News about Jesper Bratt

The players from the New Jersey Devils and Philadelphia Flyers embraced the spirit of local cult heros ahead of their NHL Stadium Series matchup. Rocky Balboa, the fictional boxer who hailed from Philadelphia in the famed film franchise, appeared at the game on Saturday. The team wore matching grey sweatsuits and black hats, with white towels around their necks, and white tape wrapped around their hands, much like Balboa's when preparing for his fights in the films.

Michael Buble, a Canadian pop star, was on a trip to pick players for his team at the NHL's All-Star weekend in Toronto. Buble served as the celebrity captain for Team Hughes during the week's festivities in the draft form. Buble confessed to being an avid fantasy hockey fan before revealing a little more by describing what his evening was like.

In an exciting first-round playoff series, unexpected hero Akira Schmid recovered from his only bad game and made 31 saves in Game 7 to lead the New Jersey Devils to a 4-0 victory over the New York Rangers on Monday night. Michael McLeod and Tomas Tatar scored second-period goals in the series's second round, and Erik Haula and Jesper Bratt scored insurance goals in the third game between the two long-time Hudson River rivals. The Devils will meet the Metropolitan Division-winning Hurricanes in Raleigh, North Carolina, on Wednesday, capping off a franchise record of 52 wins. On Friday night, Game 2 in the best-of-seven series will be broadcast.

Jack Hughes scored and Jesper Bratt had two assists for New Jersey, which lost by 5-1 scores in the first two games. Schmid, who came in replacement of Vitek Vanecek, made 35 saves in his first attempt. We've been whacked two games in a row, and now we have a better feeling tonight,' Hughes said. 'Which is a huge deal for our hopes right now.' We're back in this game, and we're excited. We're really excited to play the next game.'

The NHL has revealed a list of the first 32 names to be chosen for the 2023 All-Star Game, which will be hosted in South Florida. One player from each squad has been chosen to compete in this year's festivities, which have traditionally featured a skills competition and games between divisions. During the next 12 days, the NHL also revealed that three new players (two skaters and a goalie) would be voted by a fan vote.