New Jersey Devils at Florida Panthers

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New Jersey Devils

11-6-2

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4 - 1

Florida Panthers

11-4-1

New Jersey beats Florida 4-1 to snap Panthers' 7-game winning streak

New Jersey Devils vs. Florida Panthers: Game Highlights

Jack Hughes scored in the first period for the Devils, Paul Cotter put New Jersey up 3-1 with 15:07 left and Dougie Hamilton and Jesper Bratt each had a pair of assists. Ondrej Palat had an empty-netter to cap the win.

It was career game No. 498 for Markstrom. Only 80 goalies have reached the 500-game mark in NHL history.

Sam Reinhart got his 12th goal for Florida, and Spencer Knight made 20 saves for the Panthers. Florida played without forward Sam Bennett, a late scratch with what the team said was a minor upper-body issue.

Takeaways Devils: New Jersey has shown resilience all season and Tuesday was another example. With this win the Devils improved to 5-2-1 this season coming off a loss.

Panthers: The game started a very tough 10-game stretch for Florida — two games against New Jersey, two against NHL-leading Winnipeg, two games with Carolina and single matchups against Chicago, Colorado, Washington and Toronto in that span.

Key moment Florida's Jonah Gadjovich and New Jersey's Brenden Dillon had a wild fight midway through the second period, 30 seconds of them holding each other's sweater with their left hands and throwing constant punches with their rights. Gadjovich's helmet was knocked off and his head was tucked inside his sweater for half of the fight. Dillon ended up going down first.

Key stat The Devils improved to 9-0-0 this season when leading after two periods. It's almost a guaranteed win in the NHL these days when leading after 40 minutes; teams came into Tuesday with a 181-4-15 record this season in that scenario.

Up next The teams meet again Thursday night in Sunrise.

Regular Season Series

NJ leads series 1-0

Scoring Summary

Goal	1st Period 8:30	Jack Hughes Goal (8) Snap Shot, assists: Jesper Bratt (15), Dougie Hamilton (12)
Goal	2nd Period 8:41	Sam Reinhart Goal (12) Tip-In, assists: Uvis Balinskis (5), Aleksander Barkov (11)
Goal	2nd Period 17:29	Timo Meier Goal (7) Snap Shot, assists: Dawson Mercer (6), Jonas Siegenthaler (6)
Goal	3rd Period 15:07	Paul Cotter Goal (7) Wrist Shot, assists: Nico Hischier (7), Dougie Hamilton (13)
Goal	3rd Period 18:58	Ondrej Palat Goal (3) Wrist Shot, assists: Jesper Bratt (16)

Statistics

NJ		FLA
21	Blocked Shots	9
25	Hits	36
4	Takeaways	4
24	Shots	35
0	Power Play Goals	1
1	Power Play Opportunities	3
0.0	Power Play Percentage	33.3
0	Short Handed Goals	0
0	Shootout Goals	0
23	Faceoffs Won	35
39.7	Faceoff Win Percent	60.3
18	Giveaways	15
6	Total Penalties	4
15	Penalty Minutes	11

Florida Panthers Injuries

NAME, POS	STATUS	DATE
Aaron Ekblad, D	Day-To-Day	Feb 6
Evan Rodrigues, C	Day-To-Day	Feb 6
Daniil Tarasov, G	Day-To-Day	Feb 5
Tobias Bjornfot, D	Injured Reserve	Feb 5
Seth Jones, D	Injured Reserve	Jan 19