Devils 6, Lightning 3

David Clarkson tallied twice and Jason Arnott scored his first goal in the last 17 games to lift the New Jersey Devils to a 6-3 victory over the visiting Tampa Bay Lightning on Sunday.

New Jersey, which had lost four straight, trailed 1-0 and 2-1 before scoring five times in the third period to seal the win.

Clarkson tied the game at 2-2 at the 4:14 mark of the third period with a power-play goal. Arnott then put New Jersey (11-29-2) ahead for good just over 3 1/2 minutes later.

Dainius Zubrus made it 4-2 and Patrik Elias and Nick Palmieri both had empty-net goals for New Jersey.

The Lightning led 2-1 after the first period.

Teddy Purcell opened the scoring for Tampa Bay with his seventh goal of the season. Clarkson tied it for the Devils, but Ryan Malone scored a power-play goal at the 16:01 mark to give the Lightning the lead again.

Dominic Moore scored late in the third period for Tampa Bay (26-12-5).

Martin Brodeur stopped 33 shots for New Jersey. Dan Ellis took the loss after stopping 20 of 24 shots.

Season Series
New JerseyStatsTampa Bay
3-1-0Vs1-3-0
14Goals8
14.3Shot %7.0
12.5Power Play %27.3
45.9Faceoff %54.1