Columbus Blue Jackets vs New Jersey Devils

Regular season · Monday, December 1, 2025 · Prudential Center

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5–3

Final

SOG 25–33

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Game summary

The Columbus Blue Jackets beat the New Jersey Devils 5-3 on Monday, December 1, 2025 at Prudential Center. The Devils outshot the Blue Jackets 33-25.

Sean Monahan scored twice. Nico Hischier, Ondrej Palat, Denton Mateychuk, Charlie Coyle, Timo Meier and Miles Wood also scored.

Elvis Merzlikins made 30 saves on 33 shots for the win; Jake Allen stopped 20 of 25.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
CBJ	1	1	3	5	25
NJD	2	0	1	3	33

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Nico Hischier (10)Jesper Bratt (20), Dawson Mercer (11)Provorov 1:26 into shift0–101:26 NJD · PPG
Ondrej Palat (2)Arseny Gritsyuk (7)0–203:03 NJD
Denton Mateychuk (6)Charlie Coyle (13), Ivan Provorov (5)1–209:54 CBJ · PPG

2nd period

Sean Monahan (4)Cole Sillinger (8), Zach Werenski (16)Siegenthaler 1:04 into shift2–201:28 CBJ

3rd period

Charlie Coyle (4)Zach Werenski (17), Miles Wood (3)3–206:40 CBJ
Sean Monahan (5)Isac Lundeström (3)4–207:14 CBJ
Timo Meier (10)Jesper Bratt (21), Nico Hischier (15)Provorov 1:16 into shift4–311:51 NJD · PPG
Miles Wood (7)Charlie Coyle (14)5–313:31 CBJ

Tired legs

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

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1:26

0–1 · 1st 1:26 · Hischier. Provorov was 1:26 into his shift when it went in.

GoalCBJ on iceNJD on iceDefenders’ longest

0–1 NJD

1st 1:26 · PP · Hischier

Long shift: Provorov 1:26

Long shiftProvorov 1:26

0–2 NJD

1st 3:03 · Palat

Pinelli 0:45

NormalPinelli 0:45

1–2 CBJ

1st 9:54 · PP · Mateychuk

Hamilton 0:22

Fresh legsHamilton 0:22

2–2 CBJ

2nd 1:28 · Monahan

Long shift: Siegenthaler 1:04

Long shiftSiegenthaler 1:04

3–2 CBJ

3rd 6:40 · Coyle

Cholowski 0:41

NormalCholowski 0:41

4–2 CBJ

3rd 7:14 · Monahan

Hughes 0:49

NormalHughes 0:49

4–3 NJD

3rd 11:51 · PP · Meier

Long shift: Provorov 1:16

Long shiftProvorov 1:16

5–3 CBJ

3rd 13:31 · Wood

Meier 0:44

NormalMeier 0:44

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

CBJNJD

25Shots on goal33

64%Faceoff %36%

1/3Power play2/5

34Penalty minutes40

21Hits23

11Blocked shots11

15Giveaways14

7Takeaways5

Penalties

1st 00:40Zach Werenski · hooking2 min
1st 08:23Brenden Dillon · hooking2 min
1st 14:43Brendan Smith · cross checking2 min
1st 19:27Dougie Hamilton · hooking2 min
2nd 01:01Adam Fantilli · slashing2 min
2nd 01:01Dmitri Voronkov · fighting5 min
2nd 01:01Brenden Dillon · fighting5 min
2nd 03:58Connor Brown · cross checking2 min
2nd 03:58Connor Brown · slashing2 min
2nd 03:58Sean Monahan · high sticking2 min
2nd 03:58Adam Fantilli · fighting5 min
2nd 03:58Jonas Siegenthaler · fighting5 min
2nd 03:58Jonas Siegenthaler · game misconduct10 min
2nd 05:01Damon Severson · roughing2 min
2nd 09:22Dmitri Voronkov · fighting5 min
2nd 09:22Stefan Noesen · fighting5 min
2nd 09:34Brendan Smith · fighting5 min
2nd 09:34Paul Cotter · fighting5 min
2nd 19:42Cody Glass · roughing2 min
2nd 19:42Sean Monahan · roughing2 min
3rd 10:45Cole Sillinger · slashing2 min

Season series

Columbus Blue Jackets

Columbus Blue Jackets skaters

3Charlie CoyleC	1	2	3	+2	1	0	0	0	65	20:27
11Miles WoodL	1	1	2	+3	2	4	1	0	–	19:30
23Sean MonahanC	2	0	2	+1	2	1	1	4	64	16:23
8Zach WerenskiD	0	2	2	+3	1	1	2	2	–	26:57
4Cole SillingerC	0	1	1	0	0	3	2	2	–	17:00
21Isac LundeströmC	0	1	1	+3	2	0	1	0	50	16:30
5Denton MateychukD	1	0	1	-1	1	1	2	0	–	21:07
9Ivan ProvorovD	0	1	1	+3	1	3	0	0	–	25:59
10Dmitri VoronkovL	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	10	50	12:37
16Brendan GaunceC	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	0	50	12:37
19Adam FantilliC	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	7	71	20:53
27Zachary Aston-ReeseL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	07:01
53Luca PinelliC	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	–	06:58
59Egor ChinakhovR	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	09:17
91Kent JohnsonC	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	10:34
7Brendan SmithD	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	7	–	11:06
15Dante FabbroD	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	–	17:15
78Damon SeversonD	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	–	18:01

Columbus Blue Jackets goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
73Jet GreavesG		0	0	0	–	00:00
90Elvis MerzlikinsG	W	33	30	3	.909	59:56

New Jersey Devils

New Jersey Devils skaters

13Nico HischierC	1	1	2	-2	4	1	0	0	45	23:51
63Jesper BrattL	0	2	2	-2	4	0	0	0	–	23:46
18Ondrej PalatL	1	0	1	+1	1	1	1	0	100	12:01
28Timo MeierR	1	0	1	-2	4	3	1	0	–	23:45
81Arseny GritsyukR	0	1	1	0	3	0	2	0	–	17:56
91Dawson MercerC	0	1	1	+1	3	0	0	0	29	19:53
11Stefan NoesenR	0	0	0	-1	2	2	0	5	100	08:33
12Cody GlassC	0	0	0	-1	1	2	0	2	45	12:19
14Luke GlendeningC	0	0	0	-1	0	2	3	0	–	11:06
16Connor BrownR	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	–	13:38
47Paul CotterL	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	5	100	10:47
83Juho LammikkoC	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0	–	09:02
5Brenden DillonD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	–	10:32
7Dougie HamiltonD	0	0	0	0	3	2	1	2	–	21:17
17Simon NemecD	0	0	0	-1	1	0	2	0	–	29:28
43Luke HughesD	0	0	0	-3	6	0	1	0	–	25:51
44Dennis CholowskiD	0	0	0	-1	1	1	0	0	–	18:06
71Jonas SiegenthalerD	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	15	–	06:06

New Jersey Devils goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
25Jacob MarkstromG		0	0	0	–	00:00
34Jake AllenG	L	25	20	5	.800	54:27