Devils 3, Senators 0
OTTAWA -- Cory Schneider made 36 saves for his third shutout of the season and 20th of his career to lead the New Jersey Devils to a 3-0 victory over the Ottawa Senators Wednesday night at Canadian Tire Centre.
The victory pushed the Devils (19-14-5) past the Senators (18-14-6) into the final wild card spot in the Eastern Conference.
Left winger Mike Cammalleri scored two goals for the Devils, giving him 14 on the season, while winger Lee Stempniak added an empty-netter with 15.6 seconds left.
Goalie Andrew Hammond made 18 stops for Ottawa.
The win was the second in consecutive nights for the Devils, while the Senators lost for the second time in 48 hours. Ottawa also had a five-game home winning streak stopped.
The Senators recovered from their customary slow start to outshoot the Devils 15-6 in the second period, but Schneider denied their every chance.
The Devils outshot the Senators 10-8 in the opening 20 minutes.
Cammalleri scored his first goal during a power play at 9:11 of the first period. After taking the puck from Senators defenseman Erik Karlsson at the New Jersey blue line, he raced down ice and beat Hammond with a low shot to the stick side.
Cammalleri's second of the night came a little over nine minutes later. From a standing position near the top of the left wing face-off circle, he took a pass from center Travis Zajac, and wired a shot past Hammond high on the stick side.
The Devils wound up 1-for-3 on the power play while the Senators were 0-for-4.
NOTES: Senators D Jared Cowen, a former first round pick, was a healthy scratch. Ottawa recalled D Fredrik Claesson from AHL Binghamton to play his first NHL game. ... Devils RW Mike Sislo was activated for his first NHL game of the season and the 25th of his career. Sislo leads AHL Albany with 13 goals, including nine on the power play. ... Devils C Tyler Kennedy was scratched. Kennedy has 12 goals in 23 career games against the Senators. ... Senators F Curtis Lazar returned to the lineup after missing two games with a groin injury. To make room, coach Dave Cameron made a healthy scratch of LW David Dziurzynski ... Senators G Andrew Hammond was playing his first home game since Nov. 12, when he was sidelined by a concussion. He has lost two on the road since, marking the first time Hammond dropped consecutive games in regulation.