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New Jersey DevilsNJD 6–3 Final New York RangersNYR

Wednesday, March 18, 2026

Final 1st2nd3rd T SOG
New Jersey DevilsNJD 213 6 39
New York RangersNYR 111 3 18
Playoff odds, % Change
NJD +0.2
NYR +0.0

How the result moved each team's playoff odds, calculated Mar 18, 2026 6:39 PM EDT.

Highlights

Scoring

1st Period
15:20 NYR Vladislav Gavrikov (14) Alexis Lafrenière (26) · snap xG 0.04 0–1 ▶
16:14 NJD Nico Hischier (24)PP Connor Brown (20), Jesper Bratt (38) · wrist xG 0.43 1–1 ▶
19:16 NJD Arseny Gritsyuk (13) Unassisted · snap xG 0.04 2–1 ▶
2nd Period
0:19 NYR Mika Zibanejad (28) Gabe Perreault (12) · snap xG 0.12 2–2 ▶
11:36 NJD Connor Brown (13)PP Jack Hughes (35), Nico Hischier (28) · wrist xG 0.16 3–2 ▶
3rd Period
6:29 NJD Timo Meier (19) Paul Cotter (6) · wrist xG 0.45 4–2 ▶
9:41 NYR Conor Sheary (3) Matthew Robertson (10), J.T. Miller (25) · snap xG 0.20 4–3 ▶
13:05 NJD Jack Hughes (18) Simon Nemec (13), Connor Brown (21) · wrist xG 0.05 5–3 ▶
16:22 NJD Jesper Bratt (16) Brenden Dillon (11), Jack Hughes (36) · snap xG 0.09 6–3 ▶

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

NJD 84%Deserve to win16% NYR
NJDNYR
4.29Expected goals1.97
6Goals (no shootout)3
2.96Expected goals, 5 on 51.77
65Shot attempts43
57Unblocked attempts30
39Shots on goal18

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
0:30 NYR No shift No shift · Vaakanainen, 40:05 on the bench
No shift after 10:07 of the 1st; 5 shifts (3:05) before that
3rd Period
3:50 NYR No shift No shift · Laba, 23:54 on the bench
No shift after 10:20 of the 2nd; 14 shifts (8:40) before that

