This isn’t the start interim coach Alain Nasreddine was hoping for.
Kirby Dach scored in the fifth round of the shootout to lift the Chicago Blackhawks over the New Jersey Devils 2-1 Friday night at Prudential Center in Newark.
Taylor Hall scored for the Devils, who are 0-2 under Nasreddine. Mackenzie Blackwood had 28 saves, but he was defenseless when Dach roofed his shootout attempt. Nikita Gusev and Jesper Boqvist scored for New Jersey in the shootout, while Kyle Palmieri and Hall were stopped in addition to Hughes.
Chicago won its second game in two nights.