VANCOUVER, British Columbia — The New Jersey Devils won the battle against the Hughes Brothers on Tuesday night.
Jesper Bratt scores his second goal of the night with 34 seconds left in the third period as the Devils defeat the Vancouver Canucks 6-5 in a close game that resembles a rivalry despite being in opposing conferences. I decided.
Jack Hughes had one goal and two assists, and his younger brother Luke Hughes scored on the Devils’ power play. Vancouver’s Quinn Hughes had two assists in the third period, and the Canucks rallied from a three-point deficit to tie the game.
“I thought both Luke and Quinn played really well,” Jack Hughes said after the win. “It’s a lot of fun playing with them.”
The brothers are all former first-round picks, but they fell short of scoring in the same game for the first time in nearly 40 years. According to ESPN Stats & Information, Marian, Anton, and Peter Stastny all scored in a game between the Quebec Nordiques and New Jersey on December 8, 1984.
Tuesday’s game was billed as the “Hughes Bowl,” with parents Jim and Ellen Hughes in the stands and frequently shown on the arena’s television screens.
One feat they saw was rookie Jack Hughes and Luke Hughes scoring in the same game for the third time this season, before the Canucks started fighting back.
Luke Hughes said: “It was a big win for the team. It was a tenacious win. It’s a big two points for the team.” “Obviously it didn’t end the game the way we wanted, but it was a big two points and I’m glad we got it.”
Eric Haula and Michael McLeod also scored for the Devils.
JT Miller had a power play goal and an assist for the Canucks. Brock Boeser, Nils Hoglander, Sam Lafferty and Dakota Joshua also scored for Vancouver.
Vancouver goaltender Thatcher Demko stopped 26 shots and New Jersey’s Vitek Vanecek made 28 saves.
The Canucks entered the third period with a three-point lead, but Quinn Hughes made a big contribution to the comeback and refused to give up.
Jack Hughes said: “This is a game. When you’re up 5-2 you shouldn’t let them get back into the game.”
Boeser struck first, receiving a pass from Miller along the boards and scoring his NHL-leading 18th point of the season at 7:02. Lafferty made it 5-4 at 13:58 when he defended a Quinn Hughes point shot that went past Vanecek. Hoglander picked up a rebound of Quinn Hughes’ shot and fired a shot into an open net at 16:34 to tie the game.
Blatt got through traffic and rebounded the shot to win the game.
Luke and Jack Hughes scored the only goals of the second period, giving the Devils a 5-2 lead.
After a wild first period, the Devils led 4-2, with the team scoring three goals in just over six minutes. After that, they crossed the finish line with a difference of 58 seconds, and time expired.
This will be the ninth time in NHL history that three brothers will appear in the same game. The last time was on April 13, when Eric Staal and Marc Staal of the Florida Panthers faced off against Jordan Staal of the Carolina Hurricanes.
Luke Hughes said, “It was pretty cool to take pictures in the warm-up.” “It hasn’t all sunk in yet. For me, it’s seeing him off the ice. I haven’t seen (Quinn) in months, but it was the five of us. Our family. We’re all here.’ We were able to go out to dinner and hang out for two days. It was a lot of fun for our family. ”
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
