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10/18 17:10 CDT Jack Hughes scores 2 goals as the Devils win their 4th in a row
by beating the Oilers 5-3
Jack Hughes scores 2 goals as the Devils win their 4th in a row by beating the
Oilers 5-3
By STEPHEN WHYNO
AP Hockey Writer
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) --- Jack Hughes scored twice, Jake Allen stopped 27 of the 30
shots he faced and the New Jersey Devils won their fourth game in a row by
beating the Edmonton Oilers 5-3 on Saturday.
It's the Devils' first four-game winning streak since a stretch of five
victories in a row from Jan. 7-16, 2023. That was two coaching changes ago when
Lindy Ruff was behind the bench.
Hughes knifed his way through three Edmonton skaters before beating Calvin
Pickard far side for his first goal eight minutes into the second period. He
made another nasty move to deke and shoot the puck past Pickard for his second
with seven and a half minutes left.
Jesper Bratt scored on the power play off a faceoff and did so with Sweden
Olympic coach Sam Hallam in attendance scouting ahead of the New Year's Eve
roster deadline for Milan. Bratt is a good bet to make it as a four-time
20-goal scorer who set a career high with 88 points last season.
Connor Brown, who left in free agency after spending the past two years with
the Oilers and helping them go on back-to-back trips to the Stanley Cup Final,
took advantage of a mistake by former teammate Evan Bouchard to score one
shorthanded. Brown has three goals in his first five games with New Jersey.
All that came after the Devils did not have a shot for the first 11 1/2
minutes. Allen kept them in the game early and did not have to make a ton of
quality chances, though he turned aside Leon Draisaitl and Boucher on a power
play for two of his better saves.
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins scored twice for Edmonton, and former Devils forward Curtis
Lazar added another with 1.7 seconds left after Dawson Mercer had sealed it
with an empty-netter.
Up next
Oilers: Visit Detroit on Sunday.
Devils: Visit Toronto on Tuesday night.
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