New Jersey Devils vs Ottawa Senators
Regular season · Friday, December 29, 2023 · Canadian Tire Centre
TSN5 · RDS · MSGSN2
Game summary
The New Jersey Devils beat the Ottawa Senators 6-2 on Friday, December 29, 2023 at Canadian Tire Centre. The Devils outshot the Senators 30-27.
Goals came from Drake Batherson, Jack Hughes, Jesper Bratt, Dawson Mercer, Tyler Toffoli, Brendan Smith, Jacob Bernard-Docker and Luke Hughes.
Nico Daws made 25 saves on 27 shots for the win; Joonas Korpisalo stopped 24 of 30.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Drake Batherson (14)Brady Tkachuk (10)0–109:47 OTT
Jack Hughes (15)Luke Hughes (13), Jesper Bratt (26)1–113:10 NJD · PPG
Jesper Bratt (14)Jack Hughes (27), Luke Hughes (14)2–119:52 NJD · PPG
2nd period
Dawson Mercer (10)Unassisted3–107:17 NJD
Tyler Toffoli (15)Jesper Bratt (27), Jack Hughes (28)4–114:47 NJD
3rd period
Brendan Smith (1)Nico Hischier (9), Jesper Bratt (28)5–103:59 NJD
Jacob Bernard-Docker (3)Erik Brannstrom (6), Angus Crookshank (1)5–213:25 OTT
Luke Hughes (6)Alexander Holtz (7), Chris Tierney (1)6–217:28 NJD
Team stats
NJDOTT
30Shots on goal27
53%Faceoff %47%
2/4Power play0/4
8Penalty minutes8
14Hits27
14Blocked shots20
11Giveaways19
4Takeaways11
Penalties
- 1st 07:13
Bench · too many men on the ice2 min - 1st 12:34
Drake Batherson · interference2 min - 1st 13:50Jacob Bernard-Docker · delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 1st 19:40Claude Giroux · interference2 min
- 2nd 01:38Dawson Mercer · high sticking2 min
- 2nd 08:44Mark Kastelic · high sticking2 min
- 2nd 15:43Erik Haula · tripping2 min
- 3rd 01:52Brendan Smith · tripping2 min
Season series
New Jersey Devils
| 63Jesper BrattL | 1 | 3 | 4 | +1 | 3 | 16:44 |
| 86Jack HughesC | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 16:17 |
| 43Luke HughesD | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 2 | 18:21 |
| 10Alexander HoltzR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 05:56 |
| 11Chris TierneyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 09:13 |
| 13Nico HischierC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 19:30 |
| 73Tyler ToffoliR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 13:41 |
| 91Dawson MercerC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19:58 |
| 2Brendan SmithD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 18:33 |
| 14Nathan BastianR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 08:55 |
| 18Ondrej PalatL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:05 |
| 20Michael McLeodC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:24 |
| 28Timo MeierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 17:58 |
| 56Erik HaulaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:44 |
| 6John MarinoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 17:21 |
| 17Simon NemecD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 18:04 |
| 71Jonas SiegenthalerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21:18 |
| 88Kevin BahlD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 22:06 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41Vitek VanecekG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 50Nico DawsG | W | 27 | 25 | 2 | .926 | 59:53 |
Ottawa Senators
| 7Brady TkachukL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 19:08 |
| 19Drake BathersonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 19:23 |
| 59Angus CrookshankL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 09:17 |
| 24Jacob Bernard-DockerD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15:53 |
| 26Erik BrannstromD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17:59 |
| 9Josh NorrisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:55 |
| 12Mark KastelicC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 09:27 |
| 13Jiri SmejkalL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 | 12:43 |
| 18Tim StützleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:41 |
| 27Parker KellyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 12:41 |
| 28Claude GirouxR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 18:52 |
| 71Ridly GreigC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:06 |
| 81Dominik KubalikL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:28 |
| 91Vladimir TarasenkoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 15:09 |
| 2Artem ZubD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18:04 |
| 6Jakob ChychrunD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 23:31 |
| 23Travis HamonicD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 15:22 |
| 85Jake SandersonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21:33 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Anton ForsbergG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 70Joonas KorpisaloG | L | 30 | 24 | 6 | .800 | 60:00 |