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New York Islanders at New Jersey Devils

NHLSeptember 20, 2026Prudential Center

IslandersNew YorkNYI0-1-0

Islanders 1, Devils 2

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DevilsNew JerseyNJWon1-0-0
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Devils Down the Islanders, 2-1 in AHL-Heavy Preseason OpenerOne game, one win.Recap · Yahoo Sports — NHL

Scoring

Play-by-play

In order

1st

  1. 0:00Start of 1st Period
  2. 0:00Cody Glass faceoff won against Calum Ritchie
  3. 0:09Giveaway by Calum Ritchie
  4. 0:20Brenden Dillon Slap Shot saved by Vitek Vanecek
  5. 1:11Puck in Benches
  6. 0:23Giveaway by Declan Chisholm
  7. 1:11Puck in Benches
  8. 1:11Liam Foudy faceoff won against Matyas Melovsky
  9. 1:42Daniil Prokhorov shot blocked by Seamus Casey
  10. 1:44Liam Foudy Backhand saved by David Rittich
  11. 1:46Goalie Stopped
  12. 1:44Liam Foudy Backhand saved by David Rittich
  13. 1:46Goalie Stopped
  14. 1:46Ryan Schmelzer faceoff won against Luca Romano
  15. 1:46Ryan Schmelzer faceoff won against Luca Romano
  16. 2:19Ethan Bear shot blocked by Ryan Schmelzer
  17. 3:57Pierre Engvall Wrist Shot saved by David Rittich
  18. 4:12Icing
  19. 4:12Matyas Melovsky faceoff won against Matthew Highmore
  20. 4:12Icing
  21. 4:12Matyas Melovsky faceoff won against Matthew Highmore
  22. 4:20Ben Steeves Wrist Shot Wide Right
  23. 4:53Daniil Prokhorov shot blocked by Brenden Dillon
  24. 4:12Matyas Melovsky faceoff won against Matthew Highmore
  25. 4:20Ben Steeves Wrist Shot Wide Right
  26. 4:53Daniil Prokhorov shot blocked by Brenden Dillon
  27. 5:31Isaiah George Wrist Shot saved by David Rittich
  28. 6:44Vladislav Kolyachonok Wrist Shot saved by Vitek Vanecek
  29. 7:01Giveaway by Cole Eiserman
  30. 7:01Giveaway by Cole Eiserman
  31. 7:42Cole Eiserman Wrist Shot saved by David Rittich
  32. 7:46Connor Brown Hooking
  33. 7:46TV Timeout
  34. 7:46TV Timeout
  35. 7:46Cody Glass faceoff won against Calum Ritchie
  36. 8:52Ondrej Palat Slap Shot saved by David Rittich
  37. 8:54Cole Eiserman Wrist Shot saved by David Rittich
  38. 8:54Cole Eiserman Wrist Shot saved by David Rittich
  39. 9:13Ondrej Palat Wrist Shot Wide Left
  40. 9:23Ondrej Palat Snap Shot Wide Left
  41. 9:51Colin White Tripping against Vitek Vanecek
  42. 11:16Cole Eiserman shot blocked by Connor Brown
  43. 11:16Cole Eiserman shot blocked by Connor Brown
  44. 11:18Puck in Netting
  45. 11:18Puck in Netting
  46. 11:18Ryan Schmelzer faceoff won against Daniil Prokhorov
  47. 11:51Giveaway by Kashawn Aitcheson
  48. 12:19Matyas Melovsky Backhand Wide Left
  49. 13:15Marshall Warren shot blocked by Ethan Edwards
  50. 13:35Calum Ritchie Minor
  51. 13:15Marshall Warren shot blocked by Ethan Edwards
  52. 13:35Calum Ritchie Minor
  53. 13:35Shane Lachance Minor
  54. 13:35Shane Lachance Elbowing
  55. 13:35TV Timeout
  56. 13:35Cody Glass faceoff won against Liam Foudy
  57. 14:16Cody Glass
  58. 14:20Declan Chisholm shot blocked by Matthew Kessel
  59. 14:29Brenden Dillon Snap Shot Hit Right Post
  60. 14:29Brenden Dillon Snap Shot Hit Right Post
  61. 15:37Kashawn Aitcheson Slap Shot saved by David Rittich
  62. 15:40Ben Steeves High-sticking
  63. 15:40Ben Steeves High-sticking against Kashawn Aitcheson
  64. 15:37Kashawn Aitcheson Slap Shot saved by David Rittich
  65. 15:40Ben Steeves High-sticking against Kashawn Aitcheson
  66. 15:40TV Timeout
  67. 15:40TV Timeout
  68. 15:40Cody Glass faceoff won against Calum Ritchie
  69. 16:24Calum Ritchie Tip-In saved by David Rittich
  70. 16:58Cole Eiserman Wide Left
  71. 17:39Pierre Engvall shot blocked by Seamus Casey
  72. 17:40Puck in Netting
  73. 17:40Luca Romano faceoff won against Matyas Melovsky
  74. 17:52Giveaway by Pierre Engvall
  75. 17:54Matyas Melovsky Wrist Shot saved by Vitek Vanecek
  76. 18:42Isaiah George saved by David Rittich
  77. 18:46Matthew Kessel saved by David Rittich
  78. 18:46Matthew Highmore Wide Left
  79. 18:52Shot
  80. 18:49Cody Glass faceoff won against Matthew Highmore
  81. 18:49Cody Glass faceoff won against Matthew Highmore
  82. 18:52Isaiah George Interference - Goalkeeper against David Rittich
  83. 19:13Cody Glass Tip-In saved by Vitek Vanecek
  84. 19:28Declan Chisholm Wrist Shot saved by Vitek Vanecek
  85. 19:31Goalie Stopped
  86. 19:31Amadeus Lombardi faceoff won against Ondrej Palat
  87. 19:31Amadeus Lombardi faceoff won against Ondrej Palat
  88. 19:50Ethan Edwards Hooking against Calum Ritchie
  89. 19:50Calum Ritchie faceoff won against Cody Glass
  90. 19:54Victor Eklund Tip-In saved by David Rittich
  91. 19:57Puck in Netting
  92. 19:57Calum Ritchie faceoff won against Cody Glass
  93. 19:57Calum Ritchie faceoff won against Cody Glass
  94. 20:00End of 1st Period

