Hold On: Devils Outlast Stars 6-4
A little bit of this would have gone a long way a couple of weeks ago. Seriously, where was this kind of effort against Calgary and Detroit? Or, for that matter, Washington last Friday?
Not that it was perfect by any means, but the Devils team that turned what looked like a surefire, “get-right” game […]
Mar 24, 2026; Dallas, Texas, USA; New Jersey Devils center Jack Hughes (86) scores a goal against Dallas Stars goaltender Jake Oettinger (29) during the first period at the American Airlines Center. Mandatory Credit: Jerome Miron-Imagn Images | Jerome Miron-Imagn Images A little bit of this would have gone a long way a couple of weeks ago. Seriously, where was this kind of effort against Calgary and Detroit?
Or, for that matter, Washington last Friday? Not that it was perfect by any means, but the Devils team that turned what looked like a surefire, “get-right” game for the recently struggling Stars into a disappointing 6-4 loss Tuesday night in Dallas, looked way more like the eight-game win streak Devils of October, than the sad-sack group that’s stumbled to 13th in the Eastern Conference since Jack Hughes got hurt eating dinner in November. Actually, they kind of looked like the less-good version of the Lindy Ruff Devils of 2023-24 on the rare occasions Jack Hughes was in the lineup and they got good goaltending.
And the Devils got good goaltending, or at least good enough goaltending, Tuesday night from Jake Allen. Making his second consecutive start after sitting for 18 days, Allen stopped 23 of 27 shots. The .
Continue to the original source for the full article.