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Recap - Devils Defeat Vegas 3-2

New Jersey earned a 3-2 victory over Vegas behind a 2-goal performance from Dougie Hamilton on Tuesday at Prudential Center.

The Devils were a -171 favorite in the win. The combined score dipped UNDER the total, which closed at 6.0.

New Jersey got goals from Dougie Hamilton(2), and Ondrej Palat in the victory. Palat opened the scoring at 3:58 of the first period.

Vitek Vanecek turned in a 27-save effort for the Devils.

William Karlsson, and Ben Hutton scored for the Golden Knights, finding the net behind Vitek Vanecek.

Logan Thompson stopped 35 of 38 shots for the Golden Knights, but it wasn't enough to earn the victory.

On the power play, New Jersey went 1-for-1, while the Golden Knights were 0-for-3 with the man advantage.

Vegas lost the shots on goal battle to New Jersey by a margin of 38-29.

New Jersey heads into a battle against the Predators. Vegas, meanwhile, will have their next action against New York.