BOSTON — Kyle Palmieri scored two goals, one of them short-handed, to lead the Devils to a 3-2 victory over the Boston Bruins on Thursday night — New Jersey’s second straight victory since returning from a two-week COVID-19 pause.
Pavel Zacha scored for the second consecutive game for the Devils, who had their first seven games in February postponed, with a total of 19 players added to the NHL’s COVID-19 list. Mackenzie Blackwood stopped 25 shots for New Jersey.
Jake DeBrusk and Charlie McAvoy scored for Boston, and Jaroslav Halak made 23 saves. The Bruins had won nine of their previous 10 games before losing on Saturday to the New York Islanders.
Palmieri gave New Jersey a 1-0 lead early in the second period, taking a behind-the-back pass from Jack Hughes at the blue line and skating right down the middle before wristing it past Halak.
Midway through the second, with the Devils short-handed, Jesper Bratt fed Palmieri on a long pass for the breakaway that made it 2-0. Boston was still on the same four-minute power play when DeBrusk intercepted a clearing attempt in the slot and quickly turned it around on Blackwood to cut the deficit to 2-1.
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With about five minutes left in the second, Zacha spun around and dished the puck to Andreas Johnsson, who sent it back across to Zacha for the goal.
It stayed that way until there was just 2:11 left and New Jersey’s Ty Smith was sent off for delay of game for flipping the puck over the glass. With Halak off for the 6-on-4 advantage, McAvoy sent a fluttering puck from the blue line into the net to make it 3-2.
Halak remained out for the last 66 seconds and the Bruins peppered Blackwood with shots but couldn’t get the tying goal past him.