New Jersey Devils at Columbus Blue Jackets

Wed, Dec 31, 2025 · Nationwide Arena · 2025–26 Regular Season

New Jersey Devils

3 – 2

Final

Columbus Blue Jackets

The New Jersey Devils beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 3–2 on Wed, Dec 31, 2025 at Nationwide Arena. Luke Hughes led the way with 2 points. Jake Allen made 33 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 33–35.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
NJD	0	0	3	3	33
CBJ	1	1	0	2	35

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	06:18	CBJ	EV	Mason Marchment (8) · wrist	Kirill Marchenko (17), Dysin Mayo (1)	0–1
2nd	13:41	CBJ	EV	Charlie Coyle (6) · snap	Boone Jenner (11), Cole Sillinger (15)	0–2
3rd	02:49	NJD	PP	Nico Hischier (11) · snap	Luke Hughes (17), Jack Hughes (11)	1–2
3rd	03:44	NJD	EV	Arseny Gritsyuk (8) · snap	Timo Meier (13), Jonas Siegenthaler (3)	2–2
3rd	04:45	NJD	EV	Luke Hughes (4) · snap	Connor Brown (8), Ondrej Palat (6)	3–2

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	15:09	NJD	Dougie Hamilton	tripping	2
2nd	11:09	NJD	Dougie Hamilton	tripping	2
3rd	02:45	CBJ	Kirill Marchenko	hooking	2
3rd	11:40	NJD	Cody Glass	fighting	5
3rd	11:40	CBJ	Dmitri Voronkov	fighting	5
3rd	15:06	NJD	Brenden Dillon	interference	2

Shot map

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

Expected goals: NJD 2.63 · CBJ 4.26 · xG% NJD 38.1

New Jersey Devils

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
43	Luke Hughes	D	1	1	2	0	0	1	0	2		21:27	27
71	Jonas Siegenthaler	D	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	2		22:58	29
13	Nico Hischier	C	1	0	1	0	0	3	1	0	52.4	19:39	26
86	Jack Hughes	C	0	1	1	-1	0	6	0	0		19:26	22
16	Connor Brown	R	0	1	1	+1	0	2	2	1		18:35	24
28	Timo Meier	R	0	1	1	-1	0	2	3	0		14:51	19
18	Ondrej Palat	L	0	1	1	+1	0	1	1	0	100.0	14:19	22
81	Arseny Gritsyuk	R	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	1		14:07	15
22	Brett Pesce	D	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	2		25:18	29
7	Dougie Hamilton	D	0	0	0	+1	4	4	3	0		21:04	32
5	Brenden Dillon	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	0		18:08	27
63	Jesper Bratt	L	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0		17:41	23
91	Dawson Mercer	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	50.0	16:28	20
12	Cody Glass	C	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	1	71.4	13:18	17
14	Luke Glendening	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	22.2	11:41	17
45	Colton White	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	1		11:32	19
47	Paul Cotter	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		6:54	9
11	Stefan Noesen	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		6:53	11

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
34	Jake Allen	W	35	33	2	.943	59:41

Columbus Blue Jackets

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
86	Kirill Marchenko	R	0	1	1	-1	2	5	1	1	100.0	25:11	26
17	Mason Marchment	L	1	0	1	-1	0	3	1	0	50.0	21:15	23
38	Boone Jenner	C	0	1	1	+1	0	4	3	1	55.6	18:22	22
3	Charlie Coyle	C	1	0	1	+1	0	3	0	0	55.6	17:51	24
4	Cole Sillinger	C	0	1	1	+1	0	4	2	0	22.2	14:54	18
37	Dysin Mayo	D	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	1		9:36	13
9	Ivan Provorov	D	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	4		29:33	25
78	Damon Severson	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0		22:54	26
15	Dante Fabbro	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2		22:41	25
5	Denton Mateychuk	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0		21:32	27
19	Adam Fantilli	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0	57.1	20:45	23
24	Mathieu Olivier	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	0		16:28	22
16	Brendan Gaunce	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	50.0	13:27	18
10	Dmitri Voronkov	L	0	0	0	0	5	0	3	0		12:53	16
91	Kent Johnson	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		12:29	16
2	Jake Christiansen	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0		10:13	15
27	Zachary Aston-Reese	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	1	100.0	8:48	12
11	Miles Wood	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2:51	3

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
73	Jet Greaves	L	33	30	3	.909	58:13