New Jersey Devils

1-1-0 · 2 pts · GF 3 · GA 8
#5 deepest of 32 teams, 2026-27
Shot depth
.575
5th in the NHL · 5th over the last 10
CF depth
.665
7th in the NHL · 7th over the last 10
xG depth
.502
4th in the NHL · 4th over the last 10
TOI depth
.845
21st in the NHL · 21st over the last 10
Season

Only 2 games into the season, so expect these numbers to move a lot.

How spread out was the offence?

0% 0% 25% 25% 50% 50% 75% 75% 100% 100% share of skaters, least to most perfectly even

The further the curve sags below the diagonal, the more a few players carried the team. Measured on season totals, xG depth is .563.

xG depth, game average, 2026-27
Devils
.502
League average
.431
Least deep (WPG)
.334
Biggest contributors · all four stats · season
Top 3: 29% of team output (an even split across 18 regulars would be 17%)
J. Hughes
J. Hughes C
10.7%
of team output · 2 GP · 1G 0A
D. Hamilton
D. Hamilton D
9.5%
of team output · 2 GP · 1G 0A
T. Meier
T. Meier R
9.3%
of team output · 2 GP · 0G 0A

5 skaters produced half of the team's xG. With an even split across its 18 regulars it would take 10.

#SkaterGPxG Share%Cum.
1 J. Hughes C 2 1.3
15.4% 15%
2 T. Meier R 2 0.9
10.2% 26%
3 N. Hischier C 2 0.8
9.6% 35%
4 L. Evangelista R 2 0.8
9.6% 45%
5 J. Bratt L 2 0.8
9.3% 54%
6 D. Hamilton D 2 0.7
8.4% 63%
7 L. Hughes D 2 0.7
7.8% 70%
8 D. Mercer C 2 0.6
7.5% 78%
9 C. Glass C 2 0.5
6.2% 84%
10 E. Rodrigues C 2 0.5
6.0% 90%
11 A. Gritsyuk R 2 0.3
4.0% 94%
12 J. Siegenthaler D 2 0.2
2.1% 96%
13 A. Mantha R 2 0.1
1.2% 97%
14 S. Noesen R 2 0.1
0.8% 98%
15 A. Lombardi C 2 0.1
0.6% 99%
16 D. Chisholm D 2 0.0
0.5% 99%
17 B. Dillon D 2 0.0
0.5% 100%
18 B. Pesce D 2 0.0
0.3% 100%

Every skater who played. Faded rows played under a quarter of the games. The dashed line marks where the running total passes 50%.

GoalieGPSASV%TOI/GPGSAx
J. Allen125 .92063:23 -0.1
N. Daws132 .81259:52 -2.4

Who carried the load, game by game

Each regular's share of team xG in every game (season).

Share of team xG in each of the last 2 games. The full window shows on larger screens.

#PlayerPosGPSeason
Oct
Result
Forwards
86J. HughesC 215.4%
28T. MeierR 210.2%
13N. HischierC 29.6%
77L. EvangelistaR 29.6%
63J. BrattL 29.3%
91D. MercerC 27.5%
12C. GlassC 26.2%
17E. RodriguesC 26.0%
81A. GritsyukR 24.0%
39A. ManthaR 21.2%
11S. NoesenR 20.8%
93A. LombardiC 20.6%
Defense
7D. HamiltonD 28.4%
43L. HughesD 27.8%
71J. SiegenthalerD 22.1%
47D. ChisholmD 20.5%
5B. DillonD 20.5%
22B. PesceD 20.3%
WinLossOT/SO loss Did not playRegulars only · bar height = share of the team's total that game