Key Highlights
- 1 at Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementMore: Blue Jackets score TKO against Devils: TakeawaysAfter engaging in four fights, committing 16 penalties and serving a combined 64 penalty minutes during a raucous second period, each team gave their side of what happened. Dec 1, 2025; Newark, New Jersey, USA; New Jersey Devils defenseman Brenden Dillon (5) is helped off the ice after a fight during the second period of their game against the Columbus Blue Jackets at Prudential Center.
- Mandatory Credit: Ed Mulholland-Imagn ImagesDevils coach Sheldon Keefe blamed the Blue Jackets for everything and accused Dmitri Voronkov and Adam Fantilli of forcing two of his defensemen, Brendan Dillon and Jonas Sigenthaler, to engage in fights that didn’t go well for either one. Dillon, playing his 1,000th NHL game, left the ice wobbled after two massive uppercuts from Voronkov, who dropped his right glove to punch him after first taking a gloved sucker punch to the face first.
- Fantilli, Damon Severson and Zach Werenski spoke about it Dec.
- 3 at Nationwide Arena, and the latter two offered a suggestion for Keefe. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisement“The video doesn’t lie, right?” said Severson, a former Devils defenseman.
- “When somebody comes after you, you’ve got to be ready to protect yourself.