UNDATED (AP) — Jack Hughes bailed out the New Jersey Devils after they blew a late two-goal lead.
Hughes capped his two-goal performance by scoring less than a minute into overtime, completing the Devils’ 4-3 win over the Blackhawks. Dougie Hamilton scored on his first shot as a Devil and Andreas Johnsson gave his team a 3-1 lead early in the third period. But the Hawks gained a point when Dominik Kubalik and Kirby Dach tallied in the final 3:53 of regulation.
The Canucks also squandered a two-goal lead in the third period before beating the Flyers, 5-4. Elias Pettersson and J.T. Miller scored in a shootout after Vancouver put together a four-goal second period to take a 4-2 lead. Travis Konecny and Claude Giroux scored over the final 2:17 of regulation in the Flyers’ season opener.
In the NHL’s other game on Friday, Marcus Foligno scored with 7.2 seconds remaining in regulation to give the Wild a 2-1 win over the Ducks. Kevin Fiala had a power-play goal and Cam Talbot made 28 saves for Minnesota. Jakob Silfverberg scored on the power play for the Ducks, and Anthony Stolarz made 41 saves.
