nhl Game Recap
Tampa Bay Lightning vs New Jersey Devils Wrap - New Jersey Wins 3-2
The Devils beat Tampa Bay 3-2 on Saturday, earning a victory backstopped by Jacob Markstrom's 23 saves.
Bettors who backed the Devils were rewarded as -138 favorites at sportsbooks. Over-Under bettors saw the total score go UNDER the closing total of 6.0.
New Jersey got goals from Jack Hughes, Stefan Noesen, and Ondrej Palat in the victory. Palat opened the scoring at 8:10 of the first period.
Jacob Markstrom turned in a 23-save effort for the Devils.
Tampa Bay got goals from Nikita Kucherov, and Victor Hedman in the loss, but it wasn't enough.
Tampa Bay got a 23-stop effort from Andrei Vasilevskiy in the loss.
On the power play, New Jersey went 1-for-2, while the Lightning were 0-for-3 with the man advantage.
Tampa Bay lost the shots on goal battle to New Jersey by a margin of 26-25.
Next game, New Jersey takes its act home to face Florida looking for another win. For Tampa Bay, they head on the road to face Pittsburgh.