Dawson Mercer has three goals in his last five games, which all have been assisted by Timo Meier — including two primary assists.

NEWARK—Now that the New Jersey Devils have officially ruled out their captain, there are holes in the lineup that will need to be plugged. At 5-on-5, the natural player to fill the void has been Dawson Mercer.

The Devils are practicing Thursday afternoon at RWJBarnabas Health Hockey House inside the Prudential Center. Stay tuned to the notebook for the latest info, updates, interviews, videos and more from the practice session!

With New Jersey Devils captain Nico Hischier out of the lineup, Dawson Mercer will start Monday night's game against the Philadelphia Flyers as the team's second-line center. "To me, (Mercer) was outstanding in the third period the other night in Montreal when we asked him to step into that role," head coach Sheldon Keefe said to NJD.TV.

New Jersey scored four times in the second period and Jake Allen made 24 saves as the Devils defeated the Philadelphia Flyers 5-0 on Wednesday.

The New Jersey Devils dropped a 4-2 decision at the hands of the Philadelphia Flyers on Monday night at Wells Fargo Center.

Dawson Mercer scored two goals as the Devils beat the Bruins, 5-1, to snap a four-game skid. Read more on Boston.com.

NEWARK, N.J. — Dawson Mercer scored twice during New Jersey ... and Stefan Noesen also scored, and Timo Meier had two assists to help the Devils snap a four-game skid. Jacob Markstrom had ...

NEWARK—After the New Jersey Devils put up a pretty embarrassing effort on Monday against the Philadelphia Flyers, they responded with a big win that indicated their swagger is back, despite missing some key players.

Matthew Tkachuk had a goal and two assists, Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 30 shots for his second shutout of the season, and Florida beat Los Angeles.

The Devils are one of the best teams in the NHL in the second period. It showed Wednesday night as Sam Ersson and the Flyers allowed four goals in the period.

Ondrej Palat, Luke Hughes, Nathan Bastian and Dawson Mercer scored for New Jersey in a 13-minute span as the Devils won for the third time in four games. Jack Hughes scored early in the third, his 20th goal of the season.