The New Jersey Devils beat the Vegas Golden Knights 5-2 on Friday, October 30 to finish their three-game road trip 2-1-0. Luke Hughes scored first, Vegas went up 2-1 on goals from Mark Stone (power play) and Ivan Barbashev, and Arseny Gritsyuk tied it 2-2 at 18:51 of the first. Jack Hughes made it 3-2 in the second, Gritsyuk added his second of the night late in the second, and Jack Hughes scored into the empty net for his sixth of the season. Connor Hellebuyck stopped 19 of 21 shots to go 2-0 as a Devil, and New Jersey outshot Vegas 32-21. Next up: Edmonton at Prudential Center on Tuesday, November 3 at 7:30 PM ET.

James Nichols and Daniel Amoia break down Gritsyuk's two goals and the shot that has Daniel pushing him onto the top power-play unit, Jack Hughes starting to score, Hellebuyck's second win as a Devil, Anthony Mantha leaving the game, and Amadeus Lombardi's night. In the chat, they take questions on the bounce back after Colorado, scoring first under Sheldon Keefe, the Nikita Kucherov trade request, the second line, Hellebuyck's home debut against Edmonton, and whether the Keefe critics have gone quiet.

00:00 Pre-show

01:46 Welcome: Devils beat Vegas 5-2 to close the road trip

02:29 Arseny Gritsyuk, Aspen Vodka player of the game

08:01 Recap: 2-2 after one, Luke and Jack Hughes goals

13:05 Connor Hellebuyck 2-0 as a Devil, Anthony Mantha leaves

15:41 Chat: Amadeus Lombardi and Gritsyuk's goal pace

21:59 Bouncing back from Colorado: process and expected goals

30:50 Gritsyuk on power play one, scoring first under Keefe

44:17 Nikita Kucherov and player trade demands

50:06 Second line: Meier, Hischier, Boqvist and Brown

52:54 Hellebuyck's home debut against Edmonton

55:40 Sheldon Keefe critics

59:14 Kucherov update and sign-off

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The Colorado Avalanche beat the New Jersey Devils 5-2 on Wednesday, October 28, ending the Devils' four-game win streak on the second night of a back-to-back (a 5-1 win in Dallas on Tuesday, Connor Hellebuyck's debut). Connor Brown gave the Devils a 1-0 lead with a shorthanded goal at 12:21 of the first period, his first goal of the season, and Gabriel Landeskog tied it on the power play in the second. Colorado then scored four times in the third period (Nazem Kadri, Parker Kelly, Nathan MacKinnon, Jaden Schwartz) before Brown added his second of the night at 15:35, assisted by Amadeus Lombardi and Cody Glass. Colorado outshot the Devils 44-22. Jake Allen made 39 saves, and the Devils went 0-for-3 on the power play. The Devils are 8-5-0 and second in the Metropolitan Division, with a game at the Vegas Golden Knights on Friday, October 30 at 6 PM ET.

James Nichols and Daniel Amoia break down the loss on Devils Postgame Live. They name Brown the Aspen Vodka player of the game, then talk through why this one comes with a grain of salt: the back-to-back, the altitude, and a second period Colorado controlled until Allen couldn't hold it anymore. They get into the power play, including the 5-on-3, what they'd change on the top unit, and whether Hellebuyck in net would have mattered. In the chat, they answer questions on Allen, tired legs, the Utica Comets' 4-2 start, Dylan Larkin trade odds, the trip to Vegas, how Hellebuyck and Allen will split starts, and Lombardi's development.

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00:00 Pre-show

01:45 Welcome: Devils fall 5-2 to the Avalanche in Denver

03:23 Connor Brown, Aspen Vodka player of the game

05:28 Back-to-back at altitude and Jake Allen's second period

08:28 Power play: the 5-on-3 and Jesper Bratt

11:08 Hellebuyck Tuesday, Allen Wednesday: right call?

13:20 Chat: Jake Allen, tired legs and Colorado's altitude

18:00 Utica Comets' 4-2 start and Sunny Mehta's overhaul

21:20 Connor Brown's shorthanded goal and the power-play fix

25:35 Shots 44-22, "scheduled loss" talk and no red flags

27:26 Dylan Larkin trade odds and the Devils as a destination

29:37 Vegas on Friday: road-trip math, Hellebuyck and Allen starts

34:13 Amadeus Lombardi's development

35:43 Wrap-up

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The Devils beat the Dallas Stars 5-1 on Tuesday night, and Connor Hellebuyck made his Devils debut with 17 saves on 18 shots. Nico Hischier scored twice, Jesper Boqvist, Luke Hughes and Jack Hughes each added one, and New Jersey is 8-4-0 with four straight wins.

James Nichols and Daniel Amoia break it all down live on Devils Rink Report: Hellebuyck's first night, Luke Hughes' play, Jack Hughes' first 5-on-5 goal, a power play that still hasn't clicked, and your Super Chats.

00:00 Pre-show

01:44 Welcome: Devils beat the Stars 5-1 in Hellebuyck's debut

04:54 Player of the game: Nico Hischier's two goals

07:27 Handling Dallas's size, plus Boqvist, Luke and Jack Hughes goals

12:02 Jack Hughes' lost tooth and the fishbowl

13:00 Super Chats: how to fix the power play

20:02 Remi Poirier, the goalie plan and Timo Meier's finishing

28:15 Hellebuyck's debut and a team coming together

41:57 Have the Devils proved it yet? Back-to-backs and scoring first

47:42 Luke Hughes and the No. 1 defenseman question

52:34 Is a Devils bandwagon coming?

1:01:00 Poirier waivers, the Rangers and who coaches the power play

1:11:13 Wrap-up: next show after the Avalanche

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