Minnesota Wild vs. New Jersey DevilsOct 22, 2025

FinalWednesday, Oct 22, 2025· Prudential Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
MIN	0	0	1	1		MIN	8	11	12	31
NJD	1	1	2	4		NJD	14	11	10	35

: MIN 68NJD 71
: MIN 2.45NJD 3.45
PP goals: MIN 0NJD 1
Hits: MIN 25NJD 8
Blocks: MIN 20NJD 19
PIM: MIN 4NJD 6
: MIN 53%NJD 47%

Fantasy takeaways

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

New Jersey Devils beat Minnesota Wild 4–1

New Jersey Devils beat Minnesota Wild 4–1 at home. Dawson Mercer (NJD) led the scoring with 0G 2A. New look for NJD: Meier–Hischier–Gritsyuk skated 11:35 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (52.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Dawson Mercer had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 16:46.Mercer
New line
New look for NJD: Meier–Hischier–Gritsyuk skated 11:35 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (52.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Meier Hischier Gritsyuk
New line
New look for NJD: Brown–Cotter–Mercer skated 9:12 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (61.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Brown Cotter Mercer
New line
New look for NJD: Noesen–Glendening–Halonen skated 4:55 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (27.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Noesen Glendening Halonen
Usage
Jesper Bratt (NJD) played 15:10, −3:38 down on his 18:48 season average over 81 games.Bratt
Usage
Paul Cotter (NJD) played 14:14, +3:36 up on his 10:38 season average over 78 games.Cotter
Usage
Simon Nemec (NJD) played 16:30, −3:13 down on his 19:43 season average over 67 games.Nemec
Usage
Brock Faber (MIN) played 20:39, −4:05 down on his 24:44 season average over 79 games.Faber

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

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

NJD
MIN
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 139 of 139 attempts · NJD 71 · MIN 68

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

NJD
MIN
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: MIN 30% of the game, NJD 36%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

NJD

MIN

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

NJD skaters (rows) against MIN 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	MIN	NJD
	66	77
	2.36	3.24
	2.27	3.09
	23	17
	2	2
	22	16
	+0.023	−0.023
	30%	36%

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.

Minnesota Wild

L1Foligno – Hinostroza – Hartman
7:3352% CF
L2Eriksson Ek – Kaprizov – Boldy
7:2433% CF
L3Pitlick – Trenin – Yurov
6:3236% CF
L4Johansson – Tarasenko – Rossi
5:3441% CF
D1Brodin – Faber
16:4051% CF
D2Spurgeon – Buium
12:2947% CF
D3Middleton – Jiricek
11:0142% CF

PP1Tarasenko – Eriksson Ek – Kaprizov – Boldy – Buium
3:50100% CF
PP2Spurgeon – Johansson – Hinostroza – Hartman – Rossi
1:02100% CF
PK1FJohansson – Eriksson Ek
1:07
PK2FBoldy – Rossi
0:33
PK1DBrodin – Faber
1:32
PK2DSpurgeon – Middleton
0:29

Current MIN line combinations →

New Jersey Devils

L1Meier – Hischier – Gritsyuk
11:3552% CF
L2Palat – Bratt – Hughes
10:0048% CF
L3Brown – Cotter – Mercer
9:1262% CF
L4Noesen – Glendening – Halonen
4:5527% CF
D1Pesce – Hughes
16:3953% CF
D2Hamilton – Siegenthaler
16:0350% CF
D3Dillon – Nemec
15:4455% CF

PP1Hamilton – Bratt – Hischier – Hughes – Mercer
1:07100% CF
PP2Palat – Noesen – Meier – Gritsyuk – Hughes
0:54100% CF
PK1FHischier – Mercer
2:47
PK2FGlendening – Brown
2:00
PK1DDillon – Pesce
2:28
PK2DHamilton – Siegenthaler
2:11

Current NJD 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.

