Nashville Predators 2, New Jersey Devils 3: final score and stats
New Jersey Devils beat Nashville Predators, Nashville Predators 2 to New Jersey Devils 3, on Thursday, January 29, 2026 at Prudential Center, Newark, NJ. Below: the box score, top performers, team stats, injuries and recent form for New Jersey Devils vs Nashville Predators.
NHLThursday, January 29, 2026
DateJan 29, 2026
Start time7:00 PM ET
VenuePrudential Center, Newark, NJ
TVESPN+
Attendance15,788
Line score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | OT | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nashville Predators | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| New Jersey Devils | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Top performers
Team comparison
Nashville PredatorsNew Jersey Devils
Goals per game
Goals allowed per game
24-23-6Record28-24-2
2nd in Central DivisionStanding2nd in Metropolitan Division
4-4Road record / home record8-2
WWWWWLast 5LWWWW
W6StreakL1
Team stats
Nashville PredatorsNew Jersey Devils
Blocked Shots
Hits
Takeaways
Shots
Power Play Goals
Power Play Opportunities
Power Play Percentage
Short Handed Goals
Shootout Goals
Faceoffs Won
Faceoff Win Percent
Giveaways
Total Penalties
Penalty Minutes
Injury report
Confirm lineups and injuries close to game time.
Nashville Predators
Jonathan Marchessault RW · Lower Body
OutNew Jersey Devils
Anthony Mantha RW · Neck
Injured ReserveSeamus Casey D · Knee
Injured ReserveJohnathan Kovacevic D · Undisclosed
Day-To-DayBox score
Nashville Predators Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Bunting | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 12:50 | 1:03 | 0:00 | 11:47 | 18 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Luke Evangelista | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 18:30 | 1:05 | 0:00 | 17:25 | 21 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Filip Forsberg | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 19:26 | 3:31 | 0:00 | 15:55 | 22 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Erik Haula | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 15:58 | 1:01 | 3:22 | 11:35 | 22 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 60.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyson Jost | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:10 | 0:00 | 0:36 | 9:34 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jonathan Marchessault | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15:14 | 2:59 | 0:00 | 12:15 | 17 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael McCarron | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 16:28 | 0:00 | 2:38 | 13:50 | 21 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 35.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan O'Reilly | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22:04 | 2:57 | 3:16 | 15:51 | 24 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 66.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cole Smith | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16:00 | 0:00 | 1:03 | 14:57 | 20 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Steven Stamkos | 1 | 2 | 0 | -2 | 14:08 | 2:55 | 0:00 | 11:13 | 20 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 60.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ozzy Wiesblatt | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9:20 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 9:20 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Matthew Wood | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7:52 | 0:15 | 0:00 | 7:37 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 40.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Nashville Predators Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Justin Barron | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11:39 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 11:39 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Blankenburg | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 16:52 | 0:54 | 1:44 | 14:14 | 23 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Roman Josi | 3 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 28:08 | 3:06 | 1:56 | 23:06 | 32 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Perbix | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:57 | 0:00 | 4:01 | 12:56 | 24 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Brady Skjei | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28:27 | 0:14 | 4:04 | 24:09 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Adam Wilsby | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:03 | 0:00 | 1:20 | 14:43 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
Nashville Predators Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Justus Annunen | 3 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 32 | .914 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 60:42 | 0 | 0 |
New Jersey Devils Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jesper Bratt | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 20:51 | 4:37 | 0:10 | 16:04 | 22 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Connor Brown | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19:12 | 4:39 | 2:40 | 11:53 | 20 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul Cotter | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 13:30 | 0:17 | 0:00 | 13:13 | 17 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 50.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Evgenii Dadonov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:11 | 1:16 | 0:00 | 11:55 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Luke Glendening | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8:36 | 0:00 | 2:13 | 6:23 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 60.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arseny Gritsyuk | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 18:46 | 1:32 | 0:00 | 17:14 | 25 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Lenni Hameenaho | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 15:48 | 0:39 | 0:00 | 15:09 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nico Hischier | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 26:09 | 4:41 | 1:53 | 19:35 | 28 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 13 | 56.7 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Hughes | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2:27 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 2:27 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Timo Meier | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 19:41 | 4:03 | 0:00 | 15:38 | 21 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dawson Mercer | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 16:10 | 1:05 | 1:04 | 14:01 | 23 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 20.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Maxim Tsyplakov | 0 | 5 | 0 | -1 | 8:18 | 0:39 | 0:00 | 7:39 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
New Jersey Devils Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brenden Dillon | 0 | 5 | 0 | -1 | 16:13 | 0:00 | 2:25 | 13:48 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Dougie Hamilton | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20:43 | 3:58 | 0:00 | 16:45 | 24 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Johnathan Kovacevic | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 21:25 | 0:00 | 1:35 | 19:50 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Simon Nemec | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16:59 | 2:04 | 0:00 | 14:55 | 17 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Brett Pesce | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:51 | 0:00 | 2:10 | 16:41 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jonas Siegenthaler | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:20 | 0:30 | 1:50 | 19:00 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
New Jersey Devils Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jacob Markstrom | 2 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 27 | .931 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 60:38 | 0 | 0 |
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Frequently asked questions
Who won Nashville Predators vs New Jersey Devils?
New Jersey Devils won, 3-2, on Thursday, January 29, 2026.
What was the final score of Nashville Predators vs New Jersey Devils?
Nashville Predators 2, New Jersey Devils 3.
Who were the top performers?
Nashville Predators: Filip Forsberg (1 goals). New Jersey Devils: Dougie Hamilton (1 goals).
Where is Nashville Predators vs New Jersey Devils played?
Prudential Center, Newark, NJ.
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