Jack Hughes scores at 4:06 of overtime and helps the Devils to a 4-3 win over the Canadiens

MONTREAL — Jack Hughes scored astatine 4:06 of overtime and the New Jersey Devils bushed the Montreal Canadiens 4-3 connected Saturday night.

Jake Allen made 29 saves successful his archetypal regular-season commencement against the Canadiens since being traded by Montreal to the Devils connected March 8, 2024.

Nico Hischier, Jesper Bratt and Tomas Tatar besides scored for the Devils, who won their 2nd consecutive crippled aft losing 9 of their erstwhile 11.

Nick Suzuki, Cole Caufield and Alexandre Carrier scored for the Canadiens, who mislaid consecutive games for the archetypal clip since Dec. 12-14, 2024.

Jakub Dobes made 40 saves successful the archetypal nonaccomplishment of his NHL career. The Czech rookie had won his archetypal 5 NHL games since being recalled by the Canadiens connected Dec. 27.

The Devils played their archetypal crippled without starting goalie Jacob Markstrom, who sustained an MCL strain during New Jersey’s 5-1 triumph implicit Boston connected Wednesday. He is expected to miss betwixt 4 and six weeks.

TAKEAWAYS

Canadiens: Montreal’s apical enactment of Suzuki, Caufield and Juraj Slafkovsky was connected the crystal for each 3 Canadiens goals. The trio combined for 7 points (2 goals, 5 assists).

Devils: New Jersey scored astatine slightest 4 goals successful a crippled for conscionable the 2nd clip successful 13 contests.

KEY MOMENT

Suzuki won a faceoff backmost to Kaiden Guhle, who passed to Carrier. His slap changeable eluded Allen, tying the crippled astatine 3 conscionable implicit 3 1/2 minutes into the 3rd period. It was Carrier’s archetypal extremity since being traded to Montreal from the Nashville Predators connected Dec. 18, 2024.

KEY STAT

The Devils won their ninth consecutive crippled astatine the Bell Centre, a streak that dates to April 1, 2018.

UP NEXT

The Devils are astatine the Philadelphia Flyers connected Monday. The Canadiens big the Winnipeg Jets connected Tuesay.