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Scheifele entered Friday with just two goals in 16 games this
season. The hat trick was the fourth of his career and his first
since Feb. 20, 2020, against the Ottawa Senators. He also logged
an assist Friday.
Scheifele, Nikolaj Ehlers and Kristian Vesalainen all scored in
a span of less than six minutes prior to the midway point of the
first period before the Devils scored four straight goals.
Ehlers scored his second of the night to tie the game shortly
beyond the midway point of the second, and Josh Morrissey
collected what proved to be the game-winner with 4:34 left in
the middle period.
Scheifele added a pair of insurance goals, one in the waning
seconds of the second and another almost halfway through the
third, before Adam Lowry scored the final goal with 3:27 left.
The eight goals were the most for the Jets since March 8, 2019,
when Winnipeg earned an 8-1 win over the Carolina Hurricanes.
Goalie Connor Hellebuyck made 33 saves for the Jets, who won for
just the second time in eight games (2-5-1).
Damon Severson opened the Devils' flurry in the second before
Jack Hughes, Nico Hischier and Ryan Graves gave New Jersey the
lead by scoring in a span of 1:40 bridging the second and third
periods.
Starting goalie Jonathan Bernier stopped 26 of 32 shots before
being pulled after the second period for the Devils, who have
lost five of six (1-4-1). Mackenzie Blackwood recorded six saves
and yielded two goals in the third.
The eight goals were the most allowed by the Devils since March
12, 2019, when New Jersey fell 9-4 to the Calgary Flames.
Scheifele opened the scoring by skating around Jimmy Vesey in
the slot and shuffling to the backhand to beat Bernier just 1:52
after faceoff. Ehlers doubled the lead exactly two minutes later
with a sizzling shot from the left faceoff circle dot that rang
off the far post. A Devils turnover behind the New Jersey net
led to Vesalainen's goal at the 7:39 mark.
Severson scored on the power play just 1:29 later for the
Devils, who pulled within a goal when Hughes scored with 23.7
seconds left in the first. It was Hughes' first goal since
returning from a shoulder injury Tuesday.
Hischier tied the game off a Jets turnover deep in the Winnipeg
zone just 37 seconds into the second. Graves scored 39 seconds
later to put the Devils ahead.
A turnover by the Devils in their zone led to Ehlers' tying goal
at the 10:39 mark. Morrissey put the Jets ahead with a shot that
bounced past Bernier, and Scheifele went coast-to-coast for a
power-play goal with 5.9 seconds left in the second.
Scheifele capped the hat trick 9:36 into the third before Lowry
capped the scoring.
--Field Level Media
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