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The Devils finish their four-game homestand against Montreal Thursday night. The game can be seen on MSG+2 and heard on the Devils Hockey Network, including right here at NewJerseyDevils.com. Puck drop is 7:08 p.m. ET.
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Here are some observations from the game...
- The difference in the game occurred in the first period as the Rangers scored not one, but two power-play goals. Strome got the first to finish a beautiful tic-tac-toe sequence. Kreider picked up the other, his 47th goal of the season, with a remarkable tip re-direct from below the circle.
The Devils had a late power play in the third period, and failed to score. New York won the special teams battle, and won the game.
- Sharangovich picked up his 20th goal of the season with a spectacular play in the first period. Sharangovich picked off a Jacob Trouba pass at the Rangers blue line and went in all alone on New York netminder Alexandar Georgiev. Sharangovich went to the backhand and lifted the puck over the sprawled goalie for the game's opening goal. With his hat trick two games ago, Sharangovich now has four goals in his past three games.
"He found his game," head coach Lindy Ruff said. "He spent a lot of time with (assistant coach) Chris Taylor going shift to shift trying to get better. Initially i really thought his skating was missing those first games. Once he found his legs, he's played really well."
- Sharangovich wasn't just getting making his presence known with his stick. He also lent a fist to the cause. After Rangers defenseman Braden Schneider leveled Jesper Boqvist into the boards, Sharangovich went right after him and initiated a scrum.
"(Sharangovich) was showing leadership helping out Boqvist," Bratt said. "That's a side that we haven't really seen from him. Huge respect from the other guys on the team."
Ruff: "If you want to build a team that grows together, plays together, scores together fights together and looks after each other, some of that happens."
The only downside was that Sharangovich was given an additional two-minute instigator penalty and automatic 10-minute misconduct. Also, unfortunately, Sharangovich would not return to the contest. Adding salt to the wound, the Rangers would score on that ensuing instigator penalty.
"He was pulled because of the hit he took," Ruff said. "He'll be evaluated tomorrow. We'll get more information on him."
- The Devils provided an update on Jack Hughes, who was injured in Sunday's game against the NY Islanders. Hughes suffered a low grade MCL sprain in his left knee and is being held out of game action for the remainder of the season.
"There's the good and the bad," Ruff said. "It's bad that we're losing him, but the good news is the injury could have been a lot worse. We're definitely going to miss him."
The Devils also lost Nathan Bastian in the Islanders game; he is considered day-to-day. Now, against the Rangers, New Jersey lost Sharangovich and Jimmy Vesey, who went down and needed assistance to get off the ice in the second period. The hits just keep coming.
"(Vesey) is going to get an MRI tomorrow," Ruff said. "I don't know exactly what happend to Jimmy. It was something weird. We'll find out more tomorrow. He couldn't walk on it, which is bad."
