The Devils quickly got on the board when Dawson Mercer led an odd-man rush up ice with Jesper Bratt. Mercer left the puck for the Swedish forward, then connected with Luke Hughes, who rifled a shot from the left circle past Demko to cut Vancouver’s lead to 2-1.

When you lose a low-scoring, one-goal game to the 32nd ranked team in the NHL, you know there’s something wrong. […]

Rossi and Ohgren also made their Canucks debuts Sunday. Rossi, who was activated off injured reserve and played in his first game since Nov. 11 following a lower-body injury, had one shot on goal in 18:16 of ice time. Ohgren had one shot on goal in 11:39.

Zeev Buium scored in his first game since being traded to Vancouver, Thatcher Demko stopped 25 of the 26 shots, and the Canucks beat the Devils 2-1 on Sunday.

The New Jersey Devils were rumored by multiple insiders to have made an offer for now Minnesota Wild defenseman Quinn Hughes. During the process, it became clear that shedding salary is their biggest issue.

Jake Allen made 30 saves and the New Jersey Devils ended a five-game home losing streak with a 4-1 win against the Anaheim Ducks at Prudential Center on Saturday. "I liked the simplicity of the game,

The first game of the Quinn Hughes-less era starts now. All three of the new guys, Marco Rossi, Zeev Buium and Liam Öhgren, are in the lineup and making their Canucks debut.

Ducks falter against depleted Devils, struggling offensively and defensively. Key questions arise after another road loss.