Timo Meier pushed it to 4-2 when he spun in the right circle and swept in a rebound of Paul Cotter‘s shot past Quick’s snow angel at 6:29 of the third period.

Sheary pulled the Rangers within 4-3 at 9:41, putting the rebound of Matthew Robertson‘s shot from inside the blue line past Markstrom in front.

Hughes scored on a wrist shot from the top of the left circle at 13:05 for a 5-3 lead before Bratt scored on a snap shot from the left circle at 16:22 for the 6-3 final. 

“I had so many looks tonight. … I had breakaways, 2-on-1’s, and that goal was more for me,” Hughes said. “I wanted that one. I wanted that for my team because I had so many good looks. The building was starting to rock when they scored that third goal and it’s a crazy crowd. But it was nice for us to turn around and kind of settle the game back down.”

Hughes has 35 points (20 goals, 15 assists) in 25 career games against the Rangers. Bratt’s two points gives him 501 points (166 goals, 335 assists) in 620 NHL games. 

“That’s good (for Bratt),” Keefe said. “It’s great to see him shooting pucks in the net. He’s been playing so well on that line (with Hughes and Brown). It’s was a good night.”

NOTES: Hughes has 18 points (six goals, 12 assists) in his past 11 games and since returning from the 2026 Winter Olympics. … Hischier scored his 195th career goal to pass Zach Parise (194) for the fifth most in Devils/Colorado Rockies/Kansas City Scouts history. … New Jersey is 5-0-1 in its past six regular season games against the Rangers. … Bratt is the fifth player to score 500 points for the Devils (Patrik Elias, John MacLean, Travis Zajac, Kirk Muller). … Rangers defenseman Urho Vaakanainen (upper body) didn’t return after the first period, and forward Noah Laba (lower body) didn’t return after the second period. Sullivan did not have an update on either after the game.