New York Rangers vs. New Jersey DevilsApr 5, 2025

FinalSaturday, Apr 5, 2025· Prudential Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NYR	0	0	0	0		NYR	4	11	11	26
NJD	0	2	2	4		NJD	7	5	4	16

: NYR 57NJD 43
: NYR 2.97NJD 3.09
PP goals: NYR 0NJD 1
Hits: NYR 24NJD 21
Blocks: NYR 11NJD 11
PIM: NYR 6NJD 6
: NYR 50%NJD 50%

Fantasy takeaways

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

New Jersey Devils rout New York Rangers 4–0

New Jersey Devils beat New York Rangers 4–0 at home. Nico Hischier (NJD) led the scoring with 1G 2A. NJD's first power-play unit (Meier, Bratt, Hischier, Mercer and Hughes) scored 1 power-play goal on 2 attempts in 1:18 together.

Points
Nico Hischier had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 17:16.Hischier
Points
Timo Meier had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 16:36.Meier
Points
Jesper Bratt had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 18:17.Bratt
PP1
NJD's first power-play unit (Meier, Bratt, Hischier, Mercer and Hughes) scored 1 power-play goal on 2 attempts in 1:18 together.Meier Bratt Hischier Mercer Hughes
Luck
NYR scored 0 goals on 2.97 expected goals (57 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for NJD: Sprong–Glass–Cotter skated 8:26 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (23.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Sprong Glass Cotter
Usage
Chris Kreider (NYR) played 10:58, −5:52 down on his 16:50 season average over 67 games.Kreider
Usage
Nico Hischier (NJD) played 17:16, −3:10 down on his 20:26 season average over 74 games.Hischier

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

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

NJD
NYR
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 100 of 100 attempts · NJD 43 · NYR 57

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

NJD
NYR
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: NYR 30% of the game, NJD 31%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

NJD

NYR

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	NYR	NJD
	50	43
	2.12	2.04
	1.97	1.99
	11	5
	2	0
	28	17
	+0.004	−0.004
	30%	31%

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 York Rangers

L1Trocheck – Panarin – Othmann
8:2856% CF
L2Zibanejad – Brodzinski – Cuylle
8:2764% CF
L3Miller – Lafrenière – Perreault
8:2345% CF
L4Kreider – Carrick – Berard
7:4069% CF
D1Vaakanainen – Schneider
16:3561% CF
D2Borgen – Miller
14:2945% CF
D3Soucy – Fox
13:5562% CF

PP1Trocheck – Zibanejad – Miller – Panarin – Fox
2:160% CF
PP2Brodzinski – Miller – Lafrenière – Cuylle – Perreault
1:26100% CF
PK1FTrocheck – Miller
0:47
PK2FCarrick – Cuylle
0:42
PK1DFox – Miller
1:10
PK2DSoucy – Schneider
0:46

Current NYR line combinations →

New Jersey Devils

L1Noesen – Bratt – Hischier
11:2456% CF
L2Haula – Meier – Mercer
11:0655% CF
L3Sprong – Glass – Cotter
8:2623% CF
L4Tatar – Dowling – Palat
7:5740% CF
D1Pesce – Hughes
19:0645% CF
D2Dumoulin – Kovacevic
16:0861% CF
D3Dillon – Casey
11:5240% CF

PP1Meier – Bratt – Hischier – Mercer – Hughes
1:1867% CF
PP2Tatar – Palat – Noesen – Sprong – Casey
0:36100% CF
PK1FHaula – Palat
1:26
PK2FHischier – Mercer
0:43
PK1DDillon – Pesce
2:57
PK2DDumoulin – Kovacevic
0:42

Current NJD line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

10:56
NJDTimo MeierPP (Luke Hughes, Nico Hischier)slap0.13 xG
NYR: Trocheck, Miller, Fox, MillerNJD: Meier, Bratt, Hischier, Mercer, Hughes
NYR 0 – 1 NJD
12:23
NJDJesper BrattSH (Nico Hischier, Brenden Dillon)snap0.11 xG
NYR: Kreider, Zibanejad, Miller, Panarin, FoxNJD: Dillon, Pesce, Bratt, Hischier
NYR 0 – 2 NJD

3rd period

14:59
NJDTimo Meier (Seamus Casey, Dawson Mercer)snap0.19 xG
NYR: Trocheck, Soucy, Brodzinski, Panarin, BorgenNJD: Haula, Dillon, Meier, Mercer, Casey
NYR 0 – 3 NJD
16:12
NJDNico HischierEN (Jesper Bratt)snap0.92 xG
NYR: Kreider, Trocheck, Miller, Fox, Miller, LafrenièreNJD: Dumoulin, Noesen, Pesce, Bratt, Hischier
NYR 0 – 4 NJD