Shot map

NJD shoots ←Bigger circle: higher xG; filled: goal→ NYR shoots
Alexis Lafrenière: wrist, 42 ft, xG 0.01 (P1 0:17) Lenni Hameenaho: wrist, 53 ft, xG 0.02 (P1 0:44) Timo Meier: wrist, 44 ft, xG 0.04 (P1 4:42) Timo Meier: wrist, 26 ft, xG 0.04 (P1 4:44) Brenden Dillon: snap, 66 ft, xG 0.00 (P1 5:15) Maxim Tsyplakov: wrap-around, 5 ft, xG 0.04 (P1 6:03) Maxim Tsyplakov: wrist, 1 ft, xG 0.32 (P1 6:04) Dougie Hamilton: deflected, 70 ft, xG 0.01 (P1 6:10) Jonas Siegenthaler: wrist, 45 ft, xG 0.01 (P1 6:15) Maxim Tsyplakov: snap, 45 ft, xG 0.04 (P1 6:21) Vladislav Gavrikov: snap, 57 ft, xG 0.01 (P1 7:36) Jack Hughes: deflected, 29 ft, xG 0.04 (P1 9:16) Luke Hughes: wrist, 53 ft, xG 0.01 (P1 9:23) Luke Hughes: wrist, 66 ft, xG 0.01 (P1 9:39) Timo Meier: wrist, 14 ft, xG 0.09 (P1 11:04) Dawson Mercer: deflected, 140 ft, xG 0.00 (P1 11:18) Mika Zibanejad: deflected, 29 ft, xG 0.08 (P1 11:50) Jack Hughes: wrist, 30 ft, xG 0.11 (P1 12:07) Matthew Robertson: wrist, 61 ft, xG 0.01 (P1 13:08) Cody Glass: wrist, 12 ft, xG 0.15 (P1 14:11) Alexis Lafrenière: wrist, 38 ft, xG 0.05 (P1 15:13) Connor Brown: tip-in, 14 ft, xG 0.09 (P1 16:12) Nico Hischier: wrist, 52 ft, xG 0.02 (P1 16:51) Johnathan Kovacevic: wrist, 66 ft, xG 0.01 (P1 16:56) Simon Nemec: wrist, 30 ft, xG 0.10 (P1 17:23) Luke Hughes: wrist, 60 ft, xG 0.02 (P1 19:34) Dawson Mercer: snap, 32 ft, xG 0.07 (P2 1:06) Noah Laba: snap, 45 ft, xG 0.04 (P2 1:52) Matthew Robertson: wrist, 26 ft, xG 0.08 (P2 2:08) Adam Edstrom: deflected, 13 ft, xG 0.09 (P2 2:24) Dawson Mercer: snap, 38 ft, xG 0.02 (P2 5:00) Dawson Mercer: wrist, 10 ft, xG 0.16 (P2 5:15) Jesper Bratt: wrist, 36 ft, xG 0.05 (P2 5:44) Jack Hughes: backhand, 9 ft, xG 0.10 (P2 6:10) Luke Hughes: wrist, 57 ft, xG 0.04 (P2 7:08) Dawson Mercer: wrist, 11 ft, xG 0.17 (P2 7:10) Arseny Gritsyuk: tip-in, 7 ft, xG 0.05 (P2 7:10) Timo Meier: slap, 38 ft, xG 0.11 (P2 7:16) Nick Bjugstad: wrist, 33 ft, xG 0.03 (P2 8:12) Matthew Robertson: snap, 21 ft, xG 0.11 (P2 8:31) Alexis Lafrenière: tip-in, 7 ft, xG 0.12 (P2 10:10) Vladislav Gavrikov: snap, 44 ft, xG 0.06 (P2 10:29) Adam Fox: wrist, 41 ft, xG 0.03 (P2 10:33) Alexis Lafrenière: backhand, 6 ft, xG 0.21 (P2 12:31) Nico Hischier: wrist, 42 ft, xG 0.04 (P2 12:50) Braden Schneider: snap, 56 ft, xG 0.03 (P2 14:44) Vladislav Gavrikov: snap, 38 ft, xG 0.01 (P2 14:46) Jack Hughes: wrist, 18 ft, xG 0.14 (P2 15:20) Timo Meier: wrist, 39 ft, xG 0.05 (P2 16:07) Nico Hischier: wrist, 28 ft, xG 0.12 (P2 16:17) Timo Meier: wrist, 10 ft, xG 0.06 (P2 16:18) Johnathan Kovacevic: wrist, 33 ft, xG 0.05 (P2 16:33) Cody Glass: snap, 35 ft, xG 0.05 (P2 18:29) Jonas Siegenthaler: wrist, 71 ft, xG 0.00 (P3 0:12) Vincent Trocheck: wrist, 21 ft, xG 0.02 (P3 2:14) Mika Zibanejad: wrist, 42 ft, xG 0.04 (P3 2:46) Will Borgen: slap, 72 ft, xG 0.01 (P3 2:56) Jesper Bratt: backhand, 19 ft, xG 0.01 (P3 3:40) Brenden Dillon: slap, 45 ft, xG 0.06 (P3 4:15) Jack Hughes: wrist, 30 ft, xG 0.08 (P3 5:21) Paul Cotter: backhand, 16 ft, xG 0.05 (P3 6:26) Alexis Lafrenière: wrist, 29 ft, xG 0.09 (P3 6:40) Adam Fox: wrist, 43 ft, xG 0.04 (P3 6:47) Mika Zibanejad: snap, 47 ft, xG 0.03 (P3 7:40) Luke Hughes: snap, 48 ft, xG 0.03 (P3 7:54) Johnathan Kovacevic: slap, 67 ft, xG 0.01 (P3 10:02) Timo Meier: backhand, 14 ft, xG 0.08 (P3 10:04) Timo Meier: wrist, 38 ft, xG 0.03 (P3 10:09) Adam Fox: wrist, 59 ft, xG 0.02 (P3 10:54) Alexis Lafrenière: wrist, 16 ft, xG 0.15 (P3 10:59) Alexis Lafrenière: deflected, 9 ft, xG 0.21 (P3 11:01) Gabe Perreault: wrist, 13 ft, xG 0.03 (P3 11:03) Jack Hughes: wrist, 25 ft, xG 0.15 (P3 12:49) Lenni Hameenaho: snap, 36 ft, xG 0.03 (P3 13:21) Vladislav Gavrikov: snap, 49 ft, xG 0.02 (P3 15:07) Timo Meier: tip-in, 16 ft, xG 0.05 (P3 15:34) Timo Meier: slap, 48 ft, xG 0.03 (P3 15:40) Taylor Raddysh: wrist, 31 ft, xG 0.03 (P3 18:07) Vladislav Gavrikov: GOAL, snap, 48 ft, xG 0.04 (P1 15:20) Nico Hischier: GOAL, wrist, 4 ft, xG 0.43 (P1 16:14) Arseny Gritsyuk: GOAL, snap, 29 ft, xG 0.04 (P1 19:16) Mika Zibanejad: GOAL, snap, 32 ft, xG 0.12 (P2 0:19) Connor Brown: GOAL, wrist, 12 ft, xG 0.16 (P2 11:36) Timo Meier: GOAL, wrist, 7 ft, xG 0.45 (P3 6:29) Conor Sheary: GOAL, snap, 14 ft, xG 0.20 (P3 9:41) Jack Hughes: GOAL, wrist, 36 ft, xG 0.05 (P3 13:05) Jesper Bratt: GOAL, snap, 30 ft, xG 0.09 (P3 16:22)
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
91 Dawson Mercer 000 -1 60.42 0019:20
28 Timo Meier 101 0 131.02 0218:57
13 Nico Hischier 112 -1 40.61 0118:52
86 Jack Hughes 123 +1 70.66 0017:48
81 Arseny Gritsyuk 101 +2 20.10 1017:08
16 Connor Brown 123 +1 20.25 0016:03
63 Jesper Bratt 112 0 30.16 2015:14
12 Cody Glass 000 +1 20.20 0014:25
29 Lenni Hameenaho 000 +1 20.05 1011:58
72 Nick Bjugstad 000 0 10.03 1110:06
72 Maxim Tsyplakov 000 -1 30.40 3009:43
47 Paul Cotter 011 0 20.05 0008:57
Defense
43 Luke Hughes 000 +1 60.10 0123:52
8 Johnathan Kovacevic 000 +3 30.07 2020:53
71 Simon Nemec 011 +1 30.10 0118:53
5 Brenden Dillon 011 +1 20.06 3318:43
7 Dougie Hamilton 000 -2 10.01 1118:27
71 Jonas Siegenthaler 000 -2 30.01 0317:13
Goalie SAGA SVSV% xGA GSAx
Jacob Markstrom 18315 .833 1.97 -1.03

