New Jersey Devils at San Jose Sharks

Thu, Oct 30, 2025 · SAP Center at San Jose · 2025–26 Regular Season

New Jersey Devils

2 – 5

Final

San Jose Sharks

The San Jose Sharks beat the New Jersey Devils 5–2 on Thu, Oct 30, 2025 at SAP Center at San Jose. Dawson Mercer scored twice. Alex Nedeljkovic made 29 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 31–28.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
NJD	1	0	1	2	31
SJS	3	2	0	5	28

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	00:42	SJS	EV	William Eklund (5) · wrist	Philipp Kurashev (3)	0–1
1st	12:12	SJS	EV	Philipp Kurashev (3) · wrist	Alexander Wennberg (4)	0–2
1st	15:47	SJS	EV	Alexander Wennberg (3) · tip-in	Mario Ferraro (2), Timothy Liljegren (2)	0–3
1st	19:00	NJD	PP	Dawson Mercer (5) · tip-in	Jack Hughes (6), Dougie Hamilton (2)	1–3
2nd	16:50	SJS	EV	Will Smith (4) · wrist	Macklin Celebrini (11)	1–4
2nd	18:30	SJS	EV	Tyler Toffoli (4) · tip-in	Dmitry Orlov (9), Timothy Liljegren (3)	1–5
3rd	04:19	NJD	PP	Dawson Mercer (6) · tip-in	Dougie Hamilton (3), Jesper Bratt (9)	2–5

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	07:26	NJD	Bench	too many men on the ice	2
1st	08:52	SJS	Will Smith	tripping	2
1st	12:31	NJD	Jonas Siegenthaler	roughing	2
1st	17:47	SJS	Dmitry Orlov	elbowing	2
3rd	03:31	SJS	William Eklund	holding	2

Shot map

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

Expected goals: NJD 2.28 · SJS 2.57 · xG% NJD 47.0

New Jersey Devils

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
7	Dougie Hamilton	D	0	2	2	-2	0	4	2	0		22:30	27
91	Dawson Mercer	C	2	0	2	-2	0	4	1	0	50.0	17:14	22
86	Jack Hughes	C	0	1	1	-2	0	0	0	1	10.0	18:17	21
63	Jesper Bratt	L	0	1	1	-2	0	1	2	0		16:56	21
43	Luke Hughes	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1		23:30	27
13	Nico Hischier	C	0	0	0	-2	0	1	2	0	53.3	20:56	24
71	Jonas Siegenthaler	D	0	0	0	-2	2	0	1	2		19:26	28
24	Seamus Casey	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1		18:09	23
17	Simon Nemec	D	0	0	0	-3	0	3	0	2		17:34	24
5	Brenden Dillon	D	0	0	0	-3	0	0	3	0		16:35	24
16	Connor Brown	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0		15:51	21
28	Timo Meier	R	0	0	0	-3	0	2	5	2	100.0	15:41	20
47	Paul Cotter	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0		13:42	20
81	Arseny Gritsyuk	R	0	0	0	-1	0	4	5	0	50.0	13:16	17
83	Juho Lammikko	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	0	58.3	12:48	17
18	Ondrej Palat	L	0	0	0	-1	0	3	1	1		11:42	19
14	Luke Glendening	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	78.6	11:19	18
11	Stefan Noesen	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0		10:34	19

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
34	Jake Allen	L	28	23	5	.821	60:00

San Jose Sharks

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
37	Timothy Liljegren	D	0	2	2	+3	0	3	3	1		23:10	24
21	Alexander Wennberg	C	1	1	2	+2	0	1	0	2	54.5	19:44	27
96	Philipp Kurashev	C	1	1	2	+3	0	3	1	0		19:10	23
38	Mario Ferraro	D	0	1	1	+3	0	0	0	4		21:32	25
9	Dmitry Orlov	D	0	1	1	+1	2	1	3	4		21:16	25
71	Macklin Celebrini	C	0	1	1	+2	0	3	1	1	52.6	20:00	23
2	Will Smith	C	1	0	1	+2	2	2	0	0		18:36	21
72	William Eklund	L	1	0	1	+3	2	2	0	3		18:17	23
73	Tyler Toffoli	C	1	0	1	+2	0	3	0	2		17:06	21
3	John Klingberg	D	0	0	0	+2	0	2	2	2		20:45	23
85	Shakir Mukhamadullin	D	0	0	0	+1	0	2	1	2		16:24	19
6	Sam Dickinson	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	1		14:23	15
51	Collin Graf	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		13:32	17
10	Ty Dellandrea	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	1	46.2	12:44	17
53	Jeff Skinner	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		12:03	14
23	Barclay Goodrow	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1		10:45	14
54	Patrick Giles	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	62.5	10:10	14
75	Ryan Reaves	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0		6:22	7

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
33	Alex Nedeljkovic	W	31	29	2	.935	60:00