CAR 3 @ NJD 1 · Jan 4, 2026

Sun, Jan 4, 2026·Prudential Center, Newark

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Carolina Hurricanes

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Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Carolina Hurricanes win this game 74% of the time.

19%

67%

NJD winsCAR wins

Who was on the ice

Model-based

Line matchups and every shift of the game.

Line matchups

NJD forward lines and defence pairs (rows) against CAR's (columns) at 5-on-5. Darker cells shared more ice; the second number is xG for–against in that time. Click a cell to highlight it below.

	Ehlers–Aho–Svechnikov	Staal–Martinook–Carrier	Hall–Stankoven–Blake	Jankowski–Robinson–Philp	Martinook–Carrier–Philp	Hall–Robinson–Philp	Gostisbehere–Chatfield	Walker–Miller	Nikishin–Nystrom	Chatfield–Miller	Gostisbehere–Walker	Gostisbehere–Nikishin
Bratt–Hischier–Hughes	5:040.04–1.25	1:510.04–0.03	1:480.20–0.12	1:180.13–0.00			2:010.08–0.20	6:070.08–1.18	1:240.20–0.03		2:120.05–0.00
Meier–Gritsyuk–Mercer	2:460.01–0.00	2:140.07–0.00	1:450.23–0.31			0:580.01–0.00	4:460.02–0.00	1:400.00–0.20	2:040.08–0.19	0:430.06–0.00
Palat–Brown–Glass		1:190.00–0.00	3:060.02–0.49	1:030.09–0.00			4:320.09–0.09	1:070.00–0.25	1:130.00–0.24
Noesen–Glendening–Lammikko		1:370.00–0.00	0:450.00–0.00	0:320.00–0.00	1:070.09–0.01		0:460.00–0.00	0:350.00–0.11	2:280.07–0.00	1:070.09–0.01
Hamilton–Siegenthaler	3:160.04–0.11	2:520.06–0.00	1:050.23–0.15	1:210.09–0.00		0:390.01–0.00	4:500.11–0.08	3:310.04–0.23	2:160.13–0.21	0:310.06–0.00		0:340.16–0.00
Pesce–Hughes	2:490.00–1.19	1:370.01–0.03	2:090.00–0.55	0:450.05–0.00	1:070.09–0.01	0:310.00–0.00	2:410.00–0.21	4:150.00–1.43	1:120.01–0.03	1:200.09–0.01	1:150.05–0.00
Dillon–White	1:500.00–0.01	1:290.06–0.00	2:420.00–0.18	0:380.08–0.00			2:440.08–0.00	0:450.00–0.01	3:300.06–0.18		0:360.00–0.00
Hamilton–Hughes		0:530.04–0.00	0:330.20–0.00					2:210.05–0.12	0:310.20–0.00
Pesce–Siegenthaler	0:500.01–0.00						1:010.01–0.00
Siegenthaler–White	0:340.00–0.00								0:350.00–0.00
Dillon–Pesce							0:340.00–0.00

Shift chart

Every shift, one row per player.

NJDCARFull-height lines are goals; short ticks at the top are shots. Hover to see who was on the ice.

Shift totals


Dougie HamiltonNJD	30	25:27	0:51	2:08	4	2
Nico HischierNJD	22	25:16	1:09	2:24	6	3
Jack HughesNJD	19	24:55	1:19	4:40	4	2
Sean WalkerCAR	28	23:55	0:51	1:48	1	5
Jesper BrattNJD	21	23:25	1:07	4:39	5	2
K'Andre MillerCAR	26	23:22	0:54	1:33	2	8
Luke HughesNJD	25	22:43	0:55	1:51	10	2
Shayne GostisbehereCAR	23	21:39	0:56	2:37	2	2
Jalen ChatfieldCAR	27	21:26	0:48	1:37	1	5
Sebastian AhoCAR	25	21:08	0:51	1:26	4	4
Timo MeierNJD	19	20:36	1:05	3:29	5	1
Jordan MartinookCAR	24	19:56	0:50	2:09	3	3
Jonas SiegenthalerNJD	25	19:04	0:46	1:38	1	2
Dawson MercerNJD	21	18:58	0:54	1:45	5	1
Brett PesceNJD	21	17:46	0:51	1:50	5	5
Jordan StaalCAR	24	17:11	0:43	1:52	5	8
Nikolaj EhlersCAR	19	16:20	0:52	1:54	1	2
Arseny GritsyukNJD	20	15:49	0:47	1:19	6	0
Andrei SvechnikovCAR	20	15:34	0:47	1:20	4	2
Taylor HallCAR	19	15:07	0:48	1:23	1	0
Jackson BlakeCAR	16	14:57	0:56	1:39	2	1
Connor BrownNJD	16	14:51	0:56	1:28	2	3
Alexander NikishinCAR	17	14:23	0:51	1:26	2	1
Brenden DillonNJD	17	13:58	0:49	1:19	1	5
Logan StankovenCAR	19	12:58	0:41	1:23	1	0
Joel NystromCAR	18	12:11	0:41	1:25	2	1
Stefan NoesenNJD	14	11:27	0:49	1:20	5	2
William CarrierCAR	16	11:26	0:43	1:09	2	3
Cody GlassNJD	15	11:13	0:45	1:23	2	2
Noah PhilpCAR	19	10:48	0:34	1:26	0	8
Colton WhiteNJD	14	9:59	0:43	1:00	1	3
Eric RobinsonCAR	15	9:42	0:39	1:29	0	2
Ondrej PalatNJD	14	9:10	0:39	1:23	1	1
Mark JankowskiCAR	12	8:24	0:42	1:30	0	1
Luke GlendeningNJD	12	7:47	0:39	1:07	1	5
Juho LammikkoNJD	8	5:52	0:44	1:07	1	2

Carolina Hurricanes 3, New Jersey Devils 1

Who was on the ice

Shift totals