[Recap/Boxscore](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2022020857)
###Boxscore
|Teams|1st|2nd|3rd|Total|
|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
|[](/r/devils)|1|1|1|3|
|[](/r/bluejackets)|1|1|0|2|
###Team Stats
|Team|Shots|Hits|Blocked|FO Wins|Giveaways|Takeaways|Power Plays|
|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
|[](/r/devils)|32|13|11|46.2%|1|10|0/2|
|[](/r/bluejackets)|33|24|22|53.8%|5|5|1/3|
###Goal Summary
|Period|Time|Team|Strength|Description|
|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
|1st|10:46|[](/r/devils)|Even|[Yegor Sharangovich (12) Wrist Shot, assists: Fabian Zetterlund (13), Erik Haula (19)](https://hlslive-wsczoominwestus.med.nhl.com/editor/2755f51d-1d38-46fa-b377-109c7c1ef780.mp4)|
|1st|19:58|[](/r/bluejackets)|Power Play|[Johnny Gaudreau (15) Snap Shot, assists: Patrik Laine (18), Adam Boqvist (11)](https://hlslive-wsczoominwestus.med.nhl.com/editor/4eb01146-faed-42ef-8494-f79180958f0e.mp4)|
|2nd|00:07|[](/r/devils)|Even|[Jesper Bratt (21) Wrist Shot, assists: John Marino (7), Ryan Graves (12)](https://hlslive-wsczoominwestus.med.nhl.com/editor/4f9ccd98-091e-4fae-8c70-c8c7a5c7b8ac.mp4)|
|2nd|04:41|[](/r/bluejackets)|Even|[Adam Boqvist (1) Wrist Shot, assists: Boone Jenner (14), Gavin Bayreuther (5)](https://hlslive-wsczoominwestus.med.nhl.com/editor/cb938e70-35b7-4e9a-acb1-b8c2b513271b.mp4)|
|3rd|19:58|[](/r/devils)|Even|Ryan Graves (6) Snap Shot, assists: Michael McLeod (15), Ondrej Palat (8)|
###Penalty Summary
|Period|Time|Team|Type|Min|Description|
|:–:|:–:|:-:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
|1st|06:17|[](/r/bluejackets)|Minor|2|Gavin Bayreuther Interference against Miles Wood|
|1st|18:13|[](/r/devils)|Minor|2|Erik Haula Tripping against Jack Roslovic|
|2nd|08:39|[](/r/bluejackets)|Minor|2|Patrik Laine High-sticking against Damon Severson|
|2nd|14:17|[](/r/devils)|Minor|2|Tomas Tatar Hooking against Emil Bemstrom|
|3rd|08:11|[](/r/devils)|Minor|2|Yegor Sharangovich Hooking against Patrik Laine|
by HockeyMod
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Funny how were 2nd in the division and Johnny G could’ve been a part of that if he wanted. Now he’s on a team that’s in last place. Good riddance. LGD!
This team could be outshot 45-10 and somehow pull out a win.
I hate it, but also love it. I have no idea what to expect come playoffs.
Glad we finally got some depth scoring tonight. I want Jack back though.
#5 of 6 points without Hughes.
#Bring me Timo
Winners keep winning.
It’s always gotta be a sweat. Jesus this team just loves to cut it close
Honestly pretty bad game from Devils’ side against a bottom feeder team but Gravy nailed that, almost like it was to embarrass ’em. Gotta love it
that was certainly an ending
You could watch only the first and last 10 seconds of each period and miss nothing
Ugh I can’t believe we won again and STILL haven’t fired Lindy?! Fitz has no idea what he’s doing.
Wow Vitek bailed us out
God damn, you sexy beasts devils, LGD!!!!
#THE DEVILS MAY NEVER LOSE AGAIN
Well, we wanted a regulation win. And that was certainly a regulation win.
This.Fucking.Team
You’re welcome Blue Jackets bros. Almost got an extra point there, close one! Go get Connor
This will get lost in the madness, but the perfect call from Bill. I love him so much. I love this team so much. I refuse to be negative. The sky’s the limit for us.
