New Jersey Devils vs. San Jose SharksOct 30, 2025

FinalThursday, Oct 30, 2025· SAP Center at San Jose

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NJD	1	0	1	2		NJD	9	13	9	31
SJS	3	2	0	5		SJS	15	13	0	28

: NJD 65SJS 50
: NJD 1.97SJS 2.49
PP goals: NJD 2SJS 0
Hits: NJD 30SJS 16
Blocks: NJD 11SJS 27
PIM: NJD 2SJS 6
: NJD 53%SJS 47%

Fantasy takeaways

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

San Jose Sharks beat New Jersey Devils 5–2

San Jose Sharks beat New Jersey Devils 5–2 at home. Dawson Mercer (NJD) led the scoring with 2G 0A. NJD's first power-play unit (Hamilton, Bratt, Hischier, Hughes and Mercer) scored 2 power-play goals on 6 attempts in 3:20 together.

Points
Dawson Mercer had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 17:14.Mercer
Points
Alexander Wennberg had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 19:44.Wennberg
Points
Philipp Kurashev had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 19:10.Kurashev
Points
Dougie Hamilton had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 22:30.Hamilton
Points
Timothy Liljegren had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 23:10.Liljegren
PP1
NJD's first power-play unit (Hamilton, Bratt, Hischier, Hughes and Mercer) scored 2 power-play goals on 6 attempts in 3:20 together.Hamilton Bratt Hischier Hughes Mercer
Luck
SJS scored 5 goals on 2.49 expected goals (50 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
New line
New look for SJS: Reaves–Goodrow–Giles skated 5:23 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (33.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Reaves Goodrow Giles

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)SJS attacks right (top on phones) →

SJS
NJD
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 115 of 115 attempts · SJS 50 · NJD 65

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

SJS
NJD
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

SJS 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 44% of the game, SJS 26%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

SJS

NJD

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

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

Matchup matrix

SJS 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	SJS
	71	50
	1.64	2.45
	1.60	2.34
	11	13
	5	1
	28	19
	−0.010	+0.010
	44%	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

L1Meier – Hischier – Mercer
11:5359% CF
L2Brown – Lammikko – Gritsyuk
10:0252% CF
L3Palat – Bratt – Hughes
9:2052% CF
L4Noesen – Glendening – Cotter
8:3981% CF
D1Hughes – Casey
17:4147% CF
D2Hamilton – Siegenthaler
16:1070% CF
D3Dillon – Nemec
13:3674% CF

PP1Hamilton – Bratt – Hischier – Hughes – Mercer
3:20100% CF
PK1FPalat – Brown
0:56
PK2FHischier – Mercer
0:47
PK1DHamilton – Hughes
0:56
PK2DDillon – Nemec
0:47

Current NJD line combinations →

San Jose Sharks

L1Toffoli – Smith – Celebrini
14:0545% CF
L2Wennberg – Kurashev – Eklund
13:2241% CF
L3Skinner – Dellandrea – Graf
8:5333% CF
L4Reaves – Goodrow – Giles
5:2333% CF
D1Orlov – Liljegren
17:3353% CF
D2Klingberg – Ferraro
15:2935% CF
D3Mukhamadullin – Dickinson
12:2337% CF

PP1Toffoli – Klingberg – Eklund – Smith – Celebrini
2:28100% CF
PP2Orlov – Skinner – Wennberg – Liljegren – Kurashev
0:52100% CF
PK1FDellandrea – Graf
1:49
PK2FGoodrow – Giles
0:37
PK1DFerraro – Liljegren
2:12
PK2DOrlov – Mukhamadullin
0:25

Current SJS 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	0	0	0	-2	1	0.03	2	0	0	20:56	—	—	66	25
Dawson Mercer C	L1	2	0	2	-2	4	0.63	1	0	0	17:14	—	—	63	21
Timo Meier R	L1	0	0	0	-3	2	0.05	5	2	0	15:41	—	—	54	16
Connor Brown R	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.13	0	0	0	15:38	—	—	42	27
Arseny Gritsyuk R	L2	0	0	0	-1	4	0.14	5	0	0	13:16	—	—	56	54
Juho Lammikko C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	2	0	0	12:48	—	—	44	34
Jack Hughes C	L3	0	1	1	-2	0	0.00	0	1	0	18:17	—	—	57	56
Jesper Bratt L	L3	0	1	1	-2	1	0.10	2	0	0	16:58	—	—	59	60
Ondrej Palat L	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.26	1	1	0	11:42	—	—	46	48
Paul Cotter L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	0	0	13:42	—	—	70	57
Luke Glendening C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.21	3	1	0	11:32	—	—	82	61
Stefan Noesen R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	0	0	10:34	—	—	83	35
Luke Hughes D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	1	1	0	23:30	—	—	37	12
Seamus Casey D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.01	0	1	0	18:07	—	—	45	22
Dougie Hamilton D	D2	0	2	2	-2	4	0.06	2	0	0	22:30	—	—	65	37
Jonas Siegenthaler D	D2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	1	2	2	19:26	—	—	65	42
Simon Nemec D	D3	0	0	0	-3	3	0.24	0	2	0	17:34	—	—	69	52
Brenden Dillon D	D3	0	0	0	-3	0	0.00	3	0	0	16:35	—	—	70	57

