New Jersey Devils vs. Los Angeles KingsNov 1, 2025

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NJD	1	1	2	4		NJD	8	11	3	22
LAK	0	0	1	1		LAK	14	18	12	44

: NJD 46LAK 94
: NJD 2.47LAK 2.74
PP goals: NJD 0LAK 0
Hits: NJD 12LAK 10
Blocks: NJD 28LAK 14
PIM: NJD 8LAK 0
: NJD 47%LAK 53%

Fantasy takeaways

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

New Jersey Devils beat Los Angeles Kings 4–1

New Jersey Devils beat Los Angeles Kings 4–1 at LAK. Dawson Mercer (NJD) led the scoring with 2G 0A. New look for LAK: Danault–Moore–Laferriere skated 8:27 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (61.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Dawson Mercer had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 19:05.Mercer
New line
New look for LAK: Danault–Moore–Laferriere skated 8:27 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (61.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Danault Moore Laferriere
New line
New look for NJD: Noesen–Bratt–Hughes skated 10:50 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (59.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Noesen Bratt Hughes
Goalie
Jacob Markstrom (NJD) faced 44 shots and stopped 43 (.977), +19 against a season average of 25.3; the win.Markstrom
Usage
Brenden Dillon (NJD) played 23:01, +5:05 up on his 17:56 season average over 81 games.Dillon
Luck
LAK scored 1 goal on 2.74 expected goals (94 attempts), well short of its chances.
Luck
NJD scored 4 goals on 2.47 expected goals (46 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
Usage
Mikey Anderson (LAK) played 15:57, −4:41 down on his 20:38 season average over 79 games.Anderson

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)LAK attacks right (top on phones) →

LAK
NJD
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 140 of 140 attempts · LAK 94 · NJD 46

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

LAK
NJD
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

LAK 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 22% of the game, LAK 37%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

LAK

NJD

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

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

Matchup matrix

LAK 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	LAK
	47	94
	1.58	2.33
	1.52	2.14
	6	22
	6	5
	23	20
	−0.028	+0.028
	22%	37%

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

L1Noesen – Bratt – Hughes
10:5059% CF
L2Meier – Hischier – Mercer
8:5417% CF
L3Glendening – Cotter – Halonen
3:1914% CF
L4Palat – Lammikko – Gritsyuk
1:2567% CF
D1Dillon – Hughes
17:0835% CF
D2Hamilton – Siegenthaler
16:1947% CF
D3Cholowski – Nemec
13:1017% CF

PK1FHischier – Mercer
1:57
PK2FGlendening – Bratt
1:56
PK1DDillon – Hughes
3:47
PK2DHamilton – Siegenthaler
2:04

Current NJD line combinations →

Los Angeles Kings

L1Danault – Moore – Laferriere
8:2762% CF
L2Armia – Fiala – Byfield
6:2567% CF
L3Kopitar – Kempe – Kuzmenko
6:0310% CF
L4Perry – Turcotte – Malott
4:0792% CF
D1Edmundson – Clarke
12:3366% CF
D2Ceci – Anderson
12:2468% CF
D3Doughty – Dumoulin
11:4552% CF

PP1Kopitar – Fiala – Kempe – Byfield – Kuzmenko
3:10100% CF
PP2Perry – Doughty – Danault – Laferriere – Clarke
3:0175% CF

Current LAK 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	PIM		PP	SH
Jack Hughes C	L1	0	0	0	-1	4	0.96	0	2	0	20:18	—	—	54	70
Jesper Bratt L	L1	0	0	0	-1	6	0.33	1	2	0	18:23	—	—	56	70
Stefan Noesen R	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.06	1	1	0	13:48	—	—	53	70
Nico Hischier C	L2	1	0	1	+3	1	0.19	0	1	2	22:13	—	—	21	20
Dawson Mercer C	L2	2	0	2	+2	3	0.50	0	1	0	19:05	—	—	27	19
Timo Meier R	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	0	1	2	17:27	—	—	26	29
Paul Cotter L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	11:39	—	—	11	5
Luke Glendening C	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	1	4	0	11:05	—	—	8	18
Brian Halonen L	L3	1	0	1	+1	1	0.09	1	1	0	6:06	—	—	25	69
Ondrej Palat L	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.12	0	0	0	12:53	—	—	32	36
Arseny Gritsyuk R	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.12	0	1	2	11:18	—	—	33	44
Juho Lammikko C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.05	0	1	0	7:22	—	—	20	34
Luke Hughes D	D1	0	1	1	+2	1	0.04	0	1	0	25:43	—	—	31	40
Brenden Dillon D	D1	0	1	1	+2	0	0.00	5	2	0	23:01	—	—	35	41
Jonas Siegenthaler D	D2	0	1	1	0	0	0.01	1	3	0	21:34	—	—	49	47
Dougie Hamilton D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.00	0	1	2	19:27	—	—	47	43
Simon Nemec D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.00	0	3	0	16:45	—	—	15	29
Dennis Cholowski D	D3	0	1	1	+2	0	0.00	0	2	0	13:53	—	—	19	38

NJD goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jacob Markstrom(start)	W	44	43	1	.977	2.74	60:00

Los Angeles Kings

LAK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk		PP	SH
Phillip Danault C	L1	0	0	0	-1	4	0.08	0	0	18:48	—	—	74	59
Alex Laferriere R	L1	0	1	1	0	2	0.41	2	0	18:26	—	—	69	55
Trevor Moore L	L1	0	0	0	0	4	0.17	2	3	16:24	—	—	72	50
Kevin Fiala L	L2	0	0	0	-2	5	0.18	1	1	20:35	—	—	69	61
Quinton Byfield R	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.34	0	0	19:50	—	—	72	75
Joel Armia R	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.04	0	1	13:33	—	—	54	50
Adrian Kempe R	L3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.14	2	0	20:20	—	—	38	41
Anze Kopitar C	L3	0	1	1	-1	1	0.11	1	3	17:39	—	—	42	46
Andrei Kuzmenko L	L3	1	0	1	-1	3	0.22	0	0	17:11	—	—	36	44
Corey Perry R	L4	0	0	0	-2	6	0.42	0	0	14:37	—	—	93	96
Alex Turcotte C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	11:07	—	—	75	59
Jeff Malott L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.14	2	0	8:52	—	—	96	100
Brandt Clarke D	D1	0	0	0	-2	5	0.17	0	0	21:27	—	—	74	58
Joel Edmundson D	D1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.04	0	0	15:42	—	—	71	47
Mikey Anderson D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	0	1	15:57	—	—	71	62
Cody Ceci D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	1	14:34	—	—	65	49
Drew Doughty D	D3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.17	0	3	22:26	—	—	63	75
Brian Dumoulin D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	0	1	15:31	—	—	54	56

LAK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Darcy Kuemper(start)	L	21	18	3	.857	1.50	57:01

Goal anatomy

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

Nico Hischier (NJD) 1st 1:22 · assists Luke Hughes · Deflection · carried in · 36.4 mph shot · 9.6 s from entry to goal.

Nico Hischier · 1st 1:22 · NJD

Play: deflection
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 1
Shot: 36.4 mph
Distance: 18 ft
Entry to goal: 9.6 s
Type: deflection

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Brian Halonen · 2nd 3:12 · NJD

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: pass
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 0
Shot: 50.5 mph
Distance: 12 ft
Entry to goal: 3.4 s

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Dawson Mercer · 3rd 3:09 · NJD SH

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 73.7 mph
Distance: 31 ft
Entry to goal: 1.8 s

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Andrei Kuzmenko · 3rd 9:49 · LAK

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 40.0 mph
Distance: 11 ft
Type: one-timer

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Dawson Mercer · 3rd 16:12 · NJD EN

Play: faceoff
Passes: 0
Shot: 18.9 mph
Distance: 14 ft

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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. Los Angeles KingsNov 1, 2025

Fantasy takeaways

New Jersey Devils beat Los Angeles Kings 4–1

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

Los Angeles Kings

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

New Jersey Devils

Los Angeles Kings

Goal anatomy

Nico Hischier · 1st 1:22 · NJD

Brian Halonen · 2nd 3:12 · NJD

Dawson Mercer · 3rd 3:09 · NJD SH

Andrei Kuzmenko · 3rd 9:49 · LAK

Dawson Mercer · 3rd 16:12 · NJD EN