By ALLAN KREDA
NEWARK — Devils defenseman Luke Hughes had a objective and an help, Jacob Markstrom made 29 saves and New Jersey defeated the Carolina Hurricanes 4-2 on Friday evening.
Ondrej Palat, Nico Hischier and Dawson Mercer additionally scored for New Jersey, which has gained three straight and 6 of seven.
Eric Robinson and Brent Burns scored for the Hurricanes, who misplaced for the third time in 4 video games. Carolina had 31 pictures on objective, after the Devils permitted 20 or fewer in every of their earlier seven video games.
Robinson opened the scoring at 10:03 of the primary interval by poking the puck previous Markstrom, who was coming off consecutive 12-save shutouts.
Palat tied it at 16:14, adopted by Hischier’s team-best 18th objective 42 seconds later to place New Jersey forward 2-1.
Burns tied it for Carolina simply 22 seconds into the center interval.
Hughes, the 21-year-old brother of Devils star middle Jack Hughes, then scored at 4:15 adopted by Mercer at 8:47 to place New Jersey forward 4-2.
Pyotr Kochetkov made 19 saves for the Hurricanes.
The Devils blanked the New York Rangers 5-0 at residence on Monday after defeating Pittsburgh 3-0 final Saturday at Prudential Heart.
Carolina misplaced 5-2 at Nashville on Monday earlier than the vacation break.
TAKEAWAYS
Devils: New Jersey is 17-6-1 since a 3-0 loss at Calgary on Nov. 1.
Hurricanes: Allowed 4 objectives for the second consecutive sport after giving up three or fewer of their earlier six video games.
KEY MOMENT
Hischier’s objective lower than a minute after Palat’s tying objective late within the first gave New Jersey momentum.
KEY STAT
Markstrom is 19-6-2 in his first season with the Devils.
UP NEXT
The groups full a home-and-home sequence Saturday at Carolina.
