nhl Game Recap
Recap - Devils Defeat San Jose 2-1
The Devils earned a 2-1 victory over the Sharks on Saturday at Prudential Center.
New Jersey was favored by -198 and came through for bettors backing them. The game went UNDER the consensus closing total of 6.5.
New Jersey got goals from Yegor Sharangovich, and Dawson Mercer in the victory. Sharangovich opened the scoring at 13:21 of the second period.
MacKenzie Blackwood stopped 21 of 22 San Jose shots in the victory.
San Jose got a goal from Kevin Labanc in the loss, but it wasn't enough.
Kaapo Kahkonen stopped 35 of 37 shots for the Sharks, but it wasn't enough to earn the victory.
On the power play, New Jersey went 1-for-3, while the Sharks were 0-for-2 with the man advantage.
San Jose lost the shots on goal battle to New Jersey by a margin of 37-22.
Next game, New Jersey takes its act home to face Washington looking for another win. For San Jose, they head on the road to face Philadelphia.