2nd

  1. 0:00Start of 2nd Period
  2. 0:00Calum Ritchie faceoff won against Cody Glass
  3. 0:17Cole Eiserman shot blocked by Brenden Dillon
  4. 0:20Puck in Netting
  5. 0:20Victor Eklund faceoff won against Cody Glass
  6. 0:41Calum Ritchie Wrist Shot High and Wide Left
  7. 0:53Cole Eiserman Goal (1) Snap Shot, assists: Vladimír Dravecký (1), Calum Ritchie (1)
  8. 0:55Riley Tufte faceoff won against Liam Foudy
  9. 1:05Daniil Prokhorov hit Vladislav Kolyachonok
  10. 1:20Daniil Prokhorov Boarding against Anton Silaev
  11. 1:16Daniil Prokhorov hit Anton Silaev
  12. 1:20Daniil Prokhorov Boarding against Anton Silaev
  13. 1:20Cody Glass faceoff won against Matthew Highmore
  14. 1:44Takeaway by Connor Brown
  15. 3:11Lenni Hameenaho Slap Shot Off Crossbar
  16. 3:18Lenni Hameenaho shot blocked by Matthew Kessel
  17. 3:18Lenni Hameenaho shot blocked by Matthew Kessel
  18. 3:59Ryan Schmelzer Goal (1) , assists: Ben Steeves (1), Ethan Edwards (1)
  19. 3:59Ryan Schmelzer faceoff won against Liam Foudy
  20. 3:59Ryan Schmelzer faceoff won against Liam Foudy
  21. 3:59Ryan Schmelzer faceoff won against Liam Foudy
  22. 4:06Giveaway by Cam Squires
  23. 4:09Giveaway by Kashawn Aitcheson
  24. 4:22Kashawn Aitcheson hit Cam Squires
  25. 4:28Ryan Schmelzer Tip-In
  26. 4:33Ryan Schmelzer hit Liam Foudy
  27. 6:35Calum Ritchie Backhand saved by David Rittich
  28. 6:49Matyas Melovsky shot blocked by Xavier Parent
  29. 6:53Xavier Parent Wrist Shot Above Crossbar
  30. 7:02Anton Silaev Snap Shot saved by Vitek Vanecek
  31. 7:35Kashawn Aitcheson Slap Shot saved by David Rittich
  32. 7:35Kashawn Aitcheson Slap Shot saved by David Rittich
  33. 7:02Anton Silaev Snap Shot saved by Vitek Vanecek
  34. 7:35Kashawn Aitcheson Slap Shot saved by David Rittich
  35. 6:53Xavier Parent Wrist Shot Above Crossbar
  36. 7:02Anton Silaev Snap Shot saved by Vitek Vanecek
  37. 7:35Kashawn Aitcheson Slap Shot saved by David Rittich
  38. 7:37Goalie Stopped
  39. 7:37Luca Romano faceoff won against Ryan Schmelzer
  40. 7:38Kashawn Aitcheson Wrist Shot saved by David Rittich
  41. 7:40Goalie Stopped
  42. 7:38Kashawn Aitcheson Wrist Shot saved by David Rittich
  43. 7:40Goalie Stopped
  44. 7:40Ryan Schmelzer faceoff won against Luca Romano
  45. 8:09Icing
  46. 8:09Luca Romano faceoff won against Cody Glass
  47. 8:22Ethan Edwards shot blocked by Tomas Poletin
  48. 8:22Ethan Edwards shot blocked by Tomas Poletin
  49. 8:25Puck in Netting
  50. 8:25Cody Glass faceoff won against Liam Foudy
  51. 8:27Connor Brown Wide Left
  52. 8:27Connor Brown Tip-In Wide Left
  53. 8:35Connor Brown shot blocked by Matthew Kessel
  54. 9:24Riley Tufte Snap Shot saved by Vitek Vanecek
  55. 9:24Riley Tufte Snap Shot saved by Vitek Vanecek
