Hughes scores twice, Devils beat Oilers in shootout
Jack Hughes had two goals and an assist, and Connor Hellebuyck won his first start at Prudential Center as a Devil in a 4-3 shootout against Edmonton.
New Jersey won a fourth-round shootout to beat Edmonton 4-3 on Tuesday after the Oilers erased a two-goal deficit at Prudential Center. Arseny Gritsyuk converted the deciding attempt, and Connor Hellebuyck denied Kasperi Kapanen to finish the game.
Jack Hughes had two goals and an assist for the Devils. His goals came 45 seconds apart late in the second period, at 14:50 and 15:35, to put New Jersey ahead 3-1.
Evan Bouchard opened the scoring for Edmonton before Connor Brown answered on a New Jersey power play. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins reduced the Devils’ lead late in the second period, and Leon Draisaitl tied the score on a 5-on-3 power play one minute into the third.
Hellebuyck stopped 18 shots in his first home start for the Devils. Tristan Jarry made 31 saves for the Oilers.
