New Jersey Devils vs Vegas Golden Knights

Regular season · Wednesday, December 17, 2025 · T-Mobile Arena

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2–1

Final/SO

SOG 33–37

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Game summary

The New Jersey Devils beat the Vegas Golden Knights 2-1 in a shootout on Wednesday, December 17, 2025 at T-Mobile Arena. The Golden Knights outshot the Devils 37-33.

Goals came from Connor Brown and Pavel Dorofeyev.

Jake Allen made 36 saves on 37 shots for the win; Carter Hart stopped 32 of 33.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	SO	T	SOG
NJD	0	1	0	0	1	2	33
VGK	0	0	1	0	0	1	37

Three stars

Scoring

2nd period

Connor Brown (8)Unassisted1–004:50 NJD

3rd period

Pavel Dorofeyev (14)Mark Stone (19), Tomas Hertl (10)Pesce 2:12 into shift1–115:49 VGK · PPG

SO period

Jesper BrattUnassisted2–100:00 NJD

Tired legs

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

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

2:12

1–1 · 3rd 15:49 · Dorofeyev. Pesce was 2:12 into his shift when it went in.

GoalNJD on iceVGK on iceDefenders’ longest

1–0 NJD

2nd 4:50 · Brown

Hertl 0:29

Fresh legsHertl 0:29

1–1 VGK

3rd 15:49 · PP · Dorofeyev

Stuck out there: Pesce 2:12

Stuck out therePesce 2:12

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

NJDVGK

33Shots on goal37

56%Faceoff %44%

0/2Power play1/4

8Penalty minutes4

21Hits21

10Blocked shots19

11Giveaways16

5Takeaways6

Penalties

1st 00:39Jonas Siegenthaler · hooking2 min
1st 12:21Jeremy Lauzon · boarding2 min
2nd 15:17Mitch Marner · tripping2 min
2nd 17:16Paul Cotter · roughing2 min
3rd 15:02Juho Lammikko · tripping2 min
OT 03:07Dawson Mercer · hooking2 min

Season series

New Jersey Devils

New Jersey Devils skaters

16Connor BrownR	1	1	+1	3	1	0	0	–	20:32
11Stefan NoesenR	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	–	12:19
12Cody GlassC	0	0	+1	3	1	0	0	58	15:52
13Nico HischierC	0	0	0	5	1	1	0	44	23:15
14Luke GlendeningC	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	86	12:07
18Ondrej PalatL	0	0	+1	2	1	0	0	–	16:05
36Angus CrookshankC	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	–	10:01
47Paul CotterL	0	0	0	1	4	0	2	100	14:41
63Jesper BrattL	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	–	20:55
67Xavier ParentC	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	–	10:21
83Juho LammikkoC	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	50	10:36
91Dawson MercerC	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	–	20:17
5Brenden DillonD	0	0	+1	0	2	1	0	–	15:28
7Dougie HamiltonD	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	–	25:05
22Brett PesceD	0	0	0	3	0	3	0	–	23:58
43Luke HughesD	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	–	26:17
45Colton WhiteD	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0	–	09:07
71Jonas SiegenthalerD	0	0	0	3	1	3	2	–	23:17

New Jersey Devils goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
25Jacob MarkstromG		0	0	0	–	00:00
34Jake AllenG	W	37	36	1	.973	65:00

Vegas Golden Knights

Vegas Golden Knights skaters

16Pavel DorofeyevR	1	0	1	-1	4	0	0	0	–	22:38
48Tomas HertlC	0	1	1	-1	4	1	3	0	67	20:26
61Mark StoneR	0	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	–	23:38
10Colton SissonsC	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	30	11:24
19Reilly SmithR	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	16:08
20Brandon SaadL	0	0	0	-1	4	1	0	0	–	12:46
21Brett HowdenC	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	53	18:15
23Cole ReinhardtL	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	0	–	07:53
42Braeden BowmanR	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	–	13:46
49Ivan BarbashevL	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0	–	16:59
55Keegan KolesarR	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	–	10:28
93Mitch MarnerR	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	2	–	21:27
2Zach WhitecloudD	0	0	0	-1	0	0	3	0	–	18:52
3Brayden McNabbD	0	0	0	0	1	3	3	0	–	20:44
5Jeremy LauzonD	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	2	–	13:52
6Kaedan KorczakD	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	–	21:17
15Noah HanifinD	0	0	0	-1	3	2	1	0	–	26:07
17Ben HuttonD	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	–	16:13

Vegas Golden Knights goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
40Akira SchmidG		0	0	0	–	00:00
79Carter HartG	O	33	32	1	.970	65:00