Minnesota Wild at New Jersey Devils

Mar 31, 2025 · Prudential Center

Team	Goals	Shots
Minnesota Wild	2	30
New Jersey Devils	3	28

Decided in a shootout.

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
1st Period
12:30	NJD	Luke Hughes (7)	Brett Pesce (12), Justin Dowling (5)	0 - 1
3rd Period
02:57	MIN	Vinnie Hinostroza (5)	Jake Middleton (12), Jon Merrill (4)	1 - 1
09:12	NJD	Nico Hischier (34)	Stefan Noesen (19), Luke Hughes (34)	1 - 2
17:52	MIN	Matt Boldy (25)	Marcus Foligno (13)	2 - 2
Shootout
	NJD	Paul Cotter	Shootout winner	2 - 3

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
1st Period
18:10	MIN	Jonas Brodin	Holding	2
2nd Period
01:23	NJD	Johnathan Kovacevic	Tripping	2
11:14	NJD	Brian Dumoulin	Holding	2
3rd Period
10:54	MIN	Ryan Hartman	Hooking	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
Minnesota Wild	69	52	30	2	2.4	53.5
New Jersey Devils	62	43	28	2	2.1	46.5

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 New Jersey Devils had taken more, and below it and blue while Minnesota Wild had.

Expected goals

Minnesota Wild: 2.4 expected, 2 scored · New Jersey Devils: 2.1 expected, 2 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

Minnesota Wild

New Jersey Devils

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.

Minnesota Wild

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Marcus Foligno · Matt Boldy · Marco Rossi	14:22	62.1	73.0	1-0
Marcus Johansson · Mats Zuccarello · Frederick Gaudreau	10:17	40.7	34.1	0-1
Gustav Nyquist · Vinnie Hinostroza · Ryan Hartman	8:02	66.7	82.4	1-0
Devin Shore · Yakov Trenin · Justin Brazeau	7:06	46.7	5.4	0-1

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Jared Spurgeon · Jonas Brodin	18:11	66.7	72.5	1-0
Jake Middleton · Brock Faber	18:02	57.1	54.7	0-2
Zach Bogosian · Jon Merrill	9:42	26.1	26.9	0-0

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
12	Matt Boldy	L	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	26:32	0.24	18-16	0.57-0.32
24	Vinnie Hinostroza	C	1	0	1	1	0	3	0	11:25	0.17	17-6	0.70-0.11
4	Jon Merrill	D	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	11:25	0.03	9-21	0.47-0.72
17	Marcus Foligno	L	0	1	1	1	0	2	6	18:45	0.27	21-16	0.60-0.32
55	Jake Middleton	D	0	1	1	-1	0	4	1	23:34	0.20	27-20	0.76-0.69
7	Brock Faber	D	0	0	0	-2	0	3	0	25:16	0.14	28-23	0.68-0.57
13	Yakov Trenin	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	4	09:26	0.06	10-9	0.10-0.48
14	Gustav Nyquist	R	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	15:57	0.29	13-10	0.63-0.22
16	Justin Brazeau	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	3	08:03		8-9	0.07-0.50
19	Devin Shore	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	09:36		13-9	0.28-0.50
23	Marco Rossi	C	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	23:04	0.06	23-14	0.66-0.25
24	Zach Bogosian	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	11:54	0.00	8-17	0.26-0.64
25	Jonas Brodin	D	0	0	0	1	2	4	0	23:05	0.01	25-13	0.69-0.46
36	Mats Zuccarello	R	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	19:56	0.25	17-22	0.41-0.74
38	Ryan Hartman	R	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	13:41	0.18	17-11	0.62-0.23
46	Jared Spurgeon	D	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	23:13	0.19	24-12	0.69-0.26
89	Frederick Gaudreau	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	17:08	0.13	11-19	0.33-0.70
90	Marcus Johansson	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	19:00	0.20	16-18	0.45-0.65

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
32	Filip Gustavsson	OTL	28	26	2	65:00	2.10	+0.10

New Jersey Devils

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Stefan Noesen · Jesper Bratt · Nico Hischier	14:43	50.0	58.1	1-0
Erik Haula · Timo Meier · Dawson Mercer	10:50	48.0	48.3	0-0
Tomas Tatar · Justin Dowling · Ondrej Palat	9:20	33.3	38.9	1-1
Curtis Lazar · Daniel Sprong · Paul Cotter	7:06	33.3	18.8	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Brett Pesce · Luke Hughes	16:57	50.0	56.3	2-0
Brian Dumoulin · Johnathan Kovacevic	15:05	64.0	60.3	0-0
Brenden Dillon · Simon Nemec	8:10	34.6	42.6	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
43	Luke Hughes	D	1	1	2	2	0	4	0	29:11	0.20	24-24	0.71-0.51
13	Nico Hischier	C	1	0	1	1	0	2	3	25:18	0.20	23-20	0.72-0.38
11	Stefan Noesen	R	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	18:23	0.01	20-21	0.50-0.52
22	Brett Pesce	D	0	1	1	1	0	3	1	26:56	0.23	24-32	0.73-0.93
37	Justin Dowling	C	0	1	1	-1	0	0	1	11:30		9-14	0.34-0.63
2	Brian Dumoulin	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	18:52		17-12	0.41-0.41
5	Brenden Dillon	D	0	0	0	-2	0	1	1	15:10	0.03	11-25	0.49-0.74
8	Johnathan Kovacevic	D	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	20:27	0.03	20-11	0.57-0.29
10	Daniel Sprong	R	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	11:03	0.29	7-12	0.24-0.34
20	Curtis Lazar	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	09:25		6-12	0.06-0.29
28	Timo Meier	R	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	18:41	0.20	18-15	0.57-0.50
47	Paul Cotter	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	11:18	0.06	8-12	0.24-0.29
56	Erik Haula	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	15:11	0.14	15-14	0.56-0.47
63	Jesper Bratt	L	0	0	0	1	0	2	6	24:08	0.12	25-20	0.66-0.37
71	Simon Nemec	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	11:12	0.06	10-19	0.44-0.72
81	Ondrej Palat	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	13:08	0.24	7-14	0.29-0.51
90	Tomas Tatar	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	12:43	0.07	6-13	0.29-0.58
91	Dawson Mercer	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	18:24	0.21	15-15	0.56-0.50

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
25	Jacob Markstrom	W	30	28	2	65:00	2.44	+0.44