The Rangers will look to bounce back from their horrific collapse against Edmonton on Saturday against Jesper Bratt, Jack Hughes, and the rest of the New Jersey Devils tonight. After a handful of years of being the hot breakout pick every offseason by pundits around the league, the Devils have officially taken the next step and emerged as one of the dominant teams thus far.
Coming into tonight’s game with an 18-4-0 record, no other team has more wins than New Jersey as they sit tied atop the league standings with the Boston Bruins. After leaving the Blueshirts to take the Devils’ head coaching job and battling calls for him to be fired, Lindy Ruff has emerged as an early front runner for the Jack Adams award while questions have begun swirling around Gerard Gallant’s handling of things thus far.