2024 NHL Stadium Series
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New Jersey Devils
New York Islanders
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| MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford | |||
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| February 17–18, 2024 | |||
| Game one | Philadelphia Flyers at New Jersey Devils | ||
| Game two | New York Rangers at New York Islanders | ||
| Total attendance | 150,018[1] | ||
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The 2024 NHL Stadium Series was a series of two outdoor regular season National Hockey League (NHL) games that were played during the 2023–24 NHL season. This was the first time since 2016 that two Stadium Series games were scheduled instead of just one. Both games were held on the weekend of February 17–18, 2024, at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey. The Philadelphia Flyers faced the New Jersey Devils on February 17, while the New York Rangers played the New York Islanders on February 18.[2]
The NHL announced the Stadium Series games on June 3, 2023.[2] The league originally planned to only stage one game with just the Rangers and Devils.[3]
All three NHL teams in the New York metropolitan area were represented, like the two games at Yankee Stadium in the 2014 NHL Stadium Series.[4] As with the case of 2014, the Rangers were designated the away team for their game against the Islanders as their home arena, Madison Square Garden, receives tax-exempt status, but only if the Rangers do not "cease playing" home games at MSG, generally interpreted as playing any "home" game outside of MSG.[5][6] This also marked the first time the Devils played a home game at the Meadowlands Sports Complex in nearly 17 years, following the team's departure from the Meadowlands Arena at the end of the 2006-07 NHL season for its current home of Prudential Center.
MetLife Stadium, which is less than ten miles from the regular home arenas of both the Rangers and Devils, were scheduled to undergo renovations after the end of the 2023 National Football League season in preparation for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, and therefore several low-level sideline seats were covered with tarp prior to the Stadium Series.[3]
Game one (Devils vs. Flyers, February 17, 2024)
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| Date | February 17, 2024 | |||||||||||||||
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| Attendance | 70,328 | |||||||||||||||
Game summary
Despite being outshot 48–40, New Jersey controlled most of the game, thanks in large part to two goals from Nico Hischier, two goals from Nathan Bastian, one goal from Tyler Toffoli, and one goal from Brendan Smith. Nico Daws, recently called up from the Utica Comets, made 45 saves in the Devils’ 6–3 victory. For Philadelphia, Nick Seeler scored once and Owen Tippett scored twice.[7]
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| Period | Team | Goal | Assist(s) | Time | Score |
| 1st | NJD | Nico Hischier (17) | Ondrej Palat (13), John Marino (14) | 0:32 | NJD 1–0 |
| NJD | Tyler Toffoli (22) | Brendan Smith (5), Jack Hughes (33) | 13:30 | NJD 2–0 | |
| 2nd | PHI | Owen Tippett (20) | Travis Konecny (26), Egor Zamula (11) | 7:43 | NJD 2–1 |
| NJD | Brendan Smith (2) | Ondrej Palat (14), Nico Hischier (20) | 16:36 | NJD 3–1 | |
| NJD | Nathan Bastian (4) | Timo Meier (12), Curtis Lazar (20) | 17:48 | NJD 4–1 | |
| PHI | Owen Tippett (21) – pp | Travis Konecny (27), Morgan Frost (18) | 18:23 | NJD 4–2 | |
| 3rd | NJD | Nico Hischier (18) | Jesper Bratt (38), John Marino (15) | 2:48 | NJD 5–2 |
| PHI | Nick Seeler (1) | Scott Laughton (18), Sean Walker (15) | 9:07 | NJD 5–3 | |
| NJD | Nathan Bastian (5) – en | Erik Haula (17), Curtiz Lazar (13) | 18:15 | NJD 6–3 | |
- Number in parentheses represents the player's total in goals or assists to that point of the season
