Defenseman Dougie Hamilton had a goal and two assists, Vitek Vanecek made 24 saves for his second shutout and the NHL-leading Latest Jersey Devils defeated the Chicago Blackhawks 3-0 on Tuesday night at Prudential Center in Newark, N.J.
Nico Hischier and Jesper Bratt scored goals and Jack Hughes had two outstanding assists for the Devils, who’re a league-best 21-4-1 despite losing their first two games.
Arvid Soderblom made 26 saves for the slumping Blackhawks, who’re 1-9-1 of their last 11. They were also shut out by the Latest York Islanders 3-0 on Sunday.
Hamilton opened the scoring at 11:27 of the primary period. He got here off the bench, skated into the Blackhawks’ zone, took an excellent cross-ice pass from Hughes and beat Soderblom from the left circle.
Latest Jersey broke the sport open within the second period on the goals by Hischier and Bratt. Hischier’s eleventh goal got here with Chicago about to be called for a delayed penalty, while Bratt’s tenth got here on an influence play.
Hamilton got the secondary assist on each goals.
Hischier scored from the highest of the suitable circle on a shot that Soderblom was screened on after he’d lost his stick.
Hughes, who now has a six-game point streak with six goals and 4 assists, made one other cross-ice pass to seek out Bratt in the suitable circle for a one-timer to the highest corner.