Game

Devils at Rangers

Devils 6, Rangers 3 · first star Connor Brown (1 G, 2 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 6 at New York Rangers 3

Devils NJD

6 FINAL 3

Rangers NYR

Wednesday, March 18, 2026 · 7:00 PM ET · Madison Square Garden, New York · TV TNT · HBO MAX

Line score by period
Team	1	2	3	T	SOG
Devils	2	1	3	6	39
Rangers	1	1	1	3	18

Shot chart

Every shot attempt, computed from the league's play-by-play coordinates. Devils attack left, Rangers 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 39, NYR 18.

NJD in red NYR in blue goal shot on goal missed blocked Devils 39 shots on goal (6 goals, 18 missed, 8 blocked) attacking left; Rangers 18 shots on goal (3 goals, 12 missed, 13 blocked) attacking right.

Shots by period

Shots on goal, goals and attempts by period
Period	NJD SOG	NJD G	NJD ATT	NYR SOG	NYR G	NYR ATT
1st	17	2	28	2	1	7
2nd	12	1	18	9	1	16
3rd	10	3	19	7	1	20
Total	39	6	65	18	3	43

Shots by situation

Shots on goal and goals by strength of the shooting team
Situation	NJD SOG	NJD G	NYR SOG	NYR G
Even strength	33	4	15	3
Power play	6	2	3	0
Short-handed	0	0	0	0

Attempt share by period

Devils took 60.2% of the shot attempts, and 57.0% of the 93 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 Rangers 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 Rangers
Period	NYR CF%	NYR FF%
1st	20.0	20.7
2nd	47.1	37.9
3rd	51.3	44.8
Game	39.8	34.5

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

Scoring summary

1st period

15:20 Vladislav Gavrikov (14) Alexis Lafrenière (26) · snap 0–1
16:14 Nico Hischier (24) PP Connor Brown (20), Jesper Bratt (38) · wrist 1–1
19:16 Arseny Gritsyuk (13) Unassisted · snap 2–1

2nd period

00:19 Mika Zibanejad (28) Gabe Perreault (12) · snap 2–2
11:36 Connor Brown (13) PP Jack Hughes (35), Nico Hischier (28) · wrist 3–2

3rd period

06:29 Timo Meier (19) Paul Cotter (6) · wrist 4–2
09:41 Conor Sheary (3) Matthew Robertson (10), J.T. Miller (25) · snap 4–3
13:05 Jack Hughes (18) Simon Nemec (13), Connor Brown (21) · wrist 5–3
16:22 Jesper Bratt (16) Brenden Dillon (11), Jack Hughes (36) · snap 6–3

Three stars

Connor Brown NJD · R #16 · 1 G, 2 A
Nico Hischier NJD · C #13 · 1 G, 1 A
Jack Hughes NJD · C #86 · 1 G, 2 A

Penalties

Penalties
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min	Drawn by
1st	15:55	NYR	Gabe Perreault	holding	2	Jack Hughes
2nd	05:32	NYR	J.T. Miller	holding	2	Nico Hischier
2nd	09:12	NJD	Johnathan Kovacevic	hooking	2	Noah Laba
2nd	11:09	NYR	Alexis Lafrenière	hooking	2	Dawson Mercer
2nd	12:32	NJD	Simon Nemec	slashing	2	Alexis Lafrenière
3rd	04:18	NYR	Mika Zibanejad	tripping	2	Jack Hughes

Boxscore

New Jersey Devils

Devils skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Jack Hughes #86	C	1	2	3	+1	5	0	0	0	41.7	17:48
Connor Brown #16	R	1	2	3	+1	1	0	0	0	0.0	16:03
Nico Hischier #13	C	1	1	2	-1	3	0	1	0	52.4	18:52
Jesper Bratt #63	L	1	1	2	0	2	2	0	0	0.0	15:14
Arseny Gritsyuk #81	R	1	0	1	+2	2	1	0	0	0.0	17:08
Timo Meier #28	R	1	0	1	0	5	0	2	0	0.0	18:57
Paul Cotter #47	L	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	100.0	08:57
Brenden Dillon #5	D	0	1	1	+1	2	3	3	0	0.0	18:43
Simon Nemec #17	D	0	1	1	+1	1	0	1	2	0.0	18:53
Cody Glass #12	C	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	0	43.8	14:25
Dawson Mercer #91	C	0	0	0	-1	4	0	0	0	0.0	19:20
Nick Bjugstad #72	C	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	57.1	10:06
Lenni Hameenaho #29	R	0	0	0	+1	1	1	0	0	0.0	11:58
Maxim Tsyplakov #42	R	0	0	0	-1	2	3	0	0	0.0	09:43
Dougie Hamilton #7	D	0	0	0	-2	1	1	1	0	0.0	18:27
Johnathan Kovacevic #8	D	0	0	0	+3	2	2	1	2	0.0	20:53
Jonas Siegenthaler #71	D	0	0	0	-2	1	0	1	0	0.0	17:13
Luke Hughes #43	D	0	0	0	+1	3	0	0	0	0.0	23:52

Devils goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Jacob Markstrom #25	W	18	15	3	.833	12/15	3/3	59:28

New York Rangers

Rangers skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Mika Zibanejad #93	C	1	0	1	-1	2	3	1	2	43.5	21:23
Conor Sheary #43	L	1	0	1	+1	1	0	1	0	0.0	14:10
Vladislav Gavrikov #44	D	1	0	1	0	4	1	0	0	0.0	26:31
J.T. Miller #8	C	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	61.5	17:35
Alexis Lafrenière #13	L	0	1	1	+1	5	0	0	2	100.0	19:33
Gabe Perreault #94	R	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	2	0.0	19:00
Matthew Robertson #29	D	0	1	1	-1	1	2	1	0	0.0	21:11
Adam Edstrom #84	C	0	0	0	-1	1	2	0	0	20.0	08:33
Noah Laba #42	C	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	40.0	08:40
Vincent Trocheck #16	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	70.0	18:34
Tye Kartye #24	L	0	0	0	-2	0	3	0	0	0.0	17:09
Will Cuylle #50	L	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0	0	0.0	16:13
Jaroslav Chmelar #49	R	0	0	0	-2	0	3	0	0	0.0	08:55
Taylor Raddysh #14	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.0	09:13
Adam Fox #23	D	0	0	0	+1	1	0	1	0	0.0	26:44
Braden Schneider #4	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	0	0.0	19:26
Urho Vaakanainen #18	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	03:05
Will Borgen #17	D	0	0	0	-1	1	1	1	0	0.0	19:19

Rangers goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Jonathan Quick #32	L	39	33	6	.846	29/33	4/6	60:00

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.