PHILADELPHIA — Jack Hughes, Dawson Mercer and Fabian Zetterlund scored, and the New Jersey Devils set a membership file with their eleventh straight highway victory, beating the Philadelphia Flyers 3-2 on Saturday evening.
Miles Wooden added two assists for the Devils, who're a win away from tying the NHL file for consecutive highway victories. New Jersey misplaced its first highway sport of the season, on the Flyers on Oct. 13, and hasn’t dropped one away from residence since. The Devils’ subsequent highway sport is Dec. 12 on the Rangers.
“I feel that’s a giant accomplishment,” Mercer mentioned. “Highway video games are onerous, and to return away with that many it’s a particular factor.”
The Devils, who not too long ago had a 13-game profitable streak, have gained 4 of 5 and 17 of 19 total. New Jersey managed to proceed its surge regardless of being outplayed for the primary two durations.
“It actually was a problem,” New Jersey coach Lindy Ruff mentioned. “I believed as a crew we have been flat. We had no person that was carrying the play and skating effectively. We dug just a little deep and in the beginning of the third, and we created just a little power. We discovered a technique to win.”
Travis Konecny and Lukas Sedlak scored for the Flyers, who've misplaced 12 of 13.
“I don’t suppose we had many lapses tonight,” Flyers coach John Tortorella mentioned.
Tortorella received testy with a second query about whether or not he favored the crew’s effort. He tersely responded, “Sure. You’re asking me dumb questions.” Then, he left the interview room.
The Devils caught a break on Mercer’s objective that broke a 1-all tie 1:49 into the third. Flyers goalie Carter Hart went to play the puck behind the web after New Jersey dumped it into the zone. However Hart waited too lengthy and handed it to Wooden. The puck deflected off Wooden to Mercer, who put it on his forehand and scored right into a wide-open, vacated web.
“Me and (Wooden) did a great job on that and that ended up giving us good begin to the third interval and provides us some life,” Mercer mentioned.
Hart mentioned there was a miscommunication with defenseman Nick Seeler.
“I’ve received to be higher,” Hart mentioned.
Hughes scored a extra standard objective with 13:04 remaining to offer the Devils a 3-1 lead. He maneuvered his manner in shut, shot off Hart’s masks with a backhand attempt to completed the rebound on the forehand for his team-leading thirteenth objective and twenty ninth level. The tally gave him six objectives and two assists throughout a five-game factors streak.
Sedlak notched his third of the season on a slap shot with 4:48 left.
Philadelphia thought it had tied it simply 38 seconds later when Joel Farabee’s backhander crossed the objective line, however the objective was waived off as a result of Morgan Frost interfered with Devils goalie Akira Schmid.
And the Devils held on, regardless of not having their greatest efficiency.
“We’ve received a methods to go but as a crew,” Ruff mentioned. “We weren’t very comfy. You have a look at among the performs that have been an absence of composure, even late. You must make a play underneath duress and we didn’t, so it simply tells me we nonetheless have work to do as a crew.”
Regardless of Philadelphia dominating play, New Jersey received on the board first when Zetterlund scored from shut vary 6:01 into the second interval. It was simply the fifth shot of the competition and first of the second interval for the Devils, who had allowed 17 Philadelphia photographs to that time. After Flyers defenseman Ivan Provorov turned the puck over behind the web, Wooden handed in entrance to Zetterlund, who beat Hart for his fifth of the season.
The Flyers evened the rating 1:40 later when Konecny completed a gorgeous tic-tac-toe passing play with Noah Cates and Kevin Hayes on the facility play, scoring on a wrist shot previous Schmid’s blocker facet. The objective snapped an 0-for-20 skid on the man-advantage for Philadelphia, which entered changing at a league-worst 13.3%.
Philadelphia continued to play a robust all-around sport all through the second interval and entered the third outshooting the Devils 24-12. However scoring continued to be an issue for the Flyers, who're a minus-23 in objective differential.
Schmid, enjoying in his fifth sport of the season and the eleventh of his profession, made 31 saves to enhance to 5-0. He was 0-4 in six contests final 12 months.
The 2000-01 Devils had the highway profitable streak file for the membership. Detroit and Minnesota maintain the NHL file. Detroit gained 12 straight on the highway throughout the 2005-06 season, and Minnesota matched the feat in 2014-15. … Wooden returned to the lineup after lacking Thursday’s 4-3 extra time loss to Nashville with an sickness.
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