Stefan Noesen just scored his career-high 15th goal of the season for the New Jersey Devils, and it’s not even Christmas yet. It hasn’t been a linear path to NHL success.

NEWARK—The New Jersey Devils are in a groove. In the month of December, they’re 6-2-1, and although they’re not a perfect team, they’re certainly proving to be among the NHLs best.

It was a tight checking, high intensity affair, with offense for both teams hard to come by.

Stefan Noesen extended the New Jersey Devils lead to 4-0 at 12:00 for his 16th of the season after finishing a tic-tac-toe passing play with Timo Meier and Nico Hischier. Meier had turned in low in the right circle after racing into the Rangers’ zone ...

Nico Hischier had a goal and two assists and Jacob Markstrom made 12 saves for his second shutout of the season as the New Jersey Devils beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 3-0.

Jack Hughes had his second two-goal game of the season against the New York Rangers and Jacob Markstrom had his second straight 12-save shutout to lead the New Jersey Devils to a 5-0 victory on Monday.

ST. LOUIS -- Ondrej Palat and Stefan Noesen scored and the New Jersey Devils beat the St. Louis Blues 4-1 on Tuesday night. Brenden Dillon also scored and Jesper Bratt added an empty-net goal for the Devils, who won their third straight game and fifth out of their last seven. Jacob Markstrom made 19 saves.

Jack Hughes had his second two-goal game of the season against the New York Rangers and Jacob Markstrom had his second straight 12-save shutout to lead the New Jersey Devils to a 5-0 victory.

Jack Hughes had his second two-goal game of the season against the New York Rangers and Jacob Markstrom had his second straight 12-save shutout to lead

Timo Meier had a goal and an assist, and Jacob Markstrom made 12 saves for his second shutout of the season for the Devils (22-11-3), who are 4-1-0 in their past five games. New Jersey has limited the opposition to 20-or-fewer shots in six straight games.

The New Jersey Devils took home a shutout, defeating the Pittsburgh Penguins 3-0. Here are three takeaways from the Devils' performance.

Captain Nico Hischier collected a goal and two assists and Jacob Markstrom made 12 saves to lift the New Jersey Devils to a 3-0 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Saturday in Newark, N.J.