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New Jersey DevilsNJD 1–4 Final Boston BruinsBOS

Saturday, December 6, 2025

Final 1st2nd3rd T SOG
New Jersey DevilsNJD 100 1 30
Boston BruinsBOS 112 4 22

No impact calculated for this game. Impacts are calculated for games in the next 7 days.

Highlights

Scoring

1st Period
17:42 BOS Fraser Minten (4) Mark Kastelic (5), Tanner Jeannot (9) · snap xG 0.17 0–1 ▶
18:39 NJD Timo Meier (11) Nico Hischier (16), Luke Hughes (14) · snap xG 0.26 1–1 ▶
2nd Period
1:12 BOS Morgan Geekie (22) Elias Lindholm (13) · snap xG 0.26 1–2 ▶
3rd Period
16:25 BOS Casey Mittelstadt (6) Pavel Zacha (14), Viktor Arvidsson (6) · snap xG 0.14 1–3 ▶
17:46 BOS Andrew Peeke (1)EN Unassisted · snap xG 0.41 1–4 ▶

Score away–home after each goal; season totals in parentheses.

Shot quality

Expected goals (xG) rate every unblocked shot by how often shots like it go in, from where it was taken, the shot type, the strength and what happened just before it. How it works

NJD 51%Deserve to win49% BOS
NJDBOS
2.39Expected goals2.75
1Goals (no shootout)4
2.19Expected goals, 5 on 52.21
71Shot attempts53
48Unblocked attempts35
30Shots on goal22

Game notes

What stood out as the game went on, from the play-by-play and the shifts. Time on the bench is counted in 5-on-5 play outside the penalty box; the note says the player sat, not why. Goals saved are against the shots' expected goals (xG).

3rd Period
17:18 NJD Pulled goalie Pulled goalie · Pulled Allen, down 3–1
With 2:42 left; BOS scored at 17:46 of the 3rd (1–4)

