New Jersey Devils vs Minnesota Wild

Regular season · Monday, January 12, 2026 · Grand Casino Arena

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5–2

Final

SOG 29–23

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Game summary

The New Jersey Devils beat the Minnesota Wild 5-2 on Monday, January 12, 2026 at Grand Casino Arena. The Devils outshot the Wild 29-23.

Ondrej Palat scored twice and Jesper Bratt scored twice. Dawson Mercer, Ryan Hartman and Marcus Foligno also scored.

Jacob Markstrom made 21 saves on 23 shots for the win; Jesper Wallstedt stopped 24 of 29.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
NJD	1	1	3	5	29
MIN	0	1	1	2	23

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Dawson Mercer (12)Nico Hischier (21)Faber 1:13 into shift1–010:07 NJD

2nd period

Ryan Hartman (12)Brock Faber (18), Marcus Johansson (21)Palat 1:58 into shift1–113:41 MIN
Ondrej Palat (3)Nico Hischier (22), Jonas Siegenthaler (5)Sturm 2:11 into shift2–119:52 NJD

3rd period

Jesper Bratt (10)Dougie Hamilton (6), Jack Hughes (17)Kaprizov 1:37 into shift3–107:28 NJD
Jesper Bratt (11)Dougie Hamilton (7), Brenden Dillon (9)4–107:49 NJD
Ondrej Palat (4)Dawson Mercer (16)Hughes 1:50 into shift5–109:39 NJD
Marcus Foligno (2)Jonas Brodin (12), Vinnie Hinostroza (5)5–219:41 MIN · 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+

2:11

2–1 · 2nd 19:52 · Palat. Sturm was 2:11 into his shift when it went in.

GoalNJD on iceMIN on iceDefenders’ longest

1–0 NJD

1st 10:07 · Mercer

Long shift: Faber 1:13

Long shiftFaber 1:13

1–1 MIN

2nd 13:41 · Hartman

Stuck out there: Palat 1:58

Stuck out therePalat 1:58

2–1 NJD

2nd 19:52 · Palat

Stuck out there: Sturm 2:11

Stuck out thereSturm 2:11

3–1 NJD

3rd 7:28 · Bratt

Stuck out there: Kaprizov 1:37

Stuck out thereKaprizov 1:37

4–1 NJD

3rd 7:49 · Bratt

Spurgeon 0:21

Fresh legsSpurgeon 0:21

5–1 NJD

3rd 9:39 · Palat

Stuck out there: Hughes 1:50

Stuck out thereHughes 1:50

5–2 MIN

3rd 19:41 · PP · Foligno

Glendening 0:16

Fresh legsGlendening 0:16

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

NJDMIN

29Shots on goal23

58%Faceoff %42%

0/2Power play1/2

4Penalty minutes4

18Hits16

19Blocked shots14

12Giveaways15

3Takeaways4

Penalties

1st 12:22Marcus Foligno · tripping2 min
3rd 00:17Quinn Hughes · interference2 min
3rd 16:06Luke Glendening · hooking2 min
3rd 19:25Brenden Dillon · charging2 min

Season series

New Jersey Devils

New Jersey Devils skaters

13Nico HischierC	0	2	2	+3	2	0	1	0	68	18:13
18Ondrej PalatL	2	0	2	+2	2	4	1	0	–	14:36
63Jesper BrattL	2	0	2	+2	4	2	1	0	–	15:42
91Dawson MercerC	1	1	2	+2	1	1	1	0	–	16:36
7Dougie HamiltonD	0	2	2	+3	2	0	2	0	–	19:08
86Jack HughesC	0	1	1	+2	3	0	1	0	–	19:04
5Brenden DillonD	0	1	1	+3	2	2	3	2	–	16:07
71Jonas SiegenthalerD	0	1	1	0	1	0	3	0	–	19:45
12Cody GlassC	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	33	16:31
14Luke GlendeningC	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	82	10:20
16Connor BrownR	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	16:12
28Timo MeierR	0	0	0	+1	2	2	1	0	17	18:12
33Evgenii DadonovL	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	–	11:22
47Paul CotterL	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	100	09:31
81Arseny GritsyukR	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	15:19
8Johnathan KovacevicD	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	–	19:19
22Brett PesceD	0	0	0	+1	2	0	1	0	–	19:22
43Luke HughesD	0	0	0	+1	3	0	0	0	–	22:38

New Jersey Devils goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
25Jacob MarkstromG	W	23	21	2	.913	59:47
34Jake AllenG		0	0	0	–	00:00

Minnesota Wild

Minnesota Wild skaters

17Marcus FolignoL	1	0	1	-2	3	3	0	2	75	15:40
18Vinnie HinostrozaC	0	1	1	-1	1	0	0	0	–	09:16
38Ryan HartmanR	1	0	1	0	2	0	3	0	38	16:51
90Marcus JohanssonL	0	1	1	-1	0	1	0	0	–	16:17
7Brock FaberD	0	1	1	-2	4	0	2	0	–	26:35
25Jonas BrodinD	0	1	1	-1	2	0	1	0	–	18:24
12Matt BoldyL	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	83	19:35
13Yakov TreninC	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	–	11:57
22Danila YurovR	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	15	15:06
36Mats ZuccarelloR	0	0	0	-3	0	0	1	0	67	18:47
39Ben JonesC	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	25	08:39
78Nico SturmC	0	0	0	-2	1	0	0	0	67	13:22
91Vladimir TarasenkoR	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	12:40
97Kirill KaprizovL	0	0	0	-2	1	3	0	0	–	18:59
5Jake MiddletonD	0	0	0	-2	0	2	1	0	–	16:04
43Quinn HughesD	0	0	0	-2	5	0	2	2	–	26:06
46Jared SpurgeonD	0	0	0	-1	0	1	3	0	–	18:05
48Daemon HuntD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	13:37

Minnesota Wild goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Jesper WallstedtG	L	29	24	5	.828	60:00
32Filip GustavssonG		0	0	0	–	00:00