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Mon, Nov 10, 2025·Prudential Center, Newark

New York Islanders 3, New Jersey Devils 2 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New Jersey Devils win this game 88% of the time.

NJD winsNYI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
NYI07181811324
NJD11101011400235

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:12NJDTimo MeierPPAssists: Jesper Bratt, Luke Hughes · Snap, 0.23 xG0–1
  2. P2 6:55NYIBo HorvatAssists: Kyle Palmieri · Wrist, 0.10 xG1–1
  3. P3 17:07NYIKyle PalmieriPPAssists: Matthew Schaefer, Bo Horvat · Poke, 0.06 xG2–1
  4. P3 19:55NJDSimon NemecAssists: Jesper Bratt, Timo Meier · Slap, 0.04 xG2–2
  5. OT 1:17NYIMathew BarzalGWGAssists: Jonathan Drouin, Ryan Pulock · Snap, 0.30 xG3–2
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 0:38NYIAnthony Duclair: Too many men on the ice2 min · PPG
  2. P1 19:52NYIKyle Palmieri: Hooking2 min
  3. P3 9:10NYICalum Ritchie: Hooking2 min
  4. P3 13:16NYIMathew Barzal: High sticking2 min
  5. P3 15:59NJDPaul Cotter: Interference2 min · PPG

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.

NYI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYINJD
24Shots on goal35
1.6Expected goals4.3
39Shot attempts75
25Faceoffs won17
1Power plays4
8Penalty minutes2
17Hits13
19Blocked shots11
12Giveaways20
4Takeaways3

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.

New York Islanders

Forward lines

  1. bestDrouin – Barzal – Holmstrom10:41

    xG 0.54–0.46 (54%)attempts 11–9goals 0–0

  2. Palmieri – Horvat – Heineman10:38

    xG 0.31–0.27 (53%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0

  3. Cizikas – Ritchie – Tsyplakov7:11

    xG 0.03–0.45 (7%)attempts 3–11goals 0–0

  4. Lee – Pageau – Duclair8:35

    xG 0.13–0.55 (19%)attempts 4–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPelech – DeAngelo8:02

    xG 0.52–0.09 (86%)attempts 10–4goals 0–0

  2. DeAngelo – Schaefer3:33

    xG 0.07–0.11 (39%)attempts 2–5goals 0–0

  3. Pelech – Pulock2:47

    xG 0.02–0.15 (12%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

New Jersey Devils

Forward lines

  1. bestGlendening – MacEwen – Cotter6:57

    xG 0.47–0.07 (87%)attempts 9–3goals 0–0

  2. Meier – Hischier – Mercer11:18

    xG 0.53–0.29 (64%)attempts 10–9goals 0–1

  3. Noesen – Bratt – Hughes6:35

    xG 0.31–0.12 (71%)attempts 5–5goals 0–0

  4. Palat – Glass – Gritsyuk7:07

    xG 0.46–0.30 (61%)attempts 11–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestDillon – Hughes14:42

    xG 0.94–0.18 (84%)attempts 19–7goals 0–1

  2. White – Cholowski11:50

    xG 0.23–0.23 (50%)attempts 5–7goals 0–0

  3. Siegenthaler – Nemec18:37

    xG 0.75–0.78 (49%)attempts 17–20goals 0–0

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 4.3 xGNYI 1.6 xG
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Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NJDNYI

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 NYI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 80/100 · #319 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.16 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 27% (winner's lowest chance)
NYI 100%5050%50NJD 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +42 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 88% of the time.

NJD winsNYI wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).