COL @ NJD Gameday Thread
COL @ NJD
Venue: Prudential Center
Puck drop: Tue Oct 20, 2026 7:00pm EDT
Use this thread to talk about the game before, during, and after.
Game Preview
COL
- Record 6-3-1
- Streak L1
- GF/GP · GA/GP 3.8 · 2.3
- Power play 6/33 (18.2%)
- Last game L vs PHI (0–0)
NJD
- Record 5-5-0
- Streak L1
- GF/GP · GA/GP 2.9 · 3.4
- Power play 7/34 (20.6%)
- Last game L vs WSH (2–4)
Recent meetings:
- 2025-10-28 NJD 4 @ COL 8
- 2025-10-26 COL 3 @ NJD 4 OT/SO
Players to watch (last 5 team games):
COL
- Nathan MacKinnon 8 pts · 3 G · 24 SOG
- Martin Necas 7 pts · 3 G · 7 SOG
- Artturi Lehkonen 5 pts · 3 G · 8 SOG
- Brock Nelson 3 pts · 2 G · 15 SOG
NJD
- Jack Hughes 7 pts · 1 G · 19 SOG
- Nico Hischier 5 pts · 4 G · 11 SOG
- Arseny Gritsyuk 5 pts · 3 G · 13 SOG
- Jesper Bratt 5 pts · 2 G · 12 SOG
Prediction:
Expected goals: COL 3.62 · NJD 2.76 · Win odds: COL 63.8% · NJD 36.2% · OT/SO chance: 15.6%
- 3-3 34.1%
- 3-2 34%
- 4-2 31.9%
Box Score
COL 3
Final
NJD 4
2026-10-20
| Stat | COL | NJD |
|---|---|---|
| Goals | 3 | 4 |
| Shots | 34 | 41 |
| Power Play | 0/1 (0.0%) | 0/1 (0.0%) |
| PIM | 2 | 2 |
| Faceoffs | 20 / 37 | 37 / 20 |
| Blocks | 14 | 24 |
| Saves | 37 | 31 |
| COL Scorers | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| G | A | PTS | |
| Artturi Lehkonen | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Gabriel Landeskog | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Cale Makar | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Brock Nelson | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Fedor Svechkov | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Gavin Brindley | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Nazem Kadri | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| NJD Scorers | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| G | A | PTS | |
| Luke Evangelista | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Arseny Gritsyuk | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Declan Chisholm | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Jesper Boqvist | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Connor Brown | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Dougie Hamilton | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Jonas Siegenthaler | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Nico Hischier | 0 | 1 | 1 |