Tampa Bay Lightning vs New Jersey Devils

Regular season · Thursday, December 11, 2025 · Prudential Center

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8–4

Final

SOG 35–37

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Game summary

The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the New Jersey Devils 8-4 on Thursday, December 11, 2025 at Prudential Center. The Devils outshot the Lightning 37-35.

Oliver Bjorkstrand scored twice. Nick Paul, Darren Raddysh, Luke Hughes, Pontus Holmberg, Jake Guentzel, Jesper Bratt, Brandon Hagel, Angus Crookshank, Brayden Point and Paul Cotter also scored.

Jonas Johansson made 33 saves on 37 shots for the win; Jake Allen stopped 23 of 28.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
TBL	4	2	2	8	35
NJD	1	1	2	4	37

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Nick Paul (3)Scott Sabourin (2)1–002:57 TBL
Darren Raddysh (6)Nikita Kucherov (24), Brandon Hagel (13)2–003:48 TBL
Luke Hughes (2)Brenden Dillon (7), Paul Cotter (5)2–107:00 NJD
Pontus Holmberg (3)J.J. Moser (7), Yanni Gourde (6)3–107:56 TBL
Jake Guentzel (15)Oliver Bjorkstrand (9), Darren Raddysh (16)4–115:00 TBL · PPG

2nd period

Oliver Bjorkstrand (3)Jake Guentzel (16), Brayden Point (10)5–106:19 TBL
Jesper Bratt (6)Simon Nemec (10), Stefan Noesen (3)5–213:12 NJD · PPG
Brandon Hagel (18)Nikita Kucherov (25), Declan Carlile (1)Hischier 1:28 into shift6–216:35 TBL

3rd period

Angus Crookshank (1)Colton White (1), Simon Nemec (11)Raddysh 1:19 into shift6–303:13 NJD
Brayden Point (5)Nikita Kucherov (26), J.J. Moser (8)Gritsyuk 1:10 into shift7–307:55 TBL
Paul Cotter (4)Cody Glass (2), Luke Hughes (15)7–415:28 NJD
Oliver Bjorkstrand (4)Jake Guentzel (17), Nikita Kucherov (27)Hughes 1:02 into shift8–415:57 TBL · 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+

1:28

6–2 · 2nd 16:35 · Hagel. NJD stayed on through an icing. Hischier was 1:28 into his shift when it went in.

GoalTBL on iceNJD on iceDefenders’ longest

1–0 TBL

1st 2:57 · Paul

Parent 0:28

Fresh legsParent 0:28

2–0 TBL

1st 3:48 · Raddysh

Noesen 0:51

NormalNoesen 0:51

2–1 NJD

1st 7:00 · Hughes

Sabourin 0:37

Fresh legsSabourin 0:37

3–1 TBL

1st 7:56 · Holmberg

Nemec 0:16

Fresh legsNemec 0:16

4–1 TBL

1st 15:00 · PP · Guentzel

Hischier 0:32

Fresh legsHischier 0:32

5–1 TBL

2nd 6:19 · Bjorkstrand

Cotter 0:58

NormalCotter 0:58

5–2 NJD

2nd 13:12 · PP · Bratt

Cirelli 0:54

NormalCirelli 0:54

6–2 TBL

2nd 16:35 · Hagel

Long shift: Hischier 1:28

Long shiftHischier 1:28

6–3 NJD

3rd 3:13 · Crookshank

Long shift: Raddysh 1:19

Long shiftRaddysh 1:19

7–3 TBL

3rd 7:55 · Point

Long shift: Gritsyuk 1:10

Long shiftGritsyuk 1:10

7–4 NJD

3rd 15:28 · Cotter

Bjorkstrand 0:13

Fresh legsBjorkstrand 0:13

8–4 TBL

3rd 15:57 · PP · Bjorkstrand

Long shift: Hughes 1:02

Long shiftHughes 1:02

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

TBLNJD

35Shots on goal37

52%Faceoff %48%

2/3Power play1/3

11Penalty minutes11

15Hits32

13Blocked shots13

7Giveaways14

2Takeaways6

Penalties

1st 12:28Nico Hischier · hooking2 min
1st 14:53Simon Nemec · hooking2 min
1st 17:10Scott Sabourin · boarding2 min
1st 17:10Brenden Dillon · fighting5 min
1st 17:10Scott Sabourin · fighting5 min
2nd 12:18Yanni Gourde · tripping2 min
3rd 13:37Scott Sabourin · slashing2 min
3rd 15:15Ondrej Palat · holding2 min

Season series

Tampa Bay Lightning

Tampa Bay Lightning skaters

86Nikita KucherovR	0	4	4	+2	4	0	0	0	–	16:12
22Oliver BjorkstrandR	2	1	3	0	3	1	0	0	–	13:47
59Jake GuentzelC	1	2	3	+1	2	0	1	0	60	15:22
21Brayden PointC	1	1	2	+1	2	0	1	0	53	15:27
38Brandon HagelL	1	1	2	+2	4	1	2	0	–	16:55
43Darren RaddyshD	1	1	2	+2	1	2	1	0	–	23:09
90J.J. MoserD	0	2	2	+2	4	0	0	0	–	20:49
20Nick PaulL	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	46	12:38
29Pontus HolmbergR	1	0	1	+2	2	0	0	0	–	16:19
37Yanni GourdeC	0	1	1	+2	1	1	1	2	47	19:31
46Scott SabourinR	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	9	–	09:08
67Declan CarlileD	0	1	1	+2	3	2	0	0	–	16:04
28Zemgus GirgensonsC	0	0	0	+1	0	3	1	0	–	18:44
42Curtis DouglasC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	09:48
71Anthony CirelliC	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	56	14:17
24Max CrozierD	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	–	17:12
51Charle-Edouard D'AstousD	0	0	0	-1	3	2	0	0	–	20:59
78Emil LillebergD	0	0	0	+1	1	3	2	0	–	19:23

Tampa Bay Lightning goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31Jonas JohanssonG	W	37	33	4	.892	59:22
33Brandon HalversonG		0	0	0	–	00:00

New Jersey Devils

New Jersey Devils skaters

47Paul CotterL	1	1	2	0	3	6	0	0	40	14:04
17Simon NemecD	0	2	2	-2	3	1	1	2	–	20:52
43Luke HughesD	1	1	2	0	1	0	1	0	–	23:52
11Stefan NoesenR	0	1	1	-2	5	1	0	0	–	15:59
12Cody GlassC	0	1	1	0	3	1	0	0	48	15:46
36Angus CrookshankC	1	0	1	+1	3	1	0	0	–	10:24
63Jesper BrattL	1	0	1	-1	4	3	0	0	–	16:46
5Brenden DillonD	0	1	1	0	0	4	3	5	–	19:37
45Colton WhiteD	0	1	1	0	1	4	2	0	–	14:46
13Nico HischierC	0	0	0	-2	3	2	1	2	59	17:21
14Luke GlendeningC	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	60	10:16
16Connor BrownR	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	–	19:20
18Ondrej PalatL	0	0	0	-1	2	4	3	2	–	14:43
67Xavier ParentC	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	–	09:42
81Arseny GritsyukR	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	–	19:44
91Dawson MercerC	0	0	0	-1	1	0	1	0	17	16:45
7Dougie HamiltonD	0	0	0	-2	4	1	0	0	–	19:53
71Jonas SiegenthalerD	0	0	0	-2	4	2	1	0	–	17:23

New Jersey Devils goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
25Jacob MarkstromG		7	4	3	.571	07:56
34Jake AllenG	L	28	23	5	.821	52:02