New Jersey Devils at Tampa Bay Lightning

Sat, Oct 11, 2025 · Benchmark International Arena · 2025–26 Regular Season

New Jersey Devils

5 – 3

Final

Tampa Bay Lightning

The New Jersey Devils beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 5–3 on Sat, Oct 11, 2025 at Benchmark International Arena. Connor Brown scored twice. Jacob Markstrom made 14 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 31–17.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
NJD	3	0	2	5	31
TBL	0	2	1	3	17

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	08:30	NJD	EV	Timo Meier (1) · poke	Nico Hischier (1), Dawson Mercer (1)	1–0
1st	10:17	NJD	EV	Connor Brown (1) · tip-in	Arseny Gritsyuk (1), Luke Hughes (3)	2–0
1st	13:48	NJD	EV	Nico Hischier (1) · wrist	Timo Meier (1), Luke Hughes (4)	3–0
2nd	07:31	TBL	EV	Yanni Gourde (1) · wrist	Brayden Point (3), Max Crozier (1)	3–1
2nd	17:23	TBL	EV	Ryan McDonagh (1) · slap	Brandon Hagel (1), Max Crozier (2)	3–2
3rd	04:48	NJD	SH	Jesper Bratt (2) · wrist	Unassisted	4–2
3rd	06:29	NJD	EV	Connor Brown (2) · wrist	Arseny Gritsyuk (2), Simon Nemec (1)	5–2
3rd	16:17	TBL	EV	Darren Raddysh (1) · wrist	Oliver Bjorkstrand (1), Gage Goncalves (1)	5–3

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	03:41	TBL	Jack Finley	roughing	2
1st	10:43	TBL	Max Crozier	elbowing	2
1st	18:33	TBL	Erik Cernak	boarding	2
2nd	08:37	NJD	Luke Hughes	delaying game	2
2nd	14:23	TBL	Brandon Hagel	tripping	2
3rd	03:21	NJD	Jonas Siegenthaler	tripping	2
3rd	18:11	NJD	Jacob Markstrom	delaying game puck over glass	2

Shot map

Goal● Shot on goal○ MissedSize = expected goals (xG)

Expected goals: NJD 3.82 · TBL 2.19 · xG% NJD 63.5

New Jersey Devils

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
43	Luke Hughes	D	0	2	2	+1	2	2	1	1		20:32	25
13	Nico Hischier	C	1	1	2	+2	0	3	0	2	58.3	19:59	26
28	Timo Meier	R	1	1	2	+1	0	2	0	2		17:14	24
16	Connor Brown	R	2	0	2	0	0	3	1	1		14:45	21
81	Arseny Gritsyuk	R	0	2	2	+1	0	3	1	0		13:14	16
91	Dawson Mercer	C	0	1	1	+3	0	0	1	4	100.0	19:08	23
63	Jesper Bratt	L	1	0	1	+1	0	3	1	1		18:06	21
17	Simon Nemec	D	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	1		15:01	20
22	Brett Pesce	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	4	3		21:30	25
5	Brenden Dillon	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	3		20:14	23
86	Jack Hughes	C	0	0	0	0	2	7	1	0	60.0	19:19	22
7	Dougie Hamilton	D	0	0	0	+2	0	1	1	0		18:51	25
71	Jonas Siegenthaler	D	0	0	0	+2	2	0	0	1		17:01	22
18	Ondrej Palat	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	3	3		14:29	20
47	Paul Cotter	L	0	0	0	-2	0	0	3	0		12:59	14
14	Luke Glendening	C	0	0	0	-2	0	0	5	1	69.2	12:52	18
12	Cody Glass	C	0	0	0	+2	0	0	0	0	57.1	11:57	16
15	Zack MacEwen	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1		7:12	9

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
25	Jacob Markstrom	W	17	14	3	.824	59:48

Tampa Bay Lightning

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
24	Max Crozier	D	0	2	2	+1	2	0	1	2		15:57	19
27	Ryan McDonagh	D	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	2		20:22	28
21	Brayden Point	C	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	0	23.5	20:07	18
38	Brandon Hagel	L	0	1	1	-1	2	0	0	1		18:10	22
43	Darren Raddysh	D	1	0	1	-2	0	2	0	2		17:38	22
37	Yanni Gourde	C	1	0	1	-1	0	2	3	0	28.6	15:33	20
22	Oliver Bjorkstrand	R	0	1	1	-1	0	1	0	0		12:16	15
93	Gage Goncalves	C	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0		10:21	13
77	Victor Hedman	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2		27:17	30
59	Jake Guentzel	C	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	1	66.7	24:31	22
71	Anthony Cirelli	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	3	2	56.5	21:45	22
86	Nikita Kucherov	R	0	0	0	-2	0	1	1	1		20:32	18
81	Erik Cernak	D	0	0	0	-1	2	1	3	3		17:13	25
78	Emil Lilleberg	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0		17:10	28
29	Pontus Holmberg	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1		9:54	13
62	Jack Finley	C	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	40.0	9:05	14
14	Conor Geekie	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	33.3	8:58	13
41	Mitchell Chaffee	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0		8:28	11

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
88	Andrei Vasilevskiy	L	29	24	5	.828	56:43