Upon further review, Devils top Bruins once again

BOSTON — Mackenzie Blackwood stopped 40 shots for his first shutout of the season, Kyle Palmieri scored and the Devils held on to beat the Bruins, 1-0, on Sunday night.

The Devils improved to 4-0-1 against Boston this season, with each game decided by a goal.

Jaroslav Halak stopped 28 shots for the Bruins, who had earned at least one point in their last four games (3-0-1).

The Devils had lost four of their last five. They needed two replay reviews to go their way in the final 70 seconds of this one to seal the victory.

The teams face off again in Boston on Tuesday.

With Halak off for an extra skater, Patrice Bergeron scored out of a scramble with 1:10 left when Blackwood was unable to cover a loose puck in the crease. But, the Devils challenged it for goaltender interference, and the score was overturned because David Krejci knocked it out of Blackwood’s glove.

“Immediately when I saw it, it looked like he pitchforked Blackie when he had the puck covered,”

Devils coach Lindy Ruff said. “I said to the other coaches: ‘I’m challenging it for sure.’’’

Blackwood felt the would go his way.

“I knew I had it covered before they replayed that one,” he said.

Blackwood kicked out a rolling puck in the closing seconds just before it crossed the line. There was a long review that upheld the call.

“I saw the one angle and I saw replay the other angle, to me it looked like it didn’t cross the line,” Blackwood said. “They have to look at every angle.”

Boston coach Bruce Cassidy seemed somewhat surprised that Bergeron’s goal was disallowed.

“Typically, it’s supposed to be egregious,” he said. “I think they deemed it egregious. I don’t know. What am I supposed to say about that? They made the call and the call didn’t go our way.”