By ALLAN KREDA
Jesper Bratt had a objective and three assists, Jack Hughes scored twice and Jacob Markstrom made 39 saves because the New Jersey Devils beat the New York Rangers 5-1 on Monday evening.
Dawson Mercer and Dougie Hamilton additionally scored and Luke Hughes had two assists for the Devils, who gained for the fifth time in seven video games.. New Jersey is 9 factors forward of the Rangers, who had the very best report within the NHL final season.
Chris Kreider ruined Markstrom’s shutout bid with a power-play objective with 6 1/2 minutes left within the second interval. Igor Shesterkin completed with 22 saves whereas dropping his fifth straight begin to fall high 8-9-1 this season. The Rangers have misplaced six of their final seven.
Bratt scored his twelfth objective simply 1:27 into the competition with a low shot that eluded Shesterkin. Mercer made it 2-0 at 7:10 of the primary.
Hamilton scored on the facility play at 9:04 of the second, and Jack Hughes made it 4-0 with 7:22 remaining within the interval. at 12:38. Hughes received his second of the evening and eleventh of the season, getting New Jersey’s second power-play objective of the sport, with 1:04 left within the center interval.
TAKEAWAYS
Rangers: Dropped to 6-5-1 at Madison Sq. Backyard this season as they began a five-game homestand.
Devils: Improved to 17-9-2 after lacking the playoffs a yr in the past.
KEY MOMENT
Markstrom made successive saves on Adam Fox and Vincent Trocheck throughout an early second-period New York energy play. Markstrom additionally made a diving cease on Mika Zibanejad with slightly below 5 minutes left within the second.
KEY STATS
Bratt, who assisted on Hamilton’s objective and each by Jack Hughes, leads the Devils with 35 factors.
UP NEXT
Devils host Seattle on Friday, and Rangers host Pittsburgh.
