New Jersey DevilsNJD 3–2 Final Columbus Blue JacketsCBJ

Wednesday, December 31, 2025

Final 1st2nd3rd T SOG
New Jersey DevilsNJD 003 3 33
Columbus Blue JacketsCBJ 110 2 35

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

Highlights

Scoring

1st Period
6:18 CBJ Mason Marchment (8) Kirill Marchenko (17), Dysin Mayo (1) · wrist xG 0.45 0–1 ▶
2nd Period
13:41 CBJ Charlie Coyle (6) Boone Jenner (11), Cole Sillinger (15) · snap xG 0.25 0–2 ▶
3rd Period
2:49 NJD Nico Hischier (11)PP Luke Hughes (17), Jack Hughes (11) · snap xG 0.16 1–2 ▶
3:44 NJD Arseny Gritsyuk (8) Timo Meier (13), Jonas Siegenthaler (3) · snap xG 0.04 2–2 ▶
4:45 NJD Luke Hughes (4) Connor Brown (8), Ondrej Palat (6) · snap xG 0.14 3–2 ▶

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 19%Deserve to win81% CBJ
NJDCBJ
2.58Expected goals4.30
3Goals (no shootout)2
1.82Expected goals, 5 on 53.56
54Shot attempts73
43Unblocked attempts58
33Shots on goal35

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).

2nd Period
0:40 CBJ No shift No shift · Wood, 42:42 on the bench
No shift after 8:25 of the 1st; 3 shifts (2:51) before that
13:50 CBJ xG swing xG swing · Out-chanced NJD 1.68–0.09
In xG over 10 minutes, 7:40 to 17:40 of the 2nd; goals 1–0
3rd Period
18:13 CBJ Pulled goalie Pulled goalie · Pulled Greaves, down 3–2
With 1:47 left
19:00 NJD Goalie Goalie · Allen +2.1 goals saved
2 goals on 4.07 xG, 33 shots on goal