  56. 9:51Icing
  57. 9:51Colin White faceoff won against Matthew Highmore
  58. 9:58Riley Tufte Backhand saved by Vitek Vanecek
  59. 9:58Riley Tufte Backhand saved by Vitek Vanecek
  60. 10:02Goalie Stopped
  61. 10:02Cody Glass faceoff won against Calum Ritchie
  62. 10:10Giveaway by Amadeus Lombardi
  63. 10:39Calum Ritchie Wrist Shot Hit Left Post
  64. 11:00Giveaway by Kashawn Aitcheson
  65. 11:05Ethan Edwards shot blocked by Luca Romano
  66. 11:34Seamus Casey Snap Shot saved by Vitek Vanecek
  67. 11:34Seamus Casey Snap Shot saved by Vitek Vanecek
  68. 11:35Matyas Melovsky Wrist Shot Hit Right Post
  69. 11:53Gleb Veremyev Wrist Shot Above Crossbar
  70. 11:57Giveaway by Cam Squires
  71. 12:07Isaiah George
  72. 12:07Isaiah George shot blocked by Ryan Schmelzer
  73. 12:09Puck in Netting
  74. 12:41Daniil Prokhorov Wrist Shot saved by David Rittich
  75. 12:41Daniil Prokhorov Wrist Shot saved by David Rittich
  76. 12:43Goalie Stopped
  77. 12:43Colin White faceoff won against Matthew Highmore
  78. 12:52Riley Tufte shot blocked by Isaiah George
  79. 13:04Riley Tufte Snap Shot saved by Vitek Vanecek
  80. 13:07Goalie Stopped
  81. 13:04Riley Tufte Snap Shot saved by Vitek Vanecek
  82. 13:07Goalie Stopped
  83. 13:07Cody Glass faceoff won against Calum Ritchie
  84. 13:19Giveaway by Calum Ritchie
  85. 14:01Connor Brown Snap Shot saved by Vitek Vanecek
  86. 13:23Takeaway by Ondrej Palat
  87. 14:01Connor Brown Snap Shot saved by Vitek Vanecek
  88. 14:01Connor Brown Snap Shot saved by Vitek Vanecek
  89. 14:32Puck Frozen - Goalie
  90. 14:32Matyas Melovsky faceoff won against Joey Larson
  91. 14:32Matyas Melovsky faceoff won against Joey Larson
  92. 14:47Joey Larson High-sticking
  93. 14:47Cody Glass faceoff won against Ondrej Palat
  94. 14:47Cody Glass faceoff won against Ondrej Palat
  95. 14:51Cody Glass shot blocked by Isaiah George
  96. 15:18Giveaway by Riley Tufte
  97. 16:04Puck in Netting
  98. 16:04Puck in Netting
  99. 16:04Shane Lachance faceoff won against Calum Ritchie
  100. 17:40Luca Romano Snap Shot Wide Left
  101. 18:14Anton Silaev Slap Shot saved by Vitek Vanecek
  102. 17:40Luca Romano Snap Shot Wide Left
  103. 18:14Anton Silaev Slap Shot saved by Vitek Vanecek
  104. 18:16Goalie Stopped
  105. 18:16Cody Glass faceoff won against Liam Foudy
  106. 18:55Takeaway by Ethan Bear
  107. 19:14Marshall Warren Wrist Shot saved by David Rittich
  108. 19:14Marshall Warren Wrist Shot saved by David Rittich
  109. 19:44Vladimír Dravecký shot blocked by Brenden Dillon
  110. 19:44Vladimír Dravecký shot blocked by Brenden Dillon
  111. 19:50Victor Eklund hit Brenden Dillon
  112. 19:50Victor Eklund hit Brenden Dillon
  113. 20:00End of 2nd Period

