New Jersey Devils vs New York Islanders
Preseason · Saturday, September 26, 2026 · UBS Arena
MSGSN · MSG
Game summary
The New Jersey Devils beat the New York Islanders 4-1 on Saturday, September 26, 2026 at UBS Arena. The Devils outshot the Islanders 26-15.
Luke Evangelista scored twice. Arseny Gritsyuk, Dougie Hamilton and Simon Holmstrom also scored.
Jake Allen made 14 saves on 15 shots for the win; Ilya Sorokin stopped 22 of 26.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Luke Evangelista (1)Jack Hughes (1), Luke Hughes (1)Pageau 1:26 into shift1–006:13 NJD · PPG
2nd period
Arseny Gritsyuk (1)Evan Rodrigues (1)2–000:42 NJD- Luke Evangelista (2)Nico Hischier (1), Jonas Siegenthaler (1)3–001:01 NJD
Dougie Hamilton (1)Jonas Siegenthaler (2), Evan Rodrigues (2)4–014:48 NJD
3rd period
Simon Holmstrom (1)Kyle Palmieri (2), Bo Horvat (2)4–115:21 NYI
Tired legs
Seconds into the shift for every skater on the ice at each goal. Taller bar, longer shift.
1–0 · 1st 6:13 · Evangelista. Pageau was 1:26 into his shift when it went in.
1–0 NJD
1st 6:13 · PP · Evangelista
Long shift: Pageau 1:26
2–0 NJD
2nd 0:42 · Gritsyuk
Pageau 0:42
3–0 NJD
2nd 1:01 · Evangelista
Eklund 0:27
4–0 NJD
2nd 14:48 · Hamilton
Ritchie 0:59
4–1 NYI
3rd 15:21 · Holmstrom
Dillon 0:44
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 04:47
Scott Mayfield · holding2 min - 1st 08:06
Dawson Mercer · holding2 min - 1st 12:11Declan Chisholm · tripping2 min
- 1st 17:46Kashawn Aitcheson · interference2 min
- 2nd 15:09Luke Evangelista · tripping2 min
- 3rd 06:18Evan Rodrigues · holding2 min
New Jersey Devils
| 17Evan RodriguesC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 14:15 |
| 77Luke EvangelistaR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 14:57 |
| 71Jonas SiegenthalerD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 21:40 |
| 13Nico HischierC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 16:11 |
| 81Arseny GritsyukR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 14:57 |
| 86Jack HughesC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 17:34 |
| 7Dougie HamiltonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 19:52 |
| 43Luke HughesD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 23:31 |
| 12Cody GlassC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:51 |
| 16Connor BrownR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14:05 |
| 28Timo MeierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 13:32 |
| 39Anthony ManthaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 12:33 |
| 63Jesper BrattL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 16:12 |
| 91Dawson MercerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 14:37 |
| 93Amadeus LombardiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:14 |
| 5Brenden DillonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 17:38 |
| 22Brett PesceD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 19:33 |
| 47Declan ChisholmD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 16:48 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34Jake AllenG | W | 15 | 14 | 1 | .933 | 60:00 |
| 50Nico DawsG | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 00:00 |
New York Islanders
| 14Bo HorvatC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 17:36 |
| 21Kyle PalmieriC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18:16 |
| 92Simon HolmstromR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 22:32 |
| 11Anthony DuclairL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 18:25 |
| 44Jean-Gabriel PageauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 15:17 |
| 51Emil HeinemanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 17:29 |
| 53Casey CizikasC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:04 |
| 63Matias MaccelliL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:02 |
| 64Calum RitchieC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 17:08 |
| 73Victor EklundR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 15:07 |
| 81Ondrej PalatL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:58 |
| 3Adam PelechD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:27 |
| 4Matthew KesselD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 15:28 |
| 6Ryan PulockD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 17:41 |
| 24Scott MayfieldD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 12:58 |
| 28Alexander RomanovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:18 |
| 36Isaiah GeorgeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 10:43 |
| 37Kashawn AitchesonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:10 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Ilya SorokinG | L | 26 | 22 | 4 | .846 | 59:55 |
| 41Vitek VanecekG | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 00:00 |