Jack Hughes produced his third career hat trick Tuesday night, leading the visiting New Jersey Devils to a 5-2 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs.

Hughes flicked his third goal into an empty net at 19:30 of the third period to seal the fifth win in a row for the Devils and the second straight loss for the Maple Leafs (0-1-1).

Cody Glass and Brenden Dillon also scored for the Devils, and Jesper Bratt supplied three assists. Jake Allen stopped 23 shots.

John Tavares had a goal and an assist for the Maple Leafs. Matias Maccelli added a goal while William Nylander contributed two assists. Anthony Stolarz made 30 saves.

Tavares rammed in the rebound from Oliver Ekman-Larsson's point shot to open the scoring at 6:36 of the first. Tavares' 498th career goal came 1:15 after Hughes rang the l

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