Sam Navarro-Imagn Images The Devils entered the contest seeking a much better effort than the one displayed in the lopsided loss to Tampa Bay on Tuesday night. They got straight to their game and seemed to have their legs early on as they ran out to a 9-2 shot advantage in the first frame. Much like the other night, the hot start went to waste at the 13 minute-mark, as Sam Reinhart made a nice forehand, backhand move through Luke Hughes through the Devils' zone and roofed a

Photo by Joel Auerbach/Getty Images The Devils continue their road trip, and the next stop features the back-to-back Stanley Cup Champions. It will be the second matchup of the season between the two clubs, with the first serving as the Devils' home opener, a 3-1 win for New Jersey. If there is a team that is ahead of the Devils in the injury department, it might just be the Panthers. Captain Alexander Barkov is out for the entirety of the season, and Matthew Tkachuk has yet

Photo by: Kim Klement Neitzel-Imagn Images The Devils received some good news on the injury front heading into the game as Evgeni Dadonov, Connor Brown, Dougie Hamilton, and Brendan Dillon, who were all deemed game-time decisions, were in the lineup. On the other side of things, Victor Hedman and Eric Cernak were both ruled out for Tampa Bay, leaving their defense core shorthanded. The Devils had an opportunity to pounce on an inexperienced Tampa defense and even received the

Photo by Rich Graessle/NHL via Getty Images The Devils set sail for Florida for the next week with two matchups against the two teams from the Sunshine State. First up is the Tampa Bay Lightning for the second matchup between the two clubs. The first came in the second game of the season, which the Devils took 5-3 on the back of Connor Brown's two-goal game. This game started the Devils' eight-game winning streak, and was also a part of the Lightning's rough start to the year

Melissa Tamez/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images It would be quite difficult to find a team that has been hampered more by injury than the New Jersey Devils thus far. Brett Pesce, Dougie Hamilton, and Jonathan Kovacevic headline the injuries on defense. Fitzgerald's two main signings in the offseason, Connor Brown and Evgeni Dadonov, are both sidelined. Cody Glass, who was retained by Fitzgerald this summer, is now dealing with his second absence this season and is out week-to-