. Lombardi (4), C. Glass (1)
xG 0.19backhandClip(opens nhl.com)
2–5 COL3rd 15:35+0.01%

Shots

Shooters

NJD2.41 xG32 unblocked · 12 blocked32 unblocked · 12 blocked

COL3.67 xG64 unblocked · 16 blocked64 unblocked · 16 blocked

Goal, taller = higher xGSavedMissedSize = xG

xG breakdown

GoalIronSaveMissEVPPEASHSize = pony xG · blocked attempts carry none

Team stats

NJDCOL2Goals52.41xG3.6722Shots4532Unblocked6444Attempts805High danger70/3Power play1/231Faceoffs3617Hits1116Blocks124Takeaways415Giveaways204PIM6

Skaters

Player

Player
43L. HughesLuke HughesD	23:38	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	1	0	1	2	—	0	0
86J. HughesJack HughesC	20:37	0	0	0	2	5	0.17	−0.17	0	2	0	4	44%	0	-1
71J. SiegenthalerJonas SiegenthalerD	20:23	0	0	0	1	3	0.01	−0.01	0	4	0	0	—	0	0
22B. PesceBrett PesceD	19:19	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	0.00	0	2	0	2	—	2	0
77L. EvangelistaLuke EvangelistaR	17:28	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	−0.04	2	0	0	1	—	0	-1
7D. HamiltonDougie HamiltonD	17:23	0	0	0	2	3	0.01	−0.01	0	0	0	0	—	0	-1
47D. ChisholmDeclan ChisholmD	17:10	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	0.00	1	1	0	2	—	0	-2
13N. HischierNico HischierC	16:55	0	0	0	3	3	0.31	−0.31	1	0	0	0	63%	2	0
5B. DillonBrenden DillonD	16:53	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	−0.04	3	2	0	0	—	0	-1
63J. BrattJesper BrattL	16:45	0	0	0	2	4	0.40	−0.40	2	0	0	0	—	0	-1
81A. GritsyukArseny GritsyukR	16:24	0	0	0	1	3	0.09	−0.09	1	0	0	2	—	0	-1
17E. RodriguesEvan RodriguesC	16:03	0	0	0	1	1	0.01	−0.01	1	1	0	0	31%	0	-1
16C. BrownConnor BrownR	14:10	2	0	2	2	2	0.27	+1.73	0	0	1	0	0%	0	+1
28T. MeierTimo MeierR	14:06	0	0	0	1	2	0.09	−0.09	0	1	0	0	—	0	-1
39A. ManthaAnthony ManthaR	13:52	0	0	0	2	4	0.24	−0.24	1	0	0	1	—	0	-1
12C. GlassCody GlassC	12:12	0	1	1	0	2	0.04	−0.04	2	1	0	1	35%	0	0
93A. LombardiAmadeus LombardiC	11:51	0	1	1	4	5	0.54	−0.54	1	0	1	0	—	0	0
70J. BoqvistJesper BoqvistC	10:54	0	0	0	1	2	0.18	−0.18	1	0	1	0	—	0	-1
NJD total		2	2	4	22	44	2.41	−0.41	17	14	4	15	46%	4

Pony score

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

Forwards

Brown8.4

Lombardi7.1

Glass5.5

Hughes5.0

Evangelista4.2

Boqvist4.2

Rodrigues3.8

Mantha3.8

Meier3.6

Bratt3.4

Gritsyuk2.9

Hischier2.3

Defence

Siegenthaler6.1

Dillon5.7

Chisholm3.7

Pesce3.6

Hamilton2.6

Hughes1.7

Goalie

Allen3.5

Units

5v5

Lines

Lines
Bratt·Hughes·Gritsyuk	12:01	17	9	15	37.5%	3	9	0	1	0.40	0.60	40.1%	−0.20	0	3	0%
Hischier·Meier·Evangelista	10:45	16	4	17	19.0%	3	13	0	1	0.27	0.96	21.6%	−0.70	3	2	60%
Glass·Lombardi·Brown	9:44	14	12	18	40.0%	7	8	1	1	0.77	0.50	60.7%	+0.27	2	4	33%
Rodrigues·Boqvist·Mantha	9:22	14	6	13	31.6%	3	7	0	1	0.23	0.55	30.1%	−0.31	3	3	50%
Occasional · 6 groups
Hughes·Evangelista·Gritsyuk	1:04	5	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	—	0.00	0	0	—
Hughes·Meier·Evangelista	0:39	4	1	0	100.0%	1	0	0	0	0.05	0.00	100.0%	+0.05	0	0	—
Hischier·Lombardi·Brown	0:38	2	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	—	0.00	0	0	—
Hughes·Lombardi·Brown	0:37	3	0	1	0.0%	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	—	0.00	0	0	—
Rodrigues·Boqvist·Lombardi	0:33	1	0	1	0.0%	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.01	0.0%	−0.01	0	0	—
Boqvist·Hughes·Mantha	0:32	1	0	2	0.0%	0	1	0	0	0.00	0.02	0.0%	−0.02	0	0	—
Other 31 brief groups	4:08		3	3	50.0%	1	1	0	0	0.03	0.13	19.9%	−0.10
NJD 5v5	50:03		35	70	33.3%	18	39	1	4	1.75	2.77	38.7%	−1.02

Goalies

Jake Allen

NJD · 60:00

Saves: 40/45
SV%: .889
GAA: 5.00
xGA: 3.67
GSAx: −1.33

Facing	Saves	SV%	xGA	GSAx
Even	35/39	.897	2.79	−1.21
Power play	3/4	.750	0.85	−0.15
Shorthanded	2/2	1.000	0.02	+0.02
High danger	3/7	.429	1.48	−2.52

Mackenzie Blackwood

COL · 59:27

Saves: 20/22
SV%: .909
GAA: 2.02
xGA: 2.41
GSAx: +0.41

Facing	Saves	SV%	xGA	GSAx
Even	17/18	.944	1.75	+0.75
Power play	3/3	1.000	0.58	+0.58
Shorthanded	0/1	.000	0.08	−0.92
High danger	4/5	.800	0.94	−0.06

Lines

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

New Jersey Devils

Minutes

23:38L. Hughes
20:23Siegenthaler
19:19Pesce
17:23Hamilton
17:10Chisholm
16:53Dillon

20:37J. Hughes
17:28Evangelista
16:55Hischier
16:45Bratt
16:24Gritsyuk
16:03Rodrigues
14:10Brown
14:06Meier
13:52Mantha
12:12Glass
11:51Lombardi
10:54Boqvist

Matchups

Full game

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

Faceoffs

Both teams · pick a taker to focus

31–3646%

D 45%13–16N 53%10–9O 42%8–11 4 won into a shot

COL attacks1316NJD DZ 45% COL OZ

Neutral109NJD NZ 53% COL NZ

NJD attacks811NJD OZ 42% COL DZ

36–3154%

D 58%11–8N 47%9–10O 55%16–13 12 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

ChisholmD2 O3
L. HughesD4 O4
DillonD3 O2
HamiltonD4 O3
SiegenthalerD3 O2
PesceD5 O3
MeierD1 O4
ManthaD2 O4
EvangelistaD1 O3
HischierD2 O3
BoqvistD2 O2
GritsyukD2 O1
RodriguesD4 O2
J. HughesD2 O0
LombardiD4 O2
BrattD3 O0
BrownD6 O2
GlassD6 O2

Shift starts · darker = later period