New Jersey Devils vs Columbus Blue Jackets
Regular season · Wednesday, December 31, 2025 · Nationwide Arena
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Game summary
The New Jersey Devils beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 3-2 on Wednesday, December 31, 2025 at Nationwide Arena. The Blue Jackets outshot the Devils 35-33.
Goals came from Mason Marchment, Charlie Coyle, Nico Hischier, Arseny Gritsyuk and Luke Hughes.
Jake Allen made 33 saves on 35 shots for the win; Jet Greaves stopped 30 of 33.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Mason Marchment (8)Kirill Marchenko (17), Dysin Mayo (1)0–106:18 CBJ
2nd period
Charlie Coyle (6)Boone Jenner (11), Cole Sillinger (15)0–213:41 CBJ
3rd period
Nico Hischier (11)Luke Hughes (17), Jack Hughes (11)1–202:49 NJD · PPG
Arseny Gritsyuk (8)Timo Meier (13), Jonas Siegenthaler (3)2–203:44 NJD
Luke Hughes (4)Connor Brown (8), Ondrej Palat (6)3–204:45 NJD
Tired legs
Seconds into the shift for every skater on the ice at each goal. Taller bar, longer shift.
0–1 CBJ
1st 6:18 · Marchment
Hughes 0:55
0–2 CBJ
2nd 13:41 · Coyle
Hughes 0:37
1–2 NJD
3rd 2:49 · PP · Hischier
Provorov 0:32
2–2 NJD
3rd 3:44 · Gritsyuk
Marchenko 0:22
3–2 NJD
3rd 4:45 · Hughes
Fantilli 0:27
Hover or tap a bar for the skater.
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
Penalties
- 1st 15:09
Dougie Hamilton · tripping2 min - 2nd 11:09Dougie Hamilton · tripping2 min
- 3rd 02:45
Kirill Marchenko · hooking2 min - 3rd 11:40Cody Glass · fighting5 min
- 3rd 11:40Dmitri Voronkov · fighting5 min
- 3rd 15:06Brenden Dillon · interference2 min
Season series
New Jersey Devils
| 43Luke HughesD | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 21:27 |
| 13Nico HischierC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 19:39 |
| 16Connor BrownR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 18:35 |
| 18Ondrej PalatL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 14:19 |
| 28Timo MeierR | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 14:51 |
| 81Arseny GritsyukR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14:07 |
| 86Jack HughesC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 6 | 19:26 |
| 71Jonas SiegenthalerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 22:58 |
| 11Stefan NoesenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 06:53 |
| 12Cody GlassC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:18 |
| 14Luke GlendeningC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:41 |
| 47Paul CotterL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:54 |
| 63Jesper BrattL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17:41 |
| 91Dawson MercerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:28 |
| 5Brenden DillonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:08 |
| 7Dougie HamiltonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | 21:04 |
| 22Brett PesceD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 25:18 |
| 45Colton WhiteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 11:32 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25Jacob MarkstromG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 34Jake AllenG | W | 35 | 33 | 2 | .943 | 59:41 |
Columbus Blue Jackets
| 3Charlie CoyleC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 17:51 |
| 4Cole SillingerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 14:54 |
| 17Mason MarchmentL | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 21:15 |
| 38Boone JennerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 18:22 |
| 86Kirill MarchenkoR | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 5 | 25:11 |
| 37Dysin MayoD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 09:36 |
| 10Dmitri VoronkovL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:53 |
| 11Miles WoodL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 02:51 |
| 16Brendan GaunceC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:27 |
| 19Adam FantilliC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 20:45 |
| 24Mathieu OlivierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:28 |
| 27Zachary Aston-ReeseL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 08:48 |
| 91Kent JohnsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:29 |
| 2Jake ChristiansenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 10:13 |
| 5Denton MateychukD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 21:32 |
| 9Ivan ProvorovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 29:33 |
| 15Dante FabbroD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22:41 |
| 78Damon SeversonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 22:54 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 73Jet GreavesG | L | 33 | 30 | 3 | .909 | 58:13 |
| 90Elvis MerzlikinsG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |