Jack Hughes had his second two-goal game of the season against the New York Rangers and Jacob Markstrom had his second straight 12-save shutout to lead the New Jersey Devils to a 5-0 victory on Monday.

Jack Hughes had his second two-goal game of the season against the New York Rangers and Jacob Markstrom had his second straight 12-save shutout to lead the New Jersey Devils to a 5-0 victory on Monday.

On Monday, the New Jersey Devils trolled the New York Rangers during their 5-0 thrashing of their rivals. The video posted included the draft of Jack Hughes, mocking the departure of Kaapo Kakko.

The New York Rangers have been falling apart in recent times, and now the Devils are taking advantage of it and trolling their division rival while dominating them in the final game before the holiday break.

Jacob Markstrom made 12 saves for his second straight shutout and third of the season to extend his point streak to nine games (8-0-1). It was the Devils' first regular-season shutout against the Rangers since Cory Schneider made 22 saves in a 4-0 victory Oct. 19, 2013.

The New York Rangers are one of the NHL's worst teams at the moment, but that doesn’t mean the rival New Jersey Devils will go easy on them. Devils superstar fo

The Devils handled the New York Rangers 5-0 at home behind two goals and an assist from center Jack Hughes. It marked New Jersey's second win over their rivals this season, the first coming earlier this month in a 5-1 game. After this victory, the Devils went on the offensive on social media.

"The idea" said Rangers publicist Herb Goren, "was to have Cammy go home to Quebec City and drink two chocolate milkshakes – or malteds – a day until training camp. "We figured that it would fatten him up but good."

The Hockey Writers spoke to some members of the United States' World Junior squad prior to Sunday's gold medal game vs. Finland.

Mario Ferraro produced a fight and the game-winning goal, Marc-Edouard Vlasic notched a point in his season debut and the San Jose Sharks broke an eight-game losing streak by edging the visiting Tampa Bay Lightning 2-1 on Thursday.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Alex Ovechkin scored his 872nd career goal to move 23 away from breaking Wayne Gretzky’s NHL record, and the Washington Capitals beat the struggling New York Rangers 7-4 Saturday.

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