Winnipeg JetsWPG 4–3 Final New Jersey DevilsNJD

Tuesday, January 27, 2026

Final	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
Winnipeg JetsWPG	1	3	0	4	26
New Jersey DevilsNJD	1	1	1	3	29

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

Highlights

Scoring

1st Period
1:33	WPG	Mark Scheifele (26) Kyle Connor (36), Gabriel Vilardi (26) · wrist xG 0.13	1–0 ▶
8:02	NJD	Lenni Hameenaho (2) Arseny Gritsyuk (13) · wrist xG 0.10	1–1 ▶
2nd Period
3:23	WPG	Gabriel Vilardi (20) Mark Scheifele (37), Kyle Connor (37) · wrist xG 0.06	2–1 ▶
7:51	WPG	Cole Koepke (5) Alex Iafallo (11), Morgan Barron (10) · wrist xG 0.17	3–1 ▶
16:42	WPG	Nino Niederreiter (8) Vladislav Namestnikov (6), Adam Lowry (8) · snap xG 0.17	4–1 ▶
19:24	NJD	Jesper Bratt (12)PP Jack Hughes (23), Dougie Hamilton (14) · slap xG 0.18	4–2 ▶
3rd Period
18:14	NJD	Nico Hischier (17) Jesper Bratt (27), Jack Hughes (24) · tip-in xG 0.08	4–3 ▶

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

WPG 42%Deserve to win58% NJD

WPG		NJD
2.87	Expected goals	2.70
4	Goals (no shootout)	3
1.99	Expected goals, 5 on 5	1.73
49	Shot attempts	63
38	Unblocked attempts	41
26	Shots on goal	29

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
1:41	WPG	Deserve to win	Deserve to win · WPG takes the lead, 60–40% NJD had led since 12:18 of the 1st, by as much as 61%
15:30	NJD	No shift	No shift · Glass, 28:34 on the bench No shift after 3:18 of the 2nd; 9 shifts (6:44) before that
16:42	NJD	Goalie	Goalie · Allen −2.1 goals saved 4 goals on 1.86 xG, 21 shots on goal
3rd Period
4:30	NJD	No shift	No shift · Glendening, 12:40 on the bench No shift from 11:39 of the 2nd to 7:04 of the 3rd; 8 shifts (5:09) before that
17:32	NJD	Pulled goalie	Pulled goalie · Pulled Allen, down 4–2 With 2:28 left; NJD scored at 18:14 of the 3rd (4–3)
18:31	NJD	Pulled goalie	Pulled goalie · Pulled Allen, down 4–3 With 1:29 left

Shot map

WPG shoots ←Bigger circle: higher xG; filled: goal→ NJD shoots

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

Winnipeg Jets

	Skater	G	A	P	+/−	Att	xG	Hit	Blk	TOI
Forwards
81	Kyle Connor	0	2	2	+1	4	0.35	0	0	20:35
55	Mark Scheifele	1	1	2	+1	5	0.56	0	2	20:35
13	Gabriel Vilardi	1	1	2	+2	3	0.17	0	0	18:48
17	Adam Lowry	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	3	1	16:28
7	Vladislav Namestnikov	0	1	1	0	8	0.79	0	2	15:43
62	Nino Niederreiter	1	0	1	0	1	0.17	0	2	15:35
19	Jonathan Toews	0	0	0	0	3	0.11	0	1	13:03
9	Alex Iafallo	0	1	1	0	3	0.14	5	2	13:02
91	Cole Perfetti	0	0	0	0	2	0.06	0	1	12:34
70	Tanner Pearson	0	0	0	0	2	0.02	1	1	11:59
36	Morgan Barron	0	1	1	+1	1	0.04	4	0	11:53
45	Cole Koepke	1	0	1	+1	1	0.17	4	0	10:00
Defense
2	Dylan DeMelo	0	0	0	0	3	0.04	1	2	24:16
44	Josh Morrissey	0	0	0	+1	7	0.15	1	2	23:43
54	Dylan Samberg	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	3	1	21:25
57	Elias Salomonsson	0	0	0	+1	4	0.03	0	2	17:49
8	Logan Stanley	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	1	1	15:06
2	Luke Schenn	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	1	14:04

Goalie	SA	GA	SV	SV%	xGA	GSAx
Connor Hellebuyck	29	3	26	.897	2.70	-0.30

New Jersey Devils

	Skater	G	A	P	+/−	Att	xG	Hit	Blk	TOI
Forwards
86	Jack Hughes	0	2	2	-1	9	0.65	0	1	25:14
13	Nico Hischier	1	0	1	+1	6	0.28	1	0	21:07
63	Jesper Bratt	1	1	2	0	4	0.38	1	0	20:00
28	Timo Meier	0	0	0	-2	5	0.30	2	0	17:53
81	Arseny Gritsyuk	0	1	1	+2	6	0.20	0	0	17:41
16	Connor Brown	0	0	0	-1	6	0.45	0	0	17:35
29	Lenni Hameenaho	1	0	1	-1	1	0.10	1	0	15:46
91	Dawson Mercer	0	0	0	0	3	0.02	0	0	15:18
33	Evgenii Dadonov	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	2	13:41
47	Paul Cotter	0	0	0	-2	1	0.00	4	0	07:50
12	Cody Glass	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	2	06:44
41	Luke Glendening	0	0	0	-2	1	0.10	0	0	05:28
Defense
7	Dougie Hamilton	0	1	1	-1	10	0.15	0	0	23:07
22	Brett Pesce	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	21:32
71	Simon Nemec	0	0	0	-1	7	0.07	0	2	18:52
5	Brenden Dillon	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	1	2	18:11
71	Jonas Siegenthaler	0	0	0	-2	2	0.00	2	1	16:33
8	Johnathan Kovacevic	0	0	0	-1	1	0.00	2	0	15:55

Goalie	SA	GA	SV	SV%	xGA	GSAx
Jake Allen	26	4	22	.846	2.28	-1.72

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.

