National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
New Jersey 5, Tampa Bay 3
When: 7:00 PM ET, Saturday, October 11, 2025
Where: Benchmark International Arena, Tampa, Florida
Referees: Brandon Blandina, Wes McCauley
Linesmen: Tommy Hughes, Matt MacPherson
Attendance: 19092
Final Scoring Summary
 
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New Jersey 3025
Tampa Bay 0213
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
8:30 - Devils Timo Meier (EV) Assists: Nico Hischier , Dawson Mercer
10:17 - Devils Connor Brown (EV) Assists: Arseny Gritsyuk , Luke Hughes
13:48 - Devils Nico Hischier (EV) Assists: Timo Meier , Luke Hughes
Penalties
3:41 - Lightning Jack Finley (2) Roughing
 10:43 - Lightning Max Crozier (2) Elbowing
 18:33 - Lightning Erik Cernak (2) Boarding
2nd Period
Scoring
7:31 - Lightning Yanni Gourde (EV) Assists: Brayden Point , Max Crozier
17:23 - Lightning Ryan McDonagh (EV) Assists: Brandon Hagel , Max Crozier
Penalties
8:37 - Devils Luke Hughes (2) Delay of game
 14:23 - Lightning Brandon Hagel (2) Tripping
3rd Period
Scoring
4:48 - Devils Jesper Bratt (SH) Unassisted
6:29 - Devils Connor Brown (EV) Assists: Arseny Gritsyuk , Simon Nemec
16:17 - Lightning Darren Raddysh (EV) Assists: Oliver Bjorkstrand , Gage Goncalves
Penalties
3:21 - Devils Jonas Siegenthaler (2) Tripping
 18:11 - Devils Jack Hughes (2) Delay of game
New Jersey Devils
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Jacob Markstrom G 0 0 0 0 0 59:48 45:59 8:00 5:49 0 0 - - - - -
Jake Allen G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Brenden Dillon D 0 0 0 E 0 0 23 20:14 15:27 0:03 4:44 0 0 4 3 - - -
Dougie Hamilton D 0 0 0 +2 0 1 25 18:51 14:39 3:07 1:05 0 0 1 - - - -
Cody Glass C 0 0 0 +2 0 0 16 11:57 9:07 2:46 0:04 0 0 - - 4 3 57
Nico Hischier C 1 1 2 +2 0 3 26 19:59 12:00 5:03 2:56 0 0 - 2 14 10 58
Luke Glendening C 0 0 0 -2 0 0 18 12:52 11:35 0:01 1:16 0 0 5 1 9 4 69
Zack MacEwen RW 0 0 0 E 0 2 9 7:12 7:12 0:00 0:00 0 0 1 1 0 1 0
Connor Brown RW 2 0 2 E 0 3 21 14:45 12:20 0:00 2:25 0 0 1 1 - - -
Simon Nemec D 0 1 1 E 0 2 20 15:01 14:43 0:18 0:00 0 0 - 1 - - -
Ondrej Palat LW 0 0 0 -1 0 1 20 14:29 11:34 2:55 0:00 0 0 3 3 0 2 0
Brett Pesce D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 25 21:30 17:52 0:00 3:38 0 0 4 2 - - -
Timo Meier RW 1 1 2 +1 0 2 24 17:14 13:02 4:05 0:07 0 0 - 2 - - -
Luke Hughes D 0 2 2 +1 2 2 25 20:32 14:28 5:23 0:41 0 0 1 1 - - -
Paul Cotter LW 0 0 0 -2 0 0 14 12:59 12:57 0:00 0:02 0 0 3 - - - -
Jesper Bratt LW 1 0 1 +1 0 3 21 18:06 12:13 4:40 1:13 0 1 1 1 - - -
Jonas Siegenthaler D 0 0 0 +2 2 0 22 17:01 15:30 0:00 1:31 0 0 - 1 - - -
Arseny Gritsyuk RW 0 2 2 +1 0 3 16 13:14 11:02 2:12 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Jack Hughes C 0 0 0 E 2 6 22 19:19 13:21 5:09 0:49 0 0 1 - 6 4 60
Dawson Mercer C 0 1 1 +3 0 0 23 19:08 12:05 4:18 2:45 0 0 1 4 2 0 100
Tampa Bay Lightning
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Jonas Johansson G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Andrei Vasilevskiy G 0 0 0 0 0 56:43 44:43 4:00 8:00 0 0 - - - - -
Conor Geekie C 0 0 0 E 0 2 13 8:58 8:58 0:00 0:00 0 0 4 - 1 2 33
Brayden Point C 0 1 1 -1 0 0 18 20:07 15:03 4:56 0:08 0 0 - - 4 13 24
Oliver Bjorkstrand RW 0 1 1 -1 0 1 15 12:16 9:25 2:51 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Max Crozier D 0 2 2 +1 2 0 19 15:57 15:14 0:00 0:43 0 0 1 2 - - -
Ryan McDonagh D 1 0 1 E 0 1 28 20:22 15:10 0:07 5:05 0 0 - 2 - - -
Pontus Holmberg RW 0 0 0 E 0 13 9:54 8:40 0:00 1:14 0 0 3 1 0 1 0
Yanni Gourde C 1 0 1 -1 0 2 20 15:33 12:35 0:00 2:58 0 0 3 - 2 5 29
Brandon Hagel LW 0 1 1 -1 2 0 22 18:10 13:41 0:53 3:36 0 0 - 1 - - -
Mitchell Chaffee RW 0 0 0 E 0 0 11 8:28 7:19 1:09 0:00 0 0 2 - - - -
Darren Raddysh D 1 0 1 -2 0 2 22 17:38 14:08 3:21 0:09 0 0 - 2 - - -
Jake Guentzel LW 0 0 0 E 0 4 22 24:31 16:52 4:50 2:49 0 0 1 1 2 1 67
Jack Finley C 0 0 0 E 2 0 14 9:05 8:39 0:00 0:26 0 0 1 - 2 3 40
Anthony Cirelli C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 22 21:45 14:14 2:43 4:48 0 0 3 2 13 10 57
Victor Hedman D 0 0 0 E 0 1 30 27:17 20:05 4:17 2:55 0 0 1 2 - - -
Emil Lilleberg D 0 0 0 -1 0 28 17:10 13:50 0:00 3:20 0 0 1 - - - -
Erik Cernak D 0 0 0 -1 2 1 25 17:13 13:24 0:00 3:49 0 0 3 3 - - -
Nikita Kucherov RW 0 0 0 -2 0 1 18 20:32 15:19 5:13 0:00 0 0 1 1 - - -
Gage Goncalves C 0 1 1 E 0 0 13 10:21 9:47 0:34 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Goaltending
New Jersey
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Jacob Markstrom W (1-1-0) 17 14 3 .824 0 59:48
Tampa Bay
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Andrei Vasilevskiy L (0-2-0) 28 23 5 .821 0 56:43