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New Jersey Devils vs. New York RangersMar 31, 2026

Final· Madison Square Garden
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Goals123TShots123T
NJD0101NJD513523
NYR2114NYR813223
NJD 66NYR 59
NJD 3.19NYR 3.36
PP goals
NJD 1NYR 1
Hits
NJD 19NYR 33
Blocks
NJD 10NYR 17
PIM
NJD 13NYR 13
NJD 52%NYR 48%

Fantasy takeaways

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

New York Rangers beat New Jersey Devils 4–1

New York Rangers beat New Jersey Devils 4–1 at home. Adam Fox (NYR) led the scoring with 0G 2A. NJD's first power-play unit (Brown, Bratt, Hischier, Hughes and Hughes) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 2:29 together.

  1. Points
    Adam Fox had 2 assists (2 points) in 22:37.Fox
  2. PP1
    NJD's first power-play unit (Brown, Bratt, Hischier, Hughes and Hughes) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 2:29 together.BrownBrattHischierHughesHughes
  3. PP1
    NYR's first power-play unit (Trocheck, Zibanejad, Miller, Fox and Lafrenière) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 4:29 together.TrocheckZibanejadMillerFoxLafrenière
  4. Luck
    NJD scored 1 goal on 3.19 expected goals (66 attempts), well short of its chances.
  5. New line
    New look for NJD: Bjugstad–Glass–Hameenaho skated 5:45 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (42.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.BjugstadGlassHameenaho
  6. Usage
    Connor Brown (NJD) played 21:06, +3:36 up on his 17:30 season average over 74 games.Brown
  7. Usage
    Mika Zibanejad (NYR) played 17:20, −3:37 down on his 20:57 season average over 80 games.Zibanejad
  8. Usage
    Jonas Siegenthaler (NJD) played 16:01, −3:30 down on his 19:31 season average over 81 games.Siegenthaler

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.

Shot map, NJD at NYR: 125 attempts, 46 on goal, 5 goals, 6.55 expected goals; best chance Connor Brown at 0.65 xG.

Strength
Period
Team
← NJD attacks left (bottom on phones)NYR attacks right (top on phones) →
  • NYR
  • NJD
  • Goal
  • Shot on goal
  • Missed
  • Blocked

Showing 125 of 125 attempts · NYR 59 · NJD 66

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

Game flow, NJD at NYR: expected goals 3.36 to 3.19 (NYR led the chances), shot attempts 59 to 66, 5 goals.

0.01.02.03.04.01st2nd3rdNYRNJDSMBCZnet xGcumulative expected goals · 60:00
  • NYR
  • NJD
  • Goal
  • Power play (shaded)
Pressure Index
NYRNJDcontrol2nd3rdSheary · 1st 8:14Miller · 1st 13:39Brown · 2nd 0:51Chmelar · 2nd 11:12Zibanejad · 3rd 3:49
  • 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 22% of the game, NYR 38%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

Shift chart, NJD at NYR: 38 players over 60:00; most ice Igor Shesterkin (60:00) for NYR and Jacob Markstrom (60:00) for NJD, 5 goals.

NYR
NJD
goals / penalties
  • Even strength
  • Power play
  • Penalty kill
  • Goal
  • Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

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

Matchup matrix

Head-to-head matrix, NYR rows versus NJD columns: 250 matchups; most common Schneider vs Nemec, 10:22 at 2% xGF.

NYR ↓ · NJD →HughesBrownBrattHischierMeierMercerGlassBjugstadHameenahoTsyplakovDadonovCotterHamiltonSiegenthalerNemecDillonHughesKovacevicL1 TrocheckL1 CuylleL1 SykoraL2 MillerL2 KartyeL2 ShearyL3 LafrenièreL3 ZibanejadL3 PerreaultL4 LabaL4 BrodzinskiL4 ChmelarD1 RobertsonD1 BorgenD2 FoxD2 GavrikovD3 SchneiderD3 Fortescue
NYR 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
StatNJDNYR
7059
2.573.32
2.363.20
1022
76
2326
+0.019−0.019
22%38%

