New Jersey Devils vs. St. Louis BluesFeb 28, 2026

FinalSaturday, Feb 28, 2026· Enterprise Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NJD	0	2	1	3		NJD	11	17	5	33
STL	0	0	1	1		STL	12	6	8	26

: NJD 60STL 53
: NJD 4.42STL 1.71
PP goals: NJD 1STL 0
Hits: NJD 12STL 29
Blocks: NJD 12STL 11
PIM: NJD 6STL 4
: NJD 51%STL 49%

Fantasy takeaways

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

New Jersey Devils beat St. Louis Blues 3–1

New Jersey Devils beat St. Louis Blues 3–1 at STL. Timo Meier (NJD) led the scoring with 1G 0A. NJD's first power-play unit (Hamilton, Brown, Hischier, Hughes and Gritsyuk) scored 1 power-play goal on 1 attempt in 1:37 together.

PP1
NJD's first power-play unit (Hamilton, Brown, Hischier, Hughes and Gritsyuk) scored 1 power-play goal on 1 attempt in 1:37 together.Hamilton Brown Hischier Hughes Gritsyuk
New line
New look for NJD: Bratt–Glass–Hameenaho skated 10:28 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (31.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Bratt Glass Hameenaho
Usage
Jack Hughes (NJD) played 16:05, −5:19 down on his 21:24 season average over 60 games.Hughes
New line
New look for NJD: Brown–Hughes–Gritsyuk skated 8:59 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (83.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Brown Hughes Gritsyuk
Usage
Pius Suter (STL) played 19:51, +4:01 up on his 15:50 season average over 63 games.Suter
Usage
Logan Mailloux (STL) played 20:35, +3:52 up on his 16:43 season average over 66 games.Mailloux
Usage
Nathan Walker (STL) played 7:51, −4:14 down on his 12:05 season average over 45 games.Walker
Usage
Jimmy Snuggerud (STL) played 20:04, +3:25 up on his 16:39 season average over 69 games.Snuggerud

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

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

STL
NJD
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 113 of 113 attempts · STL 53 · NJD 60

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

STL
NJD
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

STL 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 42% of the game, STL 20%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

STL

NJD

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

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

Matchup matrix

STL 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	NJD	STL
	60	53
	3.08	1.26
	2.91	1.22
	13	5
	5	5
	18	24
	−0.003	+0.003
	42%	20%

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

L1Meier – Hischier – Mercer
11:1056% CF
L2Bratt – Glass – Hameenaho
10:2832% CF
L3Brown – Hughes – Gritsyuk
8:5983% CF
L4Bjugstad – Cotter – Tsyplakov
6:2518% CF
D1Hamilton – Siegenthaler
13:1235% CF
D2Pesce – Hughes
13:0964% CF
D3Dillon – Nemec
13:0655% CF

PP1Hamilton – Brown – Hischier – Hughes – Gritsyuk
1:3750% CF
PP2Meier – Bratt – Mercer – Hughes – Nemec
0:34100% CF
PK1FBjugstad – Bratt
2:35
PK2FBrown – Glass
1:58
PK1DDillon – Pesce
2:14
PK2DHamilton – Siegenthaler
2:10

Current NJD line combinations →

St. Louis Blues

L1Buchnevich – Kyrou – Neighbours
9:4333% CF
L2Schenn – Snuggerud – Dvorsky
6:1469% CF
L3Suter – Berggren – Holloway
6:0856% CF
L4Walker – Toropchenko – Finley
5:4467% CF
D1Fowler – Mailloux
17:3340% CF
D2Faulk – Broberg
15:0740% CF
D3Tucker – Kessel
12:3557% CF

PP1Schenn – Suter – Broberg – Holloway – Snuggerud
2:5475% CF
PP2Faulk – Buchnevich – Kyrou – Neighbours – Dvorsky
2:3325% CF
PK1FToropchenko – Finley
1:11
PK2FBuchnevich – Suter
1:02
PK1DFaulk – Broberg
1:18
PK2DFowler – Mailloux
0:40

Current STL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

5:37
NJDTimo Meier (Brett Pesce, Luke Hughes)wrist0.07 xG
NJD: Pesce, Meier, Hughes, Mercer, HughesSTL: Faulk, Walker, Tucker, Neighbours, Finley
NJD 1 – 0 STL
19:44
NJDDougie HamiltonPP (Jack Hughes, Jacob Markstrom)snap0.11 xG
NJD: Hamilton, Brown, Hischier, Hughes, GritsyukSTL: Faulk, Buchnevich, Toropchenko, Tucker
NJD 2 – 0 STL

