REWIND

GOALS & HIGHLIGHTS

FIRST PERIOD

1-0 SENS, OTT GOAL: Tkachuk (Stützle) 3:14
Brady Tkachuk scores his 33rd of the season to open the scoring for the Senators

1-1 TIE, NJD PP GOAL: Hughes (unassisted) 10:21
Jack Hughes scores his 40th goal of the season, a power play goal, to tie the game at one.

QUICK NOTES:

> Jack Hughes becomes the first player since Zach Parise during the 2008-09 NHL season

> The New Jersey Devils have officially clinched a spot in the post-season with the Florida Panthers loss to the New York Rangers. The Devils are just the third team this season to secure their spot in the postseason behind the Boston Bruins and Carolina Hurricanes.

END-OF-PERIOD STATS
SHOTS: NJ 11, OTT 7
POWER PLAY: NJ: 1/1, OTT: 0/2

SECOND PERIOD

2-1 DEVILS, NJD GOAL: Bratt (unassisted) 2:24

3-1 DEVILS, NJD GOAL: Mercer (Hischier) 3:33
Dawson Mercer gives the Devils a two-goal lead with his 23rd goal of the season. Nico Hischier’s assist was his 39th of the season, to match his career-high in assists set last season.

QUICK NOTE:
> With 12:06 left in the second period, Senators Alex DeBrincat scored a power-play goal to bring the Senators within one, but the play was ruled off-side and the goal was overturned.

3-2 DEVILS, OTT GOAL: Chabot (Batherson, Stützle) 9:22

3-3 TIE, OTT GOAL: Kastelic (Hamonic) 16:03
Mark Kastelic scores his fifth of the season, the goal ties the game at three.

END-OF-PERIOD STATS
SHOTS: NJ 24, OTT 17
POWER PLAY: NJ: 1/2, OTT: 0/3

THIRD PERIOD

4-3 DEVILS, NJD GOAL: Hamilton (Hughes) 3:33
Dougie Hamilton scores his 19th goal of the season to set his new career-high in goals in a season.

QUICK NOTE: Hamilton has set the Devils franchise record of most goals in a season by a defenseman with his 19th of the year. He passes Scott Stevens who had 18 goals during the 1992-93 NHL season.

5-3 DEVILS, NJD EN GOAL: Tatar (Hischier, Marino) 19:17
Tomas Tatar hits the empty net for his 17th goal and 41st point of the season.

QUICK NOTE: Nico Hischier’s assist was his 40th of the season setting a new career-high.

END-OF-GAME STATS
SHOTS: NJ 35, OTT 28
POWER PLAY: NJ: 1/2, OTT: 0/3
HITS: OTT 32, NJ 13
BLOCKS: OTT 19, NJ 18

POST GAME

DEVILS LINEUP

Meier-Hischier-Bratt
Palat-Hughes-Mercer
Sharangovich-Haula-Tatar
Wood-McLeod

Siegenthaler-Hamilton
Graves-Marino
Bahl-Severson
Smith

Blackwood
Vanecek

SENATORS LINEUP

Tkachuk-Stützle-Giroux
DeBrincat-Pinto–Batherson
Brassard-Gambrell-Gauthier
Brown-Kastelic-Watson

Chabot-Hamonic
Sanderson-Zub
Brannstrom-Holden

Ferguson
Sogaard

HEAD COACH LINDY RUFF

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