New Jersey DevilsNJD 0–9 Final New York IslandersNYI

Tuesday, January 6, 2026

Final 1st2nd3rd T SOG
New Jersey DevilsNJD 000 0 44
New York IslandersNYI 324 9 24

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

Highlights

Scoring

1st Period
1:08 NYI Mathew Barzal (11) Ryan Pulock (17), Matthew Schaefer (17) · snap xG 0.07 0–1 ▶
4:01 NYI Anthony Duclair (5) Adam Pelech (4) · wrist xG 0.06 0–2 ▶
13:31 NYI Anthony Duclair (6) Casey Cizikas (6) · wrist xG 0.05 0–3 ▶
2nd Period
3:29 NYI Anthony Duclair (7) Mathew Barzal (23), Tony DeAngelo (14) · snap xG 0.02 0–4 ▶
11:12 NYI Simon Holmstrom (9) Mathew Barzal (24), Ryan Pulock (18) · wrist xG 0.56 0–5 ▶
3rd Period
1:34 NYI Casey Cizikas (4) Unassisted · backhand xG 0.06 0–6 ▶
11:28 NYI Tony DeAngelo (2) Anthony Duclair (10), Max Shabanov (11) · wrist xG 0.19 0–7 ▶
18:36 NYI Calum Ritchie (7) Tony DeAngelo (15) · wrist xG 0.15 0–8 ▶
19:02 NYI Casey Cizikas (5) Anthony Duclair (11), Scott Mayfield (5) · snap xG 0.24 0–9 ▶

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 70%Deserve to win30% NYI
NJDNYI
3.61Expected goals2.41
0Goals (no shootout)9
2.68Expected goals, 5 on 52.41
82Shot attempts34
63Unblocked attempts29
44Shots on goal24

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).

1st Period
13:31 NJD Goalie Goalie · Markstrom −2.8 goals saved
3 goals on 0.22 xG, 5 shots on goal
2nd Period
13:48 NYI Goalie Goalie · Sorokin +2.0 goals saved
0 goals on 2.04 xG, 27 shots on goal
15:40 NJD No shift No shift · Palat, 15:39 on the bench
No shift from 3:29 of the 2nd to 3:21 of the 3rd; 7 shifts (5:06) before that
3rd Period
1:20 NJD xG swing xG swing · Out-chanced NYI 1.47–0.20
In xG over 10 minutes, 11:20 of the 2nd to 1:20 of the 3rd; neither team scored
1:34 NJD Goalie Goalie · Markstrom −4.4 goals saved
6 goals on 1.57 xG, 18 shots on goal
19:02 NJD Goalie Goalie · Markstrom −6.6 goals saved
9 goals on 2.41 xG, 24 shots on goal