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

Current NJD line combinations →

New York Rangers

Current NYR line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

  1. 8:14
    NYRConor Sheary (Tye Kartye, Will Borgen)tip-in0.05 xG
    NJD: Hamilton, Siegenthaler, Meier, Hischier, MercerNYR: Miller, Sheary, Borgen, Robertson, Kartye
    NJD 0 – 1 NYR
  2. 13:39
    NYRJ.T. MillerPP (Alexis Lafrenière, Adam Fox)wrist0.21 xG
    NJD: Bjugstad, Brown, Siegenthaler, HughesNYR: Trocheck, Zibanejad, Miller, Fox, Lafrenière
    NJD 0 – 2 NYR

2nd period

  1. 0:51
    NJDConnor BrownPP (Nico Hischier, Luke Hughes)backhand0.65 xG
    NJD: Brown, Bratt, Hischier, Hughes, HughesNYR: Miller, Borgen, Kartye, Schneider
    NJD 1 – 2 NYR
  2. 11:12
    NYRJaroslav Chmelar (Braden Schneider)backhand0.38 xG
    NJD: Dillon, Bjugstad, Glass, Kovacevic, HameenahoNYR: Brodzinski, Schneider, Chmelar, Laba, Fortescue
    NJD 1 – 3 NYR

3rd period

  1. 3:49
    NYRMika Zibanejad (Gabe Perreault, Adam Fox)wrist0.23 xG
    NJD: Hamilton, Brown, Siegenthaler, Bratt, HughesNYR: Zibanejad, Gavrikov, Fox, Lafrenière, Perreault
    NJD 1 – 4 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
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Jack Hughes CL1000-140.2300021:58——4429
Connor Brown RL1101-130.9801021:06——3731
Jesper Bratt LL1000-120.1810019:03——3322
Nico Hischier CL2011-110.1411019:38——5248
Timo Meier RL2000-110.1411018:29——5445
Dawson Mercer CL2000-110.1401017:51——5050
Cody Glass CL3000-110.2000012:39——6760
Nick Bjugstad CL3000-110.1122011:08——5519
Lenni Hameenaho RL3000-120.3300010:05——5961
Maxim Tsyplakov RL4000000.211009:01——8389
Evgenii Dadonov LL4000010.020008:09——7348
Paul Cotter LL4000010.213028:05——7883
Dougie Hamilton DD1000-200.0121218:23——4741
Jonas Siegenthaler DD1000-200.0302016:01——3514
Simon Nemec DD2000000.0100022:54——7874
Brenden Dillon DD2000-100.1170217:37——6971
Luke Hughes DD3011040.1300025:05——5326
Johnathan Kovacevic DD3000-110.0311017:34——3622
NJD goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Jacob Markstrom(start)L23194.8263.3660:00

New York Rangers

NYR skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Vincent Trocheck CL1000010.0931022:07——2710
Will Cuylle LL1000000.3240216:27——2925
Adam Sykora LL1000000.0041013:02——293
J.T. Miller CL2101+110.3111219:10——5063
Tye Kartye LL2011+120.2321014:02——5877
Conor Sheary LL2101+120.3901012:37——4660
Alexis Lafrenière LL3011+120.1600017:52——5480
Mika Zibanejad CL3101+120.3910017:20——6084
Gabe Perreault RL3011+130.3100214:42——5277
Noah Laba CL4000+110.1630011:54——4660
Jonny Brodzinski CL4000+120.1320011:50——4558
Jaroslav Chmelar RL4101+130.4710010:31——5767
Matthew Robertson DD1000+110.0012018:32——5472
Will Borgen DD1011+110.0440018:30——5368
Adam Fox DD2022+100.0711022:37——5155
Vladislav Gavrikov DD2000+110.2623022:18——5259
Braden Schneider DD3011+110.0343018:35——3253
Drew Fortescue DD3000+100.0103013:48——2740
NYR goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Igor Shesterkin(start)W23221.9573.1960:00

Goal anatomy

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

Conor Sheary (NYR) 1st 8:14 · assists Tye Kartye, Will Borgen · Deflection · 64.0 mph shot.

Jaroslav Chmelar · 2nd 11:12 · NYR

Play
deflection
Entry
carry
Odd man
No
Passes
2
Shot
8.8 mph
Distance
19 ft
Entry to goal
4.9 s
Type
deflection

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