Moore's OT goal lifts Devils past Flyers 1-0
NEWARK, N.J. -- John Moore scored 59 seconds into overtime to give the New Jersey Devils a 1-0 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers on Tuesday night at Prudential Center.
Taylor Hall set up the goal on a two-on-one chance. He skated with the puck down the left wing and made an elevated pass across to Moore, who one-timed it for the victory.
Devils goaltender Keith Kinkaid stopped 35 shots in the shutout. Flyers goaltender Steve Mason made 26 saves.
The Flyers were playing their first game since being eliminated from playoff contention Sunday.
Through two scoreless periods, it was an unexpected goaltending duel between Mason and Kinkaid.
Kinkaid made 26 saves in the first 40 minutes, but perhaps his best stop was when a puck was fired from behind the net off teammate Travis Zajac and nearly into the net. Kinkaid was in good position to absorb the unintentional scoring chance.
The Devils had fewer great chances -- Mason stopped an exhausted Taylor Hall on a partial breakaway in the second period -- but Stefan Noesen was turned aside from the slot late in the first period.
Valtteri Filppula nearly scored the first goal midway through the third period when he got around the Devils defense, but Kinkaid made a diving poke check. Then Wayne Simmonds had his follow-up deflected into the netting.
Both the Devils and Flyers were awarded power plays during the final six minutes of the third period, but neither team could capitalize for the ice-breaking goal.
The Devils were 0 of 5 on the power play and the Flyers went 0 of 4 with the man-advantage.
NOTES: Flyers RW Michael Vecchione and D Samuel Morin made their NHL debuts. Vecchione signed Friday and is a Hobey Baker finalist out of Union College. Morin was the 11th pick in the 2013 NHL Draft. ... Flyers F Michal Neuvirth, who collapsed on the ice Saturday against the Devils, did not dress for the game. ... The Devils scratched D Michael Kapla, who made his NHL debut Saturday. ... Devils D Dalton Prout served the first game of his two-game suspension for a late hit on Flyers D Radko Gudas, who missed this game with an upper-body injury. ... Devils C Jacob Josefson (upper body) and LW Miles Wood (upper body) did not play.