I swear this team is just playing down to other teams levels to preserve energy for the playoffs.
Can never be easy against Columbus (except for that one time) but VV really got us there, another game we would have been caved in last year. And really this result was good for us both, we keep ahead of the Rags and the Blue Jackets Fail Hard for Bedard.
Talk about a satisfying ending, get fucked Columbus
Michael McLeod with the late game heroics, who didn’t see that one coming?
Why isn’t Gravy wearing the Giant Hat Hat?
This team is either
a) way better than they appear because they do just enough to win and no more out of laziness/energy conservation
Or
2) way worse than appear because they’re truly getting their ass kicked and just lucking into Ws
To the old jackets fan behind the devils sin bin cartoonishly giving the bad finger wave over and over to the players that got a penalty that last goal is for you
Lmao the McLeod “hold onto the puck forever looking for a pass” play worked.
Jeez what a game. Columbus blocking a million shots, Bratt and Marino running the Edmonton Play to perfection again, but most importantly a regulation win, even if it took 59:59 to secure it.
Is gravy’s chin okay?
Feel bad for Merzlikins but happy for the regulation win
Really gotta love that patience by McLeod.
I DONT KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH MY HANDS
Erika can be my valentine 🥰 she is so cute!
As they say, good teams find ways to win over and over for more than a month despite playing objectively pretty poor hockey. But that’s another two points without Jack. That’s what I’m gonna focus on here.
And now all those poor fans that just got gutpunched with 1.4s left are gonna leave the arena and remember they’re in Ohio. Brutal.
That ending was electric.
Let’s fucking go.
Another relieving and kind of crazy fact: we are twice as far away in points from falling out of the playoff race entirely as we are from catching the Bruins
How poetic is it that we gave up our trademark last minute goal in the first only to score the GAME WINNING GOAL in the LAST SECOND OF THE GAME? I’ll see your fuck up and raise you one
Take that Johnny. How’s it feel to waste a whole year of your prime fucker?! 😂😂😂😂😂
It wasn’t pretty, but damn was it fun!
The Devils: The team that robs two points even when they forget they are good.
They really don’t need to make it this exciting every time though
Definitely an ugly game, but I’ll take any points by any means without Jack Hughes. Vitek played well, and a couple guys that haven’t been producing recently stepped up too.
I don’t know how to feel. Happy they won, or bothered by the way they played against a bad team.
Okay. Here’s some straight facts for ya:
In February, we are 3-0-1, with seven out of eight points.
In the Jackless era, we are 2-0-1, with five out of six points.
We are three points behind Carolina and third in the league overall and five points ahead of the Rags.
And here are some optimistic opinions from yours truly:
Yes, Nico is in a slump and so is Mercer, amongst others, but you know what that means? That those players will eventually NOT be in a slump and that’ll happen sooner rather than later and it’ll happen when we really need it when we’re facing the toughest part of our schedule next month.
Guys, honestly, I’m truly just enjoying the ride. We have some kick ass goaltending, we have amazing talent on this team, we are always in these games, and we’re a fucking heart attack to watch, and other teams absolutely hate playing against us.
See ya’ll on Thursday night.
anyone got the replay of the last goal?
Don’t mean to be dramatic but this might be the worst 11-1-2 stretch in Devils history
Switched over to the Stars-Bruins game and they flashed a stat of goalies with the best 3rd period save % and Vitek was third at .937. Having clutch goaltending is absolutely huge.
We need to go 9-6 in our remaining 15 away games to set our franchise record for most road wins in a season.
I know I said good night, but I think this CJ [tweet](https://twitter.com/CJTDevil/status/1625698194096066560?s=20&t=C1IJlZEZBQqGG55QwxvgjA) sums everything up quite nicely:
In 2023, the Devils have the most points with 27, and, simultaneously, have a 48.4 xG% which is twenty fifth in lead.
A perfect example of two things can be true at once.
To everyone saying it shouldn’t have been that close remember last year when we were ass and we could still occasionally beat a top team by a couple goals. The jackets actually beat Toronto and Carolina this season. We walked with 2 points and take it one game at a time.