The New Jersey Devils face the Colorado Avalanche in an NHL game on Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025, at Ball Arena in Denver, Colorado.

DENVER -- Victor Olofsson scored his first NHL hat trick and had a career-high five points for the Colorado Avalanche, who ended the New Jersey Devils' eight-game winning streak with an 8-4 victory at Ball Arena on Tuesday. Olofsson entered the game with just five assists in 10 games this season.

Devils defenseman Brett Pesce suffered an upper-body injury on Sunday, which is expected to keep him out a month.

The New Jersey Devils have won seven straight games. They own the best record in the NHL at 7-1-0, and no one has more than Jersey’s 14 points.

Olofsson gave the Avalanche a 3-0 with his first goal of the season and first tally as an Avs player via a right-circle wrist shot at 2:31 of the second period. Jack Ahcan picked up his first-career NHL assist with the primary helper on the goal.

New Jersey Devils defenseman Luke Hughes received very high praise from head coach Sheldon Keefe after his team's 8th straight win.

Good news has not been delivered for Brett Pesce and the New Jersey Devils, as the Devils will be without the key defenseman for around one month or longer. In

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