Shot map

NJD shoots ←Bigger circle: higher xG; filled: goal→ NYI shoots
Luke Hughes: wrist, 46 ft, xG 0.03 (P1 1:21) Nico Hischier: tip-in, 30 ft, xG 0.05 (P1 1:29) Nico Hischier: tip-in, 20 ft, xG 0.08 (P1 1:42) Casey Cizikas: wrist, 178 ft, xG 0.00 (P1 2:02) Timo Meier: wrist, 45 ft, xG 0.02 (P1 2:56) Timo Meier: wrist, 21 ft, xG 0.14 (P1 2:59) Dawson Mercer: backhand, 99 ft, xG 0.00 (P1 5:40) Stefan Noesen: tip-in, 13 ft, xG 0.09 (P1 6:37) Nico Hischier: slap, 41 ft, xG 0.07 (P1 7:20) Brett Pesce: snap, 59 ft, xG 0.02 (P1 9:18) Brett Pesce: snap, 19 ft, xG 0.17 (P1 9:28) Adam Pelech: snap, 70 ft, xG 0.00 (P1 9:43) Jean-Gabriel Pageau: snap, 23 ft, xG 0.05 (P1 11:56) Timo Meier: wrist, 34 ft, xG 0.04 (P1 12:32) Dawson Mercer: wrist, 20 ft, xG 0.13 (P1 12:36) Luke Glendening: tip-in, 16 ft, xG 0.02 (P1 13:38) Marc Gatcomb: slap, 56 ft, xG 0.03 (P1 14:16) Mathew Barzal: wrist, 26 ft, xG 0.02 (P1 15:51) Timo Meier: wrist, 57 ft, xG 0.01 (P1 15:58) Luke Hughes: slap, 31 ft, xG 0.10 (P1 17:12) Luke Hughes: slap, 55 ft, xG 0.01 (P1 17:17) Nico Hischier: tip-in, 23 ft, xG 0.02 (P1 19:21) Adam Pelech: snap, 56 ft, xG 0.02 (P1 19:45) Marc Gatcomb: deflected, 16 ft, xG 0.08 (P2 1:57) Maxim Shabanov: snap, 47 ft, xG 0.01 (P2 2:07) Jonas Siegenthaler: wrist, 96 ft, xG 0.00 (P2 3:37) Luke Hughes: wrist, 39 ft, xG 0.06 (P2 4:11) Nico Hischier: snap, 22 ft, xG 0.17 (P2 4:18) Jack Hughes: wrist, 27 ft, xG 0.06 (P2 5:16) Emil Heineman: deflected, 7 ft, xG 0.21 (P2 6:18) Dawson Mercer: slap, 48 ft, xG 0.04 (P2 7:17) Dougie Hamilton: snap, 56 ft, xG 0.01 (P2 9:12) Jonas Siegenthaler: wrist, 37 ft, xG 0.01 (P2 9:29) Dougie Hamilton: wrist, 36 ft, xG 0.01 (P2 9:36) Timo Meier: wrist, 42 ft, xG 0.02 (P2 10:16) Simon Holmstrom: snap, 31 ft, xG 0.11 (P2 11:00) Mathew Barzal: snap, 60 ft, xG 0.02 (P2 11:07) Cody Glass: snap, 47 ft, xG 0.03 (P2 12:10) Connor Brown: wrist, 7 ft, xG 0.47 (P2 12:13) Jack Hughes: wrap-around, 6 ft, xG 0.03 (P2 12:24) Dougie Hamilton: wrist, 53 ft, xG 0.03 (P2 12:40) Cody Glass: backhand, 7 ft, xG 0.03 (P2 12:41) Arseny Gritsyuk: wrist, 28 ft, xG 0.07 (P2 13:48) Timo Meier: wrist, 27 ft, xG 0.05 (P2 13:55) Arseny Gritsyuk: wrist, 9 ft, xG 0.04 (P2 13:56) Dawson Mercer: snap, 36 ft, xG 0.02 (P2 14:03) Dougie Hamilton: wrist, 49 ft, xG 0.01 (P2 14:55) Jack Hughes: tip-in, 20 ft, xG 0.07 (P2 15:02) Anders Lee: snap, 27 ft, xG 0.04 (P2 15:44) Mathew Barzal: wrist, 19 ft, xG 0.13 (P2 15:46) Kyle MacLean: snap, 22 ft, xG 0.03 (P2 16:01) Cody Glass: wrist, 58 ft, xG 0.01 (P2 16:30) Dougie Hamilton: backhand, 16 ft, xG 0.05 (P2 17:05) Cody Glass: backhand, 7 ft, xG 0.04 (P2 17:06) Nico Hischier: wrist, 14 ft, xG 0.12 (P2 18:00) Brett Pesce: wrist, 59 ft, xG 0.02 (P2 18:09) Timo Meier: snap, 43 ft, xG 0.04 (P2 18:31) Stefan Noesen: tip-in, 11 ft, xG 0.07 (P2 19:45) Nico Hischier: wrist, 6 ft, xG 0.07 (P2 19:46) Jack Hughes: wrist, 10 ft, xG 0.13 (P3 0:18) Timo Meier: wrist, 14 ft, xG 0.08 (P3 1:07) Dougie Hamilton: snap, 18 ft, xG 0.04 (P3 2:13) Ryan Pulock: wrist, 43 ft, xG 0.01 (P3 3:50) Anders Lee: backhand, 21 ft, xG 0.03 (P3 4:30) Maxim Shabanov: slap, 45 ft, xG 0.05 (P3 5:13) Marc Gatcomb: snap, 50 ft, xG 0.03 (P3 6:34) Jesper Bratt: wrist, 91 ft, xG 0.00 (P3 7:41) Dougie Hamilton: wrist, 45 ft, xG 0.02 (P3 8:47) Jonas Siegenthaler: snap, 27 ft, xG 0.02 (P3 8:48) Dougie Hamilton: wrist, 43 ft, xG 0.03 (P3 8:52) Dawson Mercer: deflected, 10 ft, xG 0.11 (P3 8:58) Colton White: wrist, 58 ft, xG 0.02 (P3 10:20) Arseny Gritsyuk: wrist, 9 ft, xG 0.17 (P3 11:46) Arseny Gritsyuk: wrist, 29 ft, xG 0.09 (P3 11:50) Scott Mayfield: slap, 68 ft, xG 0.01 (P3 12:57) Nico Hischier: wrist, 28 ft, xG 0.11 (P3 13:09) Timo Meier: tip-in, 6 ft, xG 0.06 (P3 15:34) Emil Heineman: deflected, 7 ft, xG 0.14 (P3 16:39) Dawson Mercer: wrist, 38 ft, xG 0.05 (P3 18:13) Luke Glendening: snap, 53 ft, xG 0.01 (P3 18:29) Arseny Gritsyuk: wrist, 78 ft, xG 0.00 (P3 19:11) Stefan Noesen: wrist, 52 ft, xG 0.01 (P3 19:47) Stefan Noesen: wrist, 38 ft, xG 0.01 (P3 19:52) Mathew Barzal: GOAL, snap, 28 ft, xG 0.07 (P1 1:08) Anthony Duclair: GOAL, wrist, 29 ft, xG 0.06 (P1 4:01) Anthony Duclair: GOAL, wrist, 37 ft, xG 0.05 (P1 13:31) Anthony Duclair: GOAL, snap, 34 ft, xG 0.02 (P2 3:29) Simon Holmstrom: GOAL, wrist, 4 ft, xG 0.56 (P2 11:12) Casey Cizikas: GOAL, backhand, 13 ft, xG 0.06 (P3 1:34) Tony DeAngelo: GOAL, wrist, 32 ft, xG 0.19 (P3 11:28) Calum Ritchie: GOAL, wrist, 21 ft, xG 0.15 (P3 18:36) Casey Cizikas: GOAL, snap, 23 ft, xG 0.24 (P3 19:02)
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
86 Jack Hughes 000 -1 50.29 0022:57
13 Nico Hischier 000 -1 100.68 0020:23
63 Jesper Bratt 000 -1 10.00 0020:20
91 Dawson Mercer 000 -1 60.35 0018:05
28 Timo Meier 000 -2 100.45 0016:32
81 Arseny Gritsyuk 000 0 50.37 2016:24
16 Connor Brown 000 -4 30.47 1014:40
11 Stefan Noesen 000 -1 50.17 0014:16
12 Cody Glass 000 -4 40.11 0012:56
83 Juho Lammikko 000 -4 00.00 5010:45
81 Ondrej Palat 000 -5 00.00 2009:39
41 Luke Glendening 000 -3 30.03 1008:50
Defense
43 Luke Hughes 000 -3 90.20 1124:10
7 Dougie Hamilton 000 -2 110.20 1023:11
71 Jonas Siegenthaler 000 -3 30.04 0221:11
22 Brett Pesce 000 -3 40.21 2118:06
5 Brenden Dillon 000 -3 00.00 3114:41
6 Colton White 000 -4 30.02 0012:54
Goalie SAGA SVSV% xGA GSAx
Jacob Markstrom 24915 .625 2.41 -6.59

