National Hockey League

FINAL Thursday, October 1, 2026
Philadelphia Flyers 2
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New Jersey Devils 3
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PHI10102
NJ01113
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Match Report

Olympic hero Jack Hughes scores in OT to lift the Devils over the Flyers 3-2

— Jack Hughes scored with 1:37 left in overtime to lift the New Jersey Devils to a 3-2 win over the Philadelphia Flyers on Thursday night.

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Team Stats

32
Blocked Shots
10
24
Hits
18
3
Takeaways
7
25
Shots
44
0
Power Play Goals
0
1
Power Play Opportunities
4
0.0
Power Play Percentage
0.0
0
Short Handed Goals
0
0
Shootout Goals
0
32
Faceoffs Won
32
50.0
Faceoff Win Percent
50.0
23
Giveaways
18
4
Total Penalties
1
8
Penalty Minutes
2

Top Performers

PHI

  • Joseph Woll GA 3 · SA 44 · SOS 0
  • Matvei Michkov BS 2 · HT 0 · TK 1
  • Christian Dvorak BS 2 · HT 1 · TK 1
  • Sean Couturier BS 0 · HT 1 · TK 0

NJ

  • Jake Allen GA 2 · SA 25 · SOS 0
  • Evan Rodrigues BS 0 · HT 2 · TK 0
  • Nico Hischier BS 1 · HT 2 · TK 0
  • Jack Hughes BS 0 · HT 0 · TK 0

Recent Plays

  1. 3:23 · OT Game End
  2. 3:23 · OT End of OT
  3. 3:23 · OT Jack Hughes Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: Jesper Bratt (1)
  4. 3:15 · OT Giveaway by Travis Sanheim
  5. 2:39 · OT Trevor Zegras faceoff won against Jack Hughes
  6. 2:39 · OT Goalie Stopped
  7. 2:36 · OT Cam York Slap Shot saved by Jake Allen
  8. 1:03 · OT Dougie Hamilton Wrist Shot saved by Joseph Woll

Highlights

01:20 Philadelphia Flyers vs. New Jersey Devils: Game Highlights Watch on ESPN 00:24 Rasmus Ristolainen scores first goal of Flyers' season Watch on ESPN 00:35 Dougie Hamilton scores the equalizer for the Devils Watch on ESPN 00:36 Joseph Woll makes a big-time save for the Flyers Watch on ESPN

Head to Head

NJ leads series 1-0

Injuries

New Jersey Devils

  • Connor Hellebuyck Out
  • Seamus Casey Injured Reserve

Philadelphia Flyers

  • Rasmus Ristolainen Out
  • Cam York Injured Reserve
  • Owen Tippett Injured Reserve
  • Travis Konecny Injured Reserve
  • Nikita Grebenkin Injured Reserve

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