New York Rangers

Skater GAP+/− AttxG HitBlkTOI
Forwards
93 Mika Zibanejad 101 -1 40.27 3121:23
13 Alexis Lafrenière 011 +1 80.83 0019:33
94 Gabe Perreault 011 0 10.03 1019:00
16 Vincent Trocheck 000 0 10.02 3018:34
10 J.T. Miller 011 0 10.00 0017:35
24 Tye Kartye 000 -2 10.00 3017:09
50 Will Cuylle 000 +1 00.00 2016:13
43 Conor Sheary 101 +1 10.20 0114:10
14 Taylor Raddysh 000 0 20.03 0109:13
49 Jaroslav Chmelar 000 -2 20.00 3008:55
42 Noah Laba 000 0 10.04 3008:40
84 Adam Edstrom 000 -1 10.09 2008:33
Defense
23 Adam Fox 000 +1 60.09 0126:44
44 Vladislav Gavrikov 101 0 60.13 1026:31
29 Matthew Robertson 011 -1 50.20 2121:11
4 Braden Schneider 000 -1 20.03 1219:26
17 Will Borgen 000 -1 10.01 1119:19
18 Urho Vaakanainen 000 0 00.00 0003:05
Goalie SAGA SVSV% xGA GSAx
Jonathan Quick 39633 .846 4.29 -1.71

