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 Left wingers Adam Henrique, Mike Cammalleri and Sergey Kalinin
scored for New Jersey (8-5-1) in regulation while left wingers Chris
Higgins and Sven Baertschi and defenseman Alex Edler scored for
Vancouver (6-4-5).
Goaltender Keith Kinkaid made 28 saves for the Devils, winners of
two straight, while goalie Ryan Miller stopped 24 for the Canucks,
who lost their third in a row.
The Devils went into the first intermission with a 2-1 lead.
New Jersey and Vancouver traded goals in the opening 5:18. Higgins'
goal from the slot at 2:20 gave the Canucks a 1-0 lead, but Henrique
equalized with a short-handed goal at 5:18. Cammalleri gave the
Devils a 2-1 lead with his fifth of the season at 16:32. Henrique
gained control of the puck in the defensive zone and set Cammalleri
and right winger Lee Stempniak up-ice with a quick clearing pass.
Stempniak carried the puck into the offensive zone before feeding
Cammalleri, who used a quick move to get Miller out of position.
Vancouver right winger Jake Virtanen appeared to draw the Canucks
even just seconds after Cammalleri's goal, but the goal was
disallowed following a coach's challenge when replays showed left
winger Alexandre Burrows making contact in the crease with Kinkaid.
The teams traded goals in a span of 1:26 midway through the second
period. Kalinin's first NHL goal pushed New Jersey's lead to 3-1,
but Edler's off-wing shot ricocheted past Kinkaid at 11:57 to cut
the deficit to a single goal.
Bartsch tied the game 3-3 with his first of the season at 14:06. The
Vancouver forward whipped a shot from the low, left slot as he fell
to the ice.
The Canucks were 0-for-6 on their man advantages, while New Jersey
went 1-for-5 on the power play, with the lone successful chance
being Palmieri's overtime winner.
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Vancouver had a five-minute power play in the third, due to a major
and 10-minute misconduct assessed to Devils defenseman Adam Larsson
following a hit to Canucks center Jared McCann.
NOTES: D Alex Biega replaced D Christopher Tanev in the lineup for
the Canucks. Prior to the game, coach Willie Desjardins announced
Tanev was day-to-day with an upper-body injury. "It's a tough
league, lots of times you go through your D-men in a year. The
number of shots that they block, and they get hit, the strength of
forechecks nowadays, it's hard for (defensemen). Coming into the
year we expected to have 10 or 11 'D.' That's kind of what happens
in this league," Desjardins said. He analyzed Biega thusly: "He's
got good speed, he works hard, I liked the way he played when he was
up here. He's been waiting for the chance. I'm excited to see him, I
think he'll play well." ... New Jersey scratched D Eric Gelinas and
LW Stefan Matteau.
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