Stafford, Bratt score in shootout as Devils top Senators

NEWARK, N.J. » Jesper Bratt and Drew Stafford scored in the shootout, and the New Jersey Devils beat the Ottawa Senators 5-4 Friday night after blowing a twogoal lead in the final 1:15 of regulation.

Stafford kept the Devils in it by netting a backhand on their third shootout chance and then Bratt totally faked out Mike Condon on the fourth attempt for the game-winner. Tom Pyatt had scored for Ottawa on its second attempt.

Keith Kinkaid stopped Mike Hoffman on the Senators’ last try to give the Devils their seventh win in nine games.

Jimmy Hayes, Adam Henrique, Brian Gibbons and Damon Severson scored for New Jersey, which rallied from a 2-0 deficit with four straight goals.

Trailing 4-2 with less than two minutes to play, the Senators pulled their goaltender and tied the game on goals by Mark Stone and Christopher

Stone got Ottawa within one by tapping a floating rebound behind Kinkaid with 1:15 to play. DiDomenico got his first career goal with 37 seconds left in regulation after being set up in close by Derick Brassard.

Hoffman and Johnny Oduya also scored for Ottawa, which lost on the road for the first time in four games.

The Devils seemed in control when Gibbon broke DiDomenico. a 2-all tie with a goal late in the second period and Severson snapped a 73-game goal drought with just under six minutes left in regulation. BLUES 2, HURRICANES 1 » Dmitri Jaskin had spent some important minutes in the press box during the first 10 games of the St. Louis Blues’ season.

But he showed on Friday night he can be up for some ice time.

Jaskin scored his first goal of the season and Brayden Schenn added the game-winner, giving the Blues a 2-1 victory over the Carolina Hurricanes.

Jaskin had been a healthy scratch in three of St. Louis’ first 10 games, with one assist over that span.

“We took one penalty, and off the top of my head that’s the best we’ve done so far this year,” Blues coach Mike Yeo said. “So yeah we did a pretty good job with that. . (Jaskin) got a big goal. We want to make sure everybody’s involved here. And he’s a big part of this group.”

It was the second straight win for the Blues, who are 3-0 at home and return there Saturday night against Columbus.

Jeff Skinner had the Carolina goal.

St. Louis goalie Carter Hutton (3-0) stopped 25 shots.

“I’ve been a healthy scratch before,” Jaskin said. “You just have to focus on the game and keep growing. Our line was great and the whole team was great. It was a great game for us.”