New Jersey Devils at Utah Hockey Club

Mar 1, 2025 · Delta Center

Team	Goals	Shots
New Jersey Devils	3	29
Utah Hockey Club	1	25

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
1st Period
09:34	NJD	Nico Hischier (25)	Luke Hughes (21), Tomas Tatar (9)	1 - 0
2nd Period
10:03	UTA	Mikhail Sergachev (11)	Liam O'Brien (2), Kevin Stenlund (7)	1 - 1
3rd Period
00:14	NJD	Timo Meier (16)	Dawson Mercer (13), Johnathan Kovacevic (13)	2 - 1
12:44	NJD	Curtis Lazar (2)	Jack Hughes (43), Nathan Bastian (6)	3 - 1

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
1st Period
12:12	UTA	Logan Cooley	Holding	2
15:40	NJD	Brenden Dillon	Fighting	5
15:40	UTA	Liam O'Brien	Fighting	5
18:12	NJD	Tomas Tatar	Holding	2
2nd Period
15:12	UTA	Ian Cole	Tripping	2
3rd Period
18:12	NJD	Jack Hughes	Tripping	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
New Jersey Devils	64	40	29	3	2.7	52.6
Utah Hockey Club	59	46	25	1	2.2	47.4

How the game went

The gap in shot attempts as the game went on: how many more one team had taken than the other. The line is above the middle and red while Utah Hockey Club had taken more, and below it and blue while New Jersey Devils had.

Expected goals

New Jersey Devils: 2.7 expected, 3 scored · Utah Hockey Club: 2.2 expected, 1 scored

Each line climbs with every chance a team had: a small step for a shot from far out, a big one for a dangerous chance. A dot is a goal. Expected goals adds up how likely each shot was to go in, judged by where it was taken from, what kind of shot it was and whether it was a rebound. Blocked shots and the shootout are not counted.

Where the attempts came from

New Jersey Devils

Utah Hockey Club

There is a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. "Show as heat map" shades the ice by where the attempts came from.

New Jersey Devils

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Timo Meier · Nico Hischier · Dawson Mercer	12:15	48.6	37.3	1-0
Ondrej Palat · Jesper Bratt · Jack Hughes	10:38	64.0	90.5	0-0
Erik Haula · Stefan Noesen · Paul Cotter	8:49	55.0	30.6	0-0
Tomas Tatar · Curtis Lazar · Nathan Bastian	7:14	50.0	36.7	0-1

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Dougie Hamilton · Luke Hughes	15:04	55.3	57.0	0-0
Brett Pesce · Johnathan Kovacevic	14:21	65.4	52.3	1-0
Brenden Dillon · Simon Nemec	10:45	37.5	61.8	1-0

The forwards and the defencemen who were on the ice together most at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out.

Players

xG is the expected goals of a skater's own shots. CF-CA and xGF-xGA are the shot attempts and the expected goals for and against while he was on the ice at five-on-five. For a goalie, xGA is what the shots he faced were expected to produce, and the last column is how many of those he saved. What these numbers mean

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits	TOI	xG	CF-CA	xGF-xGA
13	Nico Hischier	C	1	0	1	2	0	2	1	20:40	0.31	20-20	0.76-0.91
20	Curtis Lazar	C	1	0	1	0	0	2	3	08:50	0.14	5-6	0.14-0.17
28	Timo Meier	R	1	0	1	1	0	3	2	17:45	0.24	20-22	0.54-1.06
8	Johnathan Kovacevic	D	0	1	1	1	0	2	3	20:17	0.10	20-13	0.65-0.51
11	Nathan Bastian	R	0	1	1	0	0	1	2	10:55	0.22	10-6	0.44-0.13
43	Luke Hughes	D	0	1	1	1	0	2	0	22:42	0.11	26-23	0.95-0.84
86	Jack Hughes	C	0	1	1	1	2	4	0	20:31	0.32	21-13	1.26-0.27
90	Tomas Tatar	L	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	11:49		10-7	0.58-0.17
91	Dawson Mercer	C	0	1	1	2	0	2	1	19:23	0.37	21-27	0.76-1.18
5	Brenden Dillon	D	0	0	0	1	5	0	2	16:41		16-19	0.85-0.67
7	Dougie Hamilton	D	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	19:52	0.03	27-17	0.82-0.49
11	Stefan Noesen	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	12:34	0.00	12-12	0.19-0.61
22	Brett Pesce	D	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	23:45	0.12	22-17	0.61-0.93
47	Paul Cotter	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	12:50	0.14	12-11	0.30-0.50
56	Erik Haula	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	12:07	0.08	15-15	0.22-0.66
63	Jesper Bratt	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	17:01	0.05	17-9	0.92-0.08
71	Simon Nemec	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	13:32	0.05	9-19	0.73-0.56
81	Ondrej Palat	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	15:14	0.42	17-14	0.81-0.27

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
50	Nico Daws	W	25	24	1	59:44	2.24	+1.24

Utah Hockey Club

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Alexander Kerfoot · Barrett Hayton · Dylan Guenther	11:49	48.0	30.1	0-0
Nick Schmaltz · Clayton Keller · Logan Cooley	11:49	53.1	49.1	0-1
Lawson Crouse · Jack McBain · Josh Doan	9:32	39.1	66.2	0-0
Nick Bjugstad · Liam O'Brien · Kevin Stenlund	6:49	53.8	40.1	1-1

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Olli Maatta · Sean Durzi	13:45	21.4	10.7	0-1
John Marino · Mikhail Sergachev	12:39	68.2	60.6	1-1
Ian Cole · Michael Kesselring	10:26	69.2	68.2	0-1

The forwards and the defencemen who were on the ice together most at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out.

Players

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits	TOI	xG	CF-CA	xGF-xGA
98	Mikhail Sergachev	D	1	0	1	0	0	2	1	23:17	0.16	19-13	0.66-0.41
38	Liam O'Brien	C	0	1	1	0	5	1	3	07:25	0.05	9-6	0.24-0.29
82	Kevin Stenlund	C	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	11:13	0.06	9-7	0.28-0.37
3	Olli Maatta	D	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	19:22	0.03	12-25	0.32-1.14
5	Sean Durzi	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	20:34	0.01	10-34	0.33-1.43
6	John Marino	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	20:32	0.03	22-17	0.64-0.56
7	Michael Kesselring	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	4	15:14	0.07	22-16	1.02-0.56
8	Nick Schmaltz	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	18:08	0.18	18-17	0.57-0.62
9	Clayton Keller	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	19:43	0.32	21-20	0.82-0.65
11	Dylan Guenther	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	20:24	0.31	16-21	0.64-1.01
14	Alexander Kerfoot	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	16:03	0.00	13-16	0.39-1.06
22	Jack McBain	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	14:20	0.22	11-14	0.51-0.24
27	Barrett Hayton	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	18:30	0.15	13-17	0.48-1.03
28	Ian Cole	D	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	17:28	0.05	24-16	1.03-0.52
67	Lawson Crouse	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	13:56	0.18	9-14	0.46-0.24
72	Nick Bjugstad	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	08:44	0.01	9-10	0.28-0.44
91	Josh Doan	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	13:11	0.05	11-15	0.51-0.31
92	Logan Cooley	C	0	0	0	-1	2	2	2	20:02	0.34	22-22	0.82-0.67

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
70	Karel Vejmelka	L	29	26	3	57:54	2.73	-0.27