New Jersey is still riding the wave of success. In their lair of Newark, the Devils won 5-4 in front of Vancouver for a ninth victory in eleven games.
New Jersey forced the decision thanks to a pass from Jesper Bratt following 4’18” of play in overtime. With his 20th goal of the season, the Swede made people forget a very laborious second part of the match. Thanks in particular to three goals scored in the space of 50 seconds, New Jersey led, in fact, 4-1 in the 31st before stammering his hockey.
If captain Nico Hischier remained ‘mute’, Jonas Siegenthaler scored his 15th point of the season thanks to an assist on the 2-1 scored by Ondrej Palat. With his record of +25 over the whole season, the Zurich defender asserts himself at 25 as one of the Devils’ basic men.
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