Palmieri stays hot as Devils rally past Sharks

Kyle Palmieri scored two goals for the third straight game as the New Jersey Devils rallied from their first deficits of the season to beat the San Jose Sharks

3-2 on Sunday.

Jean-sebastien Dea capped the two-goal, third-period outburst with the game winner at 3:25 to back Keith Kinkaid, who 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 saves as San Jose lost to New Jersey for the third time in its past 11 meetings.

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.

At St. Louis, Ben Street and Andrew Cogliano scored in the third period to back Ryan Miller, who had 29 saves, as Anaheim rallied to win for the third straight time at Enterprise Center.

Vladimir Tarasenko assisted on goals by Alexander Steen and Tyler Bozak to back Chad Johnson, who stopped 28 shots in his St. Louis debut.

Jakob Silfverberg scored his Ducks-high third goal of the season with 1:39 left in the first period. At

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Bryan Little scored the go-ahead goal with 2:09 left to back Laurent Brossoit, who had 42 saves.

Patrick Laine opened the scoring at 4:14 of the third period for Winnipeg, which got an empty-net goal from Kyle Connor with one second left. Micheal Ferland scored at 7:53 of the third for Carolina, which got 23 saves from Petr Mrazek. The Associated Press