New Jersey Devils vs. Minnesota WildJan 12, 2026

FinalMonday, Jan 12, 2026· Grand Casino Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NJD	1	1	3	5		NJD	9	10	10	29
MIN	0	1	1	2		MIN	6	9	8	23

: NJD 57MIN 62
: NJD 3.22MIN 2.98
PP goals: NJD 0MIN 1
Hits: NJD 18MIN 16
Blocks: NJD 19MIN 14
PIM: NJD 4MIN 4
: NJD 58%MIN 42%

Fantasy takeaways

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

New Jersey Devils beat Minnesota Wild 5–2

New Jersey Devils beat Minnesota Wild 5–2 at MIN. Jesper Bratt (NJD) led the scoring with 2G 0A. New look for NJD: Palat–Hischier–Mercer skated 12:52 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (47.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Jesper Bratt had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 15:42.Bratt
Points
Ondrej Palat had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 14:36.Palat
Points
Dawson Mercer had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 16:36.Mercer
Points
Dougie Hamilton had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 19:08.Hamilton
Points
Nico Hischier had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 18:13.Hischier
New line
New look for NJD: Palat–Hischier–Mercer skated 12:52 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (47.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Palat Hischier Mercer
New line
New look for NJD: Dadonov–Glendening–Cotter skated 7:33 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Dadonov Glendening Cotter
New line
New look for NJD: Meier–Bratt–Hughes skated 10:37 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (51.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Meier Bratt 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)MIN attacks right (top on phones) →

MIN
NJD
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 119 of 119 attempts · MIN 62 · NJD 57

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

MIN
NJD
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

MIN 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 27% of the game, MIN 30%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

MIN

NJD

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

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

Matchup matrix

MIN 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	MIN
	59	64
	2.84	2.62
	2.79	2.49
	12	8
	5	5
	22	19
	+0.063	−0.063
	27%	30%

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

L1Palat – Hischier – Mercer
12:5247% CF
L2Brown – Glass – Gritsyuk
10:5347% CF
L3Meier – Bratt – Hughes
10:3752% CF
L4Dadonov – Glendening – Cotter
7:3350% CF
D1Pesce – Hughes
18:2877% CF
D2Siegenthaler – Kovacevic
17:2523% CF
D3Dillon – Hamilton
14:0859% CF

PP1Glass – Hischier – Hughes – Gritsyuk – Hughes
1:54100% CF
PP2Dadonov – Hamilton – Meier – Bratt – Mercer
1:11100% CF
PK1FMeier – Glass
0:41
PK2FBrown – Bratt
0:38
PK1DDillon – Hamilton
0:41
PK2DSiegenthaler – Kovacevic
0:38

Current NJD line combinations →

Minnesota Wild

L1Zuccarello – Kaprizov – Yurov
11:5659% CF
L2Johansson – Hartman – Boldy
10:0563% CF
L3Foligno – Tarasenko – Sturm
8:1333% CF
L4Hinostroza – Trenin – Jones
6:4750% CF
D1Hughes – Faber
22:0762% CF
D2Spurgeon – Brodin
12:5260% CF
D3Middleton – Hunt
11:1521% CF

PP1Zuccarello – Hartman – Kaprizov – Hughes – Boldy
1:16100% CF
PP2Spurgeon – Johansson – Tarasenko – Faber – Yurov
0:40100% CF
PK1FJohansson – Trenin
1:48
PK2FSturm – Boldy
1:37
PK1DSpurgeon – Middleton
2:25
PK2DBrodin – Faber
1:30

Current MIN 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	2	2	+3	2	0.52	0	1	0	18:13	—	—	46	67
Dawson Mercer C	L1	1	1	2	+2	1	0.34	1	1	0	16:36	—	—	46	59
Ondrej Palat L	L1	2	0	2	+2	2	0.31	4	1	0	14:36	—	—	42	56
Cody Glass C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.12	2	1	0	16:31	—	—	52	60
Connor Brown R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	0	0	0	16:12	—	—	52	40
Arseny Gritsyuk R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	0	0	15:19	—	—	47	25
Jack Hughes C	L3	0	1	1	+2	3	0.27	0	1	0	19:04	—	—	54	62
Timo Meier R	L3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.08	2	1	0	18:12	—	—	49	48
Jesper Bratt L	L3	2	0	2	+2	4	1.01	2	1	0	15:42	—	—	56	64
Evgenii Dadonov L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	11:22	—	—	37	12
Luke Glendening C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	2	10:20	—	—	33	9
Paul Cotter L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	0	0	0	9:31	—	—	50	27
Luke Hughes D	D1	0	0	0	+1	3	0.10	0	0	0	22:38	—	—	77	69
Brett Pesce D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.12	0	1	0	19:22	—	—	77	68
Jonas Siegenthaler D	D2	0	1	1	0	1	0.02	0	3	0	19:45	—	—	28	24
Johnathan Kovacevic D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	2	2	0	19:19	—	—	23	22
Dougie Hamilton D	D3	0	2	2	+3	2	0.20	0	2	0	19:08	—	—	53	74
Brenden Dillon D	D3	0	1	1	+3	2	0.01	2	3	2	16:07	—	—	59	80

