Columbus Blue Jackets vs New Jersey Devils

Regular season · Tuesday, February 3, 2026 · Prudential Center

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3–0

Final

SOG 25–24

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Game summary

The Columbus Blue Jackets beat the New Jersey Devils 3-0 on Tuesday, February 3, 2026 at Prudential Center. The Blue Jackets outshot the Devils 25-24.

Mathieu Olivier scored twice. Dante Fabbro also scored.

Elvis Merzlikins made 24 saves on 24 shots for the win; Jacob Markstrom stopped 23 of 25.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
CBJ	0	0	3	3	25
NJD	0	0	0	0	24

Three stars

Scoring

3rd period

Dante Fabbro (4)Unassisted1–005:24 CBJ
Mathieu Olivier (7)Cole Sillinger (19), Boone Jenner (19)2–012:05 CBJ
Mathieu Olivier (8)Charlie Coyle (25), Zach Werenski (42)3–016:00 CBJ

Tired legs

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

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

GoalCBJ on iceNJD on iceDefenders’ longest

1–0 CBJ

3rd 5:24 · Fabbro

Kovacevic 0:31

Fresh legsKovacevic 0:31

2–0 CBJ

3rd 12:05 · Olivier

Hamilton 0:54

NormalHamilton 0:54

3–0 CBJ

3rd 16:00 · EN · Olivier

Bratt 2:00

Empty netBratt 2:00

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

CBJNJD

25Shots on goal24

54%Faceoff %46%

0/2Power play0/3

8Penalty minutes6

19Hits18

13Blocked shots11

11Giveaways13

7Takeaways4

Penalties

1st 18:25Mason Marchment · tripping2 min
2nd 09:10Miles Wood · interference goalkeeper2 min
2nd 17:55Arseny Gritsyuk · holding2 min
3rd 01:09Zach Werenski · hooking2 min
3rd 02:00Nico Hischier · tripping2 min
3rd 16:19Brenden Dillon · interference2 min
3rd 16:19Mason Marchment · roughing2 min

Season series

Columbus Blue Jackets

Columbus Blue Jackets skaters

24Mathieu OlivierR	2	0	2	+2	1	3	0	0	–	14:09
3Charlie CoyleC	0	1	1	+1	1	3	0	0	71	16:35
4Cole SillingerC	0	1	1	+1	1	2	1	0	–	14:14
38Boone JennerC	0	1	1	+1	3	0	1	0	40	15:30
8Zach WerenskiD	0	1	1	+1	2	0	1	2	–	23:11
15Dante FabbroD	1	0	1	+1	3	0	2	0	–	14:17
10Dmitri VoronkovL	0	0	0	+1	2	3	1	0	100	11:10
11Miles WoodL	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	2	–	10:42
17Mason MarchmentL	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	–	16:43
19Adam FantilliC	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	0	45	17:56
21Isac LundeströmC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100	15:02
23Sean MonahanC	0	0	0	+2	3	0	2	0	43	15:54
43Danton HeinenL	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	100	12:54
91Kent JohnsonC	0	0	0	+1	1	0	0	0	–	10:58
5Denton MateychukD	0	0	0	+2	1	0	0	0	–	17:57
9Ivan ProvorovD	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	0	–	22:21
44Erik GudbransonD	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	–	17:54
78Damon SeversonD	0	0	0	+1	1	0	1	0	–	24:38

Columbus Blue Jackets goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
73Jet GreavesG		0	0	0	–	00:00
90Elvis MerzlikinsG	W	24	24	0	1.000	59:55

New Jersey Devils

New Jersey Devils skaters

12Cody GlassC	0	1	0	0	0	36	14:48
13Nico HischierC	-2	3	0	0	2	59	21:21
14Luke GlendeningC	0	0	1	0	0	50	08:04
16Connor BrownR	-2	2	0	1	0	–	24:10
28Timo MeierR	-2	5	1	0	0	–	20:06
29Lenni HameenahoR	0	0	1	0	0	–	14:15
42Maxim TsyplakovR	0	1	0	1	0	–	07:52
47Paul CotterL	-1	0	8	0	0	43	13:07
63Jesper BrattL	-2	1	0	0	0	–	18:52
81Arseny GritsyukR	-1	4	1	1	2	–	18:06
83Juho LammikkoC	0	0	2	0	0	50	07:13
91Dawson MercerC	-1	0	0	0	0	–	12:17
5Brenden DillonD	0	1	2	0	2	–	18:15
7Dougie HamiltonD	-2	4	0	1	0	–	23:27
8Johnathan KovacevicD	-1	0	2	1	0	–	17:15
17Simon NemecD	-1	0	0	3	0	–	18:30
22Brett PesceD	0	2	0	2	0	–	19:59
71Jonas SiegenthalerD	-1	0	0	1	0	–	17:41

New Jersey Devils goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
25Jacob MarkstromG	L	25	23	2	.920	58:42
34Jake AllenG		0	0	0	–	00:00