NEW JERSEY DEVILS NOTES:
LAST GAME
Carolina Hurricanes 5 (SO) New Jersey Devils 4
(25-6-6—56 PTS) (23-11-3—48 PTS)
Three Stars: 1. J. Bratt 2. D. Stepan 3. N. Hischier
Goals:
CAR: D. Stepan, S. Aho (SHG), D. Stepan, M. Necas; A. Svechnikkov (SO winner)
SCORE 1
ST 2
ND 3
RD OT SO FINAL
Carolina 0 2 2 0 1 5
DEVILS 0 1 3 0 0 4
New Jersey Devils: Media Notes
NJD: J. Hughes, J. Bratt, N. Hischier, J. Bratt
INJURIES/ILLNESS
PLAYER INJURY OUT SINCE GAMES MISSED
Jonathan Bernier – LTIR Lower-body, hip 2021-22 37
Ondrej Palat I.R. Lower-body Retro-active to Oct. 24 31
Nate Bastian Upper-Body Nov. 27 14
John Marino Upper-body Dec. 21 5
2022-23 Total Man-Games Lost to Injury/illness: 113
TRANSACTIONS
DATE PLAYER ACTION
12/28/22 Tyce Thompson Recalled from Utica
Tyler Wotherspoon Recalled from Utica
12/28/22 Ryan Graves Placed on I.R. retro to Dec. 21
John Marino Placed on I.R. retro to Dec. 20
12/28/22 Andreas Johnsson Placed on waivers
12/30/22 Andreas Johnsson Cleared waivers, assigned to Utica
1/1/23 Ryan Graves Activated from I.R.
WHAT TO KNOW
The Devils open their first road game for the month of January. The team is 13-2-1 on the road this season, which was tied with Carolina for the second most road wins in the NHL (Vegas, 15 wins), per Jan. 3. Tonight’s contest marks the first half of the team’s fifth back-to-back set this season. The team hosts St. Louis on Thursday, Jan. 5, at the Rock.
BACK-TO-BACK GAMES
Overall: 4-3-1
First game: 1-2-1 | home: 0-1-0 | road: 1-1-1
Second game: 3-1-0 | home: 1-1-0 | road: 2-0-0
On Jan. 4, 2022, last year, the team entailed a 5-9-2 record on the road. Jersey’s 38 goals allowed on the road are tied for the fewest in the NHL with Boston, per Jan. 3. The team’s two regulation losses on the road are also the fewest in the league. The Devils logged a 4-7-2 record for the month of December and were also outscored 41-33. The Devils are 18-0-1 when leading after the second period this season. Only Boston entails more wins (19-0-1) when leading after the second period for 2022-23, per Jan. 3. Yet, the team is 2-10-1 when trailing after the second period in a game this season. The Devils are 16-10-2 when outshooting an opponent this season, while Jersey is 6-1-1 when outshot in a game for the 2022-23 campaign. Jersey’s team experienced its first contest decided in a shootout this season via New Year’s Day vs Carolina, which marked the franchise’s longest stretch from the start of a season without entering a shootout round (36 GP). The second longest strethch was 27 games in 2018-19. Jersey’s team is 21-3-3 when scoring three-or-more goals in a game this season. The Devils are 13-10-2 vs the Eastern Conference and 7-5-0 vs the Atlantic Division for 2022-23. Jersey’s team is 19-3-3 when Nico Hischier recorded a point in a game this season and 11-4-2 when Jack Hughes scored a goal in a game for 2022-23. The Devils have allowed 1, or fewer, goals against nine times
DETROIT RED WINGS NOTES:
LAST GAME
RED WINGS 4 vs. OTTAWA 2 (12/31/22)
1ST PERIOD: OTT Watson (DeBrincat, Batherson) 10:36-EV; OTT Giroux (Stützle, Tkachuk) 15:27-EV
2ND PERIOD: DET Suter (Raymond) 8:42-EV
3RD PERIOD: DET Raymond (Määttä, Berggren) 1:18-EV; DET Söderblom (Veleno, Walman) 2:36-EV; DET Rasmussen (unassisted) 3:13-EV
SHOTS: DET 25 (6-7-12) / OTT 23 (11-2-10)
GOALIES: DET Hellberg (W, 21-23) / OTT Talbot (L, 21-25)
PP: DET 0-4 / OTT 0-4
MAN GAMES LOST (games missed / out since)
Robby Fabbri – lower body (35 / Oct. 10)
Jakub Vrána – personal (33 / Oct. 17)
Tyler Bertuzzi – upper body (26 / Nov. 30)
Filip Zadina – lower body (24 / Nov. 5)
Matt Luff – upper body (22 / Nov. 8)
Robert Hägg – undisclosed (9 / Dec. 8)
Ville Husso – non-COVID illness (2 / Dec. 29)
Total Man Games Lost: 189
Individual Man Games Lost: Elmer Söderblom (13), Gustav Lindström (11), Oskar Sundqvist (7), Olli Määttä (4), Michael Rasmussen (2), Dylan Larkin (1)
RECENT TRANSACTIONS
1/4 – Assigned goaltender Alex Nedeljkovic to Grand Rapids to conditioning
12/28 – Assigned forward Jakub Vrána to Grand Rapids for conditioning
12/27 – Reassigned goaltender Sebastian Cossa from Grand Rapids to Toledo (ECHL)
