Paul Cotter believes the New Jersey Devils are ready for anything as they head into a rematch with the Columbus Blue Jackets that promises intensity and fireworks.

Three goals by the Devils in the third period helped them to come back and beat the Blue Jackets on Wednesday night.

Markstrom likely starts in goal but Devils will otherwise run the same lineup as the last two games looking to end three-game slide

The Arizona State Sun Devils and Duke Blue Devils meet Wednesday at the Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl in El Paso, Texas. Kickoff is scheduled for 2 p.m. ET.

When the Blue Jackets last faced the New Jersey Devils, an unexpectedly chaotic game played out on Dec. 1 in Newark, N.J., with the Blue Jackets coming from behind to win 5-3 and the two clubs combining for four fights, 21 penalties and 74 penalty minutes.

I mean, talk about an embarrassing, embarrassing loss. The New Jersey Devils were shut out by the Toronto Maple Leafs […]

• Cody Glass and Dmitri Voronkov dropped the gloves with 8:20 to play in the third, the lone fight of the game. Both players were given five-minutes penalties, and for the Devils, with the Blue Jackets trailing, that was a great trade off with Voronkov the Blue Jackets second leading scorer.

Devils coach Sheldon Keefe praised center Nico Hischier and subsequently ripped his team for their lack of “balls” after New Jersey’s 4-0 loss to the Maple Leafs on Tuesday.