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Devils Go for Record Tonight; Rangers Beat LA

The 2022-23 New Jersey Devils will try to etch their names into the history books tonight. When the puck drops at the Prudential Center at 7:05 as the Devils face…

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NEWARK, NJ – NOVEMBER 21: Jack Hughes #86 of the New Jersey Devils skates against the Edmonton Oilers on November 21, 2022 at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. (Photo by Rich Graessle/NHLI via Getty Images)

The 2022-23 New Jersey Devils will try to etch their names into the history books tonight.

When the puck drops at the Prudential Center at 7:05 as the Devils face off with the Toronto Maple Leafs, New Jersey will have a chance to set the franchise record for consecutive wins, 14, should it win tonight.

Jersey tied the franchise record of 13 consecutive victories on Monday when it beat Edmonton 5-2.

"I guess we're up there with the history books," captain Nico Hischier said Monday. "Nobody is going to take that from us now and it feels good. It proves that we're a good team."

The Devils certainly are a good team. They are on pace to break a record set only by the 2001 Eastern Conference Champions. The Devils have made this run possible by scoring seemingly at will. Of the 13 games they have won in a row, New Jersey has scored four or more goals in ten of those games.

Three players, Jesper Bratt, 8 goals, Nico Hischier, 9 goals, and Jack Hughes, 7 goals, are all approaching double digits in scoring already, and each are over 20 points a piece.

Least us not forget that goalie Vitek Vanecek has been outstanding in goal, recording a 2.14 goals against average.

All of this has made the Devils seemingly invincible. Will it continue? Not for long. Eventually the Devils are going to hit a snag and lose a game, maybe even two or three in a row. It's all part of the roller-coaster that is a long 82-game season.

But, at the very least, after 19 games, the Devils have laid a foundation for success come later in the year that they can build off of.

Rangers Down the Kings Out in LA

The Rangers won their second in a row, and fourth in the last six games when they downed the Los Angeles Kings 5-3.

The Broadway Blueshirts fell behind two goals before storming back to score four of the games' next five goals to improve to 10-6-4.

Braden Schneider, Vincent Trocheck, Kaapo Kakko and Chris Kreider all scored for New York in the win, with Kreider accounting for the final two goals of the day for Broadway.

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Michael Cohen is the News and Sports Director at Fox Sports Radio New Jersey and Magic 98.3 FM, as well as a radio production assistant with Fox and Magic in New Jersey. He started his career in Somerset in 2018 initially as a news fill-in at WCTC 1450 AM, and soon moved up to higher responsibilities in the ensuing years, assuming News & Sports Director title in 2021Prior to his time with Fox Sports New Jersey, Michael was play-by-play voice for New Jersey Jackals baseball, and as well as play-by-play and color for the College of Staten Island basketball (men and women), softball and baseball. Michael began his career as a news and sportswriter with the Jersey Journal of Hudson County.