Dawson Mercer and Max Willman scored in the first period and the New Jersey Devils beat the Chicago Blackhawks 4-2 on Sunday night.
Curtis Lazar and Michael McLeod also scored as the Devils won for the sixth time in eight games. Vitek Vanecek stopped 32 shots for his sixth win in eight starts.
Lazar tipped John Marino’s drive in the slot and the puck eluded Soderblom to push the Devils' lead to 3-2 at 4:35 of the third period.Vanecek had a big stop on Phillipp Kurashev with 1:12 remaining, and McLeod's empty-netter in the final second sealed the Devils' win. Mercer tied score with a power-play wrist shot past Soderblom’s glove side with 6:53 left in the first period after skating in from left wing with Chicago defenceman Connor Murphy off for interference. It was the 18th goal of the season in 11 games for New Jersey’s top-ranked power play.
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