Hall's big night leads Devils in rout of Blue Jackets
New Jersey Devils winger Taylor Hall wasted no time making his presence known Saturday, scoring within the first four minutes of a tilt with the Columbus Blue Jackets and refusing to let up over the rest of the eventual 5-1 victory.
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Hall posted one of his finest stat lines of 2016-17 in the rout, finishing with eight shots and two goals - he added an empty-netter in garbage time - to lead skaters on both sides.
The eight chances tied the most Hall has launched on net in any game this season - he posted eight shots just once before in 2016-17, in early November.
And he managed that noteworthy effort in just 17:10 minutes of ice-time, which ranks as the seventh-lowest total among his 43 games this season. He's topped 20 minutes on 19 occasions this year.
The 25-year-old sniper posted his third multi-goal effort in the win over the Jackets as well, coming up big for his new club against an Eastern Conference titan, an apt time to do so given the Devils' desperate push for a playoff spot.
With the two points in the bag, New Jersey now sits with 54, five back of Philadelphia for the East's second wild-card slot.