Well, the New Jersey Devils may have given up three leads, but they still came up with two points.
A back-and-forth affair between the Devils and the Los Angeles Kings ended in victory when Jack Hughes sealed the deal with the game-winning power play goal in the third period.
The Devils took a 1–0 lead on a goal off the stick of Cody Glass at 7:58 of the first period.
Arseniy Gritsyuk collected the loose puck on the right wall and fed the glass into the slot for a one-time chance, beating Anton Forsberg to give New Jersey a one-goal advantage.
Three minutes later, Nico Hischier scored on a rebound by Timo Meier to give the Devils a 2–0 lead in the first period.
New Jersey began the second period of attack. However, Dougie Hamilton sent the Devils to the early penalty kill after being whistled for interference.
On the Los Angeles power play, Anze Kopitar cut the Devils' lead to 2–1 by hitting a backdoor pass from Bradent Clark.
Just over two minutes later, Artemi Panarin tied the game, skating the puck into the slot and passing it past Jake Allen to tie things at two.
The Kings scored three consecutive goals to take the lead at 11:43 of the middle frame. Clark walked to the Devils blueline with the puck on his stick and passed it to Taylor Ward at the top of the left circle, who beat Allen to give the Kings a 3–2 lead.
It didn't take long for the Devils to tie the game in the third period.
Lenny Haminaho drove quickly to the Kings' zone and took a good step to beat the defense. The Finnish rookie fed Gritsyuk backdoor, and Gritsyuk batted in the puck that was in mid-air and tied the game at three.
Quinton Byfield was later whistled for tripping, forcing New Jersey back on the power play for the third time. Hischier played well on the man advantage and the Devils regained the lead at 12:41 of the third period.
However, Haminaho's puck was modest and the Devils were sent back to the PK, and Kopitar collected his second of the night to tie the game at four.
Kopitar's second goal of the night saw him break the Los Angeles franchise record for points, the 1,308th of his career.
The Devils gained another man advantage after the whistle for holding Clarke.
Hughes took no time in giving the Devils their third lead of the night, scoring a goal on a FC-off draw to make the game 5–4 in favor of New Jersey.
Meyer deflected the empty-net goal to seal a 6–4 Devils victory.
Jake Allen made 27 saves on 31 shots and earned his 13th win of the season.
