New Jersey Devils at Columbus Blue Jackets

Sat, Dec 16, 2023 · Nationwide Arena · 2023–24 Regular Season

New Jersey Devils

6 – 3

Final

Columbus Blue Jackets

The New Jersey Devils beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 6–3 on Sat, Dec 16, 2023 at Nationwide Arena. Jack Hughes scored a hat trick. Akira Schmid made 23 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 30–26.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
NJD	2	2	2	6	30
CBJ	0	2	1	3	26

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	00:47	NJD	EV	Jack Hughes (12) · backhand	Tyler Toffoli (10)	1–0
1st	16:21	NJD	EV	Erik Haula (8) · snap	Dawson Mercer (5), Alexander Holtz (6)	2–0
2nd	00:17	CBJ	PP	Kirill Marchenko (10) · snap	Johnny Gaudreau (12)	2–1
2nd	00:50	NJD	EV	Tyler Toffoli (13) · snap	Jesper Bratt (22)	3–1
2nd	08:38	CBJ	EV	Egor Chinakhov (8) · tip-in	Andrew Peeke (3), Dmitri Voronkov (10)	3–2
2nd	14:54	NJD	PP	Jack Hughes (13) · slap	Jesper Bratt (23), Nico Hischier (7)	4–2
3rd	02:50	NJD	EV	Nico Hischier (7) · slap	Jesper Bratt (24)	5–2
3rd	18:57	CBJ	PP	Alexandre Texier (6) · snap	Adam Fantilli (9), David Jiricek (7)	5–3
3rd	19:12	NJD	SH EN	Jack Hughes (14) · wrist	Unassisted	6–3

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	12:25	NJD	Michael McLeod	interference	2
1st	18:24	NJD	Bench	too many men on the ice	2
2nd	05:47	CBJ	Sean Kuraly	slashing	2
2nd	13:52	NJD	Akira Schmid	goalie participation beyond center	2
2nd	13:52	CBJ	Erik Gudbranson	tripping	2
2nd	14:49	CBJ	Zach Werenski	holding	2
3rd	00:34	NJD	Colin Miller	hooking	2
3rd	15:59	NJD	Timo Meier	tripping	2

Shot map

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

Expected goals: NJD 3.54 · CBJ 2.90 · xG% NJD 55.0

New Jersey Devils

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
86	Jack Hughes	C	3	0	3	+2	0	3	0	2	20.0	15:44	18
63	Jesper Bratt	L	0	3	3	+2	0	3	1	0		14:46	22
13	Nico Hischier	C	1	1	2	-1	0	2	0	0	61.5	15:45	24
73	Tyler Toffoli	C	1	1	2	+3	0	2	0	0		13:05	18
91	Dawson Mercer	C	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	2	54.5	17:04	21
56	Erik Haula	L	1	0	1	+1	0	3	1	0		15:07	20
10	Alexander Holtz	R	0	1	1	+1	0	3	1	0		11:42	14
6	John Marino	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0		23:22	28
71	Jonas Siegenthaler	D	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0	1		21:00	27
43	Luke Hughes	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0		20:13	23
17	Simon Nemec	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	2		19:43	23
88	Kevin Bahl	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	2	1		18:06	26
24	Colin Miller	D	0	0	0	+1	2	2	1	1		15:44	22
28	Timo Meier	R	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	1	100.0	15:06	20
42	Curtis Lazar	C	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	1	100.0	15:01	23
18	Ondrej Palat	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0		13:37	20
20	Michael McLeod	C	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	84.6	13:31	24
14	Nathan Bastian	R	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	1		12:12	18

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
40	Akira Schmid	W	26	23	3	.885	59:25

Columbus Blue Jackets

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
86	Kirill Marchenko	R	1	0	1	0	0	3	0	0		20:52	23
59	Egor Chinakhov	R	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	0		19:20	24
13	Johnny Gaudreau	L	0	1	1	-2	0	1	0	0		17:55	23
10	Dmitri Voronkov	L	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	2	40.0	17:42	23
2	Andrew Peeke	D	0	1	1	+1	0	1	1	2		16:54	20
11	Adam Fantilli	C	0	1	1	-1	0	2	1	1	16.7	15:49	18
55	David Jiricek	D	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0		14:01	19
42	Alexandre Texier	L	1	0	1	0	0	3	0	1		11:13	16
8	Zach Werenski	D	0	0	0	-3	2	3	0	1		24:22	25
9	Ivan Provorov	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	2		23:35	25
17	Justin Danforth	R	0	0	0	-1	0	3	3	0	85.7	17:57	21
91	Kent Johnson	C	0	0	0	-3	0	1	0	0		17:33	22
44	Erik Gudbranson	D	0	0	0	-1	2	0	1	2		16:59	20
77	Nick Blankenburg	D	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0		15:42	19
4	Cole Sillinger	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	2	50.0	14:13	20
52	Emil Bemstrom	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0		14:11	18
7	Sean Kuraly	C	0	0	0	-1	2	0	3	1	30.0	10:46	16
24	Mathieu Olivier	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	1		9:21	13

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
40	Daniil Tarasov	L	29	24	5	.828	57:30