Spokesman-Review
National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
New Jersey 4, Columbus 3
When: 7:00 PM ET, Wednesday, December 27, 2023
Where: Prudential Center, Newark, New Jersey
Referees: Brian Pochmara, Corey Syvret
Linesmen: Kilian McNamara, Libor Suchanek
Attendance: 16514
Final Scoring Summary
 
Final OT123OTT
Columbus 11103
New Jersey 10214
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
6:39 - Blue Jackets Jake Bean (EV) Assists: Brendan Gaunce , Alexandre Texier
9:55 - Devils Ondrej Palat (EV) Assists: Erik Haula , Dawson Mercer
Penalties
7:46 - Devils Ondrej Palat (2) High sticking
2nd Period
Scoring
8:28 - Blue Jackets Justin Danforth (EV) Assists: David Jiricek , Adam Fantilli
Penalties
16:24 - Blue Jackets Cole Sillinger (2) Interference
 19:56 - Devils Michael McLeod (2) High sticking
3rd Period
Scoring
15:51 - Devils Dawson Mercer (EV) Assists: Simon Nemec
17:34 - Blue Jackets Yegor Chinakhov (EV) Unassisted
18:35 - Devils Luke Hughes (EV) Assists: Jack Hughes , Dawson Mercer
Penalties
0:54 - Blue Jackets Yegor Chinakhov (2) High sticking
 3:07 - Devils Luke Hughes (2) Tripping
 13:12 - Blue Jackets Brendan Gaunce (2) Tripping
Overtime
Scoring
2:12 - Devils Timo Meier (EV) Unassisted
Penalties
None.
Columbus Blue Jackets
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Spencer Martin G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Elvis Merzlikins G 0 0 0 0 0 62:06 52:10 4:58 4:58 0 0 - - - - -
Cole Sillinger C 0 0 0 E 2 1 22 16:21 15:28 0:00 0:53 0 0 2 2 9 7 56
Zach Werenski D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 12 11:15 10:21 0:54 0:00 0 0 - 2 - - -
Ivan Provorov D 0 0 0 -2 0 1 29 27:32 20:42 3:02 3:48 0 0 4 2 - - -
Dmitri Voronkov LW 0 0 0 E 0 0 19 12:42 9:54 2:48 0:00 0 0 1 - 4 9 31
Adam Fantilli C 0 1 1 -1 0 1 17 15:11 13:00 2:11 0:00 0 0 2 - 3 3 50
Johnny Gaudreau LW 0 0 0 +1 0 1 21 18:45 15:51 2:54 0:00 0 0 - 1 - - -
Brendan Gaunce C 0 1 1 E 2 1 13 10:31 10:31 0:00 0:00 0 0 4 - 4 2 67
Justin Danforth RW 1 0 1 +1 0 2 24 21:33 16:48 1:50 2:55 0 0 4 1 8 5 62
Jake Bean D 1 0 1 +1 0 5 25 20:00 18:40 0:00 1:20 0 0 - 2 - - -
Mathieu Olivier RW 0 0 0 +1 0 2 13 9:51 9:44 0:00 0:07 0 0 2 1 - - -
Alexandre Texier C 0 1 1 +1 0 0 17 14:57 11:30 0:00 3:27 0 0 1 1 0 1 0
Erik Gudbranson D 0 0 0 -1 0 3 25 22:20 18:42 0:00 3:38 0 0 - 4 - - -
Emil Bemstrom RW 0 0 0 -2 0 3 19 14:25 12:21 2:04 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
David Jiricek D 0 1 1 +1 0 17 13:35 13:35 0:00 0:00 0 0 3 1 - - -
Yegor Chinakhov RW 1 0 1 -1 2 3 23 16:37 12:51 2:47 0:59 0 0 - - - - -
Damon Severson D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 29 23:03 20:31 1:22 1:10 0 0 1 3 - - -
Kirill Marchenko RW 0 0 0 E 0 1 23 16:10 11:47 2:48 1:35 0 0 - 2 0 3 0
Kent Johnson C 0 0 0 -2 0 4 19 15:54 13:44 2:10 0:00 0 0 - 1 - - -
New Jersey Devils
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Vitek Vanecek G 0 0 0 0 0 61:46 51:50 4:58 4:58 0 0 - - - - -
Nico Daws G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Brendan Smith D 0 0 0 -2 0 1 12 9:06 5:01 0:00 4:05 0 0 1 2 - - -
John Marino D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 28 23:18 19:06 0:08 4:04 0 0 - 2 - - -
Alexander Holtz RW 0 0 0 E 0 1 13 11:12 10:18 0:54 0:00 0 0 - 1 - - -
Nico Hischier C 0 0 0 +1 0 0 22 17:35 12:46 3:54 0:55 0 0 - - 7 11 39
Nathan Bastian RW 0 0 0 -2 0 0 8 6:16 6:16 0:00 0:00 0 0 1 1 - - -
Simon Nemec D 0 1 1 +1 0 1 24 22:37 21:39 0:57 0:01 0 0 - 7 - - -
Ondrej Palat LW 1 0 1 +2 2 2 19 14:51 14:00 0:51 0:00 0 0 3 1 - - -
Michael McLeod C 0 0 0 +1 2 1 26 14:33 14:16 0:05 0:12 0 0 - 1 11 9 55
Colin Miller D 0 0 0 +1 0 2 16 12:15 12:15 0:00 0:00 0 0 3 - - - -
Timo Meier RW 1 0 1 +2 0 5 24 18:55 17:59 0:56 0:00 0 0 1 - 2 0 100
Luke Hughes D 1 0 1 +1 2 3 28 20:41 16:44 3:57 0:00 0 0 - 1 - - -
Erik Haula LW 0 1 1 -1 0 2 19 13:17 9:11 0:00 4:06 0 0 2 - 4 2 67
Jesper Bratt LW 0 0 0 E 0 2 24 21:06 15:44 4:07 1:15 0 0 1 - - - -
Jonas Siegenthaler D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 22 18:39 17:40 0:05 0:54 0 0 1 1 - - -
Tyler Toffoli RW 0 0 0 E 0 2 22 18:48 14:49 3:59 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Jack Hughes C 0 1 1 E 0 8 23 22:40 18:38 4:01 0:01 0 0 - - 6 6 50
Kevin Bahl D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 20 14:44 13:52 0:00 0:52 0 0 5 3 - - -
Dawson Mercer C 1 2 3 +3 0 3 26 20:29 16:06 0:56 3:27 0 0 - 1 - - -
Goaltending
Columbus
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Elvis Merzlikins L (9-11-7) 35 31 4 .886 0 62:06
New Jersey
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Vitek Vanecek W (17-9-3) 29 26 3 .897 0 61:46