Shot map

NJD shoots ←Bigger circle: higher xG; filled: goal→ CBJ shoots
Dougie Hamilton: snap, 62 ft, xG 0.01 (P1 0:17) Dougie Hamilton: snap, 43 ft, xG 0.01 (P1 0:44) Nico Hischier: snap, 46 ft, xG 0.04 (P1 1:02) Ivan Provorov: wrist, 184 ft, xG 0.00 (P1 1:07) Denton Mateychuk: snap, 41 ft, xG 0.01 (P1 3:10) Stefan Noesen: wrap-around, 9 ft, xG 0.02 (P1 3:32) Connor Brown: snap, 41 ft, xG 0.02 (P1 4:12) Mathieu Olivier: snap, 56 ft, xG 0.02 (P1 5:16) Jack Hughes: backhand, 12 ft, xG 0.13 (P1 5:21) Kirill Marchenko: backhand, 12 ft, xG 0.24 (P1 6:07) Mason Marchment: backhand, 6 ft, xG 0.22 (P1 6:15) Zachary Aston-Reese: snap, 26 ft, xG 0.04 (P1 6:28) Boone Jenner: snap, 38 ft, xG 0.01 (P1 6:31) Dante Fabbro: wrist, 63 ft, xG 0.02 (P1 6:39) Mathieu Olivier: snap, 48 ft, xG 0.02 (P1 6:52) Mathieu Olivier: backhand, 22 ft, xG 0.02 (P1 6:56) Jonas Siegenthaler: snap, 56 ft, xG 0.01 (P1 7:14) Mason Marchment: backhand, 23 ft, xG 0.04 (P1 9:15) Kent Johnson: wrist, 45 ft, xG 0.04 (P1 9:41) Dante Fabbro: wrist, 53 ft, xG 0.01 (P1 11:35) Jack Hughes: snap, 26 ft, xG 0.03 (P1 11:52) Brett Pesce: snap, 60 ft, xG 0.03 (P1 12:22) Jesper Bratt: snap, 21 ft, xG 0.06 (P1 12:34) Jesper Bratt: slap, 62 ft, xG 0.02 (P1 12:39) Damon Severson: wrist, 54 ft, xG 0.03 (P1 13:29) Cole Sillinger: tip-in, 30 ft, xG 0.02 (P1 13:35) Paul Cotter: wrist, 25 ft, xG 0.07 (P1 14:57) Stefan Noesen: snap, 6 ft, xG 0.04 (P1 14:59) Mason Marchment: snap, 39 ft, xG 0.07 (P1 15:16) Charlie Coyle: snap, 16 ft, xG 0.18 (P1 16:37) Cole Sillinger: slap, 53 ft, xG 0.05 (P1 16:51) Dawson Mercer: snap, 40 ft, xG 0.05 (P1 19:32) Dante Fabbro: snap, 36 ft, xG 0.06 (P2 1:13) Ivan Provorov: wrist, 38 ft, xG 0.01 (P2 1:16) Kirill Marchenko: wrist, 44 ft, xG 0.02 (P2 1:47) Dawson Mercer: slap, 45 ft, xG 0.01 (P2 1:58) Timo Meier: snap, 39 ft, xG 0.01 (P2 2:01) Jonas Siegenthaler: snap, 36 ft, xG 0.01 (P2 2:03) Dougie Hamilton: slap, 53 ft, xG 0.00 (P2 2:05) Brett Pesce: snap, 28 ft, xG 0.04 (P2 3:22) Jesper Bratt: snap, 54 ft, xG 0.02 (P2 3:40) Charlie Coyle: backhand, 10 ft, xG 0.12 (P2 3:49) Jack Hughes: snap, 37 ft, xG 0.08 (P2 3:59) Cole Sillinger: wrist, 25 ft, xG 0.03 (P2 4:53) Luke Glendening: snap, 14 ft, xG 0.06 (P2 6:24) Charlie Coyle: deflected, 8 ft, xG 0.10 (P2 7:43) Mason Marchment: wrist, 38 ft, xG 0.01 (P2 7:49) Boone Jenner: snap, 9 ft, xG 0.17 (P2 8:31) Boone Jenner: snap, 4 ft, xG 0.07 (P2 8:32) Mason Marchment: snap, 25 ft, xG 0.16 (P2 8:52) Cole Sillinger: wrist, 55 ft, xG 0.02 (P2 9:43) Connor Brown: snap, 88 ft, xG 0.00 (P2 9:55) Brendan Gaunce: snap, 54 ft, xG 0.02 (P2 10:43) Kirill Marchenko: slap, 29 ft, xG 0.08 (P2 11:26) Nico Hischier: snap, 11 ft, xG 0.08 (P2 12:03) Kirill Marchenko: wrist, 57 ft, xG 0.03 (P2 12:29) Boone Jenner: wrist, 4 ft, xG 0.41 (P2 13:33) Cole Sillinger: snap, 59 ft, xG 0.00 (P2 13:38) Brendan Gaunce: snap, 20 ft, xG 0.04 (P2 14:17) Adam Fantilli: backhand, 17 ft, xG 0.06 (P2 14:46) Dysin Mayo: snap, 52 ft, xG 0.04 (P2 15:05) Dougie Hamilton: slap, 49 ft, xG 0.01 (P2 16:15) Cole Sillinger: snap, 26 ft, xG 0.13 (P2 16:41) Denton Mateychuk: slap, 42 ft, xG 0.02 (P2 16:43) Zachary Aston-Reese: tip-in, 18 ft, xG 0.07 (P2 17:32) Jack Hughes: snap, 33 ft, xG 0.10 (P2 18:07) Kirill Marchenko: tip-in, 13 ft, xG 0.06 (P2 18:23) Dougie Hamilton: bat, 28 ft, xG 0.02 (P2 19:08) Jack Hughes: snap, 52 ft, xG 0.03 (P2 19:58) Jake Christiansen: snap, 57 ft, xG 0.00 (P3 2:04) Jesper Bratt: backhand, 18 ft, xG 0.04 (P3 4:24) Cody Glass: snap, 3 ft, xG 0.31 (P3 4:26) Brett Pesce: snap, 55 ft, xG 0.03 (P3 4:32) Timo Meier: wrist, 39 ft, xG 0.01 (P3 5:05) Cody Glass: snap, 42 ft, xG 0.03 (P3 7:59) Ondrej Palat: snap, 37 ft, xG 0.06 (P3 8:09) Mathieu Olivier: snap, 45 ft, xG 0.01 (P3 9:26) Zachary Aston-Reese: backhand, 11 ft, xG 0.12 (P3 10:35) Zachary Aston-Reese: backhand, 8 ft, xG 0.07 (P3 10:36) Timo Meier: snap, 32 ft, xG 0.13 (P3 10:48) Timo Meier: snap, 35 ft, xG 0.05 (P3 10:56) Kirill Marchenko: snap, 9 ft, xG 0.19 (P3 11:26) Kirill Marchenko: wrist, 16 ft, xG 0.02 (P3 11:27) Ivan Provorov: wrist, 39 ft, xG 0.01 (P3 13:21) Charlie Coyle: backhand, 8 ft, xG 0.03 (P3 13:21) Ivan Provorov: slap, 42 ft, xG 0.03 (P3 13:28) Jesper Bratt: snap, 28 ft, xG 0.06 (P3 14:12) Nico Hischier: snap, 15 ft, xG 0.19 (P3 16:14) Jack Hughes: tip-in, 92 ft, xG 0.00 (P3 17:58) Arseny Gritsyuk: backhand, 67 ft, xG 0.33 (P3 18:31) Adam Fantilli: snap, 47 ft, xG 0.02 (P3 18:41) Damon Severson: slap, 37 ft, xG 0.09 (P3 19:00) Mason Marchment: slap, 31 ft, xG 0.08 (P3 19:24) Damon Severson: slap, 61 ft, xG 0.04 (P3 19:31) Kirill Marchenko: snap, 35 ft, xG 0.06 (P3 19:39) Kirill Marchenko: slap, 25 ft, xG 0.05 (P3 19:51) Mason Marchment: GOAL, wrist, 9 ft, xG 0.45 (P1 6:18) Charlie Coyle: GOAL, snap, 10 ft, xG 0.25 (P2 13:41) Nico Hischier: GOAL, snap, 22 ft, xG 0.16 (P3 2:49) Arseny Gritsyuk: GOAL, snap, 44 ft, xG 0.04 (P3 3:44) Luke Hughes: GOAL, snap, 27 ft, xG 0.14 (P3 4:45)
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
13 Nico Hischier 101 0 40.47 1019:39
86 Jack Hughes 011 -1 80.37 0019:26
16 Connor Brown 011 +1 20.02 2118:35
63 Jesper Bratt 000 0 50.20 1017:41
91 Dawson Mercer 000 0 20.06 0016:28
28 Timo Meier 011 -1 50.20 3014:51
81 Ondrej Palat 011 +1 20.06 1014:19
81 Arseny Gritsyuk 101 0 20.37 1114:07
12 Cody Glass 000 0 30.34 0113:18
41 Luke Glendening 000 0 20.06 0011:41
47 Paul Cotter 000 0 10.07 0006:54
11 Stefan Noesen 000 0 20.06 0006:53
Defense
22 Brett Pesce 000 0 30.10 0225:18
71 Jonas Siegenthaler 011 0 30.02 1222:58
43 Luke Hughes 112 0 10.14 0221:27
7 Dougie Hamilton 000 +1 80.06 3021:04
5 Brenden Dillon 000 0 10.00 3018:08
6 Colton White 000 -1 00.00 1111:32
Goalie SAGA SVSV% xGA GSAx
Jake Allen 35233 .943 4.30 +2.30

