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New Jersey Devils vs Nashville Predators

Regular season · Thursday, March 26, 2026 · Bridgestone Arena

New Jersey DevilsNew JerseyDevilsAway

4–2

Final

SOG 30–17

Nashville PredatorsNashvillePredatorsHome

FDSNSO · MSGSN2

Game summary

The New Jersey Devils beat the Nashville Predators 4-2 on Thursday, March 26, 2026 at Bridgestone Arena. The Devils outshot the Predators 30-17.

Nico Hischier scored twice. Jesper Bratt, Reid Schaefer, Steven Stamkos and Timo Meier also scored.

Jacob Markstrom made 15 saves on 17 shots for the win; Justus Annunen stopped 26 of 29.

Goals1st2nd3rdTSOG
New Jersey DevilsNJD112430
Nashville PredatorsNSH020217

Three stars

  1. ★1st starJack HughesNJD · 0G 2A
  2. ★2nd starNico HischierNJD · 2G 0A
  3. ★3rd starSteven StamkosNSH · 1G 0A

Scoring

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Tired legs

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

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+
1:07

2–1 · 2nd 11:09 · Schaefer. Hameenaho was 1:07 into his shift when it went in.

GoalNJD on iceNSH on ice

1–0 NJD

1st 18:02 · Bratt

Haula 0:53

2–0 NJD

2nd 9:13 · Hischier

Skjei 0:21

2–1 NSH

2nd 11:09 · Schaefer

Long shift: Hameenaho 1:07

2–2 NSH

2nd 13:00 · Stamkos

Long shift: Dillon 1:03

3–2 NJD

3rd 14:07 · PP · Hischier

Skjei 0:21

4–2 NJD

3rd 19:27 · EN · Meier

Forsberg 1:58

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

NJDNSH
30Shots on goal17
65%Faceoff %35%
1/3Power play0/1
2Penalty minutes26
21Hits13
17Blocked shots13
14Giveaways13
5Takeaways3

Penalties

  • 2nd 03:50Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
  • 3rd 03:27Jonas Siegenthaler · tripping2 min
  • 3rd 10:56Fedor Svechkov · tripping2 min
  • 3rd 13:46Matthew Wood · slashing2 min
  • 3rd 19:27Steven Stamkos · misconduct10 min
  • 3rd 20:00Luke Evangelista · misconduct10 min

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