NJD goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jake Allen(start)	L	28	23	5	.821	2.49	60:00

San Jose Sharks

SJS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Macklin Celebrini C	L1	0	1	1	+2	3	0.22	1	1	0	20:00	—	—	42	45
Will Smith C	L1	1	0	1	+2	2	0.13	0	0	2	18:36	—	—	45	46
Tyler Toffoli C	L1	1	0	1	+2	3	0.27	0	2	0	17:06	—	—	45	46
Alexander Wennberg C	L2	1	1	2	+2	1	0.19	0	2	0	19:44	—	—	46	64
Philipp Kurashev C	L2	1	1	2	+3	3	0.52	1	0	0	19:10	—	—	43	63
William Eklund L	L2	1	0	1	+3	2	0.36	0	3	2	18:17	—	—	40	62
Collin Graf R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	13:32	—	—	35	56
Ty Dellandrea C	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.13	2	1	0	12:44	—	—	33	46
Jeff Skinner L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	0	1	0	12:03	—	—	43	69
Barclay Goodrow C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	10:45	—	—	43	76
Patrick Giles R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	10:10	—	—	38	67
Ryan Reaves R	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.18	2	0	0	6:22	—	—	33	66
Timothy Liljegren D	D1	0	2	2	+3	3	0.23	3	1	0	23:10	—	—	44	70
Dmitry Orlov D	D1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.04	3	4	2	21:16	—	—	54	74
Mario Ferraro D	D2	0	1	1	+3	0	0.00	0	4	0	21:32	—	—	31	66
John Klingberg D	D2	0	0	0	+2	2	0.05	2	2	0	20:45	—	—	43	66
Shakir Mukhamadullin D	D3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.08	1	2	0	16:24	—	—	33	45
Sam Dickinson D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	1	0	14:23	—	—	41	47

SJS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Alex Nedeljkovic(start)	W	31	29	2	.935	1.97	60:00

Goal anatomy

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

William Eklund (SJS) 1st 0:42 · assists Philipp Kurashev · Odd-man rush · carried in · 1-on-0 at the blue line · 29.7 mph shot · 2.2 s from entry to goal.

William Eklund · 1st 0:42 · SJS

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 0
Shot: 29.7 mph
Distance: 11 ft
Entry to goal: 2.2 s

Watch on NHL.com → · Tracking-derived via NHL EDGE

Philipp Kurashev · 1st 12:12 · SJS

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 47.3 mph
Distance: 19 ft

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Will Smith · 2nd 16:50 · SJS

Play: faceoff
Passes: 0
Shot: 46.1 mph
Distance: 17 ft

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Tyler Toffoli · 2nd 18:30 · SJS

Play: deflection
Passes: 1
Shot: 49.3 mph
Distance: 12 ft
Type: deflection

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Alexander Wennberg · 1st 15:47 · SJS

Play: deflection
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 37.3 mph
Distance: 9 ft
Type: deflection

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Dawson Mercer · 1st 19:00 · NJD PP

Play: deflection
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 43.1 mph
Distance: 17 ft
Type: deflection

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Dawson Mercer · 3rd 4:19 · NJD PP

Play: deflection
Passes: 3
Shot: 56.1 mph
Distance: 13 ft
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.

New Jersey Devils vs. San Jose SharksOct 30, 2025

Fantasy takeaways

San Jose Sharks beat New Jersey Devils 5–2

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

San Jose Sharks

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

New Jersey Devils

San Jose Sharks

Goal anatomy

William Eklund · 1st 0:42 · SJS

Philipp Kurashev · 1st 12:12 · SJS

Will Smith · 2nd 16:50 · SJS

Tyler Toffoli · 2nd 18:30 · SJS

Alexander Wennberg · 1st 15:47 · SJS

Dawson Mercer · 1st 19:00 · NJD PP

Dawson Mercer · 3rd 4:19 · NJD PP