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New Jersey Devils vs Carolina Hurricanes

Regular season · Saturday, March 28, 2026 · Lenovo Center

New Jersey DevilsNew JerseyDevilsAway

2–5

Final

SOG 19–34

Carolina HurricanesCarolinaHurricanesHome

FDSNSO · MSGSN

Game summary

The Carolina Hurricanes beat the New Jersey Devils 5-2 on Saturday, March 28, 2026 at Lenovo Center. The Hurricanes outshot the Devils 34-19.

Goals came from Timo Meier, Nikolaj Ehlers, Jackson Blake, Jordan Staal, Shayne Gostisbehere, Seth Jarvis and Evgenii Dadonov.

Brandon Bussi made 17 saves on 19 shots for the win; Jacob Markstrom stopped 29 of 33.

Goals1st2nd3rdTSOG
New Jersey DevilsNJD101219
Carolina HurricanesCAR032534

Three stars

  1. ★1st starNikolaj EhlersCAR · 1G 1A
  2. ★2nd starJackson BlakeCAR · 1G 0A
  3. ★3rd starTaylor HallCAR · 0G 2A

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+
1:46

1–4 · 3rd 15:25 · Gostisbehere. Nemec was 1:46 into his shift when it went in.

GoalNJD on iceCAR on ice

1–0 NJD

1st 17:06 · Meier

Miller 0:55

1–1 CAR

2nd 10:10 · PP · Ehlers

Dillon 0:36

1–2 CAR

2nd 13:48 · Blake

Siegenthaler 0:38

1–3 CAR

2nd 15:13 · Staal

Hischier 0:39

1–4 CAR

3rd 15:25 · Gostisbehere

Stuck out there: Nemec 1:46

1–5 CAR

3rd 17:40 · EN · Jarvis

Hughes 2:45

2–5 NJD

3rd 19:36 · Dadonov

Gostisbehere 0:50

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

NJDCAR
19Shots on goal34
50%Faceoff %50%
0/3Power play1/1
2Penalty minutes6
26Hits12
15Blocked shots9
17Giveaways23
4Takeaways7

Penalties

  • 1st 09:50Jordan Staal · hooking2 min
  • 1st 12:16Taylor Hall · tripping2 min
  • 2nd 08:27Lenni Hameenaho · tripping2 min
  • 3rd 15:52Shayne Gostisbehere · charging2 min

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