Hughes scores winner as Devils outlast Kings 6-4; Kopitar sets LA franchise points record

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Jack Hughes scored the go-ahead goal with 2:29 to play and Jake Allen made 27 saves as the New Jersey Devils edged the Los Angeles Kings 6-4 on Saturday night.

Hughes put the Devils ahead 5-4 in the seesaw game with a power-play goal. Nico Hischier scored twice and Cody Glass, Arseny Gritsyuk and Timo Meier — with a last minute empty-netter — also scored.

Anze Kopitar scored twice for Los Angeles — to establish a Kings franchise points record — and Artemi Panarin and Taylor Ward also scored.

Ward had put the Kings ahead 3-2 at 11:43 of the middle period after Kopitar and Panarin scored in less than two minutes as Los Angeles battled back from an early 2-0 deficit.

But Gritsyuk tied the contest just 25 seconds into the third.

Hischier's second goal put New Jersey ahead at 12:42 of the third before Kopitar scored to tie it again.

Glass scored his career-best 15th goal at 7:56 of the first, beating Anton Forsberg with a fluttering shot. Hischier made it 2-0 at 11:04. Forsberg had 22 saves.

Kopitar scored at 4:15 of the second to narrow the deficit to 2-1.

With his second of the game, the 38-year-old Slovenian forward has 450 career goals and 858 career assists for 1,308 points, moving him ahead of Marcel Dionne. Dionne scored 550 goals with Los Angeles. Luc Robitaille leads with 557.

The Kings captain and a two-time Stanley Cup winner said he will retire after this season.

Panarin tied the contest at 2-2 at 6:03 with his third goal since he was acquired from the New York Rangers on Feb. 4.

Los Angeles is battling San Jose, Seattle and Nashville for the last Western Conference playoff berth.

Devils: Host the Boston Bruins on Monday night.

Kings: Visit the New York Rangers on Monday night to conclude five-game road trip.

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New Jersey Devils goaltender Jake Allen (34) and defenseman Luke Hughes (43) defend against Los Angeles Kings right wing Jared Wright (53) during the first period of an NHL hockey game, Saturday, March 14, 2026, in Newark, N.J. (AP Photo/Noah K. Murray)

Los Angeles Kings left wing Artemi Panarin (10) collides with New Jersey Devils center Jack Hughes (86) playing the puck during the second period of an NHL hockey game, Saturday, March 14, 2026, in Newark, N.J. (AP Photo/Noah K. Murray)

New Jersey Devils right wing Timo Meier (28) plays the puck against Los Angeles Kings defenseman Brandt Clarke (92) during the second period of an NHL hockey game, Saturday, March 14, 2026, in Newark, N.J. (AP Photo/Noah K. Murray)

New Jersey Devils center Jack Hughes (86) controls the puck against Los Angeles Kings defenseman Brandt Clarke (92) during the second period of an NHL hockey game, Saturday, March 14, 2026, in Newark, N.J. (AP Photo/Noah K. Murray)

BERLIN (AP) — Bayern Munich scored with the last kick of the game to salvage a 3-3 draw with last-place Heidenheim in the Bundesliga before it welcomes Paris Saint-Germain for the second leg of their Champions League semifinal.

Michael Olise struck the post for Bayern and the ball bounced off Heidenheim goalkeeper Diant Ramaj’s back into the net for the equalizer in the 10th minute of stoppage time on Saturday.

“It was the mentality, the belief,” Bayern coach Vincent Kompany said. “Of course, we can do many things better, but we must not forget that the lads gave everything in the end to avoid losing the game. We have to take that with us into the next match."

It was the third straight game that Bayern trailed at halftime, including its 5-4 loss to PSG in the first leg of their semifinal on Tuesday, and last weekend’s 4-3 win in Mainz, where the already crowned Bundesliga champion faced a three-goal deficit.

Kompany made seven changes to the team that started against PSG with Manuel Neuer, Dayot Upamecano, Alphonso Davies, Joshua Kimmich, Michael Olise, Luis Díaz and Harry Kane all on the substitutes’ bench.

Heidenheim’s Budu Zivzivadze and Eren Dinkci scored before Leon Goretzka pulled one back with a free kick before the break, and Kompany sent on Kane, Díaz, Olise and Kimmich for the second half.

Goretzka leveled with his second goal in the 57th, Zivzivadze scored again to restore Heidenheim’s lead in the 76th, only for Olise to force the equalizer.

The draw leaves Heidenheim on the verge of relegation.

Union Berlin fought back to draw 2-2 with Cologne for its first point under Marie-Louise Eta, the first female head coach in the league, from her third game in charge.

Tom Rothe pulled one back after a corner in the 73rd and substitute Livan Burcu let fly for what seemed for the home fans like a winner in the 89th, after Marius Bülter and Said El Mala had scored for Cologne.

“The guys left their hearts on the field,” Eta said.

The draw kept Union a point above Cologne and will probably be enough for survival.

Tiago Tomas scored in stoppage time for 10-man Stuttgart to draw at Hoffenheim 3-3 in their duel for Champions League qualification. It kept Stuttgart just ahead of Hoffenheim on goal difference.

Hamburger SV won 2-1 at Eintracht Frankfurt to move a point above Union. Defeat could prove costly for Frankfurt coach Albert Riera, who demanded respect during an angry outburst against the media in his pre-game press conference on Friday.

Augsburg won 3-1 at Werder Bremen, which dropped just outside of the relegation zone.

Bayer Leverkusen was hosting Leipzig later for another duel with Champions League qualification at stake.

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Union Berlin's Tom Rothe, third from left, scores his side's first goal during the German Bundesliga soccer match between 1. FC Union Berlin and 1. FC Köln. (Soeren Stache/dpa via AP)

Union Berlin's Tom Rothe, left, celebrates after scoring his side's first goal during the German Bundesliga soccer match between 1. FC Union Berlin and 1. FC Köln. (Soeren Stache/dpa via AP)

Bayern's Leon Goretzka celebrates scoring their side's second goal of the game during a German Bundesliga soccer match between Bayern Munich and 1. FC Heidenheim in Munich, Germany, Saturday, May 2, 2026. (Harry Langer/dpa via AP)

Bayern's Joshua Kimmich, left, and Harry Kane react during a German Bundesliga soccer match between Bayern Munich and 1. FC Heidenheim in Munich, Germany, Saturday, May 2, 2026. (Harry Langer/dpa via AP)

Bayern's Harry Kane retrieves the ball from the goal after the 3:3 during a German Bundesliga soccer match between Bayern Munich and 1. FC Heidenheim in Munich, Germany, Saturday, May 2, 2026. (Harry Langer/dpa via AP)