Devils score 4 times in third period to beat Lightning 5-3
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Mackenzie Blackwood stopped a penalty shot in the third period for one of his 31 saves, Yegor Sharangovich scored his second goal of the game in New Jersey's four-goal third period, and the Devils beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 5-3 on Saturday.
New Jersey also got goals from Dawson Mercer, Jimmy Vesey and Tomas Tatar.
Jan Rutta, Pat Maroon and Victor Hedman scored for the Lightning, who had a nine-game point streak end. Andrei Vasilevskiy made 22 saves.
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Sharangovich, who also had an assist, got the Devils' third straight goal to start the third from the low left circle to put New Jersey up 4-3 at 9:34. Tatar had an empty-net goal.
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Rutta opened the scoring 5:49 into the game, but Sharangovich tied it with six minutes left in the first when the center stopped a 16-game goal drought. Then Maroon put the Lightning up 2-1 during Tampa Bay’s third power play with 1:45 left in the first.
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Tampa Bay took a 3-1 lead at 6:17 of the second when Hedman skated in alone from the blue line and scored from the left circle off a pass from Boris Katchouk.
Mercer got the Devils within 3-2 with a nifty goal 1:12 into the third. He started to skate around the net but reached back with his stick and stuffed the puck past Vasilevskiy.
Shortly after Blackwood made a terrific glove save on Alex Killorn during a two-man breakaway, Vesey made it 3-3 on a breakaway at 5:39.
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POWER-LESS PLAY
The Devils are an NHL-worst 1 for 22 on road power plays after failing to score on three chances. New Jersey allowed a breakaway and 3-on-1 during a second-period power play.
ONGOING DROUGHT
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Lightning RW Corey Perry, who had a first-period shot from the low left circle stopped, has not scored a goal in his last 36 games. He has one assist in 16 games this season and was given a minor penalty in the second for an illegal check to the head on Devils C Nico Hischier, who was OK after the hit.
UP NEXT
Devils: Host Minnesota on Wednesday night.
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Lightning: Complete back-to-back home games with a contest Sunday against Minnesota.