Tampa, Fla.: Mackenzie Blackwood blocked a penalty shot in the third period for one of his 31, Yegor Sharangovich scored twice in the third period of New Jersey’s four-goal, and the Devils hit Tampa Bay on Saturday. beat Lightning 5-3.
New Jersey also got goals from Dawson Mercer, Jimmy Vesey and Tomas Tatar.
Jan Rutta, Pat Maroon and Victor Heidman scored for the Lightning, which ended a nine-game point streak. Andrei Vasilevsky scored 22 runs.
Sharangovich, who also had an assist, scored the Devils’ third straight goal to start from the bottom left circle to put New Jersey up 4-3 at 9:34. The Tatars had a blank-net target.
Rutta opened the scoring 5:49 into the game, but Sharangovich tied it with six minutes before the center stopped a 16-game goal drought. Maroon then held the Lightning up 2-1 during Tampa Bay’s third power play with 1:45 left in the first.
Tampa Bay took a 3–1 lead at 6:17 of second when Heidman skated alone from the blue line and scored from the left circle near Boris Kachok.
Mercer got the Devils to within 3-2 with a Nifty goal of 1:12 in the third. He began skating around the net, but reached back with his stick and filled the puck from Vasilevsky’s pass.
Shortly after Blackwood made a brilliant glove save on Alex Kilorn during the two-man breakaway, Vesey made it 3-3 on the breakaway at 5:39.
power-less play
The Devils are an NHL-worst 1 for 22 on the road power play after failing to score on three occasions. New Jersey allowed a breakaway and 3-on-1 during the power play of the second period.
continuing drought
Lightning RW Corey Perry, who blocked a first-period shot from the bottom left circle, has not scored a goal in his last 36 appearances. He has received one assist in 16 games this season and was given a minor penalty for an illegal check to the head of Devil’s c Nico Hisier in another, right after the hit.
next
Devils: Host Minnesota on Wednesday nights.
Lightning: Complete one home game after another with a contest on Sunday against Minnesota.
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