Simon Nemec scored 2:36 into the second additional time and the New Jersey Devils beat the Carolina Hurricanes 3-2 on Friday night time on the Prudential Heart in Recreation 3 of the first-round playoff sequence.
Nico Hischier and Dawson Mercer scored in regulation for New Jersey and Jacob Markstrom had 25 saves. The Devils minimize their sequence deficit to 2-1 after dropping the primary two video games on the street.
Seth Jarvis and Sebastian Aho scored for the Hurricanes, and Frederik Andersen completed with 34 saves.
Recreation 4 is Sunday again at Prudential Heart, and Recreation 5 is Tuesday night time in Raleigh, North Carolina.
Within the second OT, Nemec introduced the puck up the proper facet, made a deke transfer in the proper circle and fired it previous Andersen.
Each groups had probabilities within the first additional time and the goalies got here up with massive saves and blocked pictures. New Jersey, which had two energy performs within the interval, had an 8-2 benefit on pictures.
Mercer pushed the Devils’ result in 2-0 at 1:17 of the third interval after Andersen made a pad save to disclaim Jesper Bratt’s driving try. With the goalie out of place, Mercer went behind the online to get the puck and introduced it in entrance on the left facet however whiffed on his try and tuck it in. Nonetheless, Andersen dove to get again within the play and knocked the puck throughout the road along with his stick.
Jarvis acquired the Hurricanes on the scoreboard with a power-play aim from the proper circle at 6:11.
Aho tied it with one other power-play aim with 7:40 left. Markstrom got here out to his left to make a save on a shot by Andrei Svechnikov, who acquired the puck again and handed to to Aho in the proper circle and he fired it previous Siegenthaler and Hischier in entrance of the online.
Markstrom had a pleasant glove save on a shot by Jesperi Kotkaniemi with 25 seconds left in regulation to maintain it tied.
The Devils acquired defenseman Jonas Siegenthaler again for the primary time since Feb. 4, however have been with out Luke Hughes and Brenden Dillon for the second straight sport. New Jersey then misplaced one other defenseman, when Johnathan Kovacevic didn’t return after the primary intermission.
The Devils had the primary 5 pictures on aim of the sport and the Hurricanes didn’t get their first shot till 9:06 elapsed when Markstrom turned apart an try by Logan Stankoven seconds earlier than an influence play expired.
Timo Meier discovered Hischier streaking to the online, and Hischier appeared to lose management of the puck as he tried to maneuver it to his forehand, however the puck slid throughout the aim line on the left facet to place the Devils up 1-0 with 3:49 left within the first. It was New Jersey’s third aim of the sequence and second by Hischier.
The Devils practically added to their lead late within the second interval throughout a scramble in entrance of Andersen, however the goalie was down on his abdomen and gloved Meier’s try from the left facet with 6:04 remaining.
