Game

Blue Jackets at Devils

Blue Jackets 3, Devils 0 · first star Elvis Merzlikins (0 GA, .000 SV%).

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

Columbus Blue Jackets 3 at New Jersey Devils 0

Blue Jackets CBJ

3 FINAL 0

Devils NJD

Tuesday, February 3, 2026 · 7:00 PM ET · Prudential Center, Newark

Line score by period
Team	1	2	3	T	SOG
Blue Jackets	0	0	3	3	25
Devils	0	0	0	0	24

Shot chart

Every shot attempt, computed from the league's play-by-play coordinates. Blue Jackets attack left, Devils 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; 1 empty-net goal is drawn as a diamond. Boxscore shots on goal: CBJ 25, NJD 24.

CBJ in red NJD in blue goal empty-net goal shot on goal missed blocked Blue Jackets 26 shots on goal (3 goals, 11 missed, 11 blocked) attacking left; Devils 24 shots on goal (0 goals, 14 missed, 14 blocked) attacking right.

Shots by period

Shots on goal, goals and attempts by period
Period	CBJ SOG	CBJ G	CBJ ATT	NJD SOG	NJD ATT
1st	3	0	9	7	22
2nd	9	0	20	10	18
3rd	14	3	19	7	12
Total	26	3	48	24	52

Shots by situation

Shots on goal and goals by strength of the shooting team
Situation	CBJ SOG	CBJ G	NJD SOG
Even strength	24	3	20
Power play	0	0	4
Short-handed	2	0	0
Into an empty net	1	1	0

Attempt share by period

Devils took 52.0% of the shot attempts, and 49.4% of the 79 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 Blue Jackets hold the remainder. All situations unless the 5-on-5 figure is named. All 32 teams

Attempt share by period, all situations, Blue Jackets at Devils
Period	NJD CF%	NJD FF%
1st	71.0	68.4
2nd	47.4	50.0
3rd	38.7	38.5
Game	52.0	50.7

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

Scoring summary

3rd period

05:24 Dante Fabbro (4) Unassisted · wrist 1–0
12:05 Mathieu Olivier (7) Cole Sillinger (19), Boone Jenner (19) · backhand 2–0
16:00 Mathieu Olivier (8) EN Charlie Coyle (25), Zach Werenski (42) 3–0

Three stars

Elvis Merzlikins CBJ · G #90 · 0 GA, .000 SV%
Mathieu Olivier CBJ · R #24 · 2 G, 0 A
Dante Fabbro CBJ · D #15 · 1 G, 0 A

Penalties

Penalties
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min	Drawn by
1st	18:25	CBJ	Mason Marchment	tripping	2	Dougie Hamilton
2nd	09:10	CBJ	Miles Wood	interference goalkeeper	2	Jacob Markstrom
2nd	17:55	NJD	Arseny Gritsyuk	holding	2	Isac Lundeström
3rd	01:09	CBJ	Zach Werenski	hooking	2	Lenni Hameenaho
3rd	02:00	NJD	Nico Hischier	tripping	2	Charlie Coyle
3rd	16:19	NJD	Brenden Dillon	interference	2	Mason Marchment
3rd	16:19	CBJ	Mason Marchment	roughing	2	Brenden Dillon

Boxscore

Columbus Blue Jackets

Blue Jackets skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Mathieu Olivier #24	R	2	0	2	+2	1	3	0	0	0.0	14:09
Dante Fabbro #15	D	1	0	1	+1	3	0	2	0	0.0	14:17
Boone Jenner #38	C	0	1	1	+1	3	0	1	0	40.0	15:30
Charlie Coyle #3	C	0	1	1	+1	1	3	0	0	71.4	16:35
Cole Sillinger #4	C	0	1	1	+1	1	2	1	0	0.0	14:14
Zach Werenski #8	D	0	1	1	+1	2	0	1	2	0.0	23:11
Adam Fantilli #19	C	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	0	45.5	17:56
Isac Lundeström #21	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100.0	15:02
Kent Johnson #91	C	0	0	0	+1	1	0	0	0	0.0	10:58
Sean Monahan #23	C	0	0	0	+2	3	0	2	0	42.9	15:54
Danton Heinen #43	L	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	100.0	12:54
Dmitri Voronkov #10	L	0	0	0	+1	2	3	1	0	100.0	11:10
Mason Marchment #17	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0.0	16:43
Miles Wood #11	L	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	2	0.0	10:42
Damon Severson #78	D	0	0	0	+1	1	0	1	0	0.0	24:38
Denton Mateychuk #5	D	0	0	0	+2	1	0	0	0	0.0	17:57
Erik Gudbranson #44	D	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0.0	17:54
Ivan Provorov #9	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	0	0.0	22:21

Blue Jackets goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Elvis Merzlikins #90	W	24	24	0	1.000	20/20	4/4	59:55

New Jersey Devils

Devils skaters · by points
Player	Pos	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Cody Glass #12	C	0	1	0	0	0	35.7	14:48
Dawson Mercer #91	C	-1	0	0	0	0	0.0	12:17
Juho Lammikko #83	C	0	0	2	0	0	50.0	07:13
Luke Glendening #14	C	0	0	1	0	0	50.0	08:04
Nico Hischier #13	C	-2	3	0	0	2	59.1	21:21
Jesper Bratt #63	L	-2	1	0	0	0	0.0	18:52
Paul Cotter #47	L	-1	0	8	0	0	42.9	13:07
Arseny Gritsyuk #81	R	-1	4	1	1	2	0.0	18:06
Connor Brown #16	R	-2	2	0	1	0	0.0	24:10
Lenni Hameenaho #29	R	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	14:15
Maxim Tsyplakov #42	R	0	1	0	1	0	0.0	07:52
Timo Meier #28	R	-2	5	1	0	0	0.0	20:06
Brenden Dillon #5	D	0	1	2	0	2	0.0	18:15
Brett Pesce #22	D	0	2	0	2	0	0.0	19:59
Dougie Hamilton #7	D	-2	4	0	1	0	0.0	23:27
Johnathan Kovacevic #8	D	-1	0	2	1	0	0.0	17:15
Jonas Siegenthaler #71	D	-1	0	0	1	0	0.0	17:41
Simon Nemec #17	D	-1	0	0	3	0	0.0	18:30

Devils goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Jacob Markstrom #25	L	25	23	2	.920	21/23	0/0	58:42

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.