ELMONT, NY – Scoring the dirty goals, in front of the net, in the blue paint has become Stefan Noesen’s bread and butter.

With 48 seconds left on the clock and Jacob Markstrom on the bench for the extra attacker, Noesen created the play that sent the puck off an Islander and into the net past Ilya Sorokin to tie the game at three and send the game on Long Island to overtime.

And then, like clockwork, it was Jack Hughes with a signature breakaway goal to end the game with his second goal of the game to secure two points for the Devils. Hughes bookended the scoring for New Jersey, scoring both their first and final goal of the night.

New Jersey beat the Islanders 4-3 and have strung together their first three-game win streak of the season.

By 12:26 of the third period, the Islanders had built a 3-1 lead on the Devils before Dawson Mercer and Noesen beat Sorokin in regulation.

Simon Holmstrom, Dennis Cholowski and Brock Nelson scored for the Islanders in regulation.

Here are some observations from the game:

• Ilya Sorokin was seemingly seeing and stopping everything by the Devils and it looked like, in order to at least score a single goal, the Devils would require a most perfect of shots. Well, that’s something that Jack Hughes can do with ease. Hughes opened the scoring for New Jersey with a power play goal from the top of the left circle, ripping a wrist shot, high glove side on a screened Ilya Sorokin.

The goal was Hughes’ sixth of the season, assisted by Dougie Hamilton and Jesper Bratt.

• One of the game’s most exciting plays came toward the end of the second period when Grant Hutton was stripped of the blue at the blueline by Jack Hughes. Hughes, uncontested, had enough room to go one-on-one with Sorokin. The Islanders netminder required a full splits save, hugging the post with his skate to make the improbable save.

It was one of those plays where both players, on both sides of the puck, made incredible plays.

Watch the highlight reel move and save below!

• Paul Cotter was deployed not only on his regular line with Erik Haula and Stefan Noesen, but the speedy, hard-working forward also took semi-regular shifts on the fourth line with Justin Dowling and Tomas Tatar. Since his debut with the Devils, Cotter has been a versatile forward, capable of handling a multitude of on-ice personas, whether he’s being asked to play with Hughes on the first line or grind it out on the third or fourth line. It’s what has made Cotter such a valuable asset to the lineup.

• During the second intermission, Islanders forward Matt Martin was interviewed on the big screen and asked about playing against Jack Hughes. Martin shared that it feels like Hughes creates and gets a breakaway on every single shift and praised his all-around talent before lauding his own goaltender, Sorokin, for constantly going head-to-head with the Devils star forward.

• The Islanders were held to just 11 shots after two periods.

• Nick DeSimone, called up to New Jersey on Friday, took warmups but did not dress for the game. The Devils have been able to roll the same lineup since the game against the Edmonton Oilers last week. In that time, New Jersey has gone 3-0-0.