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New Jersey Devils at New York Rangers

Madison Square Garden, New York Preseason Final

Final score

The New Jersey Devils beat the New York Rangers 3–1 on Thursday, October 2, 2025 on the road.

Team Goals 2025-2026 record
New Jersey Devils 3 42-37-3
at New York Rangers 1 34-39-9

Goals by period

Team Total
New Jersey Devils 1 0 2 3
New York Rangers 0 1 0 1

Shots on goal by period

Team Total
New Jersey Devils 3 4 6 13
New York Rangers 2 13 5 20

Three stars

  1. O. Palat, New Jersey Devils (1 goal)
  2. P. Cotter, New Jersey Devils (1 goal)
  3. A. Edstrom, New York Rangers (1 goal)

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 16:58 New Jersey Devils Paul Cotter (2) Arseny Gritsyuk (2) Even strength NJD 1, NYR 0
2nd 13:30 New York Rangers Adam Edstrom (1) Unassisted Even strength NJD 1, NYR 1
3rd 02:44 New Jersey Devils Ondrej Palat (1) Dougie Hamilton (2), Simon Nemec (4) Power play NJD 2, NYR 1
3rd 18:37 New Jersey Devils Dawson Mercer (2) Nico Hischier (1) Even strength, Empty net NJD 3, NYR 1

Numbers in brackets are the player's season totals after the goal.

Team stats

Stat New Jersey Devils New York Rangers
Shots on goal 13 20
Power play 1 of 1 0 of 1
Penalty minutes 4 4
Hits 18 23
Blocked shots 10 18
Giveaways 7 6
Takeaways 0 2
Faceoffs won 26/44 (59.1%) 18/44 (40.9%)

Box score

New Jersey Devils

New Jersey Devils skaters
Player
12 C. Glass C 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 66.7% 12:26
13 N. Hischier C 0 1 1 +1 0 0 0 0 0 57.1% 20:31
14 L. Glendening C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 71.4% 11:47
16 C. Brown R 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 15:54
18 O. Palat L 1 0 1 -1 0 1 0 0 1 12:09
28 T. Meier R 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 17:51
33 E. Dadonov L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12:00
47 P. Cotter L 1 0 1 +1 0 2 3 1 0 12:53
63 J. Bratt L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15:01
81 A. Gritsyuk R 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 10:57
86 J. Hughes C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 50% 16:51
91 D. Mercer C 1 0 1 +1 0 3 0 0 0 19:28
5 B. Dillon D 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 22:21
7 D. Hamilton D 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 22:49
17 S. Nemec D 0 1 1 +1 0 0 0 0 0 23:13
22 B. Pesce D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 11:08
38 T. Vilen D 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 17:14
71 J. Siegenthaler D 0 0 0 +1 4 0 3 0 0 21:27
New Jersey Devils goalies
Goalie
25 J. Markstrom 20 19 1 .950 60:00 Win

New York Rangers

New York Rangers skaters
Player
13 A. Lafrenière L 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 0 0 18:03
14 T. Raddysh R 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 14:19
16 V. Trocheck C 0 0 0 0 2 3 6 0 0 53.8% 18:26
22 J. Brodzinski C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 0 0 09:10
42 N. Laba C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 0 0 25% 12:39
43 C. Sheary L 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 17:11
50 W. Cuylle L 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 0 0 50% 17:28
71 J. Parssinen C 0 0 0 +1 0 0 0 2 0 37.5% 14:37
73 M. Rempe C 0 0 0 -2 0 0 2 0 0 11:11
84 A. Edstrom C 1 0 1 +1 0 2 2 2 0 13:31
93 M. Zibanejad C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 5 2 0 37.5% 18:53
94 G. Perreault R 0 0 0 +1 0 0 0 0 0 15:22
4 B. Schneider D 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 19:11
17 W. Borgen D 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 0 22:55
24 C. Soucy D 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 25:04
29 M. Robertson D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 12:27
44 V. Gavrikov D 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 21:57
60 S. Morrow D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 1 0 15:07
New York Rangers goalies
Goalie
32 J. Quick 12 10 2 .833 58:57 Loss

Penalties

Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
2nd 14:37 New Jersey Devils Jonas Siegenthaler Holding 2
3rd 01:12 New York Rangers Braden Schneider High sticking 2
3rd 17:49 New York Rangers Vincent Trocheck Roughing 2
3rd 17:49 New Jersey Devils Jonas Siegenthaler Cross checking 2

Game information

New Jersey Devils head coach
Sheldon Keefe
New York Rangers head coach
Mike Sullivan
Referees
Francis Charron, Beau Halkidis
Linesmen
Ryan Jackson, Tyson Baker
New Jersey Devils scratches
Jake Allen, Stefan Noesen, Kurtis MacDermid, Juho Lammikko, Colton White, Kevin Rooney, Dennis Cholowski, Nikita Popugaev, Johnathan Kovacevic, Yegor Zaitsev, Jonathan Gruden, Calen Addison, Angus Crookshank, Nathan Légaré, Thomas Bordeleau, Ethan Edwards, Mike Hardman, Adam Scheel, Luke Hughes, Samu Salminen, Viktor Hurtig, Shane Lachance, Mikael Diotte, Marc McLaughlin, Seamus Casey, Charlie Leddy, Brian Halonen, Daniil Orlov, Artem Barabosha, Xavier Parent, Lenni Hameenaho, Georgi Romanov, Chase Cheslock, Cole Brown, Daniil Karpovich, Matyas Melovsky, Mikhail Yegorov, Kasper Pikkarainen, Anton Silayev, Veeti Louhivaara, Conrad Fondrk, Ben Kevan, Mason Moe, Trenten Bennett, Gustav Hillstrom, David Rozsival, Sigge Holmgren, Brian Carrabes
New York Rangers scratches
Sam Carrick, J.T. Miller, Andrej Sustr, Artemi Panarin, Adam Fox, Blake Hillman, Urho Vaakanainen, Gavin Hain, Case McCarthy, Christopher Merisier-Ortiz, Brett Berard, Brody Lamb, Kyle Jackson, Brandon Scanlin, Drew Fortescue, Rasmus Larsson, Ty Henricks, Raoul Boilard, EJ Emery, Ryan Siedem, Nathan Aspinall, Rico Gredig, Malcolm Spence, Sean Barnhill, Zeb Lindgren, Artem Gonchar, Mikkel Eriksen, Samuel Jung, Evan Passmore, Felix Farhammar

2025-2026 season series

Matchup Status Details
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