Jets spoil Hynes’ debut as Devils coach, beat New Jersey 3-1

He also scored Winnipeg’s first goal of the game for the second straight night as he kickstarted the Jets, leading them to a 3-1 win over the New Jersey Devils. In fact, New Jersey didn’t even shoot the one puck that found its way behind starter Michael Hutchinson, as defenceman Jacob Trouba actually shot it past his own netminder on an ill-fated clearing attempt.

The 40-year-old Hynes is the NHL’s youngest coach.

Cory Schneider made 27 saves for the Devils with left winger Jiri Tlusty scoring their goal.

“There was a little segment, too, early in the second period when we made a few mistakes on a few decisions and the puck wound up in the back of the net”. There were also times he felt the Jets outworked them.

The New York Rangers scored three goals in a span of 1:17 late in the third period, stunning the Columbus Blue Jackets with a 4-2 victory. Harris also said the Devils “have about a 90 percent” season ticket renewal rate. “I want to win but I’m not willing to sacrifice our ultimate goal, which is to be an elite team by making short-term decisions on or off the ice that will inhibit our ability to consistently compete for the Stanley Cup”. He said hockey is more a team game and it’s a lot harder for one player to make a team better.

Once again the Jets couldn’t find the net in the opening frame, heading into the first intermission at 0-0.

“We just didn’t execute tonight”, Devils center Adam Henrique said.

Less than 3 minutes later, Wheeler snapped a shot past Schneider from the dot in the same circle. The goal was originally waved off by the officials but was confirmed on replay.

Tlusty – with Trouba’s assistance, cut the lead to a goal at 12:53, but Ladd beat Schneider from the right circle off a nice cross-ice pass by Perreault. Replacing Lamoriello as Devils GM is Ray Shero, who used the offseason to overhaul the franchise’s hockey operations department.

Winnipeg Jets centre Mark Scheifele admitted between the first and second periods on Friday night that he’d spent a few time working on his shot.

The Devils named defenseman Andy Greene captain on Friday. Jets goaltender Ondrej Pavelec got the night off after beating Boston….

“Coming in as coaches and management we wanted an opportunity to meet with the players throughout the summer and get to know them and we had a feel coming into the year”, Hynes said.