Game

Predators at Devils

Devils 3, Predators 2 in overtime · first star Nico Hischier (1 G, 0 A).

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

Nashville Predators 2 at New Jersey Devils 3

Predators NSH

2 FINAL/OT 3

Devils NJD

Thursday, January 29, 2026 · 7:00 PM ET · Prudential Center, Newark

Line score by period
Team	1	2	3	OT	T	SOG
Predators	1	0	1	0	2	29
Devils	0	1	1	1	3	35

Shot chart

Every shot attempt, computed from the league's play-by-play coordinates. Predators attack left, Devils attack right, all periods folded onto one rink. Attempts are plotted where the league recorded them, so the 2 marks in a team's own end are attempts logged from there: empty-net shots, long dumps on the net. Boxscore shots on goal: NSH 29, NJD 35.

NSH in red NJD in blue goal shot on goal missed blocked Predators 29 shots on goal (2 goals, 20 missed, 20 blocked) attacking left; Devils 35 shots on goal (3 goals, 23 missed, 14 blocked) attacking right.

Shots by period

Shots on goal, goals and attempts by period
Period	NSH SOG	NSH G	NSH ATT	NJD SOG	NJD G	NJD ATT
1st	7	1	18	13	0	23
2nd	13	0	30	13	1	25
3rd	9	1	21	8	1	23
OT	0	0	0	1	1	1
Total	29	2	69	35	3	72

Shots by situation

Shots on goal and goals by strength of the shooting team
Situation	NSH SOG	NSH G	NJD SOG	NJD G
Even strength	23	2	29	3
Power play	6	0	6	0
Short-handed	0	0	0	0

Attempt share by period

Devils took 51.1% of the shot attempts, and 51.7% of the 116 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 Devils and FF% their share of the ones that were not blocked, so the Predators hold the remainder. All situations unless the 5-on-5 figure is named. All 32 teams

Attempt share by period, all situations, Predators at Devils
Period	NJD CF%	NJD FF%
1st	56.1	60.6
2nd	45.5	50.0
3rd	52.3	51.7
OT	100.0	100.0
Game	51.1	54.2

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

Scoring summary

1st period

05:07 Michael McCarron (3) Jonathan Marchessault (4), Cole Smith (3) · wrap-around 1–0

2nd period

10:01 Dougie Hamilton (7) Lenni Hameenaho (2), Arseny Gritsyuk (14) · snap 1–1

3rd period

01:34 Filip Forsberg (20) Adam Wilsby (8) · snap 2–1
10:42 Jesper Bratt (13) Unassisted · wrist 2–2

Overtime

00:42 Nico Hischier (18) Dawson Mercer (17) · slap 2–3

Three stars

Nico Hischier NJD · C #13 · 1 G, 0 A
Jacob Markstrom NJD · G #25 · 0 GA, .931 SV%
Jesper Bratt NJD · L #63 · 1 G, 0 A

Penalties

Penalties
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min	Drawn by
2nd	02:50	NSH	Adam Wilsby	slashing	2	Lenni Hameenaho
2nd	12:09	NJD	Dougie Hamilton	slashing	2	Tyson Jost
3rd	06:08	NSH	Cole Smith	hooking	2	Simon Nemec
3rd	12:35	NJD	Arseny Gritsyuk	tripping	2	Luke Evangelista
3rd	15:19	NSH	Cole Smith	high sticking	2	Arseny Gritsyuk

Boxscore

Nashville Predators

Predators skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Michael McCarron #47	C	1	0	1	0	1	3	4	0	35.3	16:28
Filip Forsberg #9	L	1	0	1	+1	4	1	1	0	0.0	19:26
Cole Smith #36	R	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	4	0.0	16:00
Jonathan Marchessault #81	R	0	1	1	0	3	1	0	0	0.0	15:14
Adam Wilsby #83	D	0	1	1	0	2	0	1	2	0.0	16:03
Ozzy Wiesblatt #89	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0.0	09:20
Ryan O'Reilly #90	C	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	0	66.7	22:04
Steven Stamkos #91	C	0	0	0	-2	5	2	1	0	60.0	14:08
Tyson Jost #17	C	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	10:10
Erik Haula #56	L	0	0	0	-1	1	1	0	0	60.0	15:58
Michael Bunting #58	L	0	0	0	-1	2	0	1	0	0.0	12:50
Luke Evangelista #77	R	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	18:30
Matthew Wood #71	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	40.0	07:52
Brady Skjei #76	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	28:27
Justin Barron #20	D	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0.0	11:39
Nick Blankenburg #37	D	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	16:52
Nick Perbix #48	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	16:57
Roman Josi #59	D	0	0	0	-1	3	0	3	0	0.0	28:08

Predators goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Justus Annunen #29	O	35	32	3	.914	26/29	6/6	60:42

New Jersey Devils

Devils skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Nico Hischier #13	C	1	0	1	+1	7	1	1	0	56.7	26:09
Jesper Bratt #63	L	1	0	1	0	1	2	1	0	0.0	20:51
Dougie Hamilton #7	D	1	0	1	+1	5	1	0	2	0.0	20:43
Dawson Mercer #91	C	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	0	20.0	16:10
Arseny Gritsyuk #81	R	0	1	1	+1	4	3	3	2	0.0	18:46
Lenni Hameenaho #29	R	0	1	1	+1	2	0	2	0	0.0	15:48
Jack Hughes #86	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100.0	02:27
Luke Glendening #14	C	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	60.0	08:36
Evgenii Dadonov #33	L	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	13:11
Paul Cotter #47	L	0	0	0	0	2	6	1	0	50.0	13:30
Connor Brown #16	R	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	19:12
Maxim Tsyplakov #42	R	0	0	0	-1	0	5	0	0	100.0	08:18
Timo Meier #28	R	0	0	0	-1	5	1	0	0	0.0	19:41
Brenden Dillon #5	D	0	0	0	-1	0	5	0	0	0.0	16:13
Brett Pesce #22	D	0	0	0	+1	2	0	2	0	0.0	18:51
Johnathan Kovacevic #8	D	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	0	0.0	21:25
Jonas Siegenthaler #71	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0.0	21:20
Simon Nemec #17	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0.0	16:59

Devils goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Jacob Markstrom #25	W	29	27	2	.931	21/23	6/6	60:38

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.