to appearances on \u201cSaturday Night Live\u201d<\/a> and \u201cThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.\u201d<\/p>\nTwo of his three goals Saturday night came in the final 20 minutes, including an empty-netter at the tail end of the third period.<\/p>\n
Seven seasons into his NHL career, Hughes has 19 goals in 24 games against the Rangers.<\/p>\n
\u201cCan\u2019t say enough good things about Jack,\u201d Vincent Trocheck said of his USA teammate, who scored the golden goal against Canada at the Olympics in Milan last month. \u201cHis play spoke for itself at the Olympics. Obviously, he was one of our best players and scores the goal that made me a gold medalist. The way he\u2019s handled post-Olympics, I think it\u2019s been a blessing to have him as kind of the poster boy for Team USA. He\u2019s handled everything so well with such humility, and it\u2019s been an honor to watch him after.\u201d<\/p>\n
After giving up another goal less than two minutes into the start of a game, when Jesper Bratt scored 1:06 after puck drop, the Rangers got a couple of goals from their defensemen.<\/p>\n
Jack Hughes celebrates a goal during the Devils\u2019 6-3 win against the Rangers on March 7, 2026 at Prudential Center. NHLI via Getty Images<\/p>\n
Will Borgen notched the first before Vladislav Gavrikov recorded his 12th goal of the season, doubling his previous career high.<\/p>\n
The Devils had only capitalized on one of their previous 26 power plays, but they went a perfect 3-for-3 against the Rangers.<\/p>\n
With 12.4 seconds left in the first period, Dawson Mercer scored first with the man advantage to tie it up 2-2.<\/p>\n
Hughes later cashed in on the power play in the second period, one of his three goals on the day.<\/p>\n
Vincent Trocheck skates during the Rangers\u2019 March 7 loss to the Devils. NHLI via Getty Images<\/p>\n
It only lasted for just over a minute, however, as Will Cuylle notched his third goal in the last two games.<\/p>\n
Nico Hischier broke a 3-3 tie just over eight minutes into the third period when the Devils captain scored his team-leading seventh power-play goal after following up on a rebound.<\/p>\n
\u201cJust a lack of urgency,\u201d Rangers coach Mike Sullivan said of their PK. \u201cWe didn\u2019t box it at our net front, get sticks. We\u2019re standing there screening our goalie. Look at how the goals were scored. Three of them were just sifters from the outside. We don\u2019t get into people. There\u2019s just no urgency to it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Jonathan Quick defends the Rangers\u2019 net during their March 7 loss to the Devils. NHLI via Getty Images<\/p>\n
Borgen has switched to his off-side on the left of Braden Schneider in recent games, after the 29-year-old defenseman spent the entire season on the right side.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe think we get a better version of Schneider when he\u2019s on the right side, and so that\u2019s why we made the switch,\u201d Sullivan said. \u201cWe\u2019re going to try Will there and see how Will is able to adjust. There\u2019s a lot of subtleties to the position. It\u2019s not as simple as \u2014 I think it\u2019s harder for a defenseman to play the off-side if he\u2019s not used to it than it is for, say, a wing to play the off-side because the pivots are different, the angles are different, the stick detail when you\u2019re defending, the rush, one-on-one, things of that nature. So, there\u2019s a lot of subtleties to it. Some players like it, prefer it. Others don\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n
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