Shot map

NJD shoots ←Bigger circle: higher xG; filled: goal→ BOS shoots
Nico Hischier: snap, 30 ft, xG 0.03 (P1 0:21) Morgan Geekie: slap, 54 ft, xG 0.01 (P1 1:27) Mason Lohrei: slap, 59 ft, xG 0.03 (P1 1:39) Jesper Bratt: snap, 32 ft, xG 0.12 (P1 2:30) Dougie Hamilton: snap, 60 ft, xG 0.01 (P1 2:43) Timo Meier: snap, 51 ft, xG 0.01 (P1 3:00) Stefan Noesen: deflected, 19 ft, xG 0.07 (P1 3:02) Luke Hughes: wrist, 62 ft, xG 0.01 (P1 3:07) Connor Brown: wrist, 9 ft, xG 0.03 (P1 4:11) Paul Cotter: wrist, 76 ft, xG 0.00 (P1 4:57) Nikita Zadorov: backhand, 10 ft, xG 0.08 (P1 5:33) Jonathan Aspirot: slap, 56 ft, xG 0.04 (P1 5:46) Dougie Hamilton: wrist, 67 ft, xG 0.00 (P1 7:35) Marat Khusnutdinov: tip-in, 25 ft, xG 0.04 (P1 8:15) Viktor Arvidsson: slap, 42 ft, xG 0.02 (P1 11:52) Connor Brown: wrist, 9 ft, xG 0.09 (P1 15:06) Connor Brown: wrist, 5 ft, xG 0.03 (P1 15:06) Connor Brown: backhand, 6 ft, xG 0.06 (P1 15:07) Dougie Hamilton: slap, 60 ft, xG 0.05 (P1 18:06) Cody Glass: tip-in, 29 ft, xG 0.06 (P1 18:21) Arseny Gritsyuk: snap, 51 ft, xG 0.01 (P1 18:27) Elias Lindholm: tip-in, 9 ft, xG 0.10 (P2 1:07) Marat Khusnutdinov: backhand, 19 ft, xG 0.11 (P2 2:34) Nikita Zadorov: backhand, 6 ft, xG 0.16 (P2 2:59) Cody Glass: snap, 9 ft, xG 0.14 (P2 4:15) Casey Mittelstadt: tip-in, 17 ft, xG 0.02 (P2 5:33) Jonas Siegenthaler: snap, 64 ft, xG 0.01 (P2 7:24) Brenden Dillon: wrist, 172 ft, xG 0.00 (P2 7:43) Timo Meier: snap, 50 ft, xG 0.01 (P2 9:19) Dennis Cholowski: snap, 51 ft, xG 0.03 (P2 9:25) Dennis Cholowski: snap, 24 ft, xG 0.04 (P2 9:36) Simon Nemec: slap, 57 ft, xG 0.04 (P2 9:44) Dougie Hamilton: snap, 24 ft, xG 0.12 (P2 10:05) Mason Lohrei: snap, 39 ft, xG 0.02 (P2 11:37) Luke Hughes: slap, 42 ft, xG 0.04 (P2 11:54) Nico Hischier: tip-in, 13 ft, xG 0.06 (P2 13:05) Timo Meier: snap, 22 ft, xG 0.22 (P2 13:08) Simon Nemec: snap, 40 ft, xG 0.03 (P2 15:13) Dawson Mercer: tip-in, 18 ft, xG 0.09 (P2 15:22) Sean Kuraly: snap, 149 ft, xG 0.00 (P2 15:38) Morgan Geekie: snap, 38 ft, xG 0.07 (P2 16:52) Nikita Zadorov: snap, 24 ft, xG 0.16 (P2 17:20) Jonas Siegenthaler: wrist, 55 ft, xG 0.02 (P2 19:06) Jonas Siegenthaler: snap, 37 ft, xG 0.02 (P2 19:21) Jesper Bratt: slap, 62 ft, xG 0.02 (P2 19:34) Ondrej Palat: wrist, 36 ft, xG 0.04 (P2 19:52) Viktor Arvidsson: tip-in, 101 ft, xG 0.00 (P3 0:04) Casey Mittelstadt: snap, 32 ft, xG 0.11 (P3 0:23) Viktor Arvidsson: tip-in, 10 ft, xG 0.10 (P3 0:30) Cody Glass: wrist, 45 ft, xG 0.03 (P3 1:28) Cody Glass: snap, 35 ft, xG 0.04 (P3 1:34) Luke Hughes: slap, 60 ft, xG 0.02 (P3 1:39) Tanner Jeannot: snap, 36 ft, xG 0.02 (P3 2:03) Tanner Jeannot: snap, 16 ft, xG 0.06 (P3 2:04) Fraser Minten: snap, 13 ft, xG 0.02 (P3 2:05) Mason Lohrei: snap, 35 ft, xG 0.03 (P3 3:15) Dougie Hamilton: snap, 47 ft, xG 0.00 (P3 3:56) Nico Hischier: wrist, 17 ft, xG 0.08 (P3 4:00) Tanner Jeannot: tip-in, 10 ft, xG 0.08 (P3 5:18) Arseny Gritsyuk: snap, 50 ft, xG 0.02 (P3 5:28) Viktor Arvidsson: snap, 57 ft, xG 0.04 (P3 6:32) Nikita Zadorov: snap, 43 ft, xG 0.05 (P3 6:52) Elias Lindholm: tip-in, 95 ft, xG 0.00 (P3 7:15) Victor Soderstrom: snap, 65 ft, xG 0.00 (P3 7:28) Stefan Noesen: tip-in, 88 ft, xG 0.00 (P3 8:32) Hampus Lindholm: snap, 47 ft, xG 0.04 (P3 9:39) Alex Steeves: slap, 30 ft, xG 0.08 (P3 10:36) Luke Hughes: wrist, 184 ft, xG 0.00 (P3 10:48) Viktor Arvidsson: snap, 37 ft, xG 0.06 (P3 11:11) Connor Brown: snap, 50 ft, xG 0.01 (P3 12:19) Connor Brown: deflected, 13 ft, xG 0.15 (P3 12:29) Jesper Bratt: slap, 33 ft, xG 0.02 (P3 14:08) Dougie Hamilton: snap, 50 ft, xG 0.00 (P3 14:11) Connor Brown: wrist, 14 ft, xG 0.12 (P3 15:00) Nikita Zadorov: snap, 52 ft, xG 0.01 (P3 15:45) Tanner Jeannot: snap, 16 ft, xG 0.20 (P3 16:56) Timo Meier: slap, 41 ft, xG 0.07 (P3 17:22) Jonas Siegenthaler: snap, 41 ft, xG 0.01 (P3 18:45) Fraser Minten: GOAL, snap, 18 ft, xG 0.17 (P1 17:42) Timo Meier: GOAL, snap, 10 ft, xG 0.26 (P1 18:39) Morgan Geekie: GOAL, snap, 14 ft, xG 0.26 (P2 1:12) Casey Mittelstadt: GOAL, snap, 9 ft, xG 0.14 (P3 16:25) Andrew Peeke: GOAL, snap, 147 ft, xG 0.41 (P3 17:46)
About these numbers

