New Jersey Devils vs New York Islanders

Regular season · Tuesday, December 23, 2025 · UBS Arena

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1–2

Final

SOG 32–25

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Game summary

The New York Islanders beat the New Jersey Devils 2-1 on Tuesday, December 23, 2025 at UBS Arena. The Devils outshot the Islanders 32-25.

Goals came from Brett Pesce, Simon Holmstrom and Adam Pelech.

David Rittich made 31 saves on 32 shots for the win; Jacob Markstrom stopped 23 of 25.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
NJD	1	0	0	1	32
NYI	0	1	1	2	25

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Brett Pesce (1)Nico Hischier (19), Dawson Mercer (14)1–015:35 NJD

2nd period

Simon Holmstrom (7)Unassisted1–112:10 NYI

3rd period

Adam Pelech (2)Anders Lee (15), Simon Holmstrom (9)1–218:45 NYI

Tired legs

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

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

GoalNJD on iceNYI on iceDefenders’ longest

1–0 NJD

1st 15:35 · Pesce

Pelech 0:53

NormalPelech 0:53

1–1 NYI

2nd 12:10 · Holmstrom

Hamilton 0:24

Fresh legsHamilton 0:24

1–2 NYI

3rd 18:45 · Pelech

Palat 0:29

Fresh legsPalat 0:29

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

NJDNYI

32Shots on goal25

55%Faceoff %45%

0/0Power play0/0

0Penalty minutes0

15Hits26

20Blocked shots11

15Giveaways14

1Takeaways8

Penalties

No penalties.

Season series

New Jersey Devils

New Jersey Devils skaters

13Nico HischierC	0	1	1	0	3	0	3	66	18:54
91Dawson MercerC	0	1	1	+1	2	0	1	–	18:00
22Brett PesceD	1	0	1	+1	5	0	4	–	21:55
11Stefan NoesenR	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	100	08:57
12Cody GlassC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	44	17:31
14Luke GlendeningC	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	33	09:38
16Connor BrownR	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	–	17:49
18Ondrej PalatL	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	–	11:50
28Timo MeierR	0	0	0	+1	7	1	0	–	17:51
47Paul CotterL	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	100	09:47
63Jesper BrattL	0	0	0	-2	1	0	1	–	16:22
81Arseny GritsyukR	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	–	15:01
86Jack HughesC	0	0	0	-2	1	0	0	–	20:27
5Brenden DillonD	0	0	0	-1	0	3	3	–	18:46
7Dougie HamiltonD	0	0	0	-1	2	2	2	–	20:02
43Luke HughesD	0	0	0	+1	1	0	2	–	23:57
45Colton WhiteD	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	–	13:43
71Jonas SiegenthalerD	0	0	0	-2	0	0	1	–	20:30

New Jersey Devils goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
25Jacob MarkstromG	L	25	23	2	.920	59:00
34Jake AllenG		0	0	0	–	00:00

New York Islanders

New York Islanders skaters

10Simon HolmstromR	1	1	2	+2	1	1	0	–	17:06
27Anders LeeL	0	1	1	+2	2	0	0	25	16:51
3Adam PelechD	1	0	1	0	1	0	3	–	23:12
11Anthony DuclairL	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	–	14:54
13Mathew BarzalC	0	0	0	+2	1	0	0	55	21:14
16Marc GatcombC	0	0	0	-1	0	5	0	–	10:58
29Jonathan DrouinL	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	56	16:25
32Kyle MacLeanC	0	0	0	-1	2	2	0	–	11:26
44Jean-Gabriel PageauC	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	54	14:56
49Max ShabanovR	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	–	14:52
51Emil HeinemanL	0	0	0	0	3	4	0	–	16:49
53Casey CizikasC	0	0	0	-1	2	3	0	75	10:45
64Calum RitchieC	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	15	13:30
6Ryan PulockD	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	–	21:48
24Scott MayfieldD	0	0	0	+1	3	2	1	–	17:53
41Marshall WarrenD	0	0	0	0	3	2	1	–	14:24
48Matthew SchaeferD	0	0	0	+1	2	1	2	–	21:12
77Tony DeAngeloD	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	–	21:45

New York Islanders goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
33David RittichG	W	32	31	1	.969	60:00
50Marcus HogbergG		0	0	0	–	00:00