3rd

  1. 0:00Start of 3rd Period
  2. 0:00Calum Ritchie faceoff won against Cody Glass
  3. 0:26Cody Glass hit Matthew Kessel
  4. 0:32Ondrej Palat shot blocked by Calum Ritchie
  5. 1:06Giveaway by Pierre Engvall
  6. 1:11Riley Tufte Backhand saved by Vitek Vanecek
  7. 1:24Matthew Highmore Wrist Shot saved by David Rittich
  8. 1:38Cole Eiserman Tip-In Above Crossbar
  9. 2:07Anton Silaev hit Daniil Prokhorov
  10. 2:10Joey Larson hit Vladislav Kolyachonok
  11. 2:54Daniil Prokhorov hit Brenden Dillon
  12. 3:01Giveaway by Declan Chisholm
  13. 4:03Giveaway by Kashawn Aitcheson
  14. 4:24Takeaway by Amadeus Lombardi
  15. 5:11Giveaway by Declan Chisholm
  16. 5:42Matyas Melovsky Snap Shot Wide Left
  17. 5:46Ethan Edwards shot blocked by Matthew Kessel
  18. 5:46Ethan Edwards shot blocked by Matthew Kessel
  19. 5:57Ethan Edwards shot blocked by Matthew Kessel
  20. 6:24Ethan Edwards Snap Shot saved by Vitek Vanecek
  21. 5:55Giveaway by Liam Foudy
  22. 5:57Ethan Edwards shot blocked by Matthew Kessel
  23. 6:24Ethan Edwards Snap Shot saved by Vitek Vanecek
  24. 6:39Off-side
  25. 6:39Off-side
  26. 6:39Ryan Schmelzer faceoff won against Luca Romano
  27. 7:42Victor Eklund shot blocked by Brenden Dillon
  28. 7:42Victor Eklund shot blocked by Brenden Dillon
  29. 7:04Giveaway by Cam Squires
  30. 7:36Giveaway by Victor Eklund
  31. 7:42Victor Eklund shot blocked by Brenden Dillon
  32. 7:49Victor Eklund shot blocked by Declan Chisholm
  33. 7:53Connor Brown Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: none
  34. 7:53Colin White faceoff won against Matthew Highmore
  35. 8:09Colin White shot blocked by Matthew Kessel
  36. 8:10Puck in Netting
  37. 8:10Puck in Netting
  38. 8:10Colin White faceoff won against Liam Foudy
  39. 8:44Ben Steeves shot blocked by Liam Foudy
  40. 8:46Puck in Netting
  41. 8:46Matyas Melovsky faceoff won against Luca Romano
  42. 9:18Puck in Benches
  43. 8:46Matyas Melovsky faceoff won against Luca Romano
  44. 9:18Puck in Benches
  45. 9:18Ryan Schmelzer faceoff won against Calum Ritchie
  46. 8:53Tomas Poletin hit Vladislav Kolyachonok
  47. 9:18Puck in Benches
  48. 9:18Ryan Schmelzer faceoff won against Calum Ritchie
  49. 9:29Giveaway by Calum Ritchie
  50. 9:30Declan Chisholm shot blocked by Marshall Warren
  51. 10:12Seamus Casey Snap Shot saved by Vitek Vanecek
