New Jersey Devils Ride Team Effort In Beating New York Rangers

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. Shot blocking became a main course of defensive strategies applied by head coach John Hynes and Fitzgerald tonight. Even guys like Taylor Hall and Pavel Zacha were…