Jack Hughes capped a three-point performance with an overtime goal at Little Caesars Arena on Tuesday, lifting the New Jersey Devils to a 5-4 victory over the Detroit Red Wings. Hughes took a pass from Jesper Bratt and scored with a snap shot 1:19 into the extra period to settle a back-and-forth contest.
Evan Rodrigues opened the scoring for New Jersey with a snap shot at 6:07 of the first period for his first goal of the season. Detroit responded late in the frame when Emmitt Finnie scored on a wrist shot at 18:35 to tie the game. Early in the second period, Michael Brandsegg-Nygard converted a snap shot at 1:43 off feeds from Finnie and Alex DeBrincat to give the Red Wings a 2-1 lead.
The Devils answered with two straight goals to move back in front. Anthony Mantha tied the game 2-2 at 7:03 of the second with his first goal of the year, and Nico Hischier tipped in a shot on the power play at 10:16. DeBrincat leveled the score at 15:10, but Bratt put New Jersey ahead again less than two minutes later with a snap shot. DeBrincat struck again at 5:46 of the third period, scoring his second goal of the night with a snap shot to force overtime.
Special teams favored New Jersey, as the Devils scored on their lone power-play opportunity while Detroit finished 0-for-1 with the man advantage. Jake Allen earned the win for the Devils by stopping 23 of 27 shots. Red Wings goaltender John Gibson took the overtime loss after making 32 saves as Detroit was outshot 37-27.
The win evened New Jersey's record at 3-3-0 through six games. The Red Wings fell to 1-3-2 on the season and extended their winless streak to three games (0-1-2) despite three-point games from DeBrincat, Hughes, and Bratt.
Both teams return to action on Tuesday, October 20. The Devils will host the Colorado Avalanche, while the Red Wings will travel to visit the Seattle Kraken.
