• The Devils tilted the ice in their favor at the start of the second period. New Jersey outshot the Blues by an 11-1 count in the middle frame. In fact, the Blues only registered one shot in a 30:46-minute span stretching the entire second period and 10:46 minutes into the third period.

The moment Luke Hughes jumped over the boards in the New Jersey Devils ' third jersey for the first shift of his NHL career. The reality is that it has been 596 days since the youngest Hughes brother made his NHL debut against the Buffalo Sabres.

Nico Hischier scored three goals in the second period for the New Jersey Devils, who sped past the Nashville Predators on Monday at Prudential Center.