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03/14 21:03 CDT Hughes scores winner as Devils outlast Kings 6-4; Kopitar sets
LA franchise points record
Hughes scores winner as Devils outlast Kings 6-4; Kopitar sets LA franchise
points record
By ALLAN KREDA
Associated Press
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) --- Jack Hughes scored the go-ahead goal with 2:29 to play
and Jake Allen made 27 saves as the New Jersey Devils edged the Los Angeles
Kings 6-4 on Saturday night.
Hughes put the Devils ahead 5-4 in the seesaw game with a power-play goal. Nico
Hischier scored twice and Cody Glass, Arseny Gritsyuk and Timo Meier --- with a
last minute empty-netter --- also scored.
Anze Kopitar scored twice for Los Angeles --- to establish a Kings franchise
points record --- and Artemi Panarin and Taylor Ward also scored.
Ward had put the Kings ahead 3-2 at 11:43 of the middle period after Kopitar
and Panarin scored in less than two minutes as Los Angeles battled back from an
early 2-0 deficit.
But Gritsyuk tied the contest just 25 seconds into the third.
Hischier's second goal put New Jersey ahead at 12:42 of the third before
Kopitar scored to tie it again.
Glass scored his career-best 15th goal at 7:56 of the first, beating Anton
Forsberg with a fluttering shot. Hischier made it 2-0 at 11:04. Forsberg had 22
saves.
Kopitar scored at 4:15 of the second to narrow the deficit to 2-1.
With his second of the game, the 38-year-old Slovenian forward has 450 career
goals and 858 career assists for 1,308 points, moving him ahead of Marcel
Dionne. Dionne scored 550 goals with Los Angeles. Luc Robitaille leads with 557.
The Kings captain and a two-time Stanley Cup winner said he will retire after
this season.
Panarin tied the contest at 2-2 at 6:03 with his third goal since he was
acquired from the New York Rangers on Feb. 4.
Los Angeles is battling San Jose, Seattle and Nashville for the last Western
Conference playoff berth.
Up Next
Devils: Host the Boston Bruins on Monday night.
Kings: Visit the New York Rangers on Monday night to conclude five-game road
trip.
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