New Jersey Devils vs. New York RangersJan 9, 2025

Final / OTThursday, Jan 9, 2025· Madison Square Garden

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
NJD	0	2	0	0	2		NJD	11	5	6	1	23
NYR	1	1	0	1	3		NYR	8	9	12	3	32

: NJD 61NYR 63
: NJD 3.91NYR 2.56
PP goals: NJD 0NYR 2
Hits: NJD 27NYR 33
Blocks: NJD 15NYR 20
PIM: NJD 6NYR 6
: NJD 36%NYR 64%

Fantasy takeaways

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

New York Rangers edge New Jersey Devils 3–2 (OT)

New York Rangers beat New Jersey Devils 3–2 in overtime at home. Jack Hughes (NJD) led the scoring with 1G 1A. NYR's first power-play unit (Trocheck, Zibanejad, Panarin, Fox and Lafrenière) scored 2 power-play goals on 7 attempts in 2:33 together.

Points
Adam Fox had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 22:42.Fox
Points
Jack Hughes had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 25:06.Hughes
PP1
NYR's first power-play unit (Trocheck, Zibanejad, Panarin, Fox and Lafrenière) scored 2 power-play goals on 7 attempts in 2:33 together.Trocheck Zibanejad Panarin Fox Lafrenière
New line
New look for NYR: Smith–Zibanejad–Cuylle skated 11:31 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (69.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Smith Zibanejad Cuylle
New line
New look for NYR: Brodzinski–Kaliyev–Berard skated 6:29 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Brodzinski Kaliyev Berard
New line
New look for NYR: Carrick–Edstrom–Rempe skated 6:42 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (33.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Carrick Edstrom Rempe
Luck
NJD scored 2 goals on 3.91 expected goals (61 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Jack Hughes (NJD) played 25:06, +4:16 up on his 20:50 season average over 61 games.Hughes

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)NYR attacks right (top on phones) →

NYR
NJD
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 124 of 124 attempts · NYR 63 · NJD 61

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

NYR
NJD
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

NYR 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 42% of the game, NYR 26%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

NYR

NJD

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
Stat	NJD	NYR
	53	58
	2.59	1.19
	2.33	1.13
	7	6
	1	5
	13	24
	−0.057	+0.057
	42%	26%

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 – Meier – Hischier
11:2733% CF
L2Palat – Bratt – Hughes
9:5732% CF
L3Dowling – Cotter – Mercer
9:4160% CF
L4MacDermid – Lazar – Bastian
2:5075% CF
D1Pesce – Hughes
17:3437% CF
D2Siegenthaler – Kovacevic
15:1950% CF
D3Dillon – Hamilton
9:1747% CF

PP1Hamilton – Noesen – Bratt – Hischier – Hughes
5:0278% CF
PP2Palat – Meier – Cotter – Mercer – Hughes
1:33100% CF
PK1FBratt – Hughes
1:14
PK2FHischier – Mercer
0:40
PK1DDillon – Kovacevic
1:55
PK2DPesce – Siegenthaler
0:35

Current NJD line combinations →

New York Rangers

L1Smith – Zibanejad – Cuylle
11:3170% CF
L2Trocheck – Panarin – Lafrenière
11:2168% CF
L3Carrick – Edstrom – Rempe
6:4233% CF
L4Brodzinski – Kaliyev – Berard
6:2950% CF
D1Borgen – Miller
15:4073% CF
D2Fox – Lindgren
13:0647% CF
D3Vaakanainen – Schneider
10:3245% CF

PP1Trocheck – Zibanejad – Panarin – Fox – Lafrenière
2:3378% CF
PK1FSmith – Trocheck
2:24
PK2FCarrick – Cuylle
1:06
PK1DLindgren – Schneider
4:00
PK2DFox – Miller
1:57

Current NYR line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

12:05
NYRAdam FoxPP (Vincent Trocheck)deflected0.06 xG
NJD: Dillon, Hischier, Kovacevic, MercerNYR: Trocheck, Zibanejad, Panarin, Fox, Lafrenière
NJD 0 – 1 NYR

2nd period

4:03
NJDJack Hughes (Brett Pesce, Ondrej Palat)tip-in0.09 xG
NJD: Palat, Pesce, Bratt, Hughes, HughesNYR: Zibanejad, Borgen, Lindgren, Lafrenière, Cuylle
NJD 1 – 1 NYR
8:28
NJDJesper Bratt (Jack Hughes, Dougie Hamilton)snap0.04 xG
NJD: Dillon, Palat, Hamilton, Bratt, HughesNYR: Smith, Zibanejad, Vaakanainen, Schneider, Cuylle
NJD 2 – 1 NYR
17:13
NYRArtemi PanarinPP (Mika Zibanejad, Adam Fox)snap0.21 xG
NJD: Dillon, Bratt, Kovacevic, HughesNYR: Trocheck, Zibanejad, Panarin, Fox, Lafrenière
NJD 2 – 2 NYR

