Overview
- In Thursday's 7-3 win in Newark, Jack Hughes posted two goals and three assists while Jesper Bratt had a goal and four assists.
- The victory moved New Jersey to 39-34-2 with 80 points and left Washington three points behind Ottawa for the last Eastern Conference wild card.
- Since the Milan Cortina Olympic break, Hughes has 32 points in 18 games, fueling an 11-wins-in-16 surge.
- The five-point outings were the first of Hughes’ and Bratt’s careers and the first by a Devils player since Patrik Elias in April 2006.
- Head coach Sheldon Keefe said forward Arseny Gritsyuk will have surgery and miss the rest of the regular season.