VANCOUVER B次元官网网址� Damon Severson scored in the seventh round of the shootout to give the New Jersey Devils a 3-2 win over the Vancouver Canucks on Friday night.
The Devils had trailed 2-0 early in the third period before Kevin Rooney and Stefan Noesen scored goals 7:53 apart to force overtime.
Vancouver rookie Elias Pettersson broke out of a scoring slump with a power-play goal to open the scoring in the second period. The Canucks took a 2-0 lead early in the third when Tanner Pearson scored. Bo Horvat had two assists.
Rooney started the DevilsB次元官网网址� comeback with a deflection at 5:41. Noesen made it 2-2 at 13:34 when he chipped Eric TangradiB次元官网网址檚 pass behind Canuck goaltender Jacob Markstrom.
PetterssonB次元官网网址檚 goal was his first in 12 games. It gives the 20-year-old Swede 59 points on the season B次元官网网址� a team-leading 27 goals and 32 assists B次元官网网址� and leaves him one point behind Pavel Bure and Ivan Hlinka for most points in a season by a Vancouver rookie.
B次元官网网址淣ice to score there, but I should have been more selfish in OT too. We were too cute in OT. IB次元官网网址檒l learn from it.B次元官网网址� - Pettersson
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Markstrom made 31 saves for the Canucks.
Goalie MacKenzie Blackwood made 25 stops for the Devils, who are 1-6-1 in their last nine games.
Before the game started, the Devils (27-36-9) were eliminated from playoff contention when the Columbus Blue Jackets defeated the Carolina Hurricanes 3-0. New Jersey is 14th in the Eastern Conference, six points behind the New York Rangers.
The Canucks (29-32-10) mathematically remain in the playoff hunt. They trail Arizona by nine points in the race for the final Western Conference wild-card spot.
Pettersson opened the scoring at 3:18 of the second period with New JerseyB次元官网网址檚 Drew Stafford off for tripping. He took a pass from Brock Boeser and ripped a shot from the faceoff circle over BlackwoodB次元官网网址檚 shoulder.
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Vancouver also scored on a power play in WednesdayB次元官网网址檚 win over the New York Rangers. ItB次元官网网址檚 the first time since November the Canucks have scored on the power play in back-to-back games.
Pearson scored with 1:42 gone in the third on an innocent looking shot from the top of the faceoff circle. Blackwood swung his stick, but the puck seemed to go underneath and between his pads.
The Canucks lost two defencemen in a scoreless first period.
Chris Tanev limped off the ice and headed to the dressing room after blocking a Kyle Palmieri shot during a Devils power play. He returned for a brief skate, but left the bench again. Ashton Sautner was hurt later in the period after blocking a shot with his right arm. He returned later.
NOTES: Canucks forward Jay Beagle didnB次元官网网址檛 take the pre-game skate and was replaced by Tim Schaller. B次元官网网址� Canucks forward Antoine Roussel suffered a season-ending knee injury in WednesdayB次元官网网址檚 win over the Rangers. B次元官网网址� The Canucks didnB次元官网网址檛 get their first shot on net until almost 6:30 was gone in the opening period. B次元官网网址� Entering the game, the Canucks (237) and Devils (293) had combined for 530 man-games lost to injury. B次元官网网址� The last time Vancouver won back-to-back games was Jan. 18 and Jan. 20 over Buffalo and Detroit.
Jim Morris, The Canadian Press
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