The New Jersey Devils played their first home game of 2025 on Jan. 11. They beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 3-2 in overtime.

New Jersey Devils forward, Ondrej Palat opened the scoring 8:10 into the first period, following a turnover in the corner by Tampa Bay. A minute later, Lightning captain Victor Hedman tied the game up with a shot through traffic from above the left circle.

Ask most NHL players and they will say there is something special about playing games at Montreal’s Bell Centre, particularly on a Saturday night.

Despite an excellent start from the Penguins, the Lightning's shooting talent came up clutch to secure a 5-2 victory.

The New Jersey Devils visit the Montreal Canadiens for the first time this season, to begin a two-game road trip. You can watch on MSGSN2 or listen on the Devils Hockey Network. Read below for your game preview and pre-game story below.

Quick stats: Caufield, Suzuki and Slafkovsky were all plus-3. Jake Evans was minus-3. The Canadiens blocked 32 shots — six each by Hutson and Carrier. While Dobes lost for the first time in his NHL career, his save percentage was .909.

In a 56-second sequence late in the third period of a tie game, the Canadiens blocked six Devils shot attempts. It was the kind of display that showed Montreal's toughness — even though the end result was an OT loss,

Evgenii Dadonov had a goal and an assist, Casey DeSmith stopped 33 shots in his second shutout of the season and Dallas beat St. Louis. Esa Lindell scored a power-play goal, Miro Heiskanen had an assist for the fourth straight game and Dallas won for the seventh time in its last nine road games.

The Toronto Maple Leafs defeated the Tampa Bay Lightning for the third consecutive time this season, winning 5-3 at Scotiabank Arena on Monday night. With the victory, the Leafs have scored five goals in each matchup and outscored their Atlantic Division opponent 15-8 over that stretch.

The Toronto Maple Leafs have selected their starting goaltender against the Tampa Bay Lightning ahead of a very important divisional game. After having lost 3 consecutive contests, the Toronto Maple Leafs have run up a modest 2-game winning streak on the back of two third period surges.

Cam Talbot stopped 28 shots for his second shutout of the season as the Detroit Red Wings beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 2-0 on Saturday night. Marco Kasper redirected J.T. Compher’s shot at 9:55 of the second period,