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Thu, Oct 16, 2025·Prudential Center, Newark

Florida Panthers 1, New Jersey Devils 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New Jersey Devils win this game 57% of the time.

NJD winsFLA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
FLA160907122
NJD01211328333

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

Every goal, with the change it made to the home team's win probability.

  1. P1 1:59FLAEvan RodriguesAssists: Brad Marchand, Seth Jones · Snap, 0.19 xG1–0
  2. P2 5:48NJDJack HughesPPAssists: Jesper Bratt, Timo Meier · Snap, 0.07 xG1–1
  3. P3 6:23NJDTimo MeierGWGAssists: Simon Nemec, Brenden Dillon · Tip-in, 0.04 xG1–2
  4. P3 11:47NJDNico HischierAssists: Dawson Mercer · Wrist, 0.11 xG1–3
Penalties (12)
  1. P1 4:56NJDLuke Hughes: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 8:24FLAMackie Samoskevich: Tripping2 min
  3. P1 9:02NJDLuke Hughes: Holding the stick2 min
  4. P1 11:33FLACarter Verhaeghe: Too many men on the ice2 min
  5. P1 16:38NJDCody Glass: Roughing2 min
  6. P1 16:38FLAMackie Samoskevich: Roughing2 min
  7. P1 17:47FLABrad Marchand: Interference2 min
  8. P2 5:04FLAEvan Rodrigues: Tripping2 min · PPG
  9. P2 10:43NJDJesper Bratt: Interference2 min
  10. P2 18:25NJDBrenden Dillon: Hooking2 min
  11. P3 0:38NJDJesper Bratt: Hooking2 min
  12. P3 18:43FLAEvan Rodrigues: Delaying game unsuccessful challenge2 min

Replay

Watch the game unfold on the ice: every shot, hit, turnover and faceoff appears as it happened, then fades. Drag the timeline to jump; goals are marked on it.

FLA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0NJD
47% to win53% to win
← FLA attackNJD attack →
  1. P1 20:00Hughes won the faceoff against Rodrigues
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

FLANJD
22Shots on goal33
2.3Expected goals2.7
59Shot attempts67
28Faceoffs won22
5Power plays5
12Penalty minutes12
27Hits22
18Blocked shots20
14Giveaways10
3Takeaways4

Line combinations that worked

Model-based

Each team's forward lines and defence pairs at 5-on-5 (two minutes or more together), best first by expected goals for minus against.

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. Marchand – Bennett – Rodrigues4:56

    xG 0.62–0.58 (52%)attempts 8–10goals 1–2

  2. Greer – Kunin – Gadjovich4:18

    xG 0.01–0.08 (16%)attempts 2–6goals 0–0

  3. Boqvist – Luostarinen – Samoskevich5:31

    xG 0.18–0.30 (37%)attempts 4–4goals 0–0

  4. Verhaeghe – Reinhart – Lundell8:42

    xG 0.05–0.26 (15%)attempts 6–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPetry – Balinskis7:31

    xG 0.53–0.40 (57%)attempts 10–10goals 0–0

  2. Jones – Mikkola12:45

    xG 0.76–0.87 (47%)attempts 15–21goals 1–1

  3. Ekblad – Forsling11:36

    xG 0.24–0.35 (40%)attempts 12–10goals 0–0

New Jersey Devils

Forward lines

  1. bestPalat – Bratt – Hughes7:32

    xG 0.57–0.13 (82%)attempts 11–6goals 0–0

  2. Meier – Hischier – Mercer8:47

    xG 0.38–0.07 (84%)attempts 12–10goals 2–0

  3. Brown – Glass – Gritsyuk5:53

    xG 0.33–0.23 (59%)attempts 6–4goals 0–0

  4. Glendening – Cotter – Halonen5:05

    xG 0.22–0.16 (59%)attempts 6–7goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPesce – Hughes10:56

    xG 0.45–0.20 (69%)attempts 12–6goals 0–0

  2. Dillon – Nemec10:07

    xG 0.43–0.36 (55%)attempts 12–11goals 2–0

  3. Hamilton – Siegenthaler13:04

    xG 0.78–0.98 (44%)attempts 21–20goals 0–1

How the game flowed

Model-based

Chance quality for each side, minute by minute, with pressure underneath.

Expected goals flow

Running total of expected goals for each team. Steep climbs are spells of pressure; dots are goals. Shaded bands mark power plays (team colour), 4-on-4 or 3-on-3 (grey) and empty nets.

NJD 2.7 xGFLA 2.3 xG
-0.500.511.522.53P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NJDFLA

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

NJD's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line NJD is favoured, below it FLA. Dots are goals.

Excitement 37/100 · #877 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.28 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 33% (winner's lowest chance)
FLA 100%5050%50NJD 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +34 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, New Jersey Devils win this game 57% of the time.

NJD winsFLA wins

Simulated goal difference (NJD − FLA), 10,000 replays

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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).