Hischier has goal and 2 assists, Markstrom gets shutout as Devils beat Canucks 6-0

Nico Hischier had a extremity and 2 assists, Jacob Markstrom stopped 20 shots for his 21st profession shutout arsenic nan New Jersey Devils hit nan Vancouver Canucks 6-0

VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- Nico Hischier had a extremity and 2 assists, Jacob Markstrom stopped 20 shots for his 21st profession shutout arsenic nan New Jersey Devils hit nan Vancouver Canucks 6-0 connected Wednesday night.

Dawson Mercer and Jack Hughes each had a extremity and an assist, and Timo Meir, Ondrej Palat and Tomas Tatar besides scored for nan Devils. Markstrom's shutout was his first pinch New Jersey.

Arturs Silovs vanished pinch 17 saves successful his first crippled since Oct. 15 for Vancouver, which snapped a five-game constituent streak (4-0-1).

The fewer remaining fans wrong Rogers Arena astatine nan extremity of nan crippled booed arsenic nan last seconds of nan crippled ticked away.

Canucks: Defending disconnected nan unreserved proved to beryllium a problem for Vancouver, pinch 4 of New Jersey’s goals coming successful transition. The 5th tally was a backdoor pat successful from Hughes connected a third-period powerfulness play.

Devils: Hischier leads nan convention pinch 10 goals and has scored successful 4 consecutive games.

A powerfulness play turned sour for nan Canucks early successful nan 2nd play erstwhile they gave up nan puck and Mercer and Hischier sprinted down nan crystal connected a 2-on-1. Silovs made a coagulated pad extremity connected Hischier’s shot, but nan rebound bounced retired to Mercer, who popped nan puck up and successful to springiness New Jersey a 2-0 lead astatine 1:35.

Vancouver’s powerfulness play continued to struggle, going 0 for 4 connected nan nighttime and surrendering a short-handed goal. The Canucks were 3 for 25 pinch a man advantage complete their past 8 games.

Devils sojourn Calgary connected Friday, and nan Canucks sojourn San Jose connected Saturday.

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