Live Game Updates: Devils vs. Coyotes

The New Jersey Devils lost in the shootout to the Arizona Coyotes on Friday night. 

Catch up on the highlights from the game below:

POST GAME

New Jersey is defeated by Arizona 4-3 in a shootout.

POST-GAME INTERVIEWS: 

Akira Schmid, Jesper Bratt and Lindy Ruff:

GOALS & HIGHLIGHTS

FIRST PERIOD

Making his NHL debut tonight is Arizona Coyote Logan Cooley. Cooley was taken third at the 2022 NHL Draft, just behind Devils defenseman Simon Nemec. 

‣ Five players from Switzerland will take part in tonight's Devils/Coyotes game: Nico Hischier, Timo Meier, Jonas Siegenthaler and Akira Schmid for New Jersey, and JJ Moser for the Coyotes. 

GOAL!
6:22 | 1 ARI, 0 NJ
ARI Goal: Dumba (Keller, Schmaltz)

END-OF-PERIOD STATS: 

SHOTS: 14 ARI, 7 NJ
POWER PLAY: 0/1 ARI, 0/1 NJ
HITS: 7 ARI, 7 NJ
GIVEAWAYS: 1 ARI, 4 NJ
TAKEAWAYS: 0 ARI, 5 NJ
BLOCKED SHOTS: 5 ARI, 5 NJ

Catch up on some of Akira Schmid's best saves of the first period: 

SECOND PERIOD

GOAL! 
4:23 | 2 ARI, 0 NJ
PP Goal: Durzi (Keller, Cooley)

GOAL! 
8:09 | 2 ARI, 1 NJ
NJ Goal: Bratt (J. Hughes, Hamilton)

GOAL! 
12:29 | 2 ARI, 2 NJ
NJ PP Goal: Hamilton (J. Hughes, Bratt)

GOAL! 
18:53 | 2 ARI, 3 NJ
NJ PP Goal: Bratt (J. Hughes, Toffoli)

‣  Jack Hughes had five points in the opening five periods of the Devils 2023-24 NHL season. Jack has assisted on all three Devils goals tonight so far and scored two goals last night against the Red Wings.

The Devils and Coyotes combined for nine penalties in the second period along. The Devils have scored two goals on their five chances, while the Coyotes have one on their four. 

END-OF-PERIOD STATS

SHOTS: 24 ARI, 22 NJPOWER PLAY: 2/5 NJ, 1/4 ARI
HITS: 14 ARI, 11 NJ
GIVEAWAYS: 2 ARI, 5 NJ
TAKEAWAYS: 0 ARI, 7 NJ
BLOCKED SHOTS: 11 ARI, 7 NJ

THIRD PERIOD

GOAL! 
13:55 | 3 ARI, 3 NJ
NJ PP Goal: Schmaltz (Cooley)

OVERTIME

No Goals

SHOOTOUT

DEVILS - Meier (missed), Bratt (missed)

COYOTES - Bjugstad (scored), Schmaltz (scored)

PRE-GAME

DEVILS LINEUP

Meier-Hishier-Mercer
Toffoli-Hughes-Bratt
Palat-Haula-Holtz
Nosek-McLeod-Bastian

Siegenthaler-Hamilton
Bahl-Marino
Smith-Hughes

Schmid
Vanecek

COYOTES LINEUP

Keller-Hayton-Schmaltz
Zucker-Cooley-Kerfoot
Maccelli-Bjugstad-Crouse
Carcone-McBain-O'Brien

Moser-Dumba
Välimäki-Dermott
Durzi-Brown

Vejmelka
Ingram

LINDY RUFF PRE-GAME INTERVIEW

Lindy Ruff | PRE-GAME RAW