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The Devils finish their four-game homestand against Philadelphia Saturday night. The game can be seen on MSGSN and heard on the Devils Hockey Network, including right here at NewJerseyDevils.com. Puck drop is 7:08 p.m. ET.
Here are some observations from the game...
- The Devils tied the game with 37.7 seconds remaining in regulation and the goaltender pulled. Hischier set himself up in front of the crease. Jack Hughes essentially banked the puck off Hischier's stick and into the net.
"I was hoping Jack would sent it in front of the net and I could get a tip on it," Hischier said. "It worked out. I had it in my head so that's definitely a good thing."
- It was the Tatar-Mercer Show in regulation. Both players scored with the other setting up the goal with great efforts.
"We both just hunted and got the puck and gave it to the other one," Mercer said. "I said that to him on the bench."
Tatar got the Devils on the board late in the second period to make it a 2-1 game. Tatar made an absolutely beautiful shot on the backhand from above the crease that sailed in just under the crossbar.
Though Tatar scored the goal, it was Dawson Mercer that made the play. Mercer stole a puck from Sean Walker behind the Kings net, pulled it into the slot with some quick hand work and then made an "unintentional" pick play to give Tatar some space to make his shot.
"(Mercer is) pretty sneaky," Tatar said. "Our whole line is clicking pretty good right now. Dawson is playing great hockey. He's hot and I hope he's going to stay hot."
Then it was Tatar's turn to set up Mercer for a goal. After Kevin Bahl dumped a puck, Tatar outraced Tobias Bjornfot to retrieve the puck and then he fed Mercer in the low circle. From there, Mercer finished with a nice snap of the wrists.
"I saw Tatar going. He was doing a great job hunting the puck," Mercer said. "I gave him a little call and he trusted it, sent it back for me. I'm happy I didn't mess up that one."
- Dawson Mercer extended his career-high goal scoring streak and point streak to five games each. Mercer has seven goals in his goal streak, and nine points (7g-2a) in his scoring streak. Also, Mercer has played in every game for the Devils since last season's opener. That's 140 consecutive games played to start his career, tying Scott Gomez (1999-01) for the best such stretch in franchise history.
- The Devils fell behind 2-0 in the first period due to self-inflicted wounds. New Jersey committed three turnovers at the offensiveblue line, that resulted in rush opportunities against. On the first, Kopitar got behind the defense and scored a goal on a breakaway. The second turnover resulted in a 3-on-1 rush that Arvidsson flubbed on a shot at a vacant cage. On the third turnover, the Kings had a 2-on-1. This time it would be Arvidsson again getting a chance on a Kevin Fiala rebound, and this time he didn't flub, scoring his 17th goal of the season.
"The detail on the breakaway goal was poor," Ruff said. "Then we gave up a 3-on-1 and a 2-on-1. As I told them between periods, that's last year's hockey. That's not this year's hockey."
