Field Level Media
28 Jan 2023, 10:10 GMT+10
Jack Hughes scored his second goal of the game 20 seconds into overtime to give the New Jersey Devils a 3-2 road victory over the Dallas Stars on Friday.
The Devils trailed 2-0 after the first period, but Hughes and Miles Wood quickly equalized within the first four minutes of the second frame. That concluded the scoring in regulation time, setting up Hughes for his fifth game-winning tally of the season.
Hughes has 15 points (seven goals, eight assists) over the course of an eight-game points streak.
Vitek Vanecek stopped 33 of 35 shots. Vanecek is a perfect 9-0-0 in his last nine starts, joining Martin Brodeur as the only Devils' goaltenders with a winning streak of nine or more games in franchise history.
Dougie Hamilton had two assists for the Devils defenseman's fourth consecutive multi-point game.
New Jersey is 8-1-1 in its last 10 games, with five of those victories coming in overtime or shootouts.
On the other end of the spectrum, the Stars have lost three consecutive games in overtime, all by a 3-2 score on home ice. Dallas is only 4-9 in non-regulation games this season.
Ty Dellandrea and Roope Hintz scored for the Stars during a dominant first period that saw Dallas outshoot New Jersey by a 13-5 margin.
Dellandrea caught a break when his shot from behind the back line deflected off the skate of New Jersey forward Erik Haula and into the net, giving Dellandrea the opening goal 10:50 into the game.
The Devils then ran into penalty trouble, giving the Stars a 5-on-3 power play late in the period. The two-man advantage led to Hintz blasting a one-timer from the circle for his 20th goal of the season and the 100th goal of his NHL career.
After New Jersey equalized in the second period, the Stars continued the pressure but Vanecek was up to the task. Vanecek made a pair of highlight-reel saves in denying Joe Pavelski on a breakaway midway through the period, and then stopping Jamie Benn on another strong scoring chance at the 13:16 mark.
Stars goalie Jake Oettinger stopped 26 of 29 shots.
--Field Level MediaGet a daily dose of Sports Sun news through our daily email, its complimentary and keeps you fully up to date with world and business news as well.
Publish news of your business, community or sports group, personnel appointments, major event and more by submitting a news release to Sports Sun.
More Information(Photo credit: Nathan Ray Seebeck-Imagn Images) Masataka Yoshida is expected to be in the lineup when the Boston Red Sox try to complete...
(Photo credit: Steven Bisig-Imagn Images) After a week of angst that saw them fall out of first place in the American League East,...
(Photo credit: Mitch Stringer-Imagn Images) New York Mets outfielder Juan Soto might be trying to prove a point this week after he...
(Photo credit: Denis Poroy-Imagn Images) Luis Arraez homered in the seventh inning to break up a scoreless tie Tuesday night and...
(Photo credit: Sergio Estrada-Imagn Images) Lawrence Butler homered twice and Nick Kurtz belted his first career grand slam to lead...
(Photo credit: Denis Poroy-Imagn Images) Luis Arraez homered in the seventh inning to break up a scoreless tie Tuesday night and...
(Photo credit: Jeffrey Becker-Imagn Images) Longtime NFL executive Tim Rooney, the nephew of Pittsburgh Steelers founder Art Rooney...
(Photo credit: Raymond Carlin III-Imagn Images) BYU coach Kalani Sitake plans to let quarterback Jake Retzlaff speak for himself...
(Photo credit: Chris Jones-Imagn Images) Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott declared himself a 'full go' for training camp and fully...
(Photo credit: Jayne Kamin-Oncea-Imagn Images) Pettis Norman, a tight end on the football field and a civil rights advocate off of...
(Photo credit: Michelle Pemberton/IndyStar / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images) Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow punted plans to purchase...
(Photo credit: Dale Zanine-Imagn Images) Kirk Cousins believed he had all the facts and with no reason to doubt the Atlanta Falcons'...