Colorado Avalanche vs. New Jersey DevilsOct 26, 2025

Final / OTSunday, Oct 26, 2025· Prudential Center

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
COL	2	0	1	0	3		COL	10	9	5	0	24
NJD	2	1	0	1	4		NJD	10	3	9	2	24

: COL 71NJD 60
: COL 3.24NJD 2.66
PP goals: COL 0NJD 0
Hits: COL 22NJD 20
Blocks: COL 17NJD 20
PIM: COL 2NJD 4
: COL 47%NJD 53%

Fantasy takeaways

Generated from the play-by-play, shifts and season context. No opinions, just what changed.

New Jersey Devils edge Colorado Avalanche 4–3 (OT)

New Jersey Devils beat Colorado Avalanche 4–3 in overtime at home. Simon Nemec (NJD) led the scoring with 0G 3A. Brett Pesce (NJD) played 6:07, −14:35 down on his 20:42 season average over 36 games.

Points
Simon Nemec had 3 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 23:35.Nemec
Points
Jack Hughes had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 22:43.Hughes
Usage
Brett Pesce (NJD) played 6:07, −14:35 down on his 20:42 season average over 36 games.Pesce
New line
New look for COL: Landeskog–Colton–Drury skated 7:40 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (56.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Landeskog Colton Drury
New line
New look for COL: Nelson–Nichushkin–Olofsson skated 7:04 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (62.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Nelson Nichushkin Olofsson
Usage
Simon Nemec (NJD) played 23:35, +3:58 up on his 19:37 season average over 67 games.Nemec
Usage
Stefan Noesen (NJD) played 7:33, −4:19 down on his 11:52 season average over 37 games.Noesen
Usage
Dougie Hamilton (NJD) played 25:06, +3:36 up on his 21:30 season average over 76 games.Hamilton

Shot map

Both teams on one rink, filtered by strength and period.

Shot map

Every attempt, sized by expected goals. Goals are rings, shots on goal dots, misses hollow, blocks crosses.

Strength

Period

Team

← COL attacks left (bottom on phones)NJD attacks right (top on phones) →

NJD
COL
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 131 of 131 attempts · NJD 60 · COL 71

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

NJD
COL
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

NJD pressure
COL pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: COL 40% of the game, NJD 33%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

NJD

COL

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

NJD skaters (rows) against COL skaters (columns) at 5v5. Square size is time together; colour is xGF% from the NJD side.

Matchup matrix

NJD xGF% 4060square size = TOI together · blank = under 1:00

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
Stat	COL	NJD
	77	68
	3.17	2.71
	3.05	2.63
	18	11
	6	8
	26	30
	−0.021	+0.021
	40%	33%

Definitions: sequence xG, transition attempts, Draw Equity, control and the Pressure Index.

Lines used

Detected from who actually shared the ice, with time together. Percentages are the unit's share of shot attempts.

Colorado Avalanche

L1Lehkonen – MacKinnon – Necas
12:5946% CF
L2Landeskog – Colton – Drury
7:4057% CF
L3Nelson – Nichushkin – Olofsson
7:0463% CF
L4Kelly – Bardakov – Brindley
4:5353% CF
D1Toews – Makar
17:2358% CF
D2Burns – Manson
13:1535% CF
D3Ahcan – Malinski
9:3267% CF

PP1MacKinnon – Nichushkin – Olofsson – Necas – Makar
2:28100% CF
PP2Burns – Nelson – Landeskog – Lehkonen – Toews
0:14
PK1FKelly – Drury
0:30
PK2FLehkonen – Nichushkin
0:27
PK1DManson – Makar
0:30

Current COL line combinations →

New Jersey Devils

L1Meier – Hischier – Gritsyuk
12:2153% CF
L2Brown – Cotter – Mercer
10:5833% CF
L3Palat – Bratt – Hughes
10:5348% CF
L4Noesen – Glendening – Halonen
4:4350% CF
D1Dillon – Nemec
9:5971% CF
D2Hamilton – Siegenthaler
8:5852% CF
D3Pesce – Hughes
5:4123% CF

PP1Meier – Bratt – Hischier – Hughes – Hughes
0:58
PK1FHischier – Mercer
1:08
PK2FBratt – Hughes
0:24
PK1DDillon – Hamilton
1:04
PK2DSiegenthaler – Nemec
0:51

