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With New Jersey trailing 3-2, Hamilton scored at 14:32 before
Hughes scored at 14:51 to put the home team ahead and electrify
the Prudential Center crowd. Hughes — who also had two assists —
added his 22nd goal of the season into an empty net with 31
seconds left.
Connor Brown and Simon Nemec also scored for New Jersey, which
has won six of its last eight games.
With the Blackhawks on a 5-on-3 advantage, Frank Nazar rifled a
pass from Connor Bedard past Allen at 10:51 of the third for his
second goal of the night. Ilya Mikheyev also scored for Chicago,
which ended its four-game trip with a third-straight loss after
resounding defeats to the Flyers and Rangers.
Mikheyev started the scoring with his 15th goal at 4:19 of the
first.
Brown tied it with his 15th goal at 11:15.
Nazar put the visitors ahead 2-1 at 13:11 of the first. A
first-round pick by Chicago in 2022, Nazar was one of 11 players
on the Blackhawks roster on Sunday age 23 or younger.
Nemec tied the contest 2-2 at 15:48 of the second with his 11th
goal of the season, assisted by Dawson Mercer who was playing
his 401st consecutive game to tie Travis Zajac for the franchise
record.
Chicago will miss the postseason for the sixth-straight season.
Spencer Knight made 35 saves in defeat.
New Jersey is 10 points behind Columbus for the second wild-card
spot in the Eastern Conference with nine games remaining.
Devils captain Nico Hischier played his 600th career game. The
27-year-old forward from Switzerland was the first overall pick
by New Jersey in the 2017 draft.
Up next
Blackhawks: Host Winnipeg on Tuesday.
Devils: Visit Rangers on Tuesday.
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