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San Jose Sharks vs. New Jersey DevilsOct 24, 2025

Final· Prudential Center
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Goals123TShots123T
SJS1001SJS701017
NJD0213NJD813829
SJS 45NJD 70
SJS 2.29NJD 4.48
PP goals
SJS 1NJD 2
Hits
SJS 11NJD 22
Blocks
SJS 21NJD 18
PIM
SJS 10NJD 8
SJS 55%NJD 45%

Fantasy takeaways

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

New Jersey Devils beat San Jose Sharks 3–1

New Jersey Devils beat San Jose Sharks 3–1 at home. Dougie Hamilton (NJD) led the scoring with 2G 1A. NJD's first power-play unit (Hamilton, Bratt, Hischier, Hughes and Mercer) scored 2 power-play goals on 23 attempts in 7:13 together.

  1. Points
    Dougie Hamilton had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 5 shots in 25:51.Hamilton
  2. Points
    Nico Hischier had 3 assists (3 points) on 5 shots in 22:03.Hischier
  3. PP1
    NJD's first power-play unit (Hamilton, Bratt, Hischier, Hughes and Mercer) scored 2 power-play goals on 23 attempts in 7:13 together.HamiltonBrattHischierHughesMercer
  4. PP1
    SJS's first power-play unit (Orlov, Toffoli, Eklund, Smith and Celebrini) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 3:38 together.OrlovToffoliEklundSmithCelebrini
  5. New line
    New look for SJS: Gaudette–Kurashev–Graf skated 5:42 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (56.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.GaudetteKurashevGraf
  6. Usage
    Simon Nemec (NJD) played 12:04, −7:43 down on his 19:47 season average over 67 games.Nemec
  7. Usage
    Dougie Hamilton (NJD) played 25:51, +4:22 up on his 21:29 season average over 76 games.Hamilton
  8. Usage
    Dawson Mercer (NJD) played 21:58, +3:47 up on his 18:11 season average over 81 games.Mercer

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, SJS at NJD: 115 attempts, 46 on goal, 4 goals, 6.77 expected goals; best chance Connor Brown at 0.96 xG.

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

Showing 115 of 115 attempts · NJD 70 · SJS 45

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

Game flow, SJS at NJD: expected goals 4.48 to 2.29 (NJD led the chances), shot attempts 70 to 45, 4 goals.

0.01.02.03.04.05.01st2nd3rdNJDSJSEHHBnet xGcumulative expected goals · 60:00
  • NJD
  • SJS
  • Goal
  • Power play (shaded)
Pressure Index
NJDSJScontrol2nd3rdEklund · 1st 2:25Hamilton · 2nd 0:40Hamilton · 2nd 9:08Brown · 3rd 19:13
  • NJD pressure
  • SJS pressure
  • Goal
  • Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: SJS 25% of the game, NJD 52%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

Shift chart, SJS at NJD: 38 players over 60:00; most ice Jake Allen (59:51) for NJD and Yaroslav Askarov (58:15) for SJS, 4 goals.

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

Head-to-head matchups

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

Matchup matrix

Head-to-head matrix, NJD rows versus SJS columns: 250 matchups; most common Meier vs Celebrini, 10:15 at 64% xGF.

NJD ↓ · SJS →CelebriniSmithToffoliWennbergEklundSkinnerGrafKurashevGaudetteDellandreaGoodrowReavesLiljegrenOrlovFerraroIorioDickinsonDesharnaisL1 HischierL1 MeierL1 GritsyukL2 MercerL2 BrownL2 CotterL3 HughesL3 BrattL3 PalatL4 GlendeningL4 NoesenL4 HalonenD1 PesceD1 HughesD2 HamiltonD2 SiegenthalerD3 DillonD3 Nemec
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
StatSJSNJD
3549
1.581.73
1.541.62
68
52
1417
+0.021−0.021
25%52%

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.