3rd period

18:42
STLPavel Buchnevich (Pius Suter)wrist0.33 xG
NJD: Dillon, Brown, Pesce, Meier, HughesSTL: Buchnevich, Suter, Broberg, Mailloux, Snuggerud, Dvorsky
NJD 2 – 1 STL
19:55
NJDNico HischierEN (Jesper Bratt, Connor Brown)wrist0.89 xG
NJD: Hamilton, Brown, Siegenthaler, Bratt, HischierSTL: Faulk, Buchnevich, Kyrou, Suter, Broberg, Snuggerud
NJD 3 – 1 STL

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
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Timo Meier R	L1	1	0	1	0	8	1.23	2	3	2	19:16	—	—	62	87
Nico Hischier C	L1	1	0	1	+1	2	1.05	0	1	0	18:33	—	—	56	87
Dawson Mercer C	L1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.23	1	1	0	18:26	—	—	61	89
Jesper Bratt L	L2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.68	2	0	0	17:50	—	—	39	55
Cody Glass C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	14:35	—	—	30	46
Lenni Hameenaho R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.18	0	0	0	12:02	—	—	36	50
Connor Brown R	L3	0	1	1	0	1	0.12	0	0	0	16:40	—	—	80	87
Jack Hughes C	L3	0	1	1	0	5	0.26	0	0	2	16:05	—	—	79	87
Arseny Gritsyuk R	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.16	0	0	0	13:06	—	—	76	84
Nick Bjugstad C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	1	0	0	11:52	—	—	35	32
Maxim Tsyplakov R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	1	1	0	8:53	—	—	19	17
Paul Cotter L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	8:25	—	—	15	13
Jonas Siegenthaler D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	2	0	21:19	—	—	36	50
Dougie Hamilton D	D1	1	0	1	+1	4	0.12	0	1	2	20:28	—	—	36	49
Luke Hughes D	D2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.05	0	1	0	20:10	—	—	62	81
Brett Pesce D	D2	0	1	1	0	1	0.21	0	2	0	18:21	—	—	67	80
Brenden Dillon D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	20:03	—	—	62	75
Simon Nemec D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	0	0	0	17:56	—	—	50	73

NJD goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jacob Markstrom(start)	W	26	25	1	.962	1.71	60:00

St. Louis Blues

STL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Pavel Buchnevich L	L1	1	0	1	0	2	0.34	0	1	0	18:20	—	—	36	12
Jordan Kyrou R	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.04	0	0	0	17:59	—	—	32	12
Jake Neighbours L	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.05	2	0	0	15:50	—	—	35	12
Jimmy Snuggerud R	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.44	1	0	0	20:04	—	—	50	33
Brayden Schenn C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	4	0	0	18:11	—	—	56	48
Dalibor Dvorsky R	L2	0	0	0	+1	4	0.22	0	0	0	17:23	—	—	54	45
Pius Suter C	L3	0	1	1	0	0	0.01	0	0	0	19:51	—	—	46	24
Dylan Holloway L	L3	0	0	0	0	5	0.23	1	0	0	19:22	—	—	43	23
Jonatan Berggren R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	14:31	—	—	54	36
Alexey Toropchenko R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	2	0	0	9:03	—	—	71	66
Jack Finley C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	0	2	8:41	—	—	63	51
Nathan Walker L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	6	0	0	7:51	—	—	63	51
Cam Fowler D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	21:22	—	—	41	15
Logan Mailloux D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.04	3	3	0	20:35	—	—	43	17
Justin Faulk D	D2	0	0	0	-2	2	0.06	2	1	0	23:15	—	—	41	27
Philip Broberg D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.06	1	1	0	21:43	—	—	44	27
Matthew Kessel D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.10	3	0	2	13:39	—	—	57	57
Tyler Tucker D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	2	3	0	13:33	—	—	57	56

STL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jordan Binnington(start)	L	32	30	2	.938	3.00	56:16

Goal anatomy

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

Timo Meier (NJD) 2nd 5:37 · assists Brett Pesce, Luke Hughes · Odd-man rush · carried in · 2-on-1 at the blue line · 61.7 mph shot · 1.8 s from entry to goal.

Timo Meier · 2nd 5:37 · NJD

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 2
Shot: 61.7 mph
Distance: 34 ft
Entry to goal: 1.8 s

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Dougie Hamilton · 2nd 19:44 · NJD PP

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 5-on-4
Passes: 2
Shot: 64.9 mph
Distance: 36 ft
Entry to goal: 5.5 s
Type: one-timer

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Pavel Buchnevich · 3rd 18:42 · STL

Play: cycle
Entry: pass
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 13.3 mph
Distance: 1 ft
Entry to goal: 6.8 s

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Nico Hischier · 3rd 19:55 · NJD EN

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 26.5 mph
Distance: 26 ft
Entry to goal: 3.2 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.