New Jersey Devils vs Los Angeles Kings
Regular season · Saturday, November 1, 2025 · Crypto.com Arena
FDSNW · MSGSN · KCAL
Game summary
The New Jersey Devils beat the Los Angeles Kings 4-1 on Saturday, November 1, 2025 at Crypto.com Arena. The Kings outshot the Devils 44-22.
Dawson Mercer scored twice. Nico Hischier, Brian Halonen and Andrei Kuzmenko also scored.
Jacob Markstrom made 43 saves on 44 shots for the win; Darcy Kuemper stopped 18 of 21.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Nico Hischier (3)Luke Hughes (7)1–001:22 NJD
2nd period
Brian Halonen (1)Luke Glendening (3), Dennis Cholowski (1)Clarke 1:34 into shift2–003:12 NJD
3rd period
Dawson Mercer (7)Jonas Siegenthaler (2)Doughty 1:01 into shift3–003:09 NJD · SHG
Andrei Kuzmenko (3)Anze Kopitar (6), Alex Laferriere (3)3–109:49 LAK- Dawson Mercer (8)Jacob Markstrom (1), Brenden Dillon (4)4–116:12 NJD · SHG · EN
Tired legs
Seconds into the shift for every skater on the ice at each goal. Taller bar, longer shift.
2–0 · 2nd 3:12 · Halonen. Clarke was 1:34 into his shift when it went in.
1–0 NJD
1st 1:22 · Hischier
Fiala 0:51
2–0 NJD
2nd 3:12 · Halonen
Stuck out there: Clarke 1:34
3–0 NJD
3rd 3:09 · SH · Mercer
Long shift: Doughty 1:01
3–1 LAK
3rd 9:49 · Kuzmenko
Hamilton 0:32
4–1 NJD
3rd 16:12 · EN · Mercer
Kopitar 1:23
Hover or tap a bar for the skater.
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
Penalties
- 2nd 05:50
Arseny Gritsyuk · holding2 min - 2nd 13:50Nico Hischier · hooking2 min
- 3rd 01:10Timo Meier · tripping2 min
- 3rd 15:39Dougie Hamilton · tripping2 min
Season series
New Jersey Devils
| 91Dawson MercerC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 19:05 |
| 13Nico HischierC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 1 | 22:13 |
| 14Luke GlendeningC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 11:05 |
| 48Brian HalonenL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 06:06 |
| 5Brenden DillonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 23:01 |
| 43Luke HughesD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 25:43 |
| 44Dennis CholowskiD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 13:53 |
| 71Jonas SiegenthalerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21:34 |
| 11Stefan NoesenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 13:48 |
| 18Ondrej PalatL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 12:53 |
| 28Timo MeierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 17:27 |
| 47Paul CotterL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:39 |
| 63Jesper BrattL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 6 | 18:23 |
| 81Arseny GritsyukR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 11:18 |
| 83Juho LammikkoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 07:22 |
| 86Jack HughesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 20:18 |
| 7Dougie HamiltonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 19:27 |
| 17Simon NemecD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 16:45 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25Jacob MarkstromG | W | 44 | 43 | 1 | .977 | 60:00 |
| 34Jake AllenG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Los Angeles Kings
| 11Anze KopitarC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 17:39 |
| 14Alex LaferriereR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 18:26 |
| 96Andrei KuzmenkoL | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 17:11 |
| 9Adrian KempeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 20:20 |
| 10Corey PerryR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 6 | 14:37 |
| 12Trevor MooreL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 16:24 |
| 15Alex TurcotteC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 11:07 |
| 22Kevin FialaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 5 | 20:35 |
| 24Phillip DanaultC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 18:48 |
| 39Jeff MalottL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:52 |
| 40Joel ArmiaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 13:33 |
| 55Quinton ByfieldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 19:50 |
| 2Brian DumoulinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:31 |
| 5Cody CeciD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:34 |
| 6Joel EdmundsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 15:42 |
| 8Drew DoughtyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 22:26 |
| 44Mikey AndersonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:57 |
| 92Brandt ClarkeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 5 | 21:27 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Anton ForsbergG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 35Darcy KuemperG | L | 21 | 18 | 3 | .857 | 57:01 |