Devils in the Details - 1/6/23: Ride the Wave Edition

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Another impressive game from Vitek Vanecek, some good work from the Devils in the offensive zone and New Jersey came away with a 5-1 win over Detroit on Wednesday night. [Devils NHL]

Jack Hughes continued to do his thing and scored a brace on Thursday night against the Blues, but St. Louis found the goals and came away with a 5-3 win. The home losing streak is now at eight games. [Devils NHL]

Ondrej Palat made his return on Thursday night:

Jack Hughes: 2023 NHL All-Star.

Corey Pronman’s assessment of Luke Hughes’ World Juniors tournament: “You ride the wave with Hughes. For most of the tournament, he was an elite transition player whose skating and skill took over shifts. He plays a risky style, the mistakes look glaringly bad with him and at times his defensive play was lackadaisical.” [The Athletic ($)]

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Canada wins gold at the World Juniors in overtime:

USA takes bronze, also in overtime:

All-Star rosters are out:

With so much focus this week on the terrifying incident in the Bills-Bengals NFL game on Monday, a look here at how the NHL has prepared for the unthinkable: [The Athletic ($)]

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