Carolina Hurricanes vs New Jersey Devils
Regular season · Sunday, January 4, 2026 · Prudential Center
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Game summary
The Carolina Hurricanes beat the New Jersey Devils 3-1 on Sunday, January 4, 2026 at Prudential Center.
Goals came from Nikolaj Ehlers, Dawson Mercer, Taylor Hall and Logan Stankoven.
Brandon Bussi made 28 saves on 29 shots for the win; Jake Allen stopped 27 of 29.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Nikolaj Ehlers (11)Unassisted1–000:51 CAR
Dawson Mercer (11)Arseny Gritsyuk (10), Jonas Siegenthaler (4)1–107:34 NJD
2nd period
Taylor Hall (8)UnassistedPesce 1:03 into shift2–107:47 CAR
3rd period
Logan Stankoven (7)Taylor Hall (12)3–112:16 CAR
Tired legs
Seconds into the shift for every skater on the ice at each goal. Taller bar, longer shift.
2–1 · 2nd 7:47 · Hall. Pesce was 1:03 into his shift when it went in.
1–0 CAR
1st 0:51 · Ehlers
Hughes 0:22
1–1 NJD
1st 7:34 · Mercer
Nikishin 0:49
2–1 CAR
2nd 7:47 · Hall
Long shift: Pesce 1:03
3–1 CAR
3rd 12:16 · Stankoven
Mercer 0:50
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 02:38
Dawson Mercer · hooking2 min - 2nd 02:14Dougie Hamilton · interference2 min
- 2nd 12:56
Sean Walker · high sticking2 min - 2nd 16:03Logan Stankoven · tripping2 min
- 2nd 18:13Logan Stankoven · roughing2 min
- 3rd 02:53Jordan Staal · delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 3rd 05:21Ondrej Palat · hooking2 min
- 3rd 18:27Andrei Svechnikov · tripping2 min
Season series
Carolina Hurricanes
| 71Taylor HallL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 15:07 |
| 22Logan StankovenC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 12:58 |
| 27Nikolaj EhlersL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 16:20 |
| 11Jordan StaalC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:11 |
| 15Noah PhilpC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:48 |
| 20Sebastian AhoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 21:08 |
| 28William CarrierL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:26 |
| 37Andrei SvechnikovR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 15:34 |
| 48Jordan MartinookL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:56 |
| 50Eric RobinsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:42 |
| 53Jackson BlakeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 14:57 |
| 77Mark JankowskiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:24 |
| 4Shayne GostisbehereD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 21:39 |
| 5Jalen ChatfieldD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 21:26 |
| 19K'Andre MillerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 23:22 |
| 21Alexander NikishinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:23 |
| 26Sean WalkerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 23:55 |
| 64Joel NystromD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 12:11 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Frederik AndersenG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 32Brandon BussiG | W | 29 | 28 | 1 | .966 | 60:00 |
New Jersey Devils
| 81Arseny GritsyukR | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 15:49 |
| 91Dawson MercerC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 18:58 |
| 71Jonas SiegenthalerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19:04 |
| 11Stefan NoesenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:27 |
| 12Cody GlassC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:13 |
| 13Nico HischierC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 6 | 25:16 |
| 14Luke GlendeningC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 07:47 |
| 16Connor BrownR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:51 |
| 18Ondrej PalatL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:10 |
| 28Timo MeierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 20:36 |
| 63Jesper BrattL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 23:25 |
| 83Juho LammikkoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:52 |
| 86Jack HughesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 5 | 24:55 |
| 5Brenden DillonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:58 |
| 7Dougie HamiltonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 25:27 |
| 22Brett PesceD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 17:46 |
| 43Luke HughesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 22:43 |
| 45Colton WhiteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:59 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25Jacob MarkstromG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 34Jake AllenG | L | 29 | 27 | 3 | .931 | 55:44 |