{"id":527301,"date":"2026-03-28T09:41:35","date_gmt":"2026-03-28T09:41:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/527301\/"},"modified":"2026-03-28T09:41:35","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T09:41:35","slug":"devils-4-2-predators-mar-26-2026-game-recap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/527301\/","title":{"rendered":"Devils 4-2 Predators (Mar 26, 2026) Game Recap"},"content":{"rendered":"

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — \u2014 Nico Hischier<\/a> scored two goals to lead the New Jersey Devils<\/a> to a 4-2 victory over the Nashville Predators<\/a> on Thursday night. <\/p>\n

Jesper Bratt<\/a> scored a goal and added two assists, Timo Meier<\/a> scored an empty-net goal, and Jacob Markstrom<\/a> made 16 saves for the Devils, winners of five of six. Jack Hughes<\/a> and Jonas Siegenthaler<\/a> had two assists apiece. <\/p>\n

Reid Schaefer<\/a> and Steven Stamkos<\/a> scored and Justus Annunen<\/a> made 26 saves for the Predators, who had their five-game winning streak snapped. <\/p>\n

Nashville entered Thursday three points ahead of the Los Angeles Kings<\/a> for the Western Conference\u2019s second wild card berth.<\/p>\n

With time winding down in the third and the Devils on a power play, Hughes’ shot from the left side tipped off Hischier and past Annunen at 14:07. <\/p>\n

Bratt scored the game\u2019s first goal with 1:58 remaining in the opening period.<\/p>\n

Siegenthaler faked a shot from the high slot and slid a pass to Jack Hughes in the right circle, where his one timer deflected off Bratt.<\/p>\n

Hughes has a seven game point-scoring streak. <\/p>\n

Bratt has scored in a career-high five straight and has 19 goals on the season.<\/p>\n

Hischier made it 2-0 at 9:13 of the second when Bratt\u2019s wrist shot from the left side tipped off Hischier and snuck past Annunen on the near post.<\/p>\n

Schaefer halved New Jersey’s lead less than two minutes later on a breakaway, slipping a wrist shot between Markstrom\u2019s pads.<\/p>\n

Stamkos made it 2-2 with 7 remaining in the second on a backhand from just outside the crease, his 36th goals of the season.<\/p>\n

Nashville’s Matthew Wood<\/a> hit the left post with 1:45 left in a bid to tie the game. <\/p>\n

Up next <\/p>\n

Devils visit the Carolina Hurricanes<\/a> on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Predators host the Montreal Canadiens<\/a> on Saturday.<\/p>\n

——<\/p>\n

AP NHL: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/nhl<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NASHVILLE, Tenn. — \u2014 Nico Hischier scored two goals to lead the New Jersey Devils to a 4-2…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":527302,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5119],"tags":[5,2409,231,5281,4,2410],"class_list":{"0":"post-527301","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nashville-predators","8":"tag-hockey","9":"tag-nashville","10":"tag-nashville-predators","11":"tag-nashvillepredators","12":"tag-nhl","13":"tag-predators"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116306149104222370","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/527301","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=527301"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/527301\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/527302"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=527301"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=527301"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=527301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}