New Jersey Devils vs Tampa Bay Lightning

Regular season · Saturday, October 11, 2025 · Benchmark International Arena

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5–3

Final

SOG 31–17

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Game summary

The New Jersey Devils beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 5-3 on Saturday, October 11, 2025 at Benchmark International Arena. The Devils outshot the Lightning 31-17.

Connor Brown scored twice. Timo Meier, Nico Hischier, Yanni Gourde, Ryan McDonagh, Jesper Bratt and Darren Raddysh also scored.

Jacob Markstrom made 14 saves on 17 shots for the win; Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 26 of 31.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
NJD	3	0	2	5	31
TBL	0	2	1	3	17

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Timo Meier (1)Nico Hischier (1), Dawson Mercer (1)1–008:30 NJD
Connor Brown (1)Arseny Gritsyuk (1), Luke Hughes (3)2–010:17 NJD
Nico Hischier (1)Timo Meier (1), Luke Hughes (4)3–013:48 NJD

2nd period

Yanni Gourde (1)Brayden Point (3), Max Crozier (1)Glendening 1:10 into shift3–107:31 TBL
Ryan McDonagh (1)Brandon Hagel (1), Max Crozier (2)Meier 1:54 into shift3–217:23 TBL

3rd period

Jesper Bratt (2)UnassistedKucherov 1:27 into shift4–204:48 NJD · SHG
Connor Brown (2)Arseny Gritsyuk (2), Simon Nemec (1)5–206:29 NJD
Darren Raddysh (1)Oliver Bjorkstrand (1), Gage Goncalves (1)Cotter 1:00 into shift5–316:17 TBL

Tired legs

Seconds into the shift for every skater on the ice at each goal. Taller bar, longer shift.

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1:54

3–2 · 2nd 17:23 · McDonagh. Meier was 1:54 into his shift when it went in.

GoalNJD on iceTBL on iceDefenders’ longest

1–0 NJD

1st 8:30 · Meier

Raddysh 0:37

Fresh legsRaddysh 0:37

2–0 NJD

1st 10:17 · Brown

Lilleberg 0:29

Fresh legsLilleberg 0:29

3–0 NJD

1st 13:48 · Hischier

Lilleberg 0:34

Fresh legsLilleberg 0:34

3–1 TBL

2nd 7:31 · Gourde

Long shift: Glendening 1:10

Long shiftGlendening 1:10

3–2 TBL

2nd 17:23 · McDonagh

Stuck out there: Meier 1:54

Stuck out thereMeier 1:54

4–2 NJD

3rd 4:48 · SH · Bratt

Long shift: Kucherov 1:27

Long shiftKucherov 1:27

5–2 NJD

3rd 6:29 · Brown

Gourde 0:55

NormalGourde 0:55

5–3 TBL

3rd 16:17 · Raddysh

Long shift: Cotter 1:00

Long shiftCotter 1:00

Hover or tap a bar for the skater.

Across the league. Share of 5v5 unblocked shots that went in, by how far into his shift the defending team’s longest-serving skater was (2025–26).

3.9%

5.8%

6.5%

7.1%

7.3%

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1.9×

Shots against a skater 80s+ into his shift go in 1.9 times as often as against fresh legs (7.3% vs 3.9%).

30%

of 5v5 goals came with a defender 60s+ into his shift.

Team stats

NJDTBL

31Shots on goal17

58%Faceoff %42%

0/4Power play0/3

6Penalty minutes8

27Hits25

24Blocked shots17

14Giveaways16

6Takeaways3

Penalties

1st 03:41Jack Finley · roughing2 min
1st 10:43Max Crozier · elbowing2 min
1st 18:33Erik Cernak · boarding2 min
2nd 08:37Luke Hughes · delaying game2 min
2nd 14:23Brandon Hagel · tripping2 min
3rd 03:21Jonas Siegenthaler · tripping2 min
3rd 18:11Jacob Markstrom · delaying game puck over glass2 min

Season series

New Jersey Devils

New Jersey Devils skaters

13Nico HischierC	1	1	2	+2	3	0	2	0	58	19:59
16Connor BrownR	2	0	2	0	3	1	1	0	–	14:45
28Timo MeierR	1	1	2	+1	3	0	2	0	–	17:14
81Arseny GritsyukR	0	2	2	+1	3	1	0	0	–	13:14
43Luke HughesD	0	2	2	+2	2	1	1	2	–	20:32
63Jesper BrattL	1	0	1	+1	3	1	1	0	–	18:06
91Dawson MercerC	0	1	1	+3	0	1	4	0	100	19:08
17Simon NemecD	0	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	–	15:01
12Cody GlassC	0	0	0	+2	0	0	0	0	57	11:57
14Luke GlendeningC	0	0	0	-2	0	5	1	0	62	12:52
15Zack MacEwenR	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	–	07:12
18Ondrej PalatL	0	0	0	-1	2	3	3	0	–	14:29
47Paul CotterL	0	0	0	-2	0	3	0	0	–	12:59
86Jack HughesC	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	60	19:19
5Brenden DillonD	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	0	–	20:14
7Dougie HamiltonD	0	0	0	+1	1	1	0	0	–	18:51
22Brett PesceD	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	0	–	21:30
71Jonas SiegenthalerD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	2	–	17:01

New Jersey Devils goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
25Jacob MarkstromG	W	17	14	3	.824	59:48
34Jake AllenG		0	0	0	–	00:00

Tampa Bay Lightning

Tampa Bay Lightning skaters

24Max CrozierD	0	2	2	+1	0	1	2	2	–	15:57
21Brayden PointC	0	1	1	-2	0	0	0	0	24	20:07
22Oliver BjorkstrandR	0	1	1	-1	1	0	0	0	–	12:16
37Yanni GourdeC	1	0	1	-1	2	3	0	0	43	15:33
38Brandon HagelL	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	2	–	18:10
93Gage GoncalvesC	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	–	10:21
27Ryan McDonaghD	1	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	–	20:22
43Darren RaddyshD	1	0	1	-2	2	0	2	0	–	17:38
14Conor GeekieC	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	0	33	08:58
29Pontus HolmbergR	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	–	09:54
41Mitchell ChaffeeR	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	–	08:28
59Jake GuentzelC	0	0	0	0	4	1	1	0	67	24:31
62Jack FinleyC	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	40	09:05
71Anthony CirelliC	0	0	0	0	2	3	2	0	57	21:45
86Nikita KucherovR	0	0	0	-3	1	1	1	0	–	20:32
77Victor HedmanD	0	0	0	+1	1	1	2	0	–	27:17
78Emil LillebergD	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	0	–	17:10
81Erik CernakD	0	0	0	-1	1	3	3	2	–	17:13

Tampa Bay Lightning goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31Jonas JohanssonG		0	0	0	–	00:00
88Andrei VasilevskiyG	L	31	26	5	.839	56:43