New Jersey Devils Lines

The most-used New Jersey Devils forward line in the Oct 17 game vs WSH was Jesper Bratt – Jack Hughes – Arseny Gritsyuk (12:13 together at 5-on-5).

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Tue, Oct 20, 7:00 PM ET · vs Colorado Avalanche

Lines, pairs and special teams

In the last game, the team played 49:13 at 5-on-5, 7:15 on the power play and 3:32 on the penalty kill.

Forward lines

Line	Players	Together	Share of 5v5
L1	Jesper Bratt – Jack Hughes – Arseny Gritsyuk	12:13	24.8%
L2	Nico Hischier(moved up) – Dawson Mercer(moved up) – Timo Meier(moved up)	9:44	19.8%
L3	Jesper Boqvist – Cody Glass – Amadeus Lombardi	8:17	16.8%
L4	Evan Rodrigues(moved down) – Anthony Mantha(moved down) – Stefan Noesen(moved down)	7:31	15.3%

Defense pairs

Pair	Players	Together	Share of 5v5
D1	Luke Hughes – Brett Pesce	17:03	34.6%
D2	Jonas Siegenthaler – Dougie Hamilton	14:15	29.0%
D3	Declan Chisholm – Johnathan Kovacevic	11:01	22.4%

Power play

Unit	Players	Together	Share of PP
PP1	Jesper Bratt – Nico Hischier – Jack Hughes – Evan Rodrigues – Luke Hughes	3:56	54.3%
PP2	Dawson Mercer – Arseny Gritsyuk – Anthony Mantha – Timo Meier – Dougie Hamilton	1:55	26.4%

Penalty kill

Unit	Players	Together	Share of PK
PK1	Nico Hischier – Dawson Mercer – Dougie Hamilton – Jonas Siegenthaler	1:04	30.2%
PK2	Cody Glass – Timo Meier – Johnathan Kovacevic – Brett Pesce	0:37	17.5%

NEW: not in the previous game's top four lines or three pairs. ▲ ▼: moved up or down from the previous game.

Over 5 games, the team played 247:41 at 5-on-5, 21:09 on the power play and 25:21 on the penalty kill.

Forward lines

Line	Players	Together	Share of 5v5	GP
L1	Jesper Boqvist – Cody Glass – Amadeus Lombardi	42:42	17.2%	5
L2	Jesper Bratt – Jack Hughes – Arseny Gritsyuk	39:31	16.0%	3
L3	Nico Hischier – Dawson Mercer – Timo Meier	29:01	11.7%	3
L4	Evan Rodrigues – Anthony Mantha – Stefan Noesen	25:10	10.2%	3

Defense pairs

Pair	Players	Together	Share of 5v5	GP
D1	Luke Hughes – Brett Pesce	81:57	33.1%	5
D2	Jonas Siegenthaler – Dougie Hamilton	67:08	27.1%	5
D3	Declan Chisholm – Johnathan Kovacevic	35:35	14.4%	3

Power play

Unit	Players	Together	Share of PP	GP
PP1	Jesper Bratt – Nico Hischier – Jack Hughes – Evan Rodrigues – Luke Hughes	7:16	34.4%	4
PP2	Dawson Mercer – Arseny Gritsyuk – Anthony Mantha – Timo Meier – Dougie Hamilton	2:35	12.2%	2

Penalty kill

Unit	Players	Together	Share of PK	GP
PK1	Nico Hischier – Evan Rodrigues – Dougie Hamilton – Jonas Siegenthaler	5:40	22.4%	5
PK2	Cody Glass – Dawson Mercer – Luke Hughes – Brett Pesce	4:15	16.8%	3

Over 8 games, the team played 385:59 at 5-on-5, 45:37 on the power play and 39:08 on the penalty kill.

Forward lines

Line	Players	Together	Share of 5v5	GP
L1	Jesper Boqvist – Cody Glass – Amadeus Lombardi	50:25	13.1%	6
L2	Nico Hischier – Luke Evangelista – Timo Meier	45:41	11.8%	5
L3	Jesper Bratt – Jack Hughes – Arseny Gritsyuk	44:10	11.4%	6
L4	Evan Rodrigues – Anthony Mantha – Stefan Noesen	25:10	6.5%	3

Defense pairs

Pair	Players	Together	Share of 5v5	GP
D1	Luke Hughes – Brett Pesce	125:46	32.6%	8
D2	Jonas Siegenthaler – Dougie Hamilton	106:47	27.7%	8
D3	Declan Chisholm – Brenden Dillon	52:54	13.7%	5

Power play

Unit	Players	Together	Share of PP	GP
PP1	Jesper Bratt – Nico Hischier – Jack Hughes – Luke Evangelista – Luke Hughes	18:00	39.5%	5
PP2	Evan Rodrigues – Arseny Gritsyuk – Anthony Mantha – Timo Meier – Dougie Hamilton	7:57	17.4%	4

Penalty kill

Unit	Players	Together	Share of PK	GP
PK1	Nico Hischier – Evan Rodrigues – Dougie Hamilton – Jonas Siegenthaler	8:18	21.2%	7
PK2	Cody Glass – Dawson Mercer – Luke Hughes – Brett Pesce	5:50	14.9%	5

Goalies

Started the last game (Oct 17 vs WSH): Jake Allen

Goalie	Starts this season
Jake Allen	5
Nico Daws	3
Rémi Poirier	0

Not in the last game

May be injured or a healthy scratch

#16 Connor Brown, Right wing
#77 Luke Evangelista, Right wing
#5 Brenden Dillon, Defense

How these lines are calculated

Lines are rebuilt second by second from the NHL's official shift records. A trio or pair counts only at 5-on-5, and each window shows at most four lines and three pairs that played at least 3% of the team's 5-on-5 time. Read the full method.