New Jersey picked up its 10th straight NHL win. The Devils of Nico Hischier and Jonas Siegenthaler won 5-1 in Montreal, where the Valais center nevertheless failed to score a point in an 8th game in a row.
The Devils, who might count on Jack Hughes (2 goals, 1 assist), Dougie Hamilton (1 goal, 1 assist) and Jesper Bratt (1 goal, 1 assist) to make the difference, had not won 10 games of rank since spring 2006 (11 in a row).
The Bernese Akira Schmid, who had started in front of the Devils net three days earlier once morest the Coyotes, was not aligned this time. Vitek Vanecek took his place brilliantly, saving 25 of the 26 shots made by Montreal.
An 8th goal for Meier
The evening was also good for Nino Niederreiter and Roman Josi, respectively authors of a goal and an assist during a match won 2-1 by the Nashville Predators once morest Minnesota, and for Timo Meier, author of the goal of the victory in a game won 5-2 by the San Jose Sharks in Las Vegas.
Denis Malgin also experienced the joys of victory with Toronto, who won 5-2 in Pittsburgh, but the Solothurn remained “mute”. Just like Pius Suter, the only Swiss to have experienced defeat.
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