New Jersey Devils vs Colorado Avalanche
Regular season · Wednesday, March 1, 2023 · Ball Arena
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Game summary
The New Jersey Devils beat the Colorado Avalanche 7-5 on Wednesday, March 1, 2023 at Ball Arena. The Avalanche outshot the Devils 31-29.
Nathan MacKinnon scored twice. Ondrej Palat, Nathan Bastian, Tomas Tatar, Dougie Hamilton, Miles Wood, Mikko Rantanen, J.T. Compher, Dawson Mercer, Valeri Nichushkin and Nico Hischier also scored.
Vitek Vanecek made 14 saves on 19 shots for the win; Justus Annunen stopped 22 of 28.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Ondrej Palat (7)Jesper Bratt (33)1–001:07 NJD
Nathan Bastian (5)Michael McLeod (18), Damon Severson (15)2–007:52 NJD
Tomas Tatar (14)Nico Hischier (31), Dawson Mercer (21)3–011:27 NJD
Nathan MacKinnon (23)Valeri Nichushkin (16), Artturi Lehkonen (24)3–119:46 COL
2nd period
Dougie Hamilton (18)Michael McLeod (19), Miles Wood (12)4–103:13 NJD
Miles Wood (10)Erik Haula (22), Dawson Mercer (22)5–105:53 NJD · PPG
Mikko Rantanen (41)Josh Manson (8), Alex Newhook (10)5–207:32 COL- Nathan MacKinnon (24)Bowen Byram (9)5–309:00 COL
J.T. Compher (13)Unassisted5–409:36 COL
Dawson Mercer (20)Ryan Graves (15), Tomas Tatar (22)6–416:59 NJD
3rd period
Valeri Nichushkin (11)Artturi Lehkonen (25), Samuel Girard (20)6–501:26 COL
Nico Hischier (26)Tomas Tatar (23), Dawson Mercer (23)7–518:46 NJD · EN
Team stats
NJDCOL
29Shots on goal31
50%Faceoff %50%
1/2Power play0/1
2Penalty minutes4
13Hits23
17Blocked shots16
6Giveaways8
10Takeaways8
Penalties
- 1st 07:52
Bench · delaying game unsuccessful challenge2 min - 2nd 03:53J.T. Compher · tripping2 min
- 3rd 01:26
Bench · delaying game unsuccessful challenge2 min
Season series
New Jersey Devils
| 91Dawson MercerC | 1 | 3 | 4 | +3 | 1 | 18:15 |
| 90Tomas TatarL | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 1 | 17:25 |
| 13Nico HischierC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 2 | 19:55 |
| 20Michael McLeodC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 13:20 |
| 44Miles WoodL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 12:07 |
| 14Nathan BastianR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 13:49 |
| 18Ondrej PalatL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 14:22 |
| 56Erik HaulaL | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 15:57 |
| 63Jesper BrattL | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 15:16 |
| 7Dougie HamiltonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 18:57 |
| 28Damon SeversonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 17:57 |
| 33Ryan GravesD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 22:45 |
| 17Yegor SharangovichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 3 | 13:42 |
| 70Jesper BoqvistC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 11:46 |
| 86Jack HughesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 15:57 |
| 6John MarinoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 23:06 |
| 71Jonas SiegenthalerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 17:11 |
| 88Kevin BahlD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:13 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40Akira SchmidG | 12 | 12 | 0 | 1.000 | 18:34 | |
| 41Vitek VanecekG | W | 19 | 14 | 5 | .737 | 41:26 |
Colorado Avalanche
| 13Valeri NichushkinR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 18:48 |
| 29Nathan MacKinnonC | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 23:37 |
| 62Artturi LehkonenL | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 18:27 |
| 18Alex NewhookC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 13:28 |
| 37J.T. CompherL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 22:59 |
| 96Mikko RantanenR | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 22:36 |
| 4Bowen ByramD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 27:47 |
| 42Josh MansonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 17:44 |
| 49Samuel GirardD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 2 | 22:28 |
| 9Evan RodriguesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 14:46 |
| 11Andrew CoglianoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 08:31 |
| 20Lars EllerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 14:28 |
| 25Logan O'ConnorR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 08:09 |
| 81Denis MalginC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 05:45 |
| 83Matt NietoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:13 |
| 3Jack JohnsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 17:33 |
| 7Devon ToewsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 23:31 |
| 17Brad HuntD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 06:28 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40Alexandar GeorgievG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 60Justus AnnunenG | L | 28 | 22 | 6 | .786 | 57:42 |