Ruff gets first win as coach of Devils

Egor Sharangovich scored his first NHL goal in the final seconds of overtime to propel the host

New Jersey Devils to a 2-1 victory over the Boston Bruins on Saturday.

MacKenzie Blackwood made 27 saves for his first victory of the season. Miles Wood also scored for the second consecutive game for New Jersey.

“You could win a lot of different ways, but I really felt it was a total 60-minute game,” Lindy Ruff said after collecting his first win as head coach of the Devils. “Everyone really played well for us. We got great play out of our forwards, our defense had a really good night, and Blackwood gave us a couple of great saves when we needed them.”

Boston’s Patrice Bergeron scored and Jaroslav Halak made 29 saves, including two critical stops in the final minutes of the third period to force OT.

Defenseman Damon Severson beat Bruins forward Charlie Coyle to a loose puck just outside the offensive zone before he made a nifty backhand pass to set up Sharangovich with 1.7 seconds remaining in overtime.

“I think it’s the best moment in my hockey career,” Sharangovich said.

Bergeron evened the score with a shorthanded goal at 17:16 of the second period. Brad Marchand won a puck battle against Devils forward Kyle Palmieri before setting up the new captain of the Bruins.

Coyotes 5, Sharks 3: Phil Kessel scored twogoals and Antti Raanta stopped 31 shots for host Arizona.

Clayton Keller scored, and Oliver Ekman-Larsson had three assists for Arizona. Jakob Chychrun and Barrett Hayton also scored.

Timo Meier had a goal and an assist, and Martin Jones allowed five goals on 24 shots for San Jose. Ryan Donato and Tomas Hertl also scored.

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