Jack Hughes produced his third career hat trick Tuesday night to lead 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.

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 left goal p

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