NEWARK, N.J. – The Florida Panthers don’t like straying from their structure.

After winning the first three games of the season, the defending Stanley Champions saw their losing streak reach three games with a 3-1 loss to the New Jersey Devils at Prudential Center on Wednesday.

“We were pretty structurally sound for a handful of games, and we’ve gotten away from it,” head coach Paul Maurice said. “You see it sometimes on back-to-backs. I didn’t think we were very good tonight. We’ll do that as a whole group together, coaches and players.”

Moved up to the top line to help spark Florida’s offense, Evan Rodrigues broke the ice for the Panthers just 1:59 into the first period when he pounced on a rebound after a shot from Brad Marchand and sent the puck past Devils goaltender Jake Allen to

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