Blackhawks defeat Devils in OT
Artem Anisimov scored on a rebound at 1:15 of overtime and the visiting Chicago Blackhawks rallied to beat New Jersey, 3-2, Friday night, handing the Devils their first home loss.
Marian Hossa tied the score with a power-play goal with 2:11 left in regulation after the Blackhawks pulled goaltender Corey Crawford for a sixth skater.
Artemi Panarin, who took the shot on Anisimov’s winning goal, also scored for Chicago. Crawford was outstanding in making 30 saves.
PA Parenteau and John Moore scored for New Jersey, which was 3-0 at home. Keith Kinkaid made 26 saves in his first start of the season.
Panarin took a shot from the right circle. Kinkaid made the save but the puck went right to Anisimov for his fifth goal of the season.
Moore had given the Devils the lead early in the third period with a slam dunk in front.
Taylor Hall did all the work on Moore’s first goal of the season. He carried the puck into the Blackhawks zone, skated into the right circle and sent a backhand pass toward the net. The puck hit off the skate of Devils’ forward Kyle Palmieri and went right to a wide-open Moore.
Panarin, who hit a goalpost in the first period, tied the score, 1-1, in the second period with a power-play goal just 13 seconds after Devils defenseman Damon Severson was called for hooking.
Patrick Kane found last year’s rookie of the year in the left circle and he beat Kinkaid with a shot to the top corner.
Parenteau had given New Jersey the lead with a powerplay goal with 4:28 left in the first. Crawford stopped defenseman Yohann Auvitu’s point shot, but the puck popped in the air, hit off Devils forward Devante Smith-Pelly and Parenteau swatted in the rebound.
Crawford was the difference in second period, stopping all 16 shots by New Jersey. His best were a snapping glove on a Hall powerplay chance with New Jersey ahead, 1-0, and point-blank rebound stop of former Pen guin Beau Bennett with the score tied, 1-1.
Other games
Hurricanes 3, Rangers 2: Jeff Skinner had two goals and an assist as Carolina beat visiting New York. Skinner originally had his fifth career hat trick before the third goal was awarded to Bryan Bickell on a scoring change. Victor Rask had two assists, giving him points in all seven games, and Cam Ward made 28 saves.