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Wed, Nov 26, 2025·Prudential Center, Newark

St. Louis Blues 2, New Jersey Devils 3 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New Jersey Devils win this game 51% of the time.

NJD winsSTL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
STL27080800223
NJD114190412329

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 2:16STLCam FowlerAssists: Nathan Walker, Logan Mailloux · Wrist, 0.01 xG1–0
  2. P1 11:02NJDTimo MeierAssists: Nico Hischier, Dougie Hamilton · Tip-in, 0.07 xG1–1
  3. P1 14:37STLRobert ThomasPPAssists: Cam Fowler, Pavel Buchnevich · Wrist, 0.07 xG2–1
  4. P2 8:49NJDNico HischierPPAssists: Timo Meier, Luke Hughes · Wrist, 0.15 xG2–2
  5. OT 2:58NJDSimon NemecGWGAssists: Nico Hischier, Paul Cotter · Snap, 0.19 xG2–3
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 11:43STLNathan Walker: Interference2 min
  2. P1 12:48NJDDougie Hamilton: Interference2 min · PPG
  3. P2 7:03STLJustin Faulk: Tripping2 min · PPG
  4. P2 10:20NJDJuho Lammikko: Hooking2 min
  5. P3 2:00NJDOndrej Palat: High sticking double minor4 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.

STL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

STLNJD
23Shots on goal29
2.2Expected goals2.3
53Shot attempts59
22Faceoffs won28
4Power plays2
4Penalty minutes8
15Hits26
14Blocked shots18
13Giveaways11
7Takeaways4

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.

St. Louis Blues

Forward lines

  1. bestSundqvist – Walker – Joseph8:58

    xG 0.39–0.07 (86%)attempts 8–4goals 1–0

  2. Schenn – Suter – Neighbours2:38

    xG 0.05–0.03 (64%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. Buchnevich – Kyrou – Thomas11:06

    xG 0.24–0.23 (51%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0

  4. Holloway – Snuggerud – Dvorsky2:05

    xG 0.01–0.02 (36%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestFaulk – Fowler5:35

    xG 0.17–0.02 (87%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  2. Faulk – Tucker9:57

    xG 0.35–0.27 (56%)attempts 9–6goals 0–0

  3. Parayko – Broberg16:25

    xG 0.49–0.44 (53%)attempts 10–19goals 0–0

New Jersey Devils

Forward lines

  1. bestMeier – Bratt – Hischier12:11

    xG 0.32–0.12 (73%)attempts 14–9goals 1–0

  2. Noesen – Glendening – Lammikko3:17

    xG 0.13–0.03 (82%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  3. Palat – Gritsyuk – Mercer9:42

    xG 0.31–0.23 (58%)attempts 11–5goals 0–0

  4. Brown – Glass – Cotter7:08

    xG 0.12–0.10 (55%)attempts 4–4goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestHamilton – Siegenthaler13:13

    xG 0.70–0.38 (65%)attempts 18–9goals 1–0

  2. Dillon – White10:38

    xG 0.35–0.09 (80%)attempts 9–9goals 0–1

  3. Hughes – Nemec19:53

    xG 0.37–0.49 (43%)attempts 16–8goals 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 2.3 xGSTL 2.2 xG
00.511.522.5P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NJDSTL

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 STL. Dots are goals.

Excitement 47/100 · #737 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.51 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 32% (winner's lowest chance)
STL 100%5050%50NJD 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +18 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 51% of the time.

NJD winsSTL wins

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

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