Minnesota Wild

MIN skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Ryan Hartman R	L1	0	0	0	-2	4	0.59	0	3	0	16:57	—	—	55	51
Vinnie Hinostroza C	L1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.12	3	0	0	14:09	—	—	43	30
Marcus Foligno L	L1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	7	0	2	11:55	—	—	42	26
Kirill Kaprizov L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.07	0	1	0	21:35	—	—	44	48
Matt Boldy L	L2	1	0	1	0	7	0.61	0	1	0	21:29	—	—	54	53
Joel Eriksson Ek C	L2	0	1	1	0	2	0.21	0	2	0	18:07	—	—	30	38
Danila Yurov R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.18	0	1	0	11:31	—	—	39	26
Yakov Trenin C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	5	2	0	11:08	—	—	40	12
Tyler Pitlick C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	3	1	0	10:23	—	—	40	28
Marcus Johansson L	L4	0	0	0	0	4	0.26	0	0	0	17:14	—	—	56	50
Marco Rossi C	L4	0	0	0	-1	3	0.20	1	2	0	15:58	—	—	54	50
Vladimir Tarasenko R	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	0	0	0	14:44	—	—	44	43
Jonas Brodin D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	0	3	0	22:46	—	—	42	39
Brock Faber D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	1	2	0	20:39	—	—	54	52
Zeev Buium D	D2	0	1	1	0	2	0.08	0	0	0	21:14	—	—	48	41
Jared Spurgeon D	D2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	4	1	0	19:17	—	—	44	34
Jake Middleton D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	1	1	0	16:20	—	—	38	24
David Jiricek D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	0	2	13:01	—	—	47	56

MIN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Filip Gustavsson(start)	L	34	31	3	.912	3.05	59:29

New Jersey Devils

NJD skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nico Hischier C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.29	0	0	0	19:29	—	—	65	55
Timo Meier R	L1	0	1	1	-1	2	0.10	1	0	0	18:22	—	—	69	56
Arseny Gritsyuk R	L1	1	0	1	0	2	0.30	1	0	0	15:55	—	—	54	40
Jack Hughes C	L2	0	0	0	+1	6	0.68	0	0	0	19:40	—	—	60	67
Jesper Bratt L	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.44	0	0	0	15:10	—	—	51	61
Ondrej Palat L	L2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	13:57	—	—	50	62
Dawson Mercer C	L3	0	2	2	+2	1	0.10	0	2	0	16:46	—	—	55	75
Connor Brown R	L3	0	1	1	+2	1	0.14	0	2	0	15:08	—	—	62	84
Paul Cotter L	L3	1	0	1	+2	2	0.30	2	0	0	14:14	—	—	57	68
Luke Glendening C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	0	2	0	9:37	—	—	21	32
Brian Halonen L	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.19	0	0	0	8:24	—	—	20	32
Stefan Noesen R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	8:14	—	—	29	59
Brett Pesce D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.14	0	1	0	22:31	—	—	55	65
Luke Hughes D	D1	0	0	0	0	6	0.25	1	1	4	19:43	—	—	54	57
Dougie Hamilton D	D2	0	0	0	+1	3	0.36	0	3	0	21:54	—	—	54	49
Jonas Siegenthaler D	D2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.09	0	2	0	19:44	—	—	49	38
Brenden Dillon D	D3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.04	1	2	2	18:42	—	—	53	57
Simon Nemec D	D3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.02	0	4	0	16:30	—	—	55	71

NJD goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Nico Daws(start)	W	31	30	1	.968	2.45	60:00

Goal anatomy

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

Paul Cotter (NJD) 1st 16:21 · assists Connor Brown, Dawson Mercer · Forecheck turnover · 12.8 mph shot.

Paul Cotter · 1st 16:21 · NJD

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 12.8 mph
Distance: 9 ft

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Brenden Dillon · 2nd 6:08 · NJD

Play: point-shot
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 56.3 mph
Distance: 63 ft
Type: one-timer

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Arseny Gritsyuk · 3rd 4:53 · NJD PP

Play: faceoff
Passes: 1
Shot: 68.9 mph
Distance: 28 ft

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Matt Boldy · 3rd 10:37 · MIN

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 46.1 mph
Distance: 27 ft
Entry to goal: 4.2 s

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Jesper Bratt · 3rd 18:43 · NJD EN

Play: dump-and-chase
Entry: dump
Odd man: 6-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 23.6 mph
Distance: 21 ft
Entry to goal: 1.5 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.

Minnesota Wild vs. New Jersey DevilsOct 22, 2025

Fantasy takeaways

New Jersey Devils beat Minnesota Wild 4–1

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Head-to-head matchups

Matchup matrix

Sequence card

Lines used

Minnesota Wild

New Jersey Devils

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Minnesota Wild

New Jersey Devils

Goal anatomy

Paul Cotter · 1st 16:21 · NJD

Brenden Dillon · 2nd 6:08 · NJD

Arseny Gritsyuk · 3rd 4:53 · NJD PP

Matt Boldy · 3rd 10:37 · MIN

Jesper Bratt · 3rd 18:43 · NJD EN