After the Rangers showed us both ends of the spectrum, they gave us the middle ground. There was some good, there was some bad, but Jack Hughes’ three points helped the Devils top the Rangers. The process was pretty good for the Rangers, who controlled the final two periods, but they made mistakes they couldn’t overcome. Mackenzie Blackwood stopping 47 of 50 shots also didn’t help.
A lot of social media ink was spilled on ice time. There are certainly a lot of questions in this one. The ice time distribution, specifically for Brett Howden and Jack Johnson, is certainly a concern.