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
86 Jack Hughes C +3.50 +2.00 +0.43 +0.79 +0.30 -0.02 0.00 — 17:48
16 Connor Brown R +2.67 +2.00 +0.16 +0.50 0.00 0.00 0.00 — 16:03
28 Timo Meier R +2.19 +0.75 +0.66 +0.71 0.00 0.00 +0.06 — 18:57
13 Nico Hischier C +1.86 +1.30 +0.40 -0.03 +0.15 +0.01 +0.03 — 18:52
63 Jesper Bratt L +1.56 +1.30 +0.10 +0.20 0.00 0.00 -0.04 — 15:14
47 Paul Cotter L +1.55 +0.70 +0.03 +0.79 0.00 +0.05 -0.02 — 8:57
81 Arseny Gritsyuk R +1.44 +0.75 +0.06 +0.61 0.00 0.00 +0.02 — 17:08
17 Simon Nemec D +1.38 +0.70 +0.07 +0.72 -0.15 0.00 +0.05 — 18:53
8 Johnathan Kovacevic D +1.31 0.00 +0.05 +1.37 -0.15 0.00 +0.05 — 20:53
43 Luke Hughes D +1.21 0.00 +0.06 +1.15 0.00 0.00 0.00 — 23:52
5 Brenden Dillon D +1.00 +0.70 +0.04 +0.15 0.00 0.00 +0.11 — 18:43
72 Nick Bjugstad C +0.82 0.00 +0.02 +0.72 0.00 +0.01 +0.07 — 10:06
42 Maxim Tsyplakov R +0.33 0.00 +0.26 +0.09 0.00 0.00 -0.02 — 9:43
91 Dawson Mercer C +0.27 0.00 +0.28 -0.14 +0.15 -0.02 0.00 — 19:20
12 Cody Glass C +0.19 0.00 +0.13 +0.08 0.00 -0.02 0.00 — 14:25
29 Lenni Hameenaho R +0.12 0.00 +0.03 +0.09 0.00 0.00 0.00 — 11:58
7 Dougie Hamilton D -0.09 0.00 +0.01 -0.09 0.00 0.00 -0.01 — 18:27
71 Jonas Siegenthaler D -0.39 0.00 +0.01 -0.42 0.00 0.00 +0.03 — 17:13
25 Jacob Markstrom G -1.03 0.00 — — 0.00 — — -1.03 59:28

New York Rangers

Player Rating Points Shots On ice Pen FO Other GSAx TOI
13 Alexis Lafrenière L +1.96 +0.70 +0.54 +0.74 0.00 +0.01 -0.04 — 19:33
23 Adam Fox D +1.38 0.00 +0.06 +1.32 0.00 0.00 +0.01 — 26:44
43 Conor Sheary L +1.33 +0.75 +0.13 +0.40 0.00 0.00 +0.05 — 14:10
94 Gabe Perreault R +1.18 +0.70 +0.02 +0.59 -0.15 0.00 +0.02 — 19:00
93 Mika Zibanejad C +0.48 +0.75 +0.17 -0.31 -0.15 -0.03 +0.05 — 21:23
29 Matthew Robertson D +0.44 +0.70 +0.13 -0.43 0.00 0.00 +0.05 — 21:11
44 Vladislav Gavrikov D +0.38 +0.75 +0.08 -0.39 0.00 0.00 -0.06 — 26:31
42 Noah Laba C +0.11 0.00 +0.03 0.00 +0.15 -0.02 -0.04 — 8:40
14 Taylor Raddysh R -0.43 0.00 +0.02 -0.49 0.00 0.00 +0.03 — 9:13
18 Urho Vaakanainen D -0.46 0.00 0.00 -0.46 0.00 0.00 0.00 — 3:05
50 Will Cuylle L -0.49 0.00 0.00 -0.44 0.00 -0.01 -0.04 — 16:13
8 J.T. Miller C -0.72 +0.55 0.00 -1.13 -0.15 +0.03 -0.02 — 17:35
84 Adam Edstrom C -0.76 0.00 +0.06 -0.75 0.00 -0.03 -0.04 — 8:33
24 Tye Kartye L -0.94 0.00 0.00 -0.96 0.00 0.00 +0.02 — 17:09
4 Braden Schneider D -0.95 0.00 +0.02 -1.01 0.00 0.00 +0.04 — 19:26
16 Vincent Trocheck C -0.99 0.00 +0.01 -1.00 0.00 +0.04 -0.04 — 18:34
49 Jaroslav Chmelar R -1.04 0.00 0.00 -1.04 0.00 0.00 0.00 — 8:55
32 Jonathan Quick G -1.71 0.00 — — 0.00 — — -1.71 60:00
17 Will Borgen D -1.88 0.00 +0.01 -1.94 0.00 0.00 +0.05 — 19:19

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.