Game

Devils at Blue Jackets

Devils 3, Blue Jackets 2 · first star Luke Hughes (1 G, 1 A).

2025-26 regular season · Preseason. The 2026-27 regular season starts Sep 29. Data as of September 28, 2026, source NHL.

New Jersey Devils 3 at Columbus Blue Jackets 2

Devils NJD

3 FINAL 2

Blue Jackets CBJ

Wednesday, December 31, 2025 · 7:00 PM ET · Nationwide Arena, Columbus

Line score by period
Team	1	2	3	T	SOG
Devils	0	0	3	3	33
Blue Jackets	1	1	0	2	35

Shot chart

Every shot attempt, computed from the league's play-by-play coordinates. Devils attack left, Blue Jackets attack right, all periods folded onto one rink. Attempts are plotted where the league recorded them, so the 1 mark in a team's own end is an attempt logged from there: empty-net shots, long dumps on the net. Boxscore shots on goal: NJD 33, CBJ 35.

NJD in red CBJ in blue goal shot on goal missed blocked Devils 33 shots on goal (3 goals, 10 missed, 11 blocked) attacking left; Blue Jackets 35 shots on goal (2 goals, 23 missed, 15 blocked) attacking right.

Shots by period

Shots on goal, goals and attempts by period
Period	NJD SOG	NJD G	NJD ATT	CBJ SOG	CBJ G	CBJ ATT
1st	10	0	20	10	1	23
2nd	12	0	18	18	1	28
3rd	11	3	16	7	0	22
Total	33	3	54	35	2	73

Shots by situation

Shots on goal and goals by strength of the shooting team
Situation	NJD SOG	NJD G	CBJ SOG	CBJ G
Even strength	31	2	32	2
Power play	1	1	3	0
Short-handed	1	0	0	0

Attempt share by period

Blue Jackets took 57.5% of the shot attempts, and 55.0% of the 111 attempts taken at 5-on-5. An attempt is a goal, a shot on goal, a miss or a blocked shot; CF% is the share of them belonging to the Blue Jackets and FF% their share of the ones that were not blocked, so the Devils hold the remainder. All situations unless the 5-on-5 figure is named. All 32 teams

Attempt share by period, all situations, Devils at Blue Jackets
Period	CBJ CF%	CBJ FF%
1st	53.5	57.6
2nd	60.9	63.2
3rd	57.9	50.0
Game	57.5	57.4

Team totals only: per-player on-ice numbers need shift data, which this source does not publish.

Scoring summary

1st period

06:18 Mason Marchment (8) Kirill Marchenko (17), Dysin Mayo (1) · wrist 0–1

2nd period

13:41 Charlie Coyle (6) Boone Jenner (11), Cole Sillinger (15) · snap 0–2

3rd period

02:49 Nico Hischier (11) PP Luke Hughes (17), Jack Hughes (11) · snap 1–2
03:44 Arseny Gritsyuk (8) Timo Meier (13), Jonas Siegenthaler (3) · snap 2–2
04:45 Luke Hughes (4) Connor Brown (8), Ondrej Palat (6) · snap 3–2

Three stars

Luke Hughes NJD · D #43 · 1 G, 1 A
Jake Allen NJD · G #34 · 0 GA, .943 SV%
Charlie Coyle CBJ · C #3 · 1 G, 0 A

Penalties

Penalties
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min	Drawn by
1st	15:09	NJD	Dougie Hamilton	tripping	2	Charlie Coyle
2nd	11:09	NJD	Dougie Hamilton	tripping	2	Zachary Aston-Reese
3rd	02:45	CBJ	Kirill Marchenko	hooking	2	Colton White
3rd	11:40	NJD	Cody Glass	fighting (major)	5	Dmitri Voronkov
3rd	11:40	CBJ	Dmitri Voronkov	fighting (major)	5	Cody Glass
3rd	15:06	NJD	Brenden Dillon	interference	2	Mason Marchment

Boxscore

New Jersey Devils

Devils skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Luke Hughes #43	D	1	1	2	0	1	0	2	0	0.0	21:27
Nico Hischier #13	C	1	0	1	0	3	1	0	0	52.4	19:39
Arseny Gritsyuk #81	R	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	0.0	14:07
Jack Hughes #86	C	0	1	1	-1	6	0	0	0	0.0	19:26
Ondrej Palat #18	L	0	1	1	+1	1	1	0	0	100.0	14:19
Connor Brown #16	R	0	1	1	+1	2	2	1	0	0.0	18:35
Timo Meier #28	R	0	1	1	-1	2	3	0	0	0.0	14:51
Jonas Siegenthaler #71	D	0	1	1	0	1	1	2	0	0.0	22:58
Cody Glass #12	C	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	5	71.4	13:18
Dawson Mercer #91	C	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	50.0	16:28
Luke Glendening #14	C	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	22.2	11:41
Jesper Bratt #63	L	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0.0	17:41
Paul Cotter #47	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	06:54
Stefan Noesen #11	R	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	06:53
Brenden Dillon #5	D	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	0.0	18:08
Brett Pesce #22	D	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	0	0.0	25:18
Colton White #45	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0	0.0	11:32
Dougie Hamilton #7	D	0	0	0	+1	4	3	0	4	0.0	21:04

Devils goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Jake Allen #34	W	35	33	2	.943	30/32	3/3	59:41

Columbus Blue Jackets

Blue Jackets skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Charlie Coyle #3	C	1	0	1	+1	3	0	0	0	55.6	17:51
Mason Marchment #17	L	1	0	1	-1	3	1	0	0	50.0	21:15
Boone Jenner #38	C	0	1	1	+1	4	3	1	0	55.6	18:22
Cole Sillinger #4	C	0	1	1	+1	4	2	0	0	22.2	14:54
Kirill Marchenko #86	R	0	1	1	-1	5	1	1	2	100.0	25:11
Dysin Mayo #37	D	0	1	1	+1	1	0	1	0	0.0	09:36
Adam Fantilli #19	C	0	0	0	-1	1	1	0	0	57.1	20:45
Brendan Gaunce #16	C	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	50.0	13:27
Kent Johnson #91	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	12:29
Dmitri Voronkov #10	L	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	5	0.0	12:53
Miles Wood #11	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	02:51
Zachary Aston-Reese #27	L	0	0	0	0	2	4	1	0	100.0	08:48
Mathieu Olivier #24	R	0	0	0	0	1	8	0	0	0.0	16:28
Damon Severson #78	D	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0.0	22:54
Dante Fabbro #15	D	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	0.0	22:41
Denton Mateychuk #5	D	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0.0	21:32
Ivan Provorov #9	D	0	0	0	0	3	0	4	0	0.0	29:33
Jake Christiansen #2	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	0.0	10:13

Blue Jackets goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Jet Greaves #73	L	33	30	3	.909	29/31	0/1	58:13

SOG shots on goal · BLK blocked shots · FO% faceoff win percentage · EV / PP saves over shots by strength. Skaters sorted by points, then goals.

Source NHL (boxscore, play-by-play, game summary). Shot locations are the league's tracked coordinates; the chart and the situation tables are computed by Play-Pause Hockey. Data as of 2026-09-28.