After battling back and forth on the scoresheet through the first two periods, the Devils’ stars broke the third period wide open and scored three unanswered for a 5-2 victory against a Metropolitan rival.
It took the New Jersey Devils over 47 minutes to score a goal against Charlie Lindgren and the Washington Capitals tonight. They turned a 0-3 game into a 2-3 game shortly thereafter, but it was too little, too late. This recap goes over a thoroughly poor performance by the Devils.
After dispatching Minnesota 5-3 the night before, the Devils had an opportunity to turn aside a flagging St. Louis Blues squad. Instead, disaster struck: Jack Hughes crashed into the boards off a trip and left the game with an upper-body injury, killing whatever stomach the Devils had to fight their way into this game.
After securing an early lead in the first period off goals from the super friends, the Devils offensive prowess and power play proficiency left Minnesota little room to work their way back into the game.
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