Devils 4, Red Wings 3
DETROIT -- The New Jersey Devils used a three-goal outburst in the first period to defeat the Detroit Red Wings 4-3 on Tuesday night at Joe Louis Arena.
Right winger Kyle Palmieri had a goal and an assist and right winger Jordin Tootoo, defenseman David Schlemko and center Sergey Kalinin scored for New Jersey. Goaltender Cory Schneider made 25 saves.
Forward Dylan Larkin, defenseman Mike Green and center Riley Sheahan scored for Detroit. Goalie Jimmy Howard made three saves on six shots before being pulled in favor of goaltender Petr Mrazek late in the first period. Mrazek stopped 10 shots.
New Jersey took a 3-0 lead in a span of 2:12 in the first period.
Palmieri made it 1-0 with 7:55 left in the first period when he backhanded in a carom off the backboards for his 14th goal, which ties a career high.
Tootoo, a former Red Wings player, tipped in defenseman Andy Greene's shot 42 seconds later for his third goal.
Schlemko made it 3-0 with 5:43 left in the first period when he scored from the inside part of the right circle. It was Schlemko's third goal and sent Howard to the bench in favor of Mrazek.
Larkin's power-play goal with 1:28 left in the first period made it 3-1. He beat Schneider with a wrist shot from the top of the right circle for his 13th goal, which leads NHL rookies. It was his first power-play goal.
Green's power-play goal pulled the Red Wings to within 3-2 with 7:29 left in the second period. He put in a slap shot from the top part of the left circle for his second goal of the season.
Kalinin chipped in a rebound 2:23 into the third period to restore the Devils two-goal lead at 4-2. It was his fifth goal and the result of a turnover in his own zone by Detroit defenseman Jakub Kindl.
Sheahan made it 4-3 with 5:38 left in the third period. He scored on a wrist shot from the left circle off the rush. It was his fourth goal.
NOTE: New Jersey was without C Patrik Elias (knee). ... Detroit D Jonathan Ericsson missed his second consecutive game due to a shoulder injury. ... Devils captain and D Andy Greene played college hockey at Bowling Green from 2002-06 during the time that Red Wings coach Jeff Blashill was an assistant coach there (2002-08). ... New Jersey RW Jordin Tootoo played with Detroit for two seasons (2013-14). ... Detroit was also without LW Drew Miller (broken jaw), RW Teemu Pulkkinen (dislocated shoulder), RW Johan Franzen (concussion) and D Kyle Quincey (ankle). ... The Devils were also missing RW Ryan Clowe (concussion) and LW Bobby Farnham (shoulder).