The New Jersey Devils managed to stay ahead of the Columbus Blue Jackets, 4 to 3, in overtime on December 27.

Final

Blue Jackets

11-18-7

3

Devils

18-13-2

4

Team

CBJ

NJD

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

CBJ

NJD

Jake Bean (EV) assisted by Brendan Gaunce and Alexandre Texier

Ondrej Palat (EV) assisted by Dawson Mercer and Erik Haula

2nd period

CBJ

NJD

Justin Danforth (EV) assisted by Adam Fantilli and David Jiricek

3rd period

CBJ

NJD

Dawson Mercer (EV) assisted by Simon Nemec

Yegor Chinakhov (EV) unassisted

Luke Hughes (EV) assisted by Jack Hughes and Dawson Mercer

CBJ

NJD

Timo Meier (EV) unassisted

Blue Jackets

Devils

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Blue Jackets

Devils

Goalies

NAME	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Elvis Merzlikins (O) E. Merzlikins	0	0	1	35	31	.886	4	3.86	0	62

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI
Jake Bean J. Bean	1	0	1	+1	0	5	20.0	0	0		0	2	1	1	20:00
Emil Bemstrom E. Bemstrom	0	0	0	-2	0	3	0.0	0	0		1	0	0	0	14:25
Yegor Chinakhov Y. Chinakhov	1	0	1	-1	2	3	33.3	0	0		0	0	2	0	16:37
Justin Danforth J. Danforth	1	0	1	+1	0	2	50.0	8	13	61.5	4	1	1	0	21:33
Adam Fantilli A. Fantilli	0	1	1	-1	0	1	0.0	3	6	50.0	2	0	0	0	15:11
Johnny Gaudreau J. Gaudreau	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0.0	0	0		0	1	1	1	18:45
Brendan Gaunce B. Gaunce	0	1	1	0	2	1	0.0	4	6	66.7	4	0	0	0	10:31
Erik Gudbranson E. Gudbranson	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0.0	0	0		0	4	0	0	22:20
David Jiricek D. Jiricek	0	1	1	+1	0	0		0	0		3	1	0	0	13:35
Kent Johnson K. Johnson	0	0	0	-2	0	4	0.0	0	0		0	1	0	0	15:54
Kirill Marchenko K. Marchenko	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	3	0.0	0	2	0	0	16:10
Mathieu Olivier M. Olivier	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0.0	0	0		2	1	0	0	9:51
Ivan Provorov I. Provorov	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0.0	0	0		4	2	0	0	27:32
Damon Severson D. Severson	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0.0	0	0		1	3	1	0	23:03
Cole Sillinger C. Sillinger	0	0	0	0	2	1	0.0	9	16	56.3	2	2	0	0	16:21
Alexandre Texier A. Texier	0	1	1	+1	0	0		0	1	0.0	1	1	1	0	14:57
Dmitri Voronkov D. Voronkov	0	0	0	0	0	0		4	13	30.8	1	0	0	1	12:42
Zach Werenski Z. Werenski	0	0	0	+1	0	0		0	0		0	2	0	0	11:15

Goalies

NAME	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Vitek Vanecek (W) V. Vanecek	1	0	0	29	26	.897	3	2.91	0	62

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI
Kevin Bahl K. Bahl	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		5	3	0	0	14:44
Nathan Bastian N. Bastian	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0		0	0		1	1	0	0	6:16
Jesper Bratt J. Bratt	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	0		1	0	2	2	21:06
Erik Haula E. Haula	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	2	0.0	4	6	66.7	2	0	0	0	13:17
Nico Hischier N. Hischier	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0		7	18	38.9	0	0	0	0	17:35
Alexander Holtz A. Holtz	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		0	1	0	0	11:12
Jack Hughes J. Hughes	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	8	0.0	6	12	50.0	0	0	2	1	22:40
Luke Hughes L. Hughes	1	0	1	+1	2	0	0	3	33.3	0	0		0	1	0	1	20:41
John Marino J. Marino	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	2	0	0	23:18
Michael McLeod M. McLeod	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	1	0.0	11	20	55.0	0	1	1	0	14:33
Timo Meier T. Meier	1	0	1	+2	0	1	1	5	20.0	2	2	100.0	1	0	1	1	18:55
Dawson Mercer D. Mercer	1	2	3	+3	0	0	0	3	33.3	0	0		0	1	2	0	20:29
Colin Miller C. Miller	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	0		3	0	1	0	12:15
Simon Nemec S. Nemec	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		0	7	0	0	22:37
Ondrej Palat O. Palat	1	0	1	+2	2	0	0	2	50.0	0	0		3	1	0	0	14:51
Jonas Siegenthaler J. Siegenthaler	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		1	1	0	1	18:39
Brendan Smith B. Smith	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		1	2	0	1	9:06
Tyler Toffoli T. Toffoli	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	0		1	0	0	0	18:48