NHL - Minnesota Wild @ New Jersey 1-2 OT - Saturday, October 22, 2016

Taylor Hall scored 29 seconds into overtime to give the New Jersey Devils a 2-1 win against the Minnesota Wild at Prudential Center on Saturday.
Hall took a pass from Adam Henrique after crossing the blue line and his snap shot beat Devan Dubnyk between the pads. It was Hall's third goal of the season.
PA Parenteau scored his second of the season off a slap shot from the top of right circle to give the Devils a 1-1 tie with 8:04 left in the third period. It was the first 5-on-5 goal for the Devils in three games. The Wild (3-1-1) had their three-game winning streak end. The Devils (2-2-1) won their second in three games. Dubnyk made 30 saves in his second straight start. Cory Schneider made 28 saves for the Devils in his fifth straight start.

Schneider has a 1.80 goals-against average and .943 save percentage in five games. Wild rookie forward Joel Eriksson Ek scored in his first NHL game off a rebound for a 1-0 lead 1:00 into the second period.

Eriksson Ek scored when he controlled a rebound and lifted a shot past Schneider.

* Hall scored the 24th game-winner and sixth overtime winner of his NHL career. After crossing the blue line with Henrique, Hall broke to the net from the left circle and collected a pass before directing a shot between the pads of Dubnyk.
* Wild left wing Mikael Granlund just missed scoring his first of the season 6:45 into the second when he skated over the Devils blue line down right wing, cut to the slot and snapped a shot that Schneider saved with his catching glove to keep New Jersey within 1-0.
* Wild defenseman Matt Dumba delivered one of his game-high five hits against Hall with 5:53 remaining in the second after the latter crossed center ice and skated down the left wing.* Eriksson Ek scored off a rebound from the slot after Schneider mishandled a shot taken by Jason Zucker. The 19-year-old was recalled from Iowa of the American Hockey League on Friday to replace injured forward Erik Haula.
* The Devils honored former goalie Martin Brodeur by unveiling a bronze statue of him outside of Prudential Center prior to the start of the game. Brodeur is assistant general manager of the St. Louis Blues. ... Eriksson Ek, 19, became the seventh player in Wild history to score in his NHL debut. The No. 20 pick in the 2015 NHL Draft waited a week to get his visa issues resolved before scoring in his North American debut for Iowa against Grand Rapids on Oct. 18.

Wild Quotes

Joel Eriksson Ek: "Of course it's a dream come true for every hockey player to one day play in the NHL. On my goal, it felt like the puck was going in slow motion or something."
Matt Dumba: "It's a tough game to have slip away. But we're still early in the season and we have to turn it around [Sunday] night against the New York Islanders. We need to just get this one out of our heads. We got a point and now it's time to leave New Jersey and think about the next one."


Taylor Hall: "In 3-on-3 overtime, you're usually playing against two forwards and one defenseman. I got caught on a rush where I was playing defense and that's an unfamiliar spot for a guy like me and that's what happened to them. [Henrique] made a great saucer pass over to me and I saw an opening five-hole."