TORONTO — Jack Hughes scored the third hat trick of his NHL profession because the New Jersey Devils topped the Toronto Maple Leafs 5-2 on Tuesday evening.
Cody Glass and Brenden Dillon additionally scored for New Jersey, and Jake Allen had 23 saves. Jesper Bratt added three assists.
John Tavares and Matias Maccelli scored for Toronto. Anthony Stolarz stopped 30 pictures. William Nylander had two assists.
The Leafs led 1-0 after the primary interval earlier than giving up three objectives within the first 5 minutes of the second.
Maple Leafs defenseman Chris Tanev left with an upper-body damage throughout a second-period penalty kill after he collided with Devils middle Dawson Mercer.
Toronto challenged New Jersey’s first purpose for goaltender interference solely to see the decision on the ice stand. The Devils went on the ability play with the following delay-of-game penalty, and Glass made it 2-1 moments after Tanev skated off to the locker room.
UP NEXT
Devils kick off a three-game homestand towards the Wild on Wednesday.
Maple Leafs go to the Buffalo Sabres on Friday.
