The New Jersey Devils traveled to the opposite facet of the Hudson River on Nov. 9 for some Saturday evening hockey at UBS Enviornment. The Devils at the very least had evening, taking the New York Islanders down in a 4-3 time beyond regulation win. With a file of 10-5-2, the Devils proceed to remain on high of the Metropolitan Division.
Recreation Recap
9 minutes into the sport, the Devils acquired a 5-on-4 likelihood when Pierre Engvall was known as to the penalty field for holding Brett Pesce. Sadly for the Devils, they weren’t in a position to make the most of the additional man on the ice.
All was quiet on the western entrance, till the 14-minute mark of the primary interval. Simon Holmstrom opened the scoring for each groups, placing the Islanders in entrance of the Devils by one.
Six minutes into the second interval, Dennis Cholowski was despatched to the penalty field after high-sticking Pesce. He can’t appear to catch a break this sport. Forty seconds after the Islanders went to the penalty field, Jack Hughes scored the primary aim of the evening for the Devils. Assisted by Jesper Bratt and Dougie Hamilton, Hughes managed a aim from the left facet of the web, by the faceoff circle.
A minute left within the second interval, Hughes had one other aim likelihood however was unsuccessful. He acquired shut as much as the web and shot the puck, nevertheless, it by no means made it into the again of the web. As an alternative, he went into the again of the web after crashing into Ilya Sorokin. The rating was nonetheless tied, 1-1, and the Devils have been feeling the stress.
Midway into the third interval, Cholowski scored, placing the Islanders on high of the scoreboard. Lower than two minutes later, Nelson scored to extend the Islanders’ lead by two objectives. 4 minutes left within the sport, Dawson Mercer scored. Assisted by Paul Cotter and Jonas Siegenthaler, Mercer was in a position to reduce the Islanders’ lead in half. With the top of the sport stress dawning on the Devils, Jacob Markstrom was pulled from the web. Fortunately, the additional attacker on the ice benefited the Devils. Stefan Noesen scored with simply 48 seconds left on the clock. With a tied sport, the Devils headed to time beyond regulation.
Proper off the bat, Bo Horvat tried a aim on Markstrom which he was expertly in a position to block. The 2 had some forwards and backwards however in the long run, it was Jack Hughes who prevailed but once more. With two and a half minutes left in OT, Hughes despatched the puck to the again of the web, successful the sport for the Devils.
All through the sport, the Devils clearly had probably the most management of the puck. Outshooting the Islanders 33-22, it was the Devils who have been victorious in the long run.
The Devils are again on the ice Nov. 10 with back-to-back video games, this time at dwelling, internet hosting the San Jose Sharks.