OT period

2:48
NYRSam Carrick (Reilly Smith)snap0.11 xG
NJD: Pesce, Meier, HughesNYR: Smith, Carrick, Fox
NJD 2 – 3 NYR

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	0	0	0	0	1	0.27	0	1	2	21:35	—	—	42	59
Timo Meier R	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.85	2	1	0	21:11	—	—	42	65
Stefan Noesen R	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	1	0	0	19:05	—	—	48	66
Jack Hughes C	L2	1	1	2	+1	3	0.16	0	1	0	25:06	—	—	47	70
Jesper Bratt L	L2	1	0	1	+2	4	0.58	2	0	0	21:41	—	—	36	63
Ondrej Palat L	L2	0	1	1	+2	1	0.24	2	0	0	14:40	—	—	49	69
Dawson Mercer C	L3	0	0	0	0	4	0.70	1	0	0	18:20	—	—	64	84
Paul Cotter L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.15	3	1	0	16:38	—	—	64	89
Justin Dowling C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	13:47	—	—	56	80
Curtis Lazar C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	6:46	—	—	33	45
Nathan Bastian R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	0	2	6:36	—	—	50	73
Kurtis MacDermid L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.14	1	0	2	3:45	—	—	60	88
Luke Hughes D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	24:34	—	—	45	67
Brett Pesce D	D1	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	0	6	0	21:28	—	—	35	42
Johnathan Kovacevic D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.24	1	0	0	19:39	—	—	47	58
Jonas Siegenthaler D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.18	3	3	0	18:42	—	—	56	77
Dougie Hamilton D	D3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.31	2	1	0	18:18	—	—	55	87
Brenden Dillon D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	1	0	12:55	—	—	47	82

NJD goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jacob Markstrom(start)	O	32	29	3	.906	2.56	62:48

New York Rangers

NYR skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Mika Zibanejad C	L1	0	1	1	-2	2	0.43	0	0	2	20:58	—	—	67	44
Reilly Smith R	L1	0	1	1	0	3	0.24	1	0	0	19:54	—	—	67	55
Will Cuylle L	L1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.23	3	3	0	17:42	—	—	55	30
Vincent Trocheck C	L2	0	1	1	0	5	0.64	4	1	0	23:57	—	—	53	37
Artemi Panarin L	L2	1	0	1	0	4	0.42	0	0	0	20:24	—	—	64	59
Alexis Lafrenière L	L2	0	0	0	-1	4	0.18	1	0	2	18:51	—	—	60	41
Sam Carrick C	L3	1	0	1	+1	3	0.19	2	0	0	15:01	—	—	21	4
Adam Edstrom C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	2	0	9:01	—	—	25	5
Matt Rempe C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	0	0	7:47	—	—	27	4
Jonny Brodzinski C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	10:04	—	—	33	14
Arthur Kaliyev R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	2	0	0	8:31	—	—	54	27
Brett Berard L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	0	0	7:39	—	—	42	11
K'Andre Miller D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	1	1	0	24:24	—	—	73	71
Will Borgen D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.04	3	2	0	19:17	—	—	63	66
Adam Fox D	D2	1	1	2	+1	3	0.08	1	2	2	22:42	—	—	48	22
Ryan Lindgren D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	4	0	21:00	—	—	37	7
Braden Schneider D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.05	4	2	0	18:28	—	—	39	9
Urho Vaakanainen D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	2	0	14:44	—	—	40	15

NYR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Igor Shesterkin(start)	W	23	21	2	.913	3.91	62:48

Goal anatomy

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

Adam Fox (NYR PP) 1st 12:05 · assists Vincent Trocheck · Deflection · 49.3 mph shot.

Adam Fox · 1st 12:05 · NYR PP

Play: deflection
Passes: 1
Shot: 49.3 mph
Distance: 49 ft

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Jack Hughes · 2nd 4:03 · NJD

Play: deflection
Entry: dump
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 2
Shot: 43.3 mph
Distance: 12 ft
Entry to goal: 7.1 s
Type: deflection

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Jesper Bratt · 2nd 8:28 · NJD

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 1
Shot: 73.2 mph
Distance: 31 ft
Entry to goal: 1.8 s

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Sam Carrick · OT 2:48 · NYR

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 61.2 mph
Distance: 24 ft
Entry to goal: 2.1 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.