National Hockey League
New Jersey 4, Ottawa 3
When: 7:00 PM ET, Thursday, November 10, 2022
Where: Prudential Center, Newark, New Jersey
Referees: Peter MacDougall, Kelly Sutherland
Linesmen: Ryan Gibbons, Brad Kovachik
Attendance: 13806

Nico Hischier scored a power-play goal with 33 seconds left in overtime as the New Jersey Devils extended their winning streak to eight games with a 4-3 victory over the Ottawa Senators on Thursday night in Newark, N.J.

The Devils are on their first eight-game winning streak since Feb. 6-22, 2011, and Hischier kept it going with his 11th career game-winning goal.

New Jersey got a late power play when Jack Hughes drew a holding penalty on Thomas Chabot racing for the puck near the neutral zone. After Hischier won a faceoff from Tyler Motte, he moved the puck to Hughes in the right circle.

Hughes then whipped the puck to Dougie Hamilton, whose slap shot from above the circle was deflected by Hischier past goalie Anton Forsberg and gave the Devils their fourth straight one-goal win.

Akira Schmid put the Devils in position for the win by making five of his seven saves in overtime to earn his first career win. He entered when Vitek Vanecek was lifted for precautionary reasons with 9:23 left in the third following a second-period collision with Chabot.

Schmid made three stops on Tim Stutzle during an Ottawa power play and also made a point-blank stop on Ottawa captain Brady Tkachuk.

Hischier also scored in the first period and the Devils improved to 10-0-0 when he records a point. Tomas Tatar and Miles Wood also scored for the Devils, who are 11-1-0 in their past 12 games.

Shane Pinto recorded his first career two-goal game by getting a pair of tying goals, though Ottawa dropped its seventh straight. Travis Hamonic also scored for the Senators, who have lost each game in their skid by two goals or fewer.

Forsberg made 37 saves but wound up slamming his stick on the net after Hischier's third game-winning goal of the season.

Tatar opened the scoring 4:44 in when his wrister from the middle of the slot caromed off Ottawa's Parker Kelly and past Forsberg. Pinto scored his first goal on a redirection with 9:45 left in the first and Hamonic gave Ottawa a 2-1 lead 69 seconds later.

Hischier finished off a 2-on-1 with 1:54 left in the first and Wood chipped a loose puck into the net early in the second before Pinto scored the tying goal 1:29 into the third.

--Field Level Media

Top Game Performances
 
Ottawa   New Jersey
Shane Pinto 2 Points Nico Hischier 2
Shane Pinto 2 Goals Nico Hischier 2
Drake Batherson 1 Assists Jack Hughes 2
Shane Pinto 1 Power Play Goals Nico Hischier 1
N/A Short Handed Goals N/A
Anton Forsberg .902 Save Percentage Akira Schmid 1.000
Anton Forsberg 37 Saves Vitek Vanecek 18
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Shots Goals Power Play Penalty Kill Penalty Mins Face Offs Won
Ottawa 28 3 1-4 2-3 6 30
New Jersey 41 4 1-3 3-4 8 30
Upcoming Games
  • New Jersey will play their next game at home against Arizona. The Devils have a W/L % of .818 after a win and .667 after a loss.
  • Ottawa will play their next game on the road against Philadelphia. The Senators have a W/L % of .600 after a win and .125 after a loss.