Brothers Jack Hughes and Luke Hughes on Wednesday each collected a goal and an assist as the New Jersey Devils scored four times in the second period and rolled to a 5-0 rout of the visiting Philadelphia Flyers in Newark, New Jersey.
The Devils won for the third time in four games and for a second straight game withstood the absence of captain Nico Hischier due to an upper-body injury. Hischier is week-to-week and is expected to miss at least two more games.
Jack Hughes reached 20 goals for the fourth time in his career when he finished off a two-on-one with Jesper Bratt 1 minute, 58 seconds into the third period.
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Timo Meier, Brett Pesce and Bratt contributed two assists apiece for the Devils, who have lost the first two meetings to the Flyers this season.
Jake Allen made 24 saves for his third shutout this season and the 27th of his career. Allen highlighted his outing by denying Tyson Foerster on a breakaway late in the first period after stopping Sean Couturier twice in the opening minutes.
Philadelphia’s Samuel Ersson allowed four goals on 16 shots before getting pulled following Mercer’s goal. Ivan Fedotov then made nine saves on 10 shots.
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Penguins 3, Utah 2 (OT)
Sidney Crosby scored in overtime to cap a two-point game as Pittsburgh earned a victory over Utah in Salt Lake City.
Marcus Pettersson and Erik Karlsson also scored for the Penguins, who erased a pair of deficits and snapped a three-game losing streak.
Goaltender Alex Nedeljkovic made 27 saves.
Pittsburgh finished 3-4-0 on a seven-game road trip.
Mikhail Sergachev and Michael Carcone scored for Utah, who suffered their third straight loss (0-2-1).
Goalie Connor Ingram made 25 saves.
Panthers 3, Kings 0
Sergei Bobrovsky made 29 saves for his 46th career shutout and second of the season as Florida defeated Los Angeles in Sunrise, Florida.
Matthew Tkachuk had a goal and two assists, while Sam Bennett and Aleksander Barkov also scored for the Panthers, who earned their fourth win in six games.
It was the 899th career victory for Florida coach Paul Maurice. His next win would make him only the fourth NHL coach with 900 victories.
Darcy Kuemper stopped 36 shots for the Kings, who have lost seven of their past nine (2-6-1) and have scored just 19 goals in their past 11 games.
Wild 3, Maple Leafs 1
Jared Spurgeon scored what turned out to be the winning goal in the first period as visiting Minnesota went on to defeat Toronto.
Marat Khusnutdinov and Marcus Foligno (empty net) also scored for the Wild, who have won the first two games of a five-game road trip after losing five of their previous six.
Filip Gustavsson stopped 32 shots for the Wild for his second straight victory after he dropped four in a row.
Minnesota swept the two-game season series with Toronto.
William Nylander scored for the Maple Leafs, who have lost three in a row and have been held to one goal in each.
Joseph Woll made 22 saves.
Canucks 3, Predators 1
Thatcher Demko made 31 saves and Linus Karlsson scored his first NHL goal as visiting Vancouver beat Nashville for their third consecutive win.
Nils Hoglander and Pius Suter scored the other goals for the Canucks.
Quinn Hughes, who collected two assists, has 11 points (five goals and six assists) over his seven-game points streak.
Tommy Novak scored the only goal for the Predators, while Juuse Saros stopped 19 of 21 shots.
Nashville have lost two straight games on the heels of a season-best five-game winning streak.
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