Markstrom makes 20 saves, Devils shut out Canucks

Timo Meier made it 3-0 at 3:07 with a rush wrist shot from the left face-off dot between the legs of Myers, giving New Jersey’s high line three targets.

“To have a begin like that for the sport for our line was enormous,” Mercer stated. “While you’re feeling it you wish to get [Hischier] the puck and he is taking pictures and he is scoring and making performs, so we’re positively having a little bit of success proper now and we wish to maintain that operating.”

Ondrej Palat scored his first objective of the season on one other rush probability to make it 4-0 at 14:04, knocking his personal rebound out of the air whereas slicing throughout the highest of the crease and having it bounce off the put up and in off the again of Silovs.

“All the things went incorrect, proper from the start,” Canucks coach Rick Tocchet stated. “After which, clearly, some guys have been struggling, and it simply rolls like that. You are going to have video games like this in an 82-game schedule. We’ve simply bought to flush it down the bathroom proper now.”

Markstrom stopped Teddy Blueger on a breakaway at 16:00 of the second interval to protect his first shutout of the season and the twenty first of his profession.

“We have been working in direction of getting the system and everyone on the identical web page and the previous few video games has been enormous enhancements,” Markstrom stated. “In the present day was one other one the place all 4 traces and 6 defensemen performed actually good and particular groups was good once more, so it makes my job very easy.”

Hughes made it 5-0 at 9:22 of the third interval on a backdoor energy play go from Stefan Noesen, giving him two factors within the second NHL recreation that includes all three Hughes brothers — Jack and Luke play for the Devils, Quinn for the Canucks. All three brothers had at the least one level within the first recreation, a 6-5 Devils win on Dec. 5, 2023. It was additionally the eighth time Jack and Quinn have performed towards one another, and the Devils improved to 7-1-0 in these video games, with 15 factors for Jack (eight targets, seven assists) and 5 assists for Quinn.

“Not ok,” Quinn stated.

Tomas Tatar scored on a backdoor tap-in from Nathan Bastian at 14:06 for the 6-0 remaining.

“We have been full marks for all three intervals,” Devils coach Sheldon Keefe stated. “All 4 traces, particular groups, goaltending, every part was good. … It is a low occasion hockey recreation, however the truth our guys have been snug in that I like as effectively, particularly as soon as we bought the lead. We wish to maintain the sport underneath management and never enable momentum to swing. A ton of excellent issues we are able to bottle up and take with us.”

NOTES: New Jersey was 1-for-2 on the ability play and killed off all three Vancouver possibilities with the man-advantage, together with a four-minute high-sticking penalty to Jesper Bratt 4:00 into the sport. … Bratt had one help to increase his level streak to 6 video games (seven factors; one objective, six assists). … Quinn Hughes had 10 shot makes an attempt in a Canucks-high 26:23 however solely three made it on web. … Canucks ahead Brock Boeser had his level streak finish at six video games (three targets, 4 assists).