{"id":481105,"date":"2026-03-02T16:56:15","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T16:56:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/481105\/"},"modified":"2026-03-02T16:56:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T16:56:15","slug":"devils-snap-5-game-losing-streak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/481105\/","title":{"rendered":"Devils Snap 5-Game Losing Streak"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After struggling to find a win since the Olympic break, the New Jersey Devils finally broke through on Saturday at Enterprise Center, holding off the St. Louis Blues 3-1 to snap a five-game losing streak. Timo Meier, Dougie Hamilton, and Nico Hischier each found the back of the net, while Jacob Markstrom was locked in between the pipes, making 25 saves for New Jersey to help lead them to victory. Pavel Buchnevich scored the lone goal for the Blues. The Devils are back home on Tuesday, where they will host the Florida Panthers, while the Blues head out on the road; their first stop is on Sunday in Minnesota.<\/p>\n<p>New Jersey Devils Lineup:<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Meier \u2013 Hischier \u2013 Mercer<br \/>Gritsyuk \u2013 Hughes \u2013 Brown<br \/>Bratt \u2013 Glass \u2013 Hameenaho<br \/>Cotter \u2013 Bjugstad \u2013 Tsyplakov<\/p>\n<p>Hughes \u2013 Pesce<br \/>Siegenthaler \u2013 Hamilton<br \/>Dillon \u2013 Nemec<\/p>\n<p>Markstrom<br \/>Allen<\/p>\n<p>St. Louis Blues Lineup:<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Neighbours \u2013 Buchnevich \u2013 Kyrou<br \/>Schenn \u2013 Dvorsky \u2013 Snuggerud<br \/>Holloway \u2013 Suter \u2013 Berggren<br \/>Toropchenko \u2013 Finley \u2013 Walker<\/p>\n<p>Broberg \u2013 Faulk<br \/>Fowler \u2013 Mailloux<br \/>Tucker \u2013 Kessel<\/p>\n<p>Binnington<br \/>Hofer<\/p>\n<p>After a scoreless opening 20, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NJDevils\/status\/2027884134803087802?s=20\" id=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NJDevils\/status\/2027884134803087802?s=20\" rel=\"nofollow\">Timo Meier<\/a> put New Jersey on the board to put them ahead 1-0 early in the second period at 14:23. Luke Hughes got the puck in the neutral zone before handing it off to Brett Pesce, who made a pass up to Meier, who was making his way in the Blues\u2019 zone. Meier kept the puck on a 2-on-1 and snapped it high on the left side, scoring his 16th goal of the season. With 16 seconds on the clock, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NJDevils\/status\/2027892344683381144?s=20\" id=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NJDevils\/status\/2027892344683381144?s=20\" rel=\"nofollow\">Dougie Hamilton<\/a> found the back of the net to make it 2-0, recording his eighth of the season with a power-play goal after Jack Hughes carried the puck from the neutral zone into the Blues\u2019 end, then curled around the net, and found Hamilton for a one-timer in the high slot.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/StLouisBlues\/status\/2027904230661476672?s=20\" id=\"https:\/\/x.com\/StLouisBlues\/status\/2027904230661476672?s=20\" rel=\"nofollow\">Pavel Buchnevich<\/a> put St. Louis on the board to keep from getting shutout when he intercepted Jacob Markstrom\u2019s attempt at shooting the puck down the ice, grabbing the loose puck from Pius Suter, and he poked it in for his 13th goal of the season at 1:18 of the third period. With 5 seconds to go, Nico Hischier struck the empty net for the 3-1 final.<\/p>\n<p>Game Notes:<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Jacob Markstrom made a total of 25 saves for New Jersey. \u2026If Markstrom had shut out the Blues, he would have become the third Swedish goaltender in NHL history to record 25 career shutouts. He would\u2019ve joined both Henrik Lundqvist (64) and Tommy Salo (37).<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Luke Hughes returned to the Devils\u2019 lineup after missing 10 games due to a shoulder injury. In his return, he recorded an assist.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 With his goal, Nico Hischier recorded his sixth career 20-goal season. He ties Bobby Holik for the third most in franchise history behind Patrik Elias and John MacLean (both with 10).<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Cody Glass skated in his 300th NHL career game.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 In their previous five games, the Devils (29-29-2) were outscored 16-4.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 In the second period of this game, the Devils outshot the Blues 17-6.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Jordan Binnington made a total of 30 saves for St. Louis.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 The Blues are 21-29-9, and have lost four of five. In their past 11 games, they are 2-8-1.<\/p>\n<p>\tDiscover more from Inside The Rink<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\" style=\"margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:10px;font-size:15px\">Subscribe to get the latest posts sent to your email.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After struggling to find a win since the Olympic break, the New Jersey Devils finally broke through on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":481106,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5109],"tags":[2866,1843,1774,201,1294,5,1272,512,1268,1769,2218,576,151,5185,5184,4,1602,531,1807,84,1773,2071],"class_list":["post-481105","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-jersey-devils","tag-brett-pesce","tag-central-division","tag-cody-glass","tag-devils","tag-dougie-hamilton","tag-hockey","tag-jack-hughes","tag-jacob-markstrom","tag-jordan-binnington","tag-luke-hughes","tag-metropolitan-division","tag-new-jersey","tag-new-jersey-devils","tag-newjersey","tag-newjerseydevils","tag-nhl","tag-nico-hischier","tag-pavel-buchnevich","tag-pius-suter","tag-st-louis-blues","tag-timo-meier","tag-western-conference"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116160639183249066","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/481105","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=481105"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/481105\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/481106"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=481105"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=481105"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=481105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}