He was absolutely stellar in his positioning, reading and reaction. It was also a great bounce back game for Vanecek, who had surrendered 13 goals in his past three outings. The save kept it from being a 1-1 game, and the Devils turned it into a two-goal swing. Bratt scored to give New Jersey a 2-0 lead. The last two players were assessed penalties, setting up a 4-on-4 situation. Tomas Tatar hit Aho while Ryan Graves threw his body into Puljujarvi. Then Vanecek had to keep his skate and pad solid on the post as Aho and Jesse Puljujarvi were digging for the puck. Starting from his right post, Vaneck had to slide to his left post quickly to stop Sebastian Aho. It isn't often a turning point in a game occurs at the 8-minute mark of the first period. In the previous matchup between the two teams in January, the Devils scored three of four goals against Kochetkov between the legs. The first two Devils goals came on shots through the five-hole.
Hughes also picked up two assists for his 27 th multi-point game of the season, tying Taylor Hall (2017-18) for the Devils all-time record.
Shayne Gostisbehere cut off the angle to the net, so Hughes just ripped a shot through Kochetkov's five-hole. After stealing the puck, Hughes cut toward the net. Hughes scored his 37 th goal of the season after a great defensive play, stripping the puck from Hurricanes defenseman Calvin de Haan at the Carolina blue line. He was finally rewarded for his efforts against Carolina. He was certainly creating chances for himself but wasn't getting pucks through. Hughes only had one goal in his past 11 games since returning from an upper-body injury in mid-February. "So I figured I'll lay down and hit it with my shaft instead." "I whacked at it two, three times with my blade and that didn't work," Bratt joked. The puck found its way to the crease and Bratt knocked it in. Bratt buried his shot through the five-hole of goaltender Pyotr Kochetkov for the tally.īratt's second goal came on a broken play after Kochetkov mishandled a puck in the trapezoid. Bratt got around Brett Pesce and Hughes fed him the puck for a semi-breakaway. His first came while skating 4-on-4 with Hughes. Here are some observations from the game.īratt picked up goals 26 and 27 on the season in the game.
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