J. Hughes has 2 goals, assist, Devils rally past Islanders in OT for 3rd straight win

J. Hughes has 2 goals, assist, Devils rally past Islanders in OT for 3rd straight win

Forward gets OT winner at 2:35 for New Jersey; Sorokin makes 29 saves for New York

Devils at Islanders | Recap

ELMONT, N.Y. — Jack Hughes scored his second goal of the game at 2:35 of overtime, and the New Jersey Devils defeated the New York Islanders 4-3 at UBS Arena on Saturday.

Dougie Hamilton sprung Hughes on a breakaway, where he beat Sorokin blocker side to give the Devils their third straight win.

Dawson Mercer and Stefan Noesen scored, and Hamilton had three assists for the Devils (10-5-2). Hughes added an assist, and Jacob Markstrom made 19 saves.

Simon Holmstrom had a goal and an assist, and Dennis Cholowski and Brock Nelson scored for the Islanders (6-6-3), who had won two in a row. Sorokin made 29 saves.

Holmstrom gave the Islanders a 1-0 lead at 13:09 of the first period after he beat Markstrom with a forehand deke. After Matt Martin’s hit in the right corner, Kyle MacLean took the puck and fed Holmstrom in front of the net.

Jack Hughes tied the game 1-1 on the power play at 5:57 of the second. After Dougie Hamilton fed Hughes inside the left face-off dot, he scored on a wrist shot through Nico Hischier’s screen, beating Sorokin low glove side.

The Devils outshot the Islanders 20-11 through two periods.

Cholowski gave the Islanders a 2-1 lead at 10:30 of the third after he beat Markstrom glove side from inside the left face-off dot off a cross-ice feed from Holmstrom.

Nelson beat Markstrom high glove side from the slot 1:54 later to give the Islanders a 3-1 lead at 12:26 of the third period. Kyle Palmieri made a move inside the blue line before finding Nelson.

Mercer made it 3-2 at 15:33 of the third after he beat Sorokin high blocker side from the slot off a feed from Paul Cotter from below the goal line.

With the goalie pulled, Noesen tied the game 3-3 at 19:10 after his pass to the top of the crease banked off Islanders defenseman Grant Hutton’s left skate and in.