New Jersey Devils vs San Jose Sharks

Regular season · Thursday, October 30, 2025 · SAP Center at San Jose

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Final

SOG 31–28

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Game summary

The San Jose Sharks beat the New Jersey Devils 5-2 on Thursday, October 30, 2025 at SAP Center at San Jose. The Devils outshot the Sharks 31-28.

Dawson Mercer scored twice. William Eklund, Philipp Kurashev, Alexander Wennberg, Will Smith and Tyler Toffoli also scored.

Alex Nedeljkovic made 29 saves on 31 shots for the win; Jake Allen stopped 23 of 28.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
NJD	1	0	1	2	31
SJS	3	2	0	5	28

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

William Eklund (5)Philipp Kurashev (3)0–100:42 SJS
Philipp Kurashev (3)Alexander Wennberg (4)0–212:12 SJS
Alexander Wennberg (3)Mario Ferraro (2), Timothy Liljegren (2)Hamilton 2:12 into shift0–315:47 SJS
Dawson Mercer (5)Jack Hughes (6), Dougie Hamilton (2)Ferraro 1:13 into shift1–319:00 NJD · PPG

2nd period

Will Smith (4)Macklin Celebrini (11)1–416:50 SJS
Tyler Toffoli (4)Dmitry Orlov (9), Timothy Liljegren (3)1–518:30 SJS

3rd period

Dawson Mercer (6)Dougie Hamilton (3), Jesper Bratt (9)Liljegren 1:07 into shift2–504:19 NJD · PPG

Tired legs

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

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

2:12

0–3 · 1st 15:47 · Wennberg. Hamilton was 2:12 into his shift when it went in.

GoalNJD on iceSJS on iceDefenders’ longest

0–1 SJS

1st 0:42 · Eklund

Hamilton 0:42

NormalHamilton 0:42

0–2 SJS

1st 12:12 · Kurashev

Dillon 0:25

Fresh legsDillon 0:25

0–3 SJS

1st 15:47 · Wennberg

Stuck out there: Hamilton 2:12

Stuck out thereHamilton 2:12

1–3 NJD

1st 19:00 · PP · Mercer

Long shift: Ferraro 1:13

Long shiftFerraro 1:13

1–4 SJS

2nd 16:50 · Smith

Dillon 0:04

Fresh legsDillon 0:04

1–5 SJS

2nd 18:30 · Toffoli

Dillon 0:10

Fresh legsDillon 0:10

2–5 NJD

3rd 4:19 · PP · Mercer

Long shift: Liljegren 1:07

Long shiftLiljegren 1:07

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

NJDSJS

31Shots on goal28

53%Faceoff %47%

2/3Power play0/2

4Penalty minutes6

30Hits16

11Blocked shots27

16Giveaways17

6Takeaways1

Penalties

1st 07:26Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
1st 08:52Will Smith · tripping2 min
1st 12:31Jonas Siegenthaler · roughing2 min
1st 17:47Dmitry Orlov · elbowing2 min
3rd 03:31William Eklund · holding2 min

Season series

New Jersey Devils

New Jersey Devils skaters

91Dawson MercerC	2	0	2	-2	4	1	0	0	50	17:14
7Dougie HamiltonD	0	2	2	-2	4	2	0	0	–	22:30
63Jesper BrattL	0	1	1	-2	1	2	0	0	–	16:58
86Jack HughesC	0	1	1	-2	0	0	1	0	10	18:17
11Stefan NoesenR	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	10:34
13Nico HischierC	0	0	0	-2	1	2	0	0	53	20:56
14Luke GlendeningC	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	0	79	11:32
16Connor BrownR	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	–	15:38
18Ondrej PalatL	0	0	0	-1	3	1	1	0	–	11:42
28Timo MeierR	0	0	0	-3	2	5	2	0	100	15:41
47Paul CotterL	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	13:42
81Arseny GritsyukR	0	0	0	-1	4	5	0	0	50	13:16
83Juho LammikkoC	0	0	0	-1	1	2	0	0	58	12:48
5Brenden DillonD	0	0	0	-3	0	3	0	0	–	16:35
17Simon NemecD	0	0	0	-3	3	0	2	0	–	17:34
24Seamus CaseyD	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	–	18:07
43Luke HughesD	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	–	23:30
71Jonas SiegenthalerD	0	0	0	-2	0	1	2	2	–	19:26

New Jersey Devils goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
25Jacob MarkstromG		0	0	0	–	00:00
34Jake AllenG	L	28	23	5	.821	60:00

San Jose Sharks

San Jose Sharks skaters

21Alexander WennbergC	1	1	2	+2	1	0	2	0	55	19:44
96Philipp KurashevC	1	1	2	+3	3	1	0	0	–	19:10
37Timothy LiljegrenD	0	2	2	+3	3	3	1	0	–	23:10
2Will SmithC	1	0	1	+2	2	0	0	2	–	18:36
71Macklin CelebriniC	0	1	1	+2	3	1	1	0	53	20:00
72William EklundL	1	0	1	+3	2	0	3	2	–	18:17
73Tyler ToffoliC	1	0	1	+2	3	0	2	0	–	17:06
9Dmitry OrlovD	0	1	1	+1	1	3	4	2	–	21:16
38Mario FerraroD	0	1	1	+3	0	0	4	0	–	21:32
10Ty DellandreaC	0	0	0	0	3	2	1	0	46	12:44
23Barclay GoodrowC	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	–	10:45
51Collin GrafR	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	13:32
53Jeff SkinnerL	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	–	12:03
54Patrick GilesR	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	63	10:10
75Ryan ReavesR	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	–	06:22
3John KlingbergD	0	0	0	+2	2	2	2	0	–	20:45
6Sam DickinsonD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	0	–	14:23
85Shakir MukhamadullinD	0	0	0	+1	2	1	2	0	–	16:24

San Jose Sharks goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Yaroslav AskarovG		0	0	0	–	00:00
33Alex NedeljkovicG	W	31	29	2	.935	60:00