Columbus Blue Jackets

Skater GAP+/− AttxG HitBlkTOI
Forwards
86 Kirill Marchenko 011 -1 110.74 1125:11
27 Mason Marchment 101 -1 81.03 1021:15
19 Adam Fantilli 000 -1 60.08 1020:45
22 Boone Jenner 011 +1 40.66 3118:22
3 Charlie Coyle 101 +1 50.68 0017:51
24 Mathieu Olivier 000 0 40.07 8016:28
4 Cole Sillinger 011 +1 60.25 2014:54
50 Brendan Gaunce 000 0 20.05 2113:27
10 Dmitri Voronkov 000 0 00.00 3012:53
91 Kent Johnson 000 0 10.04 0012:29
21 Zachary Aston-Reese 000 0 40.31 4108:48
18 Miles Wood 000 0 00.00 0002:51
Defense
9 Ivan Provorov 000 0 50.06 0429:33
78 Damon Severson 000 -1 60.16 0022:54
15 Dante Fabbro 000 0 40.09 1222:41
5 Denton Mateychuk 000 -1 40.03 0021:32
2 Jake Christiansen 000 +1 20.00 0010:13
37 Dysin Mayo 011 +1 10.04 0109:36
Goalie SAGA SVSV% xGA GSAx
Jet Greaves 33330 .909 2.25 -0.75

