BOTTOM LINE: The Vancouver Canucks will try to break a three-game road skid when they visit the New Jersey Devils. New Jersey is 10-5-1 in home games and 18-13-1 overall. The Devils have gone 16-6-0 when scoring at least three goals.

Devils rumors swirl as New Jersey misses out on Quinn Hughes, but reports clarify where GM Tom Fitzgerald stands moving forward.

The three players Vancouver netted for Hughes made positive first impressions in their Canucks debuts on Sunday.

The Vancouver Canucks weren’t supposed to look like this in New Jersey. Not after the week they’d had. Not after trading away their captain. Not after arriving on the back end of a loud, emotional storyline that never actually made it to the ice.

The Devils had the chance to crawl back into the game after Tyler Meyers and Kieffer Sherwood took consecutive minor penalties that sent the Devils to a 5-on-3. Yet, Thatcher Demko made several big stops to keep New Jersey off the board to maintain Vancouver’s 2-0 lead.

Will the Devils let go of Dougie Hamilton (and another player) via a trade following the team's failed bid to acquire Quinn Hughes.

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Zeev Buium scored in his first game since being traded to Vancouver, Thatcher Demko stopped 25 of the 26 shots, and the Canucks beat the Devils 2-1 on Sunday.

The New Jersey Devils reportedly did make an offer for star defenseman Quinn Hughes before his trade to the Minnesota Wild.