Overview
- Jacob Markström, playing his first game after signing a two-year extension, stopped 42 shots as New Jersey beat the Kings 4-1, with Dawson Mercer netting two short-handed goals and Brian Halonen scoring his first NHL goal.
- The loss in Anaheim flipped the script as Lukas Dostal made 32 saves and the Ducks controlled the first two periods, with Cutter Gauthier and Beckett Sennecke each posting a goal and an assist before Chris Kreider’s late empty-netter.
- Jack Hughes produced the Devils’ only goal against the Ducks, while Jake Allen finished with 26 saves in the back-to-back finale.
- The victory in Los Angeles snapped the Kings’ seven-game point streak and featured a sharper Devils penalty kill, but discipline and finishing again surfaced as issues the next night.
- Connor Brown was ruled day-to-day and missed the Kings game, and the Devils return home to regroup before hosting the Canadiens on Thursday.