Playing alongside Jack Hughes offers Jesper Bratt a great opportunity to rack up assists, and rack up assists he has. The NHL returned from the 4 Nations Face-Off break with a weekend full of hockey.

United States goaltender Jake Oettinger, left, makes a save on a shot by Sweden's Jesper Bratt during the first period of a 4 Nations Face-Off hockey game, Monday, Feb. 17,

The game was still a week away, but Jesper Bratt couldn’t help already thinking about it. With the Team Sweden-USA matchup set for Monday night at TD Garden in Boston to close out round-robin play of the 4 Nations Face-Off,

Bratt's point streak has reached 10 games following another two-point effort, as he's achieved that feat six times over that stretch. The star winger is close to establishing a new career-high mark in assists,

The New Jersey Devils’ Jesper Bratt and the Nashville Predators’ Jonathan Marchessault are two of the most exciting players to watch when these squads play on Sunday at 6:00 PM ET, at Bridgestone Arena.

Bratt has been Sweden's best player in this tourney, and he was finally rewarded with his first goal and Player-of-the-Game honors. He took a feed as he crossed the high slot toward the left circle, and then he wheeled and flung the puck hard at the U.

Our focus is still to build this kind of team environment and this culture around our team,” Bratt explained pregame. “That we can build on it for future tournaments like World Championships, the Olympics,

The 4 Nations Face-Off is taking place Feb. 12-20 in Montreal and Boston. The Devils have three players taking part in the tournament: Jack Hughes (USA), Jesper Bratt (Sweden), and Erik Haula (Finland).

The United States got a goal from Chris Kreider 35 seconds into the game but could do no more in falling to Sweden 2-1 in the final round-robin game of the 4 Nations Face-Off tournament. Gustav Nyquist and Jesper Bratt scored,

Bratt’s lone hit of the tournament was against Hughes, something he ‘had to take advantage of’ since both are expecting to be on the same side of the ice much more than not in future years. Although they were competitors in the tournament, the ‘peanut butter and jelly’ duo chatted during the tournament and watched each other play.

When analyzing what prevents the New Jersey Devils from taking a healthy step forward from an inconsistent team with upside, there are a few factors that you can point to.

With the Team Sweden-USA matchup set for Monday night at TD Garden in Boston to close out round-robin play of the 4 Nations Face-Off, he was finally going to get a chance to have to try to defend fellow star New Jersey Devils forward Jack Hughes.