Toronto Maple Leafs at New Jersey Devils

Wed, Mar 4, 2026 · Prudential Center · 2025–26 Regular Season

Toronto Maple Leafs

3 – 4

Final/SO

New Jersey Devils

The New Jersey Devils beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 4–3 in a shootout on Wed, Mar 4, 2026 at Prudential Center. Nico Hischier led the way with 2 points. Jacob Markstrom made 24 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 27–47.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	SO	T	SOG
TOR	1	1	1	0	0	3	27
NJD	1	1	1	0	2	4	47

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	05:26	TOR	EV	Matias Maccelli (11) · wrist	Dakota Joshua (5), Simon Benoit (4)	1–0
1st	07:55	NJD	EV	Timo Meier (17) · snap	Nico Hischier (24), Dawson Mercer (18)	1–1
2nd	03:20	TOR	PP	William Nylander (21) · deflected	Easton Cowan (11), Auston Matthews (26)	2–1
2nd	06:06	NJD	EV	Arseny Gritsyuk (11) · wrist	Jesper Bratt (32), Nico Hischier (25)	2–2
3rd	13:50	TOR	EV	Matthew Knies (16) · bat	John Tavares (29), Troy Stecher (9)	3–2
3rd	17:39	NJD	EV	Connor Brown (11) · wrist	Arseny Gritsyuk (15), Luke Hughes (23)	3–3

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	16:16	NJD	Cody Glass	slashing	2
2nd	01:21	NJD	Johnathan Kovacevic	closing hand on puck	2
2nd	03:50	NJD	Brenden Dillon	cross checking	2
2nd	09:11	TOR	Brandon Carlo	cross checking	2
2nd	11:36	TOR	Philippe Myers	interference	2
2nd	18:40	TOR	Dakota Joshua	hooking	2

Shot map

Goal● Shot on goal○ MissedSize = expected goals (xG)

Expected goals: TOR 2.69 · NJD 5.25 · xG% TOR 33.8

Toronto Maple Leafs

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
34	Auston Matthews	C	0	1	1	-1	0	6	1	2	33.3	24:57	28
88	William Nylander	R	1	0	1	-1	0	2	0	0		22:51	25
28	Troy Stecher	D	0	1	1	-1	0	2	1	0		20:45	27
2	Simon Benoit	D	0	1	1	-2	0	1	1	1		17:14	28
53	Easton Cowan	R	0	1	1	-2	0	0	0	0		17:03	21
91	John Tavares	C	0	1	1	0	0	4	1	2	56.3	16:45	20
63	Matias Maccelli	L	1	0	1	0	0	3	0	0		16:22	20
23	Matthew Knies	L	1	0	1	+1	0	2	1	2		15:48	19
81	Dakota Joshua	C	0	1	1	+1	2	1	3	1		11:19	16
22	Jake McCabe	D	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	1		26:28	30
44	Morgan Rielly	D	0	0	0	+2	0	1	0	2		22:35	27
55	Nicolas Roy	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	70.6	17:55	23
25	Brandon Carlo	D	0	0	0	+1	2	1	3	2		17:23	26
11	Max Domi	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100.0	15:25	18
51	Philippe Myers	D	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0		14:58	23
19	Calle Jarnkrok	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0		12:18	17
89	Nick Robertson	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0		10:33	15
18	Steven Lorentz	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0		8:21	13

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
41	Anthony Stolarz	OTL	47	44	3	.936	65:00

New Jersey Devils

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
13	Nico Hischier	C	0	2	2	+1	0	5	1	0	63.6	24:17	26
81	Arseny Gritsyuk	R	1	1	2	+1	0	1	0	0		17:04	21
43	Luke Hughes	D	0	1	1	+2	0	4	1	1		22:11	28
63	Jesper Bratt	L	0	1	1	+1	0	4	1	0		20:31	23
28	Timo Meier	R	1	0	1	+1	0	7	0	2		19:19	22
91	Dawson Mercer	C	0	1	1	+1	0	4	0	0		18:49	22
16	Connor Brown	R	1	0	1	0	0	6	0	0		17:16	21
7	Dougie Hamilton	D	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	1		27:15	28
86	Jack Hughes	C	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	42.9	22:44	24
71	Jonas Siegenthaler	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	1		20:34	24
17	Simon Nemec	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	3		18:53	22
5	Brenden Dillon	D	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	3		16:21	19
8	Johnathan Kovacevic	D	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0		15:51	20
12	Cody Glass	C	0	0	0	+1	2	2	1	0	43.8	14:36	22
29	Lenni Hameenaho	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0		10:39	15
72	Nick Bjugstad	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0		8:33	11
47	Paul Cotter	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0		7:16	10
42	Maxim Tsyplakov	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		6:52	8

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
25	Jacob Markstrom	W	27	24	3	.889	65:00