Devils Stefan Noesen and his teammates jabbed and poked their sticks at the loose puck, trying desperately to give New Jersey its first lead of the game against the Detroit Red Wings on Friday. Noesen and the Devils recorded five shots in six seconds in the second period before Noesen finally got the puck past goaltender Cam Talbot.

Dougie Hamilton, Timo Meier and Jack Hughes scored on power plays as the New Jersey Devils took advantage of Detroit’s NHL-worst penalty kill in a 5-4 victory over the Red Wings on Friday.

Despite struggling in his last start, New Jersey Devils head coach Sheldon Keefe went back to goaltender Jacob Markstrom on Friday in Motor City against the Detroit Red Wings on the first night of back-to-back games.