Box score

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

New York Rangers

NYR skaters
Skater	Line	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Artemi Panarin L	L1	-2	2	0.21	0	0	0	20:27	—	—	46	32
Vincent Trocheck C	L1	-2	0	0.11	2	1	2	19:06	—	—	55	36
Brennan Othmann L	L1	0	1	0.11	4	1	0	13:08	—	—	50	49
Mika Zibanejad C	L2	-1	2	0.04	1	0	0	16:11	—	—	53	66
Jonny Brodzinski C	L2	-1	3	0.44	0	0	0	16:00	—	—	58	54
Will Cuylle L	L2	0	2	0.40	0	1	0	15:54	—	—	71	93
J.T. Miller C	L3	-2	2	0.26	4	0	0	19:03	—	—	44	51
Alexis Lafrenière L	L3	-1	3	0.29	5	0	0	16:20	—	—	42	59
Gabe Perreault R	L3	0	1	0.14	0	0	0	13:48	—	—	33	28
Sam Carrick C	L4	0	2	0.12	2	1	2	12:19	—	—	59	59
Chris Kreider L	L4	-2	1	0.18	1	1	0	10:58	—	—	68	82
Brett Berard L	L4	0	1	0.02	2	0	0	10:00	—	—	63	69
Braden Schneider D	D1	0	0	0.01	0	2	0	19:09	—	—	62	43
Urho Vaakanainen D	D1	0	1	0.04	0	1	0	18:54	—	—	63	55
K'Andre Miller D	D2	-1	2	0.36	2	2	0	23:21	—	—	41	50
Will Borgen D	D2	-1	0	0.00	0	0	2	16:18	—	—	44	64
Adam Fox D	D3	-2	3	0.20	0	0	0	20:27	—	—	61	50
Carson Soucy D	D3	-1	0	0.04	1	1	0	17:37	—	—	54	38

NYR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Igor Shesterkin(start)	L	15	12	3	.800	2.17	58:56

New Jersey Devils

NJD skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jesper Bratt L	L1	1	1	2	+2	3	0.29	0	0	0	18:17	—	—	53	51
Nico Hischier C	L1	1	2	3	+2	1	1.07	1	0	0	17:16	—	—	56	57
Stefan Noesen R	L1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.17	2	0	0	16:31	—	—	52	57
Dawson Mercer C	L2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.09	1	0	2	17:28	—	—	56	66
Erik Haula L	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.30	2	1	0	17:23	—	—	57	68
Timo Meier R	L2	2	0	2	+1	3	0.55	4	0	2	16:36	—	—	50	61
Daniel Sprong R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.09	0	0	0	12:30	—	—	38	30
Cody Glass C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	1	0	0	12:00	—	—	45	34
Paul Cotter L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	1	0	11:28	—	—	27	12
Ondrej Palat L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.29	2	1	0	14:04	—	—	42	40
Justin Dowling C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	2	12:25	—	—	28	51
Tomas Tatar L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	12:19	—	—	43	64
Brett Pesce D	D1	0	0	0	+2	0	0.00	0	2	0	25:08	—	—	42	44
Luke Hughes D	D1	0	1	1	0	3	0.16	1	2	0	22:16	—	—	45	60
Johnathan Kovacevic D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	1	0	19:59	—	—	54	60
Brian Dumoulin D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	18:53	—	—	62	60
Brenden Dillon D	D3	0	1	1	+2	0	0.00	1	2	0	17:08	—	—	38	34
Seamus Casey D	D3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	1	0	0	14:24	—	—	32	34

NJD goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jacob Markstrom(start)	W	26	26	0	.1000	2.97	59:55

Goal anatomy

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

Timo Meier (NJD PP) 2nd 10:56 · assists Luke Hughes, Nico Hischier · Off the faceoff · 87.9 mph shot.

Timo Meier · 2nd 10:56 · NJD PP

Play: faceoff
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 87.9 mph
Distance: 26 ft
Type: one-timer

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Jesper Bratt · 2nd 12:23 · NJD SH

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 30.2 mph
Distance: 7 ft
Entry to goal: 2.3 s
Type: one-timer

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Timo Meier · 3rd 14:59 · NJD

Play: turnover-forecheck
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 7.3 mph
Distance: 11 ft
Entry to goal: 10.0 s

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Nico Hischier · 3rd 16:12 · NJD EN

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 41.1 mph
Distance: 9 ft
Entry to goal: 4.1 s

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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.