MONTREAL — Jack Hughes scored at 4:06 of extra time and the New Jersey Devils beat the Montreal Canadiens 4-3 on Saturday night time.
Jake Allen made 29 saves in his first regular-season begin in opposition to the Canadiens since being traded by Montreal to the Devils on March 8, 2024.
Nico Hischier, Jesper Bratt and Tomas Tatar additionally scored for the Devils, who received their second straight sport after dropping 9 of their earlier 11.
Nick Suzuki, Cole Caufield and Alexandre Service scored for the Canadiens, who misplaced consecutive video games for the primary time since Dec. 12-14, 2024.
Jakub Dobes made 40 saves within the first lack of his NHL profession. The Czech rookie had received his first 5 NHL video games since being recalled by the Canadiens on Dec. 27.
The Devils performed their first sport with out beginning goalie Jacob Markstrom, who sustained an MCL pressure throughout New Jersey’s 5-1 win over Boston on Wednesday. He’s anticipated to overlook between 4 and 6 weeks.
TAKEAWAYS
Canadiens: Montreal’s prime line of Suzuki, Caufield and Juraj Slafkovsky was on the ice for all three Canadiens objectives. The trio mixed for seven factors (2 objectives, 5 assists).
Devils: New Jersey scored at the very least 4 objectives in a sport for simply the second time in 13 contests.
KEY MOMENT
Suzuki received a faceoff again to Kaiden Guhle, who handed to Service. His slap shot eluded Allen, tying the sport at 3 simply over 3 1/2 minutes into the third interval. It was Service’s first purpose since being traded to Montreal from the Nashville Predators on Dec. 18, 2024.
KEY STAT
The Devils received their ninth straight sport on the Bell Centre, a streak that dates to April 1, 2018.
UP NEXT
The Devils are on the Philadelphia Flyers on Monday. The Canadiens host the Winnipeg Jets on Tuesay.
