New Jersey Devils vs New York Rangers
Preseason · Thursday, October 2, 2025 · Madison Square Garden
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Game summary
The New Jersey Devils beat the New York Rangers 3–1 on Thursday, October 2, 2025 at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers outshot the Devils 20–13.
Goals came from Paul Cotter, Adam Edstrom, Ondrej Palat and Dawson Mercer.
Jacob Markstrom made 19 saves on 20 shots for the win; Jonathan Quick stopped 10 of 12.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Paul Cotter (2)Arseny Gritsyuk (2)1–016:58 NJD
2nd period
Adam Edstrom (1)Unassisted1–113:30 NYR
3rd period
Ondrej Palat (1)Dougie Hamilton (2), Simon Nemec (4)2–102:44 NJD · 
Dawson Mercer (2)Nico Hischier (1)3–118:37 NJD ·
Tired legs
When each goal went in, how long every skater on the ice had been out there. Each bar is one player: the taller the bar, the longer he’d been on. In 2025–26 the average NHL shift lasted about 48 seconds, and goals go in more often against players who’ve been out longer.
1–0 NJD
1st 16:58 · Cotter
Robertson 0:45
1–1 NYR
2nd 13:30 · Edstrom
Dillon 0:43
2–1 NJD
3rd 2:44 · · Palat
Soucy 0:43
3–1 NJD
3rd 18:37 · · Mercer
Lafrenière 1:40
Hover or tap a bar for the skater.
1.9×
When a defending player has been out 80 seconds or more, shots go in 1.9 times as often as when every defending player has been out under 20 seconds: about 1 in 14 against about 1 in 26.
30%
of 5-on-5 goals were scored while a defending player had been on the ice 60 seconds or more.
Team stats
Penalties
- 14:37 into the second period
Jonas Siegenthaler · holding2 min - 1:12 into the third period
Braden Schneider · high sticking2 min - 17:49 into the third periodVincent Trocheck · roughing2 min
- 17:49 into the third periodJonas Siegenthaler · cross checking2 min
New Jersey Devils
| 13Nico HischierC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 20:31 |
| 18Ondrej PalatL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 12:09 |
| 47Paul CotterL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 12:53 |
| 81Arseny GritsyukR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10:57 |
| 91Dawson MercerC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 19:28 |
| 7Dougie HamiltonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 22:49 |
| 17Simon NemecD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 23:13 |
| 12Cody GlassC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:26 |
| 14Luke GlendeningC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:47 |
| 16Connor BrownR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:54 |
| 28Timo MeierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:51 |
| 33Evgenii DadonovL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:00 |
| 63Jesper BrattL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:01 |
| 86Jack HughesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:51 |
| 5Brenden DillonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22:21 |
| 22Brett PesceD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:08 |
| 38Topias VilenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:14 |
| 71Jonas SiegenthalerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 21:27 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25Jacob MarkstromG | W | 20 | 1 | .950 |
| 50Nico DawsG | 0 | 0 | .000 |
New York Rangers
| 84Adam EdstromC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 13:31 |
| 13Alexis LafrenièreL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 18:03 |
| 14Taylor RaddyshR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:19 |
| 16Vincent TrocheckC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18:26 |
| 22Jonny BrodzinskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 09:10 |
| 42Noah LabaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 12:39 |
| 43Conor ShearyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:11 |
| 50Will CuylleL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 17:28 |
| 71Juuso ParssinenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 14:37 |
| 73Matt RempeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 11:11 |
| 93Mika ZibanejadC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 18:53 |
| 94Gabe PerreaultR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 15:22 |
| 4Braden SchneiderD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:11 |
| 17Will BorgenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22:55 |
| 24Carson SoucyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 25:04 |
| 29Matthew RobertsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:27 |
| 44Vladislav GavrikovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21:57 |
| 60Scott MorrowD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 15:07 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Igor ShesterkinG | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| 32Jonathan QuickG | L | 12 | 2 | .833 |