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| Period | Team | Player | Penalty | Time | PIM | |||
| 1st | PHI | Morgan Frost | High Sticking | 1:35 | 2:00 | |||
| NJD | Colin Miller | Delay Of Game | 5:10 | 2:00 | ||||
| PHI | Jamie Drysdale | Holding | 5:57 | 2:00 | ||||
| PHI | Scott Laughton | Delay Of Game | 19:18 | 2:00 | ||||
| 2nd | ||||||||
| PHI | Nicolas Deslauriers | Roughing | 8:32 | 2:00 | ||||
| NJD | Colin Miller | Roughing | 8:32 | 2:00 | ||||
| NJD | Simon Nemec | Holding | 10:12 | 2:00 | ||||
| PHI | Travis Konecny | Slashing | 10:51 | 2:00 | ||||
| PHI | Nick Seeler | High-sticking | 13:46 | 2:00 | ||||
| NJD | Ondrej Palat | Hooking | 18:00 | 2:00 | ||||
| 3rd | No penalties | |||||||
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| Three star selections | |||
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| Team | Player | Statistics | |
| 1st | NJD | Nico Hischier | 2 goals, 1 assist |
| 2nd | NJD | Brendan Smith | 1 goal, 1 assist |
| 3rd | NJD | Nathan Bastian | 2 goals |
Game two (Islanders vs. Rangers, February 18, 2024)
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| Date | February 18, 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Attendance | 79,690 | ||||||||||||||||||
Game summary
After being down 4–1, the Rangers defeated the Islanders in an impressive comeback, scoring three unanswered goals in 4:18 after being down 5–3, resulting in a 6–5 overtime win. Igor Shesterkin made 36 saves on 41 shots. Scoring for the Rangers included Erik Gustafsson, Vincent Trocheck, Chris Kreider, Mika Zibanejad, and Artemi Panarin. The Islanders' goals came from Mathew Barzal, Bo Horvat, Anders Lee, Brock Nelson, and Alexander Romanov.[8]
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| Period | Team | Goal | Assist(s) | Time | Score |
| 1st | NYR | Erik Gustafsson (5) | Kaapo Kakko (4), Jonny Brodzinski (11) | 1:28 | NYR 1–0 |
| NYI | Brock Nelson (23) | Scott Mayfield (5), Cal Clutterbuck (11) | 4:20 | 1–1 | |
| NYI | Bo Horvat (22) | Noah Dobson (49), Adam Pelech (6) | 7:18 | NYI 2–1 | |
| NYI | Mathew Barzal (16) – pp | Brock Nelson (20), Noah Dobson (50) | 7:34 | NYI 3–1 | |
| 2nd | NYI | Anders Lee (14) – pp | Pierre Engvall (11), Mike Reilly (9) | 1:03 | NYI 4–1 |
| NYR | Vincent Trocheck (17) – pp | Artemi Panarin (41), Adam Fox (36) | 5:36 | NYI 4–2 | |
| NYR | Vincent Trocheck (18) | Alexis Lafreniere (18), Ryan Lindgren (8) | 18:24 | NYI 4–3 | |
| 3rd | NYI | Alexander Romanov (6) | Noah Dobson (51) | 1:53 | NYI 5–3 |
| NYR | Chris Kreider (28) – pp | Artemi Panarin (42), Vincent Trocheck (33) | 15:52 | NYI 5–4 | |
| NYR | Mika Zibanejad (18) – pp | Adam Fox (37), Alexis Lafreniere (19) | 18:31 | 5–5 | |
| OT | NYR | Artemi Panarin (32) | Unassisted | 0:10 | NYR 6–5 |
- Number in parentheses represents the player's total in goals or assists to that point of the season
| Penalty summary | |||||
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| Period | Team | Player | Penalty | Time | PIM |
| 1st | NYR | Matt Rempe | Fighting – major | 1:29 | 5:00 |
| NYI | Matt Martin | Fighting – major | 1:29 | 5:00 | |
| NYI | Scott Mayfield | Boarding | 5:20 | 2:00 | |
| NYR | Alexis Lafreniere | Tripping | 6:47 | 2:00 | |
| 2nd | NYR | Chris Kreider | Hooking | 0:34 | 2:00 |
| NYI | Anders Lee | Slashing | 4:19 | 2:00 | |
| 3rd | NYI | Scott Mayfield | Tripping | 10:36 | 2:00 |
| NYI | Alexander Romanov | Roughing | 13:40 | 2:00 | |
| NYR | Vincent Trocheck | Roughing | 13:40 | 2:00 | |
| NYI | Mathew Barzal | Hooking | 14:16 | 2:00 | |
| NYI | Scott Mayfield | Tripping | 17:32 | 2:00 | |
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| Three star selections | |||
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| Team | Player | Statistics | |
| 1st | NYR | Vincent Trocheck | 2 goals, 1 assist |
| 2nd | NYR | Artemi Panarin | 1 goal, 2 assists |
| 3rd | NYI | Brock Nelson | 1 goal, 1 assist |
