The Devils practiced Tuesday following a dominating 5-1 win against their Hudson River Rivals, the New York Rangers, Monday night. New Jersey has three straight days without a game, a nice break in the schedule, as the Devils have played the most games in the NHL (28).

Before Devils forward Ondrej Palat gathered the puck off a turnover, Bratt put his head down and flew down the empty neutral zone. Rangers forward Artemi Panarin didn’t realize Bratt had him beaten by the time Bratt caught the pass to create a daunting two-on-one with Jack Hughes against New York defenseman K’Andre Miller.

The New Jersey Devils ran the New York Rangers out of Madison Square Garden in the first meeting of the Hudson River Rivalry. On the back of Jacob Markstrom who certainly silenced his critics, the veteran goaltender turned in his best performance of the season in a crucial moment.

Jesper Bratt had a goal and three assists, Jack Hughes scored twice and Jacob Markstrom made 39 saves as the New Jersey Devils beat the New York Rangers 5-1 on Monday night. Dawson Mercer and Dougie Hamilton also scored and Luke Hughes had two assists for the Devils,

A really good effort in that sense, but 'Marky' was our best player and really held us in there." Bratt, playing his 499th NHL game, had a goal and three assists, and Hughes had two goals and an assist.