NHL

New Jersey Devils at Florida Panthers

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New Jersey Devils
11-6-2
Final
4 - 1
Florida Panthers
11-4-1

New Jersey beats Florida 4-1 to snap Panthers' 7-game winning streak

New Jersey Devils vs. Florida Panthers: Game Highlights

Jack Hughes scored in the first period for the Devils, Paul Cotter put New Jersey up 3-1 with 15:07 left and Dougie Hamilton and Jesper Bratt each had a pair of assists. Ondrej Palat had an empty-netter to cap the win.

It was career game No. 498 for Markstrom. Only 80 goalies have reached the 500-game mark in NHL history.

Sam Reinhart got his 12th goal for Florida, and Spencer Knight made 20 saves for the Panthers. Florida played without forward Sam Bennett, a late scratch with what the team said was a minor upper-body issue.

Takeaways Devils: New Jersey has shown resilience all season and Tuesday was another example. With this win the Devils improved to 5-2-1 this season coming off a loss.

Panthers: The game started a very tough 10-game stretch for Florida — two games against New Jersey, two against NHL-leading Winnipeg, two games with Carolina and single matchups against Chicago, Colorado, Washington and Toronto in that span.

Key moment Florida's Jonah Gadjovich and New Jersey's Brenden Dillon had a wild fight midway through the second period, 30 seconds of them holding each other's sweater with their left hands and throwing constant punches with their rights. Gadjovich's helmet was knocked off and his head was tucked inside his sweater for half of the fight. Dillon ended up going down first.

Key stat The Devils improved to 9-0-0 this season when leading after two periods. It's almost a guaranteed win in the NHL these days when leading after 40 minutes; teams came into Tuesday with a 181-4-15 record this season in that scenario.

Up next The teams meet again Thursday night in Sunrise.

Regular Season Series

NJ leads series 1-0

Scoring Summary

Goal 1st Period 8:30 Jack Hughes Goal (8) Snap Shot, assists: Jesper Bratt (15), Dougie Hamilton (12)
Goal 2nd Period 8:41 Sam Reinhart Goal (12) Tip-In, assists: Uvis Balinskis (5), Aleksander Barkov (11)
Goal 2nd Period 17:29 Timo Meier Goal (7) Snap Shot, assists: Dawson Mercer (6), Jonas Siegenthaler (6)
Goal 3rd Period 15:07 Paul Cotter Goal (7) Wrist Shot, assists: Nico Hischier (7), Dougie Hamilton (13)
Goal 3rd Period 18:58 Ondrej Palat Goal (3) Wrist Shot, assists: Jesper Bratt (16)

Statistics

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21 Blocked Shots 9
25 Hits 36
4 Takeaways 4
24 Shots 35
0 Power Play Goals 1
1 Power Play Opportunities 3
0.0 Power Play Percentage 33.3
0 Short Handed Goals 0
0 Shootout Goals 0
23 Faceoffs Won 35
39.7 Faceoff Win Percent 60.3
18 Giveaways 15
6 Total Penalties 4
15 Penalty Minutes 11
Florida Panthers Florida Panthers Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Matthew Tkachuk, LW Day-To-Day Jul 28
New Jersey Devils New Jersey Devils Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Luke Hughes, D Day-To-Day Jul 28
Brenden Dillon, D Day-To-Day Jul 28
Nico Hischier, C Day-To-Day Jul 28
Jesper Bratt, LW Day-To-Day Jul 28
Johnathan Kovacevic, D Out Jul 2

Game Information

Amerant Bank Arena

Location: Sunrise, FL
Attendance: 18,677 | Capacity:

2024-25 Metropolitan Division Standings

TEAM W L PTS OTL
Washington 51 22 111 9
Carolina 47 30 99 5
New Jersey 42 33 91 7
Columbus 40 33 89 9
NY Rangers 39 36 85 7
NY Islanders 35 35 82 12
Pittsburgh 34 36 80 12
Philadelphia 33 39 76 10

2024-25 Atlantic Division Standings

TEAM W L PTS OTL
Toronto 52 26 108 4
Tampa Bay 47 27 102 8
Florida 47 31 98 4
Ottawa 45 30 97 7
Montreal 40 31 91 11
Detroit 39 35 86 8
Buffalo 36 39 79 7
Boston 33 39 76 10
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