Jesper Bratt scored his first two goals of the season, one of those on the power play. and assisted on the other Devils goal, Dougie Hamilton's second-period power-play goal.
Jack Hughes assisted on all three New Jersey goals with Akira Schmid finishing the game with thirty saves in the defeat.
New Jersey takes the weekend off and will conclude their three-game homestand on Monday against Florida.
Hell Raisers
1) The Shootout continues to be an Achilles Heel for the Devils as they missed all of their attempts in the session and it has traditionally been a problem for the team.
2) Aside from the shootout, I thought the Devils received another strong game from Akira Schmid.
Schmid made some strong saves among his thirty and the defensive sloppiness didn't help Schmid very much.
Schmid will need to continue growth as the season progresses but I like Schmid's chances of earning more and more time as the season moves on.
3) The Jack Hughes/Tyler Toffoli/Jesper Bratt line continued its dominance for the second night in a row with involvement of some type on all three Devils goals, with goals on four and four and two power plays.
4) The Timo Meier/Nico Hischier/Dawson Mercer line cannot say the same, finishing without a point, and struggling with the Coyote's top line of Schmaltz/Hayden/Keller.
I still think that for all of the talents of Timo Meier, he needs linemates that have that intangible that numbers don't really identify and I'm still wondering if there needs to be tinkering over the first month or two to find out just how fits best with him/
Sorry, so short but I'm literally leaving for work in 10 minutes!
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