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.

For the New Jersey Devils, a 4-1 win over the Anaheim Ducks did not build the momentum expected when the Devils took on the Vancouver Canucks to close out a thr

The Devils had the chance to crawl back into the game after Tyler Meyers and Kieffer Sherwood took consecutive minor penalties that sent the Devils to a 5-on-3. Yet, Thatcher Demko made several big stops to keep New Jersey off the board to maintain Vancouver’s 2-0 lead.

Zeev Buium, who turned 20 last week, built a strong foundation by capturing world championship gold with the U.S. last May and a world junior title, put up 48 points in 41 games (13-35) in his final NCAA season at Denver, and has logged 32 games this NHL season.

Vancouver is also projected to be without Elias Pettersson for this game. The 27-year-old has missed the last three games with an upper-body injury, but is on the trip with the team. This season, Pettersson has 22 points in 28 games and is averaging 20:37 of a night.

The New Jersey Devils reportedly did make an offer for star defenseman Quinn Hughes before his trade to the Minnesota Wild.

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