New York Islanders

Skater GAP+/− AttxG HitBlkTOI
Forwards
13 Mathew Barzal 123 +4 40.23 0117:24
92 Simon Holmstrom 101 +1 20.67 0015:59
44 Jean-Gabriel Pageau 000 0 10.05 2015:54
51 Emil Heineman 000 +2 20.34 1015:50
72 Anders Lee 000 +3 20.08 2014:52
53 Casey Cizikas 213 +4 30.30 0313:59
17 Marc Gatcomb 000 +1 30.14 4113:52
11 Anthony Duclair 325 +6 30.13 0013:41
64 Calum Ritchie 101 +1 10.15 0013:37
49 Maxim Shabanov 011 +3 30.06 1213:03
92 Jonathan Drouin 000 0 00.00 0012:55
32 Kyle MacLean 000 +2 10.03 1112:26
Defense
3 Adam Pelech 011 +3 30.02 1321:46
6 Ryan Pulock 022 +3 20.01 0221:16
24 Scott Mayfield 011 +3 20.01 0120:57
48 Matthew Schaefer 011 +2 00.00 1220:40
77 Tony DeAngelo 123 +5 20.19 0020:37
0 Cole McWard 000 +2 00.00 3115:12
Goalie SAGA SVSV% xGA GSAx
Ilya Sorokin 44044 1.000 3.61 +3.61