Current NJD line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

Colorado Avalanche

COL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Martin Necas C	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	3	0	0	23:55	—	—	51	60
Nathan MacKinnon C	L1	1	0	1	-1	4	0.62	0	0	0	21:39	—	—	46	52
Artturi Lehkonen L	L1	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	18:33	—	—	52	62
Jack Drury C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.18	0	3	0	16:22	—	—	58	57
Gabriel Landeskog L	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.10	2	0	0	15:10	—	—	57	52
Ross Colton C	L2	0	1	1	0	1	0.07	5	1	0	14:39	—	—	53	37
Valeri Nichushkin R	L3	1	0	1	+1	3	0.67	0	0	0	17:47	—	—	48	54
Brock Nelson C	L3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.39	0	0	2	17:40	—	—	52	56
Victor Olofsson L	L3	0	1	1	0	2	0.47	1	1	0	13:54	—	—	67	85
Parker Kelly C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	9:30	—	—	50	23
Gavin Brindley C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	1	0	0	8:40	—	—	44	34
Zakhar Bardakov C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.09	1	0	0	6:54	—	—	58	41
Cale Makar D	D1	0	1	1	0	2	0.15	1	4	0	27:38	—	—	58	66
Devon Toews D	D1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.26	0	1	0	24:36	—	—	55	61
Josh Manson D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.10	4	1	0	19:41	—	—	45	35
Brent Burns D	D2	0	0	0	0	3	0.07	0	0	0	19:34	—	—	45	46
Sam Malinski D	D3	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	0	4	0	15:29	—	—	53	57
Jack Ahcan D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.02	3	0	0	11:58	—	—	65	60

COL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Trent Miner(start)	O	24	20	4	.833	2.66	61:53

New Jersey Devils

NJD skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nico Hischier C	L1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	20:11	—	—	45	42
Timo Meier R	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.48	2	1	2	18:49	—	—	52	54
Arseny Gritsyuk R	L1	1	0	1	+1	5	0.25	3	0	0	16:09	—	—	54	55
Connor Brown R	L2	1	0	1	-1	4	0.57	1	0	0	18:01	—	—	32	41
Dawson Mercer C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	3	0	16:30	—	—	34	43
Paul Cotter L	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.31	1	0	0	14:17	—	—	40	41
Jack Hughes C	L3	2	0	2	+1	2	0.55	0	0	0	22:43	—	—	57	46
Jesper Bratt L	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.12	2	0	0	17:17	—	—	56	46
Ondrej Palat L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	14:22	—	—	46	23
Brian Halonen L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	1	0	0	7:36	—	—	62	89
Stefan Noesen R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	2	0	7:33	—	—	50	87
Luke Glendening C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.18	1	0	0	6:59	—	—	55	89
Simon Nemec D	D1	0	3	3	+2	2	0.07	0	5	0	23:35	—	—	47	48
Brenden Dillon D	D1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.00	3	2	0	19:31	—	—	60	60
Dougie Hamilton D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	1	3	0	25:06	—	—	52	54
Jonas Siegenthaler D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	2	0	22:10	—	—	49	48
Luke Hughes D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	2	24:43	—	—	38	29
Brett Pesce D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	6:07	—	—	23	6

NJD goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jake Allen(start)	W	24	21	3	.875	3.24	61:53

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Nathan MacKinnon (COL) 1st 17:03 · assists Artturi Lehkonen, Devon Toews · Cycle · 4.7 mph shot.

Nathan MacKinnon · 1st 17:03 · COL

Play: cycle
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 4.7 mph
Distance: 13 ft

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Jack Hughes · OT 1:53 · NJD

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 39.2 mph
Distance: 12 ft

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Arseny Gritsyuk · 1st 9:09 · NJD

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 58.5 mph
Distance: 25 ft
Entry to goal: 5.9 s

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Jack Hughes · 1st 9:48 · NJD

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 1
Shot: 56.0 mph
Distance: 30 ft
Entry to goal: 2.0 s

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Valeri Nichushkin · 1st 12:55 · COL

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 58.3 mph
Distance: 16 ft

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Connor Brown · 2nd 12:51 · NJD

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-0
Passes: 1
Shot: 68.9 mph
Distance: 18 ft
Entry to goal: 1.8 s

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Brock Nelson · 3rd 13:55 · COL

Play: cycle
Entry: carry
Odd man: 4-on-3
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 37.2 mph
Distance: 9 ft
Entry to goal: 7.9 s

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Methodology

Shot locations come from the NHL play-by-play, normalised so each shooter attacks the same way, then flipped so the home team attacks right. On-ice stats and lines come from the shift charts: a unit is the exact set of skaters sharing the ice, and CF% is the share of all shot attempts while they were out. Head-to-head cells are 5v5 time against each opponent. Expected goals and the Pressure Index appear as their models are released.

Colorado Avalanche vs. New Jersey DevilsOct 26, 2025

Fantasy takeaways

New Jersey Devils edge Colorado Avalanche 4–3 (OT)

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Head-to-head matchups

Matchup matrix

Sequence card

Lines used

Colorado Avalanche

New Jersey Devils

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

OT period

Box score

Colorado Avalanche

New Jersey Devils

Goal anatomy

Nathan MacKinnon · 1st 17:03 · COL

Jack Hughes · OT 1:53 · NJD

Arseny Gritsyuk · 1st 9:09 · NJD

Jack Hughes · 1st 9:48 · NJD

Valeri Nichushkin · 1st 12:55 · COL

Connor Brown · 2nd 12:51 · NJD

Brock Nelson · 3rd 13:55 · COL