Devils 4, Flames 2
NEWARK, N.J. -- Left winger Reid Boucher scored a goal and added an assist as the New Jersey Devils beat the Calgary Flames 4-2 at the Prudential Center Tuesday night.
Defenseman Adam Larsson, right winger Lee Stempniak and defenseman Andy Greene scored for New Jersey, which improved to 23-19-5 with its second straight win.
Goaltender Cory Schneider made 26 saves.
Calgary fell to 20-21-3 with its second straight loss.
Goaltender Jonas Hiller made 22 saves, while center Sean Monahan and defenseman Kris Russell scored for the Flames.
Despite a heavy push in the third, the Flames could not score the tying goal.
Greene’s empty netter with 1:01 left sealed the win for New Jersey.
Larsson opened the scoring 5:12 into the game with his second of the season, but Flames center Sean Monahan equalized on the power play just 4:04 later. With New Jersey left winger Tuomo Ruutu serving an interference minor, Monahan one-timed a feed from right winger Johnny Gaudreau past Schneider.
The teams entered the second period tied 1-1. Within 74 seconds, New Jersey had 3-1.
Stempniak broke the deadlock with his 11th of the season at 57 seconds. His goal was the culmination of a sequence that began with center Adam Henrique forcing a turnover at the blue line before moving the puck to left winger Mike Cammalleri, who set up Stempniak from the slot.
Seventeen seconds later, Boucher jammed a loose puck under Hiller to extend the lead.
New Jersey went into the second intermission with just a 3-2 lead, as Russell scored power-play goal with 4:05 left in the period. Russell's third goal of the season came off a Gaudreau feed as the Calgary defenseman snuck into the slot.
NOTES: Devils coach John Hynes reported D Jon Merrill is week-to-week with an upper-body injury. ... Devils LW Mike Cammalleri was activated from injured reserve after missing eight games with an upper-body injury. ... Calgary scratched D Derek Engelland, LW Brandon Bollig and C Josh Jooris. ... LW Stefan Matteau and RW Brian O'Neill were scratched by the Devils. ... New Jersey LW Bobby Farnham served the third game of his four-game suspension for an interference major assessed in a 5-2 loss at St. Louis on Jan. 12. ... Scouts from the Anaheim Ducks, Columbus Blue Jackets, Pittsburgh Penguins, Boston Bruins, Montreal Canadiens and Washington Capitals were listed on the Prudential Center press box seating chart. The NHL trade deadline is Feb. 29.