Kyle Palmieri scored the tiebreaking goal in the third period, and the New Jersey Devils held on for a 2-1 win over the Arizona Coyotes on Saturday night, ending a seven-game losing streak.
Jesper Boqvist also scored, and Michael McLeod and Miles Wood each had two assists to help the Devils get their first win this month. Mackenzie Blackwood stopped 31 shots.
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Kyle Palmieri scored the tiebreaking goal in the third period, and the New Jersey Devils held on for a 2-1 win over the Arizona Coyotes on Saturday night, ending a seven-game losing streak.
Palmieri’s team-leading 12th goal of the season came with 8:26 left in the third period as he flipped the puck high into net past Kuemper.
Goligoski’s first goal in nine games came on the power play with 4:25 left in the first period. Goligoski brought the puck out of his own end, then took a pass from Hinostroza and sent a wrister past Blackwood to tie the score.
Blackwood turned away Conor Garland’s wide-open wrister at 5:55, keeping the score tied in the second period.
Devils: Host Anaheim on Wednesday night.
Arizona Coyotes goaltender Darcy Kuemper (35) makes a save on a shot as New Jersey Devils right wing Wayne Simmonds (17) and Coyotes defenseman Alex Goligoski, right, look on during the first period of an NHL hockey game, Saturday, Dec. 14, 2019, in Glendale, Ariz. (AP PhotoRoss D. Franklin)
Arizona Coyotes defenseman Alex Goligoski (33) celebrates his goal against the New Jersey Devils with Coyotes right wing Vinnie Hinostroza, right, during the first period of an NHL hockey game, Saturday, Dec. 14, 2019, in Glendale, Ariz. (AP PhotoRoss D. Franklin)
Alex Goligoski scored for Arizona, which has lost five of its last seven home games but remains in sole possession of first place in the Pacific Division. Vinnie Hinostroza picked up his fourth assist in two games, and Darcy Kuemper finished with 31 saves.
New Jersey Devils goaltender Mackenzie Blackwood (29) gets a pad on the puck on a shot from Arizona Coyotes center Christian Dvorak (18) during the third period of an NHL hockey game, Saturday, Dec. 14, 2019, in Glendale, Ariz. The Devils defeated the Coyotes 2-1. (AP PhotoRoss D. Franklin)
Palmieri’s team-leading 12th goal of the season came with 8:26 left in the third period as he flipped the puck high into net past Kuemper.
The Devils played without Taylor Hall for the second straight game amid trade talks — with the Coyotes mentioned as one of the teams interested in acquiring the forward.
New Jersey scored first 2:17 into the game. Boqvist was in front to re-direct a rebound of a shot from McLeod for his third of the season.
New Jersey Devils right wing Kyle Palmieri (21) celebrates his goal against the Arizona Coyotes with Devils defenseman P.K. Subban (76) during the third period of an NHL hockey game, Saturday, Dec. 14, 2019, in Glendale, Ariz. The Devils defeated the Coyotes 2-1. (AP PhotoRoss D. Franklin)
Goligoski’s first goal in nine games came on the power play with 4:25 left in the first period. Goligoski brought the puck out of his own end, then took a pass from Hinostroza and sent a wrister past Blackwood to tie the score.
The Coyotes have seven power-play goals in the past seven games.
The Devils opened the second period on a power play after a high-sticking penalty to Goligoski just before the end of the first. Arizona killed the penalty and one other later in the period, thwarting the Devils’ man advantage three times on the night.
New Jersey Devils goaltender Mackenzie Blackwood, right, reaches out to make a glove save as Devils defenseman Andy Greene (6) pressures Arizona Coyotes center Derek Stepan (21) during the third period of an NHL hockey game, Saturday, Dec. 14, 2019, in Glendale, Ariz. The Devils defeated the Coyotes 2-1. (AP PhotoRoss D. Franklin)
Blackwood turned away Conor Garland’s wide-open wrister at 5:55, keeping the score tied in the second period.
NOTES: F Brayden Burke, called up from AHL Tucson on Friday, was one of the Coyotes’ scratches. ... D Oliver Ekman-Larsson passed Doug Smail for the fifth-most games played in franchise history, 691. ... The Devils placed G Louis Domingue, who suffered a lower-body injury Friday at Colorado, on injured reserve. G Evan Cormier was called up from Adirondack of the ECHL.
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New Jersey Devils right wing Kyle Palmieri (21) scores a goal against Arizona Coyotes goaltender Darcy Kuemper (35) as Coyotes right wing Vinnie Hinostroza (13) defends late during the third period of an NHL hockey game, Saturday, Dec. 14, 2019, in Glendale, Ariz. The Devils defeated the Coyotes 2-1. (AP PhotoRoss D. Franklin)
Devils: Host Anaheim on Wednesday night.
Coyotes: At San Jose on Tuesday night.
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Arizona Coyotes goaltender Darcy Kuemper (35) moves into position to make a save as New Jersey Devils right wing Wayne Simmonds (17) tries to redirect the puck during the second period of an NHL hockey game, Saturday, Dec. 14, 2019, in Glendale, Ariz. (AP PhotoRoss D. Franklin)
Arizona Coyotes goaltender Darcy Kuemper (35) makes a save on a shot as New Jersey Devils right wing Wayne Simmonds (17) and Coyotes defenseman Alex Goligoski, right, look on during the first period of an NHL hockey game, Saturday, Dec. 14, 2019, in Glendale, Ariz. (AP PhotoRoss D. Franklin)
Arizona Coyotes defenseman Alex Goligoski (33) celebrates his goal against the New Jersey Devils with Coyotes right wing Vinnie Hinostroza, right, during the first period of an NHL hockey game, Saturday, Dec. 14, 2019, in Glendale, Ariz. (AP PhotoRoss D. Franklin)