It took 10:05 in the first period for Anaheim to register their first shot of the game and it would also be the game's first goal. The Devils were down 1-0 after Troy Terry benefited from a puck squeaking loose off a hard Ducks forecheck below the goal line. The puck landed on Ducks leading-scorer's stick, whose wrist shot beat Jacob Markstrom.

The Devils entered this game, their first of a back-to-back, having won six of their last eight games and are in second place in the Metropolitan Division. Ducks head coach Greg Cronin ran the same lineup that earned the team their win over Edmonton.

For the final game of 2024, the Anaheim Ducks and the New Jersey Devils faced off to ring in the new year. Although the Devils made an impressive comeback in the third period, it was the Ducks who would be victorious 3-2 on home ice.