  52. 10:27Vladislav Kolyachonok Snap Shot Wide Right
  53. 9:52Giveaway by Cam Squires
  54. 10:12Seamus Casey Snap Shot saved by Vitek Vanecek
  55. 10:27Vladislav Kolyachonok Snap Shot Wide Right
  56. 10:54Vladislav Kolyachonok Backhand Wide Right
  57. 11:24Kashawn Aitcheson shot blocked by Brenden Dillon
  58. 11:50Daniil Prokhorov Wrist Shot saved by David Rittich
  59. 11:54Goalie Stopped
  60. 11:50Daniil Prokhorov Wrist Shot saved by David Rittich
  61. 11:54Goalie Stopped
  62. 11:54Luca Romano faceoff won against Matyas Melovsky
  63. 12:08Marshall Warren Snap Shot Wide Left
  64. 12:23Icing
  65. 12:23Calum Ritchie faceoff won against Matyas Melovsky
  66. 13:27Giveaway by Declan Chisholm
  67. 13:34Pierre Engvall shot blocked by Declan Chisholm
  68. 13:49Pierre Engvall Wrist Shot Wide Right
  69. 14:34Seamus Casey Snap Shot Short
  70. 15:10Xavier Parent Snap Shot saved by Vitek Vanecek
  71. 15:21Takeaway by Marshall Warren
  72. 15:26Xavier Parent Tip-In saved by Vitek Vanecek
  73. 15:31Marshall Warren Tripping against Xavier Parent
  74. 15:31TV Timeout
  75. 15:31Cody Glass faceoff won against Matthew Highmore
  76. 15:47Connor Brown Wrist Shot saved by Vitek Vanecek
  77. 15:49Riley Tufte hit Isaiah George
  78. 15:54Riley Tufte Wrist Shot High and Wide Right
  79. 16:02Cody Glass shot blocked by Ondrej Palat
  80. 16:29Matthew Kessel hit Connor Brown
  81. 16:43Matthew Kessel hit Amadeus Lombardi
  82. 17:08Connor Brown shot blocked by Matthew Kessel
  83. 18:01Kashawn Aitcheson shot blocked by Ethan Edwards
  84. 18:05Giveaway by Cole Eiserman
  85. 18:28Puck in Crowd
  86. 18:28Colin White faceoff won against Calum Ritchie
  87. 18:59Cole Eiserman Wrist Shot saved by David Rittich
  88. 18:59Cole Eiserman Wrist Shot saved by David Rittich
  89. 19:00Victor Eklund Wrist Shot saved by David Rittich
  90. 19:15Vladimír Dravecký shot blocked by Ondrej Palat
  91. 19:16Ondrej Palat
  92. 19:17Timeout - Visitor
  93. 19:17Cody Glass faceoff won against Calum Ritchie
  94. 19:28Off-side
  95. 19:28Cody Glass faceoff won against Calum Ritchie
  96. 19:29Puck in Benches
  97. 19:30Calum Ritchie faceoff won against Cody Glass
  98. 19:43Cole Eiserman hit Cody Glass
  99. 19:59Off-side
  100. 19:59Calum Ritchie faceoff won against Cody Glass
  101. 20:00End of 3rd Period
  102. 20:00Game End

