Devils show why they are one of NHL's best, use speed to pull away from Rangers

Jack Hughes and Michael McLeod scored in the second period, Vitek Vanecek stopped 35 shots and the Devils rallied from an early two-goal deficit to beat the Rangers 5-3 on Monday night. NJDevils NoQuitinNY

Artemi Panarin, Mika Zibanejad and Vincent Trocheck scored and Chris Kreider had two assists for the Rangers, who fell to 4-5-3 at home. Igor Shesterkin had 33 saves.

Tatar narrowed the deficit to 2-1 at 7:31 of the first with a nifty high backhand shot past Shesterkin for his sixth of the season. Jesper Bratt had an assist on the play, giving him a point in 18 for the Devils' 23 games this season.The Devils dominated the second by outshooting the Rangers 20-10 and scoring twice to take the lead for good.

Trocheck scored his eighth goal on the power play for the Rangers with 6:42 left in the third to pull within one, but Sharangovich added an empty-netter with 16 seconds remaining to seal the win.

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