Devils get Taylor Hall back from injury after 8-game absence

The New Jersey Devils' offense will get a major boost in time for their game against the Chicago Blackhawks.

Taylor Hall will return to the lineup for Thursday's contest, head coach John Hynes confirmed to Andrew Gross of The Record.

The dynamic forward missed eight games with a knee injury he suffered last month.

He's back ahead of schedule, beating the original recovery timetable of three-to-four weeks from Nov. 16, when he had surgery on his left knee.

Hall collected five goals and 12 points in 14 games before sustaining the injury.