After a difficult start to their longest road trip of the season, the Carolina Hurricanes are heading home on a high note.

Brian Boyle made his 100th career goal a memorable one Friday night as the New Jersey Devils beat the Dallas Stars 5-2 at the Prudential Center.

The story of Rick Nash's season has been the inability to finish on an abundance of great scoring chances. The 33-year-old entered Friday with just eight goals on 97 shots, tied for the 21st most in the league, and a shooting percentage about four points below his career numbers.

With each heartbreaking setback, the Detroit Red Wings kept reminding themselves that they were a good team, that they were doing things the right way, and that if they stuck with it, they would ultimately be rewarded.

With the overtime in its dying seconds, Sam Gagner was already thinking about what moves he might try in a shootout.