TONIGHT’S GAME
RED WINGS vs. DEVILS / 7:00 P.M. EST / LITTLE CAESARS ARENA / TV: TNT / RADIO: WXYT 97.1 FM
TONIGHT: 114th all-time meeting, 57th in Detroit … Third of three games this season, second of two at Little Caesars Arena ALL-TIME vs. NJ: 56-43-11-3 / HOME: 35-18-2-1 / LAST 10: 6-4-0 / IN 2021-22: 3-0-0 / THIS SEASON: 1-1-0 DET top scorers vs. NJ: Dylan Larkin (11-11-22 in 18 GP), Andrew Copp (2-7-9 in 16 GP), Michael Rasmussen (4-2-6 in 6 GP), Oskar Sundqvist (1-5-6 in 11 GP), Lucas Raymond (0-4-4 in 5 GP), Dominik Kubalík (3-1-4 in 6 GP), Filip Hronek (0-4-4 in 8 GP) NJ top scorers vs. DET: Dougie Hamilton (5-17-22 in 31 GP), Tomas Tatar (3-9-12 in 13 GP), Jesper Bratt (4-5-9 in 10 GP), Nico Hischier (4-4-8 in 10 GP), Fabian Zetterlund (1-2-3 in 3 GP), Dawson Mercer (3-0-3 in 5 GP), Jack Hughes (1-2-3 in 6 GP)
UPCOMING GAMES (ALL TIMES EST)
Friday, Jan. 6: RED WINGS vs. PANTHERS / 7:00 p.m. / LITTLE CAESARS ARENA / TV: BSD EXTRA / RADIO: WXYT 97.1 FM
Saturday, Jan. 7: RED WINGS at MAPLE LEAFS / 7:00 p.m. / Scotiabank Arena / TV: NHLN, CBC, BSD / RADIO: WXYT 97.1 FM
Tuesday, Jan. 10: RED WINGS vs. JETS / 7:00 p.m. / LITTLE CAESARS ARENA / TV: BSD / RADIO: WXYT 97.1 FM
LAST TIME OUT
Dec. 31 vs. Ottawa – 4-2 W
Detroit scored four unanswered goals – including three in a 1:55 span during the third period – to capture a 4-2 win over Ottawa and improve to 16-12-7 overall and 9-6-3 inside Little Caesars Arena … Detroit is 3-1-0 in its last four contests … The Red Wings earned their third multi-goal comeback win of the season, trailing only the Kings (4) and Blackhawks (4) … Detroit improved to 38-24-8-2 on New Year’s Eve and 34-23-7-2 on home ice … Additionally, the Red Wings own a 3-1-1 record on New Year’s Eve since moving to Little Caesars Arena … The result marked Detroit’s first win against Ottawa since Jan. 10, 2020, ending a five-game winless streak (0-4-1) … Lucas Raymond recorded a goal and an assist for his sixth multi-point game of the season … Raymond has six points (2-4-6) in his last six games dating back to Dec. 17 vs. Ottawa … Raymond earned his 17th career multi-point game, surpassing Tyler Bertuzzi (16 GP) for the second-most by a Red Wings skater since making his NHL debut in 2021-22 … Only Dylan Larkin (26 GP) has more multi-point outings with Detroit than Raymond since the latter entered the NHL … Pius Suter put Detroit on the board with his fifth goal of the season … Elmer Söderblom gave Detroit a 3-2 lead with his fifth goal of the season … Söderblom has a point in all six of his appearances with Detroit since being recalled on Dec. 14, tallying six points (3-3-6) and a plus-six rating in that span … Söderblom’s goal marked his second career game-winner, and first since he opened the scoring in his NHL debut on Oct. 14 vs. Montreal … Michael Rasmussen wrapped up the scoring with his seventh goal of the season … Rasmussen has seven points (3-4-7) in five contests since Dec. 19 at Washington … In all, the Red Wings scored three goals in the opening 3:13 of the third period, marking their fastest three goals to start a period since Feb. 9, 1993 (2:14 in the opening period vs. New Jersey) … Olli Määttä logged the primary assist on Raymond’s goal, giving him six points (1-5-6) in eight games since Dec. 4 at Columbus … Määttä has recorded 13 points (3-10-13) through 31 games, which is more than his combined total in two seasons with Los Angeles (1-11-12 in 107 GP from 2020-22) … Jonatan Berggren also picked up an assist on Raymond’s goal, giving him four points (1-3-4) in his last five outings … In all, Berggren has 13 points (5-8-13) in 22 games to begin his NHL career … Joe Veleno logged the primary assist on Söderblom’s goal to extend his point streak to six-consecutive games (2-4-6 in 6 GP) … Veleno has matched the longest point streak by a Red Wings skater this season, which was previously set by Filip Hronek from Nov. 12-25 (6-4-10 in 6 GP) … Detroit is 10-0-2 this season when scoring four-or-more goals … Detroit has outscored opponents by a 44-33 margin in third periods this season.
