Overtime goal sees Devils clip Red Wings
Palmieri backhander seals comeback for New Jersey who rally after trailing 2-0 in the third period
Kyle Palmieri scored in overtime to give the New Jersey Devils a 3-2 victory over the Detroit Red Wings on Friday night.
Palmieri took a lead pass from Lee Stempniak and streaked into the Detroit zone ahead of defenceman Tomas Tatar, skated in on the goal and put a backhander past a sprawled out Jimmy Howard with 39.3 seconds remaining. It extending Palmeiri’s goalscoring streak to four games.
Damon Severson and Sergey Kalinin also scored for the Devils who rallied after trailing 2-0 in the third period. Cory Schneider finished with 27 saves.
Power-play goals
Gustav Nyquist and Tatar scored power-play goals in the second period for Detroit and Howard made 35 saves.
The Red Wings extended their point streak to 13 games (8-0-5) since their losing in regulation on Nov. 14
In Pittsburgh,
Marion Gaborik’s shoot-out goal lifted Los Angeles to their sixth straight win with a 3-2 result against Pittsburgh.
Pittsburgh’s David Perron and the Kings’ Anze Kopitar also scored in the shoot-out.
Jake Muzzin and Tanner Pearson had Los Angeles’ goals in regulation, and Jonathan Quick stopped 40 shots through overtime. The Pacific Divisionleading Kings have a point in eight straight games (6-0-2).
Eric Fehr and Evgeni Malkin scored for the Penguins, who were 5-2-1 in their last eight home games. Marc-Andre Fleury had 38 saves.
In Chicago, Patrick Kane extended his franchiserecord points streak to 25 games with a power-play goal and Corey Crawford stopped 25 shots for his third shutout of the season to lead Chicago to a 2-0 win over Winnipeg.