Jack Hughes registered the third hat trick of his NHL career as the New Jersey Devils topped the Toronto Maple Leafs 5-2 on Tuesday.

Cody Glass and Brenden Dillon had the other goals for New Jersey (5-1-0), which got 23 saves from Jake Allen. Jesper Bratt added three assists.

John Tavares, with a goal and an assist, and Matias Maccelli replied for Toronto (3-3-1). Anthony Stolarz stopped 30 shots. William Nylander had two assists.

Stolarz ripped his teammates following Saturday’s 4-3 overtime home loss to the Seattle Kraken on a night where Toronto did a poor job defending its crease, didn’t do enough at the other end, and suffered a crucial breakdown on the extra-time winner.

The Leafs led 1-0 after Tuesday’s first period before giving up three goals in a span of three minutes and 27

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