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
7 Dougie Hamilton D +1.57 0.00 +0.13 +1.45 0.00 0.00 -0.02 — 23:11
86 Jack Hughes C +1.03 0.00 +0.19 +0.87 0.00 0.00 -0.02 — 22:57
81 Arseny Gritsyuk R +0.96 0.00 +0.24 +0.78 0.00 0.00 -0.06 — 16:24
71 Jonas Siegenthaler D +0.86 0.00 +0.02 +0.75 0.00 0.00 +0.08 — 21:11
13 Nico Hischier C +0.66 0.00 +0.44 +0.16 0.00 +0.01 +0.04 — 20:23
91 Dawson Mercer C +0.10 0.00 +0.23 -0.16 0.00 +0.01 +0.02 — 18:05
16 Connor Brown R -0.04 0.00 +0.30 -0.34 0.00 0.00 0.00 — 14:40
28 Timo Meier R -0.25 0.00 +0.30 -0.52 0.00 0.00 -0.02 — 16:32
11 Stefan Noesen R -0.33 0.00 +0.11 -0.38 0.00 0.00 -0.06 — 14:16
5 Brenden Dillon D -0.41 0.00 0.00 -0.42 0.00 0.00 +0.01 — 14:41
63 Jesper Bratt L -0.45 0.00 0.00 -0.52 +0.15 0.00 -0.08 — 20:20
14 Luke Glendening C -0.45 0.00 +0.02 -0.51 0.00 +0.04 0.00 — 8:50
12 Cody Glass C -0.51 0.00 +0.07 -0.54 0.00 -0.02 -0.02 — 12:56
22 Brett Pesce D -0.77 0.00 +0.14 -0.96 0.00 0.00 +0.05 — 18:06
83 Juho Lammikko C -0.95 0.00 0.00 -0.96 0.00 +0.01 0.00 — 10:45
18 Ondrej Palat L -0.99 0.00 0.00 -1.01 0.00 0.00 +0.02 — 9:39
43 Luke Hughes D -1.17 0.00 +0.13 -1.46 +0.15 0.00 +0.01 — 24:10
45 Colton White D -1.45 0.00 +0.02 -1.47 0.00 0.00 0.00 — 12:54
25 Jacob Markstrom G -6.59 0.00 — — 0.00 — — -6.59 60:00

New York Islanders

Player Rating Points Shots On ice Pen FO Other GSAx TOI
11 Anthony Duclair L +3.79 +3.65 +0.09 +0.05 0.00 0.00 0.00 — 13:41
13 Mathew Barzal C +3.73 +2.15 +0.15 +1.45 0.00 -0.03 +0.01 — 17:24
30 Ilya Sorokin G +3.61 0.00 — — 0.00 — — +3.61 60:00
77 Tony DeAngelo D +3.35 +2.00 +0.12 +1.23 0.00 0.00 0.00 — 20:37
53 Casey Cizikas C +2.46 +2.20 +0.19 -0.09 0.00 +0.03 +0.13 — 13:59
10 Simon Holmstrom R +1.98 +0.75 +0.44 +0.79 0.00 0.00 0.00 — 15:59
27 Anders Lee L +1.24 0.00 +0.05 +1.19 0.00 0.00 0.00 — 14:52
3 Adam Pelech D +1.21 +0.70 +0.01 +0.35 0.00 0.00 +0.15 — 21:46
6 Ryan Pulock D +1.02 +1.25 +0.01 -0.21 -0.15 0.00 +0.12 — 21:16
24 Scott Mayfield D +0.98 +0.55 +0.01 +0.39 0.00 0.00 +0.03 — 20:57
49 Max Shabanov R +0.91 +0.55 +0.04 +0.22 0.00 0.00 +0.10 — 13:03
51 Emil Heineman L +0.64 0.00 +0.22 +0.44 0.00 0.00 -0.02 — 15:50
4 Cole McWard D +0.64 0.00 0.00 +0.59 0.00 0.00 +0.05 — 15:12
64 Calum Ritchie C +0.62 +0.75 +0.10 -0.19 0.00 -0.04 0.00 — 13:37
48 Matthew Schaefer D +0.08 +0.55 0.00 -0.25 -0.30 0.00 +0.08 — 20:40
16 Marc Gatcomb C +0.08 0.00 +0.09 -0.04 0.00 0.00 +0.03 — 13:52
29 Jonathan Drouin L -0.13 0.00 0.00 -0.12 0.00 +0.01 -0.02 — 12:55
44 Jean-Gabriel Pageau C -0.14 0.00 +0.03 -0.12 0.00 -0.03 -0.02 — 15:54
32 Kyle MacLean C -0.36 0.00 +0.02 -0.44 0.00 +0.01 +0.05 — 12:26

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.