2nd

  1. 0:53NYI 1, NJ 0Cole Eiserman Goal (1) Snap Shot, assists: Vladimír Dravecký (1), Calum Ritchie (1)
  2. 3:59NYI 1, NJ 1Ryan Schmelzer Goal (1) , assists: Ben Steeves (1), Ethan Edwards (1)

3rd

  1. 7:53NYI 1, NJ 2Connor Brown Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: none

Game leaders

IslandersNew York

DevilsNew Jersey

Team stats

  • NYI 22ShotsNJ 22
  • NYI 26%Faceoffs wonNJ 74%
  • NYI 1Power-play goalsNJ 0
  • NYI 4Power playsNJ 3
  • NYI 28HitsNJ 28
  • NYI 17Blocked shotsNJ 13
  • NYI 3TakeawaysNJ 4
  • NYI 22GiveawaysNJ 18
  • NYI 10Penalty minutesNJ 12
All team stats
  • NYI 25%Power play percentageNJ 0%
  • NYI 12Faceoffs wonNJ 34
  • NYI 5Total penaltiesNJ 6

Box score

ForwardsGA+/-SOGHTBSPIMTOIFO%TKPPTOISHTOIESTOISHFTYTDGSSMFWFLGVPN
Cole Eiserman LW100021017:590.004:550:0013:04191410020
Victor Eklund LW00-1040018:44100.005:000:5712:47200201000
Pierre Engvall LW000000016:140.002:162:4011:18200100020
Liam Foudy C000001014:5233.300:002:1012:42180103620
Matthew Highmore C000000013:300.000:002:3310:57180200700
Joey Larson RW000021211:160.000:000:0011:16150000111
Ondrej Palat LW00-1011018:200.013:461:4912:45200120200
Tomas Poletin LW00-103109:340.000:000:009:34120000000
Daniil Prokhorov RW000050213:270.002:060:0011:21170200101
Calum Ritchie C01-1010219:2131.304:571:3212:522002251131
Luca Romano C00-1001012:2233.302:070:209:55150013600
Gleb Veremyev C00-1030011:140.000:000:0011:14140010000
DefenseGA+/-SOGHTBSPIMTOITKPPTOISHTOIESTOISHFTYTDGSSMFWFLFO%GVPN
Kashawn Aitcheson D000020022:4002:072:3318:0023031000.060
Ethan Bear D000001016:0911:490:1814:0221000000.000
Isaiah George D000002219:1600:063:2815:4219020000.011
Matthew Kessel D000047021:2000:004:0217:1821010000.040
Marshall Warren D00-2011216:4410:001:3815:0621011000.011
GoaliesSAGASVSV%TOISOSSOSAESSVPPSVSHSVYTDGPIM
Vitek Vanecek G22220.90957:4300182000

Video

0:41Ryan Schmelzer scores goal for Devils0:43Connor Brown lights the lamp0:35Gleb Veremyev scores goal vs. Devils
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