NJD goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jacob Markstrom(start)	W	23	21	2	.913	2.98	59:47

Minnesota Wild

MIN skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Kirill Kaprizov L	L1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.04	3	0	0	18:59	—	—	69	40
Mats Zuccarello R	L1	0	0	0	-3	0	0.14	0	1	0	18:47	—	—	64	33
Danila Yurov R	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	15:06	—	—	50	37
Matt Boldy L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.36	1	0	0	19:35	—	—	64	67
Ryan Hartman R	L2	1	0	1	0	2	0.73	0	3	0	16:51	—	—	55	66
Marcus Johansson L	L2	0	1	1	-1	0	0.48	1	0	0	16:17	—	—	52	54
Marcus Foligno L	L3	1	0	1	-2	3	0.23	3	0	2	15:40	—	—	44	54
Nico Sturm C	L3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.05	0	0	0	13:22	—	—	29	25
Vladimir Tarasenko R	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.35	0	0	0	12:40	—	—	35	51
Yakov Trenin C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.10	4	0	0	11:57	—	—	38	34
Vinnie Hinostroza C	L4	0	1	1	-1	1	0.03	0	0	0	9:16	—	—	42	23
Ben Jones C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	1	1	0	8:39	—	—	56	64
Brock Faber D	D1	0	1	1	-2	4	0.12	0	2	0	26:35	—	—	56	49
Quinn Hughes D	D1	0	0	0	-2	5	0.25	0	2	2	26:06	—	—	61	55
Jonas Brodin D	D2	0	1	1	-1	2	0.02	0	1	0	18:24	—	—	57	47
Jared Spurgeon D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.03	1	3	0	18:05	—	—	59	47
Jake Middleton D	D3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	2	1	0	16:04	—	—	16	16
Daemon Hunt D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	13:37	—	—	31	61

MIN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jesper Wallstedt(start)	L	29	24	5	.828	3.22	60:00

Goal anatomy

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

Marcus Foligno (MIN PP) 3rd 19:41 · assists Jonas Brodin, Vinnie Hinostroza · Rebound · 5.3 mph shot.

Marcus Foligno · 3rd 19:41 · MIN PP

Play: rebound
Passes: 4 (royal road)
Shot: 5.3 mph
Distance: 6 ft
Type: rebound

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Dawson Mercer · 1st 10:07 · NJD

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 26.4 mph
Distance: 16 ft
Type: one-timer

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Ryan Hartman · 2nd 13:41 · MIN

Play: deflection
Passes: 3
Shot: 37.2 mph
Distance: 9 ft
Type: deflection

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Ondrej Palat · 2nd 19:52 · NJD

Play: point-shot
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 36.9 mph
Distance: 53 ft

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Jesper Bratt · 3rd 7:28 · NJD

Play: rebound
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 1
Shot: 18.0 mph
Distance: 7 ft
Entry to goal: 3.1 s
Type: rebound

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Jesper Bratt · 3rd 7:49 · NJD

Play: deflection
Passes: 4 (royal road)
Shot: 21.2 mph
Distance: 11 ft

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Ondrej Palat · 3rd 9:39 · NJD

Play: turnover-forecheck
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 30.8 mph
Distance: 6 ft
Entry to goal: 7.3 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.

New Jersey Devils vs. Minnesota WildJan 12, 2026

Fantasy takeaways

New Jersey Devils beat Minnesota Wild 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

Minnesota Wild

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

New Jersey Devils

Minnesota Wild

Goal anatomy

Marcus Foligno · 3rd 19:41 · MIN PP

Dawson Mercer · 1st 10:07 · NJD

Ryan Hartman · 2nd 13:41 · MIN

Ondrej Palat · 2nd 19:52 · NJD

Jesper Bratt · 3rd 7:28 · NJD

Jesper Bratt · 3rd 7:49 · NJD

Ondrej Palat · 3rd 9:39 · NJD