It’ll come full circle for Bratt when he slips on the Sweden jersey once again against rival Finland at the 4 Nations Face-Off next month. Sweden will play its first two games at Bell Centre in Montreal, facing Canada in its opener of the tournament Feb. 12 before the matchup against Finland three days later.
The New Jersey Devils headed north of the boarder on Saturday to face the Montreal Canadiens at the Bell Centre. It was the first of many games without Jacob Markstrom as the Devils’ No.1 goaltender will be sidelined 4-6 weeks.
The New Jersey Devils visit the Montreal Canadiens after Dawson Mercer scored two goals in the Devils' 5-1 win over the Boston Bruins.
Count on Jesper Bratt to get the New Jersey Devils back on track to take the Over on his assists prop against the Boston Bruins.
Devils head coach Sheldon Keefe called out some of his best players after the team lost their fourth straight game.
The Montreal Canadiens lost a tough 4-3 game in overtime against the New Jersey Devils at the Bell Centre on Saturday night.
When it rains, it pours. The New Jersey Devils are already dealing with an injury to their No.1 goaltender. Add another injury to the list, as the Devils captain left the third period of New Jersey’s tilt with the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday night.
The Devils have the horses to keep up: Jack Hughes, Nico Hischier, Jesper Bratt, and Timo Meier are capable of taking over games on any given night. Those four stars are spread across three lines in Sheldon Keefe’s current variation of the lineup, making the Devils a difficult team to match up against.
This Saturday, the New Jersey Devils headed north to take on the surging Montreal Canadiens. In a back-and-forth affair, the Devils won 4-3, thanks to an overtime winner from Jack Hughes.
The Montreal Canadiens faced the New Jersey Devils on this Saturday night. This was Jakub Dobes’ first game on a Saturday night at the Bell Centre. Yesterday, Rafaël Harvey-Pinard was recalled by the Canadiens and it was expected that he would play tonight.
Caught in a three-man rotation last season with the Canadiens that was doomed to failure, goaltender Jake Allen finally will get his opportunity to shine with the New Jersey Devils. Allen has become the Devils’ first-string goaltender by default — at least for the next several weeks — after Jacob Markstrom suffered a medial collateral sprain last Wednesday against Boston.