New Jersey Devils vs Edmonton Oilers — January 20, 2026 Game Stats

Game Recap

The New Jersey Devils squeezed past the Edmonton Oilers 2-1 on January 20, 2026. The underlying numbers told a different story — EDM actually held the xG edge (8.36 to 6.25) at 5-on-5, but it didn't matter on the scoreboard. McDavid was the most dangerous skater at 5-on-5, racking up 1.78 individual expected goals on 3 shots. EDM had a big edge in high-danger chances, 11-6 over NJD at 5-on-5. Shots on goal: EDM 23, NJD 17.

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xG Gameflow — cumulative expected goals chart tracking each team's xG as New Jersey Devils vs Edmonton Oilers progressed on Jan 20, 2026
Shot heatmap — where shots were taken on the ice, color-coded by scoring probability
Event timeline — every goal, penalty, and key play mapped chronologically
Player matchup grid — head-to-head on-ice performance in Corsi and expected goals
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NJD2 - 1EDM

Jan 20, 2026 · Regular Season

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Overview

	Period	Corsi			Fenwick			Shots			SC			HDSC			xG			Goals
		F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%
EDM	P1	9	17	34.6	7	10	41.2	4	4	50.0	7	13	35.0	3	5	37.5	1.49	2.85	34.3	0	0	—
	P2	16	22	42.1	14	17	45.2	6	10	37.5	10	15	40.0	3	2	60.0	2.82	3.42	45.2	1	2	33.3
	P3	30	7	81.1	22	7	75.9	13	3	81.3	16	6	72.7	6	0	100.0	5.05	1.00	83.5	0	0	—
	Total	55	46	54.5	43	34	55.8	23	17	57.5	33	34	49.3	12	7	63.2	9.36	7.26	56.3	1	2	33.3
NJD	P1	17	9	65.4	10	7	58.8	4	4	50.0	13	7	65.0	5	3	62.5	2.85	1.49	65.7	0	0	—
	P2	22	16	57.9	17	14	54.8	10	6	62.5	15	10	60.0	2	3	40.0	3.42	2.82	54.8	2	1	66.7
	P3	7	30	18.9	7	22	24.1	3	13	18.8	6	16	27.3	0	6	0.0	1.00	5.05	16.5	0	0	—
	Total	46	55	45.5	34	43	44.2	17	23	42.5	34	33	50.7	7	12	36.8	7.26	9.36	43.7	2	1	66.7

Win Probability

EDM Favored

NJD Favored

Goal

Power Play

Gameflow — Cumulative xG

EDM

NJD

Goal

Shot Density Heatmap

NJD Attempts

EDM Attempts

Individual Event Map

Player:

NJD ShootEDM Shoot

Player Matchup Grid

This grid shows how every skater on the home team (EDM) performed against every skater on the away team (NJD) when they were on the ice at the same time.

Rows = EDM players, Columns = NJD players. Forwards are listed first, then defensemen.
Green = the EDM player had a favorable matchup (above 50%). Red = unfavorable (below 50%).
Values shown from the home team's perspective. Toggle between CF% (shot attempt share) and xGF% (expected goal share).
Cells with fewer than 3 shared events are grayed out (insufficient sample). Hover over any cell for full details.

Stat:

EDM ↓ / NJD →	Hischier	Mercer	Hughes	Glass	Palat	Bratt	Dadonov	Cotter	Meier	Brown	Gritsyuk	Hameenaho	Siegenthaler	Pesce	Dillon	Hamilton	Nemec	Kovacevic
McDavid	78	75	56	71	87	53	80	50	62	72	70	100	71	76	73	71	69	71
Nugent-Hopkins	55	53	33	67	63	33	75	33	100	76	58	0	71	71	47	63	38	60
Roslovic	22	30	57	57	27	57	29	38	50	56	62	0	48	47	33	36	44	60
Savoie	40	50	45	25	50	45	60	60	40	38	25	—	31	30	67	63	33	50
Frederic	38	43	53	0	38	53	0	0	50	0	0	0	33	40	31	33	45	50
Janmark	50	100	50	0	100	50	25	20	50	17	0	0	29	17	40	20	44	33
Lazar	—	100	67	0	—	67	100	100	67	50	0	0	20	0	100	80	67	50
Hyman	79	81	50	71	81	43	80	33	38	76	70	100	75	73	57	67	78	67
Howard	20	20	80	0	0	80	50	40	80	29	0	—	14	13	75	100	40	50
Mangiapane	0	75	60	0	—	60	100	80	75	33	0	0	20	0	100	50	67	67
Podkolzin	63	90	43	50	100	38	100	80	43	50	25	50	67	17	43	25	92	83
Bouchard	75	79	44	69	85	38	43	29	44	61	62	100	70	67	44	50	78	67
Ekholm	77	80	83	75	85	80	43	17	80	63	64	100	76	74	44	64	78	67
Walman	45	60	57	25	36	57	78	78	50	50	20	0	10	25	76	62	67	43
Nurse	50	67	59	0	50	59	100	75	53	0	0	0	18	10	65	56	73	75
Emberson	29	33	50	0	50	50	—	—	56	0	0	0	30	25	38	38	46	71
Stastney	17	17	42	0	25	42	60	60	50	50	0	0	33	40	33	43	36	44
Regula	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	0	0