New Jersey Devils vs. Tampa Bay LightningOct 11, 2025

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NJD	3	0	2	5		NJD	17	7	7	31
TBL	0	2	1	3		TBL	2	7	8	17

: NJD 64TBL 54
: NJD 3.29TBL 1.57
PP goals: NJD 0TBL 0
Hits: NJD 27TBL 25
Blocks: NJD 24TBL 17
PIM: NJD 6TBL 8
: NJD 58%TBL 42%

Fantasy takeaways

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

New Jersey Devils beat Tampa Bay Lightning 5–3

New Jersey Devils beat Tampa Bay Lightning 5–3 at TBL. Connor Brown (NJD) led the scoring with 2G 0A. New look for TBL: Kucherov–Point–Hagel skated 8:18 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (53.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Connor Brown had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 14:45.Brown
Points
Nico Hischier had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 19:59.Hischier
Points
Timo Meier had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 17:14.Meier
Points
Arseny Gritsyuk had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 13:14.Gritsyuk
Points
Luke Hughes had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 20:32.Hughes
Points
Maxwell Crozier had 2 assists (2 points) in 15:57.Crozier
New line
New look for TBL: Kucherov–Point–Hagel skated 8:18 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (53.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Kucherov Point Hagel
New line
New look for TBL: Gourde–Guentzel–Cirelli skated 6:02 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (33.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Gourde Guentzel Cirelli

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)TBL attacks right (top on phones) →

TBL
NJD
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 118 of 118 attempts · TBL 54 · NJD 64

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

TBL
NJD
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

TBL 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 43% of the game, TBL 20%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

TBL

NJD

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

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

Matchup matrix

TBL 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	TBL
	58	40
	2.66	1.34
	2.54	1.32
	12	8
	7	4
	20	16
	+0.025	−0.025
	43%	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
9:1961% CF
L2Palat – Bratt – Hughes
8:3381% CF
L3Brown – Glass – Gritsyuk
6:4975% CF
L4Glendening – MacEwen – Cotter
6:1875% CF
D1Hamilton – Siegenthaler
13:2143% CF
D2Pesce – Hughes
12:1771% CF
D3Dillon – Nemec
12:0569% CF

PP1Bratt – Hischier – Hughes – Mercer – Hughes
4:1989% CF
PP2Palat – Hamilton – Meier – Glass – Gritsyuk
2:29100% CF
PK1FBrown – Hischier
1:03
PK2FBratt – Mercer
0:39
PK1DDillon – Pesce
2:36
PK2DHamilton – Hughes
0:39

Current NJD line combinations →

Tampa Bay Lightning

L1Kucherov – Point – Hagel
8:1854% CF
L2Gourde – Guentzel – Cirelli
6:0233% CF
L3Holmberg – Chaffee – Finley
5:5613% CF
L4Bjorkstrand – Goncalves – Geekie
3:56100% CF
D1McDonagh – Cernak
8:5880% CF
D2Hedman – Raddysh
7:4238% CF
D3Crozier – Lilleberg
6:3538% CF

PP1Hedman – Kucherov – Guentzel – Bjorkstrand – Point
2:51100% CF
PP2Raddysh – Cirelli – Hagel – Chaffee – Goncalves
0:46100% CF
PK1FCirelli – Hagel
3:21
PK2FGourde – Guentzel
1:20
PK1DMcDonagh – Cernak
2:44
PK2DHedman – Lilleberg
1:08

Current TBL 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
Nico Hischier C	L1	1	1	2	+2	3	0.53	0	2	0	19:59	—	—	65	86
Dawson Mercer C	L1	0	1	1	+3	0	0.00	1	4	0	19:08	—	—	52	73
Timo Meier R	L1	1	1	2	+1	3	0.32	0	2	0	17:14	—	—	46	69
Jack Hughes C	L2	0	0	0	0	7	0.90	1	0	0	19:19	—	—	69	82
Jesper Bratt L	L2	1	0	1	+1	3	0.59	1	1	0	18:06	—	—	75	90
Ondrej Palat L	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.14	3	3	0	14:29	—	—	57	90
Connor Brown R	L3	2	0	2	0	3	0.13	1	1	0	14:45	—	—	65	55
Arseny Gritsyuk R	L3	0	2	2	+1	3	0.37	1	0	0	13:14	—	—	47	52
Cody Glass C	L3	0	0	0	+2	0	0.05	0	0	0	11:57	—	—	64	56
Paul Cotter L	L4	0	0	0	-2	0	0.01	3	0	0	12:59	—	—	55	25
Luke Glendening C	L4	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	5	1	0	12:52	—	—	53	11
Zack MacEwen R	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	1	1	0	7:12	—	—	70	38
Dougie Hamilton D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.16	1	0	0	18:51	—	—	36	44
Jonas Siegenthaler D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	1	2	17:01	—	—	46	49
Brett Pesce D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	3	0	21:30	—	—	58	76
Luke Hughes D	D2	0	2	2	+2	2	0.03	1	1	2	20:32	—	—	73	72
Brenden Dillon D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	4	3	0	20:14	—	—	68	64
Simon Nemec D	D3	0	1	1	0	2	0.01	0	1	0	15:01	—	—	73	75

NJD goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jacob Markstrom(start)	W	17	14	3	.824	1.57	59:48

Tampa Bay Lightning

TBL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nikita Kucherov R	L1	0	0	0	-3	1	0.09	1	1	0	20:32	—	—	38	24
Brayden Point C	L1	0	1	1	-2	0	0.00	0	0	0	20:07	—	—	42	33
Brandon Hagel L	L1	0	1	1	0	0	0.23	0	1	2	18:10	—	—	62	39
Jake Guentzel C	L2	0	0	0	0	4	0.31	1	1	0	24:31	—	—	45	33
Anthony Cirelli C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.07	3	2	0	21:45	—	—	46	23
Yanni Gourde C	L2	1	0	1	-1	2	0.17	3	0	0	15:33	—	—	23	21
Pontus Holmberg R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	1	0	9:54	—	—	25	43
Jack Finley C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	2	9:05	—	—	20	39
Mitchell Chaffee R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	8:28	—	—	10	0
Oliver Bjorkstrand R	L4	0	1	1	-1	1	0.02	0	0	0	12:16	—	—	41	40
Gage Goncalves C	L4	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	10:21	—	—	55	47
Conor Geekie C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.24	4	0	0	8:58	—	—	58	59
Ryan McDonagh D	D1	1	0	1	0	1	0.06	0	2	0	20:22	—	—	62	53
Erik Cernak D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.10	3	3	2	17:13	—	—	52	40
Victor Hedman D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.06	1	2	0	27:17	—	—	32	29
Darren Raddysh D	D2	1	0	1	-2	2	0.15	0	2	0	17:38	—	—	30	36
Emil Lilleberg D	D3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	1	0	0	17:10	—	—	21	11
Maxwell Crozier D	D3	0	2	2	+1	0	0.07	1	2	2	15:57	—	—	48	46

TBL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Andrei Vasilevskiy(start)	L	31	26	5	.839	3.14	56:43

Goal anatomy

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

Connor Brown (NJD) 1st 10:17 · assists Arseny Gritsyuk, Luke Hughes · Deflection · carried in · 18.6 mph shot · 2.3 s from entry to goal.

Connor Brown · 1st 10:17 · NJD

Play: deflection
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 2
Shot: 18.6 mph
Distance: 7 ft
Entry to goal: 2.3 s

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Timo Meier · 1st 8:30 · NJD

Play: point-shot
Passes: 1
Shot: 18.7 mph
Distance: 102 ft

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Nico Hischier · 1st 13:48 · NJD

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 13.6 mph
Distance: 11 ft
Entry to goal: 6.5 s

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Yanni Gourde · 2nd 7:31 · TBL

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 0
Shot: 69.7 mph
Distance: 29 ft
Entry to goal: 2.0 s

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Ryan McDonagh · 2nd 17:23 · TBL

Play: point-shot
Passes: 5 (royal road)
Shot: 74.8 mph
Distance: 41 ft

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Jesper Bratt · 3rd 4:48 · NJD SH

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 0
Shot: 64.2 mph
Distance: 18 ft
Entry to goal: 1.8 s

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Connor Brown · 3rd 6:29 · NJD

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 2
Shot: 48.3 mph
Distance: 32 ft
Entry to goal: 2.8 s

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Darren Raddysh · 3rd 16:17 · TBL

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 63.0 mph
Distance: 36 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. Tampa Bay LightningOct 11, 2025

Fantasy takeaways

New Jersey Devils beat Tampa Bay Lightning 5–3

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

Tampa Bay Lightning

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

New Jersey Devils

Tampa Bay Lightning

Goal anatomy

Connor Brown · 1st 10:17 · NJD

Timo Meier · 1st 8:30 · NJD

Nico Hischier · 1st 13:48 · NJD

Yanni Gourde · 2nd 7:31 · TBL

Ryan McDonagh · 2nd 17:23 · TBL

Jesper Bratt · 3rd 4:48 · NJD SH

Connor Brown · 3rd 6:29 · NJD

Darren Raddysh · 3rd 16:17 · TBL