Sharks still looking for first road 勝利，勝つ as they visit Devils
最近の results 示す the New Jersey Devils may be 回復するing their form from a strong 開始 few weeks and now they would like to 避ける any 肉親，親類d of a letdown against the NHL's worst team.
The Devils go for their season-high fourth straight 勝利，勝つ Friday night in Newark, N.J., when they host the San Jose Sharks, who are still searching for their first road 勝利，勝つ.
New Jersey is on its second three-game winning streak this season. The other was Oct. 27 through Nov. 2, when it （警官の）巡回区域，受持ち区域 Buffalo and got two 勝利，勝つs over Minnesota as part of its 6-2-1 run.
After the three-game winning streak, the Devils 耐えるd a 2-7-1 低迷 that 同時に起こる／一致するd with an 傷害 to Nico Hischier. He has two goals and two 補助装置s since returning from 行方不明の 11 games, and the Devils have 得点する／非難する／２０d 16 goals in their past three games.
Hischier got the 第２位 補助装置 Thursday when Luke Hughes 得点する／非難する／２０d the game-勝利者 28 seconds into overtime to give the Devils a 4-3 victory at Philadelphia. Hughes 得点する／非難する／２０d after the Devils blew a two-goal lead in the final five minutes of 規則 and also got the winning goal after getting 診察するd for a concussion in the 開始 period.
"I thought he showed a lot of 決意," Devils coach Lindy Ruff said. "We didn't know if he was gonna get 支援する; he took one heck of a 攻撃する，衝突する. So to get 支援する, play the way he did, compete the way he did, I don't think he was 100 パーセント, but 手配中の，お尋ね者 to finish the game."
Tyler Toffoli, Jack Hughes and Alexander Holtz 得点する／非難する／２０d in a game where the Devils took a season-high 44 発射s on goal, （太陽，月の）食／失墜ing the 41 they had at Chicago on Nov. 5.
The Devils also won while playing without Dougie Hamilton 予定 to an upper-団体／死体 傷害 支えるd in the second period Tuesday in a 勝利，勝つ over the New York Islanders -- and the defenseman may be out again.
Not only are the Sharks 0-10-0 on the road, but they also are on a 13-game road losing streak dating to a 7-2 勝利，勝つ at Arizona on April 1. This year, they have yet to 得点する／非難する／２０ more than one goal in a road game and are getting outscored 42-6 in road games.
San Jose's 最新の 敗北・負かす was Thursday, a 3-0 loss in Boston to start a six-game trip. After 収入 連続した one-goal 勝利，勝つs over Vancouver and Washington, the Sharks 許すd two goals in the second period and were blanked for the fourth time this season.
"Psychologically, we get 負かす／撃墜する -- 特に on the road," San Jose coach David Quinn said. "We tend to feel sorry for ourselves."
The Sharks are a respectable 5-6-1 in their past 12 contests, since 許すing 10 goals in each of the final two games of their season-開始 11-game losing streak.
They were doomed by misplays with the puck in Boston and the 無（不）能 to get a 発射 on goal during a 5-on-3 力／強力にする play 早期に in the third period.
"明白に, it's just 肉親，親類d of been the story of the season," San Jose's Nico Sturm said. "明白に, in the NHL you need a 十分な 60 minutes to 勝利，勝つ a ホッケー game. I thought the third was better again, but yeah, second period cost us the game for sure."
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