Winnipeg Jets

Player	Rating	Points	Shots	On ice	Pen	FO	Other	GSAx	TOI
55 Mark Scheifele C	+2.64	+1.45	+0.37	+0.74	0.00	0.00	+0.08	—	20:35
13 Gabriel Vilardi C	+2.28	+1.30	+0.11	+0.87	0.00	0.00	0.00	—	18:48
81 Kyle Connor L	+2.24	+1.25	+0.23	+0.77	0.00	0.00	0.00	—	20:35
7 Vladislav Namestnikov C	+1.30	+0.70	+0.51	+0.05	0.00	0.00	+0.04	—	15:43
62 Nino Niederreiter R	+1.11	+0.75	+0.11	+0.02	+0.15	0.00	+0.08	—	15:35
45 Cole Koepke L	+1.09	+0.75	+0.11	+0.19	0.00	0.00	+0.04	—	10:00
9 Alex Iafallo L	+0.89	+0.70	+0.09	+0.02	0.00	0.00	+0.08	—	13:02
36 Morgan Barron C	+0.68	+0.55	+0.03	+0.17	0.00	-0.05	-0.02	—	11:53
2 Dylan DeMelo D	+0.53	0.00	+0.03	+0.40	0.00	0.00	+0.10	—	24:16
17 Adam Lowry C	+0.51	+0.55	0.00	-0.11	0.00	+0.06	+0.01	—	16:28
64 Logan Stanley D	+0.43	0.00	+0.03	+0.36	0.00	0.00	+0.03	—	15:06
44 Josh Morrissey D	+0.30	0.00	+0.10	+0.31	-0.15	0.00	+0.04	—	23:43
57 Elias Salomonsson D	+0.22	0.00	+0.02	+0.14	0.00	0.00	+0.06	—	17:49
5 Luke Schenn D	+0.19	0.00	0.00	+0.16	0.00	0.00	+0.03	—	14:04
54 Dylan Samberg D	+0.15	0.00	+0.01	+0.09	0.00	0.00	+0.05	—	21:25
19 Jonathan Toews C	+0.06	0.00	+0.07	-0.06	0.00	+0.02	+0.03	—	13:03
70 Tanner Pearson L	-0.15	0.00	+0.01	-0.19	0.00	0.00	+0.03	—	11:59
91 Cole Perfetti C	-0.21	0.00	+0.04	-0.24	0.00	-0.01	+0.01	—	12:34
37 Connor Hellebuyck G	-0.30	0.00	—	—	0.00	—	—	-0.30	59:37

New Jersey Devils

Player	Rating	Points	Shots	On ice	Pen	FO	Other	GSAx	TOI
63 Jesper Bratt L	+1.62	+1.45	+0.25	-0.19	+0.15	0.00	-0.04	—	20:00
86 Jack Hughes C	+1.27	+1.25	+0.42	-0.45	0.00	-0.02	+0.07	—	25:14
81 Arseny Gritsyuk R	+1.06	+0.70	+0.13	+0.08	+0.15	0.00	0.00	—	17:41
13 Nico Hischier C	+0.93	+0.75	+0.18	-0.02	0.00	+0.01	0.00	—	21:07
33 Evgenii Dadonov L	+0.64	0.00	0.00	+0.54	0.00	0.00	+0.10	—	13:41
16 Connor Brown R	+0.33	0.00	+0.29	+0.04	0.00	0.00	0.00	—	17:35
12 Cody Glass C	+0.22	0.00	0.00	+0.15	0.00	-0.03	+0.10	—	6:44
5 Brenden Dillon D	+0.13	0.00	0.00	+0.05	0.00	0.00	+0.08	—	18:11
91 Dawson Mercer C	+0.12	0.00	+0.01	+0.12	0.00	+0.01	-0.02	—	15:18
22 Brett Pesce D	+0.12	0.00	0.00	+0.05	0.00	0.00	+0.07	—	21:32
29 Lenni Hameenaho R	+0.02	+0.75	+0.07	-0.77	0.00	0.00	-0.02	—	15:46
7 Dougie Hamilton D	-0.14	+0.55	+0.10	-0.77	0.00	0.00	-0.02	—	23:07
8 Johnathan Kovacevic D	-0.22	0.00	0.00	-0.07	-0.15	0.00	0.00	—	15:55
71 Jonas Siegenthaler D	-0.30	0.00	0.00	-0.35	0.00	0.00	+0.05	—	16:33
14 Luke Glendening C	-0.32	0.00	+0.07	-0.43	0.00	+0.04	0.00	—	5:28
17 Simon Nemec D	-0.44	0.00	+0.04	-0.40	-0.15	0.00	+0.06	—	18:52
28 Timo Meier R	-0.50	0.00	+0.19	-0.69	0.00	-0.01	0.00	—	17:53
47 Paul Cotter L	-0.60	0.00	0.00	-0.58	0.00	-0.02	0.00	—	7:50
34 Jake Allen G	-1.72	0.00	—	—	0.00	—	—	-1.72	57:33

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.