The Devils practiced Tuesday following a dominating 5-1 win against their Hudson River Rivals, the New York Rangers, Monday night. New Jersey has three straight days without a game, a nice break in the schedule, as the Devils have played the most games in the NHL (28).

Before Devils forward Ondrej Palat gathered the puck off a turnover, Bratt put his head down and flew down the empty neutral zone. Rangers forward Artemi Panarin didn’t realize Bratt had him beaten by the time Bratt caught the pass to create a daunting two-on-one with Jack Hughes against New York defenseman K’Andre Miller.

The New Jersey Devils ran the New York Rangers out of Madison Square Garden in the first meeting of the Hudson River Rivalry. On the back of Jacob Markstrom who certainly silenced his critics, the veteran goaltender turned in his best performance of the season in a crucial moment.

Bratt took the puck on his own stick on a two-on-one breakaway, beating Shesterkin for the first goal just 1:27 into the game. The score got the Devils out of their slew of slow starts, showed they were too fast for the Rangers’ defense and sent a message that they were determined to put pressure on Shesterkin.

Jesper Bratt had a goal and three assists, Jack Hughes scored twice and Jacob Markstrom made 39 saves as the New Jersey Devils beat the New York Rangers 5-1 on Monday night. Dawson Mercer and Dougie Hamilton also scored and Luke Hughes had two assists for the Devils,

Jesper Bratt and Jack Hughes put on a show Monday night, leading the Devils to a convincing 5-1 win over the Rangers.

Several New York Rangers players accentuated the positive after a 5-1 loss to the New Jersey Devils at Madison Square […]