Toronto Maple Leafs vs. New Jersey DevilsMar 4, 2026

Final / SOWednesday, Mar 4, 2026· Prudential Center

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	SO	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
TOR	1	1	1	0	0	3		TOR	11	9	5	2	27
NJD	1	1	1	0	1	4		NJD	14	16	14	3	47

: TOR 51NJD 82
: TOR 2.97NJD 4.86
PP goals: TOR 1NJD 0
Hits: TOR 16NJD 10
Blocks: TOR 13NJD 11
PIM: TOR 6NJD 6
: TOR 52%NJD 48%

Fantasy takeaways

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

New Jersey Devils edge Toronto Maple Leafs 4–3 (SO)

New Jersey Devils beat Toronto Maple Leafs 4–3 in a shootout at home. Arseny Gritsyuk (NJD) led the scoring with 1G 1A. Anthony Stolarz (TOR) faced 47 shots and stopped 44 (.936), +20 against a season average of 27.2; the overtime loss.

Points
Arseny Gritsyuk had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 17:04.Gritsyuk
Points
Nico Hischier had 2 assists (2 points) on 5 shots in 24:17.Hischier
Goalie
Anthony Stolarz (TOR) faced 47 shots and stopped 44 (.936), +20 against a season average of 27.2; the overtime loss.Stolarz
New line
New look for TOR: Nylander–Matthews–Cowan skated 12:01 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (29.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Nylander Matthews Cowan
New line
New look for TOR: Jarnkrok–Lorentz–Robertson skated 5:21 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Jarnkrok Lorentz Robertson
Luck
NJD scored 3 goals on 4.86 expected goals (82 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Auston Matthews (TOR) played 24:57, +4:13 up on his 20:44 season average over 59 games.Matthews
Usage
Dougie Hamilton (NJD) played 27:15, +5:47 up on his 21:28 season average over 76 games.Hamilton

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

← TOR attacks left (bottom on phones)NJD attacks right (top on phones) →

NJD
TOR
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 133 of 133 attempts · NJD 82 · TOR 51

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

NJD
TOR
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

NJD pressure
TOR pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: TOR 32% of the game, NJD 48%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

NJD

TOR

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

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

Matchup matrix

NJD 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	TOR	NJD
	47	71
	2.56	3.84
	2.49	3.56
	10	20
	5	2
	25	22
	+0.014	−0.014
	32%	48%

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.

Toronto Maple Leafs

L1Nylander – Matthews – Cowan
12:0130% CF
L2Tavares – Domi – Knies
10:1023% CF
L3Joshua – Roy – Maccelli
8:3267% CF
L4Jarnkrok – Lorentz – Robertson
5:2150% CF
D1McCabe – Stecher
15:1338% CF
D2Rielly – Carlo
13:4433% CF
D3Myers – Benoit
12:2253% CF

PP1Tavares – Rielly – Nylander – Matthews – Knies
3:2963% CF
PP2McCabe – Domi – Robertson – Maccelli – Cowan
1:35100% CF
PK1FJarnkrok – Roy
4:06
PK2FLorentz – Matthews
1:36
PK1DMcCabe – Carlo
2:13
PK2DStecher – Benoit
1:17

Current TOR line combinations →

New Jersey Devils

L1Meier – Hischier – Mercer
11:2872% CF
L2Bratt – Glass – Hameenaho
8:2241% CF
L3Brown – Hughes – Gritsyuk
8:1138% CF
L4Bjugstad – Cotter – Tsyplakov
5:0767% CF
D1Hamilton – Siegenthaler
15:3162% CF
D2Dillon – Nemec
10:4842% CF
D3Kovacevic – Hughes
9:2459% CF

PP1Hamilton – Brown – Bratt – Hischier – Hughes
4:21100% CF
PP2Meier – Bratt – Mercer – Hughes – Nemec
0:59100% CF
PK1FHischier – Mercer
2:28
PK2FBrown – Glass
1:06
PK1DHamilton – Siegenthaler
2:59
PK2DDillon – Hughes
1:05

Current NJD line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

Decided in the shootout: TOR 3 – 4 NJD.