xG comes from hockeystats.io's own model, a gradient-boosted tree model trained on every unblocked shot from the 2021-22 to 2025-26 regular seasons using the NHL's public play-by-play. Each shot's value is the share of similar shots that became goals. A team's xG is the sum over its shots; "deserve to win" asks how often the team would outscore its opponent if every shot went in at exactly that rate. Blocked shots count as attempts but have no xG (the NHL records where they were blocked, not where they were taken), so the map leaves them out.

Box score

New Jersey Devils

Skater GAP+/− AttxG HitBlkTOI
Forwards
63 Jesper Bratt 000 -1 30.15 1120:01
28 Timo Meier 101 -2 60.58 3219:43
16 Connor Brown 000 -1 70.50 0019:23
13 Nico Hischier 011 -2 60.17 1218:52
12 Cody Glass 000 -1 50.28 0016:25
91 Dawson Mercer 000 -1 10.09 0016:23
81 Arseny Gritsyuk 000 -2 80.04 1114:43
81 Ondrej Palat 000 0 10.04 1012:59
47 Paul Cotter 000 0 20.00 1011:13
11 Stefan Noesen 000 -1 30.07 0010:49
41 Luke Glendening 000 0 00.00 2108:44
Defense
7 Dougie Hamilton 000 -2 70.19 0223:25
43 Luke Hughes 011 0 90.08 1023:05
71 Jonas Siegenthaler 000 -1 60.07 0222:15
71 Simon Nemec 000 0 30.07 1120:45
5 Brenden Dillon 000 -1 20.00 2016:35
44 Dennis Cholowski 000 -1 20.06 1213:29
Goalie SAGA SVSV% xGA GSAx
Jake Allen 21318 .857 2.33 -0.67

Boston Bruins

Skater GAP+/− AttxG HitBlkTOI
Forwards
11 Casey Mittelstadt 101 0 40.27 0016:36
39 Morgan Geekie 101 +2 40.34 1016:30
18 Pavel Zacha 011 0 10.00 1016:15
28 Elias Lindholm 011 +2 20.10 0115:53
33 Viktor Arvidsson 011 0 60.22 0115:49
84 Tanner Jeannot 011 +1 50.35 7115:16
21 Alex Steeves 000 +2 10.08 4015:15
93 Fraser Minten 101 +1 20.19 2014:47
47 Mark Kastelic 011 +1 10.00 4013:59
52 Sean Kuraly 000 0 20.00 1013:47
92 Marat Khusnutdinov 000 0 20.15 0012:38
81 Michael Eyssimont 000 0 00.00 1012:19
Defense
27 Hampus Lindholm 000 0 20.04 0322:29
20 Andrew Peeke 101 0 50.41 1422:17
45 Jonathan Aspirot 000 +3 10.04 1221:07
91 Nikita Zadorov 000 +3 70.47 0220:14
6 Mason Lohrei 000 0 40.08 1317:52
Goalie SAGA SVSV% xGA GSAx
Jeremy Swayman 30129 .967 2.39 +1.39

Skaters by time on ice. Goalie lines count shots with the goalie in net, from the NHL play-by-play.

Player ratings

What each player added to the result, in goals, from most to least. Hover a number for what it's made of.

