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Chicago goaltender Arvid Soderblom kept the
hosts afloat, stopping 36 shots.
Chicago raced to a 1-0 lead just 1:51 into the game, as Taylor
Hall pounced on the rebound of a Tyler Johnson shot and slipped
it past Vanecek.
New Jersey answered with a power-play goal at 13:07, as Mercer
beat Soderblom with a wrist shot to the top corner for his first
goal of the season.
A Blackhawks turnover allowed the Devils to take the lead 1:34
later. Chicago's Kevin Korchinski failed to hold the puck at the
blue line, and Willman swooped in and scored on a breakaway.
On Saturday, New Jersey promoted Willman from Utica of the
American Hockey League as a roster replacement for center Jack
Hughes.
Hughes missed Sunday's game after suffering an upper-body injury
in the first period of Friday's road loss at St. Louis. Hughes,
whose 20 points are tied with Vancouver's Elias Pettersson for
most in the NHL, is considered week-to-week.
The Blackhawks missed a chance to tie the score with 1:15
remaining in the first period. Jason Dickinson backhanded a pass
to Johnson just inside the left circle, but Vanecek recovered to
make a diving, desperation save at the goal line to cover an
open net.
Lazar cemented the outcome 4:35 into the third, deflecting a
John Marino shot after the Devils created a chance in
transition.
Ryan Donato pulled the Blackhawks within 3-2 with 4:46
remaining, converting a chance after Andreas Athanasiou and
Dickinson forced a turnover behind the net.
--Field Level Media
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