San Jose Sharks

Current SJS line combinations →

New Jersey Devils

Current NJD line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

  1. 2:25
    SJSWilliam EklundPP (Macklin Celebrini)snap0.29 xG
    SJS: Orlov, Toffoli, Eklund, Smith, CelebriniNJD: Hamilton, Siegenthaler, Bratt, Hughes
    SJS 1 – 0 NJD

2nd period

  1. 0:40
    NJDDougie HamiltonPP (Dawson Mercer, Nico Hischier)wrist0.18 xG
    SJS: Desharnais, Ferraro, Dellandrea, GrafNJD: Hamilton, Bratt, Hischier, Hughes, Mercer
    SJS 1 – 1 NJD
  2. 9:08
    NJDDougie HamiltonPP (Jack Hughes, Nico Hischier)slap0.16 xG
    SJS: Orlov, Wennberg, Liljegren, DellandreaNJD: Hamilton, Bratt, Hischier, Hughes, Mercer
    SJS 1 – 2 NJD

3rd period

  1. 19:13
    NJDConnor BrownEN (Dougie Hamilton, Nico Hischier)backhand0.96 xG
    SJS: Orlov, Toffoli, Wennberg, Eklund, Smith, CelebriniNJD: Hamilton, Brown, Siegenthaler, Meier, Hischier
    SJS 1 – 3 NJD

Box score

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

San Jose Sharks

SJS skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Macklin Celebrini CL1011-140.2821022:07——5052
Will Smith CL1000-120.2100020:39——5052
Tyler Toffoli CL1000-110.0600019:29——5052
Alexander Wennberg CL2000-100.0003020:35——2651
William Eklund LL2101-130.6400018:19——3556
Jeff Skinner LL2000000.0300215:08——3251
Collin Graf RL3000010.0911014:08——4646
Philipp Kurashev CL3000010.1301011:21——5946
Adam Gaudette RL3000030.6900211:16——5042
Ty Dellandrea CL4000000.0021011:34——2238
Barclay Goodrow CL4000010.060209:54——2238
Ryan Reaves RL4000000.063004:53——3341
Timothy Liljegren DD1000000.0002024:28——2927
Dmitry Orlov DD1000-100.0304224:25——4073
Mario Ferraro DD2000010.0113018:46——4337
Vincent Iorio DD2000000.0000214:03——5963
Sam Dickinson DD3000000.0012017:20——4863
Vincent Desharnais DD3000000.0011213:59——3616
SJS goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Yaroslav Askarov(start)L28262.9293.5258:15

New Jersey Devils

NJD skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Nico Hischier CL1033+150.8101222:03——6537
Timo Meier RL1000+120.1841217:19——5434
Arseny Gritsyuk RL1000020.1040014:34——7060
Dawson Mercer CL2011020.2310021:58——6369
Connor Brown RL2101+110.9700216:42——5838
Paul Cotter LL2000030.3020012:47——7378
Jack Hughes CL3011020.5402021:15——4853
Jesper Bratt LL3000010.3110019:14——4763
Ondrej Palat LL3000020.3422010:52——5061
Luke Glendening CL4000010.0610010:38——5624
Stefan Noesen RL4000010.103007:00——6747
Brian Halonen LL4000000.001006:33——5747
Brett Pesce DD1000000.0202020:36——5852
Luke Hughes DD1000000.0001019:24——6677
Dougie Hamilton DD2213+150.5113025:51——5019
Jonas Siegenthaler DD2000+100.0001017:23——5744
Brenden Dillon DD3000010.0023016:42——4838
Simon Nemec DD3000010.0202212:04——6868
NJD goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Jake Allen(start)W17161.9412.2959:51

Goal anatomy

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

William Eklund (SJS PP) 1st 2:25 · assists Macklin Celebrini · Odd-man rush · carried in · 4-on-2 at the blue line · 44.1 mph shot · 3.5 s from entry to goal.

William Eklund · 1st 2:25 · SJS PP

Play
odd-man-rush
Entry
carry
Odd man
4-on-2
Passes
0
Shot
44.1 mph
Distance
16 ft
Entry to goal
3.5 s

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Connor Brown · 3rd 19:13 · NJD EN

Play
odd-man-rush
Entry
carry
Odd man
1-on-0
Passes
0
Shot
14.6 mph
Distance
8 ft
Entry to goal
2.7 s

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