New Jersey Devils

Player Rating Points Shots On ice Pen FO Other GSAx TOI
28 Timo Meier R +1.47 +0.75 +0.38 +0.24 0.00 0.00 +0.10 — 19:43
13 Nico Hischier C +1.09 +0.70 +0.11 +0.11 +0.15 -0.04 +0.06 — 18:52
63 Jesper Bratt L +0.55 0.00 +0.10 +0.40 0.00 0.00 +0.05 — 20:01
7 Dougie Hamilton D +0.43 0.00 +0.12 +0.25 0.00 0.00 +0.06 — 23:25
71 Jonas Siegenthaler D +0.41 0.00 +0.04 +0.29 0.00 0.00 +0.08 — 22:15
12 Cody Glass C +0.28 0.00 +0.18 +0.11 0.00 +0.01 -0.02 — 16:25
18 Ondrej Palat L +0.24 0.00 +0.02 +0.22 0.00 0.00 0.00 — 12:59
43 Luke Hughes D +0.21 +0.55 +0.05 -0.37 0.00 0.00 -0.02 — 23:05
16 Connor Brown R +0.18 0.00 +0.32 -0.17 0.00 0.00 +0.02 — 19:23
81 Arseny Gritsyuk R +0.16 0.00 +0.02 +0.13 0.00 0.00 +0.01 — 14:43
17 Simon Nemec D +0.05 0.00 +0.05 -0.06 0.00 0.00 +0.07 — 20:45
91 Dawson Mercer C +0.04 0.00 +0.06 +0.03 0.00 -0.01 -0.04 — 16:23
11 Stefan Noesen R -0.18 0.00 +0.05 -0.21 0.00 -0.01 0.00 — 10:49
44 Dennis Cholowski D -0.20 0.00 +0.04 -0.17 -0.15 0.00 +0.08 — 13:29
36 Angus Crookshank C -0.41 0.00 0.00 -0.49 0.00 0.00 +0.08 — 9:39
14 Luke Glendening C -0.56 0.00 0.00 -0.57 0.00 -0.02 +0.03 — 8:44
34 Jake Allen G -0.67 0.00 — — 0.00 — — -0.67 59:32
5 Brenden Dillon D -0.67 0.00 0.00 -0.65 0.00 0.00 -0.02 — 16:35
47 Paul Cotter L -0.69 0.00 0.00 -0.69 0.00 0.00 0.00 — 11:13

Boston Bruins

Player Rating Points Shots On ice Pen FO Other GSAx TOI
39 Morgan Geekie C +1.62 +0.75 +0.22 +0.65 0.00 +0.02 -0.02 — 16:30
91 Nikita Zadorov D +1.42 0.00 +0.31 +1.20 -0.15 0.00 +0.06 — 20:14
1 Jeremy Swayman G +1.39 0.00 — — 0.00 — — +1.39 60:00
28 Elias Lindholm C +1.36 +0.70 +0.07 +0.54 0.00 +0.02 +0.03 — 15:53
45 Jonathan Aspirot D +1.30 0.00 +0.02 +1.20 0.00 0.00 +0.08 — 21:07
93 Fraser Minten C +1.22 +0.75 +0.12 +0.40 0.00 -0.04 -0.02 — 14:47
84 Tanner Jeannot L +1.14 +0.55 +0.23 +0.32 0.00 -0.01 +0.05 — 15:16
47 Mark Kastelic C +0.95 +0.70 0.00 +0.23 0.00 +0.04 -0.02 — 13:59
26 Andrew Peeke D +0.95 +0.75 +0.27 -0.25 0.00 0.00 +0.18 — 22:17
21 Alex Steeves C +0.51 0.00 +0.05 +0.46 0.00 0.00 0.00 — 15:15
11 Casey Mittelstadt C +0.51 +0.75 +0.18 -0.39 0.00 0.00 -0.02 — 16:36
18 Pavel Zacha C +0.44 +0.70 0.00 -0.31 0.00 +0.03 +0.02 — 16:15
71 Viktor Arvidsson L +0.32 +0.55 +0.14 -0.42 0.00 0.00 +0.05 — 15:49
92 Marat Khusnutdinov C +0.08 0.00 +0.10 -0.14 +0.15 0.00 -0.02 — 12:38
6 Mason Lohrei D -0.22 0.00 +0.05 -0.40 0.00 0.00 +0.13 — 17:52
52 Sean Kuraly C -0.29 0.00 0.00 -0.30 0.00 +0.01 0.00 — 13:47
27 Hampus Lindholm D -0.32 0.00 +0.03 -0.48 0.00 0.00 +0.13 — 22:29
81 Michael Eyssimont C -0.32 0.00 0.00 -0.28 0.00 0.00 -0.04 — 12:19
29 Victor Soderstrom D -0.41 0.00 0.00 -0.40 0.00 0.00 -0.01 — 14:57

An expected-goals take on Dom Luszczyszyn's Game Score: goals and assists, the quality of a player's own shots, shot quality for and against while they were on the ice at 5v5, penalties, faceoffs and puck plays, all in goals; goalies by goals saved above expected. From the NHL play-by-play and shift charts.