Cody Glass scored the go-ahead goal with 7:36 remaining in the third period to lift the visiting New Jersey Devils to a 4-3 victory over the Ottawa Senators on Tuesday.
New Jersey’s Arseny Gritsyuk collected a goal and two assists, Glass had one of each and Paul Cotter and defenseman Simon Nemec also tallied.
Connor Brown notched three assists and Jacob Markstrom made 34 saves for the Devils, who overcame allowing three power-play goals to snap a season-high five-game losing skid.
Ottawa’s Drake Batherson scored two power-play goals and Tim Stutzle also converted with the man advantage. The two are tied with the injured Shane Pinto with a team-best 12 goals on the season.
Captain Brady Tkachuk and Dylan Cozens each notched two assists and Linus Ullmark turned aside 28 shots for the Senators, who went 0-3-0 on their three-game homestand and have dropped five of their last six overall.
New Jersey forced a turnover by Tyler Kleven in Ottawa’s defensive zone, leading to Gritsyuk feathering a cross-slot feed that Glass converted to give the Devils a 4-3 lead.
Batherson, who cleaned up a loose puck to open the scoring 1:36 into the game, scored from in close midway into the second period to forge a 3-3 tie.
Nemec’s shot from along the edge of the right faceoff circle handcuffed Ullmark to level the contest at 1-1 at 5:09 of the first period.
The Senators claimed a 2-1 lead with 7:01 remaining in the first period after Stutzle’s shot from the high slot caromed off the skate of New Jersey defenseman Jonas Siegenthaler and past Markstrom.
Gritsyuk converted from in close exactly five minutes later to even the contest at 2-2 before Cotter forced a turnover in the neutral zone and backhanded the puck past Ullmark at 4:21 of the second period.
–Field Level Media
