Devils 3, Islanders 2 (SO)
NEWARK, N.J. -- Left winger Mike Cammalleri scored in the shootout to lead the New Jersey Devils to a 3-2 overtime victory over the New York Islanders Saturday afternoon at the Prudential Center.
New Jersey improved to 6-4-1 with its second straight win and fifth win in six games.
Goaltender Cory Schneider stopped 24 of 26 shots. Defenseman John Moore and right winger Bobby Farnham were New Jersey's goal scorers.
New York fell to 6-2-3 with its second straight non-regulation loss, and third loss overall in five games.
Goaltender Jaroslav Halak made 15 saves, while left winger Anders Lee and center Frans Nielsen scored for New York. Nielsen also tallied in the shootout.
Both teams were credited with seven shots on goal in the first period, but it was the Devils who went into intermission with a 2-0 lead.
Moore's first as a Devil opened the scoring at 2:51 of the first. The mobile defenseman drove to the left post and was able to stuff a rebound off the stick of right winger Lee Stempniak into a half-empty net.
Farnham increased the lead to 2-0 with his first NHL goal at 14:36. Farnham, whom the Devils picked up on waivers from the Pittsburgh Penguins on Oct. 26, ripped a drive from the left faceoff circle that beat Halak cleanly.
Both New Jersey's goals in the first came at even strength. New York used its special teams to get back into the game in the second period.
Lee halved the deficit by jamming a power play goal 1:39 into the second, and Nielsen's unassisted short-handed goal at 10:28 drew the game even. Nielsen corralled a loose puck in the defensive zone and carried it into New Jersey's side of the ice. He held off backchecking right winger Kyle Palmieri and avoided an attempted stick check from defenseman Eric Gelinas before whipping a shot past Schneider.
Following Nielsen's goal, neither team was able to create sustained attack time in the opposing zone until the 3-on-3 overtime session, when New York and New Jersey traded scoring chances. But the Devils and Islanders couldn't solve Halak and Schneider, respectively.
NOTES: New York C John Tavares missed the game. In a group text message to reporters covering the team, a spokesperson said "reasoning to be provided postgame." ... About two hours before the game, the Islanders called up RW Taylor Beck from AHL's Bridgeport under "emergency loan." New York acquired Beck from Toronto on Sept. 17 in a six-player deal that sent RW Michael Grabner to the Leafs. Beck, G Jean-Francois Berube and C John were scratches. ... New Jersey scratched RW Jiri Tlusty and LW Stefan Matteau. ... New York entered the game having won nine of its last 11 games against New Jersey. ... The match was the first of four games this season between the Islanders and Devils.