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New Jersey Devils vs. Washington CapitalsNov 15, 2025

Final / SO· Capital One Arena
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NJD
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Goals123OTSOTShots123OTT
NJD200013NJD1475531
WSH002002WSH81011231
NJD 66WSH 69
NJD 3.50WSH 2.95
PP goals
NJD 1WSH 0
Hits
NJD 13WSH 26
Blocks
NJD 21WSH 16
PIM
NJD 2WSH 6
NJD 53%WSH 47%

Fantasy takeaways

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

New Jersey Devils edge Washington Capitals 3–2 (SO)

New Jersey Devils beat Washington Capitals 3–2 in a shootout at WSH. Connor McMichael (WSH) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for NJD: Cotter–Gritsyuk–Mercer skated 12:56 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (25% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

  1. Points
    Alex Ovechkin had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 17:38.Ovechkin
  2. Points
    Connor McMichael had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 18:32.McMichael
  3. Points
    Luke Hughes had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 26:04.Hughes
  4. New line
    New look for NJD: Cotter–Gritsyuk–Mercer skated 12:56 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (25% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.CotterGritsyukMercer
  5. New line
    New look for WSH: Ovechkin–Strome–McMichael skated 10:38 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (72.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.OvechkinStromeMcMichael
  6. Usage
    Paul Cotter (NJD) played 16:58, +6:22 up on his 10:36 season average over 78 games.Cotter
  7. Usage
    Jakob Chychrun (WSH) played 28:22, +5:05 up on his 23:17 season average over 79 games.Chychrun
  8. New line
    New look for NJD: Glendening–Légaré–Lachance skated 4:14 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (0% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.GlendeningLégaréLachance

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 WSH: 135 attempts, 62 on goal, 4 goals, 6.45 expected goals; best chance Jesper Bratt at 0.29 xG.

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

Showing 135 of 135 attempts · WSH 69 · NJD 66

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

Game flow, NJD at WSH: expected goals 2.95 to 3.50 (NJD led the chances), shot attempts 69 to 66, 4 goals.

0.01.02.03.04.01st2nd3rdOTWSHNJDGHMOnet xGcumulative expected goals · 64:55
  • WSH
  • NJD
  • Goal
  • Power play (shaded)
Pressure Index
WSHNJDcontrol2nd3rdOTGritsyuk · 1st 5:05Hughes · 1st 17:46McMichael · 3rd 1:00Ovechkin · 3rd 8:29
  • WSH 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 31% of the game, WSH 36%.

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 WSH: 38 players over 64:55; most ice Logan Thompson (65:00) for WSH and Jake Allen (65:00) for NJD, 4 goals.

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

Head-to-head matchups

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

Matchup matrix

Head-to-head matrix, WSH rows versus NJD columns: 250 matchups; most common Protas vs Hughes, 9:27 at 81% xGF.

WSH ↓ · NJD →MercerGritsyukCotterMeierHischierBrattNoesenPalatLammikkoLégaréGlendeningLachanceHughesDillonNemecSiegenthalerCholowskiWhiteL1 ProtasL1 WilsonL1 SourdifL2 StromeL2 McMichaelL2 OvechkinL3 DowdL3 DuhaimeL3 FrankL4 BeauvillierL4 LeonardL4 LapierreD1 ChychrunD1 RoyD2 FehérváryD2 RiemsdykD3 SandinD3 Chisholm
WSH 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
StatNJDWSH
5476
2.073.05
1.882.90
1016
55
1729
+0.002−0.002
31%36%

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 →

Washington Capitals

Current WSH line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

  1. 5:05
    NJDArseny GritsyukPP (Luke Hughes, Paul Cotter)slap0.16 xG
    NJD: Palat, Noesen, Cotter, Gritsyuk, HughesWSH: Chychrun, Duhaime, Chisholm, McMichael
    NJD 1 – 0 WSH
  2. 17:46
    NJDLuke Hughes (Brenden Dillon, Jesper Bratt)snap0.05 xG
    NJD: Dillon, Meier, Bratt, Hischier, HughesWSH: Ovechkin, Strome, Chychrun, Sandin, McMichael
    NJD 2 – 0 WSH

3rd period

  1. 1:00
    WSHConnor McMichael (Alex Ovechkin, Jakob Chychrun)snap0.25 xG
    NJD: Dillon, Cotter, Gritsyuk, Mercer, HughesWSH: Ovechkin, Strome, Roy, Chychrun, McMichael
    NJD 2 – 1 WSH
  2. 8:29
    WSHAlex Ovechkin (Connor McMichael, Dylan Strome)snap0.18 xG
    NJD: Dillon, Meier, Bratt, Hischier, HughesWSH: Ovechkin, Strome, Fehérváry, Sandin, McMichael
    NJD 2 – 2 WSH

Decided in the shootout: NJD 3 – 2 WSH.

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
Dawson Mercer CL1000-120.1110223:18——3530
Arseny Gritsyuk RL1101-120.3002018:34——3630
Paul Cotter LL1011-110.1910016:58——2423
Timo Meier RL2000050.4500024:22——4744
Nico Hischier CL2000030.5301024:14——3937
Jesper Bratt LL2011040.8101022:00——4749
Stefan Noesen RL3000010.4210014:10——6362
Ondrej Palat LL3000020.0210013:53——6757
Juho Lammikko CL3000010.0902012:06——5643
Nathan Légaré RL4000000.002108:15——227
Luke Glendening CL4000000.000208:11——2968
Shane Lachance LL4000000.001007:25——2554
Luke Hughes DD1112-130.2412026:04——5125
Brenden Dillon DD1011-110.0421019:20——5321
Simon Nemec DD2000020.1604026:02——2940
Jonas Siegenthaler DD2000020.0621019:57——3350
Dennis Cholowski DD3000010.0303014:42——3970
Colton White DD3000010.0311013:29——3569
NJD goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Jake Allen(start)W31292.9352.9565:00

Washington Capitals

WSH skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Aliaksei Protas LL1000020.2210022:03——5864
Tom Wilson RL1000040.6130220:45——6466
Justin Sourdif CL1000020.4410015:07——6773
Dylan Strome CL2011+110.0730019:48——5645
Connor McMichael LL2112+140.4601018:32——7082
Alex Ovechkin LL2112+130.4640017:38——6159
Nic Dowd CL3000000.0630217:20——5756
Brandon Duhaime LL3000000.0000012:40——5530
Ethen Frank RL3000010.0611010:34——4629
Anthony Beauvillier RL4000020.0131213:58——6057
Ryan Leonard RL4000000.002009:29——3360
Hendrix Lapierre CL4000020.051008:04——5571
Jakob Chychrun DD1011060.3912028:22——7167
Matt Roy DD1000+120.0602024:28——6767
Martin Fehérváry DD2000+120.0712019:37——5054
Trevor van Riemsdyk DD2000000.0002016:13——4761
Rasmus Sandin DD3000000.0123018:39——5052
Declan Chisholm DD3000000.0002015:53——4844
WSH goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Logan Thompson(start)O31292.9353.5065:00

Goal anatomy

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

Arseny Gritsyuk (NJD PP) 1st 5:05 · assists Luke Hughes, Paul Cotter · Cycle · 85.4 mph shot.