The Devils did not make the Quinn Hughes trade this season and are in a free-fall. So, what happens now for Tom Fitzgerald?

One win last night against the last place team in the Eastern Conference doesn’t cure the woes of this Devils season.

Columbus gives up three goals in less than a two-minute span of the third period, undoing a 2-0 lead and producing a frustrating loss.

• Cody Glass and Dmitri Voronkov dropped the gloves with 8:20 to play in the third, the lone fight of the game. Both players were given five-minutes penalties, and for the Devils, with the Blue Jackets trailing, that was a great trade off with Voronkov the Blue Jackets second leading scorer.

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When the Blue Jackets last faced the New Jersey Devils, an unexpectedly chaotic game played out on Dec. 1 in Newark, N.J., with the Blue Jackets coming from behind to win 5-3 and the two clubs combining for four fights, 21 penalties and 74 penalty minutes.

Devils coach Sheldon Keefe praised center Nico Hischier and subsequently ripped his team for their lack of “balls” after New Jersey’s 4-0 loss to the Maple Leafs on Tuesday.

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New Jersey Devils head coach Sheldon Keefe did not mince words following his team’s 4-0 loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs on Tuesday night using captain Nico Hischier’s third-period fight with Matthew K

Devils Rink Report: Ex-Panthers AGM, Steve Werier, explained how he had to get creative during negotiations with players, disclosing what it took to sign Jonathan Marchessault in his time in Florida, in relation to how the Devils should be doing their business moving forward 👇🏼