The first Jacko vs. Kakko matchup likely will take place barely two weeks into their NHL careers — Oct. 17 at Prudential Center — when Devils No. 1 overall pick Jack Hughes and the man the Rangers selected next, Kaapo Kakko, meet on the ice for the first time in a regular-season game.
The two star rookies are slated to go at it again in Newark on Nov. 30, before taking what may be the NHL’s hottest new rivalry to Madison Square Garden on Jan. 9 and March 7.
The NHL released their full regular-season schedules Tuesday.