National Hockey League
New Jersey 4, Arizona 2
When: 7:00 PM ET, Saturday, November 12, 2022
Where: Prudential Center, Newark, New Jersey
Referees: Frederick L'Ecuyer, Graham Skilliter
Linesmen: Brad Kovachik, Ryan Jackson
Attendance: 16514

Tomas Tatar had a goal and an assist and the New Jersey Devils extended their winning streak to nine games with a 4-2 victory over the Arizona Coyotes on Saturday night in Newark, N.J.

Jack Hughes, Jesper Boqvist and Dougie Hamilton also scored for New Jersey. The winning streak is the Devils' longest since Nov. 17-Dec. 7, 2007, when they also won nine in a row.

Akira Schmid, making his fifth career start and first of the season, finished with 16 saves for his second career victory.

Clayton Keller and Dylan Guenther scored goals for Arizona, which had a three-game winning streak snapped. Kavel Vejmelka, who was coming off a 24-save shutout over the New York Islanders, stopped 22 of 26 shots.

New Jersey took a 1-0 lead at the 6:29 mark of the first period when Tatar roofed a backhand pass from Fabian Zetterlund into the low slot for his third goal of the season.

Arizona tied it with a power-play goal at 9:04 of the first period that was credited to Guenther. His crossing pass ricocheted off the arm of defenseman Jonas Siegenthaler past Schmid.

The Devils needed just 23 seconds to regain the lead, however, when Hughes rushed down the right wing and snapped a wrist shot from the right circle past Vejmelka's glove side for his fifth goal of the season.

Arizona tied it 2-2 midway through the second period with another power-play goal, this one when Keller took a pass from Travis Boyd, skated up the slot and then backhanded a shot past Schmid's glove side.

But New Jersey answered with two goals in less than three minutes to take a 4-2 lead. Boqvist got his first goal of the season when he one-timed his own rebound in the slot into the top right corner of the net.

Hamilton followed with a power-play goal, blasting a slap shot from above the high slot under the crossbar for his fourth goal of the season.

--Field Level Media

Top Game Performances
 
Arizona   New Jersey
Dylan Guenther 1 Points Tomas Tatar 2
Dylan Guenther 1 Goals Tomas Tatar 1
Travis Boyd 1 Assists Tomas Tatar 1
Dylan Guenther 1 Power Play Goals Dougie Hamilton 1
N/A Short Handed Goals N/A
Karel Vejmelka .846 Save Percentage Akira Schmid .889
Karel Vejmelka 22 Saves Akira Schmid 16
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Shots Goals Power Play Penalty Kill Penalty Mins Face Offs Won
Arizona 18 2 2-4 7-8 18 28
New Jersey 26 4 1-8 2-4 12 39
Upcoming Games
  • New Jersey will play their next game on the road against Montreal. The Devils have a W/L % of .833 after a win and .667 after a loss.
  • Arizona will play their next game on the road against NY Rangers. The Coyotes have a W/L % of .333 after a win and .500 after a loss.