{"id":404870,"date":"2026-01-13T07:56:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T07:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/404870\/"},"modified":"2026-01-13T07:56:00","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T07:56:00","slug":"hockey-gods-tamper-devils-win-hughes-bowl-vs-wild","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/404870\/","title":{"rendered":"Hockey Gods Tamper: Devils Win Hughes Bowl vs. Wild"},"content":{"rendered":"

The New Jersey Devils<\/a> were not supposed to win this game.<\/p>\n

They\u2019ve hit rock bottom of late, dropping their last four tilts before Monday night amid some off-ice controversy. Add the fact that the wound of missing out on Quinn Hughes<\/a> is still fresh, and the Minnesota Wild are now thriving with him, and this game had five straight losses written all over it.<\/p>\n

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Yet, in the Wild\u2019s home at Grand Casino Arena, the Devils snapped their losing streak in a 5-2 win against all the odds.<\/p>\n

For the first time in four games, the Devils opened the scoring. Ironically, the goal was scored on their first shot by Dawson Mercer<\/a> after Nico Hischier<\/a> forced a turnover behind the Wild net. After the Devils captain won his puck battle, he fed Mercer in the slot for a one-timer that beat Jesper Wallstadt to give New Jersey a 1-0 lead.<\/p>\n

The Devils held a one-goal lead through the next 23-plus minutes, and there wasn\u2019t another tally until the middle frame was 2\/3 of the way through.<\/p>\n

Minnesota hemmed the Devils in their end with a tired group of New Jersey skaters on the ice. Brock Faber unloaded a shot from the Devils\u2019 blue line that was redirected by Ryan Hartman and past Jacob Markstrom<\/a> to tie the game 1-1.<\/p>\n

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New Jersey would not go into the second intermission even, however. With seconds remaining on the clock, Hischier won another puck battle below the Wild goal line. A centering pass by the Devils captain reached<\/a> Ondrej Palat on Wallstadt\u2019s back door, and he buried the puck to give New Jersey a 2-1 lead with eight seconds remaining in the middle frame.<\/p>\n

In the final frame, the Devils opened up the scoring on the stick of Jesper Bratt<\/a>, who netted two goals in the third to extend New Jersey\u2019s lead by two.<\/p>\n

Dougie Hamilton<\/a> served Bratt both primary assists.<\/p>\n

The Devils\u2019 scoring wasn\u2019t done there, as Palat added to the Devils\u2019 lead, scoring his second goal of the game on a fortuitous bounce that landed in front of Mercer, who assisted New Jersey\u2019s fifth goal.<\/p>\n

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A late penalty by Brenden Dillon put the Devils on the penalty kill. Marcus Foligno deposited Minnesota\u2019s second goal with 17.9 seconds to go.<\/p>\n

But the buzzer blared and the Devils won the first Minnesota Hughes bowl 5-2.<\/p>\n

Markstrom made 19 saves on 20 shots, capturing his 11th win of the season.<\/p>\n

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