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Final · Thu, Oct 22, 7:00 PM ET
Lukas Dostal · 0.888 SV%
The preseason ratings make New Jersey Devils 55.4% to win at home: a modest lean, worth 5.4 points over a coin flip, which grades B. Over a full season those same ratings project NJD for 94 points and ANA for 94.
The model leaned New Jersey Devils at 55.4%.
PuckCast had New Jersey Devils at 55.4% to win this game on Thu, Oct 22. The matchup detail follows.
NJD controlled play at 5v5 last season, 57.7% of the expected goals to 44.2%.
In goal, neither team has named a starter. Last season Connor Hellebuyck (NJD) saved -22.8 goals above expected to Lukas Dostal's -32.8, on save percentages of 0.895 and 0.888.
None of that is the model read. This is a rating-and-home-ice forecast; the full prediction, with confirmed goalies, rest and form, priced against the market, publishes inside the seven days before puck drop and replaces these numbers. New Jersey Devils over Anaheim Ducks is where it starts, not where it ends.
No sportsbook has posted a price for this game yet. Prices usually appear roughly a week before puck drop.
No starter is named this far out. These are each side’s projected starters on the current roster, with last season’s numbers.
ANA
Lukas Dostal
56 games, 2025-26
NJD
Connor Hellebuyck
57 games, 2025-26
| ANA | Metric | NJD |
|---|---|---|
| 44.2% | xGF% (5v5) | 57.7% |
| — | Shot share | — |
| — | Goals for / game | — |
| — | Goals against / game | — |
| — | Power play | — |
| — | Penalty kill | — |
| — | Faceoffs | — |
Anaheim Ducks
| Player | Pos | G | A | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Cutter Gauthier | L | 34 | 29 | 63 |
 Leo Carlsson | C | 25 | 34 | 60 |
 Beckett Sennecke | R | 21 | 34 | 55 |
 Jackson LaCombe | D | 10 | 36 | 46 |
New Jersey Devils
| Player | Pos | G | A | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Jack Hughes | C | 31 | 53 | 84 |
| Team | Proj. points | Playoff odds |
|---|---|---|
| Anaheim Ducks | 94 | 53.3% |
| New Jersey Devils | 94 | 42.3% |
Forecast method preseason-elo-v1; ratings as of 2026-08-19.
Final scores from the graded ledger. A loss in overtime also reads L.
Last three seasons: NJD 2, ANA 4
| Date | Game | Final | Our pick |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-13 | ANA @ NJD | ANA 1, NJD 4 | NJD hit |
| 2025-11-02 | NJD @ ANA | NJD 1, ANA 4 | ANA hit |
| 2024-12-31 | NJD @ ANA | NJD 2, ANA 3 | NJD missed |
| 2024-10-27 | ANA @ NJD | ANA 2, NJD 6 | NJD hit |
| 2024-03-01 | NJD @ ANA | NJD 3, ANA 4 | NJD missed |
| 2023-12-17 | ANA @ NJD | ANA 5, NJD 1 | NJD missed |
 Jesper Bratt | L | 22 | 51 | 72 |
|---|
 Nico Hischier | C | 29 | 40 | 68 |
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 Luke Hughes | D | 8 | 38 | 47 |
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