The Devils visit the Rangers tonight for their third of seven preseason games before the start of the regular season! Stick around to the Live Blog to stay up to date on the game!

GOALS & HIGHLIGHTS

FIRST PERIOD

NOTE: Akira Schmid gets the start in net tonight for the Devils. He'll play half of the game before Erik Kallgren will take over. Tonight is the final time during the preseason when a goaltender will play only half a game. Going forward, Schmid and Vitek Vanecek are scheduled to play two games each of the final four.

OBSERVATION: Seven minutes into the first period the Devils are holding the 8-1 shot advantage.

The Rangers have caught up in the shot battle - while both teams are still looking for their first goals - with 2:40 to play in the first the Devils hold the 11-8 shot advantage.

GOAL!
1-0 NJD
NJ Goal: Toffoli (Nemec, J. Hughes) 18:50
Both Jack Hughes and Simon Nemec make high-caliber plays to get this goal up. Hughes goes into the far corner to retrieve the puck, and dangles through three Rangers players to feed Nemec. Nemec goes for the crisp, cross-ice pass to Toffoli.

\OBSERVATION: \Luke Hughes played a whopping 8:01 of the first period, in his first preseason game.

END OF PERIOD STATS:
Shots:\ 12 NJ, 8 NYR
Power play: NJ 0-for1, NYR n/a

SECOND PERIOD

NOTE: Akira Schmid ends his night halfway through the game, as planned by the coaching staff. He heads to the bench having made 21 saves on 21 shots against the Rangers. Erik Kallgren will now take over. Schmid, dating back to the 2023 playoffs has a shutout streak of 89:20 against the Rangers.

GOAL!
1-1, tie
NYR Goal: Gustaffson (Schneider, Cuylle), 9:47

END OF PERIOD STATS:
Shots:\ 25 NYR, 20 NJD
Power play: NJ 0-for-2, NYR 0-for-2

NOTE: Luke Hughes and Simon Nemec are leading the way in ice time amongst all skaters on both teams. Hughes has logged 15:53 through two periods, while Nemec has logged 15:40

THIRD PERIOD

NOTE: Louis Domingue replaces Igor Shesterkin for the Rangers in net to start the period.

GOAL! 
2-1 NJ
NJ Goal: Bratt (Bahl, L. Hughes), 00:25

GOAL!
3-1, NJ
NJ EN Goal: McLeod, 18:25

GOAL!
3-2, NJ
NYR Goal: Othmann, 19:24

FINAL SCORE: 3-2 DEVILS

DEVILS LINEUP

Toffoli-Hughes-Bratt
Foote-McLeod-Clarke
Willman-Nosek-Lazar
Bowers-Dowling-Thompson

Hughes-Miller
Bahl-Marino
Wotherspoon-Nemec

Schmid
Kallgren

RANGERS LINEUP

Kreider-Zibanejad-Lafrenière
Cuylle-Brodzinski-Kakko
Othmann-Bonino-Wheeler
Blidh-Henriksson-Belzile

Miller-Fox
Gustafsson-Schneider
Jones-Emberson

Shesterkin
Domingue

DEVILS MINUTE