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
34 Jake Allen G +2.30 0.00 — — 0.00 — — +2.30 59:41
13 Nico Hischier C +1.09 +0.75 +0.31 +0.05 0.00 +0.01 -0.02 — 19:39
43 Luke Hughes D +1.04 +1.45 +0.09 -0.57 0.00 0.00 +0.06 — 21:27
16 Connor Brown R +0.65 +0.70 +0.01 -0.10 0.00 -0.01 +0.05 — 18:35
18 Ondrej Palat L +0.44 +0.55 +0.04 -0.14 0.00 +0.02 -0.02 — 14:19
63 Jesper Bratt L +0.38 0.00 +0.13 +0.29 0.00 -0.01 -0.02 — 17:41
86 Jack Hughes C +0.32 +0.55 +0.24 -0.47 0.00 0.00 0.00 — 19:26
11 Stefan Noesen R +0.01 0.00 +0.04 -0.03 0.00 0.00 0.00 — 6:53
14 Luke Glendening C -0.15 0.00 +0.04 -0.16 0.00 -0.05 +0.02 — 11:41
81 Arseny Gritsyuk R -0.18 +0.75 +0.24 -1.21 0.00 -0.01 +0.05 — 14:07
47 Paul Cotter L -0.20 0.00 +0.04 -0.24 0.00 0.00 0.00 — 6:54
5 Brenden Dillon D -0.27 0.00 0.00 -0.14 -0.15 0.00 +0.02 — 18:08
12 Cody Glass C -0.28 0.00 +0.22 -0.61 0.00 +0.06 +0.05 — 13:18
71 Jonas Siegenthaler D -0.48 +0.55 +0.01 -1.16 0.00 0.00 +0.12 — 22:58
7 Dougie Hamilton D -0.60 0.00 +0.04 -0.28 -0.30 0.00 -0.06 — 21:04
22 Brett Pesce D -0.65 0.00 +0.06 -0.81 0.00 0.00 +0.10 — 25:18
45 Colton White D -0.69 0.00 0.00 -0.87 +0.15 0.00 +0.03 — 11:32
28 Timo Meier R -1.14 +0.70 +0.13 -1.94 0.00 -0.01 -0.02 — 14:51
91 Dawson Mercer C -1.16 0.00 +0.04 -1.16 0.00 0.00 -0.04 — 16:28

Columbus Blue Jackets

Player Rating Points Shots On ice Pen FO Other GSAx TOI
3 Charlie Coyle C +2.65 +0.75 +0.45 +1.29 +0.15 +0.01 0.00 — 17:51
17 Mason Marchment L +2.35 +0.75 +0.67 +0.83 +0.15 0.00 -0.06 — 21:15
37 Dysin Mayo D +2.06 +0.55 +0.02 +1.44 0.00 0.00 +0.05 — 9:36
38 Boone Jenner C +1.99 +0.70 +0.43 +0.80 0.00 +0.01 +0.05 — 18:22
4 Cole Sillinger C +1.82 +0.55 +0.17 +1.11 0.00 -0.05 +0.04 — 14:54
86 Kirill Marchenko R +1.60 +0.70 +0.48 +0.56 -0.15 +0.01 -0.01 — 25:11
2 Jake Christiansen D +1.57 0.00 0.00 +1.60 0.00 0.00 -0.04 — 10:13
9 Ivan Provorov D +1.16 0.00 +0.04 +0.96 0.00 0.00 +0.16 — 29:33
15 Dante Fabbro D +1.04 0.00 +0.06 +0.86 0.00 0.00 +0.12 — 22:41
19 Adam Fantilli C +0.69 0.00 +0.05 +0.64 0.00 +0.02 -0.02 — 20:45
24 Mathieu Olivier R +0.45 0.00 +0.04 +0.38 0.00 0.00 +0.02 — 16:28
27 Zachary Aston-Reese L +0.41 0.00 +0.20 0.00 +0.15 +0.01 +0.05 — 8:48
10 Dmitri Voronkov L +0.30 0.00 0.00 +0.30 0.00 0.00 0.00 — 12:53
91 Kent Johnson C 0.00 0.00 +0.02 -0.02 0.00 0.00 0.00 — 12:29
16 Brendan Gaunce C -0.04 0.00 +0.03 -0.13 0.00 0.00 +0.05 — 13:27
11 Miles Wood L -0.05 0.00 0.00 -0.04 0.00 -0.01 0.00 — 2:51
5 Denton Mateychuk D -0.40 0.00 +0.02 -0.37 0.00 0.00 -0.04 — 21:32
78 Damon Severson D -0.58 0.00 +0.10 -0.67 0.00 0.00 -0.02 — 22:54
73 Jet Greaves G -0.75 0.00 — — 0.00 — — -0.75 58:13

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.