NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Nico Hischier scored twice to steer the New Jersey Devils to a 4-2 victory over the Nashville Predators on Tuesday night time.
Timo Meier and Jack Hughes additionally scored and Nico Daws made 30 saves for the Devils, winners of back-to-back video games on consecutive nights.
“I believe we bought what we deserved,” Devils coach Lindy Ruff stated. “We performed exhausting. We had the alternatives. We created the kind of possibilities we needed to create and we bought the 2 factors we wanted.”
Ryan O’Reilly and Tommy Novak scored and Juuse Saros made 42 saves for Nashville, losers of 4 of 5. Roman Josi and Cody Glass every had two assists.
“I believe tonight, it was leaky all night time,” Predators coach Andrew Brunette stated. “The one cause it was the place it was (is as a result of Saros) performed unbelievable. They had been far more determined than we had been for some cause. They performed the night time earlier than and so they had extra power than we had. There have been lots of issues that had been extraordinarily disappointing tonight.”
With time winding down within the third, Meier was capable of faucet residence the winner after a goalmouth scramble with 5:15 remaining.
“We knew we needed to be affected person and win some battles in entrance of the online,” Meier stated. “Get there and you are going to get a greasy one like we did. Clearly, an actual good effort to get these two factors.”
Glass had a take a look at an open internet with 1:34 remaining, however Devils ahead Curtis Lazar deflected the try away by reaching his stick into the taking pictures lane.
“They play with pace, they’re quick,” Glass stated. “They only needed it extra, beating us to pucks, outmuscling us. That was simply unacceptable.”
O’Reilly scored the sport’s first aim at 4:04 of the opening interval.
With Nashville on an influence play, O’Reilly redirected a Glass shot previous Daws for his team-leading twelfth power-play aim of the season.
After going 5 video games with no power-play aim, the Predators have three of their final two video games.
Hughes tied it at 1:30 of the second with a tough-angle wrist shot from the best facet that beat Saros excessive to the far facet for his second aim in as many video games.
Nashville regained the lead at 7:01 of the second when he took a go from Josi going throughout the blue line and went in on a partial breakaway. From the low slot, Novak snapped a wrist shot excessive to Daws’ glove facet.
Hischier tied it once more at 2:16 of the third, when he tipped Jesper Bratt’s shot previous Saros. He added an empty-net aim within the sport’s remaining minute.
UP NEXT
Devils: Host Los Angeles on Thursday.
Predators: Host Dallas on Thursday.
