Just fresh off the decision to add Tom Fitzgerald‘s old school defensive hockey tactics behind the New Jersey Devils bench, we saw that become an occurring theme in Thursday night’s 5-2 victory over the New York Rangers. Having Miles Wood creating traffic in Alexander Georgiev’s crease helped a double tipped puck trickle in for Jack Hughes‘ first NHL point and assist. The team created a lot of resilience after letting up the first goal in the opening minutes.
One of the main concerns was that the Devils didn’t block enough shots.