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

Toronto Maple Leafs

TOR skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Auston Matthews C	L1	0	1	1	-1	6	0.59	1	2	0	24:57	—	—	33	36
William Nylander R	L1	1	0	1	-1	2	0.12	0	0	0	22:51	—	—	32	25
Easton Cowan R	L1	0	1	1	-2	0	0.00	0	0	0	17:03	—	—	32	27
John Tavares C	L2	0	1	1	0	4	0.46	1	2	0	16:45	—	—	25	37
Matthew Knies L	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.63	1	2	0	15:48	—	—	23	40
Max Domi C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	15:25	—	—	27	41
Nicolas Roy C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	0	0	17:55	—	—	61	32
Matias Maccelli L	L3	1	0	1	0	3	0.30	0	0	0	16:22	—	—	58	52
Dakota Joshua C	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.10	3	1	2	11:19	—	—	67	51
Calle Jarnkrok C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.06	2	0	0	12:18	—	—	54	54
Nick Robertson L	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.37	0	0	0	10:33	—	—	60	66
Steven Lorentz C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	2	0	0	8:21	—	—	46	59
Jake McCabe D	D1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	0	1	0	26:28	—	—	37	36
Troy Stecher D	D1	0	1	1	-1	2	0.11	1	0	0	20:45	—	—	41	45
Morgan Rielly D	D2	0	0	0	+2	1	0.02	0	2	0	22:35	—	—	35	51
Brandon Carlo D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.04	3	2	2	17:23	—	—	35	43
Simon Benoit D	D3	0	1	1	-2	1	0.08	1	1	0	17:14	—	—	44	22
Philippe Myers D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	1	0	2	14:58	—	—	48	23

TOR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Anthony Stolarz(start)	O	47	44	3	.936	4.86	65:00

New Jersey Devils

NJD skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nico Hischier C	L1	0	2	2	+1	5	0.37	1	0	0	24:17	—	—	71	71
Timo Meier R	L1	1	0	1	+1	7	0.65	0	2	0	19:19	—	—	72	79
Dawson Mercer C	L1	0	1	1	+1	4	0.48	0	0	0	18:49	—	—	75	79
Jesper Bratt L	L2	0	1	1	+1	4	0.21	1	0	0	20:31	—	—	64	75
Cody Glass C	L2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.63	1	0	2	14:36	—	—	55	75
Lenni Hameenaho R	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.29	1	0	0	10:39	—	—	40	53
Jack Hughes C	L3	0	0	0	0	5	0.48	0	0	0	22:44	—	—	53	51
Connor Brown R	L3	1	0	1	0	6	0.72	0	0	0	17:16	—	—	46	36
Arseny Gritsyuk R	L3	1	1	2	+1	1	0.11	0	0	0	17:04	—	—	44	38
Nick Bjugstad C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	8:33	—	—	70	49
Paul Cotter L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.14	1	0	0	7:16	—	—	50	21
Maxim Tsyplakov R	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.05	0	0	0	6:52	—	—	80	68
Dougie Hamilton D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0.26	1	1	0	27:15	—	—	62	65
Jonas Siegenthaler D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.15	1	1	0	20:34	—	—	60	58
Simon Nemec D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.03	0	3	0	18:53	—	—	54	65
Brenden Dillon D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	2	3	2	16:21	—	—	54	67
Luke Hughes D	D3	0	1	1	+2	4	0.19	1	1	0	22:11	—	—	65	54
Johnathan Kovacevic D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	0	0	2	15:51	—	—	65	47

NJD goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jacob Markstrom(start)	W	27	24	3	.889	2.97	65:00

Goal anatomy

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

Matias Maccelli (TOR) 1st 5:26 · assists Dakota Joshua, Simon Benoit · Rush · carried in · 49.1 mph shot · 5.5 s from entry to goal.

Matias Maccelli · 1st 5:26 · TOR

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 1
Shot: 49.1 mph
Distance: 27 ft
Entry to goal: 5.5 s

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Timo Meier · 1st 7:55 · NJD

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 58.8 mph
Distance: 22 ft

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William Nylander · 2nd 3:20 · TOR PP

Play: deflection
Passes: 1
Shot: 35.1 mph
Distance: 14 ft
Type: deflection

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Arseny Gritsyuk · 2nd 6:06 · NJD

Play: cycle
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 2
Shot: 68.6 mph
Distance: 38 ft
Entry to goal: 7.0 s
Type: one-timer

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Matthew Knies · 3rd 13:50 · TOR

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 1
Shot: 17.0 mph
Distance: 27 ft
Entry to goal: 2.5 s

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Connor Brown · 3rd 17:39 · NJD

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 4-on-3
Passes: 1
Shot: 29.2 mph
Distance: 6 ft
Entry to goal: 2.9 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.

Toronto Maple Leafs vs. New Jersey DevilsMar 4, 2026

Fantasy takeaways

New Jersey Devils edge Toronto Maple Leafs 4–3 (SO)

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Head-to-head matchups

Matchup matrix

Sequence card

Lines used

Toronto Maple Leafs

New Jersey Devils

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Toronto Maple Leafs

New Jersey Devils

Goal anatomy

Matias Maccelli · 1st 5:26 · TOR

Timo Meier · 1st 7:55 · NJD

William Nylander · 2nd 3:20 · TOR PP

Arseny Gritsyuk · 2nd 6:06 · NJD

Matthew Knies · 3rd 13:50 · TOR

Connor Brown · 3rd 17:39 · NJD