NJD 1 @ NYR 4 · Mar 31, 2026

Tue, Mar 31, 2026·Madison Square Garden, New York

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New Jersey Devils

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Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Rangers win this game 63% of the time.

56%

29%

NYR winsNJD wins

Who was on the ice

Model-based

Line matchups and every shift of the game.

Line matchups

NYR forward lines and defence pairs (rows) against NJD'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.

	Brown–Bratt–Hughes	Meier–Hischier–Mercer	Bjugstad–Glass–Hameenaho	Dadonov–Cotter–Tsyplakov	Dadonov–Bjugstad–Tsyplakov	Brown–Meier–Hughes	Meier–Bratt–Hughes	Hamilton–Siegenthaler	Dillon–Nemec	Kovacevic–Hughes	Hughes–Nemec	Dillon–Kovacevic	Dillon–Hamilton	Hamilton–Nemec
Trocheck–Cuylle–Sykora	0:540.00–0.00	2:240.01–0.08	3:240.02–0.02		1:080.00–0.01			1:160.00–0.02	4:450.00–0.19	1:590.03–0.00	1:160.00–0.01	1:130.00–0.11	1:060.00–0.41
Miller–Sheary–Kartye	2:590.46–0.17	4:070.23–0.03	0:420.02–0.00	0:400.01–0.03				2:020.59–0.11	0:400.00–0.12	4:170.05–0.03	2:080.07–0.00
Zibanejad–Lafrenière–Perreault	6:190.76–0.16	1:440.33–0.03		0:570.00–0.00				5:380.52–0.18	0:440.03–0.03	1:520.36–0.06	1:310.18–0.00
Brodzinski–Chmelar–Laba		2:380.19–0.36	0:540.13–0.01	1:220.08–0.00	0:410.01–0.00		0:390.01–0.00	1:230.00–0.01	2:490.10–0.36	1:120.15–0.00	0:430.00–0.03			0:360.00–0.00
Trocheck–Lafrenière–Perreault	0:370.00–0.04								0:520.00–0.04		0:360.00–0.00
Trocheck–Brodzinski–Cuylle				0:350.00–0.06
Borgen–Robertson	4:070.53–0.17	2:500.21–0.03	2:220.02–0.09	0:510.00–0.00	1:060.01–0.00			5:240.32–0.20	2:170.04–0.08	3:380.07–0.00	2:590.25–0.03	0:420.10–0.00
Gavrikov–Fox	6:320.99–0.20	3:080.52–0.00	1:040.02–0.00	1:080.08–0.00		0:310.00–0.11		5:090.99–0.10	1:530.08–0.05	3:090.49–0.06	2:240.00–0.08	0:490.00–0.11	1:210.05–0.41	0:370.00–0.14
Schneider–Fortescue	1:040.00–0.04	5:090.03–0.48	2:080.13–0.02	1:050.01–0.03	0:570.00–0.01				5:120.00–0.58	3:020.03–0.03	2:440.00–0.01
Gavrikov–Schneider							1:060.38–0.02	0:310.38–0.00	0:350.01–0.00
Robertson–Schneider

Shift chart

Every shift, one row per player.

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

Shift totals


Luke HughesNJD	23	25:05	1:05	2:07	6	3
Simon NemecNJD	22	22:54	1:02	1:59	5	3
Adam FoxNYR	25	22:37	0:54	2:25	2	2
Vladislav GavrikovNYR	29	22:18	0:46	1:26	2	5
Vincent TrocheckNYR	21	22:07	1:03	2:02	7	2
Jack HughesNJD	25	21:58	0:53	1:34	4	0
Connor BrownNJD	23	21:06	0:55	1:37	3	0
Nico HischierNJD	25	19:38	0:47	1:20	8	7
J.T. MillerNYR	21	19:10	0:55	1:52	2	4
Jesper BrattNJD	24	19:03	0:48	1:22	5	0
Braden SchneiderNYR	22	18:35	0:51	1:54	2	6
Matthew RobertsonNYR	23	18:32	0:48	1:29	2	2
Will BorgenNYR	25	18:30	0:44	1:21	2	3
Timo MeierNJD	22	18:29	0:50	1:27	3	4
Dougie HamiltonNJD	23	18:23	0:48	1:12	1	3
Alexis LafrenièreNYR	21	17:52	0:51	1:45	5	2
Dawson MercerNJD	21	17:51	0:51	1:36	4	5
Brenden DillonNJD	22	17:37	0:48	1:39	0	6
Johnathan KovacevicNJD	22	17:34	0:48	1:53	1	7
Mika ZibanejadNYR	24	17:20	0:43	1:45	5	3
Will CuylleNYR	21	16:27	0:47	1:20	5	2
Jonas SiegenthalerNJD	21	16:01	0:46	1:11	0	3
Gabe PerreaultNYR	19	14:42	0:46	1:15	3	2
Tye KartyeNYR	21	14:02	0:40	1:07	2	5
Drew FortescueNYR	18	13:48	0:46	1:29	2	2
Adam SykoraNYR	17	13:02	0:46	1:04	4	1
Cody GlassNJD	20	12:39	0:38	0:58	3	4
Conor ShearyNYR	19	12:37	0:40	1:11	3	3
Noah LabaNYR	17	11:54	0:42	1:09	2	3
Jonny BrodzinskiNYR	16	11:50	0:44	1:53	1	1
Nick BjugstadNJD	16	11:08	0:42	1:07	1	3
Jaroslav ChmelarNYR	15	10:31	0:42	1:21	1	1
Lenni HameenahoNJD	17	10:05	0:36	0:55	1	4
Maxim TsyplakovNJD	10	9:01	0:54	1:18	2	0
Evgenii DadonovNJD	9	8:09	0:54	1:35	2	0
Paul CotterNJD	14	8:05	0:35	0:59	2	2

New Jersey Devils 1, New York Rangers 4

Who was on the ice

Shift totals