Devils' 3rd period rally falls short in tight loss to Bruins
New Jersey fell 4-3 for its seventh defeat in eight games and dropped to 3-6-2 in December.
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New Jersey fell 4-3 for its seventh defeat in eight games and dropped to 3-6-2 in December.
Yegor Sharangovich had the tiebreaking goal midway through the third period in the 4-2 victory.
Hurricanes assume top spot with 4-1 victory behind 35 saves from rookie goalie Kochetkov.
The Devils are 0-4-1 on their current skid.
Jack Hughes scored for the Devils and Vitek Vanecek had 22 saves as New Jersey fell to 0-3-1 in its last four.
Miles Wood had New Jersey's lone goal.
Vincent Trochek had a goal and an assist, and Kaapo Kakko and Chris Kreider also scored in the 4-3 win.
New York improved to 8-2-0 in their last 10 trips to Prudential Center.
Four years ago, as part of the NHL's Hockey Fights Cancer initiative, Grace Eline joined Hughes at a skate-around.
Defenseman had a goal, two assists and Vitek Vanecek stopped 24 shots in the 3-0 win.
The Devils are a win away from tying the NHL record for consecutive road victories.
Nashville sent the Devils to their second loss in their last 18 games (16-1-1).
Yegor Sharangovich had two goals and Vitek Vanecek made 35 saves in the 5-3 victory.
The Devils have won two in a row after having their franchise-record 13-game winning streak snapped by Toronto.
Jack Hughes, Jesper Boqvist and Tomas Tatar scored for New Jersey in the 3-1 victory.
