The New Jersey Devils begin a three-game road trip through Western Canada on Wednesday night when they take on the Vancouver Canucks.

The Devils, who entered action Tuesday with a one-point lead in the Metropolitan Division, also play in Calgary on Friday before finishing the trip in Edmonton on Monday.

New Jersey gained the necessary momentum before embarking on the long journey to defeat the Anaheim Ducks, 6-2, on Sunday in Newark, New Jersey, to snap a four-game losing streak (0-2-2).

Stefan Noesen scored two goals to cap a four-goal second half. Jack Hughes, Paul Cotter, Nico Hischier and Erik Haula also scored, while Jacob Markstrom stopped 24 of 26 shots. It was Hischier’s league-leading ninth goal of the season.

“Yeah, it was important,” coach Sheldon Keefe said of breaking the losing streak before leaving for the trip. “We’re not happy with our results in this particular building. Going out on what’s going to be a tough trip for us, we wanted to make sure we get the points here and come out feeling good.”

“Obviously, when you win a hockey game on the road or at home it feels good,” added Dawson Mercer, who had two assists. “Coming away with two points here for us as a group and now having a travel day to start our road trip is definitely a good feeling for us.”

The first game of the trip is also something that star forward Jack and young defenseman Luke Hughes are looking forward to, as they will face their older brother Quinn, Vancouver’s star defenseman, in the final round of “The Hughes Bowl.”

Quinn and Jack have met seven times and New Jersey has a 6-1-0 advantage. Luke, a rookie last season, is 1-1-0 against the Canucks.

“I know they have a very good team there and I’m very excited,” Jack Hughes told NHL.com. “I think this year it’s less about the three of us… like the Hughes Bowl. I think we can go there, enjoy our time and spend some of it with Quinn and our parents.”

Vancouver is coming off a 4-3 overtime loss to visiting Carolina on Monday, a game in which 2024 Norris Trophy winner Quinn Hughes scored his second goal of the season during a third-period comeback from a deficit 3-1 to force. OLD TESTAMENT. Pius Suter tied it at 3 with 3:05 remaining before Sebastian Aho scored the game-winning goal 47 seconds into overtime.

“I thought the last 10 minutes were great, but before that… I don’t think we were ready to play,” Canucks coach Rick Tocchet said. “Carolina was. At first we had a lot of guys who didn’t move their feet, who didn’t win battles. Then we decided to do those things and we turned it into a game. So take the positive, I got the point, but I think it’s a lesson to learn”.

The Devils will be without Curtis Lazar (lower-body injury), who was injured in a hip check by Anaheim’s Radko Gudas on Sunday. Justin Dowling was recalled from AHL Utica on Tuesday to take Lazar’s place.