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New Jersey Devils vs. Chicago BlackhawksMar 26, 2025

Final· United Center
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NJD
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Goals123TShots123T
NJD2215NJD77721
CHI1113CHI561324
NJD 50CHI 49
NJD 3.26CHI 1.82
PP goals
NJD 2CHI 1
Hits
NJD 29CHI 16
Blocks
NJD 14CHI 10
PIM
NJD 4CHI 4
NJD 62%CHI 38%

Fantasy takeaways

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

New Jersey Devils beat Chicago Blackhawks 5–3

New Jersey Devils beat Chicago Blackhawks 5–3 at CHI. Luke Hughes (NJD) led the scoring with 0G 3A. CHI's first power-play unit (Teravainen, Bertuzzi, Donato, Bedard and Levshunov) scored 1 power-play goal on 1 attempt in 1:14 together.

  1. Points
    Luke Hughes had 3 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 18:24.Hughes
  2. Points
    Dawson Mercer had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 15:20.Mercer
  3. Points
    Artyom Levshunov had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 24:04.Levshunov
  4. Points
    Jesper Bratt had 2 assists (2 points) in 14:49.Bratt
  5. Points
    Nico Hischier had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 19:09.Hischier
  6. Points
    Ryan Donato had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 21:56.Donato
  7. PP1
    CHI's first power-play unit (Teravainen, Bertuzzi, Donato, Bedard and Levshunov) scored 1 power-play goal on 1 attempt in 1:14 together.TeravainenBertuzziDonatoBedardLevshunov
  8. New line
    New look for NJD: Palat–Meier–Hischier skated 12:57 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (40% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.PalatMeierHischier

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.

Shot map, NJD at CHI: 99 attempts, 45 on goal, 8 goals, 5.08 expected goals; best chance Stefan Noesen at 0.91 xG.

Strength
Period
Team
← NJD attacks left (bottom on phones)CHI attacks right (top on phones) →
  • CHI
  • NJD
  • Goal
  • Shot on goal
  • Missed
  • Blocked

Showing 99 of 99 attempts · CHI 49 · NJD 50

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

Game flow, NJD at CHI: expected goals 1.82 to 3.26 (NJD led the chances), shot attempts 49 to 50, 8 goals.

0.01.02.03.04.01st2nd3rdCHINJDBMBPMMNNnet xGcumulative expected goals · 60:00
  • CHI
  • NJD
  • Goal
  • Power play (shaded)
Pressure Index
CHINJDcontrol2nd3rdBastian · 1st 6:23Mercer · 1st 6:50Bertuzzi · 1st 9:06Palat · 2nd 3:14Mikheyev · 2nd 5:26Mercer · 2nd 11:01Nazar · 3rd 17:10Noesen · 3rd 19:47
  • CHI pressure
  • NJD pressure
  • Goal
  • Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: NJD 39% of the game, CHI 21%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

Shift chart, NJD at CHI: 38 players over 60:00; most ice Spencer Knight (57:05) for CHI and Jacob Markstrom (60:00) for NJD, 8 goals.

CHI
NJD
goals / penalties
  • Even strength
  • Power play
  • Penalty kill
  • Goal
  • Penalty

Sequence card

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

Sequence card
StatNJDCHI
5048
1.711.04
1.691.03
62
22
2816
+0.084−0.084
39%21%

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.

New Jersey Devils

Current NJD line combinations →

Chicago Blackhawks

Current CHI line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

  1. 6:23
    NJDNathan Bastian (Luke Hughes, Tomas Tatar)snap0.29 xG
    NJD: Tatar, Pesce, Lazar, Bastian, HughesCHI: Maroon, Reichel, Slaggert, Kaiser, Levshunov
    NJD 1 – 0 CHI
  2. 6:50
    NJDDawson MercerPP (Luke Hughes, Nico Hischier)wrist0.16 xG
    NJD: Meier, Bratt, Hischier, Mercer, HughesCHI: Foligno, Murphy, Vlasic, Mikheyev
    NJD 2 – 0 CHI
  3. 9:06
    CHITyler BertuzziPP (Ryan Donato, Artyom Levshunov)tip-in0.16 xG
    NJD: Dillon, Hischier, Kovacevic, MercerCHI: Teravainen, Bertuzzi, Donato, Bedard, Levshunov
    NJD 2 – 1 CHI

2nd period

  1. 3:14
    NJDOndrej PalatSH (Jesper Bratt)wrist0.05 xG
    NJD: Dillon, Palat, Pesce, BrattCHI: Maroon, Donato, Reichel, Nazar, Levshunov
    NJD 3 – 1 CHI
  2. 5:26
    CHIIlya Mikheyev (Teuvo Teravainen, Nick Foligno)wrist0.11 xG
    NJD: Dumoulin, Palat, Meier, Hischier, HughesCHI: Foligno, Teravainen, Mikheyev, Crevier, Del Mastro
    NJD 3 – 2 CHI
  3. 11:01
    NJDDawson MercerPP (Luke Hughes, Jesper Bratt)wrist0.08 xG
    NJD: Meier, Bratt, Hischier, Mercer, HughesCHI: Foligno, Murphy, Vlasic, Nazar
    NJD 4 – 2 CHI

3rd period

  1. 17:10
    CHIFrank Nazar (Ryan Donato, Artyom Levshunov)snap0.34 xG
    NJD: Haula, Dillon, Pesce, Bratt, MercerCHI: Teravainen, Bertuzzi, Donato, Nazar, Bedard, Levshunov
    NJD 4 – 3 CHI
  2. 19:47
    NJDStefan NoesenEN (Nico Hischier)wrist0.91 xG
    NJD: Dumoulin, Noesen, Pesce, Meier, HischierCHI: Teravainen, Bertuzzi, Donato, Nazar, Bedard, Levshunov
    NJD 5 – 3 CHI

Box score

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

New Jersey Devils

NJD skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Nico Hischier CL1022010.1612019:09——4153
Timo Meier RL1000020.7111018:06——4154
Ondrej Palat LL1101010.0501015:10——3337
Erik Haula LL2000-100.0440215:21——6447
Dawson Mercer CL2202-140.4241015:20——6345
Jesper Bratt LL2022000.0210014:49——6545
Nathan Bastian RL3101+120.2960014:02——6484
Curtis Lazar CL3000+110.0810013:15——6480
Tomas Tatar LL3011+100.0001012:21——6492
Paul Cotter LL4000010.2050013:59——4479
Stefan Noesen RL4101+120.9922013:50——3360
Justin Dowling CL4000000.0010012:50——3674
Johnathan Kovacevic DD1000000.0011022:56——4376
Brian Dumoulin DD1000020.0710021:21——3959
Brett Pesce DD2000+220.0401020:49——7365
Luke Hughes DD2033010.0500018:24——6656
Brenden Dillon DD3000010.0913020:51——3359
Simon Nemec DD3000010.0401215:20——4263
NJD goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Jacob Markstrom(start)W24213.8751.8260:00

Chicago Blackhawks

CHI skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Connor Bedard CL1000020.1010023:12——3942
Ryan Donato CL1022-120.1810021:56——3748
Frank Nazar CL1101-140.6402021:10——3847
Teuvo Teravainen CL2011+110.0501019:43——6846
Ilya Mikheyev RL2101+140.1900017:44——6550
Nick Foligno LL2011+110.0550014:55——7058
Tyler Bertuzzi LL3101010.2900015:30——4725
Joseph Veleno CL3000000.0030011:46——387
Philipp Kurashev CL3000000.0000011:24——3114
Lukas Reichel LL4000-220.0700010:40——6036
Landon Slaggert LL4000-100.0001210:04——5423
Patrick Maroon LL4000-220.101029:34——6432
Connor Murphy DD1000030.0810020:14——6035
Ethan Del Mastro DD1000+100.0120019:36——5442
Artyom Levshunov DD2022-210.0211024:04——4625
Wyatt Kaiser DD2000-100.0000015:19——5217
Alex Vlasic DD3000010.0303021:49——4262
Louis Crevier DD3000+100.0012013:46——3777
CHI goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Spencer Knight(start)L20164.8001.8657:05

Goal anatomy

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

Nathan Bastian (NJD) 1st 6:23 · assists Luke Hughes, Tomas Tatar · Forecheck turnover · 17.0 mph shot.

Ondrej Palat · 2nd 3:14 · NJD SH

Play
rush
Entry
carry
Odd man
No
Passes
1
Shot
66.3 mph
Distance
28 ft
Entry to goal
2.9 s

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Stefan Noesen · 3rd 19:47 · NJD EN

Play
rush
Entry
pass
Odd man
No
Passes
1
Shot
56.8 mph
Distance
24 ft
Entry to goal
1.7 s

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