Vegas Golden Knights vs New Jersey Devils

Regular season · Friday, December 5, 2025 · Prudential Center

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3–0

Final

SOG 25–24

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Game summary

The Vegas Golden Knights beat the New Jersey Devils 3-0 on Friday, December 5, 2025 at Prudential Center. The Golden Knights outshot the Devils 25-24.

Goals came from Shea Theodore, Tomas Hertl and Ivan Barbashev.

Akira Schmid made 24 saves on 24 shots for the win; Jacob Markstrom stopped 22 of 25.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
VGK	1	0	2	3	25
NJD	0	0	0	0	24

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Shea Theodore (4)Jack Eichel (22), Noah Hanifin (4)Palat 1:01 into shift1–019:47 VGK

3rd period

Tomas Hertl (12)Mitch Marner (21), Pavel Dorofeyev (7)2–015:36 VGK · PPG
Ivan Barbashev (10)Mark Stone (14), Jack Eichel (23)Dillon 1:12 into shift3–018:36 VGK · 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+

1:12

3–0 · 3rd 18:36 · Barbashev. Dillon was 1:12 into his shift when it went in.

GoalVGK on iceNJD on iceDefenders’ longest

1–0 VGK

1st 19:47 · Theodore

Long shift: Palat 1:01

Long shiftPalat 1:01

2–0 VGK

3rd 15:36 · PP · Hertl

Mercer 0:45

NormalMercer 0:45

3–0 VGK

3rd 18:36 · PP · Barbashev

Long shift: Dillon 1:12

Long shiftDillon 1:12

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

VGKNJD

25Shots on goal24

47%Faceoff %53%

2/2Power play0/2

4Penalty minutes4

21Hits15

23Blocked shots11

19Giveaways16

5Takeaways7

Penalties

3rd 02:16Brandon Saad · tripping2 min
3rd 12:06Noah Hanifin · delaying game puck over glass2 min
3rd 14:11Nico Hischier · hooking2 min
3rd 17:24Nico Hischier · tripping2 min

Season series

Vegas Golden Knights

Vegas Golden Knights skaters

9Jack EichelC	0	2	2	+1	3	1	1	0	38	20:23
16Pavel DorofeyevR	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	–	15:24
48Tomas HertlC	1	0	1	0	1	4	0	0	45	16:01
49Ivan BarbashevL	1	0	1	+1	3	1	1	0	–	16:11
61Mark StoneR	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	0	–	17:28
93Mitch MarnerR	0	1	1	0	2	0	3	0	100	18:35
15Noah HanifinD	0	1	1	+1	2	0	4	2	–	22:01
27Shea TheodoreD	1	0	1	+1	4	0	3	0	–	23:12
19Reilly SmithR	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	67	10:16
20Brandon SaadL	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	2	–	14:33
21Brett HowdenC	0	0	0	0	3	2	1	0	47	15:23
23Cole ReinhardtL	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	–	09:33
42Braeden BowmanR	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	–	15:37
55Keegan KolesarR	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	100	10:28
2Zach WhitecloudD	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	0	–	18:42
3Brayden McNabbD	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	–	23:21
6Kaedan KorczakD	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	–	15:34
17Ben HuttonD	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	–	13:18

Vegas Golden Knights goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
32Jesper VikmanG		0	0	0	–	00:00
40Akira SchmidG	W	24	24	0	1.000	60:00

New Jersey Devils

New Jersey Devils skaters

11Stefan NoesenR	0	3	2	0	0	–	13:46
12Cody GlassC	0	1	0	0	0	57	15:07
13Nico HischierC	-1	4	1	1	4	59	20:38
14Luke GlendeningC	0	0	1	0	0	56	10:17
16Connor BrownR	0	0	0	1	0	–	15:34
18Ondrej PalatL	-1	1	0	2	0	–	11:06
28Timo MeierR	0	1	1	0	0	–	19:32
36Angus CrookshankC	0	0	1	1	0	50	10:36
47Paul CotterL	0	0	3	0	0	–	10:58
63Jesper BrattL	-1	1	1	0	0	–	18:25
81Arseny GritsyukR	0	1	1	0	0	–	18:30
91Dawson MercerC	0	4	0	1	0	50	17:35
5Brenden DillonD	0	0	1	1	0	–	19:29
7Dougie HamiltonD	-1	5	1	0	0	–	22:31
17Simon NemecD	0	0	0	2	0	–	18:32
43Luke HughesD	0	2	0	0	0	–	22:53
45Colton WhiteD	0	0	0	0	0	–	11:27
71Jonas SiegenthalerD	-1	1	2	2	0	–	21:13

New Jersey Devils goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
25Jacob MarkstromG	L	25	22	3	.880	59:14
34Jake AllenG		0	0	0	–	00:00