New Jersey Devils vs. New York IslandersDec 23, 2025

FinalTuesday, Dec 23, 2025· UBS Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NJD	1	0	0	1		NJD	15	6	11	32
NYI	0	1	1	2		NYI	7	14	4	25

: NJD 62NYI 69
: NJD 3.94NYI 3.33
PP goals: NJD 0NYI 0
Hits: NJD 15NYI 26
Blocks: NJD 20NYI 11
PIM: NJD 0NYI 0
: NJD 55%NYI 45%

Fantasy takeaways

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

New York Islanders edge New Jersey Devils 2–1

New York Islanders beat New Jersey Devils 2–1 at home. Simon Holmstrom (NYI) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for NJD: Meier–Hischier–Mercer skated 14:44 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (51.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Simon Holmstrom had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 17:06.Holmstrom
New line
New look for NJD: Meier–Hischier–Mercer skated 14:44 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (51.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Meier Hischier Mercer
New line
New look for NJD: Brown–Glass–Gritsyuk skated 11:57 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (57.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Brown Glass Gritsyuk
Luck
NJD scored 1 goal on 3.94 expected goals (62 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for NJD: Palat–Bratt–Hughes skated 10:04 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (42.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Palat Bratt Hughes
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New look for NYI: Drouin–Heineman–Ritchie skated 8:48 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (70% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Drouin Heineman Ritchie
New line
New look for NYI: Pageau–Duclair–Shabanov skated 8:03 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (52.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Pageau Duclair Shabanov
Goalie
David Rittich (NYI) faced 32 shots and stopped 31 (.969), +8 against a season average of 24.0; the win.Rittich

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)NYI attacks right (top on phones) →

NYI
NJD
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 131 of 131 attempts · NYI 69 · NJD 62

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

NYI
NJD
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

NYI 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 33% of the game, NYI 30%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

NYI

NJD

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

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

Matchup matrix

NYI 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	NYI
	70	82
	4.18	3.77
	3.73	3.65
	17	19
	7	7
	18	28
	+0.028	−0.028
	33%	30%

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
14:4451% CF
L2Brown – Glass – Gritsyuk
11:5758% CF
L3Palat – Bratt – Hughes
10:0442% CF
L4Noesen – Glendening – Cotter
6:1020% CF
D1Pesce – Hughes
18:2448% CF
D2Hamilton – Siegenthaler
16:4753% CF
D3Dillon – White
12:4827% CF

Current NJD line combinations →

New York Islanders

L1Lee – Barzal – Holmstrom
15:5066% CF
L2Cizikas – MacLean – Gatcomb
9:0338% CF
L3Drouin – Heineman – Ritchie
8:4870% CF
L4Pageau – Duclair – Shabanov
8:0352% CF
D1Pelech – DeAngelo
18:4156% CF
D2Pulock – Schaefer
17:3956% CF
D3Mayfield – Warren
13:3655% CF

Current NYI 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.

New Jersey Devils

NJD skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk		PP	SH
Nico Hischier C	L1	0	1	1	0	3	0.18	0	3	18:54	—	—	54	73
Dawson Mercer C	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.60	0	1	18:00	—	—	46	72
Timo Meier R	L1	0	0	0	+1	7	1.16	1	0	17:51	—	—	51	75
Connor Brown R	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.48	0	0	17:49	—	—	59	59
Cody Glass C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	0	0	17:31	—	—	52	52
Arseny Gritsyuk R	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.19	1	0	15:01	—	—	63	54
Jack Hughes C	L3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.28	0	0	20:27	—	—	50	42
Jesper Bratt L	L3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.32	0	1	16:22	—	—	46	39
Ondrej Palat L	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	11:50	—	—	38	37
Paul Cotter L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	9:47	—	—	19	26
Luke Glendening C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.17	3	1	9:38	—	—	18	22
Stefan Noesen R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	1	0	8:57	—	—	18	13
Luke Hughes D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.14	0	2	23:57	—	—	51	52
Brett Pesce D	D1	1	0	1	+1	5	0.18	0	4	21:55	—	—	50	52
Jonas Siegenthaler D	D2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	0	1	20:30	—	—	54	62
Dougie Hamilton D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.12	2	2	20:02	—	—	56	73
Brenden Dillon D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.02	3	3	18:46	—	—	34	42
Colton White D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	2	2	13:43	—	—	28	39

NJD goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jacob Markstrom(start)	L	25	23	2	.920	3.14	59:00

New York Islanders

NYI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk		PP	SH
Mathew Barzal C	L1	0	0	0	+2	1	0.25	0	0	21:14	—	—	63	61
Simon Holmstrom R	L1	1	1	2	+2	1	0.23	1	0	17:06	—	—	64	64
Anders Lee L	L1	0	1	1	+2	2	0.27	0	0	16:51	—	—	66	67
Kyle MacLean C	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.11	2	0	11:26	—	—	50	53
Marc Gatcomb C	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	5	0	10:58	—	—	43	36
Casey Cizikas C	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.15	3	0	10:45	—	—	44	50
Emil Heineman L	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.19	4	0	16:49	—	—	62	40
Jonathan Drouin L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.62	0	0	16:25	—	—	54	28
Calum Ritchie C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	0	2	13:30	—	—	58	39
Jean-Gabriel Pageau C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.19	2	1	14:56	—	—	44	39
Anthony Duclair L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.49	0	1	14:54	—	—	43	44
Max Shabanov R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.18	3	0	14:52	—	—	41	42
Adam Pelech D	D1	1	0	1	0	1	0.35	0	3	23:12	—	—	57	55
Tony DeAngelo D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	0	0	21:45	—	—	53	38
Ryan Pulock D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	0	21:48	—	—	51	36
Matthew Schaefer D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.15	1	2	21:12	—	—	54	40
Scott Mayfield D	D3	0	0	0	+1	3	0.03	2	1	17:53	—	—	54	64
Marshall Warren D	D3	0	0	0	0	3	0.10	2	1	14:24	—	—	55	58

NYI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
David Rittich(start)	W	32	31	1	.969	3.94	60:00

Goal anatomy

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

Brett Pesce (NJD) 1st 15:35 · assists Nico Hischier, Dawson Mercer · Forecheck turnover · 60.6 mph shot.

Brett Pesce · 1st 15:35 · NJD

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 60.6 mph
Distance: 25 ft

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Simon Holmstrom · 2nd 12:10 · NYI

Play: rebound
Entry: loose
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 48.5 mph
Distance: 19 ft
Entry to goal: 4.5 s
Type: rebound

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Adam Pelech · 3rd 18:45 · NYI

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 54.6 mph
Distance: 16 ft
Entry to goal: 2.3 s
Type: one-timer

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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.

New Jersey Devils vs. New York IslandersDec 23, 2025

Fantasy takeaways

New York Islanders edge New Jersey Devils 2–1

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Head-to-head matchups

Matchup matrix

Sequence card

Lines used

New Jersey Devils

New York Islanders

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

New Jersey Devils

New York Islanders

Goal anatomy

Brett Pesce · 1st 15:35 · NJD

Simon Holmstrom · 2nd 12:10 · NYI

Adam Pelech · 3rd 18:45 · NYI