Columbus Blue Jackets vs New Jersey Devils
Regular season · Wednesday, December 27, 2023 · Prudential Center
BSOH · MSGSN2
Game summary
The New Jersey Devils beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 4-3 in overtime on Wednesday, December 27, 2023 at Prudential Center. The Devils outshot the Blue Jackets 35-29.
Goals came from Jake Bean, Ondrej Palat, Justin Danforth, Dawson Mercer, Egor Chinakhov, Luke Hughes and Timo Meier.
Vitek Vanecek made 26 saves on 29 shots for the win; Elvis Merzlikins stopped 31 of 35.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Jake Bean (2)Brendan Gaunce (2), Alexandre Texier (6)1–006:39 CBJ
Ondrej Palat (5)Erik Haula (8), Dawson Mercer (7)1–109:55 NJD
2nd period
Justin Danforth (9)David Jiricek (8), Adam Fantilli (12)2–108:28 CBJ
3rd period
Dawson Mercer (9)Simon Nemec (4)2–215:51 NJD
Egor Chinakhov (10)Unassisted3–217:34 CBJ
Luke Hughes (5)Jack Hughes (26), Dawson Mercer (8)3–318:35 NJD
OT period
Timo Meier (9)Unassisted3–402:12 NJD
Team stats
CBJNJD
29Shots on goal35
48%Faceoff %52%
0/3Power play0/3
6Penalty minutes6
25Hits19
23Blocked shots21
3Giveaways7
7Takeaways9
Penalties
- 1st 07:46
Ondrej Palat · high sticking2 min - 2nd 16:24
Cole Sillinger · interference2 min - 2nd 19:56Michael McLeod · high sticking2 min
- 3rd 00:54Egor Chinakhov · high sticking2 min
- 3rd 03:07Luke Hughes · tripping2 min
- 3rd 13:12Brendan Gaunce · tripping2 min
Season series
Columbus Blue Jackets
| 11Adam FantilliC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 15:11 |
| 16Brendan GaunceC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10:31 |
| 17Justin DanforthR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 21:33 |
| 42Alexandre TexierC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 14:57 |
| 59Egor ChinakhovR | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 16:37 |
| 22Jake BeanD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 20:00 |
| 55David JiricekD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 13:35 |
| 4Cole SillingerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:21 |
| 10Dmitri VoronkovL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:42 |
| 13Johnny GaudreauL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 18:45 |
| 24Mathieu OlivierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 09:51 |
| 52Emil BemstromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 14:25 |
| 86Kirill MarchenkoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:10 |
| 91Kent JohnsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 4 | 15:54 |
| 8Zach WerenskiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 11:15 |
| 9Ivan ProvorovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 27:32 |
| 44Erik GudbransonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 22:20 |
| 78Damon SeversonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 23:03 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Spencer MartinG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 90Elvis MerzlikinsG | O | 35 | 31 | 4 | .886 | 62:06 |
New Jersey Devils
| 91Dawson MercerC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 3 | 20:29 |
| 18Ondrej PalatL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 14:51 |
| 28Timo MeierR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 5 | 18:55 |
| 56Erik HaulaL | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 13:17 |
| 86Jack HughesC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 22:40 |
| 17Simon NemecD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 22:37 |
| 43Luke HughesD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 20:41 |
| 10Alexander HoltzR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:12 |
| 13Nico HischierC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 17:35 |
| 14Nathan BastianR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 06:16 |
| 20Michael McLeodC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 14:33 |
| 63Jesper BrattL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21:06 |
| 73Tyler ToffoliR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:48 |
| 2Brendan SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 09:06 |
| 6John MarinoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 23:18 |
| 24Colin MillerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 12:15 |
| 71Jonas SiegenthalerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 18:39 |
| 88Kevin BahlD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 14:44 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41Vitek VanecekG | W | 29 | 26 | 3 | .897 | 61:46 |
| 50Nico DawsG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |