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.

Defenseman Luke Hughes of the New Jersey Devils recorded one goal in an eventual 2-1 loss against the Vancouver Canucks on a perfect snowy winter afternoon in Newark.

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.

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