{"id":891874,"date":"2026-10-23T11:06:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-23T11:06:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/891874\/"},"modified":"2026-10-23T11:06:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T11:06:10","slug":"gritsyuk-scores-again-devils-push-past-slumping-ducks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/891874\/","title":{"rendered":"Gritsyuk scores again, Devils push past slumping Ducks"},"content":{"rendered":"

Daws made eight saves in the second period. His best came at 9:43 when he denied an uncontested Beckett Sennecke<\/a>\u00a0on a wrist shot down the slot.<\/p>\n

“We have a role to play in front of our goaltenders to make their job easier and I think we’ve held fort there for sure recently,” New Jersey coach Sheldon Keefe said.<\/p>\n

Washe pulled the Ducks within 2-1 at 8:20 of the third period, scoring on a deflection from the slot. Defenseman Jackson LaCombe<\/a>\u00a0earned the primary assist with a slap shot from the left point.<\/p>\n

“Losing isn’t fun, but I think just our compete,” LaCombe said. “It got better throughout the game, but I think we got to start the game kind of moving our feet. As a group, we got to make that decision. So, yeah, that’s frustrating.”<\/p>\n

Anthony Mantha<\/a> scored on the rebound to make it 3-1 at 13:27. Husso thought he had covered the puck after Brett Pesce<\/a>‘s shot from outside the right circle, but Mantha was in front to poke it through.<\/p>\n

Jack Hughes scored an empty-net goal at 19:53 for the 4-1 final.<\/p>\n

“We’re starting the game ready, all the way from the back end,” Bratt said. “I think our D-zone and defensive play to stay above guys is paying off offensively right now. We didn’t give their young guys a lot of time, kept them to the outside, and I think that’s what helped us offensively.”<\/p>\n

NOTES: Ducks defenseman Pavel Mintyukov<\/a> has returned to Anaheim and will miss the rest of the team’s road trip. He is day-to-day with a lower-body injury. … Ducks forward Jeff Malott<\/a>\u00a0was a late scratch due to an illness. … \u00a0Hischier scored the 55th power-play goal of his career to pass Pat Verbeek<\/a>\u00a0for the fourth most in Devils franchise history. … Jack Hughes has scored at least 10 points in his opening 10 games of a season for the fourth time in his career. He has 11 points (three goals, eight assists).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Daws made eight saves in the second period. His best came at 9:43 when he denied an uncontested…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":891875,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66],"tags":[385,99],"class_list":["post-891874","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-nhl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/891874","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=891874"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/891874\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/891875"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=891874"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=891874"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=891874"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}