Devils on fire with Palmieri
Kyle Palmieri scored two goals for the third straight game and the New Jersey Devils rallied from their first deficits of the season to beat the San Jose Sharks, 3-2, yesterday in Newark, N.J.
Jean-Sebastien Dea capped the two-goal, thirdperiod outburst with the game winner at 3:25 and Keith Kinkaid made 37 saves as the Devils started the season with three straight wins for the second straight year.
Joe Pavelski and Timo Meier scored for the Sharks, who are heading home after a five-game road trip. Martin Jones made 33 save as San Jose lost to New Jersey for the third time in its last 11 games.
Palmieri, who had 24 goals last season, scored on a rebound in the crease 37 seconds into the third period to tie the game.
After Kinkaid made a save in close minutes later, Dea stuffed a loose puck into the net after Jones let a shot by former Sharks defenseman Mirco Mueller slip between his pads.
Logan Couture hit a goal post shortly after the goal, and Kinkaid made the lead stand late, holding off two late San Jose power-play chances.
After a scoreless opening period, the Sharks took a 1-0 lead when Pavelski slammed home the rebound of a Brent Burns shot at 3:51 of the second period. It was Pavelski’s 700th NHL point.
Palmieri tied the game at 7:06 with shot from the left circle with the Sharks playing two men short. Meier put San Jose ahead with 4:25 left in the second period with a shot from the left circle on a quick counter attack.
Ducks 3, Blues 2 — Ben Street and Andrew Cogliano scored third-period goals, Ryan Miller made 29 saves, and Anaheim rallied to beat host St. Louis.
Jakob Silfverberg also scored for the Ducks, who won for the third straight time at Enterprise Center.
Alexander Steen and Tyler Bozak scored for the Blues, and Vladimir Tarasenko had a pair of assists. Chad Johnson made 28 saves in his debut for St. Louis, which fell to 1-2-2 to start the season.
Street erased a 2-1 deficit for the Ducks at 7:16 of the third period, tipping a Josh Manson shot from the point past Johnson.
Cogliano chipped in the eventual game-winner with 5:16 left, beating Johnson between his pads with one second remaining on an Anaheim power play.
Silfverberg’s team-high third goal of the season gave the Ducks a 1-0 lead with 1:39 left in the first. Steen’s goal midway through the second period for the Blues tied the game at 1-1. Bozak’s power play goal, his first as a Blue, made it 2-1 with 4:08 left in the second.
Jets 3, Hurricanes 1 — Bryan Little broke a tie with 2:09 left and host Winnipeg beat Carolina to open a six- game homestand.
Patrick Laine opened the scoring for the Jets at 4:14 of the third period, and Kyle Connor added an empty-net goal with a second left. Backup goalie Laurent Brossoit stopped 42 shots for the victory, allowing only Micheal Ferland’s tying goal.
Petr Mrazek made 23 saves for the Hurricanes.
After Laine one-timed a pass from Blake Wheeler on a power play to put the Jets ahead, Ferland poked home a shot from Dougie Hamilton that was drifting behind Brossoit. Little then slammed in the winner for his first goal of the season.