LIVE UPDATES: Devils 3 at Avalanche 6

The Devils face the Colorado Avalanche tonight at Ball Arena. Check back regularly for updates, highlights and more!

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GOALS & HIGHLIGHTS

FIRST PERIOD

• Vitek Vanecek gets the start in net for a third consecutive game. Vanecek has started three of the four games on the current road trip

• Miles Wood, playing against his former team for the first time, welcomes Vanecek into the game by quickly bowling him over in the crease.

NJ GOAL!
3:43 | 1 NJ, 0 COL
Toffoli (Marino, McLeod)

• John Marino picks up his eighth assist of the season, he now has six assists in his last seven games

• Michael McLeod has two goals and four points in six games since stepping in up the lineup in the absence of Nico Hischier.

COL GOAL!
15:50 | 1 NJ, 1 COL
PPG: Rantanen (Makar, MacKinnon)

• Colorado converted on their second power play of the night. They are 1-for-2 while the Devils have yet to play with the man-advantage

END-OF-PERIOD STATS

SCORE: 1 NJ, 1 COL

Shots: 9 NJ | 11 COL
Power Play: N/A NJ | 1/2 COL
Hits: 4 NJ | 3 COL
Giveaways: 2 NJ | 1 COL
Takeaways: 0 NJ | 3 COL
Blocked Shots: 7 NJ | 6 COL
PIMS: 4 NJ | 0 COL

SECOND PERIOD

COL GOAL!
2:24 | 1 NJ, 2 COL
Colton (Wood, O'Connor)

• Former Devil Miles Wood picks up an assist on Colorado's second goal of the game. Colton scores off of a 2-on-1. Vanecek made the original save, but Colton picked up the rebound.

• Luke Hughes was hit high and into the boards by Ross Colton, which started a chaotic sequence. Colton subsequently cross-checked Timo Meier in the face and was handed a Game Misconduct to end his night.

The penalties were as follows: Minor for boarding, Major for cross-checking Meier and a Game Misconduct for his cross-check.

• Hughes temporarily left the game but returned to play later in the second period. 

NJ GOAL!
11:04 | 2* NJ,* 2 COL
PPG: Meier (Bratt, Hamilton)

COL GOAL!
11:44 | 2 NJ, 3 COL
SHG: Wood (Nichushkin, Makar)

NJ GOAL!
15:04 | 3 NJ, 3 COL
PPG: Hamilton (Toffoli, Palat)

• Hamilton's goal was the 20th power play goal scored by New Jersey this season. The team is 20-for-43 through 12 games. 

• Hamilton ties Ken Daneyko with his 36th goal with New Jersey for 10th all-time for Devils defensemen.

Vitek Vanecek's 2nd Period Saves:

END-OF-PERIOD STATS

SCORE: 3 NJ, 3 COL

Shots: 16 NJ | 21 COL
Power Play: 2/6 NJ | 1/5 COL
Hits: 6 NJ | 10 COL
Giveaways: 2 NJ | 7 COL
Takeaways: 2 NJ | 5 COL
Blocked Shots: 13 NJ | 12 COL
PIMS: 12 NJ | 21 COL

THIRD PERIOD

COL GOAL!
7:37 | 3 NJ, 4 COL
Johansen

COL GOAL!
9:45 | 3 NJ, 5 COL
MacKinnon (Rantanen, Makar)

DEVILS LINEUP

Palat – Mercer – Meier
Toffoli – McLeod – Bratt
Willman – Haula – Lazar
Holtz – Tierney – Bastian

Siegenthaler – Hamilton
Bahl – Marino
Smith – Hughes

Vanecek
Schmid

AVALANCHE LINEUP

Drouin-MacKinnon-Rantanen
Lehkonen-Johansen-Nichushkin
Wood-Colton-O'Connor
Cogliano-Pavel-Tatar

Toews-Makar
Girard-Byram
Johnson-Manson

Georgiev

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