Game

Devils at Hurricanes

Hurricanes 5, Devils 2 · first star Nikolaj Ehlers (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 2 at Carolina Hurricanes 5

Devils NJD

2 FINAL 5

Hurricanes CAR

Saturday, March 28, 2026 · 5:00 PM ET · Lenovo Center, Raleigh

Line score by period
Team	1	2	3	T	SOG
Devils	1	0	1	2	19
Hurricanes	0	3	2	5	34

Shot chart

Every shot attempt, computed from the league's play-by-play coordinates. Devils attack left, Hurricanes attack right, all periods folded onto one rink. Attempts are plotted where the league recorded them, so the 4 marks in a team's own end are attempts logged from there: empty-net shots, long dumps on the net; 1 empty-net goal is drawn as a diamond. Boxscore shots on goal: NJD 19, CAR 34.

NJD in red CAR in blue goal empty-net goal shot on goal missed blocked Devils 19 shots on goal (2 goals, 11 missed, 12 blocked) attacking left; Hurricanes 34 shots on goal (5 goals, 20 missed, 18 blocked) attacking right.

Shots by period

Shots on goal, goals and attempts by period
Period	NJD SOG	NJD G	NJD ATT	CAR SOG	CAR G	CAR ATT
1st	6	1	14	8	0	19
2nd	5	0	13	15	3	32
3rd	8	1	15	11	2	21
Total	19	2	42	34	5	72

Shots by situation

Shots on goal and goals by strength of the shooting team
Situation	NJD SOG	NJD G	CAR SOG	CAR G
Even strength	14	2	31	3
Power play	5	0	1	1
Short-handed	0	0	2	1
Into an empty net	0	0	1	1

Attempt share by period

Hurricanes took 63.2% of the shot attempts, and 65.0% of the 100 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 Hurricanes 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 Hurricanes
Period	CAR CF%	CAR FF%
1st	57.6	57.7
2nd	71.1	72.7
3rd	58.3	60.0
Game	63.2	64.3

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

Scoring summary

1st period

17:06 Timo Meier (22) Dawson Mercer (20), Nico Hischier (30) · wrist 1–0

2nd period

10:10 Nikolaj Ehlers (23) PP Alexander Nikishin (19), Taylor Hall (24) · snap 1–1
13:48 Jackson Blake (21) Taylor Hall (25), Shayne Gostisbehere (33) · wrist 1–2
15:13 Jordan Staal (19) Nikolaj Ehlers (38), Jordan Martinook (14) · tip-in 1–3

3rd period

15:25 Shayne Gostisbehere (12) Unassisted · snap 1–4
17:40 Seth Jarvis (30) SH EN Sean Walker (17), Sebastian Aho (48) · wrist 1–5
19:36 Evgenii Dadonov (1) Johnathan Kovacevic (5), Brenden Dillon (12) · wrist 2–5

Three stars

Nikolaj Ehlers CAR · L #27 · 1 G, 1 A
Jackson Blake CAR · R #53 · 1 G, 0 A
Taylor Hall CAR · L #71 · 0 G, 2 A

Penalties

Penalties
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min	Drawn by
1st	09:50	CAR	Jordan Staal	hooking	2	Nico Hischier
1st	12:16	CAR	Taylor Hall	tripping	2	Maxim Tsyplakov
2nd	08:27	NJD	Lenni Hameenaho	tripping	2	Taylor Hall
3rd	15:52	CAR	Shayne Gostisbehere	charging	2	Evgenii Dadonov

Boxscore

New Jersey Devils

Devils skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Evgenii Dadonov #33	L	1	0	1	+1	2	0	0	0	0.0	12:36
Timo Meier #28	R	1	0	1	-1	3	3	1	0	100.0	18:05
Dawson Mercer #91	C	0	1	1	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	17:49
Nico Hischier #13	C	0	1	1	-1	5	2	3	0	65.0	19:12
Brenden Dillon #5	D	0	1	1	+1	0	2	1	0	0.0	15:02
Johnathan Kovacevic #8	D	0	1	1	+1	1	2	2	0	0.0	19:18
Cody Glass #12	C	0	0	0	+1	0	2	1	0	46.2	12:18
Jack Hughes #86	C	0	0	0	-2	3	0	0	0	20.0	22:17
Nick Bjugstad #72	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	100.0	09:19
Jesper Bratt #63	L	0	0	0	-2	1	1	0	0	0.0	19:15
Paul Cotter #47	L	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	0	50.0	10:26
Connor Brown #16	R	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0.0	20:01
Lenni Hameenaho #29	R	0	0	0	+1	0	0	2	2	0.0	13:28
Maxim Tsyplakov #42	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	0.0	09:21
Dougie Hamilton #7	D	0	0	0	-1	1	4	2	0	0.0	20:46
Jonas Siegenthaler #71	D	0	0	0	-1	1	3	0	0	0.0	19:21
Luke Hughes #43	D	0	0	0	-2	0	0	2	0	0.0	23:21
Simon Nemec #17	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0	0.0	18:13

Devils goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Jacob Markstrom #25	L	33	29	4	.879	28/31	0/1	58:09

Carolina Hurricanes

Hurricanes skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Nikolaj Ehlers #27	L	1	1	2	0	2	1	1	0	0.0	15:10
Shayne Gostisbehere #4	D	1	1	2	+1	2	1	1	2	0.0	17:42
Taylor Hall #71	L	0	2	2	+1	4	1	0	2	0.0	14:25
Jordan Staal #11	C	1	0	1	0	2	0	3	2	42.1	17:59
Jackson Blake #53	R	1	0	1	+1	1	0	0	0	0.0	13:43
Seth Jarvis #24	R	1	0	1	+1	3	0	0	0	0.0	17:56
Sebastian Aho #20	C	0	1	1	+1	3	0	0	0	85.7	17:44
Jordan Martinook #48	L	0	1	1	0	3	1	0	0	0.0	16:22
Alexander Nikishin #21	D	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	0	0.0	16:13
Sean Walker #26	D	0	1	1	+1	3	2	0	0	0.0	20:39
Logan Stankoven #22	C	0	0	0	+1	6	2	0	0	54.5	14:44
Eric Robinson #50	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	10:49
Mark Jankowski #77	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	45.5	10:53
William Carrier #28	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	09:02
Andrei Svechnikov #37	R	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	16:41
Jaccob Slavin #74	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0.0	21:40
Jalen Chatfield #5	D	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0.0	20:09
K'Andre Miller #19	D	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	0	0.0	22:09

Hurricanes goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Brandon Bussi #32	W	19	17	2	.895	12/14	5/5	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.