Simon Nemec lifts Devils over Hurricanes in Game 3 double overtime to trim series deficit

Simon Nemec scored 2:36 into nan 2nd overtime and nan New Jersey Devils hit nan Carolina Hurricanes 3-2 connected Friday nighttime astatine nan Prudential Center successful Game 3 of nan first-round playoff series.

Nico Hischier and Dawson Mercer scored successful regularisation for New Jersey and Jacob Markstrom had 25 saves. The Devils trim their bid shortage to 2-1 aft losing nan first 2 games connected nan road.

Seth Jarvis and Sebastian Aho scored for nan Hurricanes, and Frederik Andersen vanished pinch 34 saves.

Game 4 is Sunday backmost astatine Prudential Center, and Game 5 is Tuesday nighttime successful Raleigh, North Carolina.

In nan 2nd OT, Nemec brought nan puck up nan correct side, made a deke move successful nan correct circle and fired it past Andersen.

Both teams had chances successful nan first overtime and nan goalies came up pinch large saves and blocked shots. New Jersey, which had 2 powerfulness plays successful nan period, had an 8-2 advantage connected shots.

Mercer pushed nan Devils’ lead to 2-0 astatine 1:17 of nan 3rd play aft Andersen made a pad prevention to contradict Jesper Bratt’s driving attempt. With nan goalie retired of position, Mercer went down nan nett to get nan puck and brought it successful beforehand connected nan near broadside but whiffed connected his effort to tuck it in. However, Andersen dove to get backmost successful nan play and knocked nan puck crossed nan statement pinch his stick.

Jarvis sewage nan Hurricanes connected nan scoreboard pinch a power-play extremity from nan correct circle astatine 6:11.

Aho tied it pinch different power-play extremity pinch 7:40 left. Markstrom came retired to his near to make a prevention connected a changeable by Andrei Svechnikov, who sewage nan puck backmost and passed to to Aho successful nan correct circle and he fired it past Siegenthaler and Hischier successful beforehand of nan net.

Markstrom had a bully mitt prevention connected a changeable by Jesperi Kotkaniemi pinch 25 seconds near successful regularisation to support it tied.

The Devils sewage defenseman Jonas Siegenthaler backmost for nan first clip since Feb. 4, but were without Luke Hughes and Brenden Dillon for nan 2nd consecutive game. New Jersey past mislaid different defenseman, erstwhile Johnathan Kovacevic didn’t return aft nan first intermission.

The Devils had nan first 5 shots connected extremity of nan crippled and nan Hurricanes didn’t get their first changeable until 9:06 elapsed erstwhile Markstrom turned speech an effort by Logan Stankoven seconds earlier a powerfulness play expired.

Timo Meier recovered Hischier streaking to nan net, and Hischier appeared to suffer power of nan puck arsenic he tried to move it to his forehand, but nan puck slid crossed nan extremity statement connected nan near broadside to put nan Devils up 1-0 pinch 3:49 near successful nan first. It was New Jersey’s 3rd extremity of nan bid and 2nd by Hischier.

The Devils astir added to their lead precocious successful nan 2nd play during a scramble successful beforehand of Andersen, but nan goalie was down connected his tummy and gloved Meier’s effort from nan near broadside pinch 6:04 remaining.