NEWARK, N.J. — Jesper Bratt scored two times and added an lend a hand, Vitek Vanecek made 31 saves, and the New Jersey Devils beat the Minnesota Wild 4-3 on Sunday.
Erik Haula and Tyler Toffoli additionally scored to lend a hand the Devils get their 5th win in 8 video games. Luke Hughes had two assists.
Pat Maroon, Ryan Hartman and Jake Middleton scored for Minnesota, which has misplaced 3 directly. Marc-Andre Fleury completed with 26 saves.
Haula despatched a prime shot previous Fleury to snap a 2-2 tie at 6:54 of the center duration for his 5th target this season and 3rd in two video games. Haula additionally scored two times in Friday’s 5-4 domestic win over Buffalo.
Bratt were given his 6th of the season at the power play with 3:21 closing in the second one to give New Jersey a two-goal lead. He larger his season general to 14 issues and gave the Devils a league-best 14 power-play objectives.
Middleton’s first of the season pulled the Wild again inside of one with 4:43 left within the 3rd.
Minnesota had a power-play for the sport’s ultimate 1:37 however may just no longer covert.
Bratt opened the scoring for the Devils at 6:15 of the primary.
Maroon scored his first target with Minnesota to tie the sport with 5:07 closing within the opening duration. The 35-year-old ahead joined the Wild this season after successful two Stanley Cups with Tampa Bay and every other with St. Louis in 2019.
Hartman put the Wild forward 2-1 with a power-play target at 2:31 of the second one. It used to be his 6th.
Toffoli then tied it with a power-play target at 6:10 of the second one. The target used to be Toffoli’s 7th.
Devils captain Nico Hischier used to be scratched after he won a prime hit from Buffalo’s Connor Clifton on Friday for which Clifton used to be suspended two video games. Devils trainer Lindy Ruff mentioned sooner than the sport Hischier is day-to-day.
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The groups meet in Minnesota on Thursday to entire the home-and-home set.