New Jersey Devils vs. Nashville PredatorsMar 26, 2026

FinalThursday, Mar 26, 2026· Bridgestone Arena

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Nashville PredatorsNSH

: NJD —NSH —
PP goals: NJD —NSH —
Hits: NJD 21NSH 13
Blocks: NJD 17NSH 13
PIM: NJD 2NSH 24
: NJD 65%NSH 35%

Fantasy takeaways

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

New Jersey Devils beat Nashville Predators 4–2

New Jersey Devils beat Nashville Predators 4–2 at NSH. Jesper Bratt (NJD) led the scoring with 1G 2A. NJD's first power-play unit (Hamilton, Brown, Bratt, Hischier and Hughes) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 2:20 together.

Points
Jesper Bratt had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 18:41.Bratt
Points
Nico Hischier had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 18:06.Hischier
Points
Jack Hughes had 2 assists (2 points) on 7 shots in 23:08.Hughes
Points
Jonas Siegenthaler had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 20:03.Siegenthaler
PP1
NJD's first power-play unit (Hamilton, Brown, Bratt, Hischier and Hughes) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 2:20 together.Hamilton Brown Bratt Hischier Hughes
New line
New look for NJD: Dadonov–Glass–Hameenaho skated 8:14 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Dadonov Glass Hameenaho
Usage
Connor Brown (NJD) played 20:36, +3:05 up on his 17:31 season average over 74 games.Brown
Shots
Jack Hughes (NJD) led everyone with 7 shot on goals without scoring.Hughes

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

NSH
NJD
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

NSH 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 35% of the game, NSH 27%.

Head-to-head matchups

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

Matchup matrix

NSH 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	NSH
	54	48
	2.29	2.21
	2.24	2.13
	11	7
	7	2
	20	19
	+0.069	−0.069
	35%	27%

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

L1Brown – Bratt – Hughes
11:0755% CF
L2Meier – Hischier – Mercer
10:3355% CF
L3Dadonov – Glass – Hameenaho
8:1467% CF
L4Bjugstad – Cotter – Tsyplakov
6:4563% CF
D1Hamilton – Siegenthaler
16:1358% CF
D2Dillon – Nemec
12:2931% CF
D3Kovacevic – Hughes
12:0365% CF

PP1Hamilton – Brown – Bratt – Hischier – Hughes
2:2080% CF
PP2Meier – Mercer – Hughes – Nemec – Hameenaho
1:3750% CF
PK1FHischier – Mercer
0:46
PK2FBrown – Glass
0:31
PK1DDillon – Kovacevic
1:17
PK2DHamilton – Hughes
0:34

Current NJD line combinations →

Nashville Predators

L1Stamkos – O'Reilly – Evangelista
12:0253% CF
L2Marchessault – Forsberg – Wood
10:0835% CF
L3Haula – Jost – L'Heureux
8:5969% CF
L4Wiesblatt – Svechkov – Schaefer
7:3945% CF
D1Josi – Skjei
16:5739% CF
D2Hague – Wilsby
13:3755% CF
D3Perbix – Ufko
10:0653% CF

PP1Stamkos – Josi – O'Reilly – Marchessault – Forsberg
1:2867% CF
PP2Haula – Skjei – Evangelista – Ufko – Wood
0:29
PK1FO'Reilly – Jost
2:00
PK2FHaula – L'Heureux
1:51
PK1DSkjei – Perbix
2:16
PK2DJosi – Hague
1:21

Current NSH line combinations →

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	2	2	+1	7	0	0	0	23:08	—	—	54
Connor Brown R	L1	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	20:36	—	—	52
Jesper Bratt L	L1	1	2	3	+1	1	0	2	0	18:41	—	—	55
Timo Meier R	L2	1	0	1	+1	4	3	2	0	18:39	—	—	50
Nico Hischier C	L2	2	0	2	+2	3	0	1	0	18:06	—	—	55
Dawson Mercer C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	16:01	—	—	62
Cody Glass C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	13:25	—	—	55
Lenni Hameenaho R	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	0	12:34	—	—	57
Evgenii Dadonov L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	12:06	—	—	55
Maxim Tsyplakov R	L4	0	0	0	0	3	3	1	0	9:28	—	—	39
Nick Bjugstad C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	4	0	0	9:24	—	—	39
Paul Cotter L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8:36	—	—	64
Dougie Hamilton D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	1	2	0	22:38	—	—	58
Jonas Siegenthaler D	D1	0	2	2	+1	1	1	3	2	20:03	—	—	57
Brenden Dillon D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	5	2	0	19:31	—	—	33
Simon Nemec D	D2	0	1	1	0	1	1	2	0	17:18	—	—	43
Luke Hughes D	D3	0	0	0	+1	3	0	1	0	20:21	—	—	62
Johnathan Kovacevic D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	17:25	—	—	56

NJD goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA		TOI
Jacob Markstrom(start)	W	17	15	2	.882	60:00

Nashville Predators

NSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-		Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Ryan O'Reilly C	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	20:39	—	—	48
Steven Stamkos C	L1	1	0	1	-1	6	0	0	10	18:11	—	—	57
Luke Evangelista R	L1	0	1	1	-1	2	0	1	10	15:44	—	—	50
Filip Forsberg L	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	1	1	0	20:21	—	—	39
Jonathan Marchessault R	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	17:45	—	—	30
Matthew Wood R	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	13:40	—	—	40
Erik Haula L	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0	1	0	17:03	—	—	61
Tyson Jost C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0	1	0	14:36	—	—	63
Zachary L'Heureux L	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	6	1	0	14:08	—	—	50
Fedor Svechkov C	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	2	10:44	—	—	31
Reid Schaefer L	L4	1	0	1	+1	1	1	0	0	9:12	—	—	42
Ozzy Wiesblatt C	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0	8:20	—	—	46
Roman Josi D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0	3	0	25:46	—	—	40
Brady Skjei D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	21:48	—	—	40
Nicolas Hague D	D2	0	1	1	+1	1	2	1	0	21:35	—	—	54
Adam Wilsby D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	16:08	—	—	56
Nick Perbix D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	1	0	0	18:40	—	—	48
Ryan Ufko D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	13:01	—	—	53

NSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA		TOI
Justus Annunen(start)	L	29	26	3	.897	58:18

Goal anatomy

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

Timo Meier () · unassisted · Odd-man rush · passed in · 3-on-2 at the blue line · 13.2 mph shot · 3.8 s from entry to goal.

Timo Meier

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: pass
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 1
Shot: 13.2 mph
Distance: 52 ft
Entry to goal: 3.8 s

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Jesper Bratt

Play: deflection
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 5
Shot: 26.6 mph
Distance: 8 ft
Entry to goal: 5.1 s
Type: deflection

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Nico Hischier

Play: deflection
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 1
Shot: 5.5 mph
Distance: 5 ft
Entry to goal: 6.6 s

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Reid Schaefer

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-0
Passes: 1
Shot: 75.5 mph
Distance: 20 ft
Entry to goal: 1.8 s

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Steven Stamkos

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 12.2 mph
Distance: 5 ft

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Nico Hischier

Play: deflection
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 4
Shot: 36.9 mph
Distance: 9 ft
Entry to goal: 5.2 s
Type: deflection

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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.