Jesper Bratt had a objective and two assists, Luke Hughes added a objective and an help, and the New Jersey Devils beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 5-3 on Tuesday evening.
Nico Hischier, Timo Meier and Paul Cotter additionally scored and Cody Glass had two assists to assist the Devils win their second straight after dropping 4 of 5. Jacob Markstrom completed with 17 saves.
Mathieu Olivier scored twice and Kirill Marchenko additionally had a objective for Columbus, which has misplaced three of their final 4. Elvis Merzlikins had 22 saves.
Hischier, Cotter and Bratt scored in New Jersey’s three-goal first interval earlier than Olivier and Marchenko scored practically 4 minutes aside within the second to tug Columbus inside one.
Meier pushed the result in 4-2 with 3:11 left within the center interval, and Hughes restored the three-goal lead 26 seconds into the third.
Olivier’s second of the evening made it 5-3 halfway by means of the ultimate interval.
TakeawaysBlue Jackets: Regardless of the loss, the Blue Jackets nonetheless maintain the second wild card within the Japanese Convention with 5 groups inside 5 factors.
Devils: New Jersey maintained its three-point lead over Ottawa for third place within the East.
Key second
With the Devils’ lead lower to 1 within the second interval, Meier knocked away a go by Dante Fabbro to begin a rush going the opposite means. Meier then introduced the puck up the proper aspect into the Blue Jackets’ zone and fired a shot previous Merzlikins to push New Jersey’s result in 4-2 late in center interval.
Key statHischier has three targets in his final six video games to present him 27 on the season, matching final 12 months’s complete and transferring him 4 shy of matching his profession excessive set in 2022-23.
Up nextBlue Jackets host Vegas on Thursday, and Devils host Edmonton.
