Game Thread: New Jersey Devils @ Dallas Stars Mar 24 2026 8:00 PM EDT

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Time Clock
Final
Teams 1st 2nd 3rd Total
NJD 4 0 2 6
DAL 1 2 1 4
Team Shots Faceoff % Blocked Shots Hits
NJD 25 50.0% 22 15
DAL 27 50.0% 13 21

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Strength Description Edge Goal Visualizer
1 04:12 NJD Even Jack Hughes (19) Snap, Assists: Simon Nemec (14) Link
1 08:16 DAL Even Wyatt Johnston (39) Snap, Assists: Thomas Harley (25) Jason Robertson (45) Link
1 09:11 NJD Even Jesper Bratt (18) Wrist, Assists: Jonas Siegenthaler (8) Dougie Hamilton (22) Link
1 12:52 NJD Even Connor Brown (14) Snap, Assists: Arseny Gritsyuk (18) Jonas Siegenthaler (9) Link
1 17:19 NJD Even Jack Hughes (20) Snap, Assists: Luke Hughes (27) Jesper Bratt (39) Link
2 01:11 DAL PP Wyatt Johnston (40) Snap, Assists: Matt Duchene (22) Jason Robertson (46) Link
2 12:31 DAL Even Jason Robertson (39) Snap, Assists: Nils Lundkvist (7) Wyatt Johnston (38) Link
3 06:46 NJD Even Timo Meier (20) Snap, Assists: Nico Hischier (29) Dawson Mercer (19) Link
3 13:08 DAL Even Mavrik Bourque (14) Tip-In, Assists: Justin Hryckowian (14) Thomas Harley (26) Link
3 19:00 NJD Even, EN Dougie Hamilton (10) Snap, Assists: Unassisted Link

Penalties

Period Time Team Type Min Description
1 07:46 NJD MIN 2 Timo Meier hooking against Adam Erne
1 08:01 DAL MIN 2 Miro Heiskanen hooking against Dawson Mercer
2 01:00 NJD MIN 2 Lenni Hameenaho tripping against Mavrik Bourque
2 03:13 NJD MIN 2 Brenden Dillon cross checking against Michael Bunting
2 09:19 DAL MIN 2 Miro Heiskanen hooking against Dawson Mercer
2 16:48 DAL MIN 2 Jason Robertson slashing against Connor Brown
3 11:06 NJD MIN 2 Dougie Hamilton slashing against Sam Steel

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Last updated: 2026-03-24_23:12:43.900858-04:00

24 comments

  1. Wild game but at least it wasn’t a complete collapse. Team finished strongly in the 3rd

  4. Devils beat a very good Stars team, while setting an NHL record for failed easy clears in the third period.

    Historic night.

  6. They should have been punished about 6 times with the Dallas net empty. It’s a miracle it’s not tied. Wild game

  9. I love high scoring Devils games again! What could have been this year…

    Also can we spend the entire training camp practicing clearing our zone?

    Mercer again is ending the season looking lost. Hoping he can figure out how to turn it around next year.

  10. I love when Dano’s inner player/fan comes out like when he got so mad at Nico for not shooting for the empty net lol. Voicing the feelings of Devils fans everywhere!

    Crazy game! Figured Dallas would be making a hell of a rally with 40 minutes to make up a 3 goal deficit. Only a dozen more Devils games left this year so let’s try to keep having fun.

  11. ive resigned myself to the fact that there is no way we were ever getting my nittany lion so might as well enjoy some random wins

  15. What a game! I’ll take these crazy high scoring games over the 2-1 snoozers any day. Keefe might want to have a heart attack but oh well. A lot of people thought they’d get their asses kicked tonight but I don’t know, I had a good feeling. They play the western teams pretty well and it kind of reminded me of the game against Dallas a couple of years ago. I’ll always think of it as the Nick DeSimone and Tomas Nosek legacy game where they went into Dallas and scored a ton of goals and shockingly beat them lol

  16. Devils won. That’s all that matters. They took the lead early, fudged things in the second, but were able to hang on to the lead and get a security goal.

  17. WE JUST BEAT THE SECOND BEST TEAM IN THE NHL?!:

    * granted we played ONE good period against them. hung on for the second period. and did just enough to bring it home in the third.
    * 22-0-0 when we have a lead going into the third period. BONKERS
    * defensemen were involved in tonight’s goals all night! Nemec, Hughes, Hamilton, Siegenthaler! thats what you like to see!
    * the Jack line is brilliant when they’re out of their own zone, but need a lot of work in their own zone.
    * frankly most of our lines/defense is shite in our own zone.
    * Jake Allen deserved that win
    * we got Otter pulled!
    * I was very concerned for our PK, but for the most part they killed what they needed to.
    * our power play was ugly af. I understand why you wanna keep the first unit out there for as long as possible, but it wasn’t working tonight. we should have seen way more of the second unit, they’re far more into shooting than the first unit is.
    * that was a fun fucking game. a heart attack of a game. but a fun game.
    * and we won a milestone game for Dougie! yay!
    * glad Nemo is okay and hope Gritsy is okay

    Nashville next! I just wanna continue watching fun hockey!

  18. Not saying that this team deserves it, but the NHL seriously needs to look into abolishing the loser point. NJ is 36-34 sitting 11 pts out of a spot while Pittsburgh is 35-36 sitting in playoff position.

  19. Is there a place to check team records leading after 2 periods this season? I’m wondering which other teams are undefeated like we are in that stat

  21. This would’ve been a legendary day for the tank if we lost…. but i will never be upset with a win! Loved the offense

  23. Only Keefe would say he liked parts of that 2nd period better than the first.. also said Grits needs to be “assessed”. Hope he’s ok.

  24. from Keefe’s win speech, looks like Stefan Noesen traveled with the team.

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