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New Jersey Devils vs Ottawa Senators

Regular season · Tuesday, December 9, 2025 · Canadian Tire Centre

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4–3

Final

SOG 32–38

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Game summary

The New Jersey Devils beat the Ottawa Senators 4-3 on Tuesday, December 9, 2025 at Canadian Tire Centre. The Senators outshot the Devils 38-32.

Drake Batherson scored twice. Simon Nemec, Tim Stützle, Arseny Gritsyuk, Paul Cotter and Cody Glass also scored.

Jacob Markstrom made 35 saves on 38 shots for the win; Linus Ullmark stopped 28 of 32.

Goals1st2nd3rdTSOG
New Jersey DevilsNJD211432
Ottawa SenatorsOTT210338

Three stars

  1. ★1st starArseny GritsyukNJD · 1G 2A
  2. ★2nd starConnor BrownNJD · 0G 3A
  3. ★3rd starDrake BathersonOTT · 2G 0A

Scoring

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Tired legs

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

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+
2:14

3–3 · 2nd 10:35 · Batherson. Brown was 2:14 into his shift when it went in.

GoalNJD on iceOTT on ice

0–1 OTT

1st 1:36 · PP · Batherson

Hamilton 0:26

1–1 NJD

1st 5:09 · Nemec

Jensen 0:35

1–2 OTT

1st 12:59 · PP · Stützle

Brown 0:49

2–2 NJD

1st 17:59 · Gritsyuk

Kleven 0:35

3–2 NJD

2nd 4:21 · Cotter

Sanderson 0:33

3–3 OTT

2nd 10:35 · PP · Batherson

Stuck out there: Brown 2:14

4–3 NJD

3rd 12:24 · Glass

Eller 0:33

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

NJDOTT
32Shots on goal38
46%Faceoff %54%
0/3Power play3/3
8Penalty minutes8
15Hits22
15Blocked shots11
17Giveaways16
5Takeaways2

Penalties

  • 1st 00:36Stefan Noesen · high sticking2 min
  • 1st 01:46Nikolas Matinpalo · delaying game puck over glass2 min
  • 1st 11:31Brenden Dillon · tripping2 min
  • 2nd 02:52Angus Crookshank · roughing2 min
  • 2nd 02:52Tyler Kleven · roughing2 min
  • 2nd 06:06Artem Zub · high sticking2 min
  • 2nd 09:32Nico Hischier · slashing2 min
  • 3rd 06:46Brady Tkachuk · interference goalkeeper2 min

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