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Devils score four goals in six minutes in 7-1 rout of Rangers
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NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Evan Rodriguesscored with 29.6 seconds left in the first period to begin a barrage of four goals in just over five minutes, and the Devils rolled over the Rangers 7-1 on Thursday night in the first matchup this season between the cross-Hudson River rivals.
The bubble burst on the Rangers and Dylan Garand, the minor-league callup who had been spectacular in his first two starts - both of which were wins - since franchise goaltender Igor Shesterkinwas lost to a season-ending injury. His teammates did him very few favors this time around.
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Captain J.T. Miller, who was spectacular on a 5-on-3 penalty kill and had a strong offensive-zone shift near the end of the first, whiffed on a passing attempt that put the puck on Rodrigues' stick in prime scoring territory.
Top-pairing defenseman Vladislav Gavrikovhad a giveaway that led to Luke Hughes' first of two goals, which came 18 seconds out of intermission.
Garand made a puck-handling mistake that led to Devils captain Nico Hischierscoring on a tap-in.
The shift after New York coach Mike Sullivancalled timeout to attempt to stunt his opponent's momentum, Arseny Gritsyukscored on a juicy rebound to end Garand's night following four goals on 13 shots.
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Spencer Martinallowed goals to Hughes, Stefan Noesenand Cody Glassin relief of Garand.
New Jersey's Nico Dawswas perfect until Pavel Dorofeyevscored a deflection goal on a power play in the third and finished with 18 saves.
Hughes registered the first multigoal game of his NHL career, while Timo Meier, Brett Pesce, Amadeus Lombardi, Dawson Mercerand Dougie Hamiltoneach had a pair of assists for the Devils, who won their second in a row and handed the Rangers just their third defeat in nine games.
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Rangers: Visit Columbus on